Podcast Overview

Author

The Authority of Scripture with Jacob Smith

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.
There's gotta be an easier way to burn a field

07/05/24

5 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

Once again, Samson feels he's been wronged.
The Wages of Sin is Not Death?

07/04/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In today's episode of Tough Texts, Daniel Emery Price and Scott Keith dive into the complexities of 1 John 5:13-21.
- Idolatry
- Faith
- Sin
- Scripture
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?
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.
Starting Backwards

06/13/24

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Dr. Paulson outlines how knowledge of the gospel becomes the starting point for reading scripture.
- Law and Gospel
- Scripture
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.
Allegorizing Scripture

06/08/24

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Paulson explains how allegory turns all Scripture into moral or legal lessons.
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.