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September 10, 2018
The Reliability of Scripture
On today’s podcast, I played a lecture I delivered on the reliability of Scripture. This is the second part of an apologetics class I taught for adults in Watseka, IL during the VBS of Faith and Calvary Lutheran Churches. I gave an overview of New Testament manuscripts, and dispelled common misconceptions about the transmission of […]
September 5, 2018
The Truth About Being A Prodigal and Why You Never Want to be One
Post by Nathan Rinne Prefatory material: Should pastors who fall into grave public sin continue in the ministry? This has lately become an increasingly talked-about topic. Most recently, people following the public debate on the issue could read dueling articles titled “Grace for the Disgraced: Showing Forgiving Mercy to Former Ministries” and “Real Sin. Real […]
July 24, 2018
Joel Biermann on the Two Kinds of Righteousness
Today’s program is the fourth lecture in Dr. Joel Biermann’s series of talks given at the 2018 AALC National Convention. The topic is the two kinds of righteousness. Listen to the audio here. Watch the video here.
July 11, 2018
On the Eleatic Philosophers (A History of Western Thought)
I have been producing a series of short 5-15 minute videos which give an overview of Western thought, beginning with the Pre-Socratic philosophers. My most recent one is on the Eleatic school, including Xenophanes, Zeno, and Parmenides. Here is the video.
July 10, 2018
This Week’s Podcast: Humanity after the Fall by Joel Biermann
This week’s podcast contains Joel Biermann’s second lecture at the AALC National Convention. This talk is on the Fall of man. If you have not yet listened to the first part, you probably want to go listen to that prior to this. I also have uploaded the video onto YouTube. Here is the podcast. Here […]
July 5, 2018
Four Fantastic Theology Lectures from Joel Biermann
I have now uploaded all of Dr. Joel Biermann’s lectures from the 2018 AALC National Convention. You really don’t want to miss these, as they are extremely beneficial. They are currently all available in video on YouTube, but audio versions will also be available on the podcast in the next couple of weeks. The topics […]
July 3, 2018
Dr. Joel Biermann on Humanity in Creation
Today’s podcast is a lecture from Dr. Joel Biermann on the subject of humanity in creation. This is a talk given at the 2018 National Convention of the AALC in Minneapolis, MN. It will be followed with three further talks to be uploaded in the future. I have also provided a video of this talk […]
June 21, 2018
A History of Western Thought YouTube Videos
I am beginning a new series of videos titled A History of Western Thought, which attempt to break down significant thinkers and ideas in the West into ten minute video segments. This will cover philosophy, theology, and other areas. The first video is on Thales and the beginnings of Western philosophy. Check out the video […]
June 12, 2018
Has Social Media Outrage Become the New Judicial System?
On an episode of the sci-fi television series The Orville, the members of the crew land on a planet which looks similar to twenty-first century earth. Throughout the episode, they discover a rather odd judicial system. Individuals each have up-vote and down-vote buttons on them which are given dependent upon their actions. With enough down […]
June 9, 2018
Marxism and Modern Gender Theory
On this program, I continued my discussion on contemporary views of gender. I spent the majority of the program discussing Marxism as well as some basics of Postmodernism. I also gave a brief overview of the impact of existential philosophy on feminist philosophy. This is all done so that we have a better understanding of […]
