Sinopsis
Cross Defense is a program of Christian apologetics, your weekly dose of knowing why you believe what you believe, so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks about the hope you have in the life, suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Episodios
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Nothing in Scripture is Unimportant --- 2018/01/29
29/01/2018Today’s conversation covers non-fundamental doctrine, why nothing in Scripture is unimportant, finding the fundamental of Christianity, the zeitgeist, and not just any old AM radio. Guests Rev. Jacob Bobby from First Trinity Lutheran Church in Bloomfield, Nebraska, and Rev. Samuel Bobby from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Your Pastor is Not Your Professional Friend --- 2018/01/22
22/01/2018Today's conversation covers "The Law of Ice Cream" reprise, the purpose of Law and Gospel, why your pastor is not your professional friend, piety versus pietism, why you shouldn't be a lawmonger, and zigging with the Gospel, zagging with the Law. Guest Rev. Matt Gunia from Ascension Lutheran Church in Niles, Illinois, discusses Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Loving the Law by Loving the Gospel More --- 2018/01/08
08/01/2018Listen to your worldview demolition special, breaking down the stronghold bad opinions of our enemy and setting up shop with the mighty fortress of our Lord’s most holy and inerrant, inspired, and unending Word. Today’s conversation covers divisions of Christian Doctrine, lLw and Gospel in the modern world, loving the Law by loving the Gospel more, and knowing Law and Gospel as the vocation of the Christian. Guests Rev. Jeffrey Ries, Senior Pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tacoma, Washington, and Rev. Shawn Linnell from Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Men’s Opinions Make Only a Spineless Theology --- 2017/12/11
11/12/2017Listen to your worldview demolition special, breaking down the stronghold bad opinions of our enemy and setting up shop with the mighty fortress of our Lord’s most holy and inerrant, inspired, and unending Word. Today’s conversation covers the standard of propositional truths, men’s opinions make only a spineless theology, hold on and speak for yourself, and Pastor Preus goes on ranting. Guests Rev. Adam DeGroot, LCMS Domestic Missionary Pastor currently building network support for his call to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Albequerque, New Mexico, and Rev. Andrew Preus from Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, Iowa, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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The Spiritual Crisis of Narcissism --- 2017/12/04
04/12/2017Listen to your worldview demolition special, breaking down the stronghold bad opinions of our enemy and setting up shop with the mighty fortress of our Lord’s most holy and inerrant, inspired, and unending Word. Today’s conversation covers God having a mouth, how seriously we take scriptures, the spiritual crisis of narcissism, and the little modern theologian that could. Guests Rev. Adam Filipek from Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, and Rev. Samuel Bobby from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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The Talking Elephant --- 2017/11/27
27/11/2017Listen to your worldview demolition special, breaking down the stronghold bad opinions of our enemy and setting up shop with the mighty fortress of our Lord’s most holy and inerrant, inspired, and unending Word.Today’s conversation covers the talking elephant, God always leaving a real impression, why it’s good to be ectypal, and the vocation of the Son to make known the Father. Guests Rev. Sean Daenzer from Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend and Peace Lutheran Church in Barney, North Dakota, and Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, Senior Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado, and author of the book Has American Christianity Failed?, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Golden Toilets?! Huh?? --- 2017/10/02
27/11/2017Today’s conversation covers the aptitudes of the pastor, the habits and tenure of a pastor, golden toilets (?!), and how to care for your pastor. Brother guests, ragtag bunch Rev. Samuel Bobby from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Rev. Jacob Bobby from First Trinity Lutheran Church in Bloomfield, Nebraska, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Is the Conscience Still Relevant? --- 2017/11/13
13/11/2017Today’s conversation covers where authority lies in the church, whether the conscience is still relevant, prattling, raving, crying, and gabbling, and starting with the text and ending with the text. Guests Rev. Adam DeGroot, LCMS Domestic Missionary Pastor currently building network support for his call to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Albequerque, New Mexico, and Rev. Andrew Preus from Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, Iowa, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Reducing the Knowledge of God to Opinion --- 2017/11/06
06/11/2017Today’s conversation covers the imagination of doctrine and the narrative of Scripture, the foundation of Christian truth, reducing the knowledge of God to opinion, and God speaking when the pastor preaches. Guests Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, Senior Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado, and author of the book Has American Christianity Failed?, and Rev. Adam Filipek from Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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No Squishy Good Work-ism for Us --- 2017/10/16
16/10/2017Today’s conversation covers the topic of good works and whether we are or aren’t saved by them. Guests Rev. Jeffrey Ries, Senior Pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tacoma, Washington, and Rev. Matt Gunia from Ascension Lutheran Church in Niles, Illinois, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Taking Doctrine and Making It Practical --- 2017/10/09
02/10/2017Today’s conversation covers subjective versus objective theology, taking doctrine and making it practical, the lease important doctrines, and what is not scripture is not knowledge of God. Guests Rev. Aaron Hambleton from Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lisbon, North Dakota, and Rev. Timothy Winterstein from Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, Washington, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Christianity Is Not a Philosophy --- 2017/09/18
18/09/2017Today’s conversation covers theology as bad aptitude, the habit of excellent theology, Christianity as not the same thing as philosophy, and being non-Schmuckerites and the U.A.C. (Unaltered Augsburg Confession). Guests Rev. Andrew Preus from Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, Iowa, Rev. Adam DeGroot, LCMS Domestic Missionary Pastor currently building network support for his call to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Albequerque, New Mexico, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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The Confining Freedom of Scripture --- 2017/09/11
11/09/2017Today’s conversation covers the aptitude of a pastor, the confining freedom of Scripture, how you should judge your pastor, the holy fear of being a preacher, and the retention and increase of spiritual theology. Guests Rev. Adam Filipek from Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, Rev. John Sias, Secretary of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Theology as Comfort in Times of Trial --- 2017/08/28
01/09/2017Special guest Rev. Dustin Beck from Trinity Lutheran Church, Corpus Christi provides a brief update on conditions following Hurricane Harvey and offers hope to those affected. Today's conversation covers theology as comfort in times of trial, the habit of knowing God, and the aptitude that makes a preacher. Guests Rev. Sean Daenzer from Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend and Peace Lutheran Church in Barney, North Dakota, and Rev. Sam Schuldheisz from Redeemer Lutheran Church in Huntington Beach, California, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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How Much Theology Do You Need to Know? --- 2017/08/21
21/08/2017Today’s conversation covers the "study" of God, catechesis as identification in Christ, the vocations of theological knowledge, and how much "theology" a Christian needs to know. Guests Rev. Adam Filipek from Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, and Rev. Timothy Winterstein from Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, Washington, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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I’m Not Religious, But I Am Spiritual --- 2017/08/14
14/08/2017Today’s conversation covers the value of the word "theology," the value of being spiritual AND religious, and the knowledge of God in both head and heart. Guests Rev. Adam DeGroot, LCMS Domestic Missionary Pastor currently building network support for his call to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Albequerque, New Mexico, and Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, Senior Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado, and author of the book Has American Christianity Failed?, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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On My Vicarage, To Keep a Long Story Short --- 2017/08/07
07/08/2017Today’s conversation covers religion versus theology versus knowledge, the frontlines as a mother of vocation, theological signs versus answers, whether the Old Testament is just a Hebrew Illiad, and long stories from vicarage (kept short). Guests Rev. Jeffrey Ries, Senior Pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tacoma, Washington, and Rev. Micah Glenn, Executive Director of The Lutheran Hope Center in Ferguson, Missouri, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Hopelessness, Man --- 2017/07/31
31/07/2017Today’s conversation covers capital "T" Truth versus little "t" truth, human philosophy undermining the church, and lies as the realm of demons. Guests Rev. Samuel Bobby from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Rev. Dr. John Sias, Secretary of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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The Reversal of Fit and the Hegelian Insanity of Context --- 2017/07/17
17/07/2017Today’s conversation covers the "In-Your-Place" Christ who has done everything, Hegelian progress undermining the absoluteness of Christianity, the ecumenical movement as an empty shell without judgement, and context (history) versus clarity (scripture). Guests Rev. Timothy Winterstein from Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, Washington, and Rev. Andrew Preus from Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, Iowa, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.
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Cross Defense Goes LIVE: The Mute God --- 2017/07/10
10/07/2017Cross Defense goes LIVE today! Today’s conversation covers the veracity of Scripture, the instability of liberal historical criticism, the absoluteness of the Christian religion as the anchor of faith, where faith comes from, opinion as truth, and what you get without theology. Guests Rev. Sean Daenzer from Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend and Peace Lutheran Church in Barney, North Dakota, and Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, Senior Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado, discuss Francis Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik, or Christian Dogmatics, so that you know why you believe what you believe so that you will be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the hope that you have in the totality of who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and what Jesus is coming again to do. Find your copy of Pieper’s Dogmatics at cph.org.