Author: Rev. Christopher Gillespie

Rev. Christopher Gillespie is a strange brew of husband & father; Lutheran pastor (St. John Ev. Lutheran Church - Sherman Center, Random Lake WI); media producer (gillespie.media); specialty coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee).

As Lutheran As It Gets

52: Lazarus Spengler – All Mankind Fell In Adam’s Fall

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date February 2, 2019
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For the next four episodes, Gillespie and Riley dig into Lutheran hymns that are “as Lutheran As It Gets.”

Lazarus Spengler originally wrote “Durch Adams Fall ganz verderbt Menschlich Natur und Wesen” as a nine stanza text of eight lines. Matthias Loy freely translated Spengler’s text into Long Meter. Spengler’s hymn first appeared in Walter’s Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn (Wittenberg, 1524), Johann Walter’s choir book. This text was held in high regard at the time of the Reformation, but during the eras of Pietism and the Enlightenment, it fell into disuse. Matthias Loy’s free translation appeared in The Lutheran Hymnal (1880) of the Ohio Synod and in The Lutheran Hymnal (1941), Lutheran Worship (1982) and now in Lutheran Service Book (2006).

Text: “All mankind Fell in Adam’s Fell” LSB 562, Lazarus Spengler

Show Notes:

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Tags hymnody, original sin, spengler

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51: The Last Galatians Lecture (for us) of Martin Luther

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date January 30, 2019
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In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read Luther’s Galatians lectures on Christ and those who cut off from Christ by their works.

Text: Martin Luther’s Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535): Lecture Notes Transcribed by Students and Presented in Today’s English, p.417

Show Notes:

Hegel

Augustine’s Platonism

Dichotomous thinking

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50: The (Almost) Last Martin Luther Galatians Lectures

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date January 21, 2019
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Gillespie and Riley begin to wrap up their reading in Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, we discuss Christ becoming most Savior and most sinner for us.

Text: Martin Luther’s Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535): Lecture Notes Transcribed by Students and Presented in Today’s English, p.241

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49: Martin Luther’s Galatians Lectures – How to Measure a True Christian

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date January 14, 2019
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In this episode, Gillespie and Riley go back to Luther’s Galatians lectures, to read and discuss how to measure the true Christian.

Text: Martin Luther’s Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535): Lecture Notes Transcribed by Students and Presented in Today’s English, p.111

Show Notes:

Lost

T. David Gordon – Why Johnny Can’t Preach

T. David Gordon – Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns

Hackworth – About Face

Dostovesky – Crime and Punishment

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48: The Law… Until Christ – Luther’s Galatians Lectures

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date January 4, 2019
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Gillespie and Riley get back to their epic reading of Luther’s epically epic Galatians commentary. This week, the law’s relation to Christ and Christians.

Text: Martin Luther’s Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535): Lecture Notes Transcribed by Students and Presented in Today’s English, p.99-101

Show Notes:

Cicero – On Oratory

New Perspective on Paul

Hebrew Roots Movement

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47: Martin Luther’s Magnificat Meditation, Part 2

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date December 25, 2018
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In the second part, Gillespie and Riley continue to read Martin Luther’s Magnificat, to discuss how God makes Mary a theologian of the cross.

Text: Luther’s Works, Vol. 21: Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat

Show Notes:

Restrepo (Documentary)

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Tags christmas, luther, magnificat, mary

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46: Martin Luther’s Magnificat Meditation, Part 1

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date December 24, 2018
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In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read Martin Luther’s Magnificat, to discuss how God makes Mary a theologian of the cross.

Text: Luther’s Works, Vol. 21: Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat

Show Notes:

The Largely Catechized Life

Mondays in the Psalter

Small Catechism Tuesday

Sermons for You

Black Veil – Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Idiot – Dostoevsky

The Noble Ape

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Tags christmas, luther, magnificat, mary

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Advent 4 – One Year

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date December 23, 2018
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He said: “I am

‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’

as the prophet Isaiah said.”

Text: John 1:19-23 (One Year)

Preacher: Pastor Christopher Gillespie, St. John Ev. Lutheran Church — Sherman Center, Random Lake, WI

Tags Advent 3, Historic Lectionary

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45: This Is The Catechism Prayerbook You’ve Been Looking for… part 2 with Pr. Mark Buetow

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date December 23, 2018
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Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion about the Catechism Prayerbook, examining the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “But deliver us from evil.”

Text: The Catechism Prayer Book, Lord’s Prayer, Seventh Petition

Show Notes:

The Catechism Prayer Book

Sebastian Junger

Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers

Portlandia – Battlestar Galactica

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