Episodes

Monday Jul 25, 2022
TGC 205 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 7)
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.
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
TGC 204 — The Sin of Cynicism
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.
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
TGC 203 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 6)
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 »![[Gottesblog] The Chain — Larry Beane](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/332069/G_logo_1500_f5mj7a_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 18, 2022
[Gottesblog] The Chain — Larry Beane
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
You can read the post at Gottesblog.

Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
TGC 202 — On Being on a Team
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.
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Monday Jul 11, 2022
TGC 201 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 5)
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 »![[Gottesblog] OK, Boomer, Part Deux — Larry Beane](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/332069/G_logo_1500_f5mj7a_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
[Gottesblog] OK, Boomer, Part Deux — Larry Beane
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Read the blog post at Gottesdienst.org.

Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
TGC 200 — The Fathers & the Solas
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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Monday Jul 04, 2022
TGC 199 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 4)
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 6:36–42.
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Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
TGC 198 — Redeeming Our Institutions
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
We are living in a time with unprecedented, at least within living memory, pressures placed upon the church. We watch as our churches shrink and our schools close. Just in the past four years, three of our Concordia Universities have shut their doors, while others are in turmoil from the culture outside and the culture that has crept within. Can these institutions be redeemed and take their place once again as a training ground for liturgical and confessional Lutherans who will out their faith in home, society, and the church?
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