Just and Sinner Podcast

On today's program, I spent the entire hour giving a defense of infant baptism. I went through the outline I used at a recent Bible study for my congregation. This was purposefully at a lay level, so please send this one to your baptist friends!

On today's program, I was joined once again by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacobs' book A Summary of the Christian Faith . We discussed chapter 16 on the mission of the Holy Spirit, and chapter 17 on faith in Christ. We discussed a variety of important issues related to Pneumatology and the nature of faith.

On today's program I finished my response to James White's article "A Brief Rebuttal of Baptismal Regeneration." I discussed Acts 2:38 and the meaning of baptism "for the remission of sins," as well as the washing away of sins in Acts 22:16. We continued to demonstrate the false dichotomy presented by White regarding the efficacy of the cross and baptismal regeneration, and addressed his closing r...

On today's program, I continued my response to James White'a article "A Brief Rebuttal of Baptismal Regeneration." We looked at several Biblical texts about baptism and continued to discuss the false dichotomy of salvation by grace or salvation through baptism.

On today's program, I responded to a short article by James White titled "A Brief Rebuttal of Baptismal Regeneration." I spent some time looking at the false dichotomy he sets up between salvation by the work of Christ and salvation through baptism. We then briefly examined some of the relevant Biblical texts.

On today's program I responded to a recent post by Tim Challies in which he argued that Protestants should not wear crucifixes. He did this by citing J.I. Packer's book Knowing God . I demonstrate the flaws in Packer's argument, and talk about the usefulness of crucifixes.

On today's program, I was joined again by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacobs' book A Summary of the Christian Faith . We discussed three chapters about the threefold office of Christ: prophet, priest, and king. Unfortunately, my audio file got messed up, so the sound quality is not great.

On today's program, I continued the series I had been recording on the ordo salutis . I meant to discuss regeneration, conversion, and illumination, but was only able to get to the first two topics within the time constraints.

I'm still away in Massachusetts, so on today's program I played another lecture by Rev. Rich Shields. This is on the subject of spiritual and character formation, and was given at the 2015 AALC Eastern Regional Conference.

Since I am away this week, on today's program I played a lecture by Rev. Rich Shields on Ephesians 4. This presentation was given at the Eastern Regional Conference of the AALC in 2015.

On today's program, I was joined by Rev. Lewis Polzin from Boars in the Vineyard to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacobs' A Summary of the Christian Faith . On this week's program, we discussed chapter 12 on the States of Christ. We discussed the incarnation, Christ's death, the resurrection, and many other important topics.

On today's program I discussed the Ecclesiastical Text theory of Theodore Letis. I explained my perspective on this issue in defense of the Majority Text over the Critical Text. I briefly talked about King James Only views, and gave a short explanation of textual transmission.

On today's program I discussed abortion in light of the recent events surrounding Planned Parenthood. I examine early Christian teaching on the subject, and briefly overviewed the Biblical reasons why abortion is sinful.

On today's program, I responded to Matthew Vines' recent post " 40 Questions for Christians who Oppose Marriage Equality. " I was able to get through all 40 questions, and explained how Vines does not agree with the Scriptural view of marriage. Instead, his ethical system is guided by experience and emotion. This is an important program.

I recorded next week's program early due to a trip I will be on next week. On this program I responded the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. I asked the question: does this issue matter? and answer in the affirmative. I discuss how important it is for Christians to defend the orders of creation and give a response to these important issues.

Today I did a second question and answer program on a variety of topics. First, I addressed the issue of Tullian's Tchividjian's fall and resignation. I then talked about evangelical catholicism, degrees of sin, premillennialism, and historical criticism.

I spent today's program answering a variety of listener questions. I addressed the Majority Text in relation to the Textus Receptus , the validity of the Lord's Supper in non-Lutheran traditions, the place of regeneration in the ordo salutis, and the Finnish interpretation of Luther.

On today's program, I deviated from my normal topics to discuss the LGBTQ movement, and transgenderism in particular. I talked about how Christians should respond to this issue, and where the church has fallen short in the past in doing so.

On this week's podcast, I played my lecture Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis from the Imago Dei Conference. This follows up on the lecture I played last week on Justification by faith.

On today's program, I played my lecture from the Imago Dei conference on the doctrine of justification by faith. This lecture contrasts a Lutheran and Reformed approach to sola fide.

On today's program I was joined by Rev. Dr. Eric Phillips to discuss his review article of Steven Paulson's book Lutheran Theology . The discussion covered a lot of ground, including: the law, existentialism, the atonement, and Christology.

On today's program I was joined agan by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue our discussion of Henry Eyster Jacob's book A Summary of the Christian Faith . We finished our discussion on Christology by discussing the communication of attributes from Christ's divine to his human nature.

On today's program I was joined by Rev. Lewis Polzin to continue discussing Henry Eyster Jacobs book A Summary of the Christian Faith . We began talking about Christology, and spent the entire program discussing early Christological heresies.

On today's program I played a lecture from Rev. Rich Shields given at the 2015 AALC Eastern Regional Conference here in Watseka, IL. This followed my lectures on passive righteousness and active righteousness. The topic is the distinction between law and gospel.

This is my second lecture from the AALC Eastern Regional Conference on the two kinds of righteousness. The title of thelecture is "Equipping the Saints to Live Coram Mundo." This lecture focuses on active righteousness. In it, I discuss the importance of good works in the life of the Christian, and their role in Christian preaching and living. I explore the importance of serving the spiritual and...