Podcast Episodes

411: Forde - Are we puppets, being jerked around against our wills by a malevolent puppeteer?

Master of Puppets.

In this episode, we continue our exploration of the Bondage of the Will, with Gerhard Forde's book, The Captivation of the Will. We discuss the human will — what it is, what it doe…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

410: Forde - Better not to let the "common herd" in on such lofty and dangerous academic secrets

Have You Herd? In this episode, we continue our reading of The Captivation of Will, discussing the problem of God, the death-ride of morality, scandalous election, the dilemma of sin and freedom and …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

409: Forde - Take away assertions and you take away Christianity

Do You Understand the Words That Are Coming Out of My Mouth?

In this episode, we read Gerhard Forde's monograph on Luther's treatise on The Bondage of the Will. We discuss scriptural exegesis, its in…

Published on 3 months ago

408: Nestigen - Luther and Erasmus on the Bondage of the Will

Dazed & Confused.

In this episode, we continue our series on The Bondage of the Will (1525), by Martin Luther. We read Dr. James Nestingen's historical introduction to the treatise and delve into the…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

407: Paulson - The free will is demonstrably not Jesus Christ

In this episode, we begin our series commemorating the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's treatise, de Servo Arbitrio — The Bondage of the Will. We begin by reading Dr. Steven Paulson's theological…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

406: Giertz - The Parish Church

Take Me to Church.

In this episode, we read Bo Giertz's "Christ's Church: Her Biblical Roots, Her Dramatic History, Her Saving Presence, Her Glorious Future." The Church, who is she? What kind of lif…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

405: Barfield - Myth is the Ghost of Concrete Meaning

Little Plastic Castles. In this episode, we read the first Inkling, Owen Barfield, as he defends the use of old words, old stories, and old ways of expressing what's good, beautiful, and true against…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

404: Auden - A Litany and the Horae Cononicae

Liturgy Amongst the Rubble. In this episode, we read poems by W.H. Auden about pulp fiction, ancient myths, conversion, liturgy, poetics, and how industrialization and corporatism build a new Babel i…

Published on 4 months ago

403: Morales - Remembering Your Baptism

Wetly All the Way. In this episode, we visit with author Kathryn Morales about her new book, Remembering Your Baptism. We discuss who should be baptized and why. How many times does someone need to b…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

Got A Machine Head. In this episode, we read J.R.R. Tolkien's letter to his son, Christopher, about a question of Genesis' unfashionable status amongst Christians and those who value beautiful 'stori…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago