Price: $14 Kindle: $9 George Henry Gerberding called Weidner’s Studies in the Book his most original contribution to theology. These volumes, covering the entirety of the New Testament and parts of the Old, are based on lectures given by Weidner to students at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. In them, he gives outlines of Scriptural books, emphasizing their primary emphasis and theological themes. He gives details about the authorship... Read more
This week the Pseudepodcasters were joined by yet another still wet from the Rhine. It’s kind of like The Expendables where new characters keep showing up until the plot becomes incoherent. Even so, we were glad to have the young Lutheran Michael Salinas to talk about the journey from Charismatic Non-Denominational Christianity to the Lutheran Confessions. In the second half we tackle a few common questions related to Baptism in our own circuitous style. Featured Content: Gospel Unity, the Blog of Michael... Read more
Here’s my sermon from last Sunday. Texts: Isaiah 25:6-9, Phil. 4:4-13, Matt. 22:1-14. Read more
[NOTE: You can download Paul Strawn’s paper featuring groundbreaking research on the Reformation, “An Overview of the Influence of the Publication of Patristic Literature Upon the Reformation”, which this post summarizes, here] In a previous post published at my personal blog theology like a child, countering the Eastern Orthodox apologist Father Stephen Freeman, I wrote, in part… “Actually, as a child of the Lutheran Reformation – which I submit was in fact a revival of patristic theology (a sneak peek... Read more
I have been behind on getting my sermons up here. They can now also be found at FaithLutheranWatseka.com. These are my sermons from the past four weeks on Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Philippians 4:3-9 10/14/2014 This sermon was preached on October 12, 2014 on Philippians 4:1-9. This message discusses the importance of reconciliation between fellow believers, and the reconciliation that Christ has made between us and God. Here is the message Philippians 3:4-14 10/07/2014 This sermon was preached on October 5, 2014... Read more
This is a sermon preached by Rev. Rich Shields on the Ten Commandments. This message is particularly helpful in explaining the meaning of the third use of the Law in the Christian life, and the differences between the second and third use. Here is the audio Read more
On today’s program I began discussing some of the specific issues related to the order of salvation. I talked about the definition of grace, and the different forms of grace in the Christian life. Here is the program Read more
On this instantiation of pseudepodcasting, the refreshed hosts eased back into things with the most jejune of topics: the deadliness of sin. In the discussion that ensued they learned that sometimes it’s hard to be serious in the first half of a show, probably owing to the light and fluffy nature of the matter under discussion. When searching for a graphic for this week’s episode, Trent discovered that there’s a band called Mortal Sin. Just to clear up any confusion,... Read more
Here is the first of my free Christian Dogmatics courses. This is an introduction to the textbook, and to the study of Prolegomena. The video can be found here. Here is an outline which goes along with this particular session: Christian Doctrine Class 1 Outline. Read more
At least one Lutheran is suggesting this is the case…. (re: the title of this blog post – not the caption of the picture). From this conference which finished yesterday: Paul Strawn Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Spring Lake Park, Minn. The Influence of Patristic Literature upon the Reformation A common understanding of the usage of patristic sources during the Reformation period is that brief quotations were copied mechanically from the Sentences of Peter Lombard (1096-1164) or late medieval patristic anthologies. Relatively... Read more
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