1. In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the centrality and importance of Christians' doctrinal content and confessions.
  2. Dr. Paulson outlines some of the major interpretive issues of modern Bible historians.
  3. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we remember a Walloon, a Reformer, and an important 16th c. Confession of Faith.
  4. Dr. Paulson discusses how some theology distrusts the literal meaning of Scripture.
  5. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the early church.
  6. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we tell the story of a real, not metaphorical, trial by fire.
  7. I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart. In this episode, we discuss death, rebirth, and eternal life as examined and explained in The Joy of Eternal Life by Philip Nikolai.
  8. Is It True, Or Is It Truly True? In this episode, we discuss election, true and false church, law, mercy, and why we can’t stop judging the Gospel as we read Philip Melanchthon’s 1541 commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans.
  9. Today on the show, we remember a rural Bavarian Lutheran with an international impact.
  10. Predestination Is Sick! In this episode, we discuss Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God, focusing our conversation on double presentation, preaching God’s electing promise to sinners, and the consequences of worshipping a philosophical-material god. What are the consequences for people who don’t have a preacher of God’s promise? What does God’s promise have to say to those who believe all people will go to heaven when they die? What are the consequences for sinners when they try to know God apart from the promise?
  11. Dirt Naps Are For The Living. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Robert Capon’s, The Foolishness of Preaching, focusing on preaching forgiveness, insisting that the dead reform their deadness, and the consequences of high anthropology.