Podcast Overview

Author

Reformation History with Amy Mantravadi

05/30/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Amy Mantravadi

While Katie finishes up some family stuff, Gretchen invites on Amy Mantravadi to talk about writing about the reformation.
Episode 275: Head vs. Heart (Orthodoxy and Pietism)

05/30/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the head, the heart, and where Christianity should aim.
348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

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.
347: Bornkamm - The God of the Old Testament

04/05/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Day Trippin’. In this episode, we talk about Easter, altars, cosmic mountains, church history, open fonts, restored virtue, saints, angels, powers of darkness, idols, icons, images, searching for the truth, and how Jesus is the archetype of all archetypes, and in between we read Luther on the Old Testament by Heinrich Bornkamm.
Monday, February 19, 2024

02/19/24

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Christian Saints.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

10/17/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we consider the life and works of a multifaceted and kaleidoscopic enigma (!) Johann Gerhard.
Evolution, information, and design

10/11/23

6 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

This is the last episode in David and Adam’s series on the philosophical and scientific reasons for believing in God’s existence.
322: An Early Lutheran Ordination

09/23/23

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Baptized, Confirmed, and Ordained. In this episode, we discuss the early Lutheran formulation of calling and ordination of pastors and preachers. What is ordination, when does it happen, are their rules and rites that must be followed, and much, much more!
Saved by Grace Alone

09/18/23

5 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

What does it mean that we are saved by grace alone?
321: Luther - The Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers

09/16/23

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

You can call me any day or night. Call me! In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s verbosely titled treatise, “That a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture." We discuss ordination, church authority, the doctrine of the pastoral call, and much more.
Reason through the ages

09/13/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam discuss how reason’s competence (with respect to the Christian tradition) has changed over the centuries.
- Faith
- Aristotle
- Plato
- Reason
- Christian Apologetics
- Philosophy
320: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

09/09/23

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God. In this episode, we discuss tyranny and resistance while reading a book of the same title by Reformation scholar David Mark Whitford. What is tyranny? When are Christians called to resist tyranny, and what does that entail? Are there any standards by which a Christian may judge whether a government serves God or the devil?