2014-07-19T00:26:03-06:00

Last updated on: July 19, 2014 at 12:26 am   By

Questions or comments? Feel free to use the Just & Sinner contact page; scroll down and you’ll see our form. In this pscintillating pseudepodcast Matt, Levi, and Trent applied themselves diligently to the task of having something to say about Calvinism. It was interesting. Listen for Levi’s amazing pronunciation of “Huldrych/Ulrich/Ulricht Zwingli” and the reason why there’s not an answer to the question, “Am I elect?” Here are some of the articles referenced: “Was Luther a Calvinist?” by Douglas A. Sweeney... Read more

2014-07-18T13:19:07-06:00

Last updated on: July 18, 2014 at 1:19 pm   By

“A theological analysis of the debates provides evidence that contemporary culture’s romance with scientific naturalism leads to a serious overestimation of the power of science and springs from deadly moral and spiritual roots. A sinful humanity is itching to hear that the ultimate foundation of all life has no meaning...the popular mind seems unable to resist idolizing naturalistic explanation because it provides an all too human, all too comfortable worldview within which I can function as my own god….We must…... Read more

2014-07-17T16:21:37-06:00

Last updated on: July 17, 2014 at 4:21 pm   By

From The Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ, by Ernst Sartorius…coming very soon! In our last Lecture we finished the consideration of the doctrine of Scripture respecting the Person of Christ. We now proceed to inquire what is taught in the Inspired Volume respecting the Work of Christ, or the purpose for which He became incarnate. The latter depends so entirely on the former, being as intimately connected with it as the branch with the stem, that in... Read more

2014-07-16T15:53:48-06:00

Last updated on: July 16, 2014 at 3:53 pm   By

This sermon was preached at Hope Lutheran Church in Brighton, Iowa on July 13, 2014. The text was Romans 8:12-18, and the message discusses the difference between life according to the flesh and life according to the Spirit. Here is the message Read more

2014-07-15T19:54:41-06:00

Last updated on: July 15, 2014 at 7:54 pm   By

On today’s program I explained the teaching known as the “Two Kinds of Righteousness,” and defended its importance. I explained some of the controversy surrounding the issue, and discussed its use in the Lutheran Confessions, as well as in later Lutheran theology. Here is the program. Read more

2014-07-15T01:43:32-06:00

Last updated on: July 15, 2014 at 1:43 am   By

. In 1950 [Francis] Schaeffer visited the renowned theologian {Karl Barth] at his home in Switzerland. There he asked [him], “Did God create the world?” Barth answered, “God created the world in the first century a.d.” Francis gestured out the window to the forested hillside and asked, “This world?” Barth replied, “This world does not matter.” — Michael Hamilton It is easy to see how the comments from Karl Barth above also could relate to how one views the matter... Read more

2014-07-12T16:02:22-06:00

Last updated on: July 12, 2014 at 4:02 pm   By

[The following essay has been excerpted from personal correspondence and was originally posted at Pseudepigrapha: Deniable Plausibility as part of the “Dear Robert” series.]   Dear Robert, It is most important that I begin by saying that I am but a seminarian and am by no means an authority or a great theologian. However, I am able to express the position of the historic Lutheran church on matters such as Justification as I have understood them from my readings of... Read more

2014-07-11T13:38:32-06:00

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 1:38 pm   By

MEDITATION XVII BY John Donne NUNC LENTO SONITU DICUNT, MORIERIS. Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die. PERCHANCE he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it tolls for him.  And perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that. The... Read more

2014-07-10T22:21:09-06:00

Last updated on: July 10, 2014 at 10:21 pm   By

On this week’s episode Matt, Trent, and Levi discussed the Great Commission and how it is that Lutherans (or anyone, for that matter) fulfill it. They also talked about the differences between lay and pastoral vocations and pondered the practical impact of a proper understanding of election on evangelism efforts. Featured content: four-part workshop by Pr. Heath R. Curtis (shared by permission) available for download, distribution, and use: Freed from the Shopkeeper’s Prison – Election, Evangelism, and Functional Arminianism Freed from... Read more

2014-07-09T17:12:03-06:00

Last updated on: July 9, 2014 at 5:12 pm   By

In this continued study of Joseph Stump’s book Bible Teachings, we look at various prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament.  Here is the study. Read more

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