The Word Without Walls Podcast
by Professor Michael A. Eschelbach, Ph.D.
Dr. Eschelbach engages life's fundamental questions and concepts with analysis and reference to the witness found in nature, common human experience, and biblical texts. Forty years of caring for the lives of people as pastor and professor provides recognition of questions and challenges that matter, as well as answers and solutions that are real and effective.
Episodes
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Dwelling in You Richly--Curriculum Announcement
In this episode I discuss the Christian education materials I developed for pre-K through high school graduation, and am now preparing in a format that anyone can use. It's called "Dwelling in You Richly," and the first stage--year one of high school studies--is now complete! Its 35 sessions...
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Introducing a new Educational Curriculum
This episode introduces the release the first edition of a new educational curriculum—Dwelling in You Richly! I wrote it when I first began as a parish pastor; the goal was to immerse children in the Living Water of God's Word. The title itself refers to that goal; it is based on Colossians 3:16:...
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Student Questions: Last Things
As the student questions series concludes, I'm taking one final look at ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we conclude by considering chapter 15--Last Things. Some thought...
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Student Questions: The Christian in Society, part 4
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 14, the Christian in Society. Some thought...
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Student Questions: The Christian in Society, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 14, the Christian in Society. Some thought...
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Student Questions: The Christian in Society, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 14, the Christian in Society. Some thought...
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Student Questions: The Christian in Society, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin looking at chapter 14, the Christian in Society. Some thought…
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Student Questions: The Church
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin looking at chapter 13, the church. Some thought prompts for...
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Student Questions: Means of Grace, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue with chapter 12, which discusses the means of grace. Some…
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Student Questions: Means of Grace, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue with chapter 12, which discusses the means of grace. Some…
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Student Questions: Means of Grace, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we turn to chapter 12, which discusses the means of grace. What are the…
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Student Questions: Sanctification, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 11, which discusses sanctification. Some...
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Student Questions: Sanctification, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 11, which discusses sanctification. Some...
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Student Questions: Sanctification, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we turn to chapter 11, which discusses sanctification. Some questions to get...
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Student Questions: Conversion, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 10, which discusses conversion. Some…
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Student Questions: Conversion, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin chapter 10, which discusses conversion. Some ideas to get people...
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Student Questions: Justification, part 4
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to look at chapter 9 of the book, which deals with…
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Student Questions: Justification, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to look at chapter 9 of the book, which deals with…
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Student Questions: Justification, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to look at chapter 9 of the book, which deals with…
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Student Questions: Justification, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin a look at chapter 9 of the book, on justification. Some ideas to…
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Student Questions: The Person of Jesus Christ, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 8 of the book, which discusses the person of...
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Student Questions: The Person of Jesus Christ, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue looking at chapter 8 of the book, which discusses the person of...
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Student Questions: The Person of Jesus Christ
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin looking at chapter 8 of the book, which discusses the person of…
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Student Questions: Sin, part 5
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue working through chapter 7 of the book, which discusses sin. Some...
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Student Questions: Sin, part 4
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue working through chapter 7 of the book, which discusses sin. Some...
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Student Questions: Sin, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue working through chapter 7 of the book, which discusses sin. Some...
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Student Questions: Sin, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue working through chapter 7 of the book, which discusses sin. Some...
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Student Questions: Sin
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas for conversation inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we begin working through chapter 7 of the book, which discusses sin. Some...
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Student Questions: On Humanity, part 6
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter–Humanity. Some...
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Student Questions: On Humanity, part 5
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter–Humanity. Some...
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Student Questions: On Humanity, part 4
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter–Humanity....
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Student Questions: On Humanity, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter–Humanity....
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Student Questions: On Humanity, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter–Humanity. Here...
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Student Questions: On Humanity
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the sixth chapter--Humanity. Here...
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Student Questions: On Creation
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the fifth chapter--Creation. Here...
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Student Questions: On God, part 3
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the fourth chapter–God. Here are...
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Student Questions: On God, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we continue to consider how to have a conversation based on the fourth chapter–God. Here are...
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Student Questions: On God, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we consider how to have a conversation based on the fourth chapter--God. Here are some...
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Student Questions: Law and Gospel
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through ideas inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. In this episode we consider how to have a conversation based on the third chapter on Law and Gospel. Here are...
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Student Questions: Revelation, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through questions inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. Chapter two of this book discusses revelation. The discussion about this topic began in the previous...
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Student Questions: Revelation, part 1
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through questions inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. Chapter two of this book discusses revelation. What is revelation? What are different ways of knowing...
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Student Questions: Task of Theology, part 2
As the student questions series continues, I'm talking through questions inspired from a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine–Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. Chapter one of this book is entitled, "The Task of Theology." Today's episode continues the same topic as...
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Student Questions: The Task of Theology
As the student questions series continues, the next episodes will be based around a text we use in Core Theology class at Concordia University-Irvine--Called to Believe by Steven Mueller. Chapter one of this book is entitled, "The Task of Theology." Discussions I have with my students based on…
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Student Questions: On Origins, part 2
As we continue from the previous episode on origins and evolutionarianism, in this episode, I have suggestions for what to do in conversation when a person isn't open to hearing anything. What if someone is so adamant about their beliefs that they won't consider alternatives? How can we ask...
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Student Questions: On Origins, part 1
In this episode, we start thinking about leading conversations around origins, or as I call it, "evolutionarianism". Let's consider our attitude toward science. Is religion contrary to science? How can we come together and have positive conversations about objective reality? How can we lead a...
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Student Questions: Free Will, part 3
As we continue thinking about free will and how best to engage people in conversation to challenge assumptions, this episode focuses on how we tend to think of maturing. Is the modern-day notion of what it means to reach maturity an accurate one? What are some big concerns regarding this in our...
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Student Questions: Free Will, part 2
We continue thinking about free will by considering if we can test for free will. Some example questions include: Have you ever done anything you regret? What don't we have the ability to change, even if we wanted to? What does our DNA consist of? What is the most effective way to keep a person…
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Student Questions: Free Will, part 1
No free will?? This is an important topic, because how you think about free will affects how you read the Bible. So, how do I approach this in my classes to get students to reconsider widely-held notions? What are tests for free will? What are some key words in the Bible to shed light on the idea...
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Student Questions: Why not the Bible?
We're aware the criticism from the world around us regarding the Bible. How can we look at the arguments people have, and address them in a helpful way? In this episode I share statements I typically make to my students to get them thinking and talking. I mention Lee Strobel's book, The Case for...
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Student Questions: Worldview illustrations
In this series about questions we can ask to spur conversation, we've talked about worldviews and collaboration versus competition. Now we consider some illustrations that can further explain worldviews, including: The coast guard A drowning person Physican/hospital Fasting at Panera Ambassadors...
About this show
Dr. Eschelbach engages life's fundamental questions and concepts with analysis and reference to the witness found in nature, common human experience, and biblical texts. Forty years of caring for the lives of people as pastor and professor provides recognition of questions and challenges that matter, as well as answers and solutions that are real and effective.
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Professor Michael A. Eschelbach, Ph.D.
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