The Gottesdienst Crowd

TGC 459 — Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 3)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Third Sunday after Epiphany,  Matthew 8:1–13.

• Fr. Karl Hess, TGC 218 — Faith of the Unborn

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TGC 458 - The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany 3)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Third Sunday after Epiphany from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 457 — The American Interim (Part 1)

The Augsburg Interim was a tumultuous time in the history of the Lutheran Church. With outside pressure and from within to compromise and capitulate, the time was tumultuous but also revelatory and clarifying. In this first episode, Karl Hess begins to take us through how the Lutheran Church in America is experiencing it’s own Interim. 

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[From the Archives] TGC 347 — Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 2)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday after Epiphany, John 2:1–11.

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TGC 456 - The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany 2)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Second Sunday after Epiphany from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 455 — Rethinking Catechesis

In this episode, we discuss catechism class and rethinking the goal of catechesis and bringing about some helpful changes to how it was done in the past. 

Thanks to the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) for helping to sponsor this episode. To find out more about what LCEF does and how they can help you and your congregation, visit lcef.org.

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TGC 454 - Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 1)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the First Sunday after Epiphany; Luke 2:41–52

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TGC 453 - The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany 1)

This is a recording of the sermon for The First Sunday after Epiphany from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 452 — The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany)

This is a recording of the sermon for The Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press. 

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TGC 451 — On Visitation

In this episode, we discuss what happens when District Presidents visit pastors and congregations.  

Thanks to the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) for helping to sponsor this episode. To find out more about what LCEF does and how they can help you and your congregation, visit lcef.org.

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