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June 2015

June 19, 2015

Matthew 7 is Not About Obsessive Introspection and Fruit-Checking

In 2002, Baptism missionary and preacher Paul Washer preached what's often known as the "Shocking...

June 17, 2015

Faith is Not an Object of Sight

(by Eric Phillips) Our Epistle reading for this past Sunday included the well known verse...

June 16, 2015

Should Parents View Their Children as Unbelievers? A Response to Todd Friel

Numerous people pointed me to some recent tweets from Todd Friel in the last few...

June 16, 2015

Thesis: Only Theists Can Rationally Believe in American Values

Post by Nathan Rinne I know that title is audacious. I'm like a moth who...

June 13, 2015

We Shouldn’t Exclusively Use the ESV

In the past decade, the ESV has become the go-to Bible for many in the...

June 12, 2015

Theology is Primarily for the Church, Not the Academy

One of the problems in contemporary theological scholarship is that it has sometimes aligned itself...

June 12, 2015

If Gender is Flexible, Why Not Race?

Yesterday, an interesting story broke about Rachel Dolezal, a leader in the NAACP in Spokane,...

June 10, 2015

Bad Theology in a Hymn I Really Want to Like

(by Eric Phillips) There’s a medieval hymn by Rabanus Maurus, Veni Creator Spiritus, composed in...

June 04, 2015

Sermon for Trinity Sunday

(By Eric Phillips) In the screen capture, I look like I'm trying to conjure up...

June 04, 2015

Sanctification is not Assurance: A Continued Response to Kevin DeYoung

I recently responded to a post by Kevin DeYoung on the issue of assurance here....

June 03, 2015

A Plea to Reformation Christians: Don’t Let Your “Simul” Become the One Ring to Rule Them All

Post by Nathan Rinne “Sins were sweeter to me than honey and honeycomb. That they...

May 2015

May 30, 2015

Calvinism Leads to Credo-Baptism

Hence Calvinism narrows to the last degree any real difference between its own views and...

May 28, 2015

A Guide to Lutheran Systematic Theology Texts

I'm often asked about which systematic theology text one should start with for someone who...

May 27, 2015

Oswald Bayer’s Rejection of Scripture as the “Formal Principle” of Theology

(by Eric Phillips) I’m reading Martin Luther’s Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation, by Oswald Bayer, a...

May 27, 2015

Why “We are All the Duggars” is Not a Good Christian Response

Post by Nathan Rinne “For the first time I examined myself with a seriously practical...

May 19, 2015

We are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Why All of Us Need the “Good” Death Penalty

Post by Nathan Rinne “This passage [Gen. 9:6], therefore, solves the problem that engaged the...

May 18, 2015

New Website for Just and Sinner Publications!

We have finished our new website for the Just and Sinner publishing division. Check it...

May 14, 2015

Assurance is Found in Jesus, Not in Me

Kevin DeYoung recently posted an article on the Gospel Coalition titled "How Do I Know...

May 12, 2015

Justification and Christification Lectures from the Imago Dei Conference

These are my two lectures from the Imago Dei conference held at Holy Trinity Lutheran...

May 12, 2015

Charles Taylor’s “Social Imaginary” and the Bible’s “Social Illusionary”, circa 2015

Post by Nathan Rinne “Progress.” “The right side of history.” ....and, as obliquely addressed in...

May 07, 2015

VanDrunen is Wrong About the Cultural Mandate

It has been my contention for some time that the so-called "Escondido theology" is not...

May 07, 2015

Eric Phillips’ Lectures from the Imago Dei Conference

Last month, I spoke at the Imago Dei conference with Rev. Eric Phillips at Holy...

May 06, 2015

The Communication of Attributes

On today's program I was joined again by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion...

May 04, 2015

“Render Unto Caesar”….Our Knowledge?: What “New Knowledge” Requires that Religion Must Be Changed?

Post by Nathan Rinne “They love the truth when it enlightens them, they hate it...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Why Does the Marriage Debate Matter?

Today is a historic day in Western civilization, as the Supreme Court case regarding homosexual...

April 28, 2015

I Guess Atheists Believe in Teleology as Well: Review of Rebecca Goldstein’s “Plato at the Googleplex”

Post by Nathan Rinne Note: This post is an updated and mostly abbreviated version of...

April 21, 2015

All Things Dying: Why Even Grace-Promoting Pagan Elites are Ridden by the Devil

Post by Nathan Rinne Note: I am republishing this [slightly revised] book review I did...

April 17, 2015

Five Things the Church Can Do to Change the Culture

Christians like to talk quite a bit about changing culture. This is a concern for...

April 14, 2015

The Plea of a Stubborn “Confessional” Lutheran: Yes, My “Missional” Friend, Please DO Condemn My Lack of Love for the Lost

Post by Nathan Rinne Note: what follows deals with the “worship wars” in my denomination,...

April 07, 2015

“Reading the Bible With Martin Luther”? Or With His Modern Existentialist Interpreters?

Post by Nathan Rinne "But because we have for so long been persuaded of the...