Podcast Overview

Author

314: Girard - I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning

07/03/23

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Satan Drives Out Satan? In this episode, we dig deep into Jesus’ question, Can Satan drive out Satan? With the help of Rene Gerard’s book, I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightening. This episode goes into some extremely deep waters regarding the mimetic tradition, the nature of sacrifice, scapegoating, Satan’s power, and Jesus’ crucifixion.
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
God's Two Kingdoms

05/22/23

2 mins

By Uwe Siemon-Netto | Debi Winrich

On this episode of the show, Debi chats with Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto. Dr. Siemon-Netto, a Senior Distinguished fellow in 1517, was the former religion editor of United Press International.
- Two Kingdoms
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.
The Bennett Law and Language

04/28/23

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the Bennett Law, when confessional Lutherans teamed up with the Roman Catholics in Wisconsin to vote out the Republicans over the use of English in schools.
- Christianity in America
- Two Kingdoms
301: Nestigen - The Two Kingdoms Distinction

04/05/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Distinct, But Not Divided. In this episode, we discuss the Christian doctrine of the two kingdoms and its consequences for the Christian life while reading James Nestigen's "The Two Kingdoms Distinction."
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.
Should Christians Engage With Philosophy?

03/17/23

1 min

By Adam Francisco | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

Caleb, Adam, and Bruce revisit the relationship between faith and reason.
Of Caesar and Citizens

03/03/23

2 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's. But hold on . . . what about "Give to my neighbor what is my neighbor's"?
- Two Kingdoms
- Love of Neighbor
Livin' off the government

02/24/23

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

So, there's a question we should ask: What can we rightly expect from our government?
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