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  1. Sunday, April 25, 2021

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    04/25/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1502. Today we remember Georg Major, the man, and the controversies. The reading is from W.H. Auden.
    Sunday, April 25, 2021

  2. 201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

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    04/24/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Am I Evil? In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Simone Weil on Evil. Violence, suffering, and justice. What part does human evil play in Jesus’ sacrificial death?
    201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

  3. Saturday, April 24, 2021

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    04/24/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1915. Today we remember aspects of the Armenian genocide. The reading is from Corrie Ten Boom.
    Saturday, April 24, 2021

  4. THE 312 Christian Worship – Audio 001: Denominational Considerations

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    04/23/21
    1 min
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade discuss how doctrine and practice shape how churches worship.
    THE 312 Christian Worship – Audio 001: Denominational Considerations

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. The Eleven Nations of the United States

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    04/23/21
    5 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike sit down with Rev. Dr. Paul Lehninger of Wisconsin Lutheran College to discuss the work of author Colin Woodard. Woodard believes that there are eleven distinct nations which comprise the United States (and Canada and Northern Mexico).
    The Eleven Nations of the United States

  8. 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

  9. The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike discuss the ebb and flow of culture throughout history through the lens of two men: Pitirim Sorokin and Frederic Baue. Sorokin was the Russian born sociologist who founded the Sociology department at Harvard University.
    The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

  10. The Guys Go Viral

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    04/23/21
    5 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike invite Wisconsin Lutheran College’s disease expert, Dr. James Henkel, back onto the show. This is the second time Dr. Henkel has come onto the podcast.
    The Guys Go Viral

  11. 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

  12. The Death of Expertise

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike take a look at Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters. Nichols makes the case that ignorance may be the biggest threat to a democratic republic.
    The Death of Expertise