Just and Sinner

The Weidner Institute now has its own YouTube channel. Here, you can find playlists of videos from each of our fellows. More will be coming soon. @TheWeidnerInstitute" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@TheWeidnerIns…

This is the third lecture in a series of talks on Christian ethics. In this talk, Dr. Cooper discusses Weidner's ethical system and its use for today. youtube.com/watch?v=LxNVYj…

Jared Mindel considers a perennial question about the nature of theology. conservativereformer.substack.com/p/theology-the…

This is an off-the-cuff reaction video to a clip from Fr. Josiah Trenham in which he speaks about Protestant views of church history. youtube.com/watch?v=QDERYY…

This talk is the second in a conference on Christian ethics. In this lecture, Dr. Cooper discusses the theology of the Lutheran confessions related to good works, sanctification, and the third use of the law. youtube.com/watch?v=e2yRDO…

This video addresses a current topic of discussion surrounding the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and his compatibility with the Reformation. Should we make a Lutheran Thomism? Should the Reformed be Reformed Thomists? youtube.com/watch?v=DrJ26C…

This video is a response to a video from Fr. Mike Schmitz that went viral on social media a couple weeks ago. A number of people asked Dr. Cooper to provide his commentary...so here it is. youtube.com/watch?v=_oVFm4…

This talk is the first of three held at a conference on Virtue and Natural Law at Hope Lutheran Church (AALC) in Williamsburg, VA. You can find more information about the congregation at: hopeintheburg.org youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9fDU…

Is salvation just a legal transaction? Is this the theology of Martin Luther and the Reformation? These questions are addressed here, which is a common critique of the theology of the Reformation. youtube.com/watch?v=MunXno…

Nathan Greeley comments on the attractions of Lutheranism. open.substack.com/pub/conservati…

This part of the Intro to Christian Theology series begins a discussion of Christ's threefold office of Prophet, Priest, and King. youtube.com/watch?v=_aWcOY…

This video addresses claims that the supposed "Western" view of the atonement, as expressed by St. Anselm, was foreign to the early church, and that the Eastern church represents the authentic tradition. youtube.com/watch?v=Jvdynr…

Mathew Block reviews a Roman Catholic argument for the Augsburg Confession. conservativereformer.substack.com/p/catholics-an…

This video is a response to Eastern Orthodox misrepresentations of Protestant views on the atonement, especially of Penal Substitution (PSA). In it, Dr. Cooper corrects these false perceptions and provides clarity. youtube.com/watch?v=_34VGq…

This video is a discussion of a now little-known Lutheran theologian named Johann Wolfgang Jager, who introduced elements of Reformed Federal theology into the Lutheran academy in the late seventeenth-century. youtube.com/watch?v=aqpHcp…

Martin Luther distinguishes between the hidden God and the revealed God. This video provides an explanation of that distinction, and why it matters. youtube.com/watch?v=Z06qmJ…

Joshua Pauling provides an introduction to Byung-Chul Han's penetrating critique of late modern culture. conservativereformer.substack.com/p/technology-t…

This part of the intro to Christian theology series covers the descent into hell, the resurrection, and the ascension of Christ as elements of the state of exaltation. youtube.com/watch?v=uYT718…