Author

  1. Imagine The World Before The Fall

    book
    05/28/25
    4 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Dr. Paulson continues to analyze the appeal Erasmus makes to Sirach in chapter 15.
    Imagine The World Before The Fall

  2. Where There Is Law There Is Free Will

    book
    05/22/25
    4 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    This week, Dr. Paulson outlines Erasmus' bold claim that the existence of the law necessitates human free will.
    Where There Is Law There Is Free Will

  3. There Is No Sin Where There Is No Law

    book
    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.
    There Is No Sin Where There Is No Law

  4. Chaos and Silencing the Law

    book
    05/06/25
    4 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    Dr. Paulson continues to characterize the dialogue between Luther and Erasmus.
    Chaos and Silencing the Law

  5. 388: Luther - Maundy Thursday

    book
    04/19/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Sunday Bloody Sunday In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s sermon for Maundy Thursday (1534), discussing the Lord’s Supper, polity, sacramental piety, fellowship, election and all the rabbit trails we follow…
    388: Luther - Maundy Thursday

  6. Plato's Cave

    book
    04/07/25
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Dr. Paulson discusses Plato's analogy of the Cave. He emphasizes how Erasmus used this analogy to confuse God's words of law and gospel.
    Plato's Cave

  7. 384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

    book
    03/21/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness.
    384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

  8. Ecclesiastical and Doctrinal Authority

    book
    03/14/25
    4 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    Erasmus and Luther struggle over the question of church authority. Erasmus makes an appeal to doctrinal authority based on ecclesial order.
    Ecclesiastical and Doctrinal Authority

  9. Hypocrisy or Consistency? The Church and Sexual Sins

    book
    03/10/25
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman
    In this episode of The Thinking Fellows, the hosts take on a challenging question: Are Christians hypocritical when it comes to sexual sins?
    Hypocrisy or Consistency? The Church and Sexual Sins

  10. What Is the Church?

    book
    03/06/25
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Erasmus accused Luther of being outside of the church and having a novel understanding of Scripture.
    What Is the Church?

  11. A Very Friendly Debate: The Third Use of the Law

    book
    03/04/25
    11 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Steven Paulson | Robert Kolb
    In a new segment of Outside Ourselves, Kelsi hosts theologians Robert Kolb and Steven Paulson for a debate on the third use of the law.
    A Very Friendly Debate: The Third Use of the Law

  12. 381: Kleinig - The Things That Make a Theologian

    book
    02/15/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Who Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther’s threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God’s Word—all this and much more on this week’s episode of the podcast.
    381: Kleinig - The Things That Make a Theologian