Episode 14 | Baptized in Still Waters: There Are No Self-Made Sheep

May 2, 2026

1. You Asked for It

(a) Does President Trump's participation in "America Prays" promote Christian Nationalism?

(b) Should there be qualifications for Bible teachers or is every Christian qualified?


2. Sermon Discussion

(a) Matthew 28: Baptism and the bestowal of identity in a culture of the 'self-made man.'

(b) Psalm 23: The Good Shepherd and stupid sheep.


3. Offerings

(a) Robert Jenson: Visible Words: The Interpretation and Practice of Christian Sacraments

(b) Dallas Willard: Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23


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"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd."

—Flannery O'Connor