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194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ

February 23, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Free Will Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. In this episode, more from Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, God’s will, free will, identity, and taking the moral low ground.

193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely

February 20, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Free For It All. This week on the podcast, we continue our Lenten series on Christian freedom in Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. In this episode, Gospel, Satan, and competing freedoms.

193a: Luther - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free

February 18, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Lent Is About Freedom. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s 1525 Galatians commentary. Why is freedom a vulgar word to the old Adam? And we consider why freedom must be Lent's primary focus for Christians.

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192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!

February 13, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
A spirit of timidity and a Spirit of courage. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church chooses a spirit of timidity in order to spare itself affliction? Also, the sins of the fathers and the true meaning of sanctuary.

192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

February 10, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
How Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness?

191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance

February 6, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church.

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191a: Solzhenitsyn - Things have almost reached rock bottom

February 4, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Lies Taste Like Wonder-bread. In this episode, part one of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We discuss the two kingdoms, the need for Christ alone with no additives, and the importance of having an ethos.

190: Kennedy - The Gospel deals with all of life, because it comes to heal the whole man

January 26, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Keep it Spiritual, Keep it Safe. In this episode, the conclusion to our discussion of Gerald Kennedy’s sermon, Communism in the Churches. Should churches mind their own business in regards to social and cultural matters? What happens when churches and Christian organizations avoid controversy in order to maintain the status quo? Does the Gospel have any power outside our churches’ walls?

189: Kennedy - A Christian stands for truth even when it hurts the most

January 19, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
White Bread with Bologna and Propaganda Spread. In this episode, we continue reading a sermon preached by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, on Communism in Churches (c. 1960). The discussion focuses on whether propaganda is more important than the truth.

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188: Kennedy - This communist doctrine that God is something we can take or leave

January 16, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Religion is Extra Important. In this episode, is religion an extra? How has the communist doctrine on religion influenced our society and the churches? When is it time for churches to preach against society, and to what end?

187: Gerald Kennedy - Contentiousness is not listed as Christian virtue

January 7, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Red Dawn in the Church. In this episode, a sermon by Bishop Gerald Kennedy on communism in the churches. What did it mean in 1960, and what does it mean today, that religion is an opiate?

186: Christmas During the Civil War

December 17, 2020 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Can We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church.

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2015 - 2023
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371
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