Law and Gospel (698)
  1. These teachings are the heart of the Reformation…If it is about you, it isn’t about Jesus.
  2. The power and the purpose of the Reformation was to bring the full force of the Law and the Gospel to the ears of sinners.
  3. The Law though it does many things—restrains, exhorts the Christian unto righteousness, punishes—always rightly accuses and condemns sinners of their sin before a righteous, holy, and just God.
  4. On this episode, the fellows are once again joined by Dr. Nestingen and Prof. Pless. This time, we tackle listener questions about doctrine and the differences between Norwegian and German Lutheranism.
  5. I spend a lot of time talking to people in coffee shops. Some share my Christian faith, some are exploring and questioning faith and others have left the church, having had a crisis of faith.
  6. The Thinking Fellows are joined by Dr. Jim Nestingen and Rev. John Pless to talk about their new book titled The Necessary Distinction.
  7. We sinners share a common problem when it comes to Jesus’ parables. We read them with an eye to our own righteousness.
  8. Yet, just as the Jews had two choices, true God or no God, the Christian has the same, true Jesus or no Jesus.
  9. In a world so wired by law and rules, judgement is everywhere.
  10. I believe it’s no small charge to assert that there’s a massive problem in the majority of America’s pulpits.
  11. I recently began seeing a chiropractor for what turned out to be a compressed disc. He took routine x-rays to facilitate his diagnosis, and on the day he was to go over the results with me, I was placed in a conference room to wait for our consultation.
  12. On episode ELEVEN of Let the Bird Fly! the guys make a first pass at that central question of Christian theology: Law and Gospel.
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