TOPIC INDEXPractical Theology (164)

  1. 184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

    book
    12/03/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    It’s Christmas in Germany for Hitler. In this episode, a historical examination of Christmas in Germany during the Nazi regime, including new hymns, advent calendars, the emergence of Wotan, and Hitler’s Silent Night.

  2. Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

    book
    11/24/20
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.

  3. 183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

    book
    11/23/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    A shelter from pigs on the wing... In this episode, how do Christians interface with a godless state, love our neighbors without being complicit in promoting sin, and maintain the tension between the two kingdoms?

  4. 182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

    book
    11/20/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You Know Who Else Misunderstood The Kingdom of God? Hitler! In this episode, we read Herman Sasse’s 1930 essay on The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present. We discuss the two kingdoms doctrine, peoples’ station in life, and the need for public discussions of natural law.

  5. Jesus has Overcome Evil

    book
    11/17/20
    6 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus overcame sin, death, and Satan on the cross. His bloody suffering and death marked this sinful world's defeat.

  6. 181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

    book
    11/17/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Chairman Mao Loves Ice Cream. In this episode, G.K. Chesterton on what happens when we abolish God, and the government becomes the god. We discuss “unalienable rights endowed by the Creator.” The language of freedom and rights belongs to the law. And we finish with Chesterton’s prompt to consider fraud.

  7. 180: Whitford - The Church and State Have Existed in An Often Unhealthy Tension

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    11/04/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    It’s The Most Important Election of Our Lives, Until The Next Election. In this special election episode, Gillespie and Riley read David Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance," and discuss church, state, and the two kingdoms doctrine.

  8. 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.

  9. Killing in the Name of

    book
    10/27/20
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    God uses the fifth commandment to protect us from selfishness, prevent us from only thinking about our needs, and to drive us to Christ and our neighbors.

  10. Everyone Wants to Get to Heaven, But No One Wants to Die

    book
    10/22/20
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus will strengthen and encourage us because he is true life, and life has defeated death.

  11. With the Lord I Need Nothing More

    book
    10/20/20
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Satan and the old Adam don't want Jesus to bear our crosses for us because that means we can't claim that we've done anything to merit God's mercy and salvation.

  12. The Two of Us In Here

    book
    10/06/20
    6 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    The only reason we're aware of our old self is in baptism, God created a new self for us.
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