Philip Melanchthon was Luther’s right-hand man, the author of much of the Lutheran Confessions, and a brilliant theologian—and yet history remembers him more for his compromises than for his faithfulness. In this episode of Weighed in the B...

In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, Jonathan Brooks continues his walk through the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, where Philip Melanchthon dismantles Rome’s teaching on merit. While Rome no longer openly teaches that...

In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, Jonathan Brooks reacts to a series of Catholic “shorts” that make bold claims about Scripture, the Eucharist, Peter, and authority. Are these arguments really as airtight as they sound in 60 s...

Rome’s doctrine of merit sounds complicated—dividing works into “congruent” and “condign” categories—but the outcome is always the same: it either puffs up the self-righteous with false confidence or crushes tender consciences under unbearable ...

Catholic apologist Trent Horn often claims that Protestants can’t make sense of James 2, but the Protestant position he attacks isn’t the one we actually hold. In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, Jonathan Brooks unpacks Horn’s misreprese...