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Good Works (4169)

In this video, Dr. Biermann explains the point of good works and who they are intended to benefit.

Christian Doctrine, Rev. Dr. Joel BiermannChristian Life, good works, sanctification

Augustine’s Influence Among Arminians (6054)

In this video, Dr. Rast explores the influence of Augustine and Cassian on Arminian doctrine and teaching.

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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefArminianism, Augustine, Cassian, election, free will, good works, infused grace, John Cassian, sanctification, St Augustine, works righteousness

The Augustinian Synthesis (6051)

In this video, Dr. Rast traces the way in which the church sought to reconcile the teachings of Augustine and Cassian, known as the Augustinian Synthesis, all the way to Thomas Aquinas and the Reformation. Part one of two.

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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augustine, Augustinian Synthesis, Cassian, divine spark, Ephesians 2:8-9, good works, human will, John Cassian, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, prevenient grace, Reformation, St Augustine, synergism, Thomas Aquinas, via antiqua, works righteousness

Semi-Pelagianism (6050)

In this video, Dr. Rast discusses John Cassian's attempt to bridge the positions of Augustine and Pelagius by arguing that humans retain the ability to do good—but only with the assistance of God.

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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., Varieties of BeliefAugustine, Cassian, divine spark, good works, heresy, human will, John Cassian, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, Pelagianism, Pelagius, quod in se est, Semi-Pelagianism, St Augustine, synergism, via moderna

Pelagius (6047)

In this video, Dr. Rast examines early church heretic Pelagius' false teaching that original sin doesn't exist and that human beings can choose to do good works.

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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., Varieties of BeliefAugustine, Charles Finney, choice, Erasmus, false teaching, good works, heretic, human will, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, Pelagianism, Pelagius, St Augustine

The Book of James (2022)

In this video, Rev. Dr. Michael Middendorf explores the context and content of the book of James, a book of the Bible that Luther once referred to as an “epistle of straw”, and its usefulness to us as Lutheran Christians.

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Understanding the Sermon on the Mount (2015)

In this video, Rev. Dr. Michael Middendorf examines the message of the Sermon on the Mount as it relates to the works righteousness of the Pharisees and to Jesus' disciples.

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New Testament, Rev. Dr. Michael Middendorfbeatitudes, blessed, Ephesians 5, father, good works, Lord's Prayer, Matthew, Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7, Pharisees, reader response, Sermon on the Mount, Tradition of the Elders, work righteousness, works

Augustine of Hippo

In this video, Dr. Kolb offers a brief biography of St. Augustine, an early church father and one of the most important thinkers in the history of the Christian church.

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Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb, The Lutheran Confessions, Who's WhoAmbrose, Aquinas, Arian, Arianism, Augustine, Augustinian Order, Augustinians, biography, Chemnitz, church fathers, City of God, Donatist, Donatists, good works, grace alone, Hippo, Luther, Manichaeism, Martin Chemnitz, Melanchthon, On the Spirit and the Letter, Pelagianism, Pelagius, Philipp Melanchthon, Reformation, Semi-Pelagianism, St Augustine, Thomas Aquinas

Formula of Concord: Good Works (5050)

In this video, Dr. Kolb discusses the debate over the role of good works in justification, including Luther's statement that good works are detrimental to salvation and Georg Meyer's statement that good works are necessary for salvation; and how the Formula of Concord rejected both expressions to conclude that good works are necessary for the Christian life.

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Formula of Concord: Free Will (5048)

In this video, Dr. Kolb discusses the role of God vs the role of humans when it comes to repentance and the performance of good works; and how this debate led to the clear rejection of synergism in the Formula of Concord.

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