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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As Lutheran As It Gets

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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As Lutheran As It Gets

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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Tags buetow, catechism, prayer

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44: This Is The Catechism Prayerbook You’ve Been Looking for… part 1

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date November 24, 2018
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This week, Gillespie and Riley discuss The Catechism Prayerbook and dig into Article Three of the Creed.

Text: The Catechism Prayer Book, Third Article of the Creed, Part 1

Show Notes:

The Catechism Prayer Book

Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries of the Church (translated by Normal Nagel)

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Tags buetow, catechism, prayer

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43: All the works-righteous dinosaurs feared the mighty Gospel T-Rex, part 2

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date November 17, 2018
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Continuing from Part 1, Gillespie and Riley ride the wave of Luther’s introduction to Paul’s letter to the Galatians as he doubles and triples down on the language of promise, old man versus new man, and the proper relation of God’s Word of Law to 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

Show Notes:

Heart of Darkness

Apocalypse Now

The Great Outdoors

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42: All the works-righteous dinosaurs feared the mighty Gospel T-Rex, part 1

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date November 12, 2018
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This week, Gillespie and Riley ride the wave of Luther’s introduction to Paul’s letter to the Galatians as he doubles and triples down on the language of promise, old man versus new man, and the proper relation of God’s Word of Law to 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

Show Notes:

Heart of Darkness

Apocalypse Now

The Great Outdoors

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Tags galatians, luther

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41: We could go through Luther’s Galatians commentary all day… The point is, it’s good!

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date October 12, 2018
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In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read Luther’s opening lecture on Paul’s letter to the Galatians – mic drop moment after mic drop moment as Luther lays out his case for active versus passive righteousness.

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

Show Notes:

Weezer – Africa Video

Michael Jackson – Toto

Gulag Archipelago

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Tags galatians, luther

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40: I know. We’re the same, you and I. Just a couple of sarcastic, Lutheran fools.

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date October 6, 2018
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In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue to read Luther’s commentary on Galatians (1535). This week, Luther goes full Luther, sarcasm, and Luther’s preface to his Galatians lectures.

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

Show Notes:

ALAG #39

Kindle Edition

The Lutheran Confessions (free)

World War Z

28 Days Later

The Jocko Podcast

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39: I cannot die. Not until I fulfill my destiny, and read Luther’s Galatians commentary.

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date September 29, 2018
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This week, Gillespie and Riley begin an epic reading of Luther’s epic Commentary of Galatians (1535). This episode, Luther’s preface to his lectures on Galatians.

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

Show Notes:

Martin Brecht biography of Luther

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38: Once more into the fray… breach… biography thingie… with Heiko Oberman

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date September 15, 2018
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Another week, another episode reading Heiko Oberman’s biography of Martin Luther. In this episode, Luther as a Bible translator.

Text: Luther: Man Between God and the Devil by Heiko A. Oberman, p. 308ff

Show Notes:

Clutch – Hot Bottom Feeder

Jonathan Mann

Mike Rowe on Ben Shapiro

Matthius Flacius, How to Understand the Sacred Scriptures

Harvest of Medieval Theology

Roots of Anti-Semitism

Religion in Nazi Germany

Jordan Peterson – Bible Series

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37: Hey, let’s have a big round of applause for all of today’s contenders… with Heiko Oberman

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date September 6, 2018
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Here they go again… Pastors Gillespie and Riley continue with Heiko Oberman’s biography of Martin Luther. This week, they discuss the consequences, then and now, of Luther’s debate with Erasmus on the Bondage of the Will.

Text: Luther: Man Between God and the Devil by Heiko A. Oberman, p. 215ff

Show Notes:

36: Hey, let’s debate “free will.” Come on, you love it…. with Heiko Oberman

The history of confirmation

Martin Brecht biography of Luther

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ)

The greek nose

Hans Holbein the Younger, Erasmus of Rotterdam

Fibonacci Sequence

How Tool Used Math to Create “Lateralus”

Critical Social Theorists, Frankfurt School

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