Podcast Overview

Author

Episode 283: Lutherans and Tradition

07/25/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss how Lutherans have historically approached tradition.
The Authority of Scripture with Jacob Smith

07/09/24

11 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Jacob Smith

Kelsi chats with the Reverend Jacob Smith about the authority of Scripture - how we define it and what it means for us - both Christian and non-Christian.
The Wages of Sin is Not Death?

07/04/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In today's episode of Tough Texts, Daniel Emery Price and Scott Keith dive into the complexities of 1 John 5:13-21.
- Idolatry
- Faith
- Sin
- Scripture
358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

06/28/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Tick, Tick, Boom. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law, faith that saves, gratuitous forgiveness and the living, and the present tense power of the gospel.
357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

06/21/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
Two Strong Wills

06/17/24

7 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Amy Mantravadi

In part 3 of Gretchen Ronnevik's conversation with Amy Mantravadi, they discuss specifically the unusual marriage of Martin Luther and Katharaina Von Bora.
Starting Backwards

06/13/24

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Dr. Paulson outlines how knowledge of the gospel becomes the starting point for reading scripture.
- Law and Gospel
- Scripture
Allegorizing Scripture

06/08/24

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Paulson explains how allegory turns all Scripture into moral or legal lessons.
Spiritual Anorexia

06/07/24

6 mins

By Amy Mantravadi | Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this episode Gretchen Ronnevik talks with Amy Mantravadi about the monastic life, and in particular, the nunnery of Katharina Von Bora, before she escaped and married Martin Luther.
- Martin Luther
- Reformation History
Psalm 27 John Andrew Schreiner sings "The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation"

06/07/24

4 mins

By Chad Bird | John Andrew Schreiner

Psalm 27 John Andrew Schreiner sings "The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation"
Reformation History with Amy Mantravadi

05/30/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Amy Mantravadi

While Katie finishes up some family stuff, Gretchen invites on Amy Mantravadi to talk about writing about the reformation.
Episode 275: Head vs. Heart (Orthodoxy and Pietism)

05/30/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the head, the heart, and where Christianity should aim.