Author

  1. ETs and exotheology

    book
    07/31/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam tackle the question: would the discovery of extraterrestrials falsify Christianity?
    ETs and exotheology

  2. Theology as science

    book
    07/24/24
    4 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam discuss John Warwick Montgomery's essay, "The Theologian's Craft".
    Theology as science

  3. Realism and antirealism in science

    book
    07/17/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    This is a heady but interesting and worthwhile episode. David and Adam talk about some of the basic ontological assumptions of science and the implications they have on theology and faith.
    Realism and antirealism in science

  4. Secularism

    book
    07/10/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam discuss secularism and its challenges.
    Secularism

  5. Sanctified by Faith not Works

    book
    07/09/24
    5 mins
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman
    The Thinking Fellows discuss sanctification, a doctrine from which Lutherans and other Protestants differ significantly.
    Sanctified by Faith not Works

  6. The Authority of Scripture with Jacob Smith

    book
    07/09/24
    11 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Jacob Smith
    Kelsi chats with the Reverend Jacob Smith about the authority of Scripture - how we define it and what it means for us - both Christian and non-Christian.
    The Authority of Scripture with Jacob Smith

  7. The death of God and loss of human dignity

    book
    07/03/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam talk about Friedrich Nietzsche's parable of the madman and its implications for thinking about morality and ethics.
    The death of God and loss of human dignity

  8. 358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

    book
    06/28/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Tick, Tick, Boom. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law, faith that saves, gratuitous forgiveness and the living, and the present tense power of the gospel.
    358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

  9. Justified by Christ

    book
    06/27/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco
    Justification is famously called the article upon which the church stands or falls. It is the article upon which The Lutheran Reformation stood boldly and confessed the Scriptural truth that we are made right before God by grace through faith on account of Christ alone.
    Justified by Christ

  10. Evidence and belief

    book
    06/26/24
    5 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    Do we have an obligation to find and furnish evidence for our beliefs?
    Evidence and belief

  11. The bed of Procrustes

    book
    06/19/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam use an old Greek myth as the starting point for a conversation about confirmation bias and other shortcomings to understand and make sense of things.
    The bed of Procrustes

  12. God and God-talk

    book
    06/12/24
    5 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam reflect on the parable of the invisible gardener, which John Wisdom (1904-1993) and Antony Flew (1923-2010) developed to illustrate epistemological and linguistic issues associated with theology.
    God and God-talk