Episodes
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
TGC 226 — Truth of Myth
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
The devil doesn’t have his own stories. Rather, he must steal and modify the only true story that God reveals in his word. In the most recent journal, Fritz argues for the truth of myth, that all mythology is modeled after the greatest story ever told.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 10, 2022
TGC 225 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 18)
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 22:34–46.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
TGC 224 — Jonathan As Example
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
In our three sessions about Resisting the Government, Ramirez brought up Jonathan, friend to David and son of Saul the King, as an example of when the different estates begin to encroach upon one another. In this episode, Ramirez takes up these examples, and more, of how the Bible through Jonathan teaches us to respond in faithfulness to our callings when this happens.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. David Ramirez
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 03, 2022
TGC 223 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 17)
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 14:1–11.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
TGC 222 — A Defense of Equity
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Much ink has been spilled over the political topic of equity. Some from the church has supported the modern understanding, while others have rejected the term altogether. Andrew Preus argues that it’s our term and we should not give it up to the progressive left but fight to keep the biblical understanding of equity for the good of the church and the world.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Andrew Preus
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Sep 26, 2022
TGC 221 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 16)
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 7:11–17.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
TGC 220 — Book Talk: Reu’s Homiletics
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
In this Book Talk, Matt Moss walks us through the book Homiletics: A Manual of Theory and Practice of Preaching, by J. Michael Reu.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Matt Moss
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Sep 19, 2022
TGC 219 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 15)
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 6:24–34.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
TGC 218 — Faith of the Unborn
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
What do you say to a Christian parent when their unborn child has died due to a miscarriage or still birth or thier newborns before baptism? What comfort can be given the parent about the eternal status of these little ones? Where do we point them to? In this episode, Karl Hess points us to what the Lutheran fathers taught on this matter, especially Luther, Bugenhagen, and Gerhard.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Karl Hess
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Sep 12, 2022
TGC 217 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 14)
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 17:11–19.
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