TOPIC INDEXChristian Freedom (34)

  1. 194b: Luther - Our knowledge of God is merely passive

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    03/01/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Just Sit Back and Let It Happen. In this episode, we continue our reading of Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, passive faith, internalizing virtue, and the law of the jungle.

  2. 194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ

    book
    02/23/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Free Will Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. In this episode, more from Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, God’s will, free will, identity, and taking the moral low ground.

  3. 193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely

    book
    02/20/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Free For It All. This week on the podcast, we continue our Lenten series on Christian freedom in Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. In this episode, Gospel, Satan, and competing freedoms.

  4. 193a: Luther - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free

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    02/18/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Lent Is About Freedom. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s 1525 Galatians commentary. Why is freedom a vulgar word to the old Adam? And we consider why freedom must be Lent's primary focus for Christians.

  5. How to Be Human Again

    book
    02/16/21
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus Christ is our peace because he doesn't criticize us. He declares us freed from our perceptions to accept the truth about ourselves.

  6. A Christian is Pulled Between Two Extremes

    book
    02/02/21
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Our anxiety about the future is a consequence of our old self’s attempts to achieve freedom for himself apart from Christ Jesus.

  7. In Christ, We Are Free to Vote, Work, and Worship

    book
    11/03/20
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    This new life is marked not by fear of death but hope in eternal life.

  8. Which Party Are We Invited To?

    book
    06/23/20
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    We're not called to be obedient consumers. We're free in Christ to love and serve our neighbor according to his need

  9. Two Kinds of Slavery

    book
    05/22/20
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    We are free to be in the world, but not of the world. We are freed to stop treating the pursuit of pleasure as an escape from pain, suffering, and death.

  10. 119: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Old Testaments Passages Implying Free Choice

    book
    03/09/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Alright. That’s it. No more Old Testament proofs for you. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus’ diatribe on Salvation and Free Will. This episode, how to squeeze free will out of the Old Testament.

  11. 118: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Forgiveness of Sins Restores Freedom of Choice

    book
    03/05/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man! Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus’ diatribe on Free Will and Salvation. How does Erasmus read the Bible and how does his interpretation continue to influence the church today? How does Erasmus’ anthropology determine how the church continues to preach and teach Christian doctrine?

  12. 117: Erasmus’s Diatribe, The Obscurity of Scripture

    book
    02/28/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man! Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus’ diatribe on Free Will and Salvation. How does Erasmus read the Bible and how does his interpretation continue to influence the church today? How does Erasmus’ anthropology determine how the church continues to preach and teach Christian doctrine?
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