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Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday in Advent, Luke 21:25–36.

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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There are themes in the Scriptures that must not be ignored for they speak of Christ and his work. In this episode, we look at the theme of “victory by head wound.” The first promise of the Savior, given in Genesis 3:15, says that the seed of Eve will crush the head of the serpent. Throughout the Old Testament and into the New Testament, the enemies of God are defeated by a head wound. 

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Karl Fabrizius

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Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The First Sunday in Advent, Matthew 21:1–9.

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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There are often ties made between the business world and the church. Some of them are more helpful than others. Some of them are more appropriate than others. In this episode, I asked Bart Day (the president and CEO of Lutheran Church Extension Fund) about what he learned by completing a Master of Business Administration from Washington University and what he wish he had known from that program as a newly minted pastor. What can we actually learn from the business world that helps in our work in the church?

List of books mentioned:

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

Freakonomics by Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner

All the Leadership Fables by Patrick Lencioni

Measure What Matters by John Doerr

The Machine That Changed the World by James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos

How Stella Saved the Farm by Chris Trimble and Vijay Govindarajan

The Goal and It’s Not Luck by Eliyahu Goldratt

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Bart Day

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Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 25:1–13.

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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This episode reaches beyond the issues that exist only in the Lutheran world and into the world of Mere Christianity. To vest or not to vest—that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of sacerdotal charges, or to take up arms against a sea of satire and by opposing end them. Our guest, Doug Wilson (pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, ID) has something to say about it. The occasion for the chat was a blog post he had written in 2018, Surplices are for Sissies, focusing on the importance that the pastoral office need to be masculine in voice, action, and representation. Our conversation discussed that and more. Wilson is eminently reasonable on the topic, as you will no doubt see.

If you enjoyed this episode, you might enjoy these:

TGC 232 — Christian Nationalism

TGC 217 — A Lutheran Kuyperian Vision?

TGC 200 — The Fathers & The Solas

TGC 187 — On Imprecation

TGC 115 — Liturgicals, Pietists, and the Kingdom of the Left

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Pr. Douglas Wilson

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Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 25:31–46.

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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Christian Nationalism is all the rage in the media these days. By some it is used as a term of derision, a smear, in order to silence debate. By others it is a vision of what their nation should be and strive for. In this episode, Ramirez and I seek to clarify its meaning and ask the question if Christians should take up the smear in the same way our fathers in the faith took on the name “Lutheran.”  

Further Resources:

Commentary on Psalm 82 by Martin Luther (Luther's Works Vol. 13)

 

The Chief Theological Topics: Loci Praecipui Theologici (1559) by Philipp Melanchthon (esp. p. 430-431)

 

"The Challenge of History: Luther's Two Kingdoms Theology as a Test Case" by Prof. Cameron MacKenzie http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/mackenziechallengeofhistory.pdf

 

Peace, Order, and the Glory of God by Prof. James Estes

 

Martin Luther and Religious Liberty by Pr. David P. Ramirez

https://www.academia.edu/89633865/Martin_Luther_and_Religious_Liberty

 

"The Impact of the Reformation on Political Thought: The Three Hierarchies as Foundation for Lutheran Political Thought especially as Pertains to Religious Liberty" by Pr. David P. Ramirez (Presentation at the 2017 Association of Confessional Lutherans)

 

Books Mentioned:

 

Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide for Taking Dominion and Discipling Nations by Andrew Torba and Andrew Isker

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Nationalism-Biblical-Dominion-Discipling/dp/B0BCRZSHM3/

audio book: https://shop.dissenter.com/product/cnaudio

 

The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christian-Nationalism-Stephen-Wolfe/dp/1957905336/

 

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. David Ramirez

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Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1–12.

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Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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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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