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  1. 424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Service

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    01/16/26
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we learn about the Holy Spirit and the Divine Service from Dr. John Kleinig. In particular, we discuss how Christ gives the Spirit to the church through his word, how Christ institutes the divine service and empowers it with God’s Spirit, and how the church receives the Holy Spirit by faith in God’s word as it is proclaimed and enacted in the divine service. The conversation revolves around the central question: How then can we be sure that the Spirit is at work in our worship?
    424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Service

  2. 423: Graff - Rationalism's war on everything "magical."

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    01/09/26
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Who Made Who. In this episode, Gillespie takes the wheel and steers us into tradition, liturgy, worship styles, and the various “-isms” that have sprung up within the churches over the centuries. What’s the purpose of the Divine Service? What is the fundamental meaning of Christian meaning? Have we jettisoned mystery for sensible explanations that find no seat pulled out for them in God’s house? Is Christian worship, polity, and piety about what we know, experience, feel, or conformity to specific doctrines? Why is the old magic not welcome amongst sensible worshippers? What’s the place of hymns, prayers, preaching, and Scripture in Christian worship? Is liturgy a delivery mechanism or a tool?
    423: Graff - Rationalism's war on everything

  3. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Animal Show!

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    11/15/25
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for November 15-16, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Animal Show!

  4. Why Do Christians Sing Hymns? | Dr. Steve Mueller, Concordia University Irvine

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    10/02/25
    5 mins
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith
    Singing is one of the most recognizable parts of Christian worship. But why do Christians sing hymns?
    Why Do Christians Sing Hymns? | Dr. Steve Mueller, Concordia University Irvine

  5. Proclamation Not Speculation

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    09/24/25
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    In this episode of Outlaw God, hosts Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look into the theological implications of law and gospel as presented in Genesis.
    Proclamation Not Speculation

  6. The Law Before Sin

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    09/17/25
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    In this episode of the Outlaw God, hosts Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith delve into the theological implications of the law before sin, exploring Luther's perspective on prelapsarian law and its distinction from postlapsarian law.
    The Law Before Sin

  7. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: “Why Do We Do That”? A Liturgical Mailbag

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    08/23/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for August 23-24, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: “Why Do We Do That”? A Liturgical Mailbag

  8. 402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

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    07/31/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Got A Machine Head. In this episode, we read J.R.R. Tolkien’s letter to his son, Christopher, about a question of Genesis’ unfashionable status amongst Christians and those who value beautiful ‘stories.’ He also discusses Eden as it was, as it is to faith, and will be on the last day, the war of the machine, its triumph, and the consequences for modern man.
    402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

  9. Imagine The World Before The Fall

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    05/28/25
    4 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Dr. Paulson continues to analyze the appeal Erasmus makes to Sirach in chapter 15.
    Imagine The World Before The Fall

  10. 384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

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    03/21/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness.
    384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

  11. 367: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation pt. 2

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    10/11/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Watch Me Work. In this episode, we continue our discussion of justification and vocation as we read "Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation" by James A. Nestigen. Part two of our conversation continues with themes of vocation, location, repentance, humility, personal agency, divine instrumentality, atonement, the relationship of husband and wife to the land, the overlap of heaven and earth, and what to do when we feel like we’ve made a complete mess of our lives.
    367: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation pt. 2

  12. Worship and Idolatry

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    10/04/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    In this episode, Dr. Paulson talks about the worship produced out of men's hearts when God remains silent. This worship is nothing short of idolatry. 
    Worship and Idolatry