58: Get Lent-y with Martin Luther

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76: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt. 4
31 Aug 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley wrap us their series on Norman Nagel’s “Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper.” For this final episode, they read and discuss Luther’s battle with Andreas Karlstadt about Christ Spirited Away.
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75: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt. 3
24 Aug 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley again read and discuss Norman Nagel's work: Luther's Understanding of Christ in the Lord's Supper. This episode, the word, the sign, and the efficacy of the Lord's Supper.
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74: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt.2
18 Aug 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Norman Nagel's work: Luther's Understanding of Christ in the Lord's Supper. This episode, our relation to Christ in the Supper.
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73: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper
9 Aug 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Norman Nagel’s work: Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper. This week, the Word, the testament, and the “for-you” of the Gospel.
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72: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel, part 4
6 Aug 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley wrap up their discussion of Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes. This week, Philip's concluding theses on Law and Gospel.
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71: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel, part 3: Justification and Faith
6 Jul 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion with Philip Melancthon on the power of the Gospel from his Loci Communes. This week, what is righteousness?
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70: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel pt.2
23 Jun 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion with Philip Melancthon on the power of the Gospel from his Loci Communes. This week, what is grace?
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69: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel pt.1
19 Jun 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Philip Melanchthon’s work on the power of the gospel from his Loci Communes.
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68: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law pt. 3
11 Jun 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley wrap up their reading and discussion of Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes on the power of the law. How does God use his word of law to curb our sinful urges and cravings, drive us to Jesus for salvation, and instruct Christians in their vocations?
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67: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law pt. 2
4 Jun 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley dive back into Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes. More on the power the law, how God works through the law to reveal our sin, and distinguishing between afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted in pastoral care.
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66: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law
25 May 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
Martin Luther referred to Philip's Loci Communes as "one of the clearest statements of the Christian religion ever written." With this in mind, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Philip Melancthon's Loci on the power of the law and the gospel. What is the power of the Law? What distinguishes God's Word of Law from human definitions of the law?
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65: Hermann Sasse – Luther, Zwingli, and The Lord’s Supper
5 May 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Hermann Sasse’s “This Is My Body.” Sasse examines the events at the Marburg Colloquy and how it influenced Lutheran and Protestant sacramental theology for centuries.
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64: Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries
29 Apr 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Werner Elert’s examination of the Lord’s Supper as the heart of the Church, the liturgy, and Christian life.
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63: Martin Luther – A very Lentish commentary on Psalm 102
20 Apr 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss another one of Luther’s commentaries on the penitential psalms.
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62: Martin Luther’s 38 Special
15 Apr 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 38. A lot of conversation about sin, grace, and militant piety.
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61: Martin Luther’s Lentiest Psalm Commentary
6 Apr 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Dr. Luther’s comments on Psalm 143.
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60: Martin Luther Lents Psalm 6
2 Apr 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 6 - God’s two kinds of discipline
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59: Psalm 32 – Still Getting Lent-ed with Martin Luther
23 Mar 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther's commentary on Psalm 32. This week, they talk about sins forgotten. blessedness, and the upside down, the backward reality of the comfort of confessing one's sin to God.
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58: Get Lent-y with Martin Luther
19 Mar 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 51. This episode is all about repentance, conscience, sin, and grace.
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57: Christoph Homburg – Christ, The Life of All The Living
10 Mar 2019· As Lutheran As It Gets
In this episode, Pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Christoph Homburg's "Christ, The Life of All The Living." Affliction, church militant and triumphant, holding the "simul" tension in pastoral care.
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Episodes

76: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt. 4

75: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt. 3

74: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, pt.2

73: Norman Nagel – Luther’s Understanding of Christ in the Lord’s Supper

72: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel, part 4

71: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel, part 3: Justification and Faith

70: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel pt.2

69: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Gospel pt.1

68: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law pt. 3

67: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law pt. 2

66: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law

65: Hermann Sasse – Luther, Zwingli, and The Lord’s Supper

64: Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries

63: Martin Luther – A very Lentish commentary on Psalm 102

62: Martin Luther’s 38 Special

61: Martin Luther’s Lentiest Psalm Commentary

60: Martin Luther Lents Psalm 6

59: Psalm 32 – Still Getting Lent-ed with Martin Luther

57: Christoph Homburg – Christ, The Life of All The Living