In 1 Corinthians 1, St. Paul famously says, for Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

but we preach Christ crucified. But what does it mean to preach Christ crucified?

Pastor Hans Fini of Lutheran satire talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

Well, it's more than just mentioning that Jesus died on the cross.

To preach Christ crucified is to preach him crucified for you.

To see this story of God's bloody love for you filling every page of the scriptures.

The cross of Christ is far more than a mere historic event.

It's the very center of the Christian life because it's where

God's love for you was manifest. You can meet and hear, Pastor Hans Feeney, making the case

for Jesus for you at this year's Making the Case Conference. The premier conference for Christian

Laity is Friday, July 18th, and Saturday, July 19th, the Concordia University, Chicago.

Learn more at IssuesetC.org. There is a parable that Jesus tells in Luke chapter 14 of the great banquet.

It's got a lot of moving parts to it.

Some of those parables that Jesus tells are very straightforward.

Some of them need real discernment to unravel. This is one of them.

Greetings in, welcome to issues, et cetera, coming to you from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio

in Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us. And we're going to be looking forward to Sunday morning,

according to the one-year lectureary with Pastor Heath Curtis, working toward the gospel reading in Luke Chapter 14.

Then in hour two, we'll talk with Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity,

why America's Christian leaders are failing and what we can do about it.

Pastor Heath Curtis is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Warden, Illinois, and Zion Lutheran Church in Carpenter, Illinois.

He's president of the Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod,

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