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11 mins read|08/16/24Street-Fighting Man. In this episode, we continue our discussion of the question of when it is permissible for Christians to oppose civil authority. It’s more important than ever for Christians to grasp the fundamentals of vocation, the relation of politics to liturgy, the place of the sacraments within the worship of the church, and the life of Christians, why there cannot be such a thing as a Christian nation.
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10 mins read|06/28/24Tick, Tick, Boom. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law, faith that saves, gratuitous forgiveness and the living, and the present tense power of the gospel.
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15 mins read|06/17/24This is a companion article to “Johann Spangenberg on Dying Well”
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22 mins read|03/20/24Zwingli the Pastor provides an excellent introduction to the Swiss reformer’s life and work, focusing on Zwingli’s philosophy of church reform, biographical details, and mode of exegesis.
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14 mins read|01/24/24A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
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11 mins read|10/31/231517 Resources to help Celebrate Reformation Day
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17 mins read|10/21/23If we take the article of justification out of the center, very soon we will not know why we are evangelical Christians or should remain so.-Hans J. Iwand
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12 mins read|10/17/23Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we consider the life and works of a multifaceted and kaleidoscopic enigma (!) Johann Gerhard.
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16 mins read|09/23/23God is placing us in new situations. His unchanging and utterly reliable Word provides our only anchor.
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15 mins read|09/22/23Attempting to escape the errors of medieval Catholic thinking, Agricola ended up making the same mistake of conflating law and gospel.
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15 mins read|09/21/23Charles V, for all his power, his lands, and his riches, was ultimately unable to hinder the spread of the precious Gospel.
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10 mins read|09/16/23You can call me any day or night. Call me! In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s verbosely titled treatise, “That a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture." We discuss ordination, church authority, the doctrine of the pastoral call, and much more.
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