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TGC 056 - The History of The Common Service

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd welcomes it’s newest blogger, William Weedon. He is the assistant pastor and catechist of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel, Illinois, and will be the host of a new podcast "The Word of the Lord Endures Forever" on Lutheran Public Radio. Our discussion covers the history and importance of The Common Service, and why it should serve as the main order of the Divine Service in our congregations still today.

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Here are some links to articles on The Common Service:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081011000537/http://www.wlstheologia.net/files/PeilCommon.rtf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091227083310/http://archive.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?2617&collectionID=765&contentID=7207&shortcutID=6840
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081024193516/http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/701

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TGC 055 - Imagination in Preaching

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd takes up a discussion on the use of the imagination in exegesis and preaching. 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 054 - St. Michael & Michaelmas

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels and the season within a season known as Michaelmas. Mark Braden (Gottesdienst Editor, the author of the recurring column "Taking Pains," and pastor of Zion Lutheran, Detroit, MI) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 053 - Liturgical Formation of the Christian Life

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses how the liturgy actually forms the Christian's life, giving it a form to follow and the substance to rely upon. This form and substance not only aids the Christian positively, but also helps to steel him for the attacks of the devil and the world in times of persecution. Larry Beane (pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA, and Sermons editor for the Gottesdienst Journal and the Gottesblog Whip) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 052 - The Usefulness of Pieper

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the usefulness of Francis Pieper's Christian Dogmatics for pastoral care. Bryan Wolfmueller ( pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Jesus Deaf Lutheran Church in Austin, TX) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 051 - The Pastor & His Family

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the importance of the pastor who manages his household well, so that he and his family may be an example to the flock. David Ramirez (pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Union Grove, WI) joins us for the discussion.

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TGC 050 - How To Read the Bible

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd talks about how to read and understand the Bible. Karl Fabrizius (Gottesdienst Editor, author of the columns "Musing on the Mysteries," and "Musing on Hymnody," and pastor of Our Father, Greenfield, WI) joins us for the discussion. 

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TGC 049 - Men in Church

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the importance of men in the church. Scholarship tells us that men in the church have been on the decline. We take a look at what precipitated this decline and talk about the ways the church can evangelize men in what it teaches and in what it does in the liturgy. Larry Beane (pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA, and Sermons editor for the Gottesdienst Journal and the Gottesblog Whip) joins us for the discussion.

Here is the link to the article mentioned: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2019/th-effeminization-of-american-catholicism?fbclid=IwAR1NnFUpYP9WnwypaiaRcnvY5A9QqmR6CUolX5JwkN5cM8wGsjsKSf9RAIg

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TGC 048 - More Poetry

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the playfulness of poetry and four poems that help illustrate this. Anthony Dodgers (pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Charlotte, IA) and David Petersen (pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and the author of the recurring column "Commentary on the War" in the Gottesdienst journal) join us for the discussion.

Here are the poems in order: 

• Billy Collins, Introduction to Poetry
• John Donne, Death, be not proud
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Children's Hour
• G. K. Chesterton, The Song of the Strange Ascetic
• A. A. Milne, At the Zoo
• John McCrae, In Flanders Fields

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TGC 047 - Apostolic Succession

In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses Apostolic Succession. We survey a brief history of this teaching, unpack the Lutheran response in the Confessions to the charge that Lutheran orders are illicit, and how to defend it today.  Rev. Dr. Korey Maas (associate professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan) joins us for the discussion.

Here is a link to Dr. Maas's article: https://www.gottesdienst.org/gottesblog/2019/3/7/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-trinity-2019-issue

Here is a link to Rev. Heath Curtis's article: https://issuesetc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/why-the-apostolic-succession-debate-matters.pdf

Here is a link to Rev. Dr. Arthur Carl Piepkorn's article: https://www.scribd.com/document/15021003/The-Validity-of-Lutheran-Orders-Piepkorn

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