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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Eighth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 7:15–23.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
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 God of Intoxication, Bacchus.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Mark Preus
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Mark 8:1–9.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Cynicism, Blackpilled, Realism/Pessimism — whatever you want to call it — is the opposite of the hope and expectation of good things that God calls us to look and long for. To do this is not looking at things with rose-colored glasses or in a Pollyanna way. It is simply to take God at his Word, and thus, to bring our actions in line with what God has called us to do. In this episode, John Koopman calls us to mine God’s Word for the duties and promises that our Father in heaven gives to us and leave the rest to His providential care.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 5:17–26.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 18, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
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 this 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.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 5:1–11.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Whether from the East or Rome, Lutherans are charged with innovation despite the Lutheran confessors protests. In this episode, Will Weedon takes us through some of the church fathers to note how they uphold what our Lutheran forebears have passed on to us, especially noteworthy is the fathers’ insistence that whatever they have written that is not in line with the Holy Scriptures should be ignored and only that which can be backed up by the Scriptures should endure.
Here is the link to the whole list of quotations from the Fathers that Weedon compiled.
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