1. Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
  2. The year was 1783. We remember Nikolai Frederick Severin Grundtvig. The reading is from Grundtvig, “Holy Spirit, Still our Sorrow.”
  3. The year was 1892. We remember Quaker, poet, abolitionist, and defender of the Christian faith, John Greenleaf Whittier. The reading is a poem from Whittier, "My Namesake."
  4. Now You're Playing with Power. In this episode, we discuss what happens when a society subverts the power of dominant groups in favor of the oppressed.
  5. The year was 1797. We remember Saint Innocent—Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, and Apostle to the Americas. The reading is from Kate Bowler, an excerpt from "Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved."
  6. The year was 1568, and we remember the curious utopian, Catholic, heretic, and freedom fighter against the Spanish, Tommasso Campanella. The reading is from Arthur Hugh Clough, “With Whom is No Variableness, Neither Shadow of Turning.”
  7. This Hurts You More Than It Hurts Me. Further discussion and analysis of utilitarianism... What happens when we drill down into the harm principle and uncover the truth about human nature? And we jump into post-modernism.
  8. What is heresy, anyway? Why does it matter? Craig and Troy walk through the basic understandings of heresy and heterodoxy and their dangers. True Biblical teaching always leads us to who Jesus really is, and who He is for you. Email us: ForYouRadio@1517.org St. James Lutheran Church www.stjameslcms.church St. Peter's Lutheran Church www.Stpeterslc.org We're proud to be a podcast of 1517.org podcasts.
  9. The year was 1646 and Johann Campanius Holm dedicated the first Lutheran church in the new world. The reading is "A Prayer" by Thomas Ken.
  10. The year was 301. We remember San Marino, the world’s oldest republic. The reading is a poem from Sarah Klassen, "Ephesus."
  11. You Gotta Pump Those Numbers, Those Are Rookie Numbers. We continue our examination of Tim Keller's Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory. In this episode, can a society maximize the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people by ignoring original sin?
  12. The year was 1973, and we remember John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The reading is a bit of hope from a denizen of Middle Earth.