Banned Books

That’s the Power of Love. In this episode, we discuss the shock of infatuation with theological concepts and young theologians' conceit while reading Helmut Thielcke’s A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. We converse about laity and clergy’s relationship to theology, piety, and polity. What is the purpose of theology, its study, teaching, and conversations? How can theology become deadly? What happens when the truth is detached from love? All this and more on a new episode of the podcast! SHOW NOTES:  A Little Exercise for Young Theologians by Helmut Thielicke https://a.co/d/d6veRSE  Two Kingdoms, Three Estates, One Christ https://www.1517.org/articles/two-kingdoms-three-estates-one-christ St. Lawrence and Treasures in the Poor https://www.icloud.com/notes/03dSqy4AuAUpwzgfw5fKwglMQ#369: The Everlasting Man: G. K. Chesterton's Masterpiece of Christian Apologetics https://a.co/d/cazG5be  "As If?" https://thejaggedword.com/2024/11/07/as-if/   More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.o

Once Upon A Time in Genesis. In this episode, we talk with author Cindy Koch about her new book, Once Upon A Curse. We discuss Semitic poetry, the Psalms, Genesis, curses and promises, child-bearing, biblical versus earthly wisdom, freedom and bondage, and the ever-needed reality that is explained and defined by the story of Jesus Christ, the Lamb crucified from the foundation of the world. SHOW NOTES:  Once Upon a Curse book https://a.co/d/jboJZ5x  Once Upon a Curse Bible Study https://cindykochwrites.com/once-upon-a-curse-gen-3/ Cindy Koch biography https://cindykochwrites.com/about/ Jagged Word content from Cindy: https://thejaggedword.com/cindy-koch/ 1517 content from Cindy https://www.1517.org/contributors/cindy-koch Substack https://substack.com/@cindykoch   More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https:

Watch Me Work. In this episode, we continue our discussion of justification and vocation as we read "Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation" by James A. Nestigen. Part two of our conversation continues with themes of vocation, location, repentance, humility, personal agency, divine instrumentality, atonement, the relationship of husband and wife to the land, the overlap of heaven and earth, and what to do when we feel like we’ve made a complete mess of our lives. SHOW NOTES:  Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation - James A. Nestigen The Substance (2024) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_1 Twilight Zone - The Mirror https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734663/?ref_=ttpl_ov Faith Victorious by Lennart Pinomaa https://amzn.to/4eXX0hw    More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517

They Call Me Rhetorical Working Man. In this episode, we discuss Luther‘s teaching on justification and vocation while reading James Nestingen’s essay on the same topic. We cover feudalism, the rise of capitalism, how the reformation took hold in the cities in Germany, the three estates, the two kingdoms, church life versus social life, and the consequences for Christians of not being grounded in faith and prayer as detailed by Luther, in particular, in his explanations to the petitions of the Lord Prayer. SHOW NOTES:  Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation - James A. Nestigen   More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule: https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https:/

Reign in Blood. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Lord’s Supper while reading The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus by Reinhard Schwarz. We discuss why the distinction between a covenant and a testament is of utmost importance for exegesis, sacramental theology, and Christian life, why promise and gift are central to Luther’s understanding of the sacrament, and how rejecting the sacrament leads to a denial of Christ. SHOW NOTES:  The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus by Reinhard Schwarz (Lutheran Quarterly #9 1995, p.391-404) https://www.lutheranquarterly.org/?page_id=6430   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: The Inklings: Apostles and Apologists o

Love, Rain On Me. In this episode, we answer listener questions about whether baptism has an expiration date, why people avoid joining a church, and comfort for women who’ve suffered a miscarriage. SHOW NOTES:  Luther Genesis Lectures https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48193/48193-h/48193-h.htm Luther's Counsel for Miscarriage https://www.1517.org/articles/luthers-counsel-for-miscarriage Luther's Comfort For Women Who Have Had A Miscarriage https://www.scribd.com/document/16229457/Luther-s-Comfort-for-Women-Who-Have-Had-a-Miscarriage   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: The Inklings: Apostles and Apologists of the Imagination with Sam Schuldheisz: https://academy.1517

Runnin’ Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and “action”—who’s doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we’ve got it all this week. SHOW NOTES:  LITURGY AS “ACTION” by Oliver K. Olson https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-6385.1975.tb00668.x  What Is Religion? - with Peter Boghossian (@drpeterboghossian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ogbYbHkuY  Walter Benjamin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin Martin Luther, “Against the Heavenly Prophets,” Luther’s Works, Vol. 40: Church and Ministry II, 213–214. https://wolfmueller.net/martin-luther-forgiveness-won-forgiveness-delivered/   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8o

Do The Thing. In this episode, we discuss liturgy. What is the difference between a sacramental rite and a sacrificial rite? Why are' member berries' so juicy and delicious? Can a priest or the church affect God's actions? Can a church integrate non-Christian rites into its worship? SHOW NOTES:  Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX  Episode 360: Part One https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/360-olson Episode 361: Part Two https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/361-olson  Formula X Epitome https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-epitome/article-x/ Formula X Solid Declaration https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-solid-declaration/article-x/ Malcom Guite https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXat06LvIYIyE2SpV_IuVjA  World Conference on Faith and Order. Who's Who at Edinburgh 1937 https://archive.org/details/wccfops1.102/page/46/mode/2up anamnesis https://www.britannica.com/art/anamnesis   More from 1517: Support 1517: ht

Street-Fighting Man. In this episode, we continue our discussion of the question of when it is permissible for Christians to oppose civil authority. It’s more important than ever for Christians to grasp the fundamentals of vocation, the relation of politics to liturgy, the place of the sacraments within the worship of the church, and the life of Christians, why there cannot be such a thing as a Christian nation. SHOW NOTES:  Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX  Episode 360: Part One https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/360-olson Louis the Pious in the Field of Lies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Lies  Online church meme https://x.com/ErikReed/status/1824237560329027889  Subsidiarity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity Löhe's Martyrology: http://emmanuelpress.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/loehe_martyrologium.pdf Formula X Epitome https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-epitome/article-x/ Formula X S

We Worship & Adore… You? In this episode, we discuss the intersection of liturgy and politics as we read Oliver Olson’s essay, Politics, Liturgics, and Integritas Sacramenti. It’s a historical survey of liturgical practice and politics from ancient Israel to the present, discussing the importance of symbolism, meaning, and the purpose of liturgy for faith and life. SHOW NOTES:  Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX  Eucharist & Church Fellowship in the First Four Centuries https://amzn.to/3Amcygc  Formula X Epitome https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-epitome/article-x/ Formula X Solid Declaration https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-solid-declaration/article-x/   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com

Ramble Tamble. In this episode, we do a pastor’s table talk that centers on inculcating a deeper appreciation for heavenly mystery and earthly reality: prayer at home, worship on vacation, the connection of the land to God’s judgment and salvation of his people, the early church’s exegesis, Genesis snd Revelation, and Logos theology that binds the Trinity and Creeds. More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin: https://shop.1517.org/products/9781956658880-encouragement-for-motherhood Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird: https://www.amaz

Tick, Tick, Boom. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law, faith that saves, gratuitous forgiveness and the living, and the present tense power of the gospel. SHOW NOTES:  Commentary on Romans by Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560 https://archive.org/details/commentaryonroma0000mela Buy: https://www.cph.org/commentary-on-romans Bio: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philipp-Melanchthon   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin: https://shop.1517.org/products/97819566

Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.  SHOW NOTES:  Fear and Trembling - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60333/60333-h/60333-h.htm#FEAR_AND_TREMBLING Bio https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/ THE DOLOROUS PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST https://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm    More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement

We Can Be Heroes… In this episode, we discuss death and resurrection, hierarchy and authority, corporatism, Christian nationalism, self-sacrificial love, building a body without Christ as its head, the symbolism of salvation without the Lamb, pop culture tropes, the hero's journey, and teaching Christians not to doubt their salvation.   SHOW NOTES:  Francis Schaeffer - True Spirituality https://amzn.to/4b5JSEJ  Bio https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-francis-schaeffer.html "Calvary" Painting https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/when-you-hurt-yourself-you-also-hurt-god-christian-artist-explains-dramatic-painting-jesus Or... https://www.art4god.com/blog/2016/7/18/jesus-and-heroin   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy

Watching The World Go Down in History. In this episode of Banned Books, we read "False Presence of the Kingdom" by Jacques Ellul and discuss worldly Christianity, the lessons of history, the Machine, focusing on heavenly things to answer earthly questions, seeking the origin of things, and the dangers of being trapped in the present. SHOW NOTES:  Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Black Robe (1991) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/black-robe   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin: https://shop.1517.org/products/978195

It’s Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John’s gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul. SHOW NOTES:  Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Stanford prison experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin:

This Too Shall Pass. In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and the music of the spheres. SHOW NOTES:  Bede bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede Homilies on the Gospels: Book One - Advent to Lent (Volume 110) - Homily 1.24 on Matthew 16:27-17:9 https://amzn.to/3yJvqVe  Grace (photograph) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_(photograph) Butterfly in the Sky (2024) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/butterfly-in-the-sky  Oswald Spengler - The Decline of the West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/   What’s

Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death. SHOW NOTES:  Gregory of Nazianzus Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus Gregory Letter 58 to Basil p. 179 https://dn720005.ca.archive.org/0/items/tertullian-the-early-church-fathers-pdfdrive/Gregory%20of%20Nazianzus%20%28The%20Early%20Church%20Fathers%29%20%28%20PDFDrive%20%29.pdf Herberger - The Great Works of God on Exodus https://emmanuelpress.us/books/the-great-works-of-god-parts-five-and-six-the-mysteries-of-christ-in-the-book-of-exodus/   More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/cha

Get Down, Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa. SHOW NOTES:  Gregory of Nyssa - THE LIFE OF MOSES http://www.newhumanityinstitute.org/pdf-articles/Gregory-of-Nyssa-The-Life-of-Moses.pdf The Funeral of a Great Myth (of Universal or Popular Evolution) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEio0b_IEmM  Text of the same: https://www.scifiwright.com/2021/04/funeral-of-a-great-myth-by-cs-lewis/ The Language of Creation - Pageau https://thesymbolicworld.com/content/the-language-of-creation-with-matthieu-pageau Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women's Liberation https://amzn.to/3Uu2ojV    More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg

Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric. SHOW NOTES:  HEXAMERON OF ST. BASIL https://ia803404.us.archive.org/22/items/hexameronofbasil00aelfuoft/hexameronofbasil00aelfuoft.pdf Bio https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/43514/chapter/364251854?login=false Basil the Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@BannedBooks   What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@30MinNT/videos Remembering R