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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. The New Perspective on Paul

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    04/23/21
    5 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome guest Rev. Daniel Waldschmidt of St. John’s Lutheran in Burlington, WI in order to discuss the New Perspective on Paul. Rev. Waldschmidt patiently explains to the guys what this new view of St. Paul entails. While this topic is complicated, Rev. Waldschmidt does a nice job of explaining the basics of this view and how it doesn’t match up with the traditional Reformation reading of St. Paul and his epistles.
    The New Perspective on Paul

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. The Pauline Epistles

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike sit down to discuss the Pauline Epistles. They walk through some of the specifics, but generally attempt to take an overview of what Paul seems to be doing in his letters and why his writing is so important to the church.
    The Pauline Epistles

  9. 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

  10. It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    ike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political climate.
    It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

  11. 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

  12. Episode 124: Children in Church – Part 2

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike and Wade welcome back Rev. Dr. Phil Huebner from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, WI to continue their discussion on children in church. This is the topic of Rev. Dr. Huebner's dissertation, which is entitled “What to Do with Children in Church? A Study on Helping Parents Engage Their Children in Worship.”
    Episode 124: Children in Church – Part 2