On today’s program, I answered a number of listener questions on a wide variety of topics. I discussed Holy Communion, eschatology, Anglicanism, and other important subjects. Here is the program. I mentioned two previous programs I had done on the subject on purgatory. Here they are: Part 1 Part 2 Read more
Over these last four weeks, on the podcast I have been playing a series of talks I gave under the general heading: “Lutheranism among other Christian traditions.” These talks are now all available. You can find links to all of them here. Lutherans and Baptists Lutherans and Presbyterians Lutherans and Roman Catholics Lutherans and Pentecostals Hopefully you find these to be a useful series of talks. Read more
The most recent book from Just and Sinner Publications is an important one, as the doctrine of vicarious satisfaction continues to be critiqued from several fronts. Though speaking to nineteenth century theologians, the criticisms addressed by Remensnyder in this work remain today. This book was written by Lutheran theologian Junius Remensnyder (author of The Lutheran Manual), and has a forward by Reformed theologian B.B. Warfield. Here is the product info: The Atonement and Modern Thought Authored by Junius Benjamin Remensnyder... Read more
Post by Nathan Rinne Intro: The Fear-Invoking Athanasian Creed? The Christian – who is justified by God’s grace in Jesus Christ though faith – should be at peace with God and not live in fear of him, correct? This would seem to be logical consequence of a message like that of Romans 5:1: “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” And yet, for confessional Christians who recite the Athanasian... Read more
I was recently asked to do the layout for our Synod’s bimonthly magazine titled The Evangel. I gave our layout editor, who just recently got married, a break this month. My wife is the content editor for the magazine as well. This is the official newsletter of the American Association of Lutheran Churches. In it, you can find edifying theological articles as well as updates about our congregations. You can subscribe electronically for free here. Download the latest issue here. Read more
Post by Nathan Rinne I recently watched a couple of interviews (here and here) the ever controversial Breitbart journalist Milo Yiannopoulos did with “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson about his new movie “Torchbearer”. According to an article from the same Breitbart news, the film’s “thesis” is that “sin has become mainstream in Western culture, which will soon lead to societal destruction.” Yiannopoulos himself, a vigorous proponent and practitioner of free speech, identifies as both gay (flauntingly so) and Roman Catholic, and... Read more
On today’s program, I continued our discussion of the Lutheran liturgy. On this episode, we talked about the Gospel reading, Gospel books, processionals, and debates about who should read Scripture in a church service and present children’s sermons. Here is the program. Read more
Post by Nathan Rinne Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, “one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country” (see here). He is the author of several popular books, and in his book When Christians Get it Wrong, he writes that the Bible is a document that is both divine and human, which for him means that the authors “were people who had a deep faith... Read more
On today’s program, Lisa Cooper was a guest host, as she interviewed Jordan about his new book Baptized into Christ: A Guide to the Christian Life. They talked about the distinction between law and gospel, baptism, the two kinds of righteousness, and many other important topics. Here is the program. You can buy the book here. Read more
What has God called me to do? How do I love my neighbor? What is my identity? How does the Christian faith impact my daily life? These are among the many questions answered in this book. Throughout this work, Jordan Cooper writes about the essential aspects of how to live as God’s child. He writes about the importance of the sacraments, the difference between God’s commandments and promises, how to follow Jesus, the nature and purpose of Christian worship,... Read more
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