Episode 4 - "Accountability to God" with Andrew Torrance (Season 1)
Release Date: 05/14/2025
Sunday Sermon (8.3.25)
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Pastor Sean Barrett preaches from Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-11, and Luke 12:13-21. You can find all the readings for this Sunday . To learn more about Lutheran Church of the Nativity, visit our website at .
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Sermon Q&A (8.4.25)
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Pastor Sean Barrett addresses Hosea 11:1-11
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Sunday Sermon (7.27.25)
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Pastor Sean Barrett preaches from Hosea 1:2-10, Colossians 2:6-15, and Luke 11:1-13. You can find all the readings for this Sunday . To learn more about Lutheran Church of the Nativity, visit our website at .
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Sunday Sermon (7.20.25)
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Pastor Sean Barrett preaches from Amos 8:1-12, Colossians 1:15-28, and Luke 10:38-42. You can find all the readings for this Sunday . To learn more about Lutheran Church of the Nativity, visit our website at .
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Sermon Q&A (7.21.25)
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This week Pastor Sean discusses Hebrew puns in the readings from Amos.
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Sunday Sermon (7.13.25)
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Pastor Sean Barrett preaches from Amos 7:7-17, Colossians 1:1-14, and Luke 10:25-37. You can find all the readings for this Sunday . To learn more about Lutheran Church of the Nativity, visit our website at .
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Sermon Q&A (7.13.25)
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Pastor Sean addresses a question from the sermon 7.6.25 relating to the Lutheran view of Holy Communion. He is at Lutheridge this week, so the audio was recorded on his phone instead of our regular podcast setup at the church.
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Episode 12 - The Trinity with Scott Williams (Season 1)
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On this season finale episode Dr. Aaron Davis interviews Prof. Scott Williams (UNC-Asheville) about his new book, The Trinity. They talk about what conciliar trinitarianism is, what the logical problem of the trinity might be, how divine simplicity relates to the doctrine of the trinity, and more. Links Nativity's website - Scott's The Trinity (Cambridge, 2025) - Scott's faculty page - Khaled Anatolios's Retrieving Nicaea: The Development of Trinitarian Doctrine (Baker Academic, 2018) - St. John of Damascus's On the Orthodox Faith (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press,...
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Sermon Q&A (7.7.25)
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Dr. Aaron Davis answers this question from the week's Scripture readings: "I notice that Paul points out what large letters he’s using to write to the Galatians. This seems strange to me. Any ideas why?"
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Sunday Sermon (7.6.25)
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Dr. Aaron Davis preaches from 2 Kings 5:1-14, Galatians 6:7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. You can find all of the readings for this Sunday . To learn more about Lutheran Church of the Nativity, visit our website at .
info_outlineIn this episode Dr. Aaron Davis interviews Prof. Andrew Torrance of the University of St Andrews about his book Accountability to God (Oxford University Press, 2023). We discuss what accountability is, how accountability might be thought of as a theological virtue, the risks and rewards of accountability relations, what accountability looks like in Scripture, and more.
Links
- Nativity's website - Link
- University of St Andrews faculty profile for Torrance - Link
- Torrance's Accountability to God (Oxford University Press, 2023) - Link
- Torrance's, "Accountability as a Virtue," Studies in Christian Ethics 34, no. 3 (2021): 307-315 - Link
- Torrance's, "A Baptismal Theology of Accountability," Studies in Christian Ethics 34, no. 3 (2021): 336-346. - Link
- Torrance's, "Accountability as the Ground of Human Flourishing," Studies in Christian Ethics 36, no. 4 (2023): 814-826. - Link
Questions or Suggestions?
Contact Dr. Davis with your input: [email protected].