Live Podcasts at Here We Still Stand Conference

40 Minutes in the Old Testament and 30 Minutes in the New Testament

  • Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:13-15
    • The people are impatient and they speak against God and Moses
    • They think God has redeemed them to lead them to death (Why did you bring us out of Egypt?)
    • If it’s weird, it is important.  There’s a lot of foreshadowing in this passage.
    • The people of Israel like us do not want to die to self. 
    • What are they supposed to learn?  God can heal, God can make alive.
    • Ultimately, what this text is about is about One who will come and die and make us alive.
    • The altar is made of bronze in the temple. Is this why the serpent is bronze?
    • Jesus is the fulfillment of Numbers 21 on our behalf.
    • Christ takes all of the evil, death, and sin on the cross and gives us His righteousness.
    • What must I do to be saved?  LOOK, BEHOLD
Front Porch with the Fitz’s
  • With special guests, Bonnie and Kelsi
  • We started all of this (podcasts)  and we can’t even get on the banner. (Pops)
  • Theology of the Cross by Caleb Keith & Kelsi Klembara
    • Theology of the Cross vs. Theology of Glory
  • Our righteousness is a righteousness than comes from outside of us.
  • Give Them Grace was formed by thoughts from Luther on Galatians and On Being A Theology of the Cross
    • Law of God does nothing to help your kids on the way to salvation
  • That’s your beard.  That’s so disappointing. (Bonnie)
  • Shannon’s Corner
  • Doubt: Trusting God’s Promises by Elyse-Jesus boasted about John the Baptist even though he doubted him. 
    • God doesn’t shame doubters but gives them reason to believe. Jesus welcomes doubters.                                                                                                                                                                              

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