The Pactum Podcast started a multi-part series on the Law Gospel distinction today: Law and Gospel Importance. The podcast is also available on Spotify and other podcast platforms. The hosts of the podcast, Pat Abendroth and Mike Grimes, are both pastors at Omaha Bible Church. I have found their past discussions of the Law Gospel distinction to be very helpful. In the first episode Pat and Mike give six reasons why the Law and the Gospel are both important.

According to Luther, the true theologian knows the Law Gospel distinction:

The person who can rightly divide Law and Gospel has reason to thank God. He is a true theologian.

Luther’s Commentary on Galatians, 2:14.

Although Luther brought an important focus on the Law Gospel distinction we need to keep in mind that many other magisterial Reformers also called attention to it. Unfortunately this distinction is often missing from contemporary Evangelicalism. These podcasts can help us retrieve this vital doctrine.