Podcast Overview

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385: Woodford - Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession?

03/27/25

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? In this episode, we read Lucas Woodford’s book, Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? and discuss the Great Commission, evangelism, the radical gospel, the purpose of the church’s preaching about Jesus, post-modern consumerism, and many, many rabbit trails into uncharted topics.
- Ministry of the Church
- Evangelism
The Curious Case of Mark Renner

03/24/25

4 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

Craig and Troy invite special guest Pastor Mark J. Renner to discuss his recent book Curious Cases: A Series of Short Pastoral Case Studies.
384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

03/21/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness.
- Ministry of the Church
- Creation
Ecclesiastical and Doctrinal Authority

03/14/25

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Erasmus and Luther struggle over the question of church authority. Erasmus makes an appeal to doctrinal authority based on ecclesial order.
What Is the Church?

03/06/25

5 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

Erasmus accused Luther of being outside of the church and having a novel understanding of Scripture.
What is the Remnant?

02/24/25

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In what way is the Church a remnant? Luther uses God's preservation of a remnant of faithful teachers and preachers throughout scripture and the Church against Erasmus and his argument that Luther stands alone.
381: Kleinig - The Things That Make a Theologian

02/15/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Who Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther’s threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God’s Word—all this and much more on this week’s episode of the podcast.
The word that you heard

02/05/25

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

What is the word? "Love" is the word.
Episode 308: Holy, Christian, and Apostolic

01/28/25

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, Jason and Wade continue to discuss terms used for the church. What does it mean that the church is holy, Christian, and apostolic?
- Ministry of the Church
Episode 307: Evangelical, Lutheran, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox

01/21/25

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN, Jason and Wade discuss various terms used to describe Christian churches and which ones apply to Lutherans today.
- Ministry of the Church
- Church Tradition
Did Luther Stand Alone?

01/20/25

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode of The Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson examines the accusation against Luther that he was the only person in church history to take a stance on the bondage of the will.
- Martin Luther
- Reformation History
Spiritual Direction with Alan Johnson

01/17/25

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

What is a spiritual director? Are they directing your spiritual life? Are they telling you to do something? Are they fulfilling a pastoral role?
- The Christian Life
- Ministry of the Church