Mike Yagley and Evan Gaertner talk about Martin Luther’s commentary on Titus, which is in volume 29 of Luther’s Works (American Edition). This episode covers the first two verses of the greeting. Martin Luther emphasizes that a minister’s authority comes from the Word of God.

Also, our part 7 episode of the Babylonian Captivity didn’t record correctly, so we chose to move on to Titus.

We tried the FML from Stone Brewing Company from Richmond, Virginia. We didn’t find the tropical flavors, berries, or peach that the can promoted, and it tasted pretty much like a basic IPA.

The Babylonian Captivity of the Church by Martin Luther is a treatise that examines how errors in the sacramental system kept people laboring under a system of works rather than promise. In this episode, Evan Gaertner and Mike Yagley discuss Luther’s critique of the medieval Catholic view of the sacraments of penance and confirmation. Luther identifies that a reliance on human works and priestly control is destructive to a person’s relationship with God.

We review the Abbey Ale from Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, New York. This dubbel focuses on licorice root, orange peel, and spices.

Mike Yagley and Evan Gaertner discuss Dr. Martin Luther’s writing on the Sacrament of Baptism in his treatise on the Babylonian Captivity.

Faith receives the gifts God offers in the Sacrament of Baptism. Infant Baptism is effective because God’s Word is able to change a godless heart into a believing heart. The faith of a church is instrumental in how an infant is brought to the waters. Luther uses the example of the healed paralytic to demosntrate that the communion of saints is involved in bringing a child to the waters of Baptism. God works his promises in the life of the baptized.

Cosmic Crown Belgian Style Strong Golden Ale from Cigar City Brewing.