Cross Defense from KFUO Radio

Nov 16 2024 337 ep. 581 mins 134
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Challenge your theological synapses with Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, Pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ferndale, CA, as he examines curious topics to excite the imagination, equip the mind, and comfort the soul with God’s ordering of the world in the Law and Gospel.

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Woman and the Divine Image (Rebroadcast)

Nov 16 2024 57 mins  
Cross Defense returns with a look at Scripture’s answer to the controversial question, what is a woman? Francis Pieper provides our theological road map. Grab your Bible, pop in your headphones, and check out your church’s copy of Christian Dogmatics, Vol. I. Woman is a curious topic that the world doesn’t grasp. But God does!This program originally aired on July 2, 2022.

Unionism is Not Unity (Rebroadcast)

Nov 09 2024 52 mins  
Orthodoxy, heterodoxy, and unionism. God prohibits church fellowship with heterodox churches. Why? True and false cannot exist with equal standing. If true allows for false, true ceases to be true. Learn more about this and other reasons why the orthodox church is not to fraternize with those who teach contrary to Scripture.Find the resource about President Pieper at concordiahisto

Women in Bible Study, and the Lord’s Prayer in the Face of Lawlessness and Bad Government (Rebroadcast)

Nov 02 2024 54 mins  
Pastor Bramwell answers a listener’s question about women in Bible study, highlighting the relationships between the saints and how they are lived out in love and service to all. Then it’s on to lawlessness, bad government, and praying the Lord’s Prayer.This program originally aired on July 9, 2022.

Equality: Satan’s Lie (Rebroadcast)

Oct 26 2024 56 mins  
Is it true that all men are equal or is that a satanic lie? What does Scripture say? Pastor Bramwell turns us to Rev. C.F.W. Walther’s lectures on Communism and Socialism as a springboard into God’s Word on the question.Find the resource mentioned in this episode at stmarksferndale.com/waltheroncommunism.This program originally aired on September 24, 2022.

Wokeness is the Antithesis to Christianity (Rebroadcast)

Oct 19 2024 53 mins  
Did you know that in today’s woke culture Christians are the heretics? Listen to a voice message that says as much before Pastor Bramwell addresses nine wicked spiritual effects that wokeness has on Christianity. Francis Schaeffer once observed that the spiritual battle is bigger than Christians often realize. He was right!This episode originally aired on August 27, 2022.

Constellations and the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Rebroadcast)

Oct 05 2024 55 mins  
Christians don’t look up to the heavens for wisdom. We look down into the Scriptures. What do the Scriptures say about the sun, moon, and stars? What does the fourth day of creation tell us about them? How about Psalm 19, the book of Job, and Jonah? Plus, there’s Josephus’ input, and we’ll consider what the founder of the Institute for Creation Research said about the zodia

How Do Democracy and Christianity Connect? (Rebroadcast)

Sep 28 2024 53 mins  
John Warwick Montgomery helps us understand the relationship between democracy and Christianity, Rev. Richard Wurmbrand provides an example of happy suffering, and Rev. Sam Schuldheisz is back to discuss the imagination, this time from the New Testament. This program originally aired February 8, 2021.

Christian Parents Matter to Kids, and the Nation (Rebroadcast)

Sep 21 2024 56 mins  
Luther Classical College’s November mailer continues the conversation about Sunday School and the parental responsibility of training children in the Christian faith. But what do pastors care so much about this? Martin Luther and C.F.W. Walther articulate the answer. Christian parents matter to kids! They are also the solution to every problem that plagues our society. Learn more

Christian Nationalism (Rebroadcast)

Sep 14 2024 56 mins  
Journalists say Christian Nationalism is on the rise. What is it? How is the term used? Do people want to be associated with it? The Augsburg Confession is a helpful place to start the conversation. Plus, we learn about the faithfulness of our third-century Christian brother, Alexamenos, and about overcoming verbal allergens.This program originally aired November 19, 2022.

Characteristics of The Loving Resistance Fighter (Rebroadcast)

Sep 07 2024 57 mins  
In the first segment Rev. Sam Schuldheisz teaches us more about the redeemed imagination. During the rest of the show Pastor Bramwell goes back to a conversation on technology in order to think through the characteristics of the loving resistance fighter as detailed by Neil Postman in Technopoly. Find this book at Amazon.com.This program originally aired February 22, 2021.