Podcast Overview

Author

401: Q&A on Christian Success

07/26/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

The Secret of My Success. In this episode, we answer a listener's question about success and the Christian life. How does one measure success? What about when we fail? Is that God’s will? How does the cross inform the Christian definition of success? This and much, much more on today’s Christian podcast!
400: Paulson - The Hidden Life of Christians

07/17/25

8 mins

By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie

You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away. In this episode, we read the Outlaw God and discuss the hidden life of a Christian. How are Christians to understand the living Word, or Christ crucified before Adam and Eve, or being called into vocations that serve the kingdom of life rather than a culture of death?
Housing together

06/29/25

4 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

Well, we're back to talking about submission and wives again . . . but Peter brings a decidedly new and radical twist to the Christian home.
395: Questions Answered

06/09/25

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Just Answer the Question. In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically active and passive choices, active and passive righteousness, election and the bondage of the will, addiction, the limits of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ultimate Good we all seek, and much, much more.
Sinner Saint: a Surprising Primer to the Christian Life

06/06/25

5 mins

By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin | Luke Kjolhaug

Our friend, Pastor Luke Kjolhaug just released a book that we are so excited about. Since we live within driving distance from him, we attended his book launch in Alexandria, MN, at Cherry Street Books, and recorded a podcast before the audience there.
Christian life in secular times

06/04/25

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam pick up where they left off last week, discussing the Christian life in a secular age.
Malice and milk

05/28/25

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

No, that's not the new buffet special at Pizza Ranch.
- The Christian Life
- 1 and 2 Peter
392: Keller - What Is the Church?

05/16/25

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Come Together, Right Now… In this episode, we read from Tim Keller’s sermon, which asks, “What is the Church?” We discuss the relationship between churches and culture, what the church is and isn’t, where we locate faith, whether Christian faith changes one’s values, and much more.
Are Lutherans Evangelicals?

05/10/25

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco

The Fellows continue their conversation about Lutheran identity. This time, they discuss the term "evangelical."
391: The gracious will and good pleasure of God in Christ Jesus

05/08/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Burning Down The House. In this episode, we continue our discussion of election, addressing the certainty of election, how we are chosen, the human limits of perseverance in faith, why the pope is a bad example of Christian piety, and how old Adam tries to invert election by burying it in our sacrifices and pious moralism.
A Lutheran Identity Crisis

04/22/25

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman | Scott Keith

In this episode of the Thinking Fellows podcast, Caleb Keith, Adam Francisco, Bruce Hillman, and Scott Keith engage discuss an ongoing identity crisis within Lutheranism.
- Ministry of the Church
- Practical Theology
386: Pastoral Debrief with a bit of Flacius

04/04/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Kick Out the Jams. In this episode, we focus on the raw, real work of life in the parish—the ordinary burdens, the hidden insecurities, and the quiet faith that holds it all together. We explore the distinction between philosophy and theology and why attempts to fuse them often leave both diminished. There’s talk of reformation—its drama, its necessity, and its cost. We reflect on the pervasive victim-perpetrator dynamic that shapes so much of modern life and how the gospel when rightly preached, breaks that cycle. At the heart of it all is this: the power of Christ’s mercy to open what we’ve shut tight, to drive out the bitterness we’ve made into habit, and to speak a word stronger than shame.