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110: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," part 2 Feb 04, 2020

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Featured text: "Man's Search for Meaning" — Viktor Frankl

Must... continue... thinking... in... ways... that... lead... to... dying... with... meaning. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Viktor Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning. How has Frankl's book changed the way people discuss identity and meaning? How has this influenced the Church?

Text: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning", p. 49-52

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109: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," part 1 Feb 01, 2020

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Featured text: "Man's Search for Meaning" — Viktor Frankl

We're all going to die. Come watch TV. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Viktor Frankl's, Man's Search for Meaning. Why has a book that was written by a psychoanalyst and neurologist about his experience in the Nazi death camps had such an effect and influence on the Christian Church?

Text: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning", p. 49-52

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108: Tim Townsend, Mission to Nuremberg, part 3 Jan 28, 2020

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Featured text: "Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis" — Tim Townsend

I mean, if you spend all day shuffling words around, you can make anything sound bad. Gillespie and Riley finish their discussion of the book, Mission to Nuremberg. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the third of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.

Text: Tim Townsend, Mission at Nuremberg, p. 258

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107: Tim Townsend, Mission to Nuremberg, part 2 Jan 23, 2020

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Featured text: "Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis" — Tim Townsend

There's a lesson here and we're not going to be the ones to figure it out. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the second of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.

Text: Tim Townsend, Mission at Nuremburg, p. 258

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106: Tim Townsend, Mission to Nuremberg, part 1 Jan 22, 2020

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Featured text: "Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis" — Tim Townsend

Believing stuff is about the stuff, not the believing. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss the book, Mission to Nuremberg. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the first of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.

Text: Tim Townsend, Mission at Nuremberg, p. 258

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105: Hermann Sasse against National Socialism, pt. 2 Jan 17, 2020

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Featured text: "Church Yearbook of 1932" — Hermann Sasse

See Nazis, that's why you can't have nice things. Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of Hermann Sasse's 1932 article against National Socialism. What is the individual Christian to do when his church and neighbors confess the doctrine of the state in opposition to the Gospel of Christ?

Text: Sasse, Church Yearbook of 1932

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104: Hermann Sasse against National Socialism Jan 15, 2020

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Featured text: "Church Yearbook of 1932" — Hermann Sasse

Click on the button with the picture of the Nazi on it. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss an excerpt from Hermann Sasse's 1932 article against National Socialism. What happens when the message of the church and state are indistinguishable?

Text: Sasse, Church Yearbook of 1932

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Sasse biography

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103: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace" pt. 2 Jan 08, 2020

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Featured text: "The Cost of Discipleship" — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap Grace, a monument to compromise. Gillespie and Riley continue their conversation about Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, The Cost of Discipleship. This episode, more talk about grace, Nazis, and why the Gospel "but" is so important.

Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship, p.45-49

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102: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace" Jan 06, 2020

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Featured text: "The Cost of Discipleship" — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace... some people would pay top dollar for that kind of breakthrough. Gillespie and Riley take a listener request and discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, The Cost of Discipleship. Grace, discipline, Nazis, and why context matters in this episode.

Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship, p.45-49

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101: Augustine, "Why Celebrate Christmas?" Dec 25, 2019

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Featured text: "Why Celebrate Christmas?" — Augustine

Christmas? This Is Pretty Much The Whole Package. Gillespie and Riley read and so discuss Augustine's sermon "Why Celebrate Christmas?" This episode, more rabbit trails, laughs, and discussion of Psalm 85 as the perfect Christmas sermon text.

Text: Excerpt from Sermo 185: PL 38, 997-999

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