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November 22, 2017
Yes David French, We Should Seek Certainty in an Uncertain World
Post by Nathan Rinne In an article published in National Review, “The Enduring Appeal of Creepy Christianity,” David French uses the news surrounding Judge Roy Moore to make some critical points about American Christianity. The sub-title of his article — which definitely caught my attention — provocatively reads “the desire for certainty in an […]
November 21, 2017
Lectures from the AALC Reformation Conference
The American Association of Lutheran Churches recently hosted a conference in celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. The talks were on the following topics: Justification, the Church, the Ministry, Baptism, Sanctification, and Glorification. Each of these is now available on Youtube. You can checkout the playlist of all lectures here.
November 10, 2017
On Compassion Toward Transgendered Individuals
I arrived at my office to find a letter from a podcast listener. I receive these on occasion from those who do not send emails. There is one particular atheist who has sent letters to my office quite a few times which are, quite frankly, pretty philosophically and historically preposterous. I don’t really have any […]
November 8, 2017
Matthew Garnett’s Helpful Evaluation of Tullian Tchividjian’s Preaching
+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Matthew Garnett, of the In Layman’s Terms podcast and the Federalist, shared an important piece last week on Facebook about Tullian Tchividjian’s Preaching. As I said there in reply to a critical comment (referring to “fear based heretic hunting“): “I’d say we owe Matthew our thanks for his very insightful […]
November 3, 2017
The Theology of Holy Baptism
On this program, I play a lecture from the Rev. Dr. Curtis E Leins who is the presiding pastor of the AALC. This lecture was given at the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in October of 2017. A video is also going to be available on Youtube along with the other talks […]
October 28, 2017
Answering the “God of the Gaps” Argument
In the second video in my recent Youtube series answering the questions of skeptics, I address the God of the gaps argument. I argue that such an argument assumes a view of God which is inconsistent with the Christian faith. Here is the video
October 27, 2017
Bravehearts and Blackhearts? Milo Yiannopoulos’s and Jordan Peterson’s Divine Gambits
Prefatory material: My views alone to be sure. Why give this man any time at all? As my Senator Al Franken puts it, because of “lies and the lying liars who tell them.” Milo is no angel to be sure, but for persons even relatively informed about him the pathetic hit pieces get old […]
October 26, 2017
Responding to the Shellfish Argument
One of the most common retorts from skeptics of the Christian faith (especially with those who are unacquainted with basic Christian theology) is that Christians are inconsistent for following the Bible’s stance on sexual ethics and other matters while simultaneously rejecting food restrictions which are apparent in Leviticus, such as the eating of shellfish. I […]
October 24, 2017
Can There Be Protestant Monasticism?
One of the biggest changes that occurred in the ecclesiastical world following the sixteenth century Reformation was the dissolution of monasteries.
October 20, 2017
Are Good Works Necessary for Salvation? A Response to John Piper
On today’s program, I covered some of the recent controversy surrounding the role of good works in final salvation. I discussed some of the material written by John Piper on the matter, along with other contributors to this debate. I discussed the position of the Formula of Concord on the topic in relation to the […]
