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  1. 446: Kolb - Speaking the Gospel Today

    book
    07/25/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Talk of the Town. In this episode, we discuss Christian conversation — cultural, institutional, and in our encounters with the living God. Our guide is Prof. Robert Kolb, who wrote about the ‘Art of Christian Conversation’ in his book, “Speaking the Gospel Today.” What is Christian conversation, and what is its purpose? On the other side of the table, what is a worldly conversation, and what is its ultimate purpose? Is there any difference between pre-modern and post-modern Christian conversations and secular talks? Is there anything we can learn from “Christian conversations” that can be applied and/or help us appreciate myths, legends, folk tales, and storytelling? Is it possible for our conversations to awaken us to a greater reality than what our material generation tells us about the limits of reality?
    446: Kolb - Speaking the Gospel Today

  2. Colossians 1:16-29 (Episode 445)

    book
    07/23/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Filling Up What is Lacking in Christ’s Suffering
    Colossians 1:16-29 (Episode 445)

  3. Colossians 1:1-15 (Episode 444)

    book
    07/16/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    The Letter to a Small Church
    Colossians 1:1-15 (Episode 444)

  4. Galatians 5:16-6:18 (Episode 443)

    book
    07/10/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    The Flesh/Works vs The Spirit/Fruit
    Galatians 5:16-6:18 (Episode 443)

  5. Galatians 5:1-15 (Episode 442)

    book
    06/28/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Freed To Be Free
    Galatians 5:1-15 (Episode 442)

  6. Galatians 4:1-31 (Episode 441)

    book
    06/22/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    God Has Made A Decision About You
    Galatians 4:1-31 (Episode 441)

  7. 444: Tertullian - A Proper Seeking After Divine Knowledge is Always Within the Rule of Faith

    book
    06/19/26
    13 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Times They Are A-Changin’. In this episode, we sit with Tertullian’s writing on “Prescription against Heretics.” What is “the rule of faith”? What constitutes a proper seeking after divine knowledge? What does Tertullian mean by “Heretics Encourage and Perpetuate Thought Independent of Christ's Teaching”? What does he mean by “Restless Curiosity, the Feature of Heresy”? Should heretics not to be allowed to argue out of the Scriptures?
    444: Tertullian - A Proper Seeking After Divine Knowledge is Always Within the Rule of Faith

  8. Galatians 3:1-29 (Episode 440)

    book
    06/13/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    The Foolishness of Being Justified Through the Law
    Galatians 3:1-29 (Episode 440)

  9. 442: Giertz - A Shepherd's Letter

    book
    06/05/26
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie
    We’re in This Together. In this episode, we sit with Bo Giertz and read his open letter to the churches — A Shepherd’s Letter. As translator, Bror Erickson says of the opening section (we read on the show), “Crises and Sources of Strength”: “Christians had been systematically persecuted by the Nazis, and this systematic persecution continued in soviet countries. However, in Western Europe, church leaders like Bo Giertz saw how increasing industrialization was also assisting an increasing secularism. There were huge population shifts into the city, and people lost track of the church even as the church lost track of the people during these shifts. Some political parties were also actively hostile to the church. The trends toward secularism and atheism in the West have continued, of course, and have also become a point of consternation for believers even to this day. This age has not ceased to be evil since Paul designated it as such in Gal. 1:4. So the church continues and will continue to suffer crises, and so the essay “Crises and Sources of Strength” takes on a sort of timeless dimension that way.
    442: Giertz - A Shepherd's Letter

  10. Galatians 2:1-21 (Episode 439)

    book
    06/01/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    How to Nullify the Grace of God
    Galatians 2:1-21 (Episode 439)

  11. 441: Trueman - The Value and Role of Creeds and Confessions

    book
    05/29/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    With Arms Wide Open! In this episode, on the eve of Trinity Sunday, we sit with Carl Trueman’s essay, "The Value and Role of Creeds and Confession.” Is there any usefulness of Creeds and Confessions at present? Are they important as historic documents? Are they authoritative for the churches? What are the biblical origins of the ecumenical creeds, and are they the rule of faith for contemporary Christians? What about contemporary churches that write their own creeds, confessions, or statements of faith — do they participate in the catholic faith, or are they confessing something separate from historic, orthodox Christianity? All that and much, much more on this episode of Banned Books.
    441: Trueman - The Value and Role of Creeds and Confessions

  12. Galatians 1:1-24 (Episode 438)

    book
    05/18/26
    4 mins
    By Erick Sorensen | Daniel Emery Price
    The One Thing You Cannot Get Wrong
    Galatians 1:1-24 (Episode 438)