Podcast Overview

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Episode 277: Time and Space

06/13/24

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss time and space, building on Episode 276 (Travel, Books, and Language).
Episode 275: Head vs. Heart (Orthodoxy and Pietism)

05/30/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the head, the heart, and where Christianity should aim.
352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

05/17/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death.
Gretchen Squared

05/02/24

5 mins

By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin

Katie Koplin is busy with a big family move and finishing up this year of grad school, so Gretchen Ronnevik invited on one of the young women she mentors, Gretchen Larson, to talk about what it's like to be a young, single adult in the church, what they need from the church, and how to foster intergenerational relationships.
350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

04/27/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric.
348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

04/12/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven.
342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain

03/03/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Everybody’s Working for the Weekend. In this episode, we continue our Lenten tradition of reading Luther’s Galatians commentary in March, discussing past and present idolatry and why we keep falling for the same sales pitches from the same gods.
341: John Cassian - The Spirit of Acedia

02/24/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Hey, You Guys! In this episode, we discuss the dominant spirit of our age, acedia, by reading and discussing St. John Cassian’s exposition of acedia in The Institutes.
Episode 260: WELS Guys Discuss LCMS History: Seminex

02/16/24

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY, Jason, Mike, and Wade are joined by our colleague and friend, the Rev. Dr. Joel Pless.
What is the Church? (Episode 340)

02/08/24

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen

What do the scriptures say about the Church?
- Ministry of the Church
The Giving God (Ephesians 1:15-23)

01/31/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In today's episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price dive into the teachings of Ephesians 1:15-23, a passage that reminds shows us that God has given Christ to the church.
336: Tolkien - On Christian Preaching

01/20/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Keep The Beat. In this episode, we converse about good and bad sermons as defined by J.R.R. Tolkien. We discuss cosmology, truth, love, and why how we use words matters.