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April 2015

April 03, 2015

The God Who Died

Death. The idea is perhaps more real to us this Good Friday than in years...

April 01, 2015

Why Businesses Run by Christians Should, in General, Eagerly Serve All Comers

Post by Nathan Rinne UPDATE: Please note that in this piece I am offering my...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

The Fight Against Indiana’s RFRA is a Fight Against Religious Liberty

The past few days in the media have been full of discussion about a supposedly...

March 30, 2015

How Should We Show Christian Love in Indiana and Beyond?

Post by Nathan Rinne The recent events surrounding the newly-passed religious freedom law in Indiana...

March 28, 2015

John Brug’s Critique of Gerhard Forde’s Doctrine of Sanctification

This essay was presented at the North Atlantic District Conference of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran...

March 27, 2015

A Helpful Chart on the Two Kingdoms

Rev. Kyle Dillon, a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America, made this very helpful...

March 26, 2015

“Cultured Despisers Gonna Despise”: the Nature of Liberal “Evangelical” Theology Versus a Truly Biblical Theology

"The Holy Spirit is no skeptic.... a man must delight in assertions or he will...

March 20, 2015

Joel Biermann on Issues Etc.

Dr. Joel Biermann was recently interviewed on Issues etc. about his book A Case for...

March 18, 2015

Peter Leithart’s Doctrine of Justification

I recently purchased a copy of The Federal Vision for kindle upon seeing a $3...

March 17, 2015

Republication and the Inadequacy of the Covenantal Framework

In traditional Federal theology, a distinction is made between a covenant of works and a...

March 15, 2015

Announcing the 2015 Just and Sinner Conference

This upcoming Fall, we are hosting the first annual Just and Sinner conference! The conference...

March 13, 2015

Fatal Words Christians Should Not Utter: John Updike and Christian Life & Witness

Post by Nathan Rinne In the days of Martin Luther, many persons thought that God...

March 10, 2015

Two Kingdoms and Theonomy

On today's program, I continued my discussion of Theonomy. I addressed several of the criticisms...

March 09, 2015

The Two Kingdoms are Not the Church and the State

Lutherans are known for their distinctions: law and gospel, sin and grace, saint and sinner,...

March 08, 2015

Good Works Remain on Earth

We must, therefore, sharply distinguish between the proclamation of faith and good works, nevertheless, good...

March 07, 2015

Habitual Sin and Perpetual Pardon, Power and Progress

Post by Nathan Rinne First of all, I’m developing a Twitter habit (you can follow...

March 07, 2015

Were the Early Lutherans Theonomists?

A few people have pointed me to a post in which it is argued that...

March 04, 2015

Facing Hostility, Can Some Christian Colleges Boldly Continue to Welcome All?

Post by Nathan Rinne How Christian colleges and universities in America can continue to be...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The Doctrine of Sin

On today's program I was joined again by Rev. Lewis Polzin of Trinity Lutheran Church...

February 25, 2015

The Danger of Law-Gospel Reductionism

One of the most freeing aspects of Lutheran theology is gaining an understanding of the...

February 25, 2015

Five Things Every Aspiring Theologian Needs to Know

It's only been a few years that I've been publishing books and articles, and have...

February 22, 2015

Justification is Not Simply a Stepping Stone to the “Real Business” of Sanctification

In some theological traditions, justification is seen as simply an "entrance term," or an event...

February 21, 2015

Don’t Blame Spener

I've recently been reading up on the history of Pietism, the forgotten aspect of Lutheran...

February 19, 2015

Rob Bell and the Rejection of Sola Scriptura

Former evangelical leader Rob Bell recently stirred up some controversy (again) with his appearance on...

February 18, 2015

Five Reasons to Observe Lent

Among the varied groups that arose from the Protestant reformation, there are different practices regarding...

February 16, 2015

The 15 and the Reprehensible Dishonoring of Christ’s Martyrs

There are certain people and groups online who seem to exist only for the purpose...

February 16, 2015

Victory Through Martyrdom: Thoughts on the Death of Coptic Christians

"For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for...

February 13, 2015

50 Shades of Grey and the Perversion of Man’s Created Intent

It's quite an interesting thing to compare contemporary sexual ethos to those of early twentieth...

February 11, 2015

Why the Two Kinds of Righteousness?

Here is an article by Joel Biermann and Charles Arand titled "Why the Two Kinds...

February 11, 2015

Does the Preface to the Decalogue Negate the Law-Gospel Distinction?

There are several arguments leveled against a traditional law-gospel distinction as taught within Lutheran theology....