Author

  1. Called to Defend

    book
    01/22/19
    6 mins
    By Michael Berg
    Mike and Peter welcome Valerie Locklaire to discuss apologetics and her book on the topic: Called to Defend: An Apologetics Handbook for the Middle School Student.
    Called to Defend

  2. 38: "Martin Luther’s Christmas Book," p. 30-31

    book
    01/02/19
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Brutal, Humiliating, Joyous Christmas Gospel! Gillespie and Riley return this week with another episode dedicated to Martin Luther's Christmas sermon. This time, they dig into the underlying brutality of the Christmas Gospel, Mary's humiliation, and Joseph's dilemma.
    38:

  3. 37: "Martin Luther’s Christmas Book," p. 28-29

    book
    12/25/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christmas: the Perfect Time of Year for a Theologian of the Cross! In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read from a Christmas sermon by their favorite heretic, Martin Luther. They discuss Mary's example of how God makes theologians of the cross through suffering, oppression, weakness, and hopelessness.
    37:

  4. The Importance of Travel

    book
    12/18/18
    9 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode EIGHTY-TWO of Let the Bird Fly! the guys welcome onto the show Dr. Martin Moldenhauer, who teaches on the English faculty at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
    The Importance of Travel

  5. "Humility And Exaltation" (Episode 92) Featuring Pastor Edward Killian

    book
    12/07/18
    1 min
    By Edward Killian
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  6. 33: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Thesis 28

    book
    11/28/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Please, Love Me Like You Do... This week, Gillespie and Riley wrap up their reading of Gerhard Forde's "On Being a Theologian of The Cross." What are the ramifications for Christians when God creates (He does not find) that which is pleasing to Him?
    33:

  7. Seculosity with Dave Zahl

    book
    11/22/18
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | David Zahl | Jeff Mallinson
    This is the kind of interview that could have been 4 hours and ranged from everything from ethics to REM to “virtue signaling” and Bob Dylan. David Zahl is the founder of Mockingbird Ministries which does some of the kind of stuff we like to do here at Virtue in the Wasteland, in fact, we like to think of them as our more distinguished East Coast colleagues
    Seculosity with Dave Zahl

  8. 32: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Part IV: “God’s Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith” pt. 2

    book
    11/21/18
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Don't Like That We're Righteous Apart From Works? We're Not Done Yet. Continuing their conversation from episode #31, Gillespie and Riley follow Gerhard Forde, and with him examine Luther's Heidelberg Disputation. This week, Aristotle, righteousness, and whose work is worth calling "good."
    32:

  9. On Being a Seminarian

    book
    11/18/18
    7 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode SEVENTY-EIGHT of Let the Bird Fly! the guys sit down with seminarians Adam Lambrecht, Chris Pflughoeft, and Tony Pflughoeft to discuss life as a seminarian.
    On Being a Seminarian

  10. Politics and the Reformation

    book
    11/17/18
    2 mins
    By Adam Francisco | Caleb Keith
    Caleb Keith and Dr. Adam Francisco talk about the political history of the Reformation.
    Politics and the Reformation

  11. 31: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Part IV: “God’s Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith”

    book
    11/14/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Don't Like That We're Righteous Apart From Works? Good. Gillespie and Riley return this week, in conversation with Gerhard Forde about death, doing your best, and getting the "good" of works put in its proper place.
    31:

  12. 30: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Section Three (Theses 19-21) pt. 2

    book
    11/07/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    If there's one thing a theologian of glory doesn't understand, it's the cross! Gillespie and Riley continue their conversation about thesis nineteen of Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (with commentary by Gerhard Forde), and what distinguishes a theologian of the cross from a theology of glory.
    30: