The Scriptures Tell You Who You Are | Luke 24:44-53 with Dr. Chris Croghan

About this episode

This episode discusses how Jesus reveals the meaning of Scripture to his disciples, emphasizing the Lutheran perspective on understanding the Word.

In Luke 24, after the resurrection and before the ascension, Jesus once again tells the disciples that everything in Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms was always about him—and then he does what they could never do for themselves: he opens their minds to understand the Scriptures. In this episode we wrestle with the deeply Lutheran claim that understanding Scripture isn’t mastering information, but standing under the Word as it exposes your sin and delivers Christ’s forgiveness. And as Jesus...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Chris Croghan

Topics covered

• Scripture interpretation
• Lutheran theology
• Forgiveness
• Resurrection
• Discipleship

Keywords

• Scripture
• Lutheran
• forgiveness
• resurrection
• disciples
• Jesus
• theology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 24:44-53, Moses, the prophets, the Psalms

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