The God Whisperers Classic: Recent Episodes
Craig Donofrio
The God Whisperers pioneered Podcasting in 1968. Bill and Craig then went on to invent the interwebs - Al Gore took the credit - until the polar caps melted and the world ended in 2018 - as he predicted in his 2006 movie.
The God Whisperers Classic is the archives of the most mediocre podcast in world history which was met with great international acclaim and then the world took a collective nap out of boredom after the episode was over.
Whereas Gold Bond never did send those tee-shirts to the Manly Doctors of Divinity, still believe it is the best for keeping your mailbag dry.
After over 10 years and 350 episodes, the Manly Doctors of Divinity bid farewell to the airwaves. A little reminiscing, a little reflection, and some looking ahead to new ventures. Thank you to all our listeners and supporters.
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The GW are joined by Heather Choate Davis (heatherchoatedavis.com) for a lively discussion of the “priesthood of believers.” What was once a pillar doctrine of the 16th century Reformation seems to be largely forgotten today. What happened? How do we recover it? What does it mean for the church today?
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The GW discuss being extoverted (Donofrio) or introverted (Cwirla) and what it means as a pastor in the public eye. They also kick the theological ball around the four corners of theology and talk about what makes doctrines and why we need them.
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After a discussion of the pitfalls of social media on theological conversation and the nature of hermeneutics (text interpretation), the Manly Doctors pursue the question “What is Theology?” and reflect on what it means when God deals with us through written texts using a soccer field analogy.
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The God Whisperers take time out to reflect on the life and work of Eugene Peterson – pastor, author, teacher, poet, and so much more.
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The Manly Doctors are joined by Terry Defoe, author of the book Evolving Certainties, to discuss science and Scripture and how they are not really in conflict when we read them correctly. Warning: This episode may trigger independent thinking.
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An episode that literally developed legs and crawled out of the primordial ooze. Does Evolution and Big Bang Theory even matter to the Christian faith? Can grace be cheapened? Can we have too much grace? Plus, the sketchy origins of the Missouri Synod and the name change of the choir formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Make sense? We didn’t think so either. Enjoy.
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Weekly communion, assurance of salvation in view of sin, Pat Robertson rebukes Hurricane Florence, and the Florence gives him the finger, the foolishness of boycotts, comebacks by disgraced celebrities, and so much more.
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity enter the shark tank of theology and discuss the Eucharist implications of John 6 along with boxing Polish nuns and a saint or sinner quiz. And sharks.
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Women readers, blasphemously good ice cream, and a new take on Adam and Eve engage the Manly Doctors of Divinity.
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In a pre-consecrated edition of the GW, the Manly Doctors discuss the propriety of pre-consecrated Lord’s Suppers, the nature of the Verba, and also miraculous hard landings of Mexican airplanes. How long do the Verba last? Can only a priest/pastor say it? What does it all mean? Does God protect us when flying?
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity discuss illegal pop-up Tiki bars, signs, wonders, and the role of God in apparent dumb luck, and edgy alternatives for next year’s Vacation Bible School.
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The God Whisperers engage in a spirited discussion on toxic old books, the meaning of “sanctification,’ an upskirt Marilyn Monroe statue overlooking a Connecticut church, and Jim Baker’s zombie apocalypse bunker in Branson.
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The Manly Doctors take on the issues of gambling, pharmaceuticals both natural and manmade, and immigration, legal and illegal.
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The Manly Doctors discuss the ins and outs of legalized cannabis, a punch-throwing Cyprian priest, and pistol-packing pastors in a scintillating hour of conversation.
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Setting aside their usual hijinks, Bill and Craig talk about the deadly serious topic of suicide in light of the high-profile deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain over the past week and discuss ways in which the church, as a community of believers, can help those who struggle with depression and despair.
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A misdirected donation from a new listener prompts a lively conversation about offerings, shifting political winds, and televangelist Jesse Duplantis’ pitch for a $54 million Falcon 7X jet. What would Jesus fly?
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In a stunning trilogy of manly theology, the God Whisperers take on the doctrine of God’s triunity and its analogies, the three uses of the Law, and the alleged satanic associations of yoga and martial arts, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the essence.
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The Manly Doctors engage in a lively discussion of women in the military, the cosmic evolutionary origins of octopi, and the royal wedding of Harry and Megan in a slightly overcooked episode involving Flarp. A trifecta of disturbing yet compelling talk.
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In an episode dedicated in memory of executive producer Rufus Donofrio, the Manly Doctors discuss the lasting effects of the LCMS’ Seminex controversy of the 1970s, a church devoted to salvific drinking in South Africa, and the organization formerly known as Boy Scouts of America.
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In celebration of the Manly Doctors’ return to the podosphere, longtime GW friend Brian Yamabe (of Cwirla App infamy) delivers a 10-minute mashup of God Whisperers highlights and lowlights from the last 329 episodes. Relive the greatness.
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The Manly Doctors return to podcasting with a retrospective of God Whisperers history, from its inception in a lounge at a pastors’ conference and its early days in guerrilla broadcasting to its corporate captivity and its ultimate return to freedom after healing and self-discovery. They relive their first “Home Schooler Alert” with Reed Lessing, answer some Mail Bag questions concerning Lutherans on Facebook and bad preaching, and round things out with a piece on a church that meets in a strip joint, aka “gentlemen’s club.” Disturbing yet Compelling™ returns to the podosphere.
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A short thank you to all our friends who contributed to the God Whisperers Resurrection Fund. We’ll be up and running in a couple of weeks. Until then, here’s a tickler for your podcast feed.
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Special guest: Heather Choate Davis, author of “Elijah and the SAT.”
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A half episode. The first half was garbled and unintelligible. Nothing new there. The second half has Norman Nagel. The good stuff.
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Special movie edition with Ted Giese
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The Take Two edition. The church and politics. Larry Norman. Closed communion and church shopping. Jesus returning to Nazareth.
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Dr. Norman Nagel reads Dr. Seuss. Nutritional info for Trader Joe’s Sweet Sriracha Uncured Bacon Jerky. Listener email: Genesis 1 from above and from below, what goes on at an LCMS seminary. With guest Pr. Mark Sell.
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Holiday edition: Hanukkah, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Atheism, Fundamentalism. LutheranISM is a very bad thing. Hard drive replacement. Apocrypha. Macabre Maccabees. History of Christmas trees. Email: can a new convert reform a Lutheran in name only congregation?
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Thanksgiving. Computer history. Math. Skype calls: “George Takei,” Donofrio test call, does faith disappear with poor catechesis? The conflicted season of Advent. Technical difficulties! Festivus. Scum of the Earth Church. The Pope’s astronomer and aliens.
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More technical difficulties. Dueling soundboards. Shatner Christmas. Festivus song. Organing discussion. Listener mail: ancient cosmology, theistic evolution, progressive revelation or understanding, Copernicus, legalized marijuana. Martin Franzmann sermon excerpt. John the Baptist.
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On the LCMS Life Ministries Infertility conference. Email: Nicene Creed “I” or “we.” Porn star Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster headgear at a Utah DMV. McDonald’s in church. Secret classroom recording at BYU. World magazine and BioLogos.
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Health and weight loss. GW BMI calculations. Listener email: church growth, local congregations, 200 proof Gospel, radical Lutheranism, Simul, a Cwirla apology. Halloween and Reformation. Pope Francis. All Saints.
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St. Louis Tiki. Middle Eastern cooking. Lutheran cutting edge tech. Email: works of the law written on the heart. Transcendence. Spacecraft on a comet. Spontaneous Baptism guide.
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William Shatner. Science and Faith. Ideology conflicts. Bill Nye and the end of Creationism. Straw men. Genesis 1. Context. Faith does not ask you to deny what you can otherwise see and know on your own. Heliocentrism. Lutherans and Science. Predictions. From above, from below.
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Music sampling. Weight loss. Email: selling ad space, “sup.” Religious news: voyeuristic rabbi. Modesty. Is the internet killing Christianity? The Vatican and LGBTQ.
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Musical offerings: red balloons, One Toke Over the Line, and Bill Shatner. Listener voicemail about decision theology and cannabis. Medical marijuana. Houston mayor. Politics and churches. 2nd Commandment.
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99 Red Balloons on red balloons. Outdated computer technology. Email: death and dying with “Dr.” William M. Cwirla; pastoral longevity; Devin the butcher with a question about the simul in the zwischenzeit. Jim Bakker and End of the World Biscuits, Time of Trouble Beans, End of the World Gravy, and Kevin’s Krazy Lasagna, glow sticks, and whistles. Large Catechism intro.
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wiki14. Conferences/tent revivals. Entrepreneurial Christianity. GW tikicon. Common sense in the Early Church. Immigrant sanctuary in Portland Lutheran church. First Commandment.
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Guests: Lipstick Lutherans Ellie Corrow and Sandra Ostapowich. Cross-dressing. Email: ISIS, government, 2nd Amendment, eliminating leaders? A little Duck Dynasty: convert or kill. Blasphemy Challenge.
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HR and IT. Email: Missing “Jesus is a Friend of Mine.” Lutheran questions for Siri. Forde and Radical Lutherans. Third use of the Law.
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Ferguson, MO. Part of a Luther sermon on Luke 10. Judge not lest ye be judged. IC rack room. Atheist former pastor. Apostacon 2014: Omaha, NE. Dawkins and abortion. Science and Faith as the WWE.
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Favorite food movies. Rioting. Cuban food in St. Louis. Porn filming in Austrian churches. Lutherans in the Bible Belt. Raptured homeschoolers in Texas. The Christero War. International Center geese. Reading Scripture in its historical context. Robin Williams. And the music of Larry Norman and Mrs. Miller.
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The dangers of cross country binge listening. 1 Corinthians 1:17 in context. Baptism. Dispensationalism. Explanation of the GW post-ironic anti-celebrity. Simul and Paradox.
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Special guests Walt and Paul Snyder. Letter from a former Wiccan on medical marijuana who doesn’t own a phone. The benefits of hospice. Siberian sinkhole. Atheist video. Westboro Baptist protest schedule.
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Higher Things. Craig’s birthday bash report (again!). Astronaut diapers. Incense and allergies. Email from a former Wiccan priest. Minor and major ban. The voice of Ellie. And Toribio Romo Gonzalez, patron saint of undocumented immigrants.
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The manly doctors are back in the same room for a face to face episode in CA. Craig’s IC schedule. Does God cause suffering? Asparagus and bacon. Excerpts from Luther’s Wittenberg sermons. Atheist Christian metal band. And a great Nagel sermon on John 21.
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The manly doctors are back in the same room for a face to face episode in CA. Craig’s IC schedule. Does God cause suffering? Asparagus and bacon. Excerpts from Luther’s Wittenberg sermons. Atheist Christian metal band. And a great Nagel sermon on John 21.
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Falsetto and contratenor. Craig’s California adventure. Athanasian Creed. Email: Why pastors take or decline a call. Rick Warren and the Daniel Plan. Faith and Pharmaceuticals. St. Roberto Clemente?
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Guests Randall Mark and Ellie Corrow. Email: dating help for single future seminarian. Philly cheesesteaks. Christian-speak. Sermon plagiarism. Cat kicking Calvinists. Science vs faith. KFUO dead cricket.
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IT at the LCMS-IC. Tiki drinks. Bizarre church laws. Duck Dynasty Bible. Nagel sermon on the First Article. Science and faith.
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Ascension. Why Lutherans don’t go to church on Thursdays. Canadian hockey controversy and more from Ginny Dreadful. Donofrio tries to discuss women in the church without sounding sexist. Gender specific Bible studies. Luxury cry rooms. Academic pomposity. Three Ascension misunderstandings including whether “up” means up, and a great Ascension hymn.
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Guest female Ellie Corrow. Introduction to a Nagel sermon on the First Article that never gets played. Communication of attributes between bacon and asparagus. Listening to the GW in the ICU. Apology for Episode 245. Visiting a Lutheran church. Children’s Church. New GW addicts. Craig’s dating guide. Also: How do you know if your kid isn’t saved, Lutheran Rationalistic confirmation practices, Mrs. Miller and a creepy Italian counter tenor.
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Hockey players and theologians, email-binge listening , Lutheran publishing and why there are no women in talk radio, 3rd use of the Law, prayer in public places.
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Gongless Cwirla. Simul-church & AA. Special guest Ellie Corrow with insights into the female mind and raising boys. How to pronouce “meme.” Listener email on charismatic movement book, and a Baroque German church. The Law, the veil of Moses, and 3 uses of the Law you haven’t thought of before.
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Planning Craig’s B-day Hawaii 5-O. Prayer and exercise. Skype call: Evolution of the liturgy. Listener email: Ovid, Nagel, and blushing water. Hard time forgiving others. Use of metaphor in the OT. More Christian cliches you never want to say.
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Taxes. Holy Week. Listener email: CS Lewis biographical corrections. Skype calls: Listener learns Jesus is a friend of his. Lutheran restaurant menu. GW recording of a GW recording. Nagel sermon for Holy Week. Judas, Barabbas, and Blood Moons.
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Earthquakes, tornados, and Judgment Day. Skype calls. Fighting with demons at night. Does parish size matter? Atheist Questions for Craig. Kids choosing their own religion. Ten Christian Cliches you should never say. And apocalyptic fetishes. Yes.
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Cwirla’s Birthday. Donofrio’s ongoing technical difficulties. Listener email – Has Donofrio become too cautious?. All Things Tiki and CFW Walther. Madonna mics on clergy. Donofrio’s Flarp. Are Pentecostal miracles the real deal? Weird atheist questions. Bono and apologetics. Cigars and Kosher bacon.
Always nice to see an oxford comma!
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Cwirla adopts his new name: He Who Irritates People. Donofrio’s computer and communication problems. Listener email: Would Luther have a concealed carry permit? Just war. Imprecatory Psalms. MST3K. More dumb atheist questions for Craig. Big Bang, space ripples, and cosmic time. And a great Lent sermon from Norman Nagel.
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Donofrio’s lax church-going habits, Walther, Pieper, and Shatner, listener email on self-defense, “Were You There” and Romans 6, and is it an 8th commandment violation to criticize the God Whisperers. Plus more goofy atheist questions to confound Craig, abundant robbery at Lakewood church and sketchy CS Lewis quotes. What was this show about anyway?
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“Were You There” on the Mighty Cwirlitzer, Listener email on the Christian right of self-defense, Kairos/ Chronos, Dancing for rain in CA, and dumb atheist questions for Craig on the topic of miracles.
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Weather: cold and drought, Listener email: Nuclear nun redux, Atheist Questions for Craig about rich churches and legislating against temptation; the AZ governor’s veto and the freedom to discriminate and take consequences, and it that wasn’t enough: beard transplants.
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A little GW history lesson, listener email, “You know you’re simul if…”, liturgical innovations and variations (absolution, Lord’s Prayer, creed), 84 yr old nun nuclear protester, snake handling pastor R.I.P.
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Donofrio’s broadcast career blunders, Saint Valentine (any and all three of them), armed chaplains, Olympic curling pants, Quizzing Craig, Darwin Day, science, faith and stuff.
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Lawn mowers, home ownership, life sunday, lwml sunday and other specialty sundays, Questions for Craig on direct revelation, legalization of marijuana.
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The MDDs hang out with Tullian “One-Way Love” Tchividhian who is rocking the Evangelical world preaching unconditional grace in Christ and quoting Lutherans. Check out his blog at The Gospel Coalition.
Also check out his new book “One Way Love”
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Listener email on firearms and self-defense, abortion and pastoral care, preaching specific law to GCPs, atheist university chaplains, and a terrific sermon on faith and good works from James 2 by Dr. Norman Nagel.
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Listener mail-epiclesis, Western liturgy, eucharistic prayers, high church/low church, liturgical innovations, 40 atheist questions for Craig, stupid pastor stunts.
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Epiphany (Christmas of the gentiles), evidentiary apologetics, The Hill, CHI, the debut of the new GW gong, 2014 Bible films, breastfeeding in church, viewer email: anti-Santa, On Christmas Night Cicadas Sing.
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Christmas celebrations, Saint Louis congregations, seminary choir tours, male/female roles and stereotyping, cooking, bread, 17th cent. Lutheran worship and hymnody, Pietism, uses of the law, and a little light Christmas music. Merry Christmas from the GW!
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Missionary dating advice, a rave review of the GW in “Christian News,” the death of Harold Camping, and so much more or less. Our grievances have been aired. Let the feats of strength begin!
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The GW rise up out of the ashes of last week’s debacle and manage to pull a remote episode together that sounds reasonably “in-studio,” thanks to a very cool Bric. In this episode: A newbie’s guide to GW history, RC calendar, email-genus maestaticum, Loemker marching band, pink Sunday, John the Baptist, and a return to normal bump music. Not bad for a day’s work.
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The GW prove that you can’t put new wine into old wineskins. Or at the least, they are not ready for prime time AM radio. Enjoy the uncut, unedited, uncensored version recorded by MDD Cwirla from our West Coast studios.
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Music Creds:
Hava Nagila http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCgrc727lE
Jesus is Just Alright – The Doobie Brothers
One Toke Over the Line – Lawrence Welk
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Rudy, LCC/LCMS and “Waltherianism,” justification, objective and otherwise, an email from Tabitha highlighting the tremulant and why it should never be used, church organists, and more Rudy, at least until we lose him at the end.
Music creds:
Man of Constant Sorrows – Union Station
American Woman – The Guess Who
One Toke Over the Line – Lawrence Welk
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First long-distance episode with mixed results; Craig goes corporate church; a riveting discussion of Rufus’ post-move digestive issues; Cascione recap and wrap-up; organ stops; congregational Donatism, “mehr als” or “supra.” Craig’s voice is a little thin over Skype, but his personality is still extra large.
Music Creds:
Heaven and Hell – The Who
Shaking All Over – The Who
My Generation – The Who
One Toke Over the Line – Lawrence Welk
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Jack Cascione elaborates on his accusation that MDD Cwirla is a “sacerdotalist” and his own views on the voters assembly of a congregation as the supreme authority in the church by divine right. Hey, we may not agree with Jack on everything, but any friend of objective justification is a friend of ours.
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The Manly Doctors engage in another round of insightful conversation with Dr. James Nestingen, this time talking about addiction and pastoral care.
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Dr. James Nestingen regales the GW with talk about Luther, Katie and marriage. The Skype connection wasn’t so good in the first half, but improves in the second.
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Synodical appointments, objective justification vis-a-vis the wrath of God, homeschooling, synodical convention rehash, closed communion and closed offering. And Barenaked Ladies!
Music Creds:
Snacktime – Barenaked Ladies
Heroes – David Bowie
If I Had a Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoir – Lawrence Welk
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Donofrio’s new job, Cwirla’s speaking engagements, a little post-convention redux, an email on the priesthood of believers by Dr. Paul Schrieber, and the meaning of the term “sacerdotalist.”
Music Creds:
More Than a Feeling – Boston
Raisins – Barenaked Ladies
Nights in White Satin – The Dickies
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoire – Lawrence Welk
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Listener email, synodical acronym fun, church music and youth ministry with Tabitha Moldenhauer, and more news on the Katie Luther front with Lori Lewis.
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End of life directives, contempo worship and music, the importance of teaching the liturgy, you might be a sacerdotalist if…., and a special guerrilla 3rd microphone with Jack Cascione . This internet version contains bonus material in a special extended play edition.
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Special 3rd microphone guest Lori Lewis discusses her current project: A one woman opera based on the life of Katie Luther. You can find out more about this project at Everyday Opera.
Music Creds:
Janet Hopkins sings music from Carmen
The Song That Goes Like This – Cast of Spamalot
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoire, Aufwiedersehen – Lawrence Welk
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
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Root canals, the perfect drink recipe, and the distinction of call and ordination in the making of a pastor. Just another day at the office for the Manly Doctors of Divinity.
Music Creds:
Manic Monday – The Bangles
Girl From Ipinima – Astrud Gilberto
Brand New Cadillac – The Clash
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python, Spamalot
Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehen – Lawrence Welk
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Rufus vs the neighbor’s pit bull, listener email (scientific accuracy of Scripture, theodicy, separating the two natures in the Lord’s Supper), the liturgical calendar, a Nagel sermon on Jesus’ raising the Nain widow’s son) with a bunch of intro music, and miracles as previews of the resurrection.
Music Creds:
“I’m An Ordinary Man” – Rex Harrison in “My Fair Lady”
Rum & Coca Cola – Sweet Hollywaiians
All Day and All of the Night – The Kinks
Lola – The Kinks
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Spamalot
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Renting out church buildings. GW exercise calendar. Does a figurative millennium point to a figurative 6000 years too? Degrees of punishment in Luke 12, the ministry as stewardship, the judgment as a refining fire, and if that weren’t enough, the immaculate conception of Mary. An hour of afternoon GW delights.
Music creds:
Afternoon Delight – Starlight Vocal Band
Beat My Guest – Adam and the Ants
Get Right or Get Left – David Parmley and Continental Divide
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehen - Lawrence Welk
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More whisperings with Dr. Jeff Mallinson, including body hair, core curricula, Virtue in the Wasteland, counter tenors, midget wrestling, sushi, emergent and mega-church criticisms, and engaging the “postmoderns.” Did I mention body hair?
Music Creds
I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
Finland – Spamalot
It’s My Life – Cesare
Hell – Squirrel Nut Zipper
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Weight loss ,the sin of gluttony, the call process, vestments, Boy Scouts and the gays, apologetics and postmodernism with special 3rd microphone guest Dr. Jeff Mallinson.
Music Creds:
Space Robot Spiritual – Second Hand Pants
I Fought the Law – The Clash
Seven Days of the Week – They Might Be Giants
My Way – Frank Sinatra
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Gold Bond oversharing, “No Pastor, No Eucharist,” a great Sarah Vowell excerpt on Johnny and June Carter Cash and “Ring of Fire”, Doctrine of the Ministry and Lord’s Supper, 2 1/2 flaming minutes of Pentecost.
MUSIC CREDS
Blitzkreig Bop – Ramones
Peaceful Blue – Paul Flo
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Excerpt of Sarah Vowell’s essay on “Ring of Fire” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNBMtbb1D9Y
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehen – Lawrence Welk
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As the flames of the Paschal candle are extinguished for the Ascension of our Lord, the Manly Doctors fire up the winner of the GW Fundagelical drink contest: The Flaming Fundagelical. We’re ablaze with this one!
Music Creds:
Birdhouse in My Soul – They Might be Giants
The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns – Concordia Seminary Chorus
Rebel Yell – Children of Bodom
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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All things Holy Ministry, more or less: desert island eucharist, Amazon church, Nagel on John 21 for the seminarians, and the pastoral cult of personality.
Music:
Rock Lobster – Richard Cheese
That Was a Crazy Game of Poker – OAR
Happy Now? – No Doubt
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FundagelicalTM drink contest update (it’s ablaze!), an on-air pouring of Basque Sagardoa for the Manly Doctor’s discerning tasting along with a tasty almond/honey nougat of unpronounceable name, a double predestination version of “Softly and Tenderly” from composer-in-residence Jason Kaspar, a look at John 21 and 153 fish, and the highs and lows of Peter.
Music Creds:
Alcohol – Barenaked Ladies
Big Girls – Mika
In Thailand – Don Tiki
Whip It – Devo
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A tour of the TBN headquarters in Costa Mesa; listener David’s endless letter and self-administered Baptism and Absolution; why single seminarians can’t get dates; the externality of the Word; a Norman Nagel sermon on John 17 and Jesus’ “High Priestly Prayer;” apostolic succession and the Word that establishes the Holy Ministry; and a little Waltherian ecclesiology.
Music Creds:
Tattooed Love Boys – The Pretenders
One Toke Over the Line – Lawrence Welk
I Wish We’d All Been Ready – Larry Norman
Hello Walls – Faron Young
Wild Sex (In the Working Class) – Oingo Boingo
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Adios, Au Revoire, Auf Wiedersehen – Lawrence Welk
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Donofrio suffers from an inexplicably bloody eye. High school chemistry class. Gay marriage and the Supreme Court. Donofrio and Cwirla discuss their domestic partnership. Self-communion of the presider. And a Nagel sermon on John 21 and the catch of fish.
Music:
“Beat My Guest” – Adam and the Ants
“Just a Girl” – No Doubt
“Institutionalized” – Suicidal Tendencies
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
“Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehen” – Lawrence Welk
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Golden retrievers, a cameo appearance by Rufus, and the MDD play a couple of rounds of What Are You Drinking/What Are You Thinking?™, the Fundagelical™ drink recipe contest, Dick Morris on the election of Pope Francis I, how Lutherans view the papacy, and some cogent words of warning from Hermann Sasse.
Music Creds:
The Vatican National Anthem
Police & Thieves – The Clash
Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python, “Life of Brian.”
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Dave Ramsey seminars and Lutherans, food talk, the Fundagelical™ drink recipe contest, GW Schwag and ideas for a revamped product line and other “career limiting” ideas, sheep that sound like people and people who sound like sheep, the Lutheran response to the newly elected Pope Francis I (Jorge Maria Bergoglio), the papacy as Endchrist and Antichrist according to the Smalcald Articles, and some cogent commentary by Hermann Sasse from “Last Things: Church and Antichrist.”
And a mysteriously missing 9 seconds of “necessary censorship.”
Music:
The Spicy McHaggis Jig – Dropkick Murphys
Raisins – Barenaked Ladies
The Vatican National Anthem
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python, “Life of Brian”
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GW Pub Crawl, IE conference, tacos, reason, retiring popes, growing up in Nazi Germany, steak marinade, a Nagel sermon, Antinomianism and the 3rd use of the Law. And this:
“Helping believers drink and drinkers believe.”™
Sponsors: Gold Bond Powder, Mo Hotta Mo Betta Chipotle en Adobo Sauce
Music:
“If I Had a Million Dollars” – Barenaked Ladies
“Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” – Gordon Lightfoot
“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – Monty Python
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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Confirmation vows and practices. A Nagel sermon on Luke 9:51-58 after which Cwirla suffers brain lock @ 27:50 but makes a remarkable recovery to discuss the “for you” rhetoric of preaching. Third “use” of the Law as it applies to the “recalcitrant ass” of the old Adam with reference to legalism, antinomianism, and other bogus ideas. And what is a “fundagelical” anyway?
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Baby baptisms, The Birth Control Movie, Mysticism vs Prophesy, the “3rd Use of the Law” Lutheran Style with cameo appearances by Bill Shatner, Mr. Rogers, and Foghorn Leghorn. Yup.
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A special musically themed show featuring Shatner’s World, Jason Kaspar, Andrew Lloyd Weber, the cast of Glee, pulled pork, and the inaugural prayer. With cameo appearance by Rick Warren and an analysis of Donofrio’s church growth potential. Like “The Song That Goes Like This,” this episode just goes on and on and on.
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The Manly Doctors consider child communion practices, the video “Ordain a Lady,” Anthony Bourdain and chefs, the handling of sushi, and the proper distinction of the Law and the Gospel from the Formula of Concord. With cameo appearances by Foghorn Leghorn.
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The Manly Doctors sample Baconnaise as they ponder psychopathic professions and Donofrio evaluates Cwirla for his psychopathic tendencies from the comfort of Craig’s mom’s kitchen table. In the second half, more Baconnaise and some shop talk on homiletics. We think there’s theology in here somewhere, but hey, there was Baconnaise! Thanks to Sally and John for the deliciousness. Just another day in the neighborhood.
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The GW are joined by the infamous Rev. Rudy Pastucha, the 4th largest Lutheran body in North America and a pastor in the Lutheran Church – Canada (LCC). Fueled by the famous El Buakanas “Bukanera,” shown above, Rudy discusses his upcoming Spinal Tap – inspired mockumentary of the God Whisperers and engages the GW in a lively conversation on the state of Lutheranism today.
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The GW take on some popular Christmas customs and traditions with Rev. Paul Terhune: The Nutcracker as Christian allegory, holly & ivy, Christmas trees, ghost stories at Christmas, and other holiday arcana. Also a discussion of the historic background of the Lukan nativity narrative. In-studio guest is Rev. Rudy Pastucha.
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Get your Yule on and join the Manly Doctors of Divinity in a GW Christmas. Some of this, some of that, and a little more. Merry Christmas to GW Nation. Thanks for listening. Christ is born to save you. Alleluia!
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The GW combine a Don Tiki island vibe with some rock solid Lutheran theology in a pre-Christmas Advent binge of listening adventure including: The true history of Festivus, John the Baptizer and his baptism, marriage, land contracts, and other marital musings, the distinction of flesh and Spirit in Romans 7 and 8, and a riff on good works from the Formula of Concord.
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Don Tiki meets the Barenaked Ladies for an episode chock full of holiday goodness. Advent customs, contrariness, and craziness along with article IV of the Formula and the necessity of salvation for good works. A little something for everyone.
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The first-ever listener call-in show with special guests Rudy, Ellie, Bror, and Donavon. Clearly, a few technical bugs need to be worked out.
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The MDDs interview Jonathan “Worldview Everlasting” Fisk about his new book “Broken: 7 ‘Christian’ Rules That Every Christian Ought to Break as Often as Possible,” which sounds like fun, given that the GW are always looking for new rules to break.
Here is the link to Jonathan’s book.
And here’s the link to his Worldview Everlasting web site.
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In the first half: Dave Ramsey, P90X and drinking, shirtlessness on Facebook, listerner email, and whatever happened to Craig’s guide to Christian dating. In the back half: what is this “faith” that is counted as righteousness and why is it alone? Also some Dropkick Murphys and a few other gems.
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MDDs Donofrio and Cwirla suffer through post-election traumatic stress syndrome and babble endlessly over Mom’s basement, smoking weed in Denver, technology induced brain shrinkage, “Lutheran Amish,” the establishment of “Christianopolis,” Lutheran reproduction, and Epitome article III on justification as imputed righteousness. Good luck keeping up with this one.
Oh, and lots of Dropkick Murphys just to keep things lively.
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Beer and Germans, a medley of GW solid gold music hits from the Rudy playlist, MDD Donofrio’s upcoming move into his mom’s basement, and Formula of Concord article 3 on the righteousness of faith in Christ with a little side riff on objective and subjective justification. And who says we don’t talk about theology?
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In a special “William, move your head” Reformation edition, the MDDs take on Mormonism, communion distribution practices, Science vs Revelation and the burning question of the day: Does Cwirla believe in the Bible?
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The Manly Doctors go off the deep end with “complementarianism,” history, science, the age of the earth, Genesis 1-11, and more discussion of free will from the Formula of Concord. Enough rope to hang them in this episode.
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Relive some of the insanity that is the God Whisperers thanks to our good friend Brian Yamabe who has put together this disturbing yet compelling ™ compilation from the past one hundred episodes. Part 1 is GW Mayhem, the disturbing stuff. Part 2 is GW Theology, the compelling stuff. Check it out.
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Listener email, Formula article II on crass Pelagians, not so crass Pelagians, free will and “simul.” And, for dessert, Dragon Fruit. It’ll make sense once you listen. Sort of.
Music creds:
A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
Song That Goes Like This – Monty Python
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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In a special all Barenaked Ladies edition, the Manly Doctors take one for Team Jesus with a scintillating discussion of Free Will (Formula of Concord Article II), their pastors conference in Palm Springs, and beating on the usual array of dead horses: Manichaeism, Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and 5 Point Calvinism. And don’t forget your Go Team Jesus megaphone and popcorn holder.
Music Cred:
Vegetable Town – Barenaked Ladies
If I Had a Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies
One Week – Barenaked Ladies
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
Book of Concord Link: http://bookofconcord.org/fc-ep.php#II
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A fragrant edition of the God Whisperers in which the Manly Doctors ponder Calvinism and “irresistible Grace,” correct a few misconception, deal with “biblical diets,” original sin, and whether garlic juice is capable of demagnetizing iron or Calvinists. Also a little Bohemian Rhapsody and some more Squirrel Nut Zippers. An episode befitting the stinking rose.
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Strange foods, Oktoberfest and the German pissing police, Luther on being as Christ for your neighbor, a great Nagel sermon on water, Formula article 1 and original sin and the answer to the burning question, “Is sin part of human nature?” And if that’s not enough: Squirrel Nut Zippers.
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In a rather dazed and confused episode of the GW, Manly Doctor Donofrio receives news that the IRS is going repo his condo, a Norwegian Skype caller reports on a 19-episode binge listening experiment while playing Minecraft fueled by candy, coffee, and Swedish chewing tobacco. And a lively discussion of the Epitome Rule & Norm including the catechism as the layman’s bible, Scripture and Tradition as it applies to women’s ordination and closed communion. And best of all: Louie Prima.
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity return with more irrelevance than ever: Chicago deep dish pizza, a torrent of listener criticism, evidentiary apologetics, and even epistemology (and we’re not talking steh oder sitz here). And if that isn’t enough to keep you occupied, the Formula of Concord – Rule & Norm and how Scripture alone is never alone.
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An appetizer of listener email and a discussion of poutine, Canadian bacon, and other delights along with Scott Conant’s terrific spaghetti pomodoro alla Scarpetto. And a double entree of a sermon by Norman Nagel on “Death and Life” and the feeding of the 5000 followed by Matt Harrison’s district convention sermon. And the usual GW self-absorbed narcissism.
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The GW revisit the issue of “validity” of Baptisms when performed by heretical, apostate, or otherwise flaky groups. Also a discussion on German culture, bathroom habits, and a critical listen to a sermon preached by Rev. Stephen Anderson on the importance of “pissing against the wall.” Disturbing, compelling, enlightening and even entertaining.
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Another manic Monday with the Manly Doctors of Divinity. We deal with some listener email including a child’s question on the distinction between hypostasis and ousia in the doctrine of the Trinity, a pericopal discussion on Mark 6:1-13, and a revival of Mrs. Miller in addition to Donofrio having some sort of “moment.” Hey, it’s Monday after all!
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So what else is new, you ask? This is the official “sell-out” edition chock full of classic commercials from the day when products were actually sold for what they did, not for what you would become. Catchy tunes too. What does this have to do with God whispering? Well, nothing, really. Also included: a tasting of Bacon Soda, district conventions, worms in Mescale, types of tequila, Mt. Gay rum, plant sexuality, and the burning question: Is the ELCA “apostate”? In other words, a total sell-out. Enjoy.
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The Manly Doctors babble on and on about foundation cracks, Mt. Gay Rum, mojitos, Liszt, Bach, Tubal-Cain, rock stars, cigar smoking, small-town cops with too much time and not enough crime on their hands, manly pissething against the wall, and the Heidelberg Disputation theses 25-28 with a special emphasis on the Law as your “inner mother.” How great is that?
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F-bombing priests, the Gospel of Barnabas, an enlightening word study on “pissing on the wall” in the KJV, and a great sermon from Norman Nagel on Acts 4 on the Name of Jesus with a special visit by Robert “Pastor Gas” Tilton. And Donofrio momentarily loses his wedding band on air. Wow!
Music creds:
Theme from Dennis the Menace
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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Listener email, a riff on “visionary” pastoral leadership, and then on to Pentecost.
Music creds:
Come, Holy Spirit – John Michael Talbot
O Day Full of Grace – The Choir and Orchestra of St. Olaf College
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity engage the functional differences of Calvinism vs. Lutheranism, theses 20-26 of the Heidelberg Disputation and why the harder you look at good works the less good they look. Then in a brilliant moment of middle-aged dementia, thinking he is quoting the Scriptures, Donofrio begins to channel the Council of Trent on faith as the “first work,” while Cwirla desperately tries to find it in the Greek text, concluding with this memorable line: ”I think you’re remembering something else.” Kyrie Eleison!
Music creds:
Themes from The Three Stooges and Sanford & Son.
Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
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Some episodes simply defy summarization. This is one of them. Just listen.
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Kitchen appliances and plumbing tips; homemade Bay Rum aftershave, Political Science for Dummies, on being “weak on sanctification,” Heidelberg Thesis 21, and “Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard.” We don’t know how to tie this one together, so we’re pouring Flying Monkey Martini’s and spinning “Billions of Brazilians” by Don Tiki.
Songs:
“Billions of Brazilians” – Don Tiki
“Crickets Sing for Ana Maria” – Astrud Gilberto
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The GW catch up on Skype calls, discuss drive-by parishes, rites, ceremonials, gestures and congregational diveristy. Also LCMS Blue and the theologies of glory and the cross from the Heidelberg Disputation articles 19 and 20.
Music creds:
“What a Time It Was”
“Bowling with Bedrock Barney” – The Dickies
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Easter hymns, Anglican descants, blended services and FB obscenities along with a lively discussion of the Resurrection narratives from Mark, Matthew, Luke and John. In that order. Christ is risen! Alleluia!
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A reading for the Annunciation of our Lord; the “Dry Mass” revisited, a defense of the Service of Prayer and Preaching from LSB, Bible translation right, wrong, and nuanced and why real men learn Greek, Receptionism vs Consecrationism and why both are wrong, and why all kids are liberals. Yeah, there’s no script to this show.
Music:
Don Tiki
Volare – Dean Martin
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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OK, so the title is a glaring case of word salad. So is the show. The Manly Doctors of Mahem move meticulously and seemlessly from a discussion of sunrise services and other Easter atrocities to an in-depth discussion of the typologies of 1 Peter 3 including the descensus ad infera and the connection between the Flood and Baptism, which now saves you. along with Pat Robertson and legalized marijuana. But wait! There’s more! The Feast of St. Joseph! Is this show ready for prime time or what?
Music:
One Toke Over the Line – Gale and Dale from Lawrence Welk
Marijuanaville – Mark Eddy
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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In a special facial hair edition of the GW, the Manly Doctors open the 3rd microphone to amply mustachioed LCMS synodical president Matt Harrison who talks about anything he wants. In the second half, the Manly Doctors take up listener mail and a question about women readers in the divine service along with the Million Mustache March.
Music:
Pagan Lust – Don Tiki
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
View Pres. Harrison’s address before Congress here. Also his answers to questions from members of Congress.
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The Manly Doctors go international with Skype calls from Australia and France, discuss Lenten customs and disciplines such as prayer, fasting, almsgiving, bacon, bottom-feeders, and Amarula along with prayers to the saints. The second half deals with “Christian dualism” and and Thesis 18 of the Heidelberg Disputation. Cute as a koala.
Music creds:
“Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport” – Rolf Harris
“Little Old Wine Drinker Me” – Dean Martin
“In Thailand” – Don Tiki
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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Pagan Lust by Don Tiki sets off a spirited hour of whispering including dry Masses, Bible translations, study Bibles, nerds vs. geeks, a couple of theses from Heidelberg and “What Going on With Campus Ministry?” with race car driver and campus pastor Rev. Ian Steward Pacey. And more Flarp!
Music creds:
Pagan Lust – Don Tiki
Little Old Wine Drinker Me – Dean Martin
What a Night – Mel Torme
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors take theology to a whole new e-scatological level thanks to a can of Flarp! courtesy of MDD Donofrio’s lovely wife Paula. Jasan Kaspar entertains with “I Want to Tell the Story,” Chris Loemker delivers a rousing reprise of “Skate Onward” on the mighty Cwirlitzer. The GW Mailbag gives occasion for discussions on liturgical over-politeness, monks vs friars, and 7th day Sabbatarianism. The second half has some observations about girl fights in view of the “Ordain Women Now,” a discussion on how the Law always ticks people off as it mortifies the old Adam, and finally, yes, a thesis from Heidelberg. And Flarp!
Music Credits:
Run Away! – from Spamalot
Hot Night – Don Tiki
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed (with Flarp!)
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The Manly Doctors engage in a little sports talk, a deep discussion of pizza, the political leanings of Astrud Gilberto, PETA, KFC and cruelty to fried chickens. But wait! There’s more! Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, theses 9-13 dealing with: dead works, mortal sins, arrogance, fear and faith, and Free Willy. You will definitely get your money’s worth from this one.
Music Creds:
“Call Me” – Astrud Gilberto
“No Moon at All” – Mel Torme
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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A trip to the GW mailbag prompts whisperings of assurance of salvation, a really bad bear joke from MDD Donofrio, serpents, temptation, and Genesis 3, and pastors’ continuing education or the lack thereof. On the back end, there are Theses 5 and 6 of Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation and the idea that everything man does is sinful, even when God is behind it, closing out with something on the Presentation of Our Lord. It’s all good.
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The GW are off to Heidelberg for a friendly Disputation as they consider theses 1-4 of Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation (1518) which distinguish the works of God from the works of men. Compelling yet disturbing disputational theology from the master of Law/Gospel paradox himself, Martin Luther.
For the text of the Heidelberg Disputation and Luther’s comments, click here.
Music:
Pinch Me – Barenaked Ladies
Love Shack – The B-52s
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors splash on some Hai Karate, fend off the ladies, and offer up this sweetly scented sacrifice of divine whisperings on baptismal exorcisms, Cwirla’s reflections on the Doxology pastoral enrichment program, Donofrio’s “Do Whatever You Want” sermon on 1 Corinthians 7, and pastoral compassion fatigue. Also, some musical offerings by composer-in-residence Jason M. Kaspar and a beautiful baptismal hymn in German complete with the howling of the old Adam as he goes kicking and screaming to his baptismal death. As always, compelling and disturbing.
Music:
Astrud Gilberto – Meditation
Ramones – California Sun
Sonseed – Jesus is a Friend of Mine
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The Manly Doctors go south of the border to McMurdo Station, 800 miles from the South Pole, to converse with Rick “The Anti-Santa” Stadler on such diverse topics as how to you calculate “evening and morning” when the sun never sets, what to do when you’re at the South Pole without a pastor, and the plight of the penguins. Also a great sermon by Norman Nagel on the Baptism of Our Lord and an email discussion on how we are simul sinner and sinless at the same time.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
For a live view of the conditions at McMurdo, check out their web cam.
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Is faith reasonable, do atheists believe, how to preserve a Christmas tree, was Sonseed an atheist conspiracy, and what exactly was that star in the East? These questions and a whole lot of answer for questions we have haven’t even thought of asking yet, on The God Whisperers.
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity take on the sensitive but theologically significant topic of circumcision in a snippy discussion on the occasion of the Name and Circumcision of Our Lord. Also, a special guest appearance from Henning Van Rensburg who sounds like he’s calling from inside a toilet bowl. And if that weren’t enough, more awesome Christmas music.
Music:
Alleluia! Freut Euch – Westminster Abbey Choir
Jesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol) – Bruce Cockburn
Go Tell It On the Mountain – Bruce Cockburn
In the Bleak Midwinter – Moya Brennan
O Holy Night – Anuna
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity host their annual office Christmas party with a special visit from their Director of Southern Hemispherical Operations Henning. Also guest appearances by Martin Luther, Jethro Tull, Bill Shatner, Moya Brennan, Alison Krauss, Vince Guaraldi, and more. Join us for an hour of Falalalala with the God Whisperers.
Music:
“Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” – Lizz Lee, Chris Willis & Mike E. (Handel’s Messiah, A Soulful Celebration)
“Riu Riu Chiu”- Anuna and The Monkeys
“What Child Is This” – Vince Guaraldi
“We Five Kings” – Jethro Tull
“See Amid the Winter Snow” – Concordia Seminary Chorus
“The Wexford Carol” – Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma
“Oiche Chiun” – Moya Brennan
“Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day” – Robert Shaw Chorale
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The Manly Doctors don Santa hats for some Advent musing, a little Veni, Veni Emmanuel, a recapitulation of some Calvinist stuff on resistance, non-resistance, and free will, along with commentary on the death of Christopher Hitchens, a sampling of the Matador Flaming Hot Beef Stick with a reading of its ingredients, a visit by MDD Cwirla’s wife, and finally….an O Antiphon! It sounds like it was made in a college dorm.
Music creds:
Veni, Veni – Enya
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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After sustaining a major iced beverage spill in the GW studios, the Manly Doctors regroup for a scintillating mailbag discussion on Donofrio’s educational philosophy, Cwirla’s distaste for the Assemblies of God and speaking in tongues, miracles natural and unnatural and overly wordy conditional absolutions. We also touch on Joel Osteen’s proposed reality TV show and round out the hour with a discussion of the Benediction in the Divine Service with a reading from Luther Reed. Mele Kalikimaka.
Music:
Veni, Veni – Mannheim Steamroller
Mele Kalikimaka – Bing Crosby
Sleigh Ride – Bella Fleck and Flecktones
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity recoup from a near-disastrous technical failure and ponder the anti-Santa, why Lutherans argue all the time, coffee shop churches, Lutheran ecclesiology, Advent and Christmas customs, Roman Catholic liturgical reforms, and post-communion collects. A little something for everyone and nothing in particular.
Music:
“Veni, Veni Immanuel” – Anne Dudley
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
“Silent Night” – The Dickies
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors discuss the backstory to “Now Thank We All Our God” as well as the Agnus Dei and Nunc Dimittis of the Liturgy. Donofrio talks about his upcoming cruise and there is a lively debate over whether Rowan Williams really is a Druid. Add a bit of Thanksgiving and Advent, shake, pour over ice, and you have some vintage GW.
Music Credits:
“Now Thank We All Our God” – Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, cond.
“Stonehenge” – Spinal Tap
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
“Turkish Delight” – Don Tiki
“Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending”
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity discuss the words surrounding the Words of Institution, the place of the Agnus Dei, sacramental and sacrificial presider positions before the altar along with elevations, liturgical gestures and the proper and reverent disposition of the reliquia.
Oh, and a stirring rendition of “Thank the Lord” on nasal bagpipes.
Music creds:
“Thank the Lord” – Jason Kaspar
“Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” – Barry White
“Mack the Knife”- Bobby Darin
Glenn Miller Band
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Prompted by a listener Skype call, the Manly Doctors discuss Bronze Age Lutheranism along with liturgy and liberalism and the dangers of binge listening to The God Whisperers. After an interlude of soporific elevator music, they revisit the Sanctus and the Our Father with a final riff on the handling of reliquia.
Music credits:
Mohammad Rafi – Jaan Pehechaan Ho
Munir Nurettin Beken - Makam Suzidil: Pesrev
Relaxing Instrumental Jazz Academy – Zen
Boney James – Soft
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Ancient church typologies, a revisit to Family Radio, MDD Donofrio’s liturgical innovations, and a detailed discussion of the Preface, Proper Preface and Sanctus of the Liturgy along with Mrs. Miller, the Ramones, and a Ska-Metal version of “Jesus is a Friend of Mine” from a Finnish listener. Who says we don’t bring content?
Music:
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Andy Rehfeldt
“Sweet Pea” and “A Lover’s Concerto” – Mrs. Miller
“What a Wonderful World” – The Ramones
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
Liturgical bits from Liturgy Audio Files.
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The Manly Doctors engage in some Reformation reflections and listener email prompts a lively discussion of the Aaronic benediction (Numbers 6:21ff), “Scripture interprets Scripture,” the epistle of James, and 6-day creation. Plus some great Reformation period music. All here on The God Whisperers.
Music credits:
“A Mighty Fortress” – Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) Chorus
“Ein Fest Burg ist Unser Gott”
Arrivederci Roma – Dean Martin
“Allein Gott in der Hoehe”
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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Manly Doctor Donofrio talks about his favorite topic in the world, himself, and the career benefits of dropping out of school. Also another musical offering from listener Jason M. Kaspar called “Dreifache der Gottesfuesterer” (whatever that means), readings in the life of Mrs. Miller, the patron saint of the GW, a rare track from GW organist Chris Loemker entitled “Organtallica” and a brief but scintillating discussion on sacrificial thankofferings from 2 Corinthians.
Music credits:
“Loving You is Like Frying Bacon Nekkid” – Roger Alan Wade
“Strangers in the Night” – Mrs. Miller
“Theme from Gilligan’s Island”
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors honor the patron saint of the GW, Mrs. Miller, in a special What Would Mrs. Miller Do? edition. Also on the menu, gluten-free dog biscuits, Baptist baptismal innovations, the environmental impact of home bible studies, adventures of the young and stupid, and a marvelous sermon by Norman Nagel on Ezekiel 37.
Music:
Yellow Submarine; Moon River; I’ve Got the Tiger by the Tail; Hard Day’s Night; Monday Monday; These Boots are Made for Walking – Mrs. Miller
Jesus is a Friend of Mine – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity venture into the shark infested waters of ELCA / LCMS / WELS / ELS alphabet soup and church fellowship. The long version of “In the Tavern” and a few more trivial naughty bits round out an episode sure to please no one.
Music Credits:
“Theme from Monty Python’s Flying Circus”
“In the Tavern” (long version) - Jason M. Kaspar
“Fly Me to the Moon” – Astrid Gilberto
“The Forbidden Finger” – Don Tiki
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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A post-modern pastiche of random nothingness including: the Zagats, Hyundai dealerships, intimate Italian restaurants, some guy who calls himself the God Whisperer not to be confused with the Manly Doctors of Divinity, the church of “foggy boundaries,” the intermediate state between death and resurrection, Jehovah’s Witnesses, 7th Day Adventists, Adventists, “soul sleep,” listener mail bag, MD Cwirla goes on a brief verbal strike, the short version of “In the Tavern,” Loemker serenades us with “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” from the mighty Cwirlitzer, and some reflections on 9/11 from MD Donofrio. This show is a bargain at the price.
Music Credits:
“Theme from My Three Sons”
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
“Downtown” – Mrs. Miller
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” – Earl Scruggs
“In the Tavern” – Jason M. Kaspar
“Jesus is a Friend of Mine” – Sonseed
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The Manly Doctors take on the theological questions of a three year old, Loemker debuts yet another hymn styling “Skate Onward,” and if that wasn’t enough, there is a discussion on Colossians 3:16 and “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” as it applies to the Hymn of the Day in the divine service.
Music Credits:
“Skate Onward” – Chris Loemker at the Mighty Cwirlitzer
“Pinch Me” – Barenaked Ladies
“Groovy Kind of Love” – Mrs. Miller
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Listener email sends the Manly Doctors off road once again into researching the actual origins of the word “boogity,” followed by a riff on wedding photographers. A world debut of another Loemker hymn styling “Were You There When That Just Happened?” And if that weren’t enough to fill an hour of disturbing yet compelling listening, the liturgical use of the creeds in the western Mass form.
Music Credits:
“Theme Song from the Andy Griffith Show”
“Dueling Banjos” – from the movie Deliverance – Eric Weisberg
“I Can See for Miles” – The Who
“Theme Song from Cheers”
“Cwirlitzer Hoedown” – Chris Loemker
“Were You There When That Just Happened?” – Chris Loemker
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Listener email sends the Manly Doctors off road once again into researching the actual origins of the word “boogity,” followed by a riff on wedding photographers. A world debut of another Loemker hymn styling “Were You There When That Just Happened?” And if that weren’t enough to fill an hour of disturbing yet compelling listening, the liturgical use of the creeds in the western Mass form.
Music Credits:
“Theme Song from the Andy Griffith Show”
“Dueling Banjos” – from the movie Deliverance – Eric Weisberg
“I Can See for Miles” – The Who
“Theme Song from Cheers”
“Cwirlitzer Hoedown” – Chris Loemker
“Were You There When That Just Happened?” – Chris Loemker
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A Skype caller and an email unleash more marital mayhem from the Manly Doctors. The second half hour goes into the Lectionary – 1 and 3 year – and preaching. And we debut a new feature – “Devout Desecrations – the hymn stylings of Chris Loemker.”
Music Credits:
“Cwirlitzer Hoedown” – Chris Loemker
“I’m an Ordinary Guy” – Rex Harrison from My Fair Lady
Theme from the Addams Family
“How Great a Wurlitzer” – Chris Loemker
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Listener email causes the Manly Doctors to consider the existential question, “Am I really a Christian?” along with unreality of Rob Bell’s hell. Donofrio’s eyes and his iPad are acting up. There is a devout in-depth discussion on the five-part collect form of the liturgy. Plus, the sonorous tones of the mighty GW Wurlitzer.
Music credits:
“I Love Bacon” – Jason M. Kaspar
“Zip A Dee Doo Dah” – Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
“One Week” – Barenaked Ladies
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Listener email takes the Manly Doctors to the dark side with a massive “Home Schooler Alert” followed by a discussion of the Service of the Word. And some great “Boogity, boogity, boogity” from Baptist pastor Jim Nelms with some enhancements by the Gregory Brothers. You may want to hide the little ones for the first half hour.
Music credits:
“You Really Got Me” – The Kinks
‘Boogity, Boogity, Boogity” – Pr. Jim Nelms as Songified by the Gregory Brothers.
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The second hour of our special Las Vegas edition recorded at the Higher Things Coram Deo conference on the campus of UNLV. We’re talking with Revs. Ian Steward Pacey and Sam Schuldheisz on Narnia, Tolkien, CS Lewis, symphonic symbolism, Bart Ehrman, textual criticism, email from Henning, Rick Warren’s “Daniel Weight-loss Plan” and more. All this, while Donofrio chows down on Panda Express.
Music Credits:
“Stick to Your Guns” – Modern Mission
“Vegas’ – Frank Sinatra
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The Manly Doctors are in Las Vegas on the campus of UNLV at the Higher Things Coram Deo youth conference. Special guests Revs. Ian Steward Pacey, Marcus Zill, George Borghardt and Mark Jasa. We’re talking campus ministry, atheism, apologetics, evolution, and anything else we can kick around.
Music credits:
“Viva Las Vegas” – Richard Cheese
“Las Vegas” – How’s Your News?
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The Manly Doctors sample some unusual chili flavored bacon, offer reflective reminiscences of great seminary professors, and deliver some really bad imitations of Scottish accents. And of course, there is a lively discussion of the Kyrie and the numerical deep structure of the liturgy along with the Gloria in Excelsis. With a special guest appearance by Rufus the dog.
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Chronos gives way to kairos and time goes out the window as the Manly Doctors reflect on the state of the LCMS and the trials and tribulations of the ministry. They wind up with the Kyrie from the liturgy and some talk about liturgical organ playing.
Song Credits:
“My Generation” – The Who
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The Manly Doctors set off a few fireworks of their own with some 4th of July reminiscences, a lively discussion of liturgical gestures, both meaningful and meaningless, and a startling revelation that links the Calvary Chapel of Donofrio’s youth with the Indian shows at the Wisconsin Dells of Cwirla’s childhood. And if that isn’t enough, we forgot to turn off the microphone so listen to the very end for a bonus laugh or two.
Music Credits:
“Swinging on a Star” – Bing Crosby
“Get Rhythm” – Johnny Cash
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Great listener email including Lutherans in France, the origins of the liturgy, the 5 ordinaries of the Mass, and a little bit about the Kyrie before we ran out of time. You get the idea. Now listen.
Music credits:
“Man in Black” – Johnny Cash
“Psycho Killer” – Bruce Lash
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If episode 144 sounds like it was recorded before episode 143, that’s because it was. We decided that 144 had more Pentecost content than 143 so we turned 143 into 144 and 144 into 143. We have some listener email, and a discussion of the church year.
Music:
“Birdhouse in Your Soul” – They Might Be Giants
“The Bacon Song” – Jenna Bean Veatch
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity go Pentecostal with a special fire of the Spirit edition of the God Whisperers. Also a little bit of Gottesdienst rambling and some millennial mayhem just to round out the hour. We hope you enjoy.
Music credits:
“Allergies” – The Barenaked Ladies
“Through the Fire” – Modern Mission
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The picture has nothing to do with anything. We just think C. F. W. Walther is one cool dude. We’re talking Liturgy as Word and Sacrament, otherwise known as “Divine Service” or paradoxically “Gottesdienst.” Also a little Harold Camping because we can’t stop ourselves.
Music credits:
“The Bacon Song” – Hauk
“Bacon and Eggs” - Beatnik Turtle
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The post post-rapture party continues with guest appearances by Harold Camping, Larry Flynt, Lord Ra-el and a lively discussion by the Manly Doctors of Divinity on “sacrament” and “sacrifice” in the Liturgy. Episodes like this one make the Manly Doctors the world’s most interesting Lutherans.
Music credits:
“Bacon Song” – Matt the Electrician
“The Bacon Song” – Meekakitty
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Well, it’s May 23rd and we’re all still around. That means more madness from the Manly Doctors of Divinity, the Irreverent Reverends of Religiosity, the Supreme Sultans of Sarcasm. Firmly believing that you can’t kick a dead horse too much, the God Whisperers do a post-mortem on the rapture that didn’t happen. And to think, we recorded this one two weeks ago. Now that’s confidence!
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Since the Rapture is scheduled for May 21st, the Manly Doctors of Divinity usher in the end of the age with a rousing tribute to eschatology guru Harold Camping. We’re not expecting to be around next week, but you might want to check in here just to see who’s left behind.
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The God Whisperers venture into the treacherous waters of “pastoral leadership” with Rev. Tom Brashears. Tom delivers on the left-handed side of pastoring and how to organize a congregation without turning it into an organized religion or a religion of organization or anything resembling something Rick Warren would do. In addition we get some ex-ELCA insights along with a little Snacktime. More GW madness.
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After a failed attempt at recording anything remotely relevant, much less meaningful, the Manly Doctors of Divinity turn to Dr. Norman Nagel to deliver the goods. We have some vintage Nagel along with a few stray reflections on Lent, our favorite season of the church year, and capping it all off with “The Song That Goes Like This.” ”Disturbing yet compelling” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
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A special Holy Week of the God Whisperers focusing on aspects of St. Matthew’s account of the Passion of our Lord. And the debut of the God Whisperers 24 Second Bible Study™ in which the Manly Doctors of Divinity take on the tough theological questions that have perplexed the ages and answer them in 24 seconds or less. Well, more or less….you know how it is.
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We have Maggie Karner, Director of Life and Health Ministries for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at the GW 3rd microphone to talk about pro-life issues from a Lutheran two-kingdoms perspective. Oh, and she also hits the GW Gong at the opening of the show.
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We have Rev. Jonathan “Worldview Everlasting” Fisk on the Skype line together with Magge Karner, Director of Life and Health Ministries for the LCMS and the mother of three daughters in studio for a lively discussion of teenage dating, love, marriage and the age-old question: ”How far is too far.” Great whispering here. Ignore that Home Schooler Alert.
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Prayer in the public square, Norman Nagel on James 2. And Manly Doctor Donofrio’s condo problems. Oh, and we’re too sexy for our cassocks.
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity lob softball questions at each other on infant baptism, the nature of the Lord’s Supper, and why we go to worship. Also, a brief catechism on GW Lenten pieties including Bacon Mondays, Amarula Tuesdays, and Bottom Feeder Fridays. And, if that isn’t enough, Albi the Racist Dragon. You’ll see. Just listen.
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The God Whisperers celebrate St. Patty’s Day with a South African twist as they sample Amarula on-air with Director of Southern Hemispherical Operations Henning von Rensburg and official therapist-in-residence and gong master Steve Lownesg. Somewhere in this mess, there are whisperings of ashless Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent, and assorted other interesting stuff. Who ever said we were organized religion?
The opening segment can be seen on YouTube, proving once again that we are made for radio.
- Warning * A blanket Home Schooler Alert was issued for this entire episode as some drinking of the fermented fruit of the Marula tree was involved in the production.
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The Irreverent Reverends of Religiosity, the Manly Doctors of Divinity catch up with listener email on Muslims, Hitler, and a handful of other things, and then some whisperings on the Transfiguration of Our Lord. Shining Jesus in all His glory.
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Part 2 of our scintillating interview with Rev. Prof. Dr. Adam Francisco on Islam and current events in the middle east. Timely, compelling, disturbing and entertaining. Your brain will do little cartwheels of giddinesss. Or at least dizzyness.
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It’s a special Valentine’s Day edition of TGW with Robert Baker of Concordia Publishing House (aka CPH) who is pushing his new book Natural Law-A Lutheran Reappraisal. And a little whispering about St. Valentine too.
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We’re talking with Prof. Adam Francisco, our resident expert on all things Islamic. This is part 1 of a two-part third microphone conversation. Great stuff!
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Listener email, objective justification, Guyana garlic pork, and a cameo appearance by Doug the Dog (sort of). All right here on The God Whisperers.
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LCMS President Matthew Harrison joins the Manly Doctors of Divinity for a serious discussion on effects of skepticism and consumerism on the church, and also how congregations can reestablish ties to their community through works of mercy in the Name of Jesus. We also confer upon Pres. Harrison the first ever Honorary Manly Doctor of Divinity degree together with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto, whatever they may be.
Oh, and there is banjo music too.
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Jeff Schwarz, executive producer of Issues, Etc., joins us at the 3rd microphone for a lively discussion of Christian broadcasting and a little 2010 year in review of the world of religion, politics, and other strangeness.
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A little more Christmas theology and music on this 10th Day of Christmas from the Manly Doctors of Divinity.
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Merry Christmas from the God Whisperers! We offer some Christmas joy and frivolity along with nativity theology with special guest Pr. Mark Jasa of University Lutheran Chapel at UCLA.
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The Manly Doctors of Divinity take on listener email, talk about John the Baptist and Baptism, engage a few passages from Calvinist, Arminian, and Lutheran perspectives and listen to some great Advent music. Just the bare necessities of life.
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Is the doctrine of Election Law or Gospel? It makes a difference. We’re talking more Calvinism, Lutheran TULIP, catching up with email and Skype calls. Plus more great Lutheran hymns, Bill Shatner, and a musical stuffed dog. Disturbingly compelling Christian radio.
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A field report from our “Director of Southern Hemispherical Operations” Henning van Rensburg, an end-time Nagel sermon, and some great Advent music. And lots of guys with really cool accents. Grab a cup of coffee and listen.
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More Norman Nagel, more TULIP whisperings, and yes – more Tiny Tim. Check it out.
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A wonderful sermon from Dr. Norman Nagel on the Reformation followed by a tiptoe through the TULIP of Synod of Dort Calvinism.
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Some more All Saints and Reformation, a bit of great music from the 16th century, some choice Luther quotations, and a little bit of Lutheranism 101. It’s a grab bag of goodies here on the God Whisperers.
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We have a special Reformation / All Saints Day edition. A little Reformation history, a little talk about the saints, and a little something more.
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We have apologist extraordinaire Andrew De Loach, esq. of “Take the Stand” sitting in on the famed 3rd microphone. We talking “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” here on the God Whisperers.
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We have a special South Africa edition with listener Henning van Rensburg reporting on the spiritual state of things in South Africa along with talk about apologetics, atheism, rugby and Amarula. You won’t want to miss this one as the Manly Doctors of Divinity go global.
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We did it!! The last of Walther’s theses on the proper distinction of Law and Gospel and how the Gospel must generally predominate in our teaching and preaching. But wait, there’s more! A scintillating discussion of cruising pastors, weird South African spirituality, and a few other things off the tops of our heads. Listen in on the Manly Doctors of Divinity.
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Pastor self-communion, church luaus, pharmaceuticals, Chinese herbal medicine, and the unpardonable sin from Walther’s Law and Gospel.
Yes, we’re that crazy.
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C. F. W. Walther’s Law and Gospel and a whole lot more.
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We have a lot to say about 9/11 and related events including a proposed Islamic center near “ground zero” in NY and a Florida pastor who is threatening to burn a copy of the Qur’an. Or not. Also some discussion on Bible translations and a few other things rattling around the brains of the manly Doctors of Divinity.
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More insights into the penetrating question “What Religion is Pres. Obama?” followed by Thesis 22 of Walther’s Law and Gospel and this false distinctions of “awakened” vs “converted” Christians, “carnal” vs “spiritual” Christians, and any other way you have to saying it. It’s either faith and unbelief, and that’s all there is. Listen in.
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A comparison of “Thy Strong Word” with “My Desire” plus a great song by Carbon Leaf – “What about Everything.” Some thoughts on the new LCMS president, and Thesis 21 on the sacraments and ex opere operato from Walther’s Law & Gospel.
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This episode is dedicated to our listeners who think we spend too much time kibitzing on the front end of the show. The is one hour of pure stream of consciousness God Whisperers: Tiki conventions, Vancouver Island, Irish pubs, mosques on Ground Zero, Obama’s real religion, and a burning ring of fire. You have been forewarned.
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The God Whisperers have some raucous fun with Joel Osteen’s fatwah against pork, shellfish, and other bottom feeders, and then move on to more of Walther’s Proper Distinction of the Law and the Gospel.
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Shrinking wetsuits, dieting, Also Sprach Zarathustra, a nice Christmas hymn, on how we speak about death and dying. Oh, and then we get around to Walther’s Thesis 20 and association with the visible church, warts and all. A little something for everyone in this episode.
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Anglican hymnody, Genesis 1, Christopher Hitchins, erotica, and when we finally get around to it – mortal and venial sins according to CFW Walther, and a little quarrel with Walther on the proper distinction of mortal and venial sin. It’s a moment.
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What does it mean to be a “true believer?” Can a “true” Christian sin intentionally or be captive to ruling or habitual sins? The God Whisperers take some issue with old C. F. W. Walther in Thesis 18 where he seems to state that true believers are not captive to “ruling sins” or sin intentionally. Also some thoughts on contemporary music in worship, youth ministry, and more of the friendly banter you’ve come to know as The God Whisperers.
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Rejoice with us! It was lost but now it’s found. Put on the BBQ, pop the corks, it’s time for a little GW frivolity mixed with Lutheran theology in a best of God Whisperers commemorative episode. Relive those great moments like Home Schooler Alert, Space Robot Spiritual, Mo’s Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar, and other highlights of our first 99 episodes. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed putting this together.
Thanks to all our listeners for their support and feedback. Special thanks to Brian Yamabe, who compiled these excerpts and Chris Loemker, who produced the “Jesus is a Friend of Mine” organ cover. Let’s party!
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The 100th episode anniversary gold keeps on coming, thanks to our good friend Brian Yamabe, who excerpted and compiled these clips. There is some great third microphone sound with Michael “Internet Monk” Spencer (1956-2010) who died in the Lord earlier this year. This one’s for you, our dear Baptist friend.
We’re still searching for the missing Episode 100. Rumor has it that it may turn up on Monday, just in time for PCR airing. Stay tuned.
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As we await the much anticipated Episode 100 anniversary edition, here is some 24 karat God Whisperers solid gold, thanks to Brian Yamabe, who gleaned and compiled these segments. Props to Chris Loemker, organist extraordinaire, who produced the Jesus is a Friend of Mine cover.
There is actual content here, for all you theological wonks!
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We’re back in Craig’s backyard for a special luau edition of the God Whisperers. In addition to Mai Tais and other delights, we’re offering up some free range conversation at our third microphone along with some Law / Gospel distinctions in the way of Walther’s thesis 17. So pour yourself a mai tai, get into the aloha spirit, and tune in to another scintillating episode.
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A little silliness with the special effects board, a somewhat garbled call by a disgruntled listener, Craig’s confusing 2010 for 2001 – A Space Odyssey, and of course, more whisperings of Law and Gospel and their proper distinction from C. F. W. Walther’s theses 15 and 16. The right understanding of conversion, repentance, and faith. Good fun, great theology, here on The God Whisperers.
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A caller takes issue with one of Donofrio’s statements about forgiveness. Donofrio gets slapped around by Cwirla at the caller’s request. And then it’s on to Thesis 14 of the Proper Distinction of the Law and the Gospel and the improper understanding of faith as a cause of justification. All here on a very physical smack down edition of the God Whisperers.
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Is faith a work? Something we do? Thesis 13 of Walther’s Law and Gospel when we finally get around to it in a particularly chatty episode of The God Whisperers.
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It’s snack time at the God Whisperers. We’re talking Thesis 12 of Walther Law & Gospel and the right relationship of contrition and faith. And oh, by the way, some Barenaked Ladies along with Donofrio’s goofy diet. Great theology and snacks!
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Space Robot Spirituals, Operation Godzilla, St. Onofre, the naked hermit, nude beaches, and Thesis 11 of C. F. W. Walther’s Proper Distinction of the Law and the Gospel. Oh, and great root beer, too.
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Craig plays his ukulele (sort of), and we talk about the nature of sin, grace, faith and love from Thesis X of Walther’s Proper Distinction of the Law and the Gospel. Also “Spinal Tap” and a few other cinematic digressions.
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Law and Gospel are confused when we mix up our insides and outsides. When it comes to forgiveness, life, and salvation, don’t look inward but outward. It’s all extra nos, outside of ourselves in the Word and the Sacraments.
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Cwirla talks about his new iPad, Donofrio discusses his upcoming trip to Hawaii, and then some whisperings about the target of the Law and the Gospel – smug sinners, repentant sinners, and sinners in general. Can you tell the difference? We’re talking about it.
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A comparison of our Holy Week celebrations, more food talk, Cwirla’s new iPad, and eventually a scintillating discussion of the proper order of faith and good works from Walther’s 7th thesis on the proper distinction of the Law and the Gospel.
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Jesus a “new lawgiver” in the way of Moses? No, that was Charlton Heston! That and much more on this episode of the God Whisperers.
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Yes, that’s right. More heaping globs of Law and Gospel, properly distinguished, courtesy of the Manly Drs. Without this distinction, the Bible remains a sealed book, or at least a book of seeming contradictions. Is it wrath or mercy? Damnation or salvation? Yes! Check it out!
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We’re talking the Law and the Gospel as taught by the Holy Spirit in the “school of experience,” according to Walther. If experience is a school, then your funeral is graduation day.
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After a detour on some email, Armenian delis, incense allergies, and giving to the poor, we finally get back on track with Walther’s thesis #2 on the Law and the Gospel and how being “biblical” isn’t enough. Check it out.
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We’re talking C. F. W. Walther’s Law and Gospel and their proper distinction. Have a listen.
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We’re starting a new series of whispering on C. F. W. Walther’s Proper Distinction of the Law and the Gospel. But before that, a survey of our favorite hymns for Lent. You just can’t beat those minor keys.
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The authority of bishops, the Lutheran distinction of the two kingdoms, and other delights.
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Monastic vows. Poverty, chastity, obedience. Not to mention a funny haircut. We’re talking about medieval monasticism and the Reformation’s critique of it. Also a discussion over a listener call regarding what to do when you don’t feel the joy of your salvation. And of course, a little bacon, in celebration of Bacon Mondays in Lent.
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The distinction of meats is on the table. Foods, actually We’re talking fish on Friday, bacon on Monday, and whatever other prescribed fasts may be going on. Can they make us holy before God? Does God even care? Why make a distinction of foods at all? We’re talking, and we hope you’re listening. The bump music is dedicated to Manly Dr. Cwirla. Let the listener understand.
Click here for more discussions on this article of the Augsburg Confession.
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We’re going back to private confession this week and a look at what Lutherans lost and what they retained of private confession. Also Facebook, Urban Dictionary, tuna burgers, and other random silliness. You won’t want to miss this.
For a good supplemental discussion to this article go here.
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We’re talking with Rev. Al Colver of LCMS World Relief and Human Care about the relief efforts going on in Haiti. Al just returned from Haiti and provides a great eye-witness account of some of the work that is going on there. For more information and for opportunities to contribute to the Haiti relief effort, follow these links:
LCMS World Relief and Human Care
Rev. Matt Harrison’s Blog
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The sacrifice of the Mass. Is the Lord’s Supper primarily God to us or us to God? That is the question. We’re talking the proper distinction of sacrament and sacrifice and the difference between propitiatory and eucharistic sacrifices – in other words, sacrifices of sin and sacrifices of thanksgiving. This was an important issue at the time of the reformation, and it still is today.
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The Manly Doctors of Theology return with a scintillating episode on the topic of priestly celibacy from article 23 of the Augsburg Confession. And, of course, there is the usual banter to start the new year as only the God Whisperers can. When the topic turns to sex, or the absence thereof, you can be sure there will be something outrageous. Have a listen.
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Christmas hymns, music, and the Christmas narrative from the Gospel according to St. Luke all jammed into one hour. Unfortunately, the music is a bit low in volume on this episode; we apologize for the technical glitch.
Merry Christmas to all and thanks for listening to The God Whisperers.
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Well, we set out to talk about article 22, but we got distracted a bit by an early Christmas present that we opened on the air. When we finally get around to it, Article 22 of the Augsburg Confession is the first of the correct articles dealing with abuses and errors of the medieval Roman church. The first on the table is communion under one kind (bread only) for the laity.
We’re talking about it in this episode, along with some seasonal stuff, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and yes, you guessed it – more bacon. This time it’s dark chocolate and applewood smoked bacon with alderwood smoked salt. All in good, clean fun. Well, good fun at least.
Here’s the source of the chocolate bar we’re talking about, in case you are tempted: http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/
Here’s Katrina Markoff’s site – enough said: http://www.peaceloveandchocolate.com/
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We return to the Augsburg Confession and the proper veneration of the saints in article 21. Do we pray to them? Do they pray for us? Does it matter and why? How are the heroes of the faith best remembered? We’re talking and hoping you’re listening.
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We’re talking the season of Advent, its colors, its hymns, its themes and a whole lot more. Also a special musical feature that is sure to thrill longtime God Whisperers listeners.
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A very special Thanksgiving Day edition of The God Whisperers recorded “on location” as we digest our respective Thanksgiving dinners. We’re talking the history of Thanksgiving as a civil/religious holiday, a few Thanksgiving hymns and why they sound Unitarian, and of course, our favorite Thanksgiving foods including pumpkin pie and bacon. Pull up a chair at the GW Thanksgiving table, pour yourself a nice Cabernet, and get ready for a feast.
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Recorded live from the SOCO luncheon in Newport Beach, a special 3rd microphone edition of The God Whisperers featuring Rev. Matthew Harrison, executive director of LCMS World Relief & Human Care and author of the recently released book At Home in the House of My Fathers.
We’re talking banjo, guitar, woodworking, the state of Lutheranism, Lutheran history, works of mercy, and whatever else is on Harrison’s mind. Have a listen.
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We engage a couple of listener calls and add a little more bacon to the frypan for those who didn’t get enough of it last week. Then it’s on to faith and good works – in that order.
People worry about the necessity of good works for salvation; God worries about the necessity of salvation for good works.
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A special “bacon edition” of the God Whisperers. Everything goes better with bacon, right? We’re talking the cause of sin and article 19 of the Augsburg Confession along with frying bacon in the nude. You’ll have to hear it to believe it. Craig has put to together some amazing bump music to top it all off. Wow!
For a good discussion on this article see Concordia: The Book of Concord.
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Free will – vertically before God and horizontally before others. Are we free to choose the right or is it all predetermined for us? The God Whisperers are talking free will and its implications in this scintillating episode.
For a good discussion of this article see: Concordia – The Lutheran Confessions
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The return of Jesus Christ to judgment and why no one gets left behind on the Last Day. We’re talking realized eschatology on this episode of the God Whisperers along with pre-, post-, mid-tribulation dispensational, you name it.
For a good supplement to this episode, see the post by William Weedon in Concordia – The Lutheran Confessions.
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First, a riff on “adiaphora” and some unfinished business on rites and ceremonies in response to a listener email. The we finally get to talking civil government and God’s left hand here on The God Whisperers.
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Rites, rubrics, ceremonies, tradition. Necessary or not? Helpful or not? We talking about them here on The God Whisperers.
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Order in the Church! Order in the Church! We’re talking ordo as in office of the holy ministry. This is about authority and who may preach and preside in the churches.
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The Sacraments. So what’s a “sacrament” anyway? And how many are there? And what’s the point of it all? We’re talking about signs instituted by God with the promise of grace in Jesus.
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FaceBook culture, Donofrio’s vacation in Hawaii, swimming with sea turtles, Blue Hawaiians, time-shares, 9/11, and finally, a scintillating discussion on AC 12 and the nature of repentance.
A little something for everyone in a very chatty edition of The God Whisperers.
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Augsburg 11 and private confession and a little bit more.
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We’re talking about the Lord’s Supper from the Augsburg Confession – pure, simple, and to the point.
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Holy Baptism, history and practice, a very strange call, and whatever else comes to mind.
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Holy Church, Holy Ministry, and the efficacy of the Word – all on this episode of The God Whisperers.
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The Church. Visible, invisible, hidden, revealed? What is the Church and where do you find it?
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Good works. Faith does them; Lutherans teach them; we’re talking about them here on The God Whisperers. Also a little Barry White in the second half.
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Holy ministry, holy sacraments, holy people with a little bit of Higher Things thrown in at the beginning. We’re talking about the gifts of the cross bestowed.
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More on Article 4 and justification.
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Justification by grace through faith for Christ’s sake after some whisperings on skepticism, atheism, and a new book by Thomas Keller. We have some “technical difficulties” in the last 12 minutes. (We’d fire the sound engineer, but it was Cwirla. Enough said.)
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Jesus the Christ, the Son of God: We’re talking Chalcedonian Christology, Nicene orthodoxy, and just plain straight-up Biblical theology.
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Original sin. Not a fun topic, but you need to hear about it, and we’re here to talk about it.
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God – Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Enough said.
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Our 50th episode of The God Whisperers! Having run out of the Catechism, we’ve decided to take up the Augsburg Confession, the chief confession of the Lutheran churches. Here’s the intro.
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More steaming plates full of potluck. Grab your fork and dig in.
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What’s more Lutheran than a “potluck”? Bring your hot dish, jello dessert, and a beverage, pile those soggy paper plates high and join us on this first of two special Potluck Editions.
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Daily prayer is an integral part of every Christian’s priestly vocation. It’s also the 7th part of the catechism. Out of order, but not forgotten, we’re talking about talking to God here on The God Whisperers.
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This is the third, and last, of our whisperings on the Table of Duties, this time the order of the household. We’re talking about husbands and wives, parents and children, employers and employees, old folks, young folks, and everybody else. Listen in.
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More on the Table of Christian Responsibilities, Duties, Etc. from the back of Small Catechism. The order of civil society is on the table here: what the governors owe the governed and vice versa. Get out Romans 13 and follow along.
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“Table of Duties”??? That doesn’t sound like much fun now, does it? Well, who said life is supposed to be fun? This is about Christian vocation in church, society, and home, and we’re talking about it. Have a listen.
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This week’s God Whisperers is a 3rd microphone edition with Michael “Internet Monk” Spencer. Michael has written a provocative opinion piece published in the Christian Science Monitor (the long version is on the web at internetmonk.com here, here, and here), in which he predicts the collapse of Evangelicalism within 10 years. Listen in on this fascinating conversation.
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Closed, close(d), close, open communion and more on this extra edition on the Lord’s Supper.
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We can’t get enough of the Lord’s Supper, nor can we stop whispering about it. Today we’re talking a little liturgical nostalgia along with the blessings and benefits and the great material question: How does eating and drinking do such great things, namely, impart forgiveness, life, and salvation? It’s a great question and we take it on here on The God Whisperers.
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What are the blessings, benefits, and nutritional value of the Lord’s Supper? We’re glad you asked, and we’re talking about it. Listen in.
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More on the Lord’s Supper along with a few observations from the weird, wild, and wacky world of religion.
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“Do this in remembrance of me,” Jesus says. We’re going to be unpacking this mandate of our Lord over the next four episodes as we do some whisperings on the Lord’s Supper. In part 1 we take on the big question “What is it?” and get to hear Luther’s comprehensive, all-encompassing, best ever written 5-point answer. Have a listen!
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Back from a two-week hiatus that included travel to the frozen tundra of the Midwest along with illness, we’re offering our special Laryngitis Edition of The God Whisperers. Who says we don’t play injured? In this episode we wrap up our discussion of the sacrament of Confession & Absolution with a segment on how to use the Ten Commandments as a mirror (warning: you won’t like what you see), and a Top Ten (eleven actually) list of reasons not to go to confession.
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More Confession & Absolution talks on The God Whisperers as Craig continues to revel in our “Manly Drs” phone number. There’s some solid catechism talk here on why we shouldn’t neglect confession & absolution. Tune up your ears and listen.
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We’re cracking open the dark door of the confessional on The God Whisperers and talking about the neglected “3rd Sacrament” of the Lutheran churches: Confession and Absolution. What? you say. You always heard there were two sacraments. Time to listen up. Confession is, after all, good for the soul.
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We have one more Baptism episode to pull from the water on the God Whisperers. We’re talking about the Word and the water along with faith which trusts the Word in the water plus what Baptism means for daily living. We’ve tying our loose baptismal ends together in this episode. Enjoy.
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Join us in our first annual Christmas special of The God Whisperers. We’re talking Christmas hymns, congregational customs, and the Christmas narrative from the Gospel according to St. Luke. A blessed Nativity of Our Lord to all from The God Whisperers. Christ is born! Alleluia!
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Oh, we just can’t get enough of Holy Baptism around here at the God Whisperers. We’ve got a flurry of Scriptures coming your way on this “blessings and benefits” episode. Check it out.
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More of our total immersion into Holy Baptism. Baptists beware! We’re on a roll here. Check it out.
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We’re talking about the water, Word, and Spirit in this first of several episodes on the gift of Holy Baptism.
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“Deliver us from evil (or the evil one)” and “Amen” are on the table in this week’s episode of The God Whisperers. What is this evil we are supposed to be delivered from? And what does that word “Amen” mean anyway? We’re wrapping up the Prayer of Jesus, and you’ll want to be listening in on The God Whisperers.
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“Lead us not into temptation” is the petition du jour, though we get sidetracked in the first half by World Toilet Day and an insightful listener letter taking issue with David Murrow’s program for marketing church to guys. We finally get back to the business of temptation in the second half, and how God tempts no one but the devil, the world, and our own adamic flesh do. All in all, another day of God Whisperings.
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We’re hanging out with Dr. Rod Rosenbladt of Concordia University-Irvine and co-host of The White Horse Inn. When you have Rod at the 3rd microphone, all you have to do is wind him up and let him go, which is more or less what we did. No one talks about the Gospel for the “outsider” better than our good friend Rod.
You can find Rod’s lecture “The Gospel For Those Broken by the Church” over at New Reformation Press.
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We have David Murrow at the 3rd microphone in this testosterone-driven edition of The God Whisperers. David is the author of “Why Men Hate Going to Church” and “How Women Help Men Find God.” He also has a couple of guy-oriented web sites: Church for Men and Speaking of Men. Listen to David give Donofrio more ideas for his Guy Church.”
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“Forgive us in the same way as we forgive.” Petition 5 is on the table, though it does take us a while to get there. Lot’s of stuff packed into this episode including why guys are quitting church, Donofrio’s spelling, and Greek food.
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“Give us this day our daily bread.” We’re talking about angry atheists, high school dropouts, autumn in New England, bread, wine, pizza, government, weather, and a whole bunch of other stuff under the 4th petition of the Lord’s Prayer.
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We’re talking about the 2nd and 3rd petitions of the Prayer of Jesus (aka The Lord’s Prayer) on this episode of The God Whisperers. For what exactly are we praying when we say “Thy kingdom come” and “Thy will be done”? You better know what you are praying for; you just might get it!
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“Hallowed be Thy Name.” We don’t use the word “hallowed” much any more. Halloween, hallowed halls, maybe hallowed ground. What does it mean to ask God that His Name be holy? And why is this the first item on our prayer list, anyway? We’re whispering on the 1st petition of the Lord’s Prayer, so pull up a chair and have a listen.
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It’s back to the Catechism on The God Whisperers as we begin a series on the Our Father (aka The Lord’s Prayer). Forget the Prayer of Jabaz, this is the prayer of Jesus, the one He taught His disciples to pray. And seeing as how He is the Son of God in the flesh, you have to figure that Jesus knows a thing or two about prayer. Listen in as we discuss what it means to say “Our Father in heaven.”
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Pastor Robert Sundquist takes the “3rd Microphone” in the third of our interviews recorded at the PSW District Pastors Conference in sweltering Palm Desert, CA. In this episode we call “Synod Confidential,” Bob takes us on an insider’s tour of the dark and dusty Concordia Historical Institute and let’s us in on the mysterious “C-Files” along with a scintillating discussion on the “Doctrinal Resolutions Project” which catalogs everything the Missouri Synod ever decided about anything. For synodical wonks, this one’s for you, baby! For the rest of you, listen in anyway. You just might find these confidential whisperings to be … enlightening.
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Professor R. Reed Lessing of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis takes the “3rd Microphone” in this special edition recorded at the PSW District Pastors Conference. Dr. Lessing is the author of a recently published commentary on the book of Jonah in the Concordia Commentary Series. In this session with The God Whisperers, Reed plumbs the depths of this rich biblical narrative of death and resurrection and introduces us to some very colorful Hebrew expressions, prompting our first ever “Home Schooler Alert.” We’re really excited about this Jonah-in-an-hour episode.
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This is the first of three “3rd Microphone Specials” of The God Whisperers recorded at the PSW District Pastors Conference in Palm Desert, CA on September 10. Pastor Wade Butler, author of “Bible in an Hour,” sits with The God Whisperers at their infamous “3rd Mic” to talk about the Bible (in an hour), fathers and sons, and some wild ideas about evangelism in an age that doesn’t give a rip about sin. Wade is known for thinking “outside the box,” and he doesn’t fail to deliver.
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We’re giving a tour of the pulpit prep kitchen as we engage in a little shop talk about preaching. How do we go from text to sermon? What about the seasons and the lectionary? The Law and the Gospel? What makes a sermon “Christian”? Not for preachers only, this is for anyone who listens to a sermon. Check out this behind the scenes view of preaching on The God Whisperers.
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Donofrio’s rolling on the floor and Cwirla’s barking like a dog on this installment of the God Whisperers. No, check that. Donofrio’s dog Rufus is rolling and on the floor and barking. Sorry about that. We’re talking the person and work of the Holy Spirit, the bashful member of the undivided holy Trinity. Not every spirit is holy, and not everything “spiritual” is of the Holy Spirit. Have a listen to our whisperings on the 3rd article of the Creed.
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Have you made Jesus your Lord and Savior? Or is that even the right question to ask? Try it this way: Jesus is your Lord and Savior by virtue of His dying, rising, and reigning. Do you believe it? Who do you say that Jesus Christ is and what do you say that He did? We’re whispering about the work of Christ for the salvation of the world from the 2nd article of the Apostles’ Creed here on The God Whisperers.
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We’re whispering live from Craig’s backyard in a special “3rd microphone” edition of the God Whisperers. While the steaks and brats are browning on the BBQ, we’re talking with anyone who can take the heat in front of the 3rd mic, including Chris Rosebrough, the founder of Pirate Christian Radio, apologist and campus pastor Mark Jasa, marriage and family therapist Steve Lownes (whose 55th birthday was the occasion of the BBQ), and more. It’s Lutherans gone wild in Craig’s backyard here on The God Whisperers.
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Who is Jesus? That’s the most important question of your life. He’s the utterly unique, one-of-a-kind, divine-human who said he would die on a cross and rise from the dead and actually managed to pull it off. Dizzy Dean once said, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.” Jesus did it, and we’re whispering about it, Have a listen.
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“I believe that God has made me and all creatures.” That’s right, you didn’t just slither out of some puddle of primordial slime; you’re God’s piece of work. It’s time to meet your Maker! We’re talking creeds, creation, and God’s fatherhood on The God Whisperers.
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What does God have to say about all His commandments? You need to know; we’re here to tell you. We’re whispering divine wrath and mercy here on the God Whisperers
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Newer, brighter, better, faster. I want it, I want it, I want it. But you can’t have it, and that’s the problem. We’re looking at coveting, greed, the lack of contentment, and your idol-factory heart unbuckled from God that grabs onto anything. We’re whispering about commandments 9 and 10. You won’t like it, but you need to hear it.
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That tongue in your head is one lethal weapon, and the 8th commandment is coming after it. We’re talking about perjury, gossip, slander, and all the other ways we kill with the tongue. Your neighbor’s name and reputation is on the line in this edition of The God Whisperers.
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God and stuff. And your neighbor’s stuff. The material world is on the table here, as the 7th commandment cuffs and stuffs the inner thief in all of us.
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Marriage, sex, and family in that order, kiddies. We’re talking about the 6th commandment in this brown paper bag edition of the God Whisperers. God’s gift of sex and how sin screws it all up. Get the little ones out of the room; we’re talking sex.
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Sandra Ostapowich and George Borghardt of HIGHER THINGS are the guests of the God Whisperers in a special live broadcast from Higher Things’ “Amen” youth conference on the campus of Concordia University in Irvine, CA, recorded July 16, 2008.
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What’s the difference between murder and killing? What about capital punishment? Euthanasia? Suicide? Abortion? Straight talk about the sanctity of human life and the 5th commandment.
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Parents and other authorities? Yup, that’s right. God’s gift of order. Drop that inner brat of yours down the well of the 4th commandment.
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Do you have to go the church? No, you get to, you slacker. Discover the difference between a holiday and a holy day, and why the Word of God makes all the difference. Come, let us worship the Lord.
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What’s in a name? A lot, when it comes to God. Find out why God’s Name is such a big deal in your mouth.
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You shall have no other gods! “Get those idols out of my face.” God is talking to you.
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