Show #135: Days of Table Talk Radio
In today's edition of Table Talk Radio we crunch the praise songs “Days of Elijah” and “East to West,” but first we play “Bumper Sticker Theology/Church Sign Theology” and some…
Preaching Advice from a Doctor
“You know, Bryan,” he said, “preaching is like preforming surgery. You have to take out the scalpel and cut deep. Preaching, like surgery, is a violent act. This takes courage;…
Three Broken Ladders
Remember the tower of Babel, humanity coming together to build a tower up to heaven? The project continues. Our sinful flesh is constantly working and striving up into heaven. Lutheran…
Show #134: Prove It!
After reading listener response from Calvinist bloggers, we introduce a new game called “Prove It!” This is where we have to prove our articles of faith from the Bible. Finally…
Life as Game
More than anything I’ve read outside the Scriptures, the following passage from Kenneth Minogue has given me great joy and freedom. The phenomenon of ideology reveals to us that Western…
Life as Game
More than anything I’ve read outside the Scriptures, the following passage from Kenneth Minogue has given me great joy and freedom. The phenomenon of ideology reveals to us that Western…
Jesus Calms the Sea, or, What are you Afraid of?
INJ Matthew 8:23-27 | ‘Calming the Sea’ | Divine Service | Epiphany 4 | 30 January 2011 Dear Saints, Jesus calms the sea. That’s our Gospel text today, and our…
Jesus Calms the Sea, or, What are you Afraid of?
INJ Matthew 8:23-27 | ‘Calming the Sea’ | Divine Service | Epiphany 4 | 30 January 2011 Dear Saints, Jesus calms the sea. That’s our Gospel text today, and our…
Show #133: Table Talk Everlasting
Joined by Rev. Jonathan Fisk of Worldview Everlasting (http://www.youtube.com/revfiskj) who plays some bumper sticker theology with us, then listens to a Youth Speaker to see if he is trying to…
Five Illegal Uses of the Law
There are three good and legitimate uses of the Lord’s law, the curb, mirror and guide. As a curb the Lord’s law orders the things of creation and keeps society…
The Miracles of Jesus
INJ Matthew 8:1-13 | ‘Healing the Centurion’s Servant’ | Matins | Epiphany 3 | 23 January 2011 Dear Saints, Our Lord Jesus Christ continues to manifest Himself as true God…
The Micro-Hymnal: Arts and Crafts for Pastors
Before I left the seminary I made a solemn oath to my field work supervisor that I would sing to the people I visited in the hospital, on shut-in calls,…
The Micro-Hymnal: Arts and Crafts for Pastors
Before I left the seminary I made a solemn oath to my field work supervisor that I would sing to the people I visited in the hospital, on shut-in calls,…
Baptism and the Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts
Water Baptism vs Baptized with the Spirit and Power The book of Acts begins with Jesus’ parting words to His apostles before His ascension to the right hand of God…
How to Write a Church Growth Book in Five Easy Steps
Many people are putting off from writing their own Church Growth book because, they say, “I don’t know anything about the church or the Bible.” Don’t let that stand in…
G. K. Chesterton on Humility
Humility, again, is said both by its upholders and opponents to be the peculiar growth of Christianity. The real and obvious reason of this is often missed. The pagans insisted upon self…
Show #132: Name that Event in the life of Jesus
Beginning with show 132 we play the brand new game “Name the Event in the Life of Jesus” after playing What's in your Pastor's Library and Name that Theologian.