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October 2016

October 07, 2016

“Maybe That’s What Christianity is All About?” A Few Critical Questions for “Relevant” Churches

Post by Nathan Rinne Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be...

October 05, 2016

Response to Moral Arguments Against the Bible

On today's program, I responded to moral arguments against the Bible as made by popular...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Second Response to Rev. Schwertley on Baptismal Regeneration

On today's program, I continued my response to Rev. Brian Schwertley on the topic of...

September 20, 2016

Embracing Identity Politics: Why I Am Now a Liberal Christian Nationalist

The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. – Psalm...

September 10, 2016

Christ, Culture, and the Two Kingdoms Conference

This October, we will be hosting our second annual Just and Sinner Conference on the...

September 07, 2016

Numbers 5 and Abortion

The purpose of this post is to summarize an argument made in my recent podcast...

September 06, 2016

The Rorty-ification – and Hegelianization – of the West: A Primer on Social Constructivism and Social Constructionism for Concerned Americans

"There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

My First Ever Live Podcast

On today's program, I recorded a question and answer podcast live on facebook. I interacted...

August 12, 2016

Scholastic Theology Through Peter Lombard

On today's program, I discussed scholastic theology. For the first half, I gave an introduction...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Navigating the Current Election as a Pro-Life Christian

As a pastor, it is not my place to tell my congregants who to vote...

July 28, 2016

My New Book, Hands of Faith, is Now Available!

My new book Hands of Faith: A Historical and Theological Study of the Two Kinds...

July 26, 2016

No, Lutherans are not Myopically Focused on Individual Salvation

It's a criticism that I hear often, especially from Confessionally Reformed believers: "all you Lutherans...

July 09, 2016

Shocking Confession: I’m a Christian Millennial and I Don’t Drink

There's a conversation that I always dread. I'm about to get together with a group...

July 08, 2016

Stop the Political Posturing and Preach the Gospel

Like everyone old enough to have been cognizant on September 11, 2001, I have vivid...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

A Classic Work on the Atonement Now Made Available

The most recent book from Just and Sinner Publications is an important one, as the...

June 15, 2016

Should the Christian Live in Fear of God?

Post by Nathan Rinne Intro: The Fear-Invoking Athanasian Creed? The Christian - who is justified...

June 06, 2016

A Christian Newsletter that you Should all Subscribe to

I was recently asked to do the layout for our Synod's bimonthly magazine titled The...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Heartfelt Spiritual Counsel for “Fabulous Internet Supervillain” Milo Yiannopoulos

Post by Nathan Rinne I recently watched a couple of interviews (here and here) the...

May 27, 2016

The Gospel Reading (A Guide to the Liturgy)

On today's program, I continued our discussion of the Lutheran liturgy. On this episode,...

May 23, 2016

Is Martin Luther’s Sola Scriptura Our Sola Scriptura?

Post by Nathan Rinne Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of the United Methodist Church...

May 19, 2016

This Week’s Podcast on Baptized into Christ

On today's program, Lisa Cooper was a guest host, as she interviewed Jordan about his...

May 10, 2016

A Short Selection from my Upcoming Book: Baptized Into Christ

God’s Solution: The Gospel The law is not God’s final word to us. He did...

May 10, 2016

Intelligent Public Discourse on Transgenderism – Able to Moderate the Current “Bathroom Battle”?

Post by Nathan Rinne If you are a serious Christian - or even if you...

May 06, 2016

Problems with Mormonism: The Doctrine of God

Perhaps the most basic assumption of Christian theology is the contention that there is an...

May 05, 2016

If Christians Enjoy Making Assertions, Why Speak with Them?

Post by Nathan Rinne "...and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Problems with Mormonism: The Book of Abraham

Perhaps the biggest apologetic difficulty for those following the Mormon faith is that surrounding one...

April 18, 2016

The Critical Text: Very Word of God? Fallible “Witness” of Man? Both!?

Post by Nathan Rinne "But the notion that in Scripture some things are recondite and...

April 05, 2016

Satan Playing the Long Game? What’s the Problem with the Critical Text?

Post by Nathan Rinne Update: a good amount of discussion has ensued in response to...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Does the Bible Support Slavery?

In the age of 140 character arguments and memes, we have sometimes lost the ability...

March 24, 2016

Christians are Evil Hypocrites Who Always Need Threats from the Law

Post by Nathan Rinne "Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies...