Join Pastor George Borghardt and sidekick Jon Kohlmeier and an assortment of guests each week in this blast from the past archives of Higher Things Radio.
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Pr. Borghardt and Jon continue their walk through Holy Week with the Gospel reading for Holy Tuesday. The Son of Man must be lifted up. God’s name is glorified. Authorities loving the glory of men more than the glory of God. All this in our short 13 min Special Edition of HT-Radio. Tune in each day this week!
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Pr. Borghardt and Jon pick up right were they left off last Friday in Episode 180. They kick off daily episode for Holy Week going through the readings for Holy Monday. Jesus is anointed. Judas is annoyed. A fig tree is cursed. The Pharisees want Lazarus dead. All this in our short 12 min Special Edition of HT-Radio. Tune in each day this week! (That is.. if you get past Jon’s singing.)
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Christ processes through Jerusalem headed straight for the Cross. This week on HT-Radio Pr. Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier are joined by Pr. Charles St-Onge to talk about Palm Sunday. Pr. Borghardt channels his inner Shrek to say donkey a lot. Then during “Free Time” a very excited Jon tries to talk about processionals in Church only for Pr. Borghardt to end up looking at Holy Week in the Gospel of John.
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Judica week on HT-Radio! First Pr. Brent Kuhlman of Trinity Lutheran Church in Murdock, NE walks us through the Old Testament Reading. He points us to Jesus and the ultimate sacrifice from the account of Abraham and Isaac. Then during “Free Time” Pr. Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier continue talking about Judica. The crazy things that happen like veiling of crosses and cutting even more out of the liturgy and how it points to Christ. Also, how the Annunciation (March 25th) fits in to all of this. Listen in we continue our journey through the Church year getting closer and closer to Good Friday and Easter.
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Pr. Borghardt and Jon are joined by the Lemon’s this week! In the first half the sweetest Lemon, Deaconess Sara Lemon talks about Lenten hymns how they point to Christ and walks through some of the words to Pr. Borghardt favorite Lenten Hymns. Then in the second half Stan talks about St. Patrick and Laetare Sunday. He talks about St. Patrick’s confession of the Holy Trinity and talks about “Rejoice” Sunday in the middle of Lent, explains why some churches use rose vestments and paraments and how it all points to Jesus.
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This week Pr. Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier are joined by Pr. Mark Buetow who spends the first half of the episode talking about Lent and how it is about Jesus not you. During Free time Pr. Buetow and Pr. Borghardt talk about God struggling with you in order to save you and how this ties in to last weeks Gospel Lesson, your baptism and confirmation vows.
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Happy Birthday to the Host of HT-Radio, Pr. George Borghardt! Throughout the episode Pr. Borghardt receives birthday greetings from a few of his close friends and regular guests on HT-Radio. In the first half Pr. Joel Fritsche of Zion Lutheran Church in Staunton, IL walks through the account of Jacob Wrestling with God and points to some other places that the pre-incarnate Christ shows up in the Old Testament. In the second half, Sandra Ostapowich gives us some conference news and then Jon and Pastor Borghardt talks about Birthdays and death during Free Time.
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Blessed Lent to you from all of us at HT-Radio. This week Sandra Ostapowich talks about Women’s Ordination and Women in the media recently. Then during Free Time Pr. Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier are joined by two surprise guests. First, Chris Loemker talks about Weddings and relationships. In the final segment, Stan Lemon talks about Marriage. Is Marriage a Sacrament? And what that means for relationships. Each of them manage to be mean and make fun of Jon Kohlmeier at some point in the episode.
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In the week before Lent, Pr. Sam Schuldheisz joins us on HT-Radio. For the first half of the episode he talks about fasting in Lent Then, Pr. Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier have “Free Time.” In free time, Jon Kohlmeier gives a shout out to some of our regular listeners and then Pr. Borghardt talks about having a happy Lent.
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This week we have a special “Free Time” episode of HT-Radio. Pr. George Borghardt and Jon Kohlmeier talk about things that are on their minds. They begin by walking through the Gospel lessons for the “-gesima” Sundays of Pre-Lent. Then they talk about the original Star Wars trilogy in a segment that was recorded at 2am on Saturday. Jon Kohlmeier spent his friday night watching the trilogy with a group from Luther Memorial Chapel in Shorewood, WI. He has some questions about the fourth commandment and baptism in the films. Finally, Pr. Borghardt talks about how the Law isn’t for “someone else,” it’s for you!
