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Christ, Culture, and the Two Kingdoms Conference

This October, we will be hosting our second annual Just and Sinner Conference on the topic: Christ, Culture, and the two Kingdoms. The dates are October 27-29 at Faith Lutheran Church in Watseka, IL. You can sign up at FaithLutheranWatseka.com The speakers are: Eric Phillips, Gene Edward Veith, and Jordan Cooper. Here is the schedule [Read More...]

My Book, Hands of Faith, is Now Available for Kindle!

My recent book Hands of Faith: A Historical and Theological Study of the Two Kinds of Righteousness in Lutheran Thought is now available for kindle. You can purchase it here. I also recorded a brief video introduction to the book here. This is the description: It is a common misconception that Lutheran theology is inherently [Read More...]

Numbers 5 and Abortion

The purpose of this post is to summarize an argument made in my recent podcast which can be found here, for those wanting a shorter and more accessible resource on the topic.  One of the common arguments thrown around by atheists toward those who hold to the traditional Christian faith (and Christian morality in particular) [Read More...]

Does the Bible promote abortion?

On today’s program, I responded to atheist youtuber AronRa on the subject of abortion. He argues that the Bible does not prohibit abortion, and that Numbers 5 actually teaches that the Israelites were called to perform abortions. These assertions were demonstrated to be completely baseless. Here is the video Here is the audio

The Rorty-ification – and Hegelianization – of the West: A Primer on Social Constructivism and Social Constructionism for Concerned Americans

“There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than in joining the multitudinous retinue, and mingling our shouts with theirs, when victorious error celebrates its triumphs.” — Horace Mann, Thoughts Social constructivism and social constructionism. What are these things? What do they imply? What are they connected with? Can [Read More...]

A Defense of Baptismal Regeneration in Response to Brian Schwertley

On today’s program, I defended the doctrine of baptismal regeneration in response to a sermon preached by Rev. Brian Schwertley titled, “Sacramentalism refuted.” I addressed the nature of the means of grace, how baptismal efficacy does not negate sola fide, and many other important issues. Check it out! Here is the audio. Here is the [Read More...]

Thomas Aquinas and Thirteenth Century Scholasticism

On today’s program, I continued my discussion of scholasticism through giving a historical overview of the thirteenth century, and Thomas Aquinas in particular. I discussed his most important writings and contributions to both theology and philosophy. This program is available in both video (with PowerPoint) and audio. Video is here. Audio is here.

My First Ever Live Podcast

On today’s program, I recorded a question and answer podcast live on facebook. I interacted with listener questions on a number of topics including baptism, the two natures of Christ, the episcopacy, and the the nature of the ministry. You can watch the video on facebook here. Unfortunately, the video did lag some. Here is [Read More...]

Scholastic Theology Through Peter Lombard

On today’s program, I discussed scholastic theology. For the first half, I gave an introduction to some of the issues raised in scholasticism, and common contemporary criticisms of the scholastic method. For the final half hour, I gave a brief history of how Christian theology led to scholasticism in the twelfth century with Peter Lombard. [Read More...]

Today’s Podcast on my New Book: Hands of Faith

On today’s program, I was joined by my wife who interviewed me about my new book Hands of Faith: A Historical and Theological Study of the Two Kinds of Righteousness in Lutheran Thought. I discussed several aspects of the Lutheran distinction between the two kinds of righteousness, including: contemporary discussions on the topic, the nature [Read More...]