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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 6:19-7:5 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 6:5-19 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 6:1-12 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 4:25-5:32 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 4:17-26 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 4:10-16 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 4:7-11 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 4:1-7 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on January 8, 2023)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 3:17-24 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on December 11, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 3:9-16 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on December 4, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 3:1-11 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on November 27, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 2:18-3:6 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on November 13, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 2:18-3:1 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on November 6, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 2:4-18 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church. (Originally recorded on October 16, 2022)
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 2:1-8 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:31-2:1 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:26-31 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:26-27 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:24-27 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:6-23 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Beginning a new series, Pastor Alec Fisher discusses Genesis 1:1-5 during the Sunday morning "Advanced Biblical Studies Group" at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Join the conversation with Sister Robie Hillhouse as we discuss some of the history of diaconal ministry in American Lutheranism and her own ministry as a deaconess.
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In this episode of the new "Thrive On" podcast, John and I discuss manuscripts and our different contexts today.
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Join in as we discuss the canonical books of the Bible on this episode of "Ask the Pastors" hosted by Pastor Tom Schlund.
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Join in as we conclude our Philippians study. Paul addresses the Christian community as he encourages that the work done in them is the by the power of Christ himself. (Philippians 4:10-23)
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Join in as we continue our Philippians study. Paul addresses the Christian community as he encourages them to work out reconciliation which is reliant on the peace of God. (Philippians 4:2-9)
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Join in as we continue out Philippians study. Paul addresses the Christian community as he discusses anticipation of the New Creation and what that means for the way we see our lives today. (Philippians 3:12-4:1)
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Join in as we continue out Philippians study. Paul addresses the Christian community as he discusses righteousness and what that means for our relationship to God and the world. (Philippians 3:1-11)
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Join in as we continue out Philippians study. Paul addresses the Christian community as he prepares to send Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippians. (Philippians 2:14-30)
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I sit down with Pastors David Ludwig and Richard Tucker to discuss questions posed by the congregation. This week's question: in our interpersonal situations, how do we know whether to act or to "let go and let God"?
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Join in as Tom and I talk about talking. In this conversation we reflect on theological and political discourse in light of social media.
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Just as our lives are so intertwined with each other, Jesus comes to this broken world to bring us into his own life in order to save us (Mark 5:21-43). This sermon was preached at Christ Lutheran Church, in Hickory, NC on June 27, 2021.
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In this conversation, John and I talk about how Christian beliefs about the "End Times" have affected our current culture, and we give our opinions about how our culture now affects what Christians believe about the end. I call this "Cultural Eschatology."
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I sit down with Pastors David Ludwig and Richard Tucker to discuss questions posed by the congregation. This week's question: what happened to those who died before the coming of Christ?
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Join in as we continue out Philippians study. Here, Paul shares a hymn with the Christians in Philippi that shows just how different Jesus is from their own culture. Jesus is faithful to death, even death on a cross.
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Join in as Tom and I discuss and reflect upon pastoring during a pandemic, contemplating the challenges and some thoughts about moving forward.
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Join in as we discuss the Apocryphal books of the Bible on this episode of "Ask the Pastors" hosted by Pastor Tom Schlund.
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Join in as Pastor John Roth and I have a conversation about why the doctrine of the Trinity matters for our every day lives. Among other things, we talk about monotheism and different approaches people have taken to encounter and talk about God.
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Join in as I sit down with pastor Richard Tucker to discuss the very different paths that we've both taken into pastoral ministry.
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Join in as Tom and I talk about our experience at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis--that's where we met. We discuss our paths that got us there, what it was like, and why you might consider attending as well!
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Join in as we continue our study on St Paul's letter to the Philippians. This week we read about the joy that no matter what is going on around us, no matter how people mischaracterize us or generalize us, God alone is our salvation!
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Join in as Pastor Jay Winters and I reflect on our incorporation of technology over the last year and a half. What was it like for us as pastors to learn new technology and engage new issues in ministry?
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Join in as we begin a study on St Paul's letter to the Philippians. This week is an introduction to the letter as we read about the joy that the Philippians' partnership in the gospel brings to Paul even as he's imprisoned in Rome.
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Join in as Pastor Tom Schlund and I discuss Pentecost - tangents, rabbit holes, and all!
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Join in as I talk with Tom Schlund, senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, IA. We continue our conversation on Christian Nationalism.
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Join in as we continue to walk through 2 Corinthians! This week we look at 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11 and talk about reconciliation. Though it's not always easy and can come at a cost, reconciliation is the way of Christ.
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Join in as I talk with Jay Winters, pastor of University Lutheran Church in Tallahassee, FL. We discuss campus ministry and some of the generational considerations we encounter proclaiming the gospel.
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Join in as John Roth and I scratch the surface of what it means to be a theologian of the cross! John is pastor of Thrive Community Church and an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the theology of the cross as it pertains to ministry.
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Join in as I sit down with Pastor Richard Tucker to talk about ministry, Christianity in the Mohawk nation, and other things.
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Join in as we continue to walk through 2 Corinthians! This week we look at 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 and explore further what Paul tells us about our God of comfort. Sometimes our own perceived strength gets in the way of our gospel proclamation.
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Join in as we continue to walk through 2 Corinthians! This week we look at 2 Corinthians 1:6-11 and explore further what Paul tells us about our God of comfort. What does it mean for the way we hear and communicate the Gospel?
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Join in as we begin our study on 2 Corinthians! What's this letter about? What does it have to do with our lives and why is it important for us to read as Christians? For the next few months, we'll be walking through the whole thing!
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What do you believe and why? How has that affected the way you encounter the world and those around you?
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In this second part, we read about Jesus' encounter with the Temple and discuss its implications for the institutional church.
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In this first of two parts, we read about King David's desire to build a temple and what God's response means for us.
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In this final installment of the Jonah Series, we read Jonah 4. What is the Book of Jonah all about? The final question is very telling.
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During our midweek lenten services, we are focussing on repentance not only as turning away from our sin but also as turning toward God and embracing him as well as embracing where he has put us in his creation. here we read 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and talk about embracing our place as physical creatures.
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Here we talk about Romans 5:1-11, and the topic is reconciliation. How does reconciliation with God play out in your life and relationships?
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This Ash Wednesday reflection based a reading from the Prophet Joel reflects on what repentance really means.
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Instead of trying to find security by convincing ourselves that our world is static, we look to God our Creator who is the constant (Isaiah 40:21-31).
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Here we read the account of the transfiguration in Mark 9:2-9. Those on the mountain are told to listen to Jesus. To what voices do we listen in our own lives? In comparison, how much attention do we give the voice of Jesus?
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This week we read Jonah 3. Upon hearing news of coming destruction, the Ninevites repent, and God has mercy. How do we acknowledge the reconciliation that God brings to our lives?
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What has Paul's words about eating food sacrificed to idols anything to do with being a Christian today?
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Here we read Jonah 1:17-2:10. There is nowhere for us to flee from God's presence. Even in our darkest moments, he's there with us.
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Here we read how Jesus has proclaimed the coming of God's Kingdom and now teaches with authority as he overcomes the evil of this world. Even in our own lives, Jesus has authority over the things that we can't see (Mark 1:21-28).
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Tom Schlund, a good friend of mine from seminary, is the senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, IA. Join in as Tom and I have a casual conversation about Christian nationalism. There's a lot to say about the topic, and we certainly don't say it all here, but this conversation isn't a bad start.
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What's the Gospel of Matthew really about? One place to go is the very beginning. Here we take a look at how Matthew frames his account with Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy and talk about what it means for our own lives as we conclude the season of Epiphany.
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In this video we read Jonah 1:11-17. Sometimes God is at work in ways that we don't realize and may never know.
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Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the anxiousness of the moment and allow it to be all consuming. Jesus has brought the Kingdom of God to transform the moment, to reshape it and give it new meaning for us (Mark 1:14-20).
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Join in as we discuss the Book of Jonah in this first of five parts. Think Jonah is just about a guy being swallowed by a fish? Think again. This week we read Jonah 1:1-10
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Jesus responds to Nathanael's prejudgment. How do we prejudge others? How do we prejudge different situations? Jesus calls us to something far better. (John 1:43-51)
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A short devotion on Psalm 46
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In a world of darkness, turmoil, and despair, God brings comfort through his Son (Isaiah 40:1-11)
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When the world creates enemies for us, God's wisdom is grounded in love (Proverbs 3:3-8).
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To whom do we look for our wisdom? Do we offer true wisdom to others? (Proverbs 9:7-12)
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The prophet Isaiah prays that God would rend the heavens and come down. Sometimes our God surprises us! (Isaiah 64:1-9)
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What do we take for granted in our lives? It's easy to forget that God is always at work and that everything we have comes from him. (Deuteronomy 8:1-10)
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We read the last section of Matthew 25. Jesus tells his disciples that his followers have been blessed by their heavenly Father from the very beginning (Matthew 25:31-46)
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We read the middle section of Matthew 25. Jesus tells his disciples a story revealing to them that all that they have comes from God. (Matthew 25:14-30)
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We read the first section of Matthew 25. Jesus tells his disciples that he will come back to bring the righteousness of God, and they better be ready! (Matthew 25:1-13)
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We read the very end of the Gospel of John. Though it is easy to be caught up in the lives of others, Jesus points us to himself (John 21:20-25)
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We read about Jesus' final encounter with his disciples in the Gospel of John. As Jesus converses with Peter, he also restores him and says to him: "Follow me." (John 21:15-19)
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We read about Jesus' final encounter with his disciples in the Gospel of John. This first part in a three part series explores the setting of an important conversation with Peter that concludes the gospel account (John 21:1-14)
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We read about Thomas' encounter with the risen Jesus in John's Gospel. John assures us that even those who do not get to see the risen Lord will still be blessed with faith. (John 20:24-31)
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This week we read how Jesus comes to his disciples through locked doors. Though they fear the world around them, Jesus brings them the Spirit of Peace. (John 20:19-23)
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This week we read how Mary's first impression of the empty tomb is changed once she encounters the risen Christ himself and how Jesus brings us into the presence of our God. (John 20:11-18)
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What do you believe? Have you ever experienced an event that changed the way you see the whole world? Jesus changes everything (John 20:1-10)
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Join me as I was graciously invited to sit down with the pastors of Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, Iowa for one of their episodes of "Ask the Pastors" to discuss biblical manuscripts, translation, and how we get our Bibles today.
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This episode I'm joined by Rev. Dr. John Denninger to discuss his story in ministry as well as the new SED Lay Deacon Program. Dr. Denninger currently serves as president of the Southeastern District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and has a heart for reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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This week we read about the burial of Jesus. As we face so many things to fear in this world Jesus prepares us for something greater. (John 19:38-42)
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This week we talk about Jesus' final wound on the cross. Even in his death he is a well-spring of life! (John 19:31-37)
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This week we read about the moment of Jesus' death. Having received nothing from us, Jesus gives us everything. (John 19: 28-30)
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In Jesus' dying moments, he creates true community. (John 19:25-27)
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This week we see Jesus make his way to the place of his execution. As the crucifixion begins, St. John reminds us of Psalm 22 and the praise and thanksgiving that follows after our Lord has saved us (John 19:16-24).
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Sometimes our society puts us into very difficult situations. Human authority demands one of thing of us while God demands another. Join in on this reflection over Jesus' own sentencing and how he was faithful even in an impossible situation. (John 19:1-16)
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This episode I'm joined by Rev. Dr. Anthony Steinbronn to discuss life, narrative, Christian ministry, and worldview. Dr. Steinbronn currently serves as president of the New Jersey District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and is author of the book Worldviews: A Christian Response to Religious Pluralism.
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This week we see Jesus' confrontation with Pilate. What is truth and where do we find it? John 18:28-40
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Whereas last episode encountered humanity in God's first act of creation, this episode discusses the beginning of the new created order.
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This episode discusses the relationship that humanity has with the created order in light of certain limitations as understood by the Ancient Hebrews.
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This episode covers the basic starting point of the Christian experience: the cross of Jesus and how it relates to our own perception of the world.
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