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September 11, 2015
Response to James White on Baptismal Regeneration
On today’s program, I responded to a short article by James White titled “A Brief Rebuttal of Baptismal Regeneration.” I spent some time looking at the false dichotomy he sets up between salvation by the work of Christ and salvation through baptism. We then briefly examined some of the relevant Biblical texts. Here is the [Read More...]
September 8, 2015
Are Confessional Lutherans Just Too Sure of Themselves?
Post by Nathan Rinne Recently, I heard a Lutheran brother say that we do our best to interpret Scripture – both prayerfully and thoughtfully – but that we could be wrong on most matters because we could be missing something important. This got me wondering whether or not most conservative Protestants would at the least [Read More...]
September 2, 2015
Crucifixes and Pictures of Jesus: A Response to Tim Challies
On today’s program I responded to a recent post by Tim Challies in which he argued that Protestants should not wear crucifixes. He did this by citing J.I. Packer’s book Knowing God. I demonstrate the flaws in Packer’s argument, and talk about the usefulness of crucifixes. Here is the program
September 1, 2015
A Lutheran Evaluation of Reformed Theology
My new book The Great Divide: A Lutheran Evaluation of Reformed Theology has just been released! Currently, it is only available on WipfandStock.com, but we be up on Amazon within the coming days. You can purchase the book here. Since the sixteenth century, the Protestant tradition has been divided. The Reformed and Lutheran reformations, though [Read More...]
August 26, 2015
The Threefold Office of Christ
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 discussed three chapters about the threefold office of Christ: prophet, priest, and king. Unfortunately, my audio file got messed up, so the sound quality is not great. Here [Read More...]
August 21, 2015
Two New Books by Charles Porterfield Krauth
Just and Sinner has just released two new volumes of the writings of the great American Lutheran theologian Charles Porterfield Krauth. Holy Baptism: Two Writings on the Subject No doctrine differentiates Confessional Lutherans from the broader Protestant world more than the conviction that regeneration comes through baptism. This volume consists of two treatises by Charles [Read More...]
August 20, 2015
Conversion and Regeneration
On today’s program, I continued the series I had been recording on the ordo salutis. I meant to discuss regeneration, conversion, and illumination, but was only able to get to the first two topics within the time constraints. Here is the program. Here are the previous programs in the series: The Ordo Salutis The Grace [Read More...]
“Change or Die” or “Change and Die”?: As Pressure Mounts, What Should Christian Colleges and Universities Say?
Post by Nathan Rinne I know for a fact that there are Christian universities and colleges in this country that are slowly going to hell. I mean that both figuratively and theologically. The pressure of the world – and its elites – is just too much. I guess Jesus Christ just does not provoke awe [Read More...]
August 11, 2015
Two Lectures from Rich Shields
I’m on vacation for two weeks, and so I was unable to record my regular podcast. Instead, I have posted two lectures from the AALC Eastern Regional Conference given by Rev. Rich Shields. The first lecture is a study of Ephesians 4 found here. The second is about character formation here. You can also [Read More...]
August 6, 2015
How Darwin Helps Us See the Truth: Life is About Helping Our Neighbor Survive
Post by Nathan Rinne “You have the God you believe in.” – Martin Luther [warning: this post has a central point, but also touches on many big issues in a process that both meanders and relentlessly "re-frames". Patience may be needed.] Charles Darwin talked about the “truth of the universal struggle for life”, where the [Read More...]
