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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......

February 2019

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...

January 2019

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...

December 2018

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...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Meditations for Radical Lutherans on Luther’s Antinomian Disputations (part 1 of 6)

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Is Radical Lutheranism the Answer? (Part 1) Note: Most of...

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Male Headship as Domestic Abuse: a Crypto-Feminist Plot in the Church?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Prefatory comment: This post, like the last one on this...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Why is Contemporary Conservative Lutheranism So Confused About God’s Law?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne I attempt to give an answer to that question in...

September 12, 2018

A Response to the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel

This program is a response to the recent Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. I...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

Does the Devil’s Whore, Reason, Ruin Christmas? Luther’s Disputation on John 1:14, “The Word Was Made Flesh”

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne First, happy tenth day of Christmas! Second, the answer to...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Bravehearts and Blackhearts? Milo Yiannopoulos’s and Jordan Peterson’s Divine Gambits

Prefatory material: My views alone to be sure. Why give this man any time...

October 13, 2017

Jesus Became Sin – But Did He Also Become a Sinner According to God’s Law?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne. Among professed confessional Lutherans, this, it appears to me, has...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Dissecting the Readily Hijack-able “Radical Lutheranism” with Todd Wilken

Post by Nathan Rinne. Please note: Pastor Wilken's comments are in blue alone. The rest...

September 18, 2017

Review of CPH’s New “So-Called Third Use of the Law” Book

Post by Nathan Rinne For non-Lutherans, CPH is "Concordia Publishing House". For upset Lutherans,...

September 12, 2017

Completely Impartial Book Review of Pastor Jordan Cooper’s Lex Aeterna

Yes, its not impartial. : ) I write for this blog for a reason. Anyway,...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Martin Luther Addresses the Nashville Statement: Does it Reveal or Cause Sin?

Post by Nathan Rinne Do you think that you can love God but not...

August 16, 2017

Luther’s Antinomian Disputations for Dummies 5 (of 5): Welcome “Mr. Sin” Boldly!

Chapter 1: Natural Law in Martin Luther’s Antinomian Disputations Chapter 2: Does the Christian...

August 04, 2017

Luther’s Antinomian Disputations for Dummies 1 (of 5): Natural Law

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Updated: Chapter 2: Does the Christian Cease to be Under...

March 2017

March 14, 2017

My critique of Gerhard Forde has been published

My book length critique of Gerhard Forde's understanding of the law is now available. Here...

March 03, 2017

Q&A March 2017

On today's program, I addressed a bunch of listener questions on a multitude of topics....

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 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...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

Preaching and Law and Gospel

On this week's program, I spent the hour discussing a number of different issues surrounding...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity and Contemporary Law-Gospel Debates

The doctrine of God does not tend to be a primary issue in contemporary Lutheran...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

A Very Nice Explanation of Progressive Religion, Filial Foe of Christ

Post by Nathan Rinne First of all, this post is not about the recent Wheaton...

January 05, 2016

Do Proponents of Other Abrahamic Faiths Worship the Same God? The Answer is Not in Philosophy but in the Distinction Between Law and Gospel

Post by Nathan Rinne Note: this is my third post on this issue. The first...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Introduction to Christian Doctrine Videos

I have begun a series of Youtube videos aimed at a lay audience introducing various...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Jesus and Banned Books Week

Post by Nathan Rinne Yes –me talking about Banned Books Week again. As a librarian,...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Law and Gospel with Rich Shields

On today's program I played a lecture from Rev. Rich Shields given at the 2015...

March 2015

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...