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  1. Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome Dr. Andrew Schmiege making it a three Michigander episode. Dr. Schmiege teaches Spanish at Wisconsin Lutheran College. A true renaissance man, Dr. Schmiege, interests are wide as shown in his dissertation topic which dealt with Christian and Islamic polemics in early modern Spain.
    Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics

  2. Wingin’ It 133.1: The Life of Luther (Part 35): Lucas Cranach the Elder

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade continue their walk through the life of Martin Luther. While there are many important and intriguing characters they have encountered along the journey, the most fascinating might be Lucas Cranach.
    Wingin’ It 133.1: The Life of Luther (Part 35): Lucas Cranach the Elder

  3. Wingin’ It 131.1: The Life of Luther (Part 34): The Bondage of the Will

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In the THIRTY-FOURTH the guys discuss the debate between famous humanist, Desiderius Erasmus, and Martin Luther, who reluctantly battled over the doctrine of the will as it relates to salvation. In 1524 Erasmus wrote his diatribe On the Freedom of the Will. Luther responded about a year later with On the Bondage of the Will.
    Wingin’ It 131.1: The Life of Luther (Part 34): The Bondage of the Will

  4. Wingin’ It 128.1: The Life of Luther (Part 33) – Katherine von Bora

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade introduce Katherine von Bora. The former nun and wife of Martin Luther, has an interesting story in her own right. We hope that you will enjoy the discussion of this remarkable woman who has been dubbed “The Mother of the Reformation”.
    Wingin’ It 128.1: The Life of Luther (Part 33) – Katherine von Bora

  5. The Life of Luther (Part 32) - Thomas Müntzer

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    04/23/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade discuss Thomas Müntzer. The radical reformer, who was once a student of Luther, turned to German mysticism that eventually to violence in his attempt to bring about a new age of Christendom.
    The Life of Luther (Part 32) - Thomas Müntzer

  6. The American Revolution

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX Mike and Wade are joined once again by Dr. Aaron Palmer from the history department at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Before getting to the American Revolution, which is Dr. Palmer's area of expertise, the guys ask and answer the question: In what age of history would you least/most like to have lived? in the Free-for-All.
    The American Revolution

  7. Wingin’ It 125.1: The Life of Luther (Part 31) – The Peasants’ War

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    04/23/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In the THIRTY-FIRST episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike discuss the so-called Peasants' War, which took place from 1524-1525 (yes, they're still in the mid-1520's).
    Wingin’ It 125.1: The Life of Luther (Part 31) – The Peasants’ War

  8. Wingin’ It 123.2: The Life of Luther (Part 30) – Zwingli

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    04/23/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    n the THIRTIETH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike discuss the role of Ulrich Zwingli in the Reformation. Zwingli serves as Luther's counterpart in Switzerland, as well as something of a foil to Luther in the Reformation in a larger sense.
    Wingin’ It 123.2: The Life of Luther (Part 30) – Zwingli

  9. Wingin’ It 123.1: The Life of Luther (Part 29) – The Reformation Settles In

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    04/23/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    n the TWENTY-NINTH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike continue their march through the life and times of Martin Luther. In this episode they step back to take a bit broader view of the burgeoning Reformation in the 1520s.
    Wingin’ It 123.1: The Life of Luther (Part 29) – The Reformation Settles In

  10. Friday, April 23, 2021

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1960. Today we remember Toyohiko Kagawa. The reading is Anya Krugovoy Silver's "No, It's Not."
    Friday, April 23, 2021

  11. Wingin’ It 115.1: The Life of Luther (Part 26) – The Zwickau Prophets

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    04/22/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In the TWENTY-SIXTH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike discuss the unwieldy nature of the Reformation (even in Luther's "hometown") and Luther's attempt to handle the challenges the arose from the various outgrowths of the Reformation.
    Wingin’ It 115.1: The Life of Luther (Part 26) – The Zwickau Prophets

  12. Wingin’ It 113.1: The Life of Luther (Part 25) – At the Wartburg

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    04/22/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In the TWENTY-FIFTH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike keep on with their discussion of the life of Luther. This time they are discussing Luther's time at the Wartburg castle, or should one say Junker Jörg's time at the Wartburg castle.
    Wingin’ It 113.1: The Life of Luther (Part 25) – At the Wartburg