The Wittenberg Hour

The Wittenberg Hour

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The Wittenberg Hour episodes

  • Joy to the World! Christmas in the Home

    Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Christmas in the home.

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    What is Christmas?  How might Christmas be observed in the home?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    Hymns used in the episode:

    From Heaven Above to Earth I Come LSB 358

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices LSB 360

    Of the Father’s Love Begotten LSB 384

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    Suggested resources:

    Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family

    Christmas Spirit

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    Coming up next:

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    39 min
  • Language Learning: Values and Virtues

    Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent.

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    How does language learning fit into a classical education?

    What's the practical value of learning another language (even if it's not widely spoken)?
    What other sorts of benefits come out of language learning?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    47 min
  • Hark!- The Hymns of Advent

    Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent.

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    How do the hymns of the Church Year, especially the hymns of Advent, guide and order our days?  What have they to teach us about the Christian life?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    Coming up on Episode 26: Language Learning- Values and Virtues with Mrs. Holly James

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    44 min
  • Awake!- The Hymns of the End of the Church Year

    Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of the End of the Church Year.

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    How do the hymns of the Church Year, especially the hymns at the end of the Church Year, guide and order our days?  What have they to teach us about the Christian life?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    Hymn excerpts:

    Preserve Your Word, O Savior

    The Day is Surely Drawing Near

    Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

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    Coming up on Episode 25: The Hymns of the Advent with Kantor Thomas Lock

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    38 min
  • O Come! - Advent in the Home

    Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Advent in the home.

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    What is Advent?  How might Advent be observed in the home?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    Suggested resources:

    Advent Devotions 2020- Rev. William Weedon

    LCMS-Brief Advent Table Devotions

    Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family

    Christmas Spirit

    St. Nicholas recipes and activities

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    Coming up on Episode 24: The Hymns of the End of the Church Year with Kantor Thomas Lock

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    Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

    48 min
  • An Outsider Inside

    Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss culture in Jerusalem, especially as it relates to modesty and food.

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    How do different cultures define (and observe) modesty here (Muslims, Jews, tourists, etc.)?

    Why can't modesty just be a checklist?

    What does it mean to be kosher?

    Are there non-kosher foods available in Israel?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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    54 min
  • Ten Books Boys Should Read Before They Are 21- Part II

    Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Boys Should Read Before They are 21." 

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    What does it mean to be a man?  How do boys become men?   How might books aid boys in that journey from boys to men?

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    Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

     

    Suggested reading:

    1. Homer’s Iliad.
  • Virgil’s Aeneid
  • Augustine’s Confessions.
  • Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther.
  • Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.

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    Coming up on Episode 22: Culture and Life- An Outsider Inside with Mrs. Holly James

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    1 hr 2 min

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Docendi Sunt Christiani. The Wittenberg Hour explores big questions and discusses that which endures and the means by which enduring things endure.