Author

  1. Bible Study or Social Hour

    book
    03/03/21
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    Gretchen and Katie talk through what can sometimes feel like opposing needs: studying the Bible deeply, and fellowshipping with one another.
    Bible Study or Social Hour

  2. Jesus with a box of dynamite

    book
    02/26/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Jesus ruthlessly hammers us with a Law that we cannot escape so that He might give us a Gospel that will never abandon us.
    Jesus with a box of dynamite

  3. Bible Study Dynamics

    book
    02/25/21
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    Gretchen and Katie continue talking through leading or being a part of Bible studies.
    Bible Study Dynamics

  4. Daily Prayers and Table Duties

    book
    02/24/21
    1 min
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Rod Rosenbladt
    Caleb, Scott, and Rod read and discuss Luther’s daily prayers out of the Small Catechism.
    Daily Prayers and Table Duties

  5. Limbaugh, Handshakes, and Jesus

    book
    02/22/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn on your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh’s legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus.
    Limbaugh, Handshakes, and Jesus

  6. It's OK to be Sad

    book
    02/18/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Repent and believe the Good News! Everything is OK.
    It's OK to be Sad

  7. 192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!

    book
    02/13/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A spirit of timidity and a Spirit of courage. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church chooses a spirit of timidity in order to spare itself affliction? Also, the sins of the fathers and the true meaning of sanctuary.
    192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!

  8. Truth, Connection, and Growth with Bible Studies

    book
    02/11/21
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    In this episode, Gretchen and Katie talk about how we learn, and what to do when people in a Bible study are all in different places of Biblical knowledge.
    Truth, Connection, and Growth with Bible Studies

  9. The End Begins in Christ: In the Ring with Dr. James Voelz

    book
    02/10/21
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    "Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?" Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asleep, the reality is far brighter and beautiful than we imagine. Christ is risen and so shall we. The dreamer who dreams is He.
    The End Begins in Christ: In the Ring with Dr. James Voelz

  10. 192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

    book
    02/10/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    How Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness?
    192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

  11. QAnon

    book
    02/09/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!
    QAnon

  12. 191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance

    book
    02/06/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church.
    191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance