Let the Bird Fly!

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Episode 293: Morning and the Psalms (Bonhoeffer's Life Together) 10/10/2024

Episode 293: Morning and the Psalms (Bonhoeffer's Life Together) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, Jason and Wade discuss the morning, morning routines, and the psalms in light of the second part of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together. Why does the morning matter? How do our routines in the morning shape our day? What is the place of the Psalms in the life of the church and the Christians? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 292: Community (Bonhoeffer's Life Together) 10/03/2024

Episode 292: Community (Bonhoeffer's Life Together) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, Jason and Wade discuss community in light of the first part of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together. What does it mean to be a Christian community? What forms that community? How does that community form us? They explore this and more in this episode. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 291: The Guys Keep It Real (Realism and Nominalism) 09/26/2024

Episode 291: The Guys Keep It Real (Realism and Nominalism) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss realism and nominalism? What are these schools of thought? Why did they matter at the time of the reformation? Why do they matter today? Where should a Christian fall? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 290: The Gospel Assumed Is the Gospel Denied 09/20/2024

Episode 290: The Gospel Assumed Is the Gospel Denied In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the the old saying, "The gospel assumed is the gospel denied." What does it mean to preach the gospel? When do we sometimes think the gospel but we aren't? What gets in the way of clear proclamation of the gospel? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 289: Health and Fitness 09/11/2024

Episode 289: Health and Fitness In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss health and fitness. What is the place for health and fitness in the Christian life and the church? Why does the body matter and how can we go wrong taking health too seriously or not seriously enough? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 288: Sports: The Good and the Bad 09/05/2024

Episode 288: Sports: The Good and the Bad In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss sports, culture, and the church. Are sports a net good? What can we learn from sports? What are the dangers of getting too focused on sports? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 287: Credal Christianity 08/29/2024

Episode 287: Credal Christianity In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss what it means that Christianity is credal, why this was such a big deal in the ancient world, and why it is becoming an increasingly important distinctive in the West today. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 286: Overstimulated Formation, Part 2 08/15/2024

Episode 286: Overstimulated Formation, Part 2 In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue their discussion of the challenges of modern media and news. How can our consumption of media lead to overstimulated formation? What is the danger of overstimulated formation? How does it impact life with neighbor in the state, the church, and the home? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 285: Overstimulated Formation, Part 1 08/08/2024

Episode 285: Overstimulated Formation, Part 1 In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the challenges of modern media and news. How can our consumption of media lead to overstimulated formation? What is the danger of overstimulated formation? How does it impact life with neighbor in the state, the church, and the home? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers 08/01/2024

Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Lutheranism's historical approach to the church fathers? Did Lutherans study them? How did they use them? What authority did they have? How do they relate to sola scriptura? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 283: Lutherans and Tradition 07/25/2024

Episode 283: Lutherans and Tradition In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss how Lutherans have historically approached tradition. Does tradition have authority? How does it relate to Scripture? What makes a tradition good or bad? How is Lutheranism's historic approach different than other denominations? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 282: Lifelong Learning for Ministry 07/19/2024

Episode 282: Lifelong Learning for Ministry In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the importance of lifelong learning, especially for clergy. Just as confirmation is the beginning of a life of learning, so also graduation from seminary is the same. All three of the guys admit they could do better, but it's important to use the tools we've been given to continue to grow professionally and personally. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 281: Religions and Denominations 07/11/2024

Episode 281: Religions and Denominations In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, Mike and Wade (has anyone seen Jason anywhere lately?) discuss religions and denominations? What is a religion? What is a denomination? To what degree are these useful categories? How does Christianity fit? How does Lutheranism fit? Can all religions and denominations be lumped together and compared and contrasted? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We? 07/04/2024

Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We? In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, Mike and Wade (has anyone seen Jason anywhere lately?) discuss the history of the terms "protestant," "evangelical," "catholic," and "orthodox." What do they mean? How were they used in the past? How are they used now? What are we? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 279: Image of God 06/27/2024

Episode 279: Image of God In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, Mike, Wade, and Greg (should he just replace Jason longterm?) discuss the image of God. What is it? How do different Christian theologians and churches treat it? Do we still have it? If so, how? What role does it play in theology in general? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 278: The Presence of God 06/20/2024

Episode 278: The Presence of God In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade build on our previous two episodes on travel, books and language and time and space. Where is God present? Is God present the same way in every place where he is present? Where should we look for God? Where shouldn't we look? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 277: Time and Space 06/13/2024

Episode 277: Time and Space In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss time and space, building on Episode 276 (Travel, Books, and Langauge). Is there such a thing as sacred time and space? If so, what makes it sacred? How do Christians relate to time and space? What fills the void if we don't fill time and space with the right things? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 276: Travel, Books, and Language 06/06/2024

Episode 276: Travel, Books, and Language In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss travel, books, and language. How do they expand our minds? How do they shape our worldviews? What is the danger of shutting ourselves off from them? What are the dangers of becoming lost in them? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 275: Head vs. Heart 05/30/2024

Episode 275: Head vs. Heart In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the head, the heart, and where Christianity should aim. Is it head vs. heart or head + heart? How do we avoid dividing people up? How do we minister to the whole person? How has Lutheranism and Christianity ended up in one ditch or another throughout history? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 272: Comedy Will Save Us (in a Non-Theological Way) 05/23/2024

Episode 272: Comedy Will Save Us (in a Non-Theological Way) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss comedy and its ability to speak in a unique and needed way in our day. What makes comedy so special? What is good comedy? How does humor fit with preaching and teaching? How do the Scriptures use comedy? The guys discus all this and more. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 273: Biblical Archaeology 05/16/2024

Episode 273: Biblical Archaeology In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, Joel, Jason, and Wade discuss biblical archaeology. What is archaeology? What is biblical archaeology? How does studying biblical archaeology benefit theology? The guys discus all this and more. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 274: Mothers 05/09/2024

Episode 274: Mothers In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Mothers Day, mothers, motherhood, and the church as our mother. What can we learn about the church from mothers and what can mothers learn about motherhood from the church? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 271: Sola Scriptura 05/02/2024

Episode 271: Sola Scriptura In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, Jason and Wade discuss sola scriptura, Scripture alone. What did the Lutheran reformers mean when they talked about Scripture alone as a reformation principle? Is there a place for reason, tradition, hymnody, the liturgy, church history, etc? What is Scripture alone authoritative for? Do we read Scripture alone? What happens when people interpret Scripture differently? Jason and Wade got into all this and more. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 270: Liturgical Time 04/25/2024

Episode 270: Liturgical Time In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, Mike and Wade discuss Christianity and time. In a world with so many calendars and seasons, how do Christians ground themselves? How does the Bible speak about time? How does the church observe it? What is the value of the church year and a liturgical sense of time? We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 269: Christianity and Paganism 04/18/2024

Episode 269: Christianity and Paganism In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Christianity and paganism. What is paganism? How did Christianity engage with paganism in its early years? Did the pagans get anything right? Do we have to throw out everything "pagan"? The guys discuss this and more. Give it a listen, even if you had a chocolate Easter bunny recently. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 268: The Spirit of Lutheranism 04/11/2024

Episode 268: The Spirit of Lutheranism In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, Jason and Wade discuss the spirit of Lutheranism and what that might be, if there is one. We focus especially on two contemporaries of Martin Luther, Matthias Flacius Illyricus and Johannes Bugenhagen. Should Lutheranism's spirit be more Luther or Melanchthon, Flacius or Bugenhagen? Ultimately, we decide Lutheranism has only one Spirit who works through the means of grace to proclaim sins forgiven and strengthen faith. In the process, that Spirit uses all sorts of peo /episode/index/show/f78c9969-8c04-490b-abaf-3cda76932221/id/30778288

Episode 267: Faith, Hope, and Love 04/04/2024

Episode 267: Faith, Hope, and Love In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, Jason, Mike and Wade discuss faith, hope, and love. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 266: Getting Virtued 03/28/2024

Episode 266: Getting Virtued In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, Jason, Mike and Wade discuss virtue ethics and sanctification. What is virtue? What is Christian virtue? What's the difference? We also discuss famous Wades. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 265: No Retreat, No Surrender 03/21/2024

Episode 265: No Retreat, No Surrender In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, Jason, Mike and Wade discuss the monastic impulse and how vocations sends into neighbor relationships rather than pulling us out of them. We also discuss famous Jasons. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Episode 264: Does Technology Make Us More or Less Human? 03/13/2024

Episode 264: Does Technology Make Us More or Less Human? In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, Jason, Mike and Wade discuss technology and whether it makes us more human or less. The springboard for this episode was a passage from this article by Carl Trueman in First Things. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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