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![[Special Release] The Greatness of Difficulty, Part 1 — Rev. Jason Braaten](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/332069/G_logo_1500_f5mj7a_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
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.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
The ascendancy of online influencers addressing masculinity has something to teach the church. Aaron Renn has written extensively on the subject, and we discuss his WSJ Opinion piece on “What Jordan Petersen Can Teach the Church.”
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Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1–12.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
The recent eruption in the Middle East from the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been on the nightly news and on most people’s minds. What is often forgotten in the discussion is the Christians caught in the crossfire. In this episode, Nabil Nour—a Palestinian by nationality, an Arab by race, and a Christian by grace—discusses his experience as a Palestinian Christian living in Israel and offers some guidance, not seen on the news, on what we as American Christians should do about it.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Commemoration of the Reformation, John 8:31–36.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Since 2008, a debate has raged within the LCMS about antinomianism. This is not the same kind of antinomianism addressed in the Formula of Concord, but it is like it. In this episode, Mark Surburg distinguishes between the “soft antinomianism” we see today, and that of the first and second antinomian controversies in the 16th Century.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 22:1–14.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
In this Book Talk, Andrew Isker, author of The Boniface Option discusses his book.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 9:1–8.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Finding the right starting point makes all the difference. We begin with the institution and mandate of the Lord. This is the hermeneutical principle set forth by the Lutheran divines and put into practice in our Confessional documents for faith and life. In this episode, we look at the Office of the Public Ministry in light of this hermeneutical principle.