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Thinking Fellows

Freedom of the Christian

Thinking Fellows

1517 Podcasts

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8869 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Caleb Keith, Adam Francisco, Scott Keith, and Bruce Hillman delve into Martin Luther's, 'The Freedom of a Christian.' They explore the historical context of the Reformation, particularly the year 1520, and discuss the significance of Luther's teachings on justification by faith, the authority of scripture (Sola Scriptura), and the relationship between faith and good works. 

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to the Thinking Fellows podcast, part of the 1517 podcast network of shows.

0:26.3

My name is Caleb Keith, and today I am joined by Adam Francisco, Scott Keith, and Bruce Hillman.

0:33.8

Today we are discussing Luther's The Freedom of a Christian.

0:39.4

I hear Adam has been teaching this at his church or a church or churches.

0:46.0

His church.

0:46.9

His church.

0:47.5

They let you teach at your church.

0:50.0

Yeah, man.

0:51.3

Why wouldn't they?

0:52.9

I don't know.

0:53.5

We should send them a warning.

0:54.4

A monthly book study, you know.

0:56.9

And usually we call it Theology on Tap.

0:59.8

And we've read everything from C.S. Lewis's abolition of man to the last book we did was Luther's Against the Heavenly Prophets, which is, I mean, if you can get

1:12.5

through that and not hate Luther, only because it's a dead horse. It's just like, it's hard

1:20.0

to read. Luther's awesome, right? I mean, I dedicated like three years of just reading Luther

1:25.0

for my PhD. I love it, love it, just for the record.

1:28.1

But sometimes, like, okay, I get, I get your point.

1:31.4

And then he goes on.

1:32.1

You know, he was under 20 pages.

1:34.2

You and I hung out, like, right as he finished your dissertation at an event down here in Orange

1:39.7

County.

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