Podcast Overview

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A Lutheran Identity Crisis

04/22/25

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman | Scott Keith

In this episode of the Thinking Fellows podcast, Caleb Keith, Adam Francisco, Bruce Hillman, and Scott Keith engage discuss an ongoing identity crisis within Lutheranism.
- Ministry of the Church
- Practical Theology
The Urgency of Grace with David Zahl

04/22/25

13 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | David Zahl

David Zahl joins Kelsi to talk about his new book, ⁠The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World⁠.
Some Thoughts on Higher Education

04/09/25

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on their decades of experience in higher education as students and, eventually, professors and administration.
Should We Still Send Our Kids to College?

02/26/25

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco

In this episode of the Thinking Fellows podcast, Caleb Keith, Scott Keith, and Adam Francisco engage in a friendly discussion about the current state of university education.
A Theology of Addiction with Donavon Riley

02/25/25

11 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Donavon Riley

Kelsi chats with pastor and author, Donavon Riley, about his forthcoming book, ⁠The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction⁠.
Did Martin Luther Start a New Religion?

02/17/25

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman

In this episode of the Thinking Fellows podcast, the Fellows answer, "Did Martin Luther invent a new religion?"
- Reformation History
- Practical Theology
366: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation

10/04/24

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

They Call Me Rhetorical Working Man. In this episode, we discuss Luther‘s teaching on justification and vocation while reading James Nestingen’s essay on the same topic. We cover feudalism, the rise of capitalism, how the reformation took hold in the cities in Germany, the three estates, the two kingdoms, church life versus social life, and the consequences for Christians of not being grounded in faith and prayer as detailed by Luther, in particular, in his explanations to the petitions of the Lord Prayer.
David and Adam were joined by Dr. Erik Ankerberg, President of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, in a conversation about the literature of Flannery O'Connor

09/25/24

4 mins

By David Andersen | Adam Francisco

David and Adam were joined by Dr. Erik Ankerberg, President of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, in a conversation about the literature of Flannery O'Connor.
- Literature
- Education
"All Your Works Are Bad" and Other Hopeful Things

08/22/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

After chatting a bit about the names of their houses, and life in general, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin jump back in to the Heidelberg Disputation of 1518, and how it is such a great foundation for Biblical counseling.
Deborah and the Book of Judges with Sandra Richter

08/20/24

10 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Kelsi is joined by Sandra Richter to discuss the portrayal of women throughout the Old Testament before honing in on the story of Deborah in Judges 4-5, specifically.
Uncomfortable Work of the Law

08/05/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

What does mental health have to do with the 95 thesis and the Heidelberg Disputations? Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin.
Navigating Theology and Marriage with Doug Klembara

07/23/24

11 mins

By Doug Klembara | Kelsi Klembara

Kelsi and her husband, Doug Klembara, share how they navigated their theological differences in the early days of marriage.