Episodes

Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
TGC 250 — Related and Distinct
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
God created them male and female. They are distinct. They are related. How are men to be men and women to be women? What design is implicit in the Scriptures for each of these callings?
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
TGC 249 — Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 1)
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
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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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
TGC 248 — Book Talk: The Practical Missionary, by JHC Fritz
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
In this Book Talk, Zelwyn Heide walks us through the book The Practical Missionary, by JHC Fritz.
You can hear more from Zelwyn Heide HERE.
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
TGC 247 — Thinking Out Loud (Circumcision & Name of Jesus)
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of the Circumcision & Name of Jesus, Luke 2:21.
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Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
TGC 246 — Local Missionaries
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
The Lord sends his Apostles into the nations to make them Christian. We typically think of this as the realm of foreign, overseas missionary activity. But do we think of this in terms of our own nation, and the communities in which we ourselves reside, which is within that nation? In this episode, Timothy Koch asks us to consider ourselves at local missionaries, to spread the Gospel within our communities not just from the pulpit but person to person, door to door, house to house, home to home.
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
TGC 245 — Thinking Out Loud (Christmas Day)
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day), John 1:1–14.
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
TGC 244 — Ark Think
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Ark Think: it’s a way of dealing with difficult times. When you can’t handle all that is coming at you, you build an ark for refuge. Thinkers like Aaron Renn, among others, have talked about this kind of thing as people deal with decline and difficult times. It’s the premise of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option. In this episode, Adam Koontz and I discuss the attitudes behind this way of thinking and put forward a better way.
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
TGC 243 — Thinking Out Loud (Advent 4)
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19–28.
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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
TGC 242 — Two Kinds of Comfort
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
There are two kinds of comfort. There is the comfort that philosophy and the wisdom of this world try to give to consciences stricken by difficulties, and then there is the comfort of the cross that actually assuages those consciences. Andrew Preus demonstrates that distinction and shows how important it is to maintain for Christians living in this vale of tears.
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Monday Dec 05, 2022
TGC 241 — Thinking Out Loud (Advent 3)
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Third Sunday in Advent, Matthew 11:2–11.
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