TOPIC INDEXReformation History (50)

  1. 348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

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    04/12/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven.

  2. 347: Bornkamm - The God of the Old Testament

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    04/05/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Day Trippin’. In this episode, we talk about Easter, altars, cosmic mountains, church history, open fonts, restored virtue, saints, angels, powers of darkness, idols, icons, images, searching for the truth, and how Jesus is the archetype of all archetypes, and in between we read Luther on the Old Testament by Heinrich Bornkamm.

  3. 322: An Early Lutheran Ordination

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    09/23/23
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Baptized, Confirmed, and Ordained. In this episode, we discuss the early Lutheran formulation of calling and ordination of pastors and preachers. What is ordination, when does it happen, are their rules and rites that must be followed, and much, much more!

  4. 321: Luther - The Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers

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    09/16/23
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You 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.

  5. 320: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

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    09/09/23
    11 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God. In this episode, we discuss tyranny and resistance while reading a book of the same title by Reformation scholar David Mark Whitford. What is tyranny? When are Christians called to resist tyranny, and what does that entail? Are there any standards by which a Christian may judge whether a government serves God or the devil?

  6. 299: Philipp Nicolai - The Joy of Eternal Life

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    03/18/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart. In this episode, we discuss death, rebirth, and eternal life as examined and explained in The Joy of Eternal Life by Philip Nikolai.

  7. 295: Melanchthon - The people of God are not made by fleshly propagation and the worship of the Law

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    02/22/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Is It True, Or Is It Truly True? In this episode, we discuss election, true and false church, law, mercy, and why we can’t stop judging the Gospel as we read Philip Melanchthon’s 1541 commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans.

  8. 290: Schaeffer - A Protestant Evangelical Speaks to His Lutheran Friends

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    01/16/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Francis & The Sunshine Band. In this episode, we discuss Francis Schaeffer’s ecumenical address to Lutherans, the consequences of seeking church unity using legal categories, the dilemma with Christian purity, the distinction between the hidden and revealed church, and why it matters.

  9. 289: Melanchthon - What a horrible and wretched spectacle!

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    01/09/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Love Amongst The Cling-Ons. In this episode, we discuss Philip Melanchthon’s Loci Communes, focusing our attention on justification, faith, love, and prayer.

  10. The Church Is Already Woke

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    09/06/22
    12 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Only by faith in Christ are we truly awake.

  11. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 4)

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    03/18/22
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.

  12. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 3)

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    03/11/22
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
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