TOPIC INDEXNew Testament (8)

  1. 196b: Luther - Paul cuts out all merit and gives glory only to God

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    03/19/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Grace Means Never Having to Try Harder. In this episode, Martin Luther’s comments on the letter to the Galatians regarding God’s mercy and predestination.

  2. 196a: Luther - I was forgiven only by God’s boundless grace

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    03/15/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    The stunning truth about God’s grace. In this episode, Luther’s comments about Galatians 1:15. What do we do when it’s revealed God chooses to be gracious to us while we are wicked and blasphemous?

  3. 195b: Luther - Mesmerized by the wizardry of the devil

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    03/13/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You’re A Wizard, Lucifer! In this episode, Martin Luther continues to commentate on the apostle Paul’s letter to the Galatians, and his question, “Who has bewitched you...?”

  4. 195a: Luther - Ancient serpent bewitches not only the senses but also the mind with false and evil thinking

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    03/10/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Satan Rules The World, And Is It’s God. In this episode, Martin Luther expands on the apostle Paul’s question to the Galatians, “Who has bewitched your...?”

  5. 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.

  6. 194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ

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    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.

  7. 193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely

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    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.

  8. 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.