Just and Sinner
The biggest problem with heretical speech is that it is often right. Read more
The biggest problem with heretical speech is that it is often right. Read more
Post by Nathan Rinne This past week, responding to the President’s well-received speech in Poland, the Atlantic wrote: “The West is a racial and religious term. To be considered Western, a country must be largely Christian and largely white… He’s not speaking as the president of the entire United States. He’s speaking as the head of a tribe.” Well, excuse me (Rod Dreher’s response to), but I had always assumed people who talk like our President did in Poland not... Read more
On today’s program, I responded to comments from Dr. James White about Lutheranism. I discussed several misconceptions about what Lutherans believe, and addressed the relationship between the Lutheran Confessions and Philip Melanchthon. Here is the program Read more
Formerly, western elites concerned with keeping stability and order were more than happy to use the Bible to help them rule. Read more
On today’s program, I dealt with the relationship between faith and reason. I began with a discussion of Luther’s own thought on the topic, while addressing criticisms that he is an irrationalist. I then discussed this in relation to Luther’s distinction between the two kingdoms. I then discussed the idea of paradox and contrasted this approach with that of Zwingli and later Calvinism. Here is the program. Read more
On today’s program, I addressed the teaching of objective justification. I responded to some false understandings of this idea, and also responded to some criticisms. I overviewed some of the basic arguments for the teaching, and read citations from Lutheran theologians in the past on the issue. Here is the program This is the critique of objective justification which I cited on the program: ATP Objective Justification. Also, this is the collection of citations put together by Rev. David Jay... Read more
The term "alt-right" is so vague that no one can really seem to pin down what it means. Read more
Post by Nathan Rinne One of our Lord’s great promises is the blessed fellowship we will know in the life to come: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.” The Apostle Paul, in Philippians 4:1 and I Thessalonians 2:19 respectively, can hardly contain himself when he thinks about this fellowship: “Therefore, my brothers and sisters,... Read more
On today’s program, I addressed listener questions on a variety of topics. I discussed the recent debate on the Marian dogmas, and then discussed the high priestly prayer in John 17 as well as the connection between election and perseverance in Romans 8. Finally, I addressed my recent blog post on circumcision and baptism. Here is the program. Read more
It has been a long time since Just and Sinner Publications has released any new books, but one has just arrived, with two more to come in the near future. This book is titled, The True Church and the Holy Ministry: Two Treatises on Ecclesiology by E. Greenwald and Henry Eyster Jacobs. The description is as follows: This volume contains two separate treatises on the subjects of church and ministry. These essays contain doctrines and arguments that remain relevant to... Read more
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