Podcast Overview

Author

When Christians Contradict Themselves

12/01/25

6 mins

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

The Thinking Fellows examine the Ligonier 2025 State of Theology Survey. They identify a major recurring theme: Christians are contradicting themselves.
415: Luther - The Mass is a dangerous thing, fabricated and invented without God’s Word and will

11/07/25

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Mass Effect. In this episode, we continue our reading of The Smalcald Articles, focusing on Luther’s critique of the Roman Mass and all its consequences for the churches and Christian life. We discuss mimetic desire, sacrificial religion, the exclusive work of Jesus.
414: Luther - God is extravagantly rich in His grace

10/31/25

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

An Arm-Twisting Confession. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s Smalcald Articles on the gospel, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. Why did he have to have “his arm twisted” to write them? What is he trying to teach the churches about the gospel? How does the gospel circumscribe and define the Church, worship, and Christian life? Why does something written in the 1530s matter today? We look to answer all these questions and more on this episode of the Banned Books podcast.
Monday, August 25, 2025

08/25/25

14 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about practices surrounding Holy Communion.
403: Morales - Remembering Your Baptism

08/08/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley | Kathy Morales

Wetly All the Way. In this episode, we visit with author Kathryn Morales about her new book, Remembering Your Baptism. We discuss who should be baptized and why. How many times does someone need to be baptized? Can someone fall away from baptism, and what if someone doubts that baptism saves them from judgment and death? This and much, much more on today’s episode of the podcast.
Matthew 26:26-30 (Episode 393)

05/02/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
- New Testament
- The Lord's Supper
388: Luther - Maundy Thursday

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…
Assurance of Salvation with Mark Mattes

04/08/25

12 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Mark Mattes

In this episode, Kelsi chats with theologian Mark Mattes about his new release with 1517 Publishing, ⁠Ditching the Checklist: Assurance of Salvation for Evangelicals (and Other Sinners)⁠.
Episode 313: Sacramental Revival

03/04/25

8 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the sacraments and the challenged faced in our day in truly appreciating them (with mind, heart, and spirit) for all that they are and do.
- Sacraments
- Christian History
Gregory of Nyssa

11/26/24

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman

The Fellows discuss St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Discourse, a series of objections and answers to confessions of the Christian faith.
- Church Fathers
- Catechesis
365: Schwarz - Christ's Last Will and Testament

09/13/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Reign in Blood. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Lord’s Supper while reading The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus by Reinhard Schwarz. We discuss why the distinction between a covenant and a testament is of utmost importance for exegesis, sacramental theology, and Christian life, why promise and gift are central to Luther’s understanding of the sacrament, and how rejecting the sacrament leads to a denial of Christ.
John 6:35-51 – Pentecost 12 (B)

08/08/24

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | John W. Hoyum

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Christ's sermon on the bread of life. Unlike the manna given to the Israelites, Christ himself is the bread which endures to eternal life.