Podcast Overview

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Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We?

07/04/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, Mike and Wade (has anyone seen Jason anywhere lately?) discuss the history of the terms “protestant,” “evangelical,” “catholic,” and “orthodox.”
- Christianity in America
- Christian History
The death of God and loss of human dignity

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.
Justified by Christ

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.
Evidence and belief

06/26/24

5 mins

By David Andersen | Adam Francisco

Do we have an obligation to find and furnish evidence for our beliefs?
Do You Have Saving Faith?

06/20/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

The Thinking Fellows discuss the doctrine of faith. Faith is not an ability or power inside of you but a gift from God.
- Faith
- Sola Fide
The bed of Procrustes

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.
Mark 4:35-41 – Pentecost 5 (B)

06/18/24

5 mins

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the story of Jesus falling asleep in the boat.
God and God-talk

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.
No Justification Without Representation? (Romans 5)

06/06/24

6 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Scott Keith

This week on Tough Texts, Scott and Dan explore Romans 5, a chapter that addresses the concept of original sin and its implications for humanity.
F&R: Epistemology and apologetics

06/05/24

4 mins

By David Andersen | Adam Francisco

David and Adam talk about the epistemologies and apologetics of Mormonism, Islam, and Christianity.
354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the Modern World

05/30/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

It’s Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John’s gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul.
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.