The Gottesdienst Crowd

TGC 334 — Thinking Out Loud (Advent 1)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the First Sunday in Advent, Matthew 21:1–9.

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TGC 333 — Generation Frustration

"Okay, Boomer,” to the Boomers. “Okay, Karen,” to the GenXers. “Okay, liberal,” to the Millennials. “Okay, edgelord,” to GenZ. Every generation has it blindspots that bring out mockery from the others. In this episode, we work through what the Bible has to say about it and how to handle it. 

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TGC 332 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 27)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 25:1–13.

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TGC 331 — Redeeming Shame

We are often told that we don’t live an honor and shame culture anymore despite all the evidence to the contrary. In this episode, we look at how honor and shame functioned in the ancient world, how it functions today in the modern world, and how it ought to function as described in the Bible. 

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TGC 330 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 24)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 9:18–26.

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TGC 329 — The Leaven of 1517

In the Michaelmas issue of Gottesdienst, Fritz took aim at 1517. In this episode we chat about his article and discuss the further implications of what he is seeing. 

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TGC 328 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 23)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 22:15–22.

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[Special Release] The Greatness of Difficulty, Part 3 — Rev. Jason Braaten

This is the third session of three presentations that I gave at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Union Grove, Wisconsin on The Greatness of Difficulty. I hope to get the audio and make it available as a special release on the podcast for those who would prefer to listen.

Thanks to Pastor David Ramirez for encouraging me to put these three presentations together, to Pastor Joshua DeYoung who recorded the video and audio, Mr. Gene Wilken at Flaneur Record who edited and posted it, and to my own congregation, Immanuel, Tuscola, IL, for their encouragement in giving time off for such events. I learned so much in the process.

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[Special Release] The Greatness of Difficulty, Part 2 — Rev. Jason Braaten

This is the second session of three presentations that I gave at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Union Grove, Wisconsin on The Greatness of Difficulty. I hope to get the audio and make it available as a special release on the podcast for those who would prefer to listen.

Thanks to Pastor David Ramirez for encouraging me to put these three presentations together, to Pastor Joshua DeYoung who recorded the video and audio, Mr. Gene Wilken at Flaneur Record who edited and posted it, and to my own congregation, Immanuel, Tuscola, IL, for their encouragement in giving time off for such events. I learned so much in the process.

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[Special Release] The Greatness of Difficulty, Part 1 — Rev. Jason Braaten

This is the first session of three presentations that I gave at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Union Grove, Wisconsin on The Greatness of Difficulty. I hope to get the audio and make it available as a special release on the podcast for those who would prefer to listen.

Thanks to Pastor David Ramirez for encouraging me to put these three presentations together, to Pastor Joshua DeYoung who recorded the video and audio, Mr. Gene Wilken at Flaneur Record who edited and posted it, and to my own congregation, Immanuel, Tuscola, IL, for their encouragement in giving time off for such events. I learned so much in the process.

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