The Gottesdienst Crowd

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 6:24–34.

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen

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What do you say to a Christian parent when their unborn child has died due to a miscarriage or still birth or thier newborns before baptism? What comfort can be given the parent about the eternal status of these little ones? Where do we point them to? In this episode, Karl Hess points us to what the Lutheran fathers taught on this matter, especially Luther, Bugenhagen, and Gerhard. 

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Karl Hess

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

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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Bryan Wolfmueller

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Luther says in the Sixth Chief Part of the Small Catechism that: “Fasting and bodily preparation are fine outward training.” Often we take this to mean that fasting is optional. Should we. What are the benefits of fasting in the spiritual life? Ryan Loeslie will help us understand. 

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Ryan Loeslie

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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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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Jared Melius

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Abraham Kuyper said: "There is not one thumb’s width in the whole domain of human life which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, “Mine!” This is a common refrain with the Reformed Calvinist circles as they lay out their post-millennial eschatology. They charge Lutherans with a defeatist attitude because Lutheran amillennial eschatology. Are the Reformed Calvinists right? Are Lutherans defeatist? And if not, can they with as much vigor claim a Lutheran Kuyperian vision of their own? Adam Koontz sorts it out for us. 

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A Brief History of Power with Jonathan Fisk

Word Fitly Spoken with Willie Grills and Zelwyn Heide

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Adam Koontz

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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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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Bryan Wolfmueller

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In the 4th Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, Luther lists good friends as one of God’s provisions that are necessary for the support of the body. But what is a good friend? In this episode, Marcus Williams gives a working definition, so that pastors can teach it in Catechism Class and preach on it from the pulpit. And in doing this, the people of God can recognize rightly what a good friend is and help their children choose wisely.

Aelred of Rievaulx, Spiritual Friendship

Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Marcus Williams

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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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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Special Guest: Fr. Mike Grieve

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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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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten

Regular Guest: Fr. Fritz Eckardt

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