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  1. 357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

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    06/21/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
    357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

  2. 351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

    book
    05/05/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Get Down Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa.
    351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

  3. 349: Martin Luther - The Song of Habakkuk

    book
    04/19/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Who Stole The Soul? In this episode, we finish our discussion of Luther’s commentary on Habakkuk, talking about history, what happens when the Word walks amongst us, what a blessing is, earthly matters of vocation and calling, and churches as islands of salvation.
    349: Martin Luther - The Song of Habakkuk

  4. 348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

    book
    04/12/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven.
    348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

  5. 342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain

    book
    03/03/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Everybody’s Working for the Weekend. In this episode, we continue our Lenten tradition of reading Luther’s Galatians commentary in March, discussing past and present idolatry and why we keep falling for the same sales pitches from the same gods.
    342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain

  6. 340: St. John Chrysostom - Homily on the Gospel of St. John Chapter Six

    book
    02/18/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There’s Power in the Blood. In this episode, we read a homily on John’s Gospel, the power of Christ’s blood, and a whole lot of symbolism in John Chrysostom’s exegesis.
    340: St. John Chrysostom - Homily on the Gospel of St. John Chapter Six

  7. 329: Venerable Bede - On the Song of Songs

    book
    11/25/23
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    We Need More Mother’s Milk & Pomegranate Seeds. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Song of Songs and read the seventh-century monk, Bede, who takes us on a wild ride through the text; we converse about exegesis, cosmology, the church, why the meaning of words matters, how to read the Bible like an early medieval theologian, and why the story about Jesus changes the world.
    329: Venerable Bede - On the Song of Songs

  8. The Plain Text of Scripture

    book
    05/23/23
    2 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    In this episode, Dr. Paulson begins to outline what Luther means when he talks about the "plain text" of Scripture.
    The Plain Text of Scripture

  9. God Remains Faithful

    book
    04/17/23
    2 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    Dr. Paulson continues discussing Sub Contrario.
    God Remains Faithful

  10. Hebrews 3:1-4:2 (Episode 287)

    book
    11/11/22
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Listen to God and enter His rest.
    Hebrews 3:1-4:2 (Episode 287)

  11. 275: Karl Barth - I am he that wills but does not perform

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    11/09/22
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    What We've Got Here Is Failure to Communicate. In this episode, we discuss Karl Barth’s Roman’s commentary, which cast a long and influential shadow over much of twentieth-century theology, and what it can teach today.
    275: Karl Barth - I am he that wills but does not perform

  12. Hebrews 2:5-18 (Episode 286)

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    11/04/22
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Going back to Moses is an epic downgrade.
    Hebrews 2:5-18 (Episode 286)