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In episode 502 of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony and Jesse begin what promises to be a multi-part deep dive into the Parable of the Good Samaritan — one of the most culturally embedded and theologically rich stories Jesus ever told. But before a single character hits the Jericho road, the hosts ground listeners in something easily overlooked: the charged context in which this parable is told. A lawyer — trained, confident, adversarial — steps forward not to learn but to test. What follows is a masterclass in how Jesus turns the law back on those who wield it as a weapon. This episode covers Luke 10:21–36, explores the covenant of works and covenant of grace, the noetic effects of sin, and why the Good Samaritan is far more than a lesson in being a helpful neighbor. Buckle up. Key Takeaways The lawyer's question is self-contradictory from the start. Asking "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" smuggles a works-righteousness assumption into the very grammar of the question. Inheritance by definition is received, not earned. Jesus does not give the lawyer a new paradigm — He reorients him to the true one. The covenant of grace is not a New Testament innovation. It runs through every Old Testament covenant administration. The lawyer should have already known this. "Do this and you will live" is not a Pelagian concession. Christ is holding out the law's own terms — perfect, total, unrelenting obedience — not to suggest it is achievable, but to expose its impossibility and drive the lawyer (and us) to the only alternative: mercy. "Desiring to justify himself" is more complex than it first appears. Tony argues that the desire to fulfill the covenant of works is not inherently wicked — it is the misguided belief that one can which is the problem. This distinction creates room for reading Christ's response as genuinely merciful instruction, not merely rebuke. The noetic effects of sin mean accurate theology can be deployed in service of self. The lawyer knows the right answers and still uses them to avoid repentance. Correct doctrine alone does not save. The fundamental human problem is not ignorance — it is the will's bondage and the heart's self-love. The parable is primarily Christological, not merely ethical. Jesus is the Good Samaritan. The story is not first about mercy ministry; it is about who binds up our wounds when we are left for dead on the road, unable to save ourselves. The priest and the Levite are not exonerated by their ritual obligations. Considerable ink has been spilled trying to justify their passing by on grounds of Levitical purity concerns. The parable refuses that exit. Everyone in the story — and everyone listening — already knows what the right thing to do was. Key Concepts The Covenant of Works Is Not a Black Box One of the more quietly important arguments Tony makes in this episode is that the covenant of works was never meant to be mysterious or inaccessible. When Jesus responds to the lawyer's question by asking, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" — He does so with a visible assumption: there is a clear, knowable answer, and the lawyer should be able to give it. And he does. Love God completely, love your neighbor as yourself. The covenant of works was always coherent and comprehensible. The problem has never been that its demands were obscure. The problem is that no one — save the Mediator — has ever kept them. Jesus is not introducing a new ethical framework. He is forcing the lawyer to confront a standard he has always known and has never met. The Lawyer as a Warning to Reformed Christians Jesse closes the episode's first movement with a pointed and personal application that cuts across theological self-satisfaction. The lawyer is not a caricature of ignorance — he is a portrait of someone with accurate, affirmed theological knowledge who instinctively deploys it in the service of self-justification the moment he senses conviction. Jesse names this directly as a danger particularly acute in Reformed circles, where doctrinal precision can become a subtle mechanism of self-defense rather than an occasion for repentance. The Reformation's great recovery of grace must not become a new form of the very disease it diagnosed. Knowing the right words about total depravity, the covenant of grace, and the mediator does not exempt anyone from the need to actually be humbled by them. Theology is not armor against repentance — it is, rightly received, the road toward it. Context Is Not Just Setup — It Is Part of the Lesson Tony and Jesse both emphasize that Luke 10:21–24 is not merely throat-clearing before the real content begins. The theological statement embedded there — that the Father has hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to little children, that no one knows the Son except the Father or the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him — is the hermeneutical key to everything that follows. The lawyer approaches Jesus as one rabbi testing another. But Luke has already told his readers that this is not a conversation between equals debating interpretive options. It is the Lawgiver being questioned by someone who does not recognize Him. The parable that follows is not just an answer to a legal question. It is a revelation — the kind that only happens when the Son chooses to give it. Memorable Quotes You do not want to pit the law against the one who has given the law, the one whose character is represented in the law — because you're always going to get owned, and you'll get owned before you realize you've just gotten owned on multiple levels. - Jesse Schwamb Jesus is trying to sort of reorient them back to the true paradigm of grace that is present under all of the Old Covenant administrations. It's not so much a matter of developing a new framework and imposing it on this guy. It's really trying to say, 'Listen — think about this for a second. Think about the fact that, yes, you know you have to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, your whole mind, and you have to love your neighbor as yourself. You've answered correctly. If you can do those things, you will live.' — with the subtext: and of course you cannot possibly do those things. - Tony Arsenal The fundamental human problem is not primarily ignorance, but the will's bondage and the heart's self-love. It's a problem no amount of correct discipline or doctrine alone can fix apart from some kind of regenerating grace — which is exactly what Jesus is going to illustrate for us in the mercy he's about to display in this parable. - Jesse Schwamb Full Transcript Tony Arsenal: [00:00:00] This parable is not primarily about us figuring out how to do mercy ministry. Like, that's important. It's probably an outcome of this. It's probably something for us to think about. But really, this is actually Christ saying, like, "Hold on a second here, dude." Like, "Let's just think about this." Do you need someone who is going to tell you to pick yourself up off your bootstraps and cross to the other side of the street and leave you to your own devices? Or do you need someone who's gonna throw you on their donkey, who's gonna bind up your wounds, who's gonna pay the innkeeper, and is gonna pledge to pay everything that is owed for your salvation? Right? That's not too on the nose here, I think. Welcome to episode 502 of The Reformed Brotherhood. I'm [00:01:00] Jesse  And I'm Tony, and this is the podcast with ears to hear. Hey, brother.  Jesse Schwamb: Hey, brother. Well, we've got a big one to talk about on this episode. We're marching further and further into all of the glorious parables Jesus told as part of His teaching. And as you and I kind of joked before we began, I mean, what did you call it? Did you say this is, uh, the big daddy?  Tony Arsenal: It's the big daddy, one of the big daddy parables.  Jesse Schwamb: It's one of the big daddy parables. Now, this one is probably second maybe only to the prodigal son. Yeah But in terms of its ubiquity and its kind of just common knowledge in culture, this one ranks right up there. And before I reveal what it is, which you may already know, I was thinking how so many times we look at the Beatitudes as expression of a master class in Jesus teaching the law, and I think that's true. But as I was reading and thinking about this particular parable, I thought, "I don't know. I think this one is, uh, right up there," because [00:02:00] this is like law on law. It's double law. Yeah It's law coming back at the law giver who's trying to use the law to test Jesus, and then Jesus tests him with the law that He himself gave His people. It's... I'm already getting too excited- ... and we've got something to do before we get there. But we're talking about the parable of the Good Samaritan. And so I can't imagine, can I just make a prediction up front? I, you know where I'm going with this, and probably everybody else does. Uh, this is gonna be like two conversations-  Tony Arsenal: At least ...  Jesse Schwamb: probably.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah, at least two.  Jesse Schwamb: Is that fair? Because I realize we, of course, wanna get to the parable itself, and oh, my goodness, how much ink has been spilled. Even going back to, like, if you read, like, Augustine or, like, the early church, like the Patristics, the Church Fathers, there are so much that could be said, and maybe some stuff that just shouldn't be said about all the allegorical potential intent here about these characters. But [00:03:00] there's so much amazing stuff that happens in the opening of this, that's not just the setup, but it is its own lesson, and I'm real excited actually to talk about that with you before we even get into, like, all the good stuff that everybody expects that you wanna talk about. So we're gonna do it all. Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: We're gonna do it all, but it'll take time.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. I'm interested to see if we're even on the same page about where to start reading, 'cause I, I think we might not be, and that's gonna be fun. So we'll, we'll let it fly and see what happens. It'll be our own little, uh, podcast game.  Jesse Schwamb: But, uh, I think- Well, I mean, we're gonna be in Luke chapter 10, but I guess to your point, we should be starting in Luke chapter one to get to this. Yeah.  Tony Arsenal: Exactly. But  Jesse Schwamb: we, we do have to back up quite a bit, and I was gonna ask you about that. Yeah. But I, apparently we're just gonna play that on the fly and see where we go.  Affirmations Denials Segment Jesse Schwamb: But of course, the Reformers had their five solos. Chalcedon had its, what, seven withouts. We've got opinions, and we're just as confident about ours, so of course it's time for affirmations, denials, where we affirm something that we think is good or awesome or [00:04:00] we wanna recommend, and we deny, again, something that is not so great or maybe just plain annoying. So before we talk about the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Tony, what do you got for us on this episode? Are you affirming with something, or are you gonna come in with a denial?  Tony Arsenal: Well, I've got two affirmations. That's fine. One is just- I will allow it ... a declaration of joy, and one is, like, a real affirmation. I, I just can't... It would be remiss of me not to share with our podcasting family that my son August and my daughter Adeline, uh, joined the visible church today as- Hear, hear ... uh, non-communicant members. Uh, Augie and Addie were baptized on the 16th of August of 2026, uh, into the visible church, into the name of Jesus Christ. Uh, was, it was just a great service. Um, it's funny because I've been- been talking with Augie. One of the thing with toddlers when you're doing something big like this is you kinda have to talk about it and practice and rehearse, rehearse it and, and get them ready for it. And up until maybe, like, I don't know, three days [00:05:00] ago, every time it would come up he would be saying, "I don't wanna be baptized. I don't wanna be baptized." And, um, you know, I, I, I, you know, I don't wanna force him to do something, but also, like, I make him eat vegetables. But, um- ... he, I, I think it was nerves, and I think something clicked in his head and all of a sudden he was very excited to be baptized. So, um, it was great. We've been talking about, you know, what baptism is, God's promise to you that if you trust him he'll save you. And so today he- Right ... he was like, "God's gonna make a promise to me to save me." So he was very excited. Nice. And he did a great job just standing quietly and listening to the pastor talk. Uh, and Addie was, was, was just a beautiful little girl, and she, um, she loved it as well. So that's just a bonus affirmation. I don't know that I could get through a podcast without gushing over that.  Glorify App and Devotionals Tony Arsenal: Uh, but the, the affirmation I have, uh, this is an, an app that I think some of our listeners may have heard of. Um, some may roll their eyes at it, to be honest with you. Um, I stumbled on this because, uh, you have an Oura Ring, don't you, Jesse? Jesse Schwamb: I do.  Tony Arsenal: You [00:06:00] do, yeah. So for those who don't know, an Oura Ring is like a little wearable ring that's like a, almost like a fitness tracker, but it tracks biometrics, pulse rate, temperature, all these different things, sleep. Um, there's a startup, uh, that has been doing a GoFundMe or a funding kind of thing for, uh, what they're calling like a Christian version of an Oura Ring. So it does a lot of the same things, sleep tracking, basic biometric tracking. Hmm. But it also has like alerts built in, and it's tied into an app that they use for devotionals. So it'll, it'll remind you to pray. It'll remind you, you know, bring you to an app to do a devotion. But the app it uses is a standalone app that I looked up, and it's called Glorify. Have you ever heard of this app before this evening? I have heard of  Jesse Schwamb: this, yeah.  Tony Arsenal: So Glorify is just a small devotional app. Uh, it's not much different than you would expect based on the name. It is connected to this, uh, to this Glorify ring, which again is, is sort of like an Oura Ring tied into this app. But this app basically is, is [00:07:00] designed to help you complete short daily devotional exercises, and they're usually very brief. They're based on a very brief, um, a very brief passage of scripture. Today's passage, uh, c- there's a quote. So today's quote is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It says, "True love does not consist in finding the perfect person, but in faithfully loving an imperfect one." Not sure why this devotional app is using a romance, uh, quote from Bonhoeffer of all people. But that was today's. Um, and the passage is Proverbs 5:15-17. So it's a, it's a devotional based on two verses, which is fine. So you read the passage. There's a very brief devotional on that passage, and then sort of a guided prayer, and they have both premium and free models. The premium model includes like you can listen to the devotional, you can listen to the prayer. Um, but just for example, today's prayer, it, it's very simple. "Loving Father, thank you for, uh, thank you because you're faithful and unchanging. In a world [00:08:00] marked by broken promises, disposable relationships, you remain the same. Teach me to reflect that faithfulness in my relationships. Help me to love with perseverance, grace, and commitment following the example of Christ. Protect marriages, strengthen families, restore what needs healing. May every relationship be marked by respect, truth, and genuine love. Shape in me a heart of integrity that honors you in both the small and significant choices of life. In Jesus' name, amen." So I think what I love about this, and this, I mentioned last week that there was, this is kind of like, sort of like the fluffy evangelical devotions. Like- Right ... there's not a ton of like solid doctrinal meat- But like, it's still nourishing. And sometimes we need a little bit of help. Sometimes we don't know what to pray, we don't know what to read, we're not sure. Sometimes in, I think in our Reformed circles, we feel like if we're not reading large portions of scripture and reading deep theological treaties or long, complex devotionals, that we're really not doing anything, and that's just not the [00:09:00] truth. So I've been using this in addition to other devotional studies I'm doing. I don't do it every day. I mean, there's some like streak functionality, kinda like habit tracking type stuff that's built into it. Um, but it's nice. It's nice to be able to pick it up, read a very short scripture, a brief devotional thought, and then have some guided prayer. I know one of the reasons I don't pray as often as I ought to is because I struggle to know what and how to pray. So even having some written prayers, I mean, this is why the Psalms are good, things like the Valley of Visions are good. Um, having some pre-written prayers that you genuinely pray but you're not having to come up with in the moment can really help. Right. So the app is called Glorify. I know it's available on iPhone. I'm not sure about Android. I'm sure it probably is. I'm sure they wanna have a pretty broad ecosystem. Um, and, and it's good. Again, it's, it's not anything fancy. It's not anything like super technical. Uh, and as I kind of alluded, like some of it's a little weird. Um, I, I didn't read the proverb. I think maybe the proverb is about romantic relationships, why they're, why they're tying in that, um, Bonhoeffer quote in, in the prayer. [00:10:00] But, um, even that, like it's pretty innocuous. And the quotes, like you don't have to read the quotes. It's not like you have to have to do that. Um, you could jump in, just read the scripture or just read the devotion and just do the prayer and you would be fine. So check it out. It's called Glorify, available on iPhone for sure. I'm pretty sure it's on, on Android. And maybe it's something you add daily, you know, this kinda thing like you do when you're on the bus or you're waiting at the grocery store, something quick you can do when you might be wasting that time just sorta sitting around or scrolling Twitter. Again, Twitter's fine. You can use your leisure time as you see fit. But if you wanna fill it with something like this, something that is more spiritual, then this would be a good option to just add a little bit of, uh, a little bit of nourishment to your diet where you might not otherwise be getting it  Jesse Schwamb: I have no proof of this, but I just keep saying it anyway. It might be that we're living in the golden age of really great- ... daily worship resources. Like, something to actually cultivate, not just, like, a devotional nugget, but something that actually leads you into a pattern and a habit of [00:11:00]worship, giving your attentive focus on Jesus. And I love that. So, uh, uh, 'cause I was just thinking, like, I was trying to look back on some of our past affirmations here. We've talked about the book Walking in Faith. I just gave everybody Awake My Soul last week. You're coming in with the Glorify app. I- we've talked about Dwell, if not recently, we've talked about that for some time. It's like a great Bible reading app, and there's lots and lots of new features, by the way, coming out on that- Yeah that are fantastic. And then, yes, all these other great prayers. I, I see, like, these books on prayer, like, actually, I'm sorry, like, prayer books, I guess, as, like, a great way to kinda... It's like a jumper for your car. You know what I mean? Like, just gets you started. What a, what a lovely thing to come into a place and have a launching pad. And I've been using a lot of Into His Presence, which is a collection of Puritan prayers, sometimes because, for instance, this just happened, where I wanted to pray for someone who was just going through a rough time, a good friend of mine. And I went to that place to kinda start and frame, knowing that I was gonna sit down with him and pray, how I might be able to do that well and [00:12:00] effectively. And these things are just, like, really phenomenal resources. It's just an amazing time to have all these things at our disposal. So that's another great option. It's, it's really more about, like you and I have talked about, Tony, like, whatever gets us into that pattern, whatever gets us, like, authentically experiencing under our own volition, coming in the discipline of sitting before God in daily worship with that expression being pretty broad in its representation- Yeah is to really include something of devotional time in the scriptures, memorization, metabolation, metabolizing. Metabolation, I'm just gonna make that up as, like- ... what happens when you, when you take the scripture and metabolize it into your own life. Meditating on it and, you know, again, maybe looking through the confessions and creeds that have shaped our distilled understanding of what the scripture teaches so that we're enhancing and edifying our mind. We're also engaging the heart, and then we're engaging God and ourselves in communication with Him through prayer. I'm all for anything [00:13:00] that gets us into those rhythms, reminds us of the importance of them, and like we talked about last week, makes it so that when we think about what it means to be married to Christ, so to speak, it's not just about whipping out some kind of marriage certificate to prove that, but that we actually have a frame and a behavioral pattern that fits a married person, that- Yeah how they act, how they think, how they behave, how they communicate, they're never too far away from their lovely spouse in some way or another. And so I think that these tools are great ways to get us exactly into that kind of mindset and practice.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah, absolutely. And like I said, like, I think- In our Reformed circles, we can, you know, we, we tend to be maybe a little eggheaded, and we, we tend to be a little more intellectual and, and a little more, I don't know, studious. And there's nothing wrong with that. Um, but I think sometimes it can breed a sort of, uh, elitism and arrogance. Sure. Uh, this is a perfectly valid devotional tool. Yes. Mm-hmm. And, and I think, [00:14:00] you know, kinda like the old adage, like, well, what's the best translation of scripture? Well, whichever one you're gonna read. Exactly. Like, what's the best devotional tool? Whichever one you're gonna use, whichever one's actually gonna bring you into the Word, uh, on a, on a regular basis. Um, and again, like, two verses of the scripture is two verses of the scripture that you might- Right ... not have other spent time, otherwise spent time reading. And it really is short enough, and it saves your progress. Like, you can do, you can do the quote in the morning, and then you can check the scripture on the way to the, you know, the word work, on a stoplight or whatever. Um, if you have the, the paid subscription, you can listen to this stuff, you know, on the, the bus or whatever. Um, so check it out. Glorify app, they have a ring they're making. It's in funding, I guess, if you wanna check it out, you can check that out too. I am neither affirming nor denying whatever this Glory ring is, Glorify ring. But, um, but yeah, the app is great. The, the app is free, and it's, it's worth even just checking out and adding once in a while to your day  Jesse Schwamb: The glory ring or the glorify ring sounds like almost too Tolkien, even for me  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. It's the one ring to rule all of your devotions. [00:15:00] Uh, and in the, and in the morning bind them. Jesse, save me from the trail I was about to go on, and, and I was gonna speak in the language of Mordor, I think, on accident. Uh, save us from this. What are you affirming or denying?  Jesse Schwamb: That's  Tony Arsenal: beautiful. Please tell me it's the language of Mordor. Elvish AI and Music Pick Jesse Schwamb: Uh, no, but can I just say at the risk of really taking us really far afield so early on, which is not necessarily off-brand for us, I have done this... I, I don't know if I should be ashamed by this or I should be excited by this. But- ... um, the Elvish tongue in the Tolkien universe-  Tony Arsenal: Oh, no. ...  Jesse Schwamb: is like, there's several... If you're super nerdy, you'll know there's like several different kind of iterations or formulas of it, and there's no, like, official language like Klingon, but there ha- it has been studied, and basically, like, it's kind of like the Eugene Peterson of the language. Like, there's, like, just kind of a dynamic equivalent or an expression of words. Anyway, all that to say- ... there's several languages that, uh, Microsoft Copilot will just not [00:16:00] translate because it says, like, "This one, this language doesn't actually exist. There's not enough for me to do anything." Let me tell you something. Tolkien Elvish is not one of those languages, and I actually built an agent, because I have a coworker who can, uh, who can appreciate all this stuff, that takes a text, translates it into this kind of academic high-level Elvish from Tolkien, and then translates it back to English. That makes anything you're saying way better and far more poetic and just absolutely amazing. So if you wanna have some fun, go and do that with whatever your favorite AI model is. Anyway, that's free of charge. Real quick, my affirmation is more music. It just turns out I've found this band, and I've been listening to them a lot. The band's name is Thronebreaker, which is just a phenomenal name, I think, for any group. Uh, it's amazing. Uh, th- this is... I'm gonna read you their description from Spotify. It just says, "Thronebreaker is Christian metalcore built for the bruised, the doubting, and the ones still fighting their way home." And what I've really been [00:17:00] loving about them is it is kind of like Wolves at the Gate adjacent. It's really lovely music. It is melodic, so it's, there's not just that there's that kind of hard edge, but that is present in it. But, uh, the music is really lovely and beautiful, and in part that's because they're going through this, like, drip of releasing music where they're taking, like, old hymns or maybe songs if you're of a certain age like I am of kind of childhood Sunday school- And they're taking the lyrics, not the melody, and they're reimagining them. So they have two versions of Jesus Loves Me that they just released. They have the old We're Gonna Cross, a song called Glory to the King Most High. These songs are just saturated with gospel. Like, they're just all power, all encouragement, and all authority represented in Jesus Christ. They're incredible, and I've j- where I've, what I've been really blessed by is these two versions of Jesus Love Me are just fantastic. Like, they're orchestral. There is a children's kind of chorus at one point, and it got me [00:18:00] singing that song again, and really, maybe to what you were saying before, Tony, like sitting in those three words, which are really phenomenal words to hear. And so I have been surprised at how moved I've been by what really I, I first understood, of course, as a children's song with simple truth that seems, you know, depending on how long you've known some part of the gospel, obvious. And yet I found them all new again, and a, a really lovely way of just sitting in the truth of God in music that I didn't expect to find. So if you're interested in any of that or maybe just curious of what it would sound like if a Christian metalcore band took Jesus Loves Me and turned it into their genre, then honestly you should just go check out Throne Breaker. I mean, you pretty much have to at this point.  Tony Arsenal: I, I don't ever have anything to add to your musical affirmations or denials, 'cause I, I just don't. What I do have to add is that Throne Breaker actually sounds like some sort of really [00:19:00] amazing, like, mace-type weapon in Lord of the Rings. Yes.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes,  Tony Arsenal: it does. Or like a big hammer that a dwarf carries. And I would also like to say that if you ask Google Gemini to translate something into Tolkien English, it not only will do it, it will tell you how to pronounce it.  Google Elf: A ava aini Ilai amel i trona se.  Tony Arsenal: What do you think that was, Jesse?  Jesse Schwamb: No idea.  Tony Arsenal: First of all, that was elevated Quenya, a Quenya. Yes.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes, that's  Tony Arsenal: the one. Classic Quenya.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  Google Elf: A leta Ilai amel aima.  Tony Arsenal: I would be willing to bet... Actually, let's do this.  Jesse Schwamb: Ugh.  Tony Arsenal: Uh, we don't give out prizes very often. Uh, I will say to anyone who can tell me what that is, the first person that emails, uh, or, or goes into the Telegram chat, we'll do this. We'll be professional podcasters and drive people to one of our channels. Here we  Jesse Schwamb: go.  Tony Arsenal: The first person who goes to our telephone, our Telegram chat and tells me what that [00:20:00] means, what that, uh, Elvish means, will get a Reformed Brotherhood T-shirt.  Jesse Schwamb: Oh, that is big.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: That-  Tony Arsenal: So I'm gonna, I'm gonna play it one more time.  Jesse Schwamb: Okay, here we go. Everybody listen. Every- All right, pull over. Stop your vehicles. Here we go.  Google Elf: A leta Ilai amel aima.  Tony Arsenal: There it is, everybody.  Jesse Schwamb: I'm not being a cry- I have a guess, but I, I, I wanna try to win the T-shirt, so I'm gonna- Yes ... wi- withhold. All right. Uh, yeah, that's, that's super fun. Did it, um... Did you also translate it back into English from that  Tony Arsenal: just to see- No, I'll do that later, 'cause that would give away the, that would  Jesse Schwamb: give away the prize. Yeah, it's, it's... We'll have to save that for next week, because that, that is the fun. It creates, like, what I was doing to, to have fun with this coworker is take very technical, like, work-related emails, and I would send it through. It would go through that iterative process, and I actually loved how it, it was talking. Like, it wa- this was an email about risk, and it, it gave, like, these beautiful grand metaphors that didn't sound corny or cheesy. That's the beautiful thing. That's amazing. It [00:21:00] was like true Elvish. Like, you were just like, "I wish I spoke that way all the time about, about risk." And it, like I said, it wasn't just like... You could, you could obviously throw something in and be like, "Make this Shakespearean," or, you know, "Make this, you know, sound like, you know, Milton." This is way better. This is way better, because it's not, like, actually trying to manipulate what you're saying. It's takes, like, the dynamic equivalent of what you said, then translates it back with way more kind of poetic infrastructure while maintaining, like, the essential meaning that you have. I'm, I'm selling this too hard. Everybody just has to go out and try it. So, all right, you know what's at stake here, but here's how you have to win this. If you want a chance, if you want a chance at winning this, you gotta go to t.me/reformedbrotherhood, t.me/reformedbrotherhood, and that link will take you to the Telegram app and our little corner of it, and you're gonna find there's a bunch of chats there. You gotta go to the affirmations or denials chat, and then you gotta put in what is the translation of what Tony just played.[00:22:00] I just love... Isn't it amazing, though, that, like, y- as you discovered, there's more than one version of Elvish available? Yeah. And they do differentiate between the various kinds. This is a big deal. I learned there are actually scholars who have, like, again, filled in kind of like the details of the language- Oh, yeah taking as a basis what Tolkien had there. Yeah. So I think that this is the best. We couldn't have conceived of this if we'd actually tried and planned for it, so-  Tony Arsenal: It's true ...  Jesse Schwamb: it's just better that it all happened in, in real time. It's true. And, and speaking of which, I think now we get to have the fun of figuring out, uh, where in Luke chapter 10 are we gonna begin? Or should we just start in Luke 1 and just let's see how far we can get reading  Tony Arsenal: in this- I could have, I could have Google Gemini read it in elevated Kenya, Quenya I did try to get it to put it in Sindarin, and it wouldn't do it for some reason. I'm not sure. Maybe this anti-Sindarin bias in Gemini,  Jesse Schwamb: man. Disappointing.  Tony Arsenal: It's disappointing.  Jesse Schwamb: Dis- disappointing. So let's kick off some Good Samaritan talk, which again, I think is gonna take us [00:23:00] through maybe in the next couple of conversations, in part because, like I said, we're not even gonna start at, uh, verse 25 because there is so much more that needs to be said, I think, before that. Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. I, I think actually the proper place to start this, and I, I'm guessing Jesse probably, whether he was there or not, he probably figured out where I was going, uh, over the course of the last 20 minutes or whatever. Um, I actually think the proper place to start, at least one of the proper places to start, is in verse 21. Yeah. Um, and I- we'll talk about why that is. And I'll... I'm gonna read here, um, 21, uh, through the end of the parable. Uh, and this is Jesus talking. He says in this, uh... Well, it, this is, um... Yes, uh, I'll just read it here. "In the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will. All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one who knows who the Son is except... No, no one knows who the Son is [00:24:00] except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Himself.'" Then turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see and did not see it, and hear what you hear and did not hear it." And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and he saw him and passed on the other side. So likewise a Levite, [00:25:00] when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. Whatever you, whatever more you spend I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" And he said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "You go and do likewise."  Jesse Schwamb: I think you're right, of course, to back us up into verse 21 because I don't want to keep saying it's always a setup, but Jesus is certainly giving us like the right context in which... Well, Luke of course is the author here and as he's explaining the teaching of Jesus, he does so well to start out with some irony that we don't realize is gonna be ironic until we get to the, to verse 25 [00:26:00] when we realize who's testing Jesus, who's setting this all up. So this idea that the Holy Spirit, everybody rejoicing in the Holy Spirit and the knowledge and the wisdom, the intelligence that's revealed through the Holy Spirit to all of these lesser people and in particular here emblematic the infants That here we have kings and rulers, and in this case, this beloved scholar of the law, who all have this adventure in missing the point. They think, in fact, they're looking for the one who is to set them free, and they can't even see that it's Him who is before him. And yet, incidentally, God has already revealed all these things to the lowest, to the ones who are the most humble, the meek, the mild, the down and outs, the ones who are weak by the view of everybody else. And so it's amazing that if we just kinda, again, like blow past it into, like, just all the characters, we don't see that the teaching starts actually well above this, that even everything we're about to understand, that unfolds in our lives, ev- every spiritual incarnation and insight that we have [00:27:00] first starts with God himself in his revealing it to us both in his general revelation, but of course, in the specific revelation of his teaching. So I like that you started us there, because I, I'm with you. That's where this whole thing launches off, right?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Parables Reveal and Conceal Tony Arsenal: Yeah, and as we come into when we very, like very start of this, uh, series, the, the parable series, Jesus sort of embeds a theology of parables into this introduction, right? Or I should say Luke does. But this, uh, this is written a- as though all of this is occurring as sort of one event. Right. And likely it was, right? So sometimes, uh, in the Gospels, events are kind of, like, moved next to each other for thematic reasons. It's possible that that's the case. It seems like this may have actually just been one, one teaching, and I'll, I'll talk about why that is in a second here. Um, but at the very least, this is placed next to each other in the Gospel almost as, like a, "Here's the theology of parables. Now, here's actually that happening in real [00:28:00] time."  Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  Tony Arsenal: And then also, like, a parable kinda demonstrating it, right? So the theology of the parable here is that there are many prophets, kings who desire to see what it is that, that, uh, uh, the disciples are seeing, right? And all things have been handed over to the Father or to, to the Son, by the Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father. No one who knows who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal, right? So the, the theology of parables here presented in Luke is that the parable itself is being used as a way to reveal the Father and the Son to those whom the Son chooses to reveal it to. The Lawyer as the Fool Tony Arsenal: And that leaves us with this lawyer, um, sort of playing, playing the fool in almost like a dramatic sense, right? In a lot of drama, there's kind of like the fool character who's sort of like the foil or the idiot of the thing who's, who's unaware and is almost like made an example of, right? Um, I, I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but there's often a character in a play who's like, uh, it's [00:29:00] almost like the opposite of the everyman, right? The everyman in a, in a play- Right ... or in a movie is sort of like the outsider who things gets explained to, and he's sort of the proxy for, for the audience. Um, I think like, um, Hawkeye in Avengers is kind of the everyman. He's sort of just like this regular dude swept up in this thing, and oftentimes he's the one that, uh, the big characters are explaining things to. And really what that is is the big characters are explaining that to the audience through this proxy. There's also this concept of the fool in a lot of these plays or movies who's sort of like the dummy, the idiot of the play, who things are explained to, and it's still a way to explain it to the audience, but the character doesn't get it. And so that's kind of, kind of the role that this lawyer is playing in this, this narrative here. He, he steps forward. He's like, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answers his question, and then in this like sort of like stunning moment of, like unawareness, he's trying to justify himself. He says, "Well, who is my neighbor?"[00:30:00] As though that's a question that needed to be asked, right? I think, like, we sort of think of it as like, "Oh, yeah, that's a valid question." I actually don't think it is. Like, it's pretty obvious, in the Old Testament at least, who your neighbor is. It's the people who live immediately with you. It's the other people of Israel. It's the people in your immediate concentric circles, the people you have direct access to. Um, and so then Jesus explains it through this parable, and whether or not he gets it at the end, I guess is maybe a little bit unclear. We can talk about that as we get there. But at least in the beginning, he's portrayed as this sort of, like, fool who doesn't understand what Jesus is saying, and then this parable is taught. So it's this theology of, um, revelation to those whom it is intended to, and further obscuring from those it's intended not to, not to illuminate, which is identical. Uh, maybe it's a different flavor of the same thing, but it's the same thing as what Matthew had and what Jesus taught- Right ... in Matthew with the parables. Jesse Schwamb: Right. It definitely is, again, illustrating, again, God's divine prerogative. I think you really have to do a lot of theological gymnastics [00:31:00] to try to work yourself out of a place here that says, like, "Well, this, this knowledge is accessible to all people."  Tony Arsenal: Right.  Jesse Schwamb: That if somehow we just work hard enough, study hard enough, come even before God with the right attitude or do the right things, that somehow all this will be made plain to us, and that's certainly not the truth here. In fact, again, the ironic setup is you have this lawyer asking this question, which creates this strange contrast because here's a man trained in the law, and he approaches the very wisdom of God to test him while the little children already perceive what this fool cannot. So it's irony upon irony, and then I, I like what you're saying. I think, and we'll get to this to anticipate a bit, I'm reading this as he's hoping that the answer to whom is my neighbor, just like he- he's received the affirmative from Jesus saying, "Yes, you understand. Go and do these things. This is life," and we'll get to all of what that means, I think, as well in terms of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace. But I think he's hoping that the definition of neighbor is gonna mean that he has [00:32:00] already accomplished the thing then, so that if there's somehow- Yeah ... he could just set the right boundaries. He could say, "Ah, yeah, I'm already good then, Jesus. I already, already did all that stuff." So- It's wild to me that it, it all starts with, of course, like some kind of scribal specialist in the Torah, of course, likely some kind of Pharisee by theological alignment. And as I'm looking at the notes here, what I find particularly stunning as we start this out is that Luke, of course, is able to speak several times in this parable to the intent. And so he says right away with great kind of fanfare and description that the intent here from this scribal Torah person was to test or to tempt, which is the same verb used of Satan's temptation of Christ and of Israel's testing of God in Deuteronomy 6, which of course Jesus is gonna quote here later on. So it's not, of course, like sincere inquiry, like you're saying. It, it is like adversarial probing. It is like really profound setup. It is dripping with like [00:33:00] ulterior motive. It's seeking to expose Jesus as either like heterodox or as diminishing the law's demands. And I think we've talked about this before, so Tony, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure in one of the previous parables we talked about sometimes how these get set up with this kind of weird like oxymoronic setting. Inherit Eternal Life Debate Jesse Schwamb: So like this question of se- uh, uh, itself, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: It's like more than just theologically revealing. Biblically it's self-contradictory, 'cause of course like we talked about inheritance, I think actually when we went through the, the parable of the prodigal. By definition, that's received, of course, on the ba- basis of relationship or promise. It's not earned by performance. And if the inheritance comes by a law, it no longer comes by promise, right? I think that's like Galatians. So the lawyer's question already portray- portrays like some kind of weird works righteous paradigm. E- even if you think he's really after trying to understand the true intent of God's heart [00:34:00] behind the law, he is assuming at least in this question that eternal life is some kind of wage that he can earn rather than a gift to be received by grace through faith. And that's a fundamental error that the entire subsequent exchange, including the parable, is designed to expose. It's both, like you're saying, Tony, he has not learned yet what it means to be in the kingdom of God. He's outside of that, and so he's trying... Now Jesus is bringing in this corrective action, as it were, set up in a story, but he's gonna turn the law on him, which, which I don't wanna get too excited about that yet. But he's... But essentially, here we have somebody who's the expert in the law trying to leverage the law by way of force against the one who he does not understand has all leverage and authority over him, and is in fact the law giver himself So he's gonna, Jesus is gonna drive him to see his own ability to keep the law that he claims to honor, and that's more than just brilliant. This is what the law does. You do not wanna pit the law against the one who has given the law, the [00:35:00] one whose character is represented in the law, because you're always going to get owned, and you'll get owned before you realize you've just gotten owned on multiple levels, and I think that's what basically unfolds here. Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah, I, I have a little bit of a different take on the, the word inherit here. Um, I don't think what you're saying is wrong, um, but I think there's a little different flavor here, and actually, I, I think it, it still sort of propels us forward to the conversation we have to have, um, about the law and the gospel and the covenant of works, the covenant of grace. The, the Greek that lays under this word is, uh, it's a compound word of the word for, like, lot or portion and the word for law. And so, so the, this force of the word is more along the lines of, like, what shall I do to have a legal right to eternal life? Like- Right ... inherit, I think we hear inherit, and we think of, like, um, like what you get when someone dies, and so, like, obviously there's nothing you do to earn it, and that's certainly an element of the way this [00:36:00] word is used in some instances. I think reading this and kind of how, how the rest of the text plays out, this lawyer is coming forward and he's like, "What do I need to do to have a rightful legal claim to eternal life?" Right? We might even be able, and this is where it comes into the covenant of grace, covenant of works k- kind of paradigm. We might even be able to say that what this lawyer or this person comes forward to ask Jesus is, how do I gain, how do I gain the benefits of the covenant of works, right?  Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: Yep. That's language that was developed later that's not, not, like, biblical language in terms of, like, the actual language within the text, but that's the force of what he's saying. What must I do to be a rightful legal... Uh, what must I do to have a rightful legal claim on all of the blessings of the covenant of works, is really the question that's here. And so Jesus' answer is so instructive- Right ... 'cause what he says is, "Well, what's written in the law?" Like, he, he basically says, like, "Well, you should be able to tell me, teacher- Exactly of [00:37:00] the law, like, what, what needs to happen there." And there's an assumption on Christ's part that, like, there is an answer. I think sometimes, sometimes we, we, uh, we make an error in thinking that the covenant of works was never attainable, that it's somehow this, like, um, it's almost like a black box. Like, nobody could know what we have to do to, like, obtain eternal life. That's absolutely not the assumption Jesus makes. Jesus not only knows that there's an answer, it's such a straightforward answer that he expects this scribe to be able to answer it, right? And the scribe can, right? The scribe says, "Well, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul, your mind, your strength, and your neighbor as yourself," right? The summary of the law. Just good old classic Westminster larger, shorter catechism. Where's the law summarily comprehended? Summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments. And then, then again, I don't know the questions exactly, but then it also, like, says, like, "Where does Christ summarize this?" Well, you should love the Lord your God, and you should love your [00:38:00] neighbor as yourself, right? Covenant Works and Grace Tony Arsenal: So the, the lawyer comes forward and says, "What do I need to do to have a legal right to all of the blessings of the covenant of works?" Christ says, "Well, what do you think?" He says, "Well, you obey the entirety of the law." And he says, "You've answered correctly. Do this. Obey the entirety of the law and you will live." So the parable itself doesn't necessarily speak to this law, gospel, covenant of works, covenant of grace paradigm. The, the parable is used to show that not only does this lawyer know what is required of him, but that he won't do it.  Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: And I think that's really key, because even in the parable, within the parable itself, there are these figures that know what they should do, right? I, I think, um, we'll get into it, but there's a lot of ink spilled on almost like, um, explaining [00:39:00] why the priest and the Phar- phar- and the, the Levite almost like did the right thing by going to the other side of the room, and it points to like, well, their priestly and Levitical responsibilities, if they touch a dead body, like they can't do those things, and those things are so important. Like, there's a lot of ink spilled trying to almost explain why what they did is right, when the point of the parable is that actually we all know what the right thing to do in that sense was. And even the most righteous people in the mind of the hearers, the Levites and the priests, the most righteous people, even they don't do what they're supposed to do. Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: This, this paradigm, this gospel law paradigm, law gospel paradigm, this covenant of works, covenant of grace paradigm, is so baked into the very like fabric of, of human thought that it's just there. And Christ takes this time to point out to this lawyer, like, "You know what's expected of you." And so that's why the phrase desiring to justify himself is so key [00:40:00] here. I actually think that the, the, the I don't wanna go so far as to say, like, that this person was regenerated in the midst of this conversation, 'cause I don't know that. But I actually think that there's a forward movement of this lawyer as he interacts with Christ that is optimistic. I'm optimistic about it, right? Right. He starts out trying to test Jesus, then he star- then he moves to having a desire to justify himself. I think we hear that, we read that, desiring to justify himself, we automatically think that that's a negative thing. But if we think about justifying himself in terms of what he's talking about, how do I fulfill the obligations of the covenant of works, that's not a bad thing to wanna do. Right. It's not bad to wanna obey God's law and to lay claim to His promises. It's a misguided notion of something we can't accomplish, but in itself, desiring to justify himself is to desire to fulfill the obligations of the covenant of works. That's not necessarily a bad thing. And so I think this is a merciful, a merciful [00:41:00] teaching on Christ's part. He's trying to instruct this guy to say, "Look, you can't do it. And even if you could do it, you wouldn't do it. So let's, let's talk about mercy instead and what that looks like." And that's where we get to kind of the end of the, uh, the end of the parable.  Jesse Schwamb: And again, we have to remember that we know that the intent here is actually to test or try Jesus, so He's certainly being merciful by using this opportunity not to just put him on blast, but to actually provide true instruction. And of course, like, that was, to some degree, this turning the question back would've been, like, a rabbinic pedagogical technique, but theologically, this is what floors me, is from the jump, Jesus refuses to let this man treat Him merely as one more voice among competing rabbis. Yeah. Instead, He holds that lawyer to the standard of God's own revealed word by, like you said, asking not just what does it say, but how do you read it? Mm-hmm. He's pressing not just for, like, some kind of recitation, but for the lawyer's own understanding and application, and Jesus is gonna hold him [00:42:00] accountable to his own hermeneutic. So by, by the time we get the answer, we know as readers, and all those present would've understood, he already knows the right answer, and he's not ignorant to God's requirements. He already summarizes the whole moral law correctly, encompassing both tables of the Decalogue. And so I think that does lead us then to this statement that we probably should spend a little time on, like, do this and you will live, like you introduced for us. Like, what does that even mean? Because i- it's not, like, in my view It's not like a Pelagian or Arminian concession that law keeping actually saves. I mean, it is the covenant of works principle stated truly inexorably that the law as law does promise life to perfect obedience. But that's the exact problem. I, I like what you said that it's not as if we can't understand what it would be to comprehend or contemplate this perfect law and what it means to fall under the covenant of works. It's just that he also presents for us at the same time this covenant of grace in which life is [00:43:00] granted freely through faith in the mediator who alone fulfills all of these laws' demands. So it's wild in this back and forth that's happening here where it's... I don't even know if it's fair to say this is like the most incredible subtext ever. I'm imagining trying to process this in real time and realizing everything that's being said, not just listening to what's being said and like the technical answers going back and forth. But I think like you said, that the Spirit even here is at work, I would like to believe, in the life and at the heart and the mind of this lawyer who's bringing forward this question with nefarious intent first to test and to undermine, and then is being drawn in almost inexorably into this debate to more profound understanding about a covenant based on works that cannot be accomplished, uh, in perfect obedience except through the mediator who organizes and distributes liberally this covenant of grace to his children for whom he has accomplished at least passively and then actively in his obedience in life and death. And so Jesus' reply is, I [00:44:00] think, thus a very genuine like if that functions to expose an impossibility. I, I don't think he's teaching salvation by works here, of course. He is holding out the law's own terms so that the lawyer and everybody else listening, and even us as well, can discover through this narrative which is about to happen the impossibility of self-produced righteousness, which again is what this gentleman is theologically all about. He's trying to justify himself. And that is precisely the pedagogical strategy like Paul uses later when he systemizes all of this by saying that the law was our guardian or school master until Christ came in order that we might be justified by faith. I think- Yeah ... and it's only because God is good to us and we might sit in some of this teaching, I think this is all in play. So, so I ask you, like, have I gone too far with all this? Like, how much do you think in the real time was being processed? And maybe that's a horrible question to ask because we know the Spirit does this work of illumination and enlightenment, and we're on the other [00:45:00] side of this and have this time to sit and to kind of parse and to really kind of just be pickled in all of this. But there's so much happening here, right?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, maybe I'll answer the question a, a little bit of a different way. I think, um- We often can think about Old Testament religion, if we wanna kinda call it that. We think about Old Testament religion as though it was totally uniform and, um, entirely legalistic. Right. Uh, my- the, the listener is gonna panic a little bit when I say this, so please don't freak out, but I, I think N.T. Wright, uh, and some of the new perspective on Paul stuff is a, a little bit helpful in this, in that it gives us a foil to sorta push against. Yes. The new perspective on Paul is this idea that, um- Paul was not saying that Judaism was legalistic and Christianity is a grace-based religion, right? He, m- [00:46:00] um, N- NPP is not, is saying, um, Paul was not correcting New or Old Testament religion. And where they go wrong is that they say that Paul actually retains this concept of covenantal faithfulness, covenantal nomism fidelity. Uh, where I think, where I think they're right is that this idea that, like, the Old Testament religion is entirely legalistic and Paul was just sort of correcting that, I think that's way too simplistic. And the reason I say that is that the Mosaic Covenant for, you know, w- and predominantly this podcast is coming from a sort of Westminster Confession of Faith Presbyterian perspective, give or take, right? The, the broad Reformed tradition would say that the, the Mosaic, uh, covenant, the Davidic Covenant, all of the covenants of the Old Testament, and we can break them up in all sorts of different ways, but all of the covenants of the Old Testament, [00:47:00] um, with maybe the exception of the Noahic Covenant, and there's some debate about that, all of those are They're not just, like, supporting structures for the covenant of grace, but they actually are the covenant of grace in various administrations. If that's true, and of course we believe that it is, if that's true, then the people of those covenants understood that on some level. Right. Right? So to think that, like, people under the administration of the covenant of grace somehow thought that they were operating under a legalistic framework doesn't make any sense. Jesse Schwamb: Yeah,  Tony Arsenal: that's true. So, so where I think that applies here is I think this person coming forward, it's not as though the concept of the covenant of grace... Again, that's language that we would develop later, but the concept that God graciously saves His people by the counsel of His own will, apart from their works of righteousness, apart from their meritorious effort, that God [00:48:00] simply extends His grace and conveys the cov- the blessings of the covenant of works to those who trust in the mediator, those who trust in the one to come, the, the forthcoming serpent-crushing seed, right, if you wanna use- Right language from Genesis 3. The, the idea that God simply graciously conveys the blessings of the covenant of works to those people Um, that's not something that's alien to the Old Testament, right? It's not alien to the, even to the Mosaic economy. The most law-based of all of the Old Testament, um, covenants, even that starts with the concept that these people are God's people who he redeemed out of Egypt, right? Right. The redemption out of Egypt comes before the giving of the law, and the giving of the law is a result of the redemption out of Egypt. So to think that this lawyer comes forward, and again, this had been sort of corrupted and distorted and had become a very works-based, uh, [00:49:00] meritorious-based understanding. But the idea that this framework of a covenant of grace is totally alien to this guy just doesn't, it just doesn't, I think it doesn't play. And so I think rather than us read this as I think sometimes we do, of Christ as kind of like giving this guy, trying to give this guy an entirely new paradigm, or like the rich young ruler is very much a parallel kind of situation. We read this, this guy comes forward, he's like, "What do I gotta do to earn eternal life?" Christ is like, kinda basically says like, "Well, you dum-dum, you can't. And I'm gonna demonstrate for you that you can't by- Right ... taking sort of like this situation that you can't possibly believe that you fulfilled and telling you to fulfill it." That's the outcome of this. We'll get to that when we get to the end of the parable. Um, he's not trying to give them a new paradigm. He's trying, in my opinion, he's trying to sort of reorient them back to the true paradigm of grace that is present under all of the Old Covenant administrations. So it's not so much a matter of like [00:50:00] developing a new framework and impli- like imposing this new framework on this guy. It's really trying to say like, "Listen- Think about this for a second, dude. Think about this, right? Think about the fact that, yes, you know you have to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, your whole mind, and you have to love your neighbor as yourself, right? You've answered correctly. If you can do those things, you will live. With the subtext, which I think is what you're getting at, the subtext of, like, and of course you cannot possibly do those things. Right. Right. So what's the alternative, my friend? The alternative is not justifying yourself by somehow identifying who the person is that you have to love the most. The, the, the, um, the... Well, we'll get this when we get to the parable itself, but the, the alternative is... This will be interesting, 'cause I'm not sure that we... I don't know where you are on this, but, um, the alternative is that there's someone out there who shows us mercy. [00:51:00] Right. There's someone out there who takes care of our need despite our total inability to do so. Jesse Schwamb: That's right.  Tony Arsenal: That's the alternative to the covenant of works, is the covenant of grace. I m- maybe I'm, like, hinting at it too much, so I'll just say it. Like, Jesus is the Good Samaritan, right? Like, there's something for us to learn about our own justification here and our own- Right ... like, um, our own need to be merciful, to treat people as our neighbors. But just like we talked about when we talked about, like, what does the least of these mean, this parable, uh, I'm totally, like, burying the lede for next, next week, but that's fine. This parable is not primarily about us figuring out how to do mercy ministry. Right. Like, that's important. It's probably an outcome of this. It's probably something for us to think about. But really, this is actually Christ saying, like, "Hold on a second here, dude." Like, "Let's just think about this." Do you need someone who is going to tell you to pick yourself up off your bootstraps and cross to the other side of the street and leave you to [00:52:00] your own devices? Or do you need someone who's gonna throw you on their donkey, who's gonna bind up your wounds, who's gonna pay the innkeeper, and is gonna pledge to play- pay everything that is owed for your salvation? Right? That's not too on the nose here, I think. Right. And, and I really look forward to, like, unpacking that, although maybe we don't need to now, but I think, like, this parable is so much more about how salvation works than it is about, like, what it means to have a good neighbor and to be a good neighbor. I think we get bogged down in that, and I just am really excited to talk more about, like, what I think this parable actually gets at.  Jesse Schwamb: I agree, and it's happening in the contex

Short answer – no. Join us this week as we talk about internet rumours, Wildermyth, Thronebreaker and Cryofall with a bit of other topics thrown in.

Thoughts on the newly released Thronebreaker EQ.

Surprised? Well, so were we! In this special bonus episode, we've bundled up two “Segments of Surprise” that were cut from our most recent episode. First, Valerie talks about completing Thronebreaker, CD Projekt Red's card-based adventure game set in the world of The Witcher (who's up for a hand of Gwent?). After that, we both discuss the recent teaser from Netflix's upcoming Blood Origin. What does its wide shots and brutal action suggest about the Witcher spinoff series? When might we finally get a full trailer? And can we stop with the freakin' monoliths already?!?

From gaming hosts Paul, Michael and Josh, we're bringing you even more gaming content each week.  Gaming Quick Takes are a short series of game recommendations, funny moments, off-topic chat and more. A small dose of gaming to brighten your Saturdays! Thanks to our LEGENDARY supporters: Dr. Catatonic, Blackstar (DQ), Glapsuidir, Phelps, Michele B, Redletter, Nevo, Waynerman, TFolls, AceofShame, Jake, RangerMiller, and Ad   Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/multiplayerpodcast Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/multiplayerpod/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/MultiplayerPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: multiplayerpodcast.com/

Mafie 2 a 3, Ryse, Minecraft, MS Flight Simulator, Devil May Cry 5 a Thronebreaker. To je krátký výčet titulů, na kterých pracoval. Výrazné brýle, kšiltovka a úsměv – podle toho Toma Rollera bezpečně poznáte. Na scéně působí už pěkně dlouho, a když říkáme „scéna“, tak tím myslíme českou, slovenskou, ale také mezinárodní. Tomova cesta začala na ZX Spectru a přes slovenský časopis Riki se postupně vypracoval až na pozici mezinárodně uznávaného vývojáře. V současnosti kormidluje studio Plan A Collective skrz bouřlivé vody outsourcingového oceánu, podílí se na špičkových AAA hrách a sní o tom, že udělá svojí vlastní hru. Ta ale bude úplně jiná. Jaká? Dozvíte se v dalším díle podcastu Talk to. Nazdar, tady je Pavel. Tomáše znám osobně krátce, ale máme hodně podobnou a dlouhou herní historii. Spojuje nás obdiv k hrám Jordana Mechnera a produkci studia Lucasfilm Games, ale také zájem o herní novinařinu a způsob, jak se informace o hrách dostávají k hráčům i profesionálům. A protože jsme si o tom mnohokrát povídali při jiných příležitostech, tak jsme si řekli, že by to konečně stálo za to natočit. Neformálně a v pohodě. A tak to tu máte. Dostane se i na historky ze zákulisí. Podívejte se na https://www.retronation.cz na další skvělé výlety do herního retra!

Welcome to todays episode! We talk about Thronebreaker and discuss if Gwent is worth investing your time into playing! Find my Youtube: https://youtube.com/user/pw0014 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phatlove-talk/support

The whole damn Pixels crew is here, ready to talk about our summer playlists! Tab, Paul, Ron, and Joey talk about the games they're excited to play this summer. We're talking upcoming games like Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, but also plenty of games we're catching up on or revisiting, like Max Payne and Far Cry. We also touch on some movies, shows, and books we're hoping to dive into, including lots of anime. Sailor Moon! Studio Ghibli! We have a lot to catch up on. What's on your summer playlist? Email us and we'll read it on the show! We also talk about Activision Blizzard's diversity tool, the shocking (?) Starfield delay, the first batch of PlayStation Plus Premium games announced, and a little about Warner Bros.' new MultiVersus game trailer. And, of course, we get into what we've been playing (hint: it's a lot of Elden Ring). Contact us: prettypixelspodcast@gmail.com We're on Twitter: @Losperman (Joey) and @randommox (Tab) and @bigbadron (Ron) 00:02:16: Activision Blizzard's new diversity tool seems well-intentioned but problematic (https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/activision-blizzard-s-new-diversity-space-tool-gets-frosty-reception-from-devs) 00:05:57: Starfield delayed to 2023; Paul weeps for his draft list 00:10:27: Sony releases a partial game list for its upcoming PlayStation Plus expanded tiers (https://blog.playstation.com/2022/05/16/all-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-assassins-creed-valhalla-demons-souls-ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-nba-2k22-and-more-join-the-service/) 00:21:07: Brief discussion about the new MultiVersus trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvborgKG7fw) 00:26:12: Tab's been making their way through the Far Cry games and pushing through Elden Ring 00:26:59: Joey's finished (platinum, babyyyy) Elden Ring and is in love with Ranni the Witch 00:35:35: Paul's been breaking thrones in Thronebreaker and being all social and stuff with board games like Hues and Cues and Telestrations 00:42:27: Ron's kicking it old school, revisiting Duke Nukem 3D and Max Payne 3 00:49:10: Joey's also been playing some Animal Crossing New Horizons again 00:52:03: Summer playlists! We start with some of the games we're planning on playing this summer, then blitz through some movies, shows, and books at the end Theme song by lovers.tiff: loverstiff.bandcamp.com

Join us this week as we talk Thronebreaker, XCOM 2, Wildermyth and Sunset Overdrive – again….

Join us this week as we discuss the multiplayer game Wildermyth and learn if you can get 5 gamers to agree to the same overland actions. Luke discusses Sunset Overdrive, Tony has finished X-Com and the Triangle Strategy demo and dipped his toes in Thronebreaker.

His works are known the world over and yet for many his face remained a question mark. In this episode of Merchants of Novigrad our hosts Hesser and Weissenberg got ahold of P.T. Adamczyk, the person behind the stunningly beautiful Gwent and Thronebreaker soundtrack.

Elden Ring's release is getting closer! We've also played Psychonauts 2 and also have a review of Thronebreaker, the excellent card based RPG from CD Projekt Red.Our feature this week covers the Xbox and opening night events from Gamescom 2021 with a full run through and our thoughts.What we've been playing:Psychonauts 2Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Podcast Topics MCOC Summer of Pain Week 2 - Mr Sinister Thronebreaker Narrative by kabam Summoner Showdown Returns - Is It Improved Enough? Loki Ep 3 Loki & Sylvie - Bonding, The Apocalypse Missing mobius Massive Minute Men Reveal MROC v4.0 release notes in MROC Thanks For Listening, The Podcast Can Be Found At ▶ Dan of FrontlineMCOC ▶ frontlinemcoc.home.blog/ Twitter - @FrontlineMcoc RichTheMan ▶ http://twitch.tv/richthemanlive

Since Nathan can finally get back to discussing normal games, let's begin by doing a rapid fire of several games he had no real ability to do a larger piece on. This is an episode where we discuss games that Nathan played for short amounts of time before getting bored and explains what worked and what did not. Games discussed include: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Ikenfell, Cross Code, Dauntless, Frostpunk, Night Call, Wandersong, West of Dead, Pikuniku, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, Coffee Talk and (against all better judgement) Disneyland Adventures

O ene3cast é o vosso Podcast em Português sobre Videojogos - em que discutimos os jogos que andamos a jogar e as notícias mais recentes na industria. Neste episódio falamos de… O Que Andamos a Jogar: • Silverfall (PC) • Middle-Earth: Shadows of Mordor ( PC / PS4 / XB1) • Dark Souls Remastered (PC / XB1 / PS4 / Switch) As Notícias do Momento: • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Será Distribuido pela 505 Games • Série Kingdom Hearts a Caminho do PC Via Epic Games Store • Filme Sonic 2 Anunciado Oficialmente • CD Projekt RED Vítima de Ransomware, Código Fonte de GWENT Leakado, Códigos Fonte de Witcher 3, Thronebreaker e Cyberpunk 2077 Leiloados na Darknet Fiquem bem, e joguem muito!

This episode we head to the year 2084 to give you our review of the horror title Observer: System Redux, then we dig into the past with G.I. Joe Operation Blackout and Raji: An Ancient Epic, and finally we wrap with Dapper Tux's review of CD Projekt Red's Thronebreaker. Join in the conversation by following us on Twitter @DownToPlayCast and our personal accounts @Dapper_Tux and @NextGenPlayer.

Thank you all for your continued support. We'll be back shortly with a bit of a different episode, focused less on news and more on original topics.

Podcast Episode 36 Talking Topics . Crystal Updates and people getting lucky . New Side Event – Any good? Modok labs with Boosts? . Throne Breaker title . New Champs – non abilities thoughts like appearance and stuff . Platinumpool Arena + Punishing Arena Thoughts . Act 6 Nerf . Act 2 Changes . Arena Changes . New Update Talk . What We are Working on when we are hoping for the global release Thanks For Listening, The Podcast Can Be Found At ▶ Soundcloud▶https://soundcloud.com/contestrealmpodcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/1B8eUBW4Bivs2rO92uXUSJ Itunes ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/contestrealmpodcast/id1496777601 Dan of FrontlineMCOC ▶ frontlinemcoc.home.blog/ RichTheMan ▶ http://twitch.tv/richthemanlive

Thank you all for your continued support!   We should be back shortly with our take on the new champs.

Lets talk about Thronebreaker, Cavalier , Progression, Secrets to Relationships and The Game and Where we are up to with Marvel Realm Grinding. Thanks For Listening, The Podcast Can Be Found At ▶ Soundcloud▶https://soundcloud.com/contestrealmpodcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/1B8eUBW4Bivs2rO92uXUSJ Itunes ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/contestrealmpodcast/id1496777601 Dan of FrontlineMCOC ▶ frontlinemcoc.home.blog/ RichTheMan ▶ http://twitch.tv/richthemanlive

My two cents on the upcoming “Thronebreaker” title. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ilustrator, concept artysta. Współzałożyciel firmy Division 48, która specjalizuje się w animacjach, które zamieniają rysunek tradycyjny w świat do którego możesz się zanurzyć. Jego prace ukazały się w Wiedzimie 3, Thronebreaker, Call of Juarez, Detached, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Might and Magic X Legacy oraz wiele innych. W swoich personalnych pracach tworzy zarówno w stylu bardziej znanym z komiksów na zmianę z kontrastowymi do tego stylu pracami zdecydowanie bardziej malarskimi i miękkimi. Jego wyobraźnia nie zna granic. Grzesiek opowie nam w podcaście na temat w jaki sposób eksplorować temat i czym się kierować przy tworzeniu prac na Inktober challenge. Porozmawiamy o tym jak się sprawdza w roli art directora. Opowie nam również o tym dlaczego szczęście i wybór projektów nad którymi się pracuje jest dla niego najważniejsze.

In this episode Paul leaves halfway through to rescue his wife from the dog park.  Also there's the Xbox Series X Lineup, Carrion and Paper Mario! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Paper Mario: The Origami King, Carrion, Neversong, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, Devolverland Expo, Blightbound, Fall Guys, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite, Avowed,Tetris Effect Connected, Stalker 2, Warhammer 40000: Darktide, The Gunk, Fable, Shadow Warrior 3, Duke 3D, Hiragana Pixel Party, Duolingo, Thronebreaker, Cadence of Hyrule, Shin Megami Tensei V, Serious Sam 4, Watch Dogs Legion, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad, Hyperscape, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Forza Motorsport, Everwild, State of Decay 3, The Outer Worlds DLC, Grounded, Tell Me Why, Destiny 2, As Dusk Falls, The Medium, Psychonauts 2, CrossfireX, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, Balan Wonderworld, EXOMecha, Echo Generation, Hello Neighbor 2, Dragon quest XI S Definitive, Shredders, Last Stop, The Artful Escape, Tunic, Lake, Sable, Song of Iron, Exo One, The Falconeer, 12 Minutes, The Ascent, The Big Con, Unexplored 2, Madstreets, Jedi Fallen Order Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm Sam: @Methrend

Una semana marcada por los eventos de Nacon y Devolver que han dejado grandes novedades. Por otra parte, ya conocemos el contenido de la coleccionista de World of Warcraft: Shadowlands y hablamos sobre la llegada de Thronebreaker a iOS así como del retraso del esperado remake de Mafia o lo que esperamos del futuro Showcase de Microsoft. No podíamos cerrar el programa sin hablar de los próximos lanzamientos y del análisis de Marvel's Iron Man VR.

Una semana marcada por los eventos de Nacon y Devolver que han dejado grandes novedades. Por otra parte, ya conocemos el contenido de la coleccionista de World of Warcraft: Shadowlands y hablamos sobre la llegada de Thronebreaker a iOS así como del retraso del esperado remake de Mafia o lo que esperamos del futuro Showcase de Microsoft. No podíamos cerrar el programa sin hablar de los próximos lanzamientos y del análisis de Marvel's Iron Man VR.

Graham tells Will about Gwent... again.

GW2, Thronebreaker, and more Division 2 this week.

Discussions on Thronebreaker, Grand Theft Auto V, the first look at third party games running on the Xbox Series X, Heath's Bingo card full of predictions for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Valhalla, amazing video game sales records in the first quarter of 2020, and the return of our music guessing game Mobius Tunes.00:03:00 - Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Chris)00:21:58 - Grand Theft Auto V (Heath)00:32:22 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Heath)00:34:03 - Baba is You (Heath)00:37:11 - Old World Early Access Stream Impressions (Heath)00:40:24 - Dead to Me Netflix Show (Heath)00:43:56 - Headline Dining News Segment Introduction00:45:08 - Xbox Series X First Look At Gameplay Presentation (Entrée)00:54:54 - Assassin's Creed Valhallha Bingo Predictions (Entrée)01:08:13 - Paper Mario: The Origami King Announcement (Side)01:10:28 - Prince of Persia Redemption Leaked Footage Discovered After 8 Years (Side)01:12:14 - Highest Grossing Q1 Ever for Video Game Spending (Side)01:18:20 - Mobius Tunes: Volume 602:06:47 - Closing Statements02:09:17 - Fantasy Video Game Publisher Draft Winner/Loser Consequences Established02:12:12 - Behind the Scenes Bingo DramaSend us an email at mobiustubespodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter @mobiustubesOriginal release date: May 29th, 2020

Discussions on revisiting Red Dead Redemption 2 after the credits have rolled, Baba is You, Gris, Thronebreaker, the great 8th console generation development cycle slow-down, and what we would like to see from mobile games going forward.00:04:30 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Post Game (Heath)00:09:29 - (*Spoiler Section*) Wrapping Up Stranger Missions in RDR200:22:26 - RDR2 Video on Artificial Loneliness00:25:35 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Heath)00:34:18 - Baba Is You (Heath)00:42:22 - Gris (Chris)00:51:25 - Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Chris)01:10:00 - Happy Anniversary to Fire Emblem Awakening (kind of)01:12:16 - Riot's Valorant Enters the Hero Shooter Landscape01:15:54 - Old World vs Civilization V01:21:38 - Jason Schreier Leaves Kotaku01:24:13 - Are AAA Game Development Cycles Lengthening?01:51:19 - Email: How do we want to see mobile games evolve in the future?02:02:32 - Closing StatementsSend us an email at mobiustubespodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter @mobiustubesOriginal release date: April 30th, 2020

Hablamos de la duodécima temporada de Doctor Who en mojoverso acompañados del pobre Juan Marcos de Raww Pop!, que quedó atrapado en un bizarro portal interdimensional después de que Dylan colaborase en su podcast. También hablamos de: Thronebreaker, I'm Not Okay With This, Mewtwo Strikes Back: EVOLUTION, Legends of Tomorrow, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Booksmart, Beetlejuice y Star Trek: The Next Generation. *la parte 2 hace referencia a que Dylan y Juan Marcos grabaron primero el programa de Raww Pop!. https://www.ivoox.com/raww-pop-1x11-doctor-who-et-l-039-enfant-audios-mp3_rf_48550449_1.html 0:00 Introducción y offtopic 26:34 Comentario Doctor Who Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (pt. 2) Segun Akinola: Doctor Who Series 11 Opening Titles Caribou: Home

Hablamos de la duodécima temporada de Doctor Who en mojoverso acompañados del pobre Juan Marcos de Raww Pop!, que quedó atrapado en un bizarro portal interdimensional después de que Dylan colaborase en su podcast. También hablamos de: Thronebreaker, I'm Not Okay With This, Mewtwo Strikes Back: EVOLUTION, Legends of Tomorrow, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Booksmart, Beetlejuice y Star Trek: The Next Generation. *la parte 2 hace referencia a que Dylan y Juan Marcos grabaron primero el programa de Raww Pop!. https://www.ivoox.com/raww-pop-1x11-doctor-who-et-l-039-enfant-audios-mp3_rf_48550449_1.html 0:00 Introducción y offtopic 26:34 Comentario Doctor Who Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (pt. 2) Segun Akinola: Doctor Who Series 11 Opening Titles Caribou: Home

We're going to Geek Out for Gosh and so should you! Joining Dan and Tim this week is the ever-pleasant Sarah Dyer, who is here to let us all know just how we can all get involved in GO4G. On this week's show: Cripes, the PlayStation 5 could be expensive New Animal Crossing New Horizons Direct Corona Virus fears cause Sony to pull out of PAX East Game patches galore! Sarah gives us a rundown of Legends of Runeterra Tim finishes Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

In dieser neuen Episode des SHOCK2 Podcast bespricht Konstantinos Snack World: Die Schatzjagd - Gold, und Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Außerdem hört ihr unser Audio-Review zum gerade im Kino angelaufenen Sonic the Hedgehog Film und einige Überlegungen zur kommenden Konsolen-Generation. Das SHOCK2-Team wünscht viel Spaß beim Hören!

In dieser neuen Episode des SHOCK2 Podcast bespricht Konstantinos Snack World: Die Schatzjagd - Gold, und Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Außerdem hört ihr unser Audio-Review zum gerade im Kino angelaufenen Sonic the Hedgehog Film und einige Überlegungen zur kommenden Konsolen-Generation. Das SHOCK2-Team wünscht viel Spaß beim Hören!

In dieser neuen Episode des SHOCK2 Podcast bespricht Konstantinos Snack World: Die Schatzjagd - Gold, und Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Außerdem hört ihr unser Audio-Review zum gerade im Kino angelaufenen Sonic the Hedgehog Film und einige Überlegungen zur kommenden Konsolen-Generation. Das SHOCK2-Team wünscht viel Spaß beim Hören!

This week the Prof, Larry, (@profplaysgames) and the Dev, Anthony, (@summerspeak) talk about Google Stadia's lows and then Thronebreaker (just released on Switch) and Slay the Spire. Patreon: https://bit.ly/2FDYSj2 (or search Prof and Dev Play Games on Patreon).

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark we are joined by IGN's Zach Ryan to talk about the Disintegration Beta, Thronebreaker's surprise release on Nintendo Switch, and Byleth in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark we are joined by IGN's Zach Ryan to talk about the Disintegration Beta, Thronebreaker's surprise release on Nintendo Switch, and Byleth in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alrighter! It's time for another episode of BRB UK and we're back to full capacity this week. It's Dan, Tim and Coleman, ready to tongue your brain with those words they speak. This show includes: Fans are mad at Blizzard again An Atari-themed Hotel is coming for some reason NBA 2K20 pays tribute to the late Kobe Bryant Plague Inc. gets a strange resurgence Tim reviews Journey to the Savage Planet and tries out the etee at Toy Fair 2020 Coleman play's with the GPi Case from Retroflag

Happy new year! We're back for a whole new decade of chatting shite. After a little while of figuring out how exactly to podcast again, we realise we've barely played anything since Game of the Year. Nico got back into Dark Souls 2 for some strange reason and, predictably, has hated every minute of it. Some thoughts on Thronebreaker, finally. Nico got his own Oculus Quest and, similarly to Hamish, has had his perspective on games shift dramatically. Nico reveals the Bitbusters answers he set up over a month ago, we answer your burning questions, and discuss terrible metalcore singers electrocuting themselves on stage. Anyone else #genesimmonschallenge! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

שורפים משחקים, הפודקאסט לגיימר העצלן, על כל המשחקים כולם. השבוע ערן מגלה את Tower of TIme ולא יודע בכלל מאיפה יש לו את המשחק (מסתורי!); וגם מנסה משחקי חווה עם My Time at Portia. אביב חווה תור זהב של משחקי תפקידים עם שלוש קבוצות שונות ודיון על ז'אנר המכא שהוא אוהב. 05:25 – Thronebreaker 09:03 – My Time At Portia 14:40 – Dead Cells 17:30 – Tower of Time 23:50 – Aces in Mechs 31:17 – פלאים: מעלה אבק 40:47 – Eberron: Genesys System 47:05 – צפיות לעתיד שורפים משחקים – תוכנית מספר 184 – הוקלטה בתאריך 09/12/2019 משתתפים: ערן אבירם ואביב מנוח. הערות הפרק באתר: http://icel.me/?p=5991 הרשמה לרסס: http://feeds.feedburner.com/gameburning שלחו לנו מייל: gameburning@icel.me כל הפרקים: http://icel.me/gameburning

ValeCast 10 está no ar! Pedro do Vale, Pegaia do Taverna de Rívia e Luiz do Contos do Bardo fazem uma homenagem à Gabi Costa, nossa eterna dubladora da Ciri em The Witcher 3 e comentam sobre Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales!   O post ValeCast 10: Thronebreaker, O Veredito! & Homenagem à Gabi Costa apareceu primeiro em Vale do Pontar.

Greetings listeners!This week's episode might sound a little bit different and that's because Joel has been a bit preoccupied with his newfound role in fatherhood! So, to keep the show rolling Kyran has called upon his good friend, Brendan, to join him in talking about video games. We've got a literal grab bag of games for you this week, including but not limited to Anthem, Stellaris, Thronebreaker, Steamworld Dig 2, Rumu, and more. Meanwhile the news has been a little bit quiet as we sit in the lull between E3 and Gamescom, but that didn't stop Nintendo from announcing the Nintendo Switch Lite out of nowhere and later also confirming they would be selling an updated vanilla Nintendo Switch with more battery.If you want to get in contact with us, feel free to do so using the links below! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogueOptions Kyran: https://twitter.com/lemonmanx Brendan: https://twitter.com/brendig0

»Intern Moin« mit Smalltalk, Blick hinter die Kulissen und sonstigen Plänen oder Ankündigungen mit Micha und Manu zum Wochenende. Außerdem wie immer mit dem Wochenrückblick und einen Ausblick auf die kommende Woche. Die "Folge der Woche" erscheint morgen und wird unsere Besprechung zu Thronebreaker sein.GewinnspielWeihnachten steht vor der Tür und damit euch während der Feiertage ohne Insert Moin nicht ganz so langweilig wird, verlosen wir ein paar Dinge unter allen Supporter*innen, die uns auf Patreon und Steady unterstützen:1x Playstation VR + Kamera und drei Spiele als Code (Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Tetris Effect & Deraciné)1x Thronebreaker PC-Version (mit Puzzle, Pins, Postkarten und Soundtrack)1x GOG 10-Jahres-Jubiläums-Code (komplette Witcher-Sammlung + vieles mehr)1x Manus komplettes Testmuster-Set von Starlink:Battle for Atlas (PS4-Version, ausgepackt & gebraucht)Teilnahmeschluss ist Freitag, der 14. Dezember 0 Uhr. Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen, die Gewinner werden per Zufall aus allen aktiven Backern (alle Tiers/Pledge-Stufen) ausgelost und von uns schriftlich per Mail benachrichtigt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heute besprechen wir das Witcher-SpinOff: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales mit unserem Gast Robert Glashüttner von FM4. Was erst als ergänzende Singleplayer-Kampagne für das Multiplayer-Kartenspiel GWENT erscheinen sollte, ist über die Jahre enorm angewachsen und erschien nun am 24. Oktober als eigenständiges Spiel, zunächst exklusiv auf GOG.com. Nun einige Wochen nach Release erscheint das Spiel diese Woche auch für Konsolen (PS4 und Xbox One) und kann auch auf Steam erworben werden. Thronebreaker möchte die erzählerische Stärke der Witcher-Serie mit den kniffligen und fordernden Kartenspiel-Herausforderungen der GWENT-Mechanik verbinden. Mit einer umfangreichen Story, die rund 30 Stunden Spielzeit und über 75 Nebenquests bietet, will Thronebreaker auch Spieler*innen ansprechen, die bisher um das Kartenspiel eher einen großen Bogen gemacht haben. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PODCAST 2X15 COMENTARIOS NOTICIAS - Movidas de Final Fantasy XV (Sorry leti) - Thronebreaker y Steam - Estudios nuevos de XBOX y la peste del XO18 - Trailer nº 857 de KH3 ANALISIS - Red Dead Redemption 1 - Doki Doki: Literature club! NO MORE GAMES - Los mundos de Coraline A QUÉ HEMOS JUGADO Bruno @GalleGutsito Sergio @AmiiboCreativo Luis @ExanimeLuis Miau @MiauChan7

Fallout 76 Beta, Election Night, Diablo Switch, more on Red Dead, Assassin's Creed, and Thronebreaker. Plus Rob Sprance from The Hole on RiotCast checks in to talk about his new Xbox One X, Project Stream, and 4k projector. Win a copy of Heavy Burger for Switch! For the full back catalog and bonus shows, head to videogameoutsiders.com or get our free mobile app for iOS/Android.

Die »On Tour«-Woche geht weiter: Heute hört ihr Manus  Ersteindruck zu Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Manu konnte sich in Warschau beim Studiobesuch das neue Spiel von CD Projekt ausführlich anschauen. Was erst als ergänzende Singleplayer-Kampagne für das Multiplayer-Kartenspiel GWENT erscheinen sollte, ist über die Jahre enorm angewachsen und erscheint nun am 24. Oktober als eigenständiges Spiel. Thronebreaker möchte die erzählerische Stärke der Witcher-Serie mit den kniffligen und fordernden Kartenspiel-Herausforderungen der GWENT-Mechanik verbinden. Mit einer umfangreichen Story, die angeblich mehr als 30 Stunden Spielzeit und über 75 Nebenquests bieten soll, lohnt sich auch ein Blick für Spieler, die bisher um das Kartenspiel eher einen großen Bogen gemacht haben. Dieser Meinung schließen sich im Cast auch unsere drei Gäste Jens Taubert (Bonjwa), Hauke Gerdes und Gino Singh an.Offenlegung: Die Reise- und Hotelkosten wurden von CD Projekt und GOG.com übernommen. Bedingungen an eine Berichterstattung wurden bis auf eine zeitliche Einschränkung (NDA) keine gestellt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wie jetzt, Gwent bekommt einen Einzelspieler Modus? Wie soll man denn gegen sich selber Karten spielen? Vielmehr bekommt Gwent eine komplette Storyline vom Witcher Schöpfer persönlich, lediglich die Kämpfe werden via Karten ausgetragen. Diese ist nicht nur schickes Beiwerk, aber das erfahrt ihr ja auch im PodCast. Also schön zuhören.