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417: Luther - A deep, evil corruption of nature that reason does not comprehend

11/21/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

How Deep Is Your Love! In this episode, we continue our reading of the Smalcald Articles, focusing our attention on sin and the law. What is sin? What does it do to us? What are its effects? And, in following, what is the relationship of the law to sin? Does the law empower us to sin less? Can the law produce good works and good fruits? What is the function of pastoral care in relation to sin and the law? All this and much, much more on this episode of the podcast.
Lamentations 1:1-11 JOHN ANDREW SCHREINER sings "How Lonely Lies the City"

08/21/25

4 mins

By Chad Bird

Broken lives, broken spirits, broken hearts; the ravaging results of sin in our lives and the world we were born into.
A plethora of sin episode artwork

08/14/25

4 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

When Peter says "whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin," what exactly does he mean by that?
- Sin
Imagine The World Before The Fall

05/28/25

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

Dr. Paulson continues to analyze the appeal Erasmus makes to Sirach in chapter 15.
There Is No Sin Where There Is No Law

05/15/25

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

This episode begins an examination of the Apostle Paul's proclamation that where there is no law, there is no sin.
When NOT to pray for sin

04/11/25

5 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Sins that lead to death, and sins that don't, but all sins are still sins.
- Sin
- Prayer
Technology Can't Stop Death

02/07/25

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco

The Thinking Fellows talk about the limitations of scientific progress.
Baptismal Identity vs Idolatry (1 Peter 4:1-6)

01/16/25

4 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In this episode of Tough Texts, Daniel Emery Price and Scott Keith explore the complexities of 1 Peter 4:1-6.
- Baptism
- Idolatry
- New Testament
- Sin
Be Perfect as Jesus is Perfect

11/15/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

What does Jesus mean that we should be perfect, as Jesus is perfect? Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin look at the context of the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5 where this passage is found.
Lying and Dying (Acts 5:1-11)

11/14/24

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In this episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price discuss the story of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts chapter 5.
- Holy Spirit
- Sin
- The Law
- New Testament
368: Cindy Koch - Once Upon a Curse

11/01/24

9 mins

By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie | Cindy Koch

Once Upon A Time in Genesis. In this episode, we talk with author Cindy Koch about her new book, Once Upon A Curse. We discuss Semitic poetry, the Psalms, Genesis, curses and promises, child-bearing, biblical versus earthly wisdom, freedom and bondage, and the ever-needed reality that is explained and defined by the story of Jesus Christ, the Lamb crucified from the foundation of the world.
366: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation

10/04/24

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

They Call Me Rhetorical Working Man. In this episode, we discuss Luther‘s teaching on justification and vocation while reading James Nestingen’s essay on the same topic. We cover feudalism, the rise of capitalism, how the reformation took hold in the cities in Germany, the three estates, the two kingdoms, church life versus social life, and the consequences for Christians of not being grounded in faith and prayer as detailed by Luther, in particular, in his explanations to the petitions of the Lord Prayer.