Vocation

334: MacDonald - The Cause of Spiritual Stupidity

01/08/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley

The Man Who Sold The World. In this episode, we discuss what attachment to things rather than Christ gets us while reading George Macdonald’s Unspoken Sermons. The conversation leads us through the topics of higher and lower things, bread-making, willing and wanting, God-gifted vocations, and how to properly end a sermon.
- Preaching
- Vocation
325: Ristau - The Word and Armor of God

10/15/23

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley

One More Movie Reference Ought to Do It. In this episode, we discuss God’s Word and Armor. We return to Harold Ristau’s book, Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls, to converse about God’s Word, ministry, being a soldier in the army of Christ, and angelic backup, and we make many movie references as we go!
320: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

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?
318: Nestigen - Luther on Marriage, Vocation, and the Cross

08/17/23

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley

All In The Family. In this episode, we discuss marriage, vocation, and cute theology of the cross. How can Luther’s teaching and preaching on marriage and vocation help Christians at present waist the temptations of the world and Satan, which pervert and disrupt God’s will for marriage? What does baptism have to do with marriage? How does Luther’s formulation of marriage and family help Christians comprehend their relation to society and the state?
We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

10/11/22

14 mins

By Donavon Riley

We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
Demanding to Suffer Freedom

06/21/22

12 mins

By Donavon Riley

The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
Possessed by Pardon and Peace

04/20/21

6 mins

By Donavon Riley

It’s God’s love that sets us free to love in the first place.
- Love of God
- Peace
- Forgiveness
- Marriage
- God
- Holy Spirit
- Justification
- Vocation
True Christian Liberty

03/23/21

8 mins

By Donavon Riley

The true liberty that Christ gives to us through the gospel is not political. It is spiritual freedom. It is freedom from fear of God's judgment and wrath.
196b: Luther - Paul cuts out all merit and gives glory only to God

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

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?
195b: Luther - Mesmerized by the wizardry of the devil

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

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...?”

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