In this episode of The Study Boys, FLAME and Lex Lutheran confront several troubling statements made by popular influencers regarding the nature of God, Christ, and the Holy Trinity.

We examine claims such as:
• Jesus being a created being
• Jesus and the Holy Spirit being the same Person
• the manna from heaven being money
• and even the shocking statement that “Jesus is a stripper”

These are not minor theological disagreements. These teachings strike at the heart of historic Christian doctrine and the biblical revelation of the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Together, we discuss why these teachings are dangerous, how false doctrine spreads through charisma and influence, and why Christians must recover discernment, theological clarity, and fidelity to Scripture.

Jude 1:4 warns us:
“For certain people have crept in unnoticed…”

False teaching is not always loud, obvious, or outside the church. Sometimes it hides in plain sight.

In this episode, Lex Lutheran and I wrestle with what happens when our immediate needs and perceived pressures begin to take priority over God’s priorities. When that shift happens, the goalposts move—and what God has actually given to His Church starts to feel secondary, outdated, or even irrelevant.

We’re seeing a growing trend where Christians prefer a version of the faith centered on feelings, prophetic words, dreams, and mystical experiences—while struggling to see the ongoing relevance of the Gospel itself: the forgiveness of sins, the finished work of Christ, and His continued presence for us in Word and Sacrament.

We react to Dr. Rod Rosenbladt's "The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church." A well-known message to the hurting Christian—those who have been crushed under heavy doses of law preaching and have rarely, if ever, heard the Gospel clearly delivered. His work exposes just how easy it is to lose the main thing, even in churches that claim to preach Christ.

Here is the full talk: https://youtu.be/5TJvBxIXLlI?si=DiOJW2-34ZQH3p89
PLEASE Take a listen---to the whole thing!! Thank us later!!

We also engage voices—pastors and teachers—who assume that message is old, insufficient, or no longer compelling, and who push for something “more.” But in chasing experience, many have unintentionally displaced the very center: Christ for you.

This episode is a call to recover what God has actually promised to do for sinners/saints.

In this episode of The Study Boys, Lex Lutheran and Flame dive into a growing trend in modern preaching: using Holy Week as a platform for self-help, personal elevation, and motivational messaging.

We engage recent examples, including teaching that turns Palm Sunday into a lesson about “humble means” leading to personal destiny, and interpretations of the resurrection that suggest Jesus died so we can avoid physical death—reframing it as mere temporal escape rather than the victory over sin and death.

But is that what the Scriptures actually teach?

We walk through what Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter are truly about—not our platform, not our elevation, not our temporal success—but the forgiveness of sins, won for us by Christ and delivered through His Word and Sacraments.

This episode brings clarity, correction, and comfort, drawing the line between Christ-centered proclamation and man-centered application.

Christ for you—not a metaphor for you.