This week on The Word of the Lord and Doors Forever, we continue our adventure in Acts with Saul

preaches Jesus, Saul and Jerusalem and the healing of Aeneas. Dorcas restored to life, Cornelius's

vision, and finally, Peter's vision. Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for The Word of the Lord and Doors

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In Matthew chapter 5, the gospel reading for this coming Sunday, according to the one

your electionary, Jesus begins, do not think that I have come to abolish the law and prophets,

I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. What does he mean?

Greetings and welcome to Issues et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran

Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be

looking forward to Sunday morning, according to the one your electionary, with Pastor Peter

Bender, the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Pastor Tom Baker joins us after that. We'll be teaching

a Sunday school lesson on the golden calf and Exodus chapter 31, then Shane Rosenthal of the

Humble Skeptic Podcasts will be alongside. We'll discuss the historical accuracy of Luke's book

of Acts. Pastor Peter Bender is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wisconsin,

and director of the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Peter, welcome back.

Good to be with you, Todd. You want to start with the hymn of the day,

All-Mankind, Philan Adams, fall, you say that it really brings the theme for this coming

Sunday's proper is forward. It sure does. I mean, this is a Lutheran hymn, you know, that

really talks about the depravity of fallen man, all mankind fell and Adams fall as the title

indicates. It talks about what we inherited from Adam, the total corruption of our flesh.

Therefore, we are incapable of being righteous by any strength of our own.

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