Category: HT Simulcast

The HT Simulcast is a no-holds-barred, buckle-in, undiluted Gospel dispensing Higher Things Lutheran podcast. Really. We totally know what we’re doing.

The HT Simulcast ended its spectacular run of 80 episodes and transformed into As Lutheran As It Gets.

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Episode 80: On Spiritual Fathers

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date August 20, 2017

The series finale of the HT SimulCast from Pr. Riley and Pr. Gillespie.

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And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 79: Friendship, congregation, and tribalism

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date August 17, 2017

The newest SimulCast from Pr. Riley and Pr. Gillespie.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 78: Get Real – True Reality Found in Christ

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date August 10, 2017

They’re back! This week, Pastor Riley and Kate discuss the reality of Christianity, founded on Christ’s real sacrifice for sinners. As opposed to other gods that are shadowy impressions of humans, created by humans, Christ gives us our identity. When we enter the church each week, when we read God’s Word, we find a greater reality, one that isn’t centered on human nature, fears, or desires, but a reality focused on Christ and His gifts.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 77: The Conference Edition

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date June 22, 2017

This week, the Pastor Riley is joined by a special guest, media executive Aaron Fenker, to discuss the summer HT conferences. What can you expect? What about worship and teaching? Do we have fun or is it boring? Tune in to find out!

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 76: The Forsaken God

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date June 21, 2017

This week, Pastor Riley and Kate examine the meaning of Christ’s two natures in His sacrifice for us on the cross. The witnesses who mocked Jesus on the cross and told him to save himself provide the question: If Jesus is God, why does he suffer and die on that cross? Gods don’t suffer, gods don’t die. Therefore for sinful humans, there are only two options. Either Jesus is not really God and therefore could suffer and die, or Jesus is truly God, and he only hung on the cross in a ghostly spirit form. Of course, our salvation hinges on the truth that Jesus is truly both God and man, and that he made himself lower than the Father when he took on human flesh and humbled himself to die on a cross, as Paul says in Phillipians 2.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 75: Gnosticism

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date June 14, 2017

This week, the Pastor Riley and Kate discuss the philosophical worldview of Gnosticism. This false teaching is not simply an early Church heresy. It is a philosophy that existed prior to establishment of the early Church in the first century, and was used by heretics to distort the teachings of the Church. Like other heresies and false teachings that the early Church encountered, Gnosticism continues to plague Christianity today in one way or another.

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And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 74: Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date June 6, 2017

This week, the pastors and Kate discuss the wonderful hymn Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying, LSB 597. This beautiful hymn encapsulates the Christian’s life. The emphasis is only and always on Christ. The waters of Baptism, the Blood of the Sacrament, the Holy Spirit Himself all point to Jesus, our life. The sinner dies in baptism to be raised to new life in Christ, the Body and Blood of our Savior gives us life anew every Sunday and keeps us steadfast in the faith all our lives, and the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts, forever keeping us one with Christ. This hymn never mentions our own poor works or desires, but properly demonstrates that the Christian life is a life won by Christ and given by the Holy Spirit.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 73: Confirmation, Catechesis, & Pentecost

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date May 30, 2017

This week, it’s only Riley and Gillespie with another pastor roundtable. They discuss the weirdness that is confirmation, catechesis, and the gift of Pentecost. It’s a shorter albeit meandering conversation but worth the ride.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 72: Amazing Grace… A Christian Hymn?

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date May 19, 2017

This week, the Simulcasters discuss the hymn Amazing Grace. They follow Pastor Riley’s system of ranking hymns from bad to good to great. Amazing Grace is an excellent example of a poor hymn because it does not explicitly preach the Gospel of Christ crucified. Kate and Pastor Riley discuss why we want to sing good and great hymns and why we try to avoid singing bad hymns. It is important to discern between these categories because the hymns we sing reflect, strengthen, and proclaim our confession of faith.

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.

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Episode 71: Modalism Versus the Triplicity of God

Post author By Rev. Christopher Gillespie
Post date May 9, 2017

This week, Kate, Pastor Riley and Pastor Gillespie learn all about modalism and the third century heretic Sibelius on the new segment, Theological Term You Should Know! Modalism teaches that God is one person with different masks that he wears at different times in history. Though this heresy was formally taught by the ancient heretic, there are many forms of it floating around Christianity today. Not surprisingly, this heresy comes back to our desire to be our own god and reject Christ as our true God and Savior

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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact, leave them on The HT SimulCast Facebook page, or via Twitter @HTSimulCast.

Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/simulcast/id1037828387?mt=2.

And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee, Coffee by Gillespie, for your caffeination needs.