The Gottesdienst Crowd

TGC 403 - Heavenly Harmonies: Bach’s Use of the Psalms

We all know that Bach is a musical genius. We all know that he was theologically astute. In this episode, we marvel at just how much this is the case in the hope that it will inspire a new generation of Lutherans to be taught music and theology by one of the greatest masters: Johann Sebastian Bach.

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TGC 402 - Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 14)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 17:11–19.

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TGC 401 - Tackling Tough Topics: Polygamy

Every pastor or father who takes teaching the Bible seriously will eventually encounter difficult questions on tough topics. When this happens, we should be ready and lean into them not run away from them. In this series, we’ll be looking at a framework for discussing these topics and walking through how best to answer them by 1) defining what it is and isn’t, 2) how is it bad, 3) how is it good, 4) what are the counterexamples, 5) how is it applied (ratcheting). 

In this episode, we discuss polygamy. 

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TGC 400 - Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 13)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 10:23–37.

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TGC 399 — Forsaken

The Scriptures are the Christian’s playground. They are given to us not only for teaching, correction, reproof, training in righteousness, but also to be explored and enjoyed. In this episode, we explore the word forsaken. 

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TGC 398 - Thinking Out Loud (Trinity 12)

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, Mark 7:31–37.

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[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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