The Gottesdienst Crowd

[From the Archives] TGC 290 — The Homogenization of Sin

We live in an age of homogenization, an age of flattening, of evening everything out. We are, it seems, no longer able to make distinctions. We see this in the culture. But before it was cool in the culture, the church had been taking part in its own homogenization process. This has happened and is still happening with how we look at and think about sin. In this episode, Stephen Preus diagnoses this flattening of sin in order to distinguish between how all sins warrant damnation from God, but not all sins have the same effect in the life of the Christian. He calls us back to the distinction made by our orthodox Lutheran fathers of mortal and venial sins. 

• Order Servant of Christ’s Church: A Festschrift in Honour of John R. Stephenson.

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[From the Archives] TGC 307 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 11)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Luke 18:9–14.

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[From the Archives] TGC Book Talk: The Boniface Option

In this Book Talk, Andrew Isker, author of The Boniface Option discusses his book. 

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TGC 397 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 10)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 19:41–48.

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[From the Archives] TGC 306 — Book Talk: Never Split the Difference, Chris Voss

In this book talk, we discuss a more practical book from the business world on conversations and negotiation: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, by Christ Voss.

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[From the Archives] TGC 209 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 9)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Ninth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 16:1–13.

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[From the Archives] TGC 279 — Book Talk: Ploductivity by Douglas Wilson

In this Book Talk, we take a look at Douglas Wilson’s book Ploductivity.

 

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[From the Archives] TGC 207 — Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 8)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Eighth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 7:15–23.

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[From the Archives] TGC 230 — Book Talk: Thoughts for Young Men, JC Ryle

In this Book Talk, Willie Grills walks us through the book Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle.

You can hear more about J.C. Ryle HERE.

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Willie Grills

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TGC 396 - Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 7)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Mark 8:1–9.

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