Just and Sinner Podcast

On today's program I was joined by Rev. Richard Shields, who is pastor of Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Frazier Park, CA and president of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary. We discussed his article "Tools for Bible Study," which led to a number of different topics, including: postmodernism and modernism, Bible translations, B.B. Warfield's doctrine of inerrency, and other important discussions.

On today's program I was joined by Rev. Lewis Polzin from Boars in the Vineyard to continue discussing Henry Eyster Jacobs' book "A Summary of the Christian Faith." We looked at chapter four on Creation.

On today's program, I played a lecture given by Dr. Joel Biermann at the AALC pastor's retreat held on the campus of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. The theme of the lecture is preaching and the two kinds of righteousness.

On today's program, I gave an overview of the doctrine of justification as it is taught in the Lutheran scholastics. This is a follow up to the programs on the Ordo Salutis and on the Grace of the Holy Spirit.

On today's program I began discussing some of the specific issues related to the order of salvation. I talked about the definition of grace, and the different forms of grace in the Christian life.

I was joined by Pastor Lewis Polzin to discuss chapter three of Henry Eyster Jacob's book "A Summary of the Christian Faith" on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Today's program was more in the format of a seminary lecture than a normal podcast. I discussed the importance of the ordo salutis, the nature of contemporary objections to the idea, and finally gave a brief overview of the various aspects of the order of salvation.

On today's program I interviewed Dr Joel Biermann on his recent book "A Case for Character." We discussed virtue ethics, Law and Gospel reductionism, Escondido theology, and many other topics.

On today's program, I gave an overview of American Lutheran history, and mentioned some of the most important figures within American Lutheran history.

On today's program, I played audio from a seminary my wife (Lisa Cooper) gave at the AALC National Convention this summer on evaluating women's Bible studies. She discussed common misunderstandings of Scripture and distortions of the Gospel which one should look out for.