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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
In the first episode of The Gods of Our Age, Mark Preus walked us through an introduction. That the people of Rome, Galatia, Corinth, and Ephesus could hardly not know that they were idolaters when Paul preached to them. They had idols of stone and wood and precious metals. They had temples with statues devoted to their gods. We know from Luther’s Catechisms that an idol is anything that you fear, love, and trust in above all things. We have idols too. They are not statues of stone or wood or precious metals. But they look exactly like the idols of the ancient world.
In this second part of two episodes, He narrows our focus on the Goddess and idolatry of Sexuality, Aphrodite.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Mark Preus
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Quinquagesima, Luke 18:31–43.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
We have already talked about the LCACA in the episode Anatomy of a Confusion (Large Catechism Edition). In this episode, we discuss President Harrison’s statement to resume distribution of this volume, despite severe and thoughtful criticism online and personally from pastors and laity synod wide.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
In the first episode of The Gods of Our Age, Mark Preus walked us through an introduction. That the people of Rome, Galatia, Corinth, and Ephesus could hardly not know that they were idolaters when Paul preached to them. They had idols of stone and wood and precious metals. They had temples with statues devoted to their gods. We know from Luther’s Catechisms that an idol is anything that you fear, love, and trust in above all things. We have idols too. They are not statues of stone or wood or precious metals. But they look exactly like the idols of the ancient world.
In this episode, He narrows our focus on the Goddess and idolatry of Sexuality, Aphrodite.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Mark Preus
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Sexagesima, Luke 8:4–15
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
In this episode, we take a look at what happened around the release of Luther’s Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications (L-CACA), what the good, the bad, and the ugly are, analyzing particular statements in particular essays, and why it was a confused project on multiple layers.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Septuagesima, Matthew 20:1–16.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Aaron Renn has persuasively argued that we now live in the “negative world” with respect to Christianity. Being Christian is sociologically speaking, no longer seen by society as a positive good or even a neutral thing, but rather a negative evil — something to be gotten rid of (“Three Worlds” in First Things). Our guest has seen this born out in his own workplace as he records what happened when he professed a return to biblical male and female, family dynamics at a conference (“Anatomy of a Cancellation” in First Things). He admits he should have seen it coming, but even he was surprised by what happened. His suggestion was to begin cultivating a spirit of martyrdom.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Matthew 17:1–9.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
St. Paul warns us on a number of occasions to beware of envy and rivalry among the brothers. This is all the more important for pastors to live out so that the people of God may have shepherds to imitate in their life and conduct. In the first episode, Heath Curtis talks about not only spiritual implications for the pastor and the spiritual welfare of the church, but also implores us to find our place on the team, to be willing to play outfield even when we think we are better at second base for the good of the team. We are, after all, one body and each individual member has his part to play. In this episode, He points us to learn from an unlikely source, and gives us a framework for understanding where we might fit on the team in various circumstances
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