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38: "Martin Luther’s Christmas Book," p. 30-31

January 2, 2019 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
The Brutal, Humiliating, Joyous Christmas Gospel! Gillespie and Riley return this week with another episode dedicated to Martin Luther's Christmas sermon. This time, they dig into the underlying brutality of the Christmas Gospel, Mary's humiliation, and Joseph's dilemma.

37: "Martin Luther’s Christmas Book," p. 28-29

December 25, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Christmas: the Perfect Time of Year for a Theologian of the Cross! In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read from a Christmas sermon by their favorite heretic, Martin Luther. They discuss Mary's example of how God makes theologians of the cross through suffering, oppression, weakness, and hopelessness.

36: "Shipwrecked At The Stable" by Brennan Manning pt. 2

December 19, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Planking with Brennan Manning... Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants.

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35: "Shipwrecked At The Stable" by Brennan Manning

December 12, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Planking with Brennan Manning... This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology.

34: Q&A: Turning the Metaphorical Gun on Ourself

December 5, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
This week, Gillespie and Riley tackle your questions and comments. We discuss election, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bible translations, Sunday School, and much, much more.

33: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Thesis 28

November 28, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Please, Love Me Like You Do... This week, Gillespie and Riley wrap up their reading of Gerhard Forde's "On Being a Theologian of The Cross." What are the ramifications for Christians when God creates (He does not find) that which is pleasing to Him?

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32: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Part IV: “God’s Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith” pt. 2

November 21, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Don't Like That We're Righteous Apart From Works? We're Not Done Yet. Continuing their conversation from episode #31, Gillespie and Riley follow Gerhard Forde, and with him examine Luther's Heidelberg Disputation. This week, Aristotle, righteousness, and whose work is worth calling "good."

31: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Part IV: “God’s Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith”

November 14, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Don't Like That We're Righteous Apart From Works? Good. Gillespie and Riley return this week, in conversation with Gerhard Forde about death, doing your best, and getting the "good" of works put in its proper place.

30: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Section Three (Theses 19-21) pt. 2

November 7, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
If there's one thing a theologian of glory doesn't understand, it's the cross! Gillespie and Riley continue their conversation about thesis nineteen of Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (with commentary by Gerhard Forde), and what distinguishes a theologian of the cross from a theology of glory.

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29: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, Section Three (Theses 19-21)

October 24, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
If there's one thing a theologian of glory doesn't understand, it's the cross! This week, Gillespie and Riley read Luther's nineteenth thesis from his Heidelberg Disputation, and (with Gerhard Forde's help) converse about whether a theologian of glory is really a theologian.

28: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Will pt. 2

October 17, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
I Want What I Want When I Want It... Again! This week, Gillespie and Riley return to the problem of the will (with much help from Gerhard Forde) as Martin Luther expresses it in thesis thirteen of the Heidelberg Disputation.

27: "On Being a Theologian of the Cross" by Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Will

October 10, 2018 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
I Want What I Want When I Want It! In this episode, Gillespie and Riley dig into section two of Forde's book, "On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation. This week, the problem of the will.

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