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260: Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown pt. 2

July 30, 2022 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Was It Only A Dream? We conclude our reading and discussion of "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne. What happens when sin, death, and Satan are unaddressed by Christians, and especially the churches? What kind of damage does hypocrisy do to a community, congregation, and our Christian relationships?

259: Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown pt. 1

July 28, 2022 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Good Christian People? In this episode, we read and discuss the parable of Young Goodman Brown, a short story by Nathanial Hawthorne. What happens when Christians don’t have a Gospel preacher? What happens when we carry our guilt and are tempted by the devil? How do we distinguish between God and the devil?

258: Dostoyevsky - The Grand Inquisitor pt. 3

July 17, 2022 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
It’s For Your Own Good. We conclude our reading and discussion of Dostoevsky’s, The Grand Inquisitor. What are we willing to sacrifice to accept the devil’s offer of miracles, mystery, and authority? Why do we surrender to temptation, and what do we expect are the consequences? What can we learn from Jesus’ rejection of the devil’s temptations, and what does that mean for Christians today?

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257: Dostoyevsky - The Grand Inquisitor pt. 2

Happiness in Slavery. We continue to read and discuss the parable of the Grand Inquisitor, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, The Brothers Karamazov. In this episode, the Grand Inquisitor details why Jesus’ rejection of Satan’s temptations in the wilderness doomed humanity.

256: Dostoyevsky - The Grand Inquisitor pt. 1

Why? Why? Why? We read and discuss Dostoevsky’s parable of the Grand Inquisitor. What happens when we discuss evil and the work of the evil one apart from God’s Word, his preacher, and Christ’s cross?

255: Parables of Kafka & Nietzsche

June 12, 2022 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Gatekeepers & Madmen. We read and discuss two parables, by Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. What happens when people don’t have a preacher sent by the Holy Spirit to declare forgiveness? Without the Gospel, where does the law end?

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254: Kierkegaard - Parable of the Geese & the King and Maiden

Humble Kings & Flightless Geese. We read and discuss two parables by Soren Kierkegaard. In this episode, the purpose of parables, the condescension of God, and why there’s no forgiveness in Kierkegaard’s parables.

253: Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Minister's Black Veil

The God Behind The Veil. In this episode, we read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Minister’s Black Veil, and discuss the hidden God, divination, and the mirror of the law.

252: Hamann - We Hear the Blood of the Redeemer Crying Out in Our Heart

Killer-Comforter-Praying Spirit. We conclude our reading and discussion of Johan Hamman’s London Writings. In this episode, we focus particularly on the Advocate and prayer.

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251: Hamann - The Hostility of the Serpent's Offspring against the Blessed Offspring of the Woman

It’s What You Can’t See That Can Kill You. We continue our reading and discussion of Johann Hamann, The London Writings, focusing primarily on spiritual warfare and how it manifests in daily life and pastoral ministry.

250: Hamann - Interpreting the Sacred Scriptures

Two Books, One Condescending God. In this episode, we discuss the exegesis of Johann Hamann. What are the implications for Christians when God’s Spirit and Word translate us into the church and the world?

249: Hamann - The Most Interesting and Radical Thinker in the Ranks of Lutheran Orthodoxy

How long? Not Long. In this episode, we introduce the works of Johann Georg Hamann, specifically the London Writings: The Spiritual & Theological Journal of Johann Georg Hamann.

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2015 - 2023
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