New Titles from Just and Sinner Publications!

I am pleased to announce that two more volumes of the American Lutheran Classics series are now available. They are Elements of Religion by Henry Eyster Jacobs, and Biblical Dogmatics by A.G. Voigt. They are both available on the Just and Sinner Publications page here. 

Response to Steve Ray on Sola Fide

On today's program, I interacted with a lecture by Roman Catholic apologist Steve Ray in which he argued against the doctrine of justification by faith alone. I demonstrated that this idea is clearly taught in Romans,and also discussed James 2.

Here is the program.

A Discussion with Chris Rosebrough about Strange Fire

I was joined by Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith to discuss the recent Strange Fire conference.

Here is the program.

Reformed and Lutheran views of Infant Baptism

I discussed a number of topics on today's program. I spent the first half hour talking about the Reformed covenantal argument for infant baptism, and how we should approach this subject. I then answered a listener question about people who are called "righteous," and "blameless" in the Old Covenant. Finally, I addressed the Church of Christ's view of baptism.

Here is the program.

New Article on Original Sin

My article "The Lutheran Doctrine of Original Sin in Light of Other Christian Traditions" is out in the Reformation issue of the LOGIA Journal of Lutheran Theology . You can order the journal here in print or electronic format. 

The Imputation of Christ's Active Obedience

On today's program I gave some updates regarding upcoming projects, and then intended to answer a number of listener questions, but ended up spending the entire program discussing the imputation of Christ's active obedience. I discussed whether this is a Lutheran doctrine, and what texts should and shouldn't be used to support this teaching.

Here is the program.

New Look to the Website

I have made some changes to www.JustandSinner.com. The site looks much cleaner, and there is now an easy way to use a blog on a Wix website. The front page of that site is now going to be a blog. For a while I will be posting both here and on the other site, but eventually I will be using that blog exclusively. Just a heads up.

Thoughts on Pope Francis

The Preparationism of Paul Washer

On today's program, I discussed the connection between the preparationist theology of early American Puritanism and it's connection to the theology of Paul Washer. I review of ten minute segment of a Paul Washer sermon which demonstrates his dependence on this view of Christian conversion, and discussed the danger inherent in this approach.

Here is the program