Podcast Overview

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Episode 230: How We See Ourselves (Paradigms for People) and the Guys Get WELSy

05/18/23

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY, Mike, Jason, Wade discuss how human beings see themselves (for example, as consumers, producers, students, etc.) and how such paradigms are helpful or problematic.
- Cultural Exegesis
- Anthropology
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

01/04/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we tell the story of Danish pastor and Nazi resistor Kaj Munk.
- Missions
- Christian History
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

10/18/22

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the show, we remember the man who wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
261: Herman Melville - Moby Dick

08/06/22

5 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Welcome to The Terrordome. In this episode, we read and discuss “The Sermon” from Moby Dick. What is a preacher's responsibility to his congregation in his preaching? What happens when the Gospel is talked about but never preached? What happens when Jonah is preached without Christ at the conclusion of the sermon?
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church
Monday, April 11, 2022

04/11/22

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Creeds.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

11/24/21

9 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we remember Jehu Jones Jr, the first African American Lutheran pastor in America.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
Theology and Mental Health

08/19/21

1 min

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

We are thrilled to have Heidi Goehmann, author, deaconess, and mental health provider talk about the intersection of theology and mental health.
- Cultural Exegesis
- ARTS AND CULTURE
166: C.S. Lewis - If you don't read good books you will read bad ones

09/17/20

5 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Gentlemen, You Can't Fight in Here, This is The War Room. C.S. Lewis addresses the distinction between dying and living for one's nation, party, and class. How do we distinguish between the demands of Caesar and God?
Sunday, May 31, 2020

05/31/20

2 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

We remember the year 1934 and the publishing of the Barmen Declaration. The reading is from Rachel Held Evans, "Inspired."
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
"The Cost of Discipleship" (Episode 168) Featuring Pastor Paul Koch

05/24/20

1 min

By Paul Koch

Pastor Koch Teaches On Luke 14:25-35
- Preaching
- Ministry of the Church
The Means of Grace

05/06/16

1 min

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Rod Rosenbladt

Lutherans can often be misunderstood as rejecting the existence or necessity of good works. On episode 14 the Thinking Fellows discuss why this common misconception is not true. Sit back, relax and grab a drink to find out why good works are a fruit of faith and not saving grace.
Episode 32

12/02/15

1 min

By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price

Chad and Daniel finish looking at the almost sacrifice of Isaac which spurs conversations about the sacrificial system, dark hymns and storming the gates of hell.
- Old Testament
- Scripture