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February 2019

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...

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 31, 2017

What is Pietism?

I have been a little slow on blogging in the last couple weeks with Advent...

December 08, 2017

What Can We Learn About the New Man of the Christian from the Boy Jesus?

The boy Jesus in the Temple. Post by Nathan Rinne The following is one of...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

Yes David French, We Should Seek Certainty in an Uncertain World

Post by Nathan Rinne In an article published in National Review, “The Enduring Appeal...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

Are Good Works Necessary for Salvation? A Response to John Piper

On today's program, I covered some of the recent controversy surrounding the role of good...

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...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Todd Wilken on Radical Lutheranism

Rev. Todd Wilken of Issues Etc. fame recently gave a lecture at Redeemer Lutheran Church...

January 04, 2017

Resolved: Why We Should Recognize, not Emphasize, the Christian’s Freed, New Will

Post by Nathan Rinne There is a brutal honesty in the 16th century Lutheran Confessional...

November 2016

November 01, 2016

The Connection Between the Bondage of the Will and the Two Kinds of Righteousness (Justification and Sanctification)

Post by Nathan Rinne First of all, happy day after Reformation Day. Semper reformanda! Not...

September 2016

September 09, 2016

My Book, Hands of Faith, is Now Available for Kindle!

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

August 2016

August 05, 2016

Today’s Podcast on my New Book: Hands of Faith

On today's program, I was joined by my wife who interviewed me about my new...

May 2016

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...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

Who Can Teach Us More: Mary, the Mother of God, or the Sinful Woman of Luke 7?

Mary, one of the great saints of the church, can teach us much more. ...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

The First Table of the Commandments’ Relationship to the Third Use of the Law (Part II of II)

Post by Nathan Rinne I really don't want anyone to feel like they should read...

February 05, 2016

The First Table of the Commandments’ Relationship to the Third Use of the Law (Part I of II)

Post by Nathan Rinne During the 16th century...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

This New Year’s, Consider Becoming Perfect in Jesus Christ

Post by Nathan Rinne “Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well-pleased” (Luke...

October 2015

October 07, 2015

Are Good Works Necessary to “Attain Heaven?”

The debates surrounding the nature of sanctification are never ending in both Lutheran and Reformed...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

What Should the Christian Do With Wicked Desires and Thoughts?

Post by Nathan Rinne On my heart imprint your image, Blessed Jesus, king of grace,...

August 2015

August 11, 2015

Two Lectures from Rich Shields

I'm on vacation for two weeks, and so I was unable to record my regular...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Why Every Christian Should be Tempted by “Radical Lutheranism”

Post by Nathan Rinne (Or at least some aspects of “Radical Lutheranism”) There is evidence...

July 17, 2015

Diagnosing Christian Bad Boy Syndrome

Post by Nathan Rinne Actually, I am dealing with Lutheran bad boys in particular here,...

July 14, 2015

“Ad Fontes” Benedict Option!: From the World to the Word

Post by Nathan Rinne Rod Dreher is one of my favorite columnists. I consider his...

June 2015

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....

May 2015

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...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

Active Righteousness

This is my second lecture from the AALC Eastern Regional Conference on the two kinds...

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...

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 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...