This is a discussion of the recent podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill and the problem with the prominent celebrity culture in the megachurch movement.

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This is the fifth in a series of lectures on the solas of the Reformation. I discuss the Christocentric character of Lutheran theology.

Solus Christus: Christ Alone

This is the fourth in a series of talks on the solas of the Reformation. This talk discusses the semi-Pelagian controversy and the Council of Orange, and how that connects to the Lutheran Reformation.

Sola Gratia: Grace Alone

This is the third of my talks on the five solas of the Reformation. In this talk, I discuss my transition from the Reformed to the Lutheran church and some differences between these two branches of the Protestant Reformation.

From Reformed to Lutheran

This is the second lecture in a series on the five solas of the Reformation. I discuss the role and authority of Scripture and tradition. 

Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone

This is a talk I delivered at Cornell University on the topic of rights. I contrast a classical Christian approach (using Petrus Nakskow and Friedrich Julius Stahl) with a post-Enlightenment view.

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