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380: Anselm - Bracing the Heart Against Despair

Release Date: 02/09/2025

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Little Willy Plays in Duty. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson’s Outlaw God, discussing the appeal of the Law (in the abstract), why old Adam loves pretending he has free will, the Ninevite Conundrum, Jonah’s wormy preacher, and our obsession with placing therapy alongside Christ as a means of grace. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God Outlaw God Podcast Saturday Seminar: The Impossible Prize: Addiction, Grace and the Unfree Will More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 :...

397: Q&A Episode - Civil Disobedience

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The Long and Winding Road. In this episode, we answer another listener's question about civil disobedience, understanding the tension for old Adam that’s inherent within the two kingdoms doctrine, and we go down a bunch of alleyways picking through conspiracies, immigration, war, colonialism, and ice cream coveting. SHOW NOTES: The Night Manager New World Order book More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 : https://www.1517.org/events : https://academy.1517.org/ What’s New from...

396: Paulson - God's Law, God's Gospel

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All That and A Bag of Chips. In this episode, we return to Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God. We discuss law and Gospel, why God sends a preacher, why we hate Christ preached, and what therapy can do for the walking dead. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God Outlaw God Podcast Theology is for Proclamation Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In How Christians Should Regard Moses - Martin Luther More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 : https://www.1517.org/events :...

395: Questions Answered

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Just Answer the Question. In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically active and passive choices, active and passive righteousness, election and the bondage of the will, addiction, the limits of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ultimate Good we all seek, and much, much more. More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 : https://www.1517.org/events : https://academy.1517.org/ What’s New from 1517: : https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419152-sinner-saint :...

394: Paulson - The Battle of Words

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Strong Words for a Strong Word. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God. We discuss preaching, doing God’s Word to listeners, calling out curses and blessing confessions, using strong words to expose and condemn the devil and the world, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God Outlaw God Theology is for Proclamation More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 : https://www.1517.org/events : https://academy.1517.org/ What’s New...

393: Table Talk

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I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. In this episode, we discuss how pre-modern church history, the Industrial Revolution, therapeutics, language, corporate culture, and the flight of heretics from Europe in the 17th-18th century affected contemporary Western churches. SHOW NOTES: The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 : https://www.1517.org/events : https://academy.1517.org/ ...

392: Keller - What Is the Church?

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Come Together, Right Now… In this episode, we read from Tim Keller’s sermon, which asks, “What is the Church?” We discuss the relationship between churches and culture, what the church is and isn’t, where we locate faith, whether Christian faith changes one’s values, and much more. SHOW NOTES: A Vision for a Gospel Centered Life by Dr. Timothy Keller Dalai Lama 160: Timothy Keller - Biblical justice differs in significant ways from all the secular alternatives 161: Timothy Keller - There is no need in liberal society for any consensus on moral values 162:...

391: The gracious will and good pleasure of God in Christ Jesus

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Burning Down The House. In this episode, we continue our discussion of election, addressing the certainty of election, how we are chosen, the human limits of perseverance in faith, why the pope is a bad example of Christian piety, and how old Adam tries to invert election by burying it in our sacrifices and pious morality. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God Two Hundred Years Together More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : :...

390: Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God

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Somebody Told Me. In this episode, we read the Book of Concord on election, and discuss why God chooses to forgive all people on the cross, why some reject the gospel, why Lutherans reject double predestination, what the consequences are to trust that we are always justified for Christ’s sake, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God Two Hundred Years Together More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : :...

389: The Power and Primacy of the Pope

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Over And Done With. In this episode, we read Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope and discuss the validity of the papacy’s claims to divine authority, the response of Lutherans and Protestants to the death of Pope Francis, how to love one’s neighbor while disagreeing them, the distinction between heterodoxy and heresy, and much much more. SHOW NOTES: Complete Sermons of Martin Luther - Klug Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter Postman quote: More from 1517: : http://www.1517.org/podcasts : :...

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You May Be Right… In this episode of Banned Books, we read Anselm of Canterbury’s Meditation on Sin and Penance. We discuss the consequences of sin, the Fountain of Mercy, Jesus’ excuses, the doctrine of simul iustus et peccator, theological presuppositions, and how we speak influences our behavior.

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St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations and Prayers https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1033-1109,_Anselmus_Cantuariensis,_Meditationes_et_Orationes,_EN.pdf

Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation https://amzn.to/3CG0oA9

Smalcald III https://thebookofconcord.org/smalcald-articles/part-iii/article-iii/

Life of Brian debate https://www.bbc.com/videos/cyxe9180z84o

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