The Gottesdienst Crowd

TGC 505 – Thinking Out Loud (Easter 4)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 16: 16-22.

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TGC 504 – The Church’s Year of Grace (Easter 4)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Fourth Sunday of Easter from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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[From the Archives] TGC 169 — Cultivating Family Piety

In our episode on Raising Up Men, a listener asked a question about a topic brought up tangentially to what we were discussing. The question: “How do you wrangle little ones for family devotions?” In this episode, Adam and I answer that question and offer some other thoughts on how to cultivate a family piety. 

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TGC 502 – Thinking Out Loud (Easter 3)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, John 10:11–16.

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TGC 501 – The Church’s Year of Grace (Easter 3)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Third Sunday of Easter from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 500 — The American Interim (Part 2)

The Augsburg Interim was a tumultuous time in the history of the Lutheran Church. With outside pressure and from within to compromise and capitulate, the time was tumultuous but also revelatory and clarifying. In this first episode, Karl Hess begins to take us through how the Lutheran Church in America is experiencing it’s own Interim. 

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TGC 499 – Thinking Out Loud (Easter 2)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Easter, John 20:19–31.

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TGC 498 – The Church’s Year of Grace (Easter 2)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Second Sunday of Easter from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 497 - Hate Every False Way (Part 2)

In Psalm 119:104, the psalmist declares, "Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way." We explore what it means to hate false ways in light of God’s Word, with a particular focus on the often-ignored topic of birth control. How does Scripture shape our understanding of life, family, and God’s design for procreation? Join us as we discuss the cultural and theological implications of rejecting the false ways of the world and embracing God’s truth in every aspect of life.

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TGC 496 – Thinking Out Loud (Easter Vigil)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Easter Vigil, Matthew 28:1–7.

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