The God Whisperers

In a special all Barenaked Ladies edition, the Manly Doctors take one for Team Jesus with a scintillating discussion of Free Will (Formula of Concord Article II), their pastors conference in Palm  Springs, and beating on the usual array of dead horses:  Manichaeism, Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and 5 Point Calvinism.  And don’t forget your Go Team Jesus megaphone and popcorn holder.

Music Cred:

Vegetable Town – Barenaked Ladies

If I Had a Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies

One Week – Barenaked Ladies

Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed

Book of Concord Link:  http://bookofconcord.org/fc-ep.php#II

A fragrant edition of the God Whisperers in which the Manly Doctors ponder Calvinism and “irresistible Grace,” correct a few misconception, deal with “biblical diets,” original sin, and whether garlic juice is capable of demagnetizing iron or Calvinists.  Also a little Bohemian Rhapsody and some more Squirrel Nut Zippers.  An episode befitting the stinking rose.

The Manly Doctors of Divinity engage the functional differences of Calvinism vs. Lutheranism, theses 20-26 of the Heidelberg Disputation and why the harder you look at good works the less good they look.  Then in a brilliant moment of middle-aged dementia, thinking he is quoting the Scriptures, Donofrio begins to channel the Council of Trent on faith as the “first work,” while Cwirla desperately tries to find it in the Greek text, concluding with this memorable line:  ”I think you’re remembering something else.”  Kyrie Eleison!

Music creds:

Themes from The Three Stooges and Sanford & Son.

Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry

The Manly Doctors of Divinity take on listener email, talk about John the Baptist and Baptism, engage a few passages from  Calvinist, Arminian, and Lutheran perspectives and listen to some great Advent music.  Just the bare necessities of life.

More Norman Nagel, more TULIP whisperings, and yes – more Tiny Tim.  Check it out.

A wonderful sermon from Dr. Norman Nagel on the Reformation followed by a tiptoe through the TULIP of Synod of Dort Calvinism.