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  1. "Who Is The Offensive One" (Episode 27) Featuring Pastor Ron Hodel

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    09/01/17
    1 min
    By Ron Hodel
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  2. Consider the Lobster

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    08/29/17
    8 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode TWENTY-TWO of Let the Bird Fly! Wade and Peter find themselves alone in the studio…no Ben, no guest, no kids.
    Consider the Lobster

  3. "Awake O Sleeper" (Episode 25) Featuring Pastor Paul Koch

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    08/18/17
    1 min
    By Paul Koch
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  4. Why We Stand

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    08/16/17
    1 min
    By Caleb Keith | Donavon Riley
    This week, he tackles the idea behind the phrase "Here I Stand" and why Lutherans continue in the tradition of Standing firm in the Gospel.
    Why We Stand

  5. "The Key" (Episode 22) Featuring Pastor Paul Koch

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    07/28/17
    1 min
    By Paul Koch
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  6. The Guys Get (classically) Educated

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    07/25/17
    15 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode NINETEEN of Let the Bird Fly! the guys clear the studio and just have a good ol’ conversation with themselves (no guests or kids around this time).
    The Guys Get (classically) Educated

  7. "Your Sorrow Will Turn To Joy" (Episode 21) Featuring Pastor Edward Killian

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    07/21/17
    1 min
    By Edward Killian
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  8. We’re All Gonna Die: Ars moriendi

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    07/11/17
    8 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode SEVENTEEN of Let the Bird Fly! Wade breaks out on his own providing an expanded discussion of his blog post Beware the Fearmonger.
    We’re All Gonna Die: Ars moriendi

  9. "No More Hiding" (Episode 19) Featuring Pastor Paul Koch

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    07/07/17
    1 min
    By Paul Koch
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  10. "He Knows Your Name" (Episode 17) Featuring Pastor Ron Hodel

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    06/28/17
    1 min
    By Ron Hodel
    Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!

  11. A Tale of Two Synods

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    06/28/17
    12 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode FOURTEEN of Let the Bird Fly! we welcome Dr. Mark Braun back to discuss Lutheranism in America, and especially the split between the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (and, as Professor Teigen would point out, the split also involved the Evangelical Lutheran Synod).
    A Tale of Two Synods

  12. An Uncompromising Gospel

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    06/15/17
    9 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode TWELVE of Let the Bird Fly! Peter takes the reigns and welcomes into the studio professor, pastor, softball coach, and author Wade Johnston to discuss Dr. Johnston’s recently published book An Uncompromising Gospel: Lutheranism’s First Identity Crisis and Lessons for Today.
    An Uncompromising Gospel