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Episode 19: Atheism and the Gods Christians Don’t Believe In Either

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Has atheism changed in the last generation or so? It used to be that atheists tended to be more angry and militant about their lack of belief. But now it seems that a lot of people are comfortable, satisfied with life, unconcerned, even “spiritual” atheists. So how does a Christian talk to such a person? Maybe making logical arguments to dismantle their atheism isn’t the best approach. Join Sandra and Pastor Riley as they discuss ways to confess the Christian faith with atheists.

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Episode 17: All Manner of Things Shepherd

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In this episode, Pastor Brown and Thomas continue to talk all manner of things Shepherd. The Jews themselves are still hard to impress, even as Jesus drops another claim to outright Deity.

In the Inquisition, Thomas asks Pastor how we go about building up treasure in heaven, and Pastor asks Thomas how to respond to the charge that Christianity holds women down.

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Episode 18: …And Your Sinful Flesh

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As Christians, we are assailed every day by the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh. But it’s easy to dismiss the ways that our sinful flesh can betray us, especially when sin effects our ability to think and feel. Providing spiritual and pastoral care isn’t about getting people to improve themselves and sin less, but absolving those sins, preaching the Word in its full strength and purity, baptizing and communing them, and reminding them of who they are in Christ. Over and over and over and over again.

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Episode 17: All. The. Feelings.

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A lot of Christians (including ourselves) talk a big talk when it comes to loving God and loving our neighbors. It’s great to do these things in theory, but practice is another story entirely. If we’re honest, we don’t even want to. It doesn’t help that we understand love (and other fruit of the Spirit) as feelings and then believe that in order to love God and our neighbors, we need to work up these feelings from within ourselves. And then what happens when your ability to feel and process is impaired by things like mental illness? Join Sandra and Pastor Riley as they discuss feelings, the lack thereof, and the freeing news that the Spirit produces them in and through us by the Gospel.

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Episode 16: A Gospeled Boldly Christmas

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In this Christmas episode, Pastor Brown and Thomas turned to Luke’s account of the nativity of our Lord and discussed the other birth narratives as well. During the Inquisition Thomas asked Pastor to talk about the Incarnation, then the two discussed possibilities for the actual time of year of Christ’s birth.

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Episode 340: New Year and the Naming and Circumcision of Our Lord

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This week on HT-Radio, Pr. Buetow and Stan Lemon talk about their highlights from 2015 and the coming of the new year. They discuss the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Our Lord – what Jesus means and why we’d celebrate the day he was Circumcised.

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Episode 16: María y José

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Many artists have depicted the Nativity showing the holy family in their own ethnicities, as a way to show that Jesus came to save all people. Similarly, some Bible translators have paraphrased the Bible into slang for different regions of the world. This week, Sandra and Pastor Riley discuss where to draw the line between artistic and literary license to communicate the Gospel, and using art and language to further your own cultural agenda.

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Episode 339: A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away….

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. STAR WARS. This week on HT-Radio, Pr. Buetow and Stan talk about the first six Star Wars movies and what they expect before Episode VII. Listen in to hear stories from Pastor Buetow’s childhood, what Stan thinks of the prequels and what Lutherans are to make of the Theology in Star Wars. Tune in next week to hear what they thought of Episode VII.

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Episode 15: “I was blind, but now I see.”

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In this episode, Pastor and Thomas finish the story of the formerly blind man and his groan-worthy treatment at the hands of the Pharisees. He stood his ground though, and we still sing “I was blind, but now I see” in like manner in Churches across the world. Then we got into Jesus’ next I AM statement, where he says he is the door for the sheep.

In the Inquisition, Thomas asks Pastor what’s up with the Shepherd imagery in Scripture, and Pastor asks Thomas how a Christian should navigate the season of consumerism.

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Episode 15: Happy Sad-vent and the Baby Jesus

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On this episode, Sandra and Pastor Riley discuss the phenomenon that for many people, the Advent and Christmas seasons are full of traditions…and stress. People who don’t attend the rest of the year go to church, expecting to hear the familiar Christmas narrative and relive childhood memories. (Or at least as close as they can get.) Everyone likes the nice Baby Jesus story of Christmas, but what we really need to hear is the undiluted, full-on, Gospel–that we needed Baby Jesus to be born so He would grow up and die for our sins.

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