We all know that Bach is a musical genius. We all know that he was theologically astute. In this episode, we marvel at just how much this is the case in the hope that it will inspire a new generation of Lutherans to be taught music and theology by one of the greatest masters: Johann Sebastian Bach. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 17:11–19. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You …

Every pastor or father who takes teaching the Bible seriously will eventually encounter difficult questions on tough topics. When this happens, we should be ready and lean into them not run away from them. In this series, we’ll be looking at a framework for discussing these topics and walking through how best to answer them by 1) defining what it i…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 10:23–37. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You …

The Scriptures are the Christian’s playground. They are given to us not only for teaching, correction, reproof, training in righteousness, but also to be explored and enjoyed. In this episode, we explore the word forsaken. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Karl Fabrizius ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the J…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, Mark 7:31–37. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can …

We live in an age of homogenization, an age of flattening, of evening everything out. We are, it seems, no longer able to make distinctions. We see this in the culture. But before it was cool in the culture, the church had been taking part in its own homogenization process. This has happened and is still happening with how we look at and think abou…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Luke 18:9–14. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can…

In this Book Talk, Andrew Isker, author of The Boniface Option discusses his book. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Special Guest: Pr. Andrew Isker----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/gottesblog/ You can support…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 19:41–48. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can r…

In this book talk, we discuss a more practical book from the business world on conversations and negotiation: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, by Christ Voss. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Special Guest: Fr. Garrett Buvinghausen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https:…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Ninth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 16:1–13. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. David Ramirez ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can re…

In this Book Talk, we take a look at Douglas Wilson’s book Ploductivity. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Andrew Packer ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/gottesblog/ You can support Gottesd…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Eighth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 7:15–23. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Matthew Moss ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can…

In this Book Talk, Willie Grills walks us through the book Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle. You can hear more about J.C. Ryle HERE. Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Special Guest: Fr. Willie Grills ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here: https://www.go…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Mark 8:1–9. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can re…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 5:17–26. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can…

In this episode, we continue to look at the orders of creation, but this time from the perspective of the first use of the law. Links discussed in the episode: The Orders of Creation — Marriage & Family Conference, Cole Camp, MO. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Special Guest: Fr. Adam Koontz ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to t…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 5:1–11. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can rea…

In this episode, we look at Lutheran Classical Education and what role it will play in staving off the cultural creep into the church. Links discussed in the episode: https://www.lutherclassical.org/ https://www.lutherclassical.org/conference/ https://cc.lutherclassical.org/ ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Special Guest: Fr. Harold Ristau ----…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 6:36-42.. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can …

Preaching for funerals is difficult. Not because the the task is different but the circumstances are unique. Those circumstances often lead preachers to focus too much on one thing and too little on another. In this episode, Stephen Preus unpacks eight things to keep in mind when taking up the task of preaching for a funeral, based on his book How …

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Third Sunday after Trinity, Luke 15:1-10 (11-32). ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ Yo…

Why does God give order? In this episode, we explore the reasons for God’s good order in the church, and why we should embrace it. Andrew Preus presentation at Marriage & Family Conference, Cole Camp, MO. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Andrew Preus ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https:/…

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday after Trinity, Luke 14:15-24. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a Patron! You can subscribe to the Journal here: https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can …