A weekly discussion of theology from a Lutheran perspective.
I'm still away in Massachusetts, so on today's program I played another lecture by Rev. Rich Shields. This is on the subject of spiritual and character formation, and was given at the 2015 AALC Easte…
Since I am away this week, on today's program I played a lecture by Rev. Rich Shields on Ephesians 4. This presentation was given at the Eastern Regional Conference of the AALC in 2015.
On today's program, I was joined by Rev. Lewis Polzin from Boars in the Vineyard to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacobs' A Summary of the Christian Faith. On this week's program, we discus…
On today's program I discussed the Ecclesiastical Text theory of Theodore Letis. I explained my perspective on this issue in defense of the Majority Text over the Critical Text. I briefly talked abou…
On today's program I discussed abortion in light of the recent events surrounding Planned Parenthood. I examine early Christian teaching on the subject, and briefly overviewed the Biblical reasons wh…
On today's program, I responded to Matthew Vines' recent post "40 Questions for Christians who Oppose Marriage Equality." I was able to get through all 40 questions, and explained how Vines does not …
I recorded next week's program early due to a trip I will be on next week. On this program I responded the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. I asked the question: does this issue matter? a…
Today I did a second question and answer program on a variety of topics. First, I addressed the issue of Tullian's Tchividjian's fall and resignation. I then talked about evangelical catholicism, deg…
I spent today's program answering a variety of listener questions. I addressed the Majority Text in relation to the Textus Receptus, the validity of the Lord's Supper in non-Lutheran traditions, the …
On today's program, I deviated from my normal topics to discuss the LGBTQ movement, and transgenderism in particular. I talked about how Christians should respond to this issue, and where the church …
On this week's podcast, I played my lecture Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis from the Imago Dei Conference. This follows up on the lecture I played last week on Justification by faith.
On today's program, I played my lecture from the Imago Dei conference on the doctrine of justification by faith. This lecture contrasts a Lutheran and Reformed approach to sola fide.
On today's program I was joined by Rev. Dr. Eric Phillips to discuss his review article of Steven Paulson's book Lutheran Theology. The discussion covered a lot of ground, including: the law, existen…
On today's program I was joined agan by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacob's book A Summary of the Christian Faith. We finished our discussion on Christology by discus…
On today's program I was joined by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue discussing Henry Eyster Jacobs book A Summary of the Christian Faith. We began talking about Christology, and spent the entire program…
On today's program I played a lecture from Rev. Rich Shields given at the 2015 AALC Eastern Regional Conference here in Watseka, IL. This followed my lectures on passive righteousness and active righ…
This is my second lecture from the AALC Eastern Regional Conference on the two kinds of righteousness. The title of thelecture is "Equipping the Saints to Live Coram Mundo." This lecture focuses on a…
This is a lecture I gave at the 2015 AALC Eastern Regional Conference on passive righteousness. The full title of the lecture is Equipping the Saints to Live Coram Deo. In the lecture, I explain the …
I did a second Question and Answer program today, dealing with multiple topics. I talked about the AALC, differences in beliefs about fellowship between synods, theonomy, the relationship between bap…
On today's program, I was joined again by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue discussing Henry Eyster Jacobs' book A Summary of the Christian Faith. We discussed chapters nine and ten, on "the grace of God…