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May 26, 2017
Debrief of the Limited Atonement Debate
On today’s program, I discussed the debate which happened yesterday on the subject of limited atonement, in which I debated Rev. Dr. Theodore Zachariades on the question: Did Jesus Die for All? On today’s program, I put together some of my thoughts on the conversation, and I also expanded upon the points which I was [Read More...]
A Debate on the Extent of the Atonement
I was recently involved in a debate on the Sin Boldly program on the topic of the atonement. The specific thesis under debate was, “Jesus died for all.” I took the affirmative position, and Dr. Theodore Zachariades argued for a limited atonement. I will be recording a program later today giving a debrief of the [Read More...]
May 24, 2017
The Ritschlian Captivity of the Church
It’s been my contention throughout my various writings that contemporary Lutheran theology is in a crisis. The theologies which are being touted as that of Martin Luther, and have been at least for the last hundred years, are basically unrecognizable in relation to that of the Lutheran scholastics. A read of Gerhard Forde next to [Read More...]
May 19, 2017
The Authority of the Lutheran Confessions
This was supposed to be a Q&A program, but I ended up answering only one listener question related to the authority of the Lutheran Confessions. I discussed the importance of Confessions, their nature, and the relationship between Confessions and Scripture. I also asked the question as to whether it might be necessary to add to [Read More...]
May 18, 2017
Top Ten Law Sections of the New Testament Epistles That Can Encourage the Christian
Post by Nathan Rinne “And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world.” — I John 5:3,4 “I do not say this to condemn you.” — II Cor. 7:3 Prefatory note: If you are an antinomian, I’m guessing you won’t appreciate this post. That said, I encourage [Read More...]
May 6, 2017
The Podcast is Back
This past month, the podcast has been unexpectedly on hiatus. The reason for this is multifaceted, including my computer breaking, the busyness of Holy Week, and a death in the family. After some time of trying to get files off of my broken computer, I was able to salvage a program recorded a few weeks [Read More...]
May 5, 2017
Is Jesus Christ the Anti-Social Justice Warrior Social Justice Warrior?
Post by Nathan Rinne Is Jesus Christ a bona fide, Progressive-approved, Social Justice Warrior (SJW)? Or, to go to the opposite extreme, does Jesus, in Matthew 15:21-28 display abject prejudice and chauvinism — or worse! — to the Canaanite woman? You decide. Fascinated by this account and its message for us today, I have done a [Read More...]
May 2, 2017
An Excerpt from my New Book
For those interested in reading my new book, Lex Aeterna: A Defense of the Orthodox Lutheran Doctrine of God’s Law and Critique of Gerhard Forde, I have been provided a sample of the text from Wipf & Stock for public viewing. This includes parts of the introduction and first chapter. Cooper_16358_Excerpt
April 21, 2017
Why I Now Embrace the Two Kinds of Righteousness (a Review of Jordan Cooper’s Hands of Faith)
Post by Nathan Rinne In his book Hands of Faith, Pastor Jordan Cooper makes a convincing case that the concept of the two kinds of righteousness is not only inherent in Lutheran theology (4, 11, 31, 70, 109), but that it is an important biblical concept with much to offer “the entire Christian world.” In [Read More...]
April 20, 2017
Five Problems with Limited Atonement
As I have been continuing my “5” series on Youtube, I recorded a video on the extent of the atonement. In it, I discuss five problems with the L in TULIP, also known as particular redemption. This is a subject I had done a lot of study on in the past, and I’ve recorded a [Read More...]
