Podcast Overview

Author

Accountability

08/27/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

Are accountability groups a good idea? The Thinking Fellows discuss the potential use of accountability groups in the church.
Episode 245: The Church

08/21/23

10 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, Mike, Wade, and Jason discuss the communion of saints and the one holy Christian/catholic and apostolic Church.
- Communion of Saints
- Ministry of the Church
318: Nestigen - Luther on Marriage, Vocation, and the Cross

08/17/23

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

All In The Family. In this episode, we discuss marriage, vocation, and cute theology of the cross. How can Luther’s teaching and preaching on marriage and vocation help Christians at present waist the temptations of the world and Satan, which pervert and disrupt God’s will for marriage? What does baptism have to do with marriage? How does Luther’s formulation of marriage and family help Christians comprehend their relation to society and the state?
New Testament Church: Prescriptive or Descriptive?

08/11/23

4 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

This episode Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin discuss Acts 2, where we read about the early church, and how it grew.
317: Löhe - Pastoral Care of the Sick

08/08/23

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Spiritual War, What Is It Good For? In this episode, we discuss pastoral care to the healthy and sick and spiritual warfare while reading Wilhelm Loehe’s book, The Pastor.
The Limits and Expanse of Christian Belief with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

07/04/23

6 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Sarah Hinlicky Wilson joins Kelsi to talk about her new novel, A Tumblin' Down, the good and bad of church community, and how the Christian belief isn't always best defined by our own self-reflection.
- Book Review
- Ministry of the Church
Is Christianity a Religion of Doctrines?

06/20/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the centrality and importance of Christians' doctrinal content and confessions.
- Ministry of the Church
- Reformation Doctrine
Sacred Spaces

06/08/23

2 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

In this episode, the Thinking Fellows ask, what are sacred spaces, and do we need them?
309: Sprinkle - Charis: God's Scandalous Grace for Us

05/30/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Diving for Gomers. In this episode, we have a much-needed conversation about slavery to sin, Ezekiel’s whore metaphor for God’s relationship with his people, and why it’s important that Christians not shy away from difficult conversations about how God describes sin and grace in the Bible.
Identity and Holistic Spirituality with John Kleinig

05/25/23

4 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Theologian and Biblical Scholar, John Kleinig, joins Kelsi to discuss the vision the Bible gives us for God's redemptive plan as a wholly physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional endeavor.
John 17:1-11 – Easter 7 (A)

05/15/23

1 min

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss church unity.
307: Peterson - Under the Unpredictable Plant

05/14/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Drowning The Branch Manager for Christ. In this episode, we discuss Jonah, ministry, and the aches and pains of church life while reading Eugene Peterson’s book, Under The Unpredictable Plant.
- Ministry of the Church