Podcast Overview

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Pain and Sanctification

09/19/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin discuss today the issue of pain in childbirth, and whether or not taking pain medication during childbirth effects your sanctification, or your moral standing.
321: Luther - The Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers

09/16/23

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

You can call me any day or night. Call me! In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s verbosely titled treatise, “That a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture." We discuss ordination, church authority, the doctrine of the pastoral call, and much more.
Grace for Birth

09/07/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this much requested episode, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin talk about birth, and some of the pressure we put on ourselves--or on our faith--that everything goes as we think it will.
Episode 246: Swearing and Oaths

09/01/23

10 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, Mike, Wade, and Jason discuss swearing and oaths (with some beeping).
- 10 Commandments
- Christian Freedom
313: Two Sermons on the Bound Will

06/24/23

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Sermonator 2: Judgment Day. In this episode, we read two sermons from Gerhard Forde and Steven Paulson, then discuss preaching to bound wills, the consequences for Christians when free will sermons are preached, and what’s to be done about bad preaching.
Is Christianity a Religion of Doctrines?

06/20/23

4 mins

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

In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the centrality and importance of Christians' doctrinal content and confessions.
- Ministry of the Church
- Reformation Doctrine
312: Paulson - Preaching Categorically to Bound Wills

06/16/23

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

A Total Eclipse of The Heart. In this episode, we discuss preaching to bound wills, and the consequences for both preachers and listeners, as we read Steven Paulson’s essay, Preaching Categorically to Bound Wills.
308: Augustine - On Christian Teaching

05/20/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Walk Like An Augustinian. In this episode, we discuss preaching while reading Augustine’s, On Christian Teaching, where he explains the importance of heavenly wisdom, eloquence, and getting out of the way of God’s Word.
The Miserable Refuge of Tropes

05/09/23

2 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Dr. Paulson discusses how some theology distrusts the literal meaning of Scripture.
304: Anselm of Canterbury - On Free Will

04/23/23

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Riley Suffers An Aneurysm. In this episode, we discuss the topic of the will while reading Anselm’s treatise on free will and its ramifications for faith, piety, and pastoral care.
Psalm 123 Izzi Ray songs " I Lift Up My Eyes"

03/24/23

1 min

By Chad Bird

Psalm 123 contains some of the most beautiful descriptions of the life of faith, describing how we look to God until “He shall be gracious to us” as we wait in hope.
299: Philipp Nicolai - The Joy of Eternal Life

03/18/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart. In this episode, we discuss death, rebirth, and eternal life as examined and explained in The Joy of Eternal Life by Philip Nikolai.