Category: As Lutheran As It Gets

As Lutheran As It Gets delves deep into the deep tracks, B-sides, and basement tapes of our Lutheran fathers. As Lutheran As It Gets is hosted by Rev. Donavon Riley with Rev. Christopher Gillespie interrupting the monologue and producing.

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66: Philip Melanchthon – The Power of the Law

Martin Luther referred to Philip’s Loci Communes as “one of the clearest statements of the Christian religion ever written.” With this in mind, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Philip Melancthon’s Loci on the power of the law and the gospel.  What is the power of the Law? What distinguishes God’s Word of Law from human definitions of the law?

Text: Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521 by Philip Melanchthon

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65: Hermann Sasse – Luther, Zwingli, and The Lord’s Supper

This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Hermann Sasse’s “This Is My Body.” Sasse examines the events at the Marburg Colloquy and how it influenced Lutheran and Protestant sacramental theology for centuries.

Text: This Is My Body: Luther’s Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar, Hermann Sasse

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64: Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries

This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Werner Elert’s examination of the Lord’s Supper as the heart of the Church, the liturgy, and Christian life.

Text: Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries

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63: Martin Luther – A very Lentish commentary on Psalm 102

This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss another one of Luther’s commentaries on the penitential psalms. 

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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62: Martin Luther’s 38 Special

This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 38. A lot of conversation about sin, grace, and militant piety.

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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61: Martin Luther’s Lentiest Psalm Commentary

In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Dr. Luther’s comments on Psalm 143. 

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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60: Martin Luther Lents Psalm 6

In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 6 – God’s two kinds of discipline 

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Psalm 6, Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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59: Psalm 32 – Still Getting Lent-ed with Martin Luther

In this episode, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 32. This week, they talk about sins forgotten. blessedness, and the upside down, the backward reality of the comfort of confessing one’s sin to God.

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Psalm 32, Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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58: Get Lent-y with Martin Luther

This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s commentary on Psalm 51. This episode is all about repentance, conscience, sin, and grace. 

Text: The Penitential Psalms: Psalm 51, Luther’s Works, Volume 14

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57: Christoph Homburg – Christ, The Life of All The Living

In this episode, Pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Christoph Homburg’s “Christ, The Life of All The Living.” Affliction, church militant and triumphant, holding the “simul” tension in pastoral care. 

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