Donavon Riley

  1. 251: Hamann - The Hostility of the Serpent's Offspring against the Blessed Offspring of the Woman

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    05/15/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s What You Can’t See That Can Kill You. We continue our reading and discussion of Johann Hamann, The London Writings, focusing primarily on spiritual warfare and how it manifests in daily life and pastoral ministry.
    251: Hamann - The Hostility of the Serpent's Offspring against the Blessed Offspring of the Woman

  2. 250: Hamann - Interpreting the Sacred Scriptures

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    05/09/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Two Books, One Condescending God. In this episode, we discuss the exegesis of Johann Hamann. What are the implications for Christians when God’s Spirit and Word translate us into the church and the world?
    250: Hamann - Interpreting the Sacred Scriptures

  3. 249: Hamann - The Most Interesting and Radical Thinker in the Ranks of Lutheran Orthodoxy

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    05/02/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    How long? Not Long. In this episode, we introduce the works of Johann Georg Hamann, specifically the London Writings: The Spiritual & Theological Journal of Johann Georg Hamann.
    249: Hamann - The Most Interesting and Radical Thinker in the Ranks of Lutheran Orthodoxy

  4. 248: Grothe - Help for Hopeful Pilgrims

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    04/25/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You’re Elected! As we conclude our conversation of The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe, we read the conclusion to chapter eight of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome. In this episode, we talk about what God’s election in Christ means for the ungodly in an ungodly and evil world.
    248: Grothe - Help for Hopeful Pilgrims

  5. 247: Grothe - How to “Save the World”

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    04/18/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    He’s Got The Whole Futile World in His Hands! We continue our series on The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, the old and new creation, the futility of the world, and new hope.
    247: Grothe - How to “Save the World”

  6. 246: Grothe - Set Free for Life

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    04/11/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Freedom Jackpot! We continue our reading of The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, freedom, life, and the work of the Holy Spirit.
    246: Grothe - Set Free for Life

  7. 245: Grothe - Effect of Law on Adamic Humanity

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    04/05/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There’s no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in simul. We continue to read and discuss The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, the simul, old-world heroism, and the trouble with justification.
    245: Grothe - Effect of Law on Adamic Humanity

  8. 244: Grothe - The Death of Husband Law

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    03/28/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Not Husbandry Law, Husband Law. We continue reading The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, old and new life, letter and Spirit, and what husband law is all about.
    244: Grothe - The Death of Husband Law

  9. 243: Grothe - The Change of Lordship in the Christian’s Experience

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    03/21/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Hurry Up And Die so that You Can Live. We continue our reading and discussion of The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, what happens when God sends us a preacher, baptizes, and sets us free from the demands of the Law and Sin.
    243: Grothe - The Change of Lordship in the Christian’s Experience

  10. 242: Grothe - The Justification of the Ungodly

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    03/14/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Holy Watered. This week on the podcast, we begin our series on The Justification of the Ungodly By Jonathan F. Grothe. In this episode, we focus on Romans 6, baptism, sanctification, and the “simul.”
    242: Grothe - The Justification of the Ungodly

  11. 241: Sasse - There is no Christian state

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    03/09/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Old Adam Creates Six Alternate Legal Theories. In this episode, we conclude our discussion of Hermann Sasse - What is the State? What’s the relation of the state to the church as regards authority, law, justice, and morality?
    241: Sasse - There is no Christian state

  12. 239: Bayer - The grace of God opens eyes and ears and hearts and mouths and hands

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    02/26/22
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A Very Merry Apocalypse! In this episode, we conclude our reading of Living By Faith: Justification and Sanctification by Oswald Bayer. We discuss the old world and new creation, death and new life, God unpreached and preached, and much more!
    239: Bayer - The grace of God opens eyes and ears and hearts and mouths and hands