The Gottesdienst Crowd

[Special Release] A Hope & A Home, Part 2 — Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz

This is the second session from the 2023 Not Ashamed Conference sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran Church, Tuscola, Illinois. Many thanks to the Central Illinois District’s Church Extension Fund (CID CEF) for their generous grant to support this event. For more information about CID CEF offerings, go to: http://www.cid-cef.org.

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[Special Release] A Hope & A Home, Part 1 — Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz

This is the first session from the 2023 Not Ashamed Conference sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran Church, Tuscola, Illinois. Many thanks to the Central Illinois District’s Church Extension Fund (CID CEF) for their generous grant to support this event. For more information about CID CEF offerings, go to: http://www.cid-cef.org.

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TGC 311 — Patterns of Holiness

Pastors are called to endow the office with a holy life — a life of reverence and humility under the Word of God. This holiness extends beyond their personal lives into how they carry out their office—how they preside at the altar. In this episode we’re looking at Old Testament patterns and paradigms of this holiness.

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[From the Archives] TGC 215 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 13)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 10:23–37.

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TGC 310 — Not in the Passion of Lust

After humanity’s fall into sin, marriage serves as a curb against sexual sin, as St. Paul outlines in 1 Corinthians 7. Sadly, most couples who come to their pastor seeking marriage view sex either as self-pleasure or a forbidden evil. In this episode, we seek to reorient the hearts, minds, and bodies toward a scriptural view of the sexual relationship in marriage.

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TGC 309 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 12)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, Mark 7:31–37.

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TGC 308 — Admonishing Spiritual Discipline

Spiritual discipline is an ongoing topic among pastors and laity. How do we understanding it correctly and what should we set for goals? In this episode, we look at the why, what, and how of encouraging spiritual discipline in your daily life. 

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TGC 307 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 11)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Luke 18:9–14.

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TGC 306 — Book Talk: Never Split the Difference, Chris Voss

In this book talk, we discuss a more practical book from the business world on conversations and negotiation: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, by Christ Voss.

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TGC 305 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 10)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 19:41–48.

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