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February 5, 2016
The First Table of the Commandments’ Relationship to the Third Use of the Law (Part I of II)
Post by Nathan Rinne During the 16th century Reformation, church reformers such as Martin Luther identified, from the Scriptures, three uses of God’s law. Simply put, God’s law is that which He commands, and is often accompanied by the threat of punishment and the promise of reward. The [Read More...]
February 4, 2016
Free Will Before the Fall and After Conversion
On today’s program I discussed the nature of human free will in its fourfold state. I spent the majority of the program discussing the nature of free will prior to the fall, and the various definitions of free will that have been explained by different theologians. I also talked about the difference between the regenerate [Read More...]
February 2, 2016
The Doctrine of Illumination
On today’s program, I was joined again by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacobs’ book A Summary of the Christian Faith. We continued our overview of the ordo salutis as we discussed Jacobs’ chapter on illumination. This led to a number of different topics including: apologetics, the relationship between faith and reason, and [Read More...]
January 21, 2016
Richard Dawkins’ Comments Comparing Christianity and Islam Show Knowledge, Not Wisdom
Post by Nathan Rinne Very interesting five-year-old comments made by the famous atheist Richard Dawkins re-surfaced on the internet last week. Now some reading the title of this post might think I am going in a political direction here in response to Dawkins, but I’m not – at least not directly. My goal is actually [Read More...]
January 19, 2016
How to Change the Culture
On today’s podcast, I discuss the two kingdoms, and ways in which Christians can initiate cultural change. I discuss the common confusion of the kingdom of the right and left, why liturgy is essential, and involvement in politics, along with several other related topics. Here is the program
January 11, 2016
A Very Nice Explanation of Progressive Religion, Filial Foe of Christ
Post by Nathan Rinne First of all, this post is not about the recent Wheaton college controversy (see last post here), but I think it is likely highly relevant to the situation. It seems increasingly clear that persons like Larycia Hawkins and Miroslav Volf, in spite of their vaunted tolerance, simply have zero respect for [Read More...]
January 6, 2016
A Discussion of The Great Divide: A Lutheran Evaluation of Reformed Theology
On today’s program, I discussed a number of issues surrounding my book The Great Divide: A Lutheran Evaluation of Reformed Theology. I talked about the variety of perspectives within the Reformed tradition, and the impossibility of explaining the Reformed tradition through one particular school of thought. Here is the program. Update: At one point in [Read More...]
January 5, 2016
Do Proponents of Other Abrahamic Faiths Worship the Same God? The Answer is Not in Philosophy but in the Distinction Between Law and Gospel
Post by Nathan Rinne Note: this is my third post on this issue. The first one, “Wheaton Professor’s Suspension Is Not About Anti-Muslim Bigotry: a Response to Miroslav Volf and Others” (this one is shorter and quite direct), is here, and the second, “When Christians Say “Idolatry”, It Is – or Should Be – Because [Read More...]
December 31, 2015
Question and Answer Program (December 2015)
On today’s program, I answered a variety of listener questions on a large number of topics. I discussed liturgy, original sin, my favorite theologians, and much more. Here is the program.
This New Year’s, Consider Becoming Perfect in Jesus Christ
Post by Nathan Rinne “Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well-pleased” (Luke 3:22). Actually, this post should be titled “How Could Jesus Christ, Being Sinless Man, Increase in Favor with God?”, but we do get to New Year’s resolutions at the end…. In Luke 2:52, it says “And Jesus grew in wisdom [Read More...]
