Encounter

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- How to respond faithfully to corrupt headship?

- Revolution vs Resistance

- Being a Christian citizen

Additional Resources and Further Reading:

- The Magdeburg Confession

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- Defining Authority

- 3 Realms Framework

- God-Ordained Order

Additional Resources and Further Reading:

“The Judgment of the Sheep Over Their Shepherds”

Matthew 7:15-23; Eighth Sunday after Trinity

C.F.W. Walther (1811-1887)

https://gslcboise.org/scholia/files/mccoy/43%20Sheep%20Judge%20Shepherd%20-%20Walther%20Sermon.PDF

"On Marriage and Family Life"

St. John Chrysostom

https://svspress.com/on-marriage-and-family-life/

https://sspx.au/sites/default/files/documents/on_marriage_and_family_life_-_chrysostom_john_st_.pdf

"The Magdeburg Confession: With Historical Introduction and Annotations"

Trans: Christian Preus

https://www.cph.org/the-magdeburg-confession

Luther's Small Catechism

https://catechism.cph.org/en/table-of-duties.html

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Send your questions and comments to [email protected] discussed in this episode:- Introducing Guests- Hearing the Flanick adoption story- Adoption as an extension of our pro-life philosophy- Our adoption as God's childrenAdditional Resources and Further Reading:Contact Information:[email protected]@protonmail.comA catechetical platfrom and resource of Our Savior - Gladwin.⁠www.oursaviorgladwin.com

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- What is Baptism and Who is it For?

- The Scriptural Tapestry of Baptism

- Baptizing Infants and the Faith of Children

- Common Questions

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The first president of the LCMS, C.F.W. Walther, wrote the following in an 1864 correspondence about Christian participation in fraternal organizations such as the Masonic Lodge:

"Publicly and privately, we must with zeal speak against the secret orders... but let us not push away those who are still enmeshed in them and cannot at once convince themselves of the sinfulness of these orders and free themselves from them, but otherwise show themselves to be penitent Christians”

("Lehre and Wehre," Sept. 1913 [59:394-95]. Translated by Dr. Jerald C. Joersz, March 2002

Topics discussed in this episode:

- The Basics of Freemasonry

- Symbols and Rituals

- The Blending of Faiths

- Three Reasons Why Masonry is Incompatible with Christianity

Additional Resources and Further Reading:

"A Pastoral Approach to Fraternal Organizations" https://ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/CTCRMembershipinCertainFraternalOrganizationsAPastoralApproach.pdf

"The Secret Teachings of the Masonic Lodge"

By John Weldon & John Ankerberg

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- Introducing Rev. Mark Brandt

- Path to ministry

- Some trends being observed in churches both synodically and at the district level

- A look at the numbers over (baptized membership, active pastors, etc)

Additional Resources and Further Reading:

Rev. Mark Brandt - https://www.michigandistrict.org/people/rev-mark-brandt

LCMS Annual Reports - https://www.lcms.org/news/publications/annual-report

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The Christian is both "a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none" and "a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all."

This special release is in recognition of the 250th anniversay of American independence.

Americans celebrate freedom every Fourth of July. We commemorate independence, self-government, and the rights secured by our Constitution. More than 250 years before the American Revolution, however, Martin Luther wrote about a very different kind of freedom. In The Freedom of a Christian, Luther argues that the deepest human bondage is not political but spiritual, and that the deepest freedom is found not in self-rule but in faith in Christ. His work invites us to ask a timely question: What does it mean to be truly free? As we celebrate the liberties of a nation, Luther challenges us to consider the freedom of the conscience, the freedom of the Gospel, and the paradox that a Christian is both "a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none" and "a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all."

The following reading is Martin Luther's "The Freedom of a Christian," (or, "Concerning Christian Liberty") written in 1520. This recording uses the public-domain English translation by R. S. Grignon, originally published in 1910. I will also include Luther's accompanying letter, written directly to Pope Leo X, to whom the treatise was dedicated.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- Introducing Rev Dr Grobien

- Digging deeper into the content he will be presenting on during our circuit convocation

- What are ethics?

- How does God through the Scriptures inform the behavior of a Christian?

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- The journey that led Jeff and Ashley to faith in Christ

- The ways that Christ can transform a life

- The dangers and allures of worldly remedies

- Being redeemed from rock bottom

- Testimony about Christ's faithfulness

- The path to finding a church home

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