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  1. "Vulnerable" with Raleigh Sadler

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    08/29/24
    6 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin
    In this episode, Katie Koplin and Gretchen Ronnevik interview their friend Raleigh Sadler, who is the founder and executive director of "Let My People Go" which is a ministry that empowers churches to fight human trafficking, and reaching those most vulnerable.

  2. Commitment to Reconciliation

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    07/25/24
    6 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    The rest of Gretchen Ronnevik's interview with Nathan and Joy Hoff had a handful of technical difficulties, but the conversation was so rich that none of it seems to matter.
    Commitment to Reconciliation

  3. 359: Table Talk

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    07/19/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Ramble Tamble. In this episode, we do a pastor’s table talk that centers on inculcating a deeper appreciation for heavenly mystery and earthly reality: prayer at home, worship on vacation, the connection of the land to God’s judgment and salvation of his people, the early church’s exegesis, Genesis snd Revelation, and Logos theology that binds the Trinity and Creeds.
    359: Table Talk

  4. Freedom to Be Ordinary

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    07/15/24
    5 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin
    As Gretchen Ronnevik was with her family at Mount Carmel Bible Camp, she ran into her friends, Nathan and Joy Hoff who run an internship program in California for young adults at their church.
    Freedom to Be Ordinary

  5. 357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

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    06/21/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
    357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

  6. Episode 275: Head vs. Heart (Orthodoxy and Pietism)

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    05/30/24
    6 mins
    By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the head, the heart, and where Christianity should aim.
    Episode 275: Head vs. Heart (Orthodoxy and Pietism)

  7. 352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

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    05/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death.
    352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

  8. 351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

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    05/05/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Get Down Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa.
    351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

  9. Gretchen Squared

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    05/02/24
    5 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin
    Katie Koplin is busy with a big family move and finishing up this year of grad school, so Gretchen Ronnevik invited on one of the young women she mentors, Gretchen Larson, to talk about what it's like to be a young, single adult in the church, what they need from the church, and how to foster intergenerational relationships.
    Gretchen Squared

  10. 349: Martin Luther - The Song of Habakkuk

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    04/19/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Who Stole The Soul? In this episode, we finish our discussion of Luther’s commentary on Habakkuk, talking about history, what happens when the Word walks amongst us, what a blessing is, earthly matters of vocation and calling, and churches as islands of salvation.
    349: Martin Luther - The Song of Habakkuk

  11. 348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

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    04/12/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven.
    348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

  12. 342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain

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    03/03/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Everybody’s Working for the Weekend. In this episode, we continue our Lenten tradition of reading Luther’s Galatians commentary in March, discussing past and present idolatry and why we keep falling for the same sales pitches from the same gods.
    342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain