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  1. Preaching Letter and Spirit

    book
    05/29/24
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Dr. Paulson begins an important conversation about distinguishing law and gospel.
    Preaching Letter and Spirit

  2. The Attraction of Suffering

    book
    05/20/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    In this episode, Paulson discusses modern issues with the theology of the cross. A progressive form of theology attempts to attract human will by describing Christ's suffering on the cross as similar to ours.
    The Attraction of Suffering

  3. 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

  4. 350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

    book
    04/27/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric.
    350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

  5. 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

  6. Preaching the Gospel Constantly with Haroldo Camacho

    book
    04/16/24
    12 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara
    1517 Contributor, Haroldo Camacho, joins Kelsi to talk about how he found himself - without any previous background in Luther's works or Lutheranism - unexpectedly translating Luther's Commentary on Galatians in both Spanish and English.
    Preaching the Gospel Constantly with Haroldo Camacho

  7. 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

  8. 347: Bornkamm - The God of the Old Testament

    book
    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.
    347: Bornkamm - The God of the Old Testament

  9. 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

  10. Monday, February 19, 2024

    book
    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.
    Monday, February 19, 2024

  11. 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

  12. 336: Tolkien - On Christian Preaching

    book
    01/20/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Keep The Beat. In this episode, we converse about good and bad sermons as defined by J.R.R. Tolkien. We discuss cosmology, truth, love, and why how we use words matters.
    336: Tolkien - On Christian Preaching