Episodes

Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
TGC 088 - Pandemic Postmortem
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
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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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
TGC 087 - The Brotherhood Prayerbook
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
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.
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
TGC 086 - On Friendship
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
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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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
TGC 085 – Using Liturgical Manuals
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
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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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
TGC 084 - The Other Emmaus Disciple
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
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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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
TGC 083 - Let God Be God (2 Cor 4 & 12)
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
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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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
TGC 082 - Let God Be God (Matthew 18)
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
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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Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
TGC 081 - Let God Be God (Luke 21)
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
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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Friday Apr 03, 2020
TGC 080 - Let God Be God (Psalm 91)
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
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? Joshua Conradt (pastor of St. Peter, Waterford, WI) walks us through Psalm 91.
Here's a link to the Psalm 91 Challenge mentioned.
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
TGC 079 - Let God Be God (1 Peter 2)
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
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? Andrew Preus (pastor of St. Paul, MacGregor, and Trinity, Guttenberg, IA) walks us through 1 Peter 2.
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