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October 2019

October 22, 2019

Gradually Embracing Jack Kevorkian’s World?: Christians and Death by Dehydration

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Hi. My name is Nathan and I'm out to...

September 2019

September 16, 2019

Fighting Critical Theory Approaches in the Academic Library World

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne The concluding paragraphs of my 2016 essay, "Is Authority Always...

September 02, 2019

“Finding God at the State Fair” by Paul Strawn

Post by Nathan Rinne Today is the last day of the very popular Minnesota State...

June 2019

June 14, 2019

An Explanation and Defense of Holy Absolution

On today's program, I discussed the idea of Holy Absolution. I addressed the definition of...

June 06, 2019

A Q&A Podcast from June 2019

Today's podcast was another Q&A program. I discussed a number of topics, including: the Eucharistic...

May 2019

May 16, 2019

C.F.W. Walther’s Talk on God’s Law and My Talk on God’s Law

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne (Note: my last post for a while. Summer break…)...

May 04, 2019

And Now… A Message for Today’s LC-MS Mainstream (Sermon by Nathan Rinne)

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Sermon follows. First, prefatory material to set the stage......

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Q&A Podcast from April 2019

This week's podcast is a Q&A program. I answered the following questions: Who are the...

April 17, 2019

Should You Go to a Lutheran Church This Good Friday?

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ You should definitely consider it. If you go to...

April 02, 2019

Is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the “Moral Shakedown Artist of Mexico City”? Or is He Right?

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ The following is a bit long. In order to facilitate...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Sola Fide in the Church Fathers

On today's program, I discuss the doctrine of justification by faith alone as taught in...

March 21, 2019

“How Shall We Sing…? With Joy!” by Rev. Delwyn Campbell

Posted by Nathan Rinne For my post this week, I want to give the...

March 20, 2019

A Discussion of the Recent Debates on Social Justice

This week's program covers the controversy which has surrounded the Statement on Social Justice and...

March 05, 2019

Should We Learn from the 16th Century Lutherans’ Views of Church and State?

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Did any kind of “separation of Church and State”...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Q&A Program February 27, 2019

Today's podcast is the second Q&A program this month. Since last week's show was limited...

February 22, 2019

A Q&A Podcast Addressing the Canaanite Conquest and Origen

On this program, I discussed two listener questions, though I intended to address more. The...

February 22, 2019

Does God Expect Rulers Today to “Kiss the Son, Lest He Be Angry”?

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of...

February 08, 2019

A Discussion of Romans 9 and Predestination

On today's program, I discussed Romans 9 and double predestination. I looked at the entire...

February 08, 2019

Can Unbelievers Seek God? And What is the Best Reason for Them to Go to Church?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne First question: “Can unbelievers seek God?” Udo Middlemann, in his...

February 05, 2019

Rev. Lewis Polzin is Back on the Show this Week!

After over a year of not doing any recordings together, Rev. Lewis Polzin came back...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

A Critique of the Papacy

On today's podcast, I discussed the office of the Papacy. I talked through Matthew 16...

January 24, 2019

Is Today’s Christianity Increasingly Filtered Through Marxist Categories?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Have you seen the video below or heard about it?...

January 15, 2019

On the Objectivity of Beauty

In this video, I answer the question: "Is beauty objective or subjective?" I conclude that...

January 11, 2019

Where Descartes Derailed Philosophy

In this recent video titled Dualism and Descartes and Classical Philosophy, I give a brief...

January 09, 2019

The Biggest Radical Lutheran Straw Man of Them All

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne There is probably no heresy as dangerous in the church...

January 07, 2019

A Critique of Jordan Peterson’s View of God and Christianity

Jordan Peterson is often asked questions about both God in general and Christianity in particular....

December 2018

December 27, 2018

God Knows When We Won’t Do Good. And He Knows When We Will.

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne "Truly, you cannot read Scripture too much; and what you...

December 19, 2018

Arguments Against Physicalism

On this week's program, I continued the discussion I began last week on arguments for...

December 14, 2018

On the Existence of the Soul

This is the first program in a series in which I discuss the existence of...

December 13, 2018

Meditations for Radical Lutherans on Luther’s Antinomian Disputations (part 5 of 6)

Post by Nathan Rinne Part 1, 2, 3, 4... +++ Seeking Refuge from the...