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Issues, Etc.

The Apostles’ Creed and Defending the Christian Faith, Part 1 – Dr. Alfonso Espinosa, 6/17/25 (1682)

Issues, Etc.

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Dr. Alfonso Espinosa, author, “Contending for Christ Through the Creed” Contending for Christ Through the Creed

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Expressive individualism is a term used today to describe the intuitive way that we think about ourselves as human beings.

0:08.0

Dr. Carl Truman talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

0:15.0

We think about ourselves as free, autonomous, self-determining, and we place a great emphasis upon our feelings as being decisive for who we are.

0:25.0

Now, from a Christian perspective, feelings are part of what it is to be human, but also we understand as Christians that made in the image of God, we are dependent creatures.

0:34.8

We're obliged creatures. We don't self-invent or self-create ourselves.

0:40.2

And what I want to do in this talk is analyze the problem and then suggest ways that the church can

0:46.1

combat this within our congregations.

0:49.2

You can meet and hear Dr. Carl Truman making the case against expressive individualism at this year's Making

0:55.5

the Case Conference, July 18th and 19th, at Concordia University Chicago.

1:00.5

Learn more at issue ZTC.org.

1:07.8

Why is this a story that appeals to producers and editors?

1:12.6

Trump, Trump, Trump, and more Trump.

1:15.6

Second, Russia, Russia, Russia, which gives you then Putin, Putin.

1:22.6

So I think the time has come to admit that the approach of giving militantly secularist government-run

1:28.8

schools a monopoly over publicly funded education has become a disaster in this country.

1:34.4

Well, of course, our society, love is primarily an emotion, but in scripture, love is primarily

1:40.7

action, God's action toward us.

1:43.1

You're not baptized into a set of propositional truths.

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You're baptized into a person, into that person of Jesus Christ.

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Young Lutherans, now ages 9 and 11, still say Luther's evening prayer.

1:57.7

I thank you, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your nearer son, that you have

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graciously kept up. When we think about the church's creeds, we generally think about instruction

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