You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away. In this episode, we read the Outlaw God and discuss the hidden life of a Christian. How are Christians to understand the living Word, or Christ crucified before Adam and Eve, or being called into vocations that serve the kingdom of life rather than a culture of death? SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Saturday Seminar: The Impossible Prize: Addiction, Grace and the Unfree W...
Jul 17, 2025•2 hr 13 min
What Do You Mean, There’s More to This? In this episode, we answer a listener's question about Taylor Swift that leads us into a conversation about symbols and meaning, religious iconography, wild truth, and seeing reality through what’s occurring in the sacraments. SHOW NOTES: Tolkein - The monsters and the critics, and other essays https://archive.org/details/monsterscriticso0000tolk Martin Luther's Commentary On Saint Paul's Epistle To The Galatians https://shop.1517.org/products/978194597824...
Jul 11, 2025•3 hr 13 min
Little Willy Plays in Duty. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson’s Outlaw God, discussing the appeal of the Law (in the abstract), why old Adam loves pretending he has free will, the Ninevite Conundrum, Jonah’s wormy preacher, and our obsession with placing therapy alongside Christ as a means of grace. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Saturday Seminar: The Impossible Prize: Addiction, Grace and the Unfre...
Jun 28, 2025•2 hr 56 min
The Long and Winding Road. In this episode, we answer another listener's question about civil disobedience, understanding the tension for old Adam that’s inherent within the two kingdoms doctrine, and we go down a bunch of alleyways picking through conspiracies, immigration, war, colonialism, and ice cream coveting. SHOW NOTES: The Night Manager https://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Manager/dp/B0C4W1DHBN New World Order book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_World_Order_(Robertson_book) More from...
Jun 21, 2025•2 hr 38 min
All That and A Bag of Chips. In this episode, we return to Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God. We discuss law and Gospel, why God sends a preacher, why we hate Christ preached, and what therapy can do for the walking dead. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Theology is for Proclamation https://amzn.to/4kNVRw5 Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In https://www.1517.org/articles/where-pride-fails-grace-breaks-in...
Jun 13, 2025•2 hr 16 min
Just Answer the Question. In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically active and passive choices, active and passive righteousness, election and the bondage of the will, addiction, the limits of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ultimate Good we all seek, and much, much more. 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/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Po...
Jun 10, 2025•2 hr 17 min
Strong Words for a Strong Word. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God. We discuss preaching, doing God’s Word to listeners, calling out curses and blessing confessions, using strong words to expose and condemn the devil and the world, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Theology is for Proclamation https://amzn.to/4kNVRw5 More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https...
May 31, 2025•2 hr 24 min
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. In this episode, we discuss how pre-modern church history, the Industrial Revolution, therapeutics, language, corporate culture, and the flight of heretics from Europe in the 17th-18th century affected contemporary Western churches. SHOW NOTES: The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age https://amzn.to/43cElvv On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue https://www.1517.org/articles/on-pornography-hunger-and-holy-rescue More from 1517:...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Come Together, Right Now… In this episode, we read from Tim Keller’s sermon, which asks, “What is the Church?” We discuss the relationship between churches and culture, what the church is and isn’t, where we locate faith, whether Christian faith changes one’s values, and much more. SHOW NOTES: A Vision for a Gospel Centered Life by Dr. Timothy Keller https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/keller/AVisionforaGospel-CenteredLifeTimothyJKeller.pdf Dalai Lama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_L...
May 16, 2025•2 hr 45 min
Burning Down The House. In this episode, we continue our discussion of election, addressing the certainty of election, how we are chosen, the human limits of perseverance in faith, why the pope is a bad example of Christian piety, and how old Adam tries to invert election by burying it in our sacrifices and pious morality. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church https://amzn.to/3YbpA9h Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Electio...
May 08, 2025•2 hr 8 min
Somebody Told Me. In this episode, we read the Book of Concord on election, and discuss why God chooses to forgive all people on the cross, why some reject the gospel, why Lutherans reject double predestination, what the consequences are to trust that we are always justified for Christ’s sake, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church https://amzn.to/3YbpA9h Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God ...
May 01, 2025•2 hr 19 min
Over And Done With. In this episode, we read Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope and discuss the validity of the papacy’s claims to divine authority, the response of Lutherans and Protestants to the death of Pope Francis, how to love one’s neighbor while disagreeing them, the distinction between heterodoxy and heresy, and much much more. SHOW NOTES: Complete Sermons of Martin Luther - Klug https://duckduckgo.com/?q=complete+sermons+of+martin+luther+klug&t=osx&ia=shopping&ia...
Apr 24, 2025•2 hr 13 min
Sunday Bloody Sunday In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s sermon for Maundy Thursday (1534), discussing the Lord’s Supper, polity, sacramental piety, fellowship, election, and all the rabbit trails we follow… SHOW NOTES: Complete Sermons of Martin Luther - Klug https://duckduckgo.com/?q=complete+sermons+of+martin+luther+klug&t=osx&ia=shopping&iax=shopping Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter https://amzn.to/42jreZ0 Postman quote: https:/...
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr
Can’t You See. In this episode, we read the Lutheran theologian Matthias Flacius, and discuss inter-church debates, the Lord’s Supper as ground zero for most church conflicts, the consequences of compromise in matters of faith, the limits of love, and when it’s time to push away from the table and go into prayer. SHOW NOTES: Adiaphora and Tyranny https://amzn.to/4iSmFKN Bente on Flacius Heresy https://thebookofconcord.org/introductory-materials/historical-introductions/the-flacian-controversy/ M...
Apr 12, 2025•3 hr 4 min
Kick Out the Jams. In this episode, we focus on the raw, real work of life in the parish—the ordinary burdens, the hidden insecurities, and the quiet faith that holds it all together. We explore the distinction between philosophy and theology and why attempts to fuse them often leave both diminished. There’s talk of reformation—its drama, its necessity, and its cost. We reflect on the pervasive victim-perpetrator dynamic that shapes so much of modern life and how the gospel when rightly preached...
Apr 04, 2025•2 hr 32 min
Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? In this episode, we read Lucas Woodford’s book, Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? and discuss the Great Commission, evangelism, the radical gospel, the purpose of the church’s preaching about Jesus, post-modern consumerism, and many, many rabbit trails into uncharted topics. SHOW NOTES: Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? https://amzn.to/41OqgUn Butler's Lives of the Saints https://amzn.to/3DWiw9y More from 1517: Support 1517 Pod...
Mar 27, 2025•2 hr 18 min
First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness. SHOW NOTES: Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a longtime pastor and professor of spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His many acclaimed books include Te...
Mar 21, 2025•2 hr 27 min
And so it begins. In this episode, we read the letters of J.R.R. Tolkien for Lent. We discuss sin and mercy, Eden and scientific materialism, ecumenism and cults, and much more! SHOW NOTES: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien https://amzn.to/3FbRqLS Shelby Foote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Foote Phrygian Mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode Max Richter - The New Four Seasons Vivaldi Recomposed https://www.maxrichter-fourseasons.com/en/ "The phrase “kill your darlings” originated w...
Mar 08, 2025•3 hr 16 min
The Impossible Prize In this episode, we explore The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction, a forthcoming book that examines addiction not just as a habit or illness, but as a form of misplaced worship. We discuss how addiction draws us toward false gods, demanding our devotion and shaping our lives in ways we barely recognize. More than a personal struggle, addiction weaves itself into families, communities, and churches—warping trust, distorting love, and hollowing out the soul. How can we...
Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 40 min
Who Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther’s threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God’s Word—all this and much more on this week’s episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES: John Kleinig - Oration, Meditatio, Tentatio https://ct...
Feb 15, 2025•2 hr 4 min
You May Be Right… In this episode of Banned Books, we read Anselm of Canterbury’s Meditation on Sin and Penance. We discuss the consequences of sin, the Fountain of Mercy, Jesus’ excuses, the doctrine of simul iustus et peccator , theological presuppositions, and how we speak influences our behavior. SHOW NOTES: St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations and Prayers https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1033-1109,_Anselmus_Cantuariensis,_Meditationes_et_Orationes,_EN.pdf Sin and Confession on the Eve...
Feb 09, 2025•2 hr 14 min
Dig, Lazarus, Dig! In this episode of Banned Books, we read St. John Chrysostom’s sermon on the Rich Man and Lazarus — wealth, poverty, Satanic feasts, ivory beds, spiritual warriors, Chaldean comfort dogs, and the dangers of actors and perfume on this podcast episode. SHOW NOTES: On Wealth and Poverty: St. John Chrysostom https://amzn.to/42HecoN Taylorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management Till We Have Faces - Symbolic World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNIiViaCdYE Midwest v...
Feb 01, 2025•2 hr 14 min
Leper Messiah. In this episode, we read Bo Giertz’s commentary on Jesus’ healing of a leper and Cornelius’ servant… boy… slave boy. Giertz addresses textual criticism, catechesis, miracles, and the liturgy of the Church, and we delve into the effect of disbelief in Jesus’ power to heal and make whole affects modern Christians and non-believers alike. SHOW NOTES: Giertz Books from 1517 https://shop.1517.org/search?type=product&q=giertz Gutenberg https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-G...
Jan 25, 2025•2 hr 33 min
Good Christians, One and All Rejoice? In this episode, we read Origen’s response to Celsus about whether or not Christians are detrimental or beneficial to society. Does the Church uplift or undermine culture? What part does faith play in living a virtuous life? SHOW NOTES: Understandings of the Church by E. Glenn Hinson https://amzn.to/4iTKi6a Anthony the Great https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/2025-01-17 Collapse article https://open.substack.com/pub/thehonestsorcerer/p/collapse-will-look-...
Jan 18, 2025•2 hr 47 min
Superabundance. In this episode, we read Origen’s commentary on St. Paul’s epistle to the Romans. We discuss the accusations leveled at Origen’s orthodoxy, exegetical method, and critique of Marcion and discuss how what was written so long ago is relevant to Christians today. SHOW NOTES: Origen - Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans https://www.thetbs.org/study-materials/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Commentary-on-the-Epistle-to-the-Romans-by-Origen-z-lib.org_.pdf Origen bio https://www.theopedi...
Jan 11, 2025•2 hr 35 min
Same Old Story. In this episode, we read various Christian and non-Christian sources from the first two centuries, discussing their understandings of Jesus Christ, the church, law, and the Gospel, and the effect of the Christian faith on people in Roman society. SHOW NOTES: Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons https://amzn.to/3VO4Tim Norman Nagel YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=norman+nagel What happened to Segway? https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-segway-co...
Jan 04, 2025•2 hr 3 min
That’s How Love Goes. In this episode, we read a Christmas sermon by Norman Nagel and discuss the nativity, the mother of God, iconography, Bible translating, story-telling traditions, teaching through the story, God’s strange way of loving people, and people’s expectations of Christmas and how it affects the Church. SHOW NOTES: Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons https://amzn.to/3VO4Tim Norman Nagel YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=norman+nagel What happened to Segway? https://ww...
Dec 21, 2024•2 hr 3 min
Tighten Up. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s Advent 3 ordination sermon, discussing rites and ceremonies, church traditions, God’s mysteries versus the devil’s, and much pastoral talk about transparency and honesty amongst brothers and sisters in the Gospel. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works Volume 57:45 https://amzn.to/4ieJbO6 The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It — Robert Farrar Capon https://amzn.to/3ZQ38nm The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction https://amzn.to/3BhHUp7 M...
Dec 14, 2024•2 hr 39 min
Countdown to Armageddon. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s Advent 2 sermon (1532) and discuss signs and symbols, the liturgical calendar, funerals, preaching, and many many other things of an episodic nature. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works Volume 57:45 https://amzn.to/4ieJbO6 Ordering Our Days in His Peace https://amzn.to/3CXXEht Worshiping with Angels and Archangels https://amzn.to/4ip3s3s More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts : http...
Dec 10, 2024•2 hr 9 min
Support 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made pea...
Dec 03, 2024•33 min
