Thinking Fellows

Thinking Fellows

1517 Podcasts

Conversations Exploring Theology, History, and Apologetics

53 minutes 54 seconds

On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom
The Thinking Fellows are starting a new series highlighting the history of Christian thought. For the next several weeks, the Fellows explore books written by great thinkers throughout Christian history. Bruce Hilman leads this first episode and covers St. John Chrysostom's On the Priesthood.

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15 November 2024, 8:44 pm
49 minutes 7 seconds

Winning and Losing Political Elections
High stakes and emotions regarding national politics produce situations Christians must meaningfully and thoughtfully navigate. Christians are embodied and specifically located creatures with vocations that demand political conciseness and often involvement. Yet these political situations and outcomes are not the object or sum of the faith. This episode explores the consequences of winning and losing elections and how Christian involvement and thought distinguish between faith and vocation so that we do not trust in princes but in Christ while faithfully serving our neighbors.

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6 November 2024, 5:22 pm
36 minutes 37 seconds

Is the Church Dying? (Live at HWSS)
This special episode of the Thinking Fellows was recorded live at the Here We Still Stand conference. Magnus Person joins the Fellows to discuss a response to the feeling that the church is in decline. They acknowledge the real pressure Christians in America and the West, in general, are feeling right now while confidently confessing that the church belongs to God and will continue forever.

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28 October 2024, 3:29 pm
41 minutes

A Reading List for Getting To Know Lutheransim
The Thinking Fellows give readers a short list of books they find essential for understanding Lutheranism. The list below includes books that contextualize the story and doctrinal formation of the Reformation. This Library should help both people who are unfamiliar with Lutheranism and those familiar with Lutheran doctrine but would like a better historical picture of who the Lutherans are.

Berg, Michael. Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing

Cary, Phillip. The Meaning of Protestant Theology: Luther, Augustine, and the Gospel That Gives Us Christ.

Elert, Werner. The Structure of Lutheranism

Giertz, B. The hammer of God

Green, Lowell C. How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel: The Doctrine of Justification in the Reformation

Kolb, Robert. The Christian Faith: A Lutheran Exposition

Kolb, Robert, and Charles P. Arand. The Genius of Luther's Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church

Montgomery, J. W., and G. E. Veith. Where Christ is Present: A theology for All Seasons on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

Nestingen, James, and Gerhard O. Forde. Free to Be

Paulson, Steven D. Luther for Armchair Theologians

Trueman, Carl R. Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom

Various, and Martin Luther. Day by Day with Martin Luther

Veith, Jr. Gene E. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life

Wisløff, Carl F. I Know in Whom I Believe: Studies in Bible Doctrine

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17 October 2024, 1:26 pm
41 minutes 46 seconds

Remembering John Warwick Montgomery
The Thinking Fellows recall the legacy of renowned apologist John Warwick Montgomery. Before his death Dr. Montgomery was a senior fellow at 1517 and had a tremndous impact on the field of Christian apologetics. The fellows recall time they had spent with Dr. Montgomery and his impact on the founding members of 1517.

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9 October 2024, 6:48 pm
1 hour 4 minutes

The Myth of Spiritual But Not Religious
Spirituality is not a friend of Christianity. More and more people abandon Christianity while maintaining spiritual beliefs, practices, or superstitions. Dr. Michael Horton joins the Thinking Fellows to discuss the deep history and gnostic roots of the spiritual problems in the West today. Dr. Horton has researched and addressed this topic in numerous ways over the last 30 years and has compiled his expertise into a new volume of books on the subject. The first of the volumes, Shaman and Sage: The Roots of Spiritual But Not Religious, is available now.

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1 October 2024, 2:47 am
44 minutes 2 seconds

The End of the World
Adam, Bruce, and Caleb discuss eschatology. What are Christianity's essential teachings regarding the last things or end times? Why do some sects of Christianity hyper-fixate on the end times? The fellows address these questions and more this week.

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24 September 2024, 3:30 pm
45 minutes 14 seconds

Elected To Salvation
In this week's episode, Scott, Bruce, and Caleb discuss the doctrine of election. They emphasize the importance of God's electing through his Word. This locates election in an external act done for you rather than solely in the mind of God. This Lutheran distinction avoids the pitfall of free choice while not relying on the logical constructs of double predestination.

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17 September 2024, 2:42 pm
38 minutes 31 seconds

You Need a Preacher
The Fellows discuss the doctrine of public ministry. The conversation focuses on why it is necessary for Christians to gather togteher as a church and call a pastor. God has made his saving work public through the proclimation of the Word.

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5 September 2024, 3:58 pm
49 minutes 19 seconds

What is Church?
Caleb and Bruce have a conversation about the doctrine of the church. They work to define how the church is all those with faith in Christ and the gathering of individual believers whom God has called together in specific locations. The conversation focuses on the distribution of the Gospel, which is the unique and essential purpose of gathering together for worship. Bruce and Caleb also emphasize the importance of individual church attendance.

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1 September 2024, 2:39 pm
55 minutes 34 seconds

The True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ
This episode of the Thinking Fellows gives an overview of the Lutheran doctrine of the Lord's Supper. The fellows discuss the how and why of the Supper, primarily referencing Christ's institution of the Sacrament before his crucifixion. They also discuss some controversies and disagreements Christians have regarding belief and practice.

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19 August 2024, 10:18 pm
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