With My Own Eyes

On episode FIFTY-ONE of Let the Bird Fly! Rev. Bror Erickson joins the guys once again via Skype to discuss the Swedish Bishop Bo Giertz. On the episode 50 Pastor Erickson joined us to discuss what led him to begin translating some of Bo Giertz’s works. This time he joins us to talk about one of those works in particular. Once again instead of the normal Scripture Narrative, Wade reads a selection from one of Rev. Erickson’s translations. This time it is from With My Own Eyes, which also serves as the main topic for this episode. They also find a way to talk about favorite childhood toys, which is sort of a metaphor for what the Free-for-All is anyway.

If you are familiar with Bo Giertz, it is most likely through The Hammer of God. What you may not know is that Bo Giertz was a rather prolific author, but very little has been translated into English. Thanks to our guest, however, that has been changing. If you’d like more from Bror, you can check out his posts at 1517. The Legacy Project, as well as his personal blog and if you find yourself in Farmington, NM, you can find him pastoring at Zion Lutheran Church.

Books translated or edited by Bror:

• • Bo Giertz
    • Then Fell the Lord’s Fire
    • Romans: A Devotional Commentary
    • The Knights of Rhodes
    • With My Own Eyes
    • To Live with Christ: Devotions by Bo Giertz translated by Richard Wood with Bror Erickson
  • Hermann Sasse
    • Then Fell the Lord’s Fire
    • Witness
    • The Journal Articles of Hermann Sasse edited by Matthew C. Harrison and Bror Erickson

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Attributions for Music used in this Episode:

• “The Last One” by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
• “Horses to Water” by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
• “Gib laut” by Dirk Becker is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
• “Whistling Down the Road” by Silent Partner
• “Not Drunk” by The Joy Drops is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.