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TGC 090 – Musing on the Mysteries

Karl Fabrizius (pastor of Our Father Lutheran Church, Greenfield, WI, and departmental editor for Gottesdienst) joins us to discuss and elaborate on one of his recent columns for the print journal (Michaelmas 2020). Fabrizius notes a principle or  tendency that runs through the accounts in the Bible that reveals our works righteousness: "We are so quick to think that the church stands or falls on the basis of our works rather than the word of Christ." Account after account, story after story, Fabrizius shows us this tendency in them and thus in ourselves, while at the same time showing us that their Savior is ours as well. 

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TGC 089 - Cultural Marxism

What is marxism, and its offshoot, cultural marxism? What are the foundational presuppositions, the primary goals, and the main means of attaining these goals of this ideology? How does it affect the family, the society, and the church? And what is the church's response to be in the face of it? Is it merely political rhetoric? 

These questions, among others, are discussed in today's episode. Larry Beane (pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA, and Sermons Editor for Gottesdienst) walks us through the cultural marxist's long march through the institutions. 

Here a links to Melinda Heine's presentations at the CCLE Conference: 

• Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26D9vDHkToI
• Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbx3-A7DBFU&t=26s
• Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1bpnyNJxoE&t=17s

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TGC 088 - Pandemic Postmortem

Eventhough we aren't quite out of the pandemic woods yet, it's a good time to take stock of what we've learned about ourselves, our churches, our district and synod structures in light of the events since March. Operating under the principle that crises reveal character before they build it, Ben Ball (pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel, IL, and 6th Vice President of the LCMS) and I seek to put our heads together to uncover the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

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TGC 087 - The Brotherhood Prayerbook

Why pray the Psalms, and why should they form the center of the Christian's life of prayer? Why use Gregorian chant and how do you learn it? Why have a book for prayer at all? Michael Frese (associate pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and ower of Emmaunel Press) talks about and answers these questions, but also takes us on the journey he took that eventually became The Brotherhood Prayerbook. 

• For more information on The Brotherhood Prayerbook, you can check www.llpb.us
• To order The Brotherhood Prayerbook, you can www.emmanuelpress.us

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TGC 086 - On Friendship

Luther, in the Small and Large Catechisms on the Fourth Petition of the Lord's Prayer, lists "good friends" as necessary for bodily life. But we don't talk much about it. In this episode, Dave Petersen (pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and author of the recurring column "Commentary on the War" in the Gottesdienst Journal) and I discuss the factors that led to this deemphasis on friendship. Petersen looks to Aristotle, Cicero, and C.S. Lewis for aid in exploring this lost gift of God, and then we discuss how it might be restored among us. 

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TGC 085 – Using Liturgical Manuals

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd asks the question why use liturgical manuals, what's available, how to rank them, and how to use them. Mark Braden (Gottesdienst Editor, the author of the recurring column "Taking Pains," and pastor of Zion Lutheran, Detroit, MI) takes us through this important topic. 

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TGC 084 - The Other Emmaus Disciple

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses with Fritz Eckardt (Editor-in-Chief of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy and pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran, Kewannee, IL) the his series of articles in the print journal on the topic of the identity of the other Emmaus disciple. 

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TGC 083 - Let God Be God (2 Cor 4 & 12)

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd continues its discussion of finding a biblical framework for suffering. Joshua Scheer (pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Cheyenne, WY) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 082 - Let God Be God (Matthew 18)

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd continues its discussion of finding a biblical framework for suffering. David Petersen (pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and author of the recurring column "Commentary on the War" in the Gottesdienst Journal) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 081 - Let God Be God (Luke 21)

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd continues the discussion on how Christians should understand and respond to suffering and sickness. What is the framework that the Scriptures give us for this? Mike Grieve (pastor of Holy Cross, Golden, IL) walks us through Luke 21:25–36. 

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