Podcast Overview

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322: An Early Lutheran Ordination

09/23/23

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Baptized, Confirmed, and Ordained. In this episode, we discuss the early Lutheran formulation of calling and ordination of pastors and preachers. What is ordination, when does it happen, are their rules and rites that must be followed, and much, much more!
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.
Episode 248: Doctrine, Not Doctrines (Jason Had an Idea!)

09/12/23

10 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, Wade, Mike, and Jason discuss doctrine (as opposed to doctrines) and how the Bible is a book about Christ and not a collection of proof texts.
Opposing God's Word

08/10/23

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Dr. Paulson dives deeper into 2 Thessalonians. Here he teaches how God is opposed by sin and the devil by an assault on and rejection of His Word.
The Apocrypha

07/24/23

4 mins

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

The Thinking Fellows discuss the history and position of the Apocrypha for Lutherans.
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
The Tough Texts of Scripture

05/24/23

2 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Daniel Emery Price

This week, Caleb and Scott are joined by Dan Price to introduce the latest 1517 Podcast, "Tough Texts." On Tough Texts, Dan and Scott address classically tricky passages of Scripture and meet these texts with a plain reading.
- Sola Scriptura
- Scripture
Playing Games With Scripture

05/16/23

2 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith

Dr. Paulson discusses the devastating impact of Scriptural interpretation that tries to get around the difficult and real passages of the text.
- Sola Scriptura
- Scripture
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.
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.
295: Melanchthon - The people of God are not made by fleshly propagation and the worship of the Law

02/22/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Is It True, Or Is It Truly True? In this episode, we discuss election, true and false church, law, mercy, and why we can’t stop judging the Gospel as we read Philip Melanchthon’s 1541 commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

02/21/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember a rural Bavarian Lutheran with an international impact.
- Christian History
- Reformation Doctrine