1. The Thinking Fellows are starting a new series highlighting the history of Christian thought.
  2. This week, Kelsi finishes her two-part conversation with Bruce Hillman and Adam Francisco with a look at Martin Luther's Two Kingdoms Doctrine, and especially the lefthanded or earthly realm.
  3. In today's episode, Kelsi is joined by 1517's Adam Francisco and Bruce Hillman to discuss the way in which politics and government is written about in the New Testament as well as St. Augustine's political theory.
  4. The Thinking Fellows give readers a short list of books they find essential for understanding Lutheranism.
  5. In this week's episode, Scott, Bruce, and Caleb discuss the doctrine of election. They emphasize the importance of God's electing through his Word.
  6. The Fellows discuss the doctrine of public ministry. The conversation focuses on why it is necessary for Christians to gather togteher as a church and call a pastor.
  7. Caleb and Bruce have a conversation about the doctrine of the church. They work to define how the church is all those with faith in Christ and the gathering of individual believers whom God has called together in specific locations.
  8. The Thinking Fellows discuss sanctification, a doctrine from which Lutherans and other Protestants differ significantly.
  9. Justification is famously called the article upon which the church stands or falls. It is the article upon which The Lutheran Reformation stood boldly and confessed the Scriptural truth that we are made right before God by grace through faith on account of Christ alone.
  10. The Thinking Fellows discuss the doctrine of faith. Faith is not an ability or power inside of you but a gift from God.
  11. What does it mean that Jesus Christ is Prophet, Priest, and King?
  12. The Thinking Fellows introduce the doctrine of Christ. They discuss why topics like the two natures in Christ, the communication of attributes, and the co-equality of the trinity matter.