Episodes

Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
TGC 234 — To Vest or Sweater Vest?
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
This episode reaches beyond the issues that exist only in the Lutheran world and into the world of Mere Christianity. To vest or not to vest—that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of sacerdotal charges, or to take up arms against a sea of satire and by opposing end them. Our guest, Doug Wilson (pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, ID) has something to say about it. The occasion for the chat was a blog post he had written in 2018, Surplices are for Sissies, focusing on the importance that the pastoral office need to be masculine in voice, action, and representation. Our conversation discussed that and more. Wilson is eminently reasonable on the topic, as you will no doubt see.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might enjoy these:
- TGC 232 — Christian Nationalism
- TGC 217 — A Lutheran Kuyperian Vision?
- TGC 200 — The Fathers & The Solas
- TGC 187 — On Imprecation
- TGC 115 — Liturgicals, Pietists, and the Kingdom of the Left
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Pr. Douglas Wilson
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
TGC 233 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 26)
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 25:31–46.
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
TGC 232 — Christian Nationalism
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Christian Nationalism is all the rage in the media these days. By some it is used as a term of derision, a smear, in order to silence debate. By others it is a vision of what their nation should be and strive for. In this episode, Ramirez and I seek to clarify its meaning and ask the question if Christians should take up the smear in the same way our fathers in the faith took on the name “Lutheran.”
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. David Ramirez
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
TGC 231 — Thinking Out Loud (All Saints)
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1–12.
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
TGC 230 — Book Talk: Thoughts for Young Men, JC Ryle
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
In this Book Talk, Willie Grills walks us through the book Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle.
You can hear more about J.C. Ryle HERE.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Willie Grills
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Monday Oct 24, 2022
TGC 229 — Thinking Out Loud (Reformation)
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Epistle reading for The Commemoration of the Reformation, Romans 3:19–28.
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
TGC 228 — Living With No Names
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
The last time we spoke, Adam Koontz mentioned that the family used to be the place where all the things for Christian living and living in general were passed down. But we live in a culture with no names for things. And we live a culture with no names because we as the church lack a robust modern articulation of the theology of creation and the created order and the wisdom found in that order.
You can hear more from Koontz here:
- A Brief History of Power with Jonathan Fisk
- Word Fitly Spoken with Willie Grills and Zelwyn Heide
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. Adam Koontz
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr, Matthew 13:54–48.
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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.
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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.
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