Episodes

Monday Mar 13, 2023
TGC 270 — Thinking Out Loud (Lent 4)
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fourth Sunday in Lent, John 6:1–15.
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Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
TGC 269 — Whether Old Lutheranism Leads to Rome, Part 2
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
“That is Catholic!” is often heard by those who seek to restore historic rites and ceremonies among Lutheran churches in America. It is a charge leveled even against CFW Walther. In this two part series, we hear from Walther himself as he responds to such charges from a series of articles published in Der Lutheraner during 1846–1847.
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
TGC 268 — Thinking Out Loud (Lent 3)
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Third Sunday in Lent, Luke 11:14–28.
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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
TGC 267 — Whether Old Lutheranism Leads to Rome, Part 1
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
“That is Catholic!” is often heard by those who seek to restore historic rites and ceremonies among Lutheran churches in America. It is a charge leveled even against CFW Walther. In this two part series, we hear from Walther himself as he responds to such charges from a series of articles published in Der Lutheraner during 1846–1847.
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
TGC 266 — Thinking Out Loud (Lent 2)
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday in Lent, Matthew 15:21–28.
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Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
TGC 265 — Christology of Job
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
We are familiar with the Book of Job, particular Chapters 1, 2, 19, and 42. But what about the Christology of Job and how it relates to the patriarchs. In this episode, we dive into the Book of Job and explore what we have missed out on.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Roger Mullet
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
TGC 264 — Thinking Out Loud (Lent 1)
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The First Sunday in Lent, Matthew 4:1–11.
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
TGC 263 — Gods of Our Age (Sexuality), Part2
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
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 second part of two episodes, He narrows our focus on the Goddess and idolatry of Sexuality, Aphrodite.
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Mark Preus
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
TGC 262 — Thinking Out Loud (Quinquagesima)
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Quinquagesima, Luke 18:31–43.
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
TGC 261 — Context Matters (LCACA)
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
We have already talked about the LCACA in the episode Anatomy of a Confusion (Large Catechism Edition). In this episode, we discuss President Harrison’s statement to resume distribution of this volume, despite severe and thoughtful criticism online and personally from pastors and laity synod wide.
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