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Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
1hr 2 min
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 12, 2022
Dec 12, 2022
1hr 10 min
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 7, 2022
Dec 7, 2022
1hr 22 min
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 5, 2022
Dec 5, 2022
49 min
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 30, 2022
Nov 30, 2022
56 min
He’s called “The Prince of Paradox.” He’s known for his biting wit and simply describing what is right in front of his eyes. His name is G.K. Chesterton. Larry Beane takes us through some of the best known works and thoughts of Chesterton, and how we are better for having him in our lives and on our team.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 28, 2022
Nov 28, 2022
58 min
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday in Advent, Luke 21:25–36.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 23, 2022
Nov 23, 2022
50 min
There are themes in the Scriptures that must not be ignored for they speak of Christ and his work. In this episode, we look at the theme of “victory by head wound.” The first promise of the Savior, given in Genesis 3:15, says that the seed of Eve will crush the head of the serpent. Throughout the Old Testament and into the New Testament, the enemies of God are defeated by a head wound.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
1hr 13 sec
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The First Sunday in Advent, Matthew 21:1–9.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022
55 min
There are often ties made between the business world and the church. Some of them are more helpful than others. Some of them are more appropriate than others. In this episode, I asked Bart Day (the president and CEO of Lutheran Church Extension Fund) about what he learned by completing a Master of Business Administration from Washington University and what he wish he had known from that program as a newly minted pastor. What can we actually learn from the business world that helps in our work in the church?
List of books mentioned:
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
- Freakonomics by Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner
- All the Leadership Fables by Patrick Lencioni
- Measure What Matters by John Doerr
- The Machine That Changed the World by James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos
- How Stella Saved the Farm by Chris Trimble and Vijay Govindarajan
- The Goal and It’s Not Luck by Eliyahu Goldratt
Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Bart Day
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022
56 min
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 25:1–13.
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