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Time Out, Episode 157

Feb 16th, 2012
by Dan.
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Text: Colossians 4
Hymn: 834, O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth
Kretzmann Commentary: Colossians 4
Bonus Bumper: Duran Duran, Astronaut, “Chains”

Colossians 4 itself doesn’t have a lot of scriptural material, but I chose this because of Dr. Kretzmann’s commentary behind Colossians 4. I ended up posting 3 excerpts to Facebook and Google Plus.

834 is a tricky hymn but rewarding, once mastered. Kantor Beethe does a good job with the accompaniment, and we are privileged to be joined by Anna Baseley of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Dearborn, MI.

 
Text and tune: © 1967 Augsburg Fortress.
Podcast under OneLicense.Net A-718131.
Setting from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission.

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Time Out, Episode 156

Feb 9th, 2012
by Dan.
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Text: Ephesians 1
Hymn: 557, Seek Where You to Find a Way
Kretzmann Commentary: Ephesians 1
Bonus Bumper: Arcadia, “Election Day”

The election to salvation is the guarantee of our inheritance in Christ. When you heard the word of truth, the gospel of our salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. The word creates the faith that saves you, and this message ties into our hymn. Great stuff.

Seek where you may to find a way that leads to your salvation, but there is no salvation outside the word, outside of Christ. The first two phrases of the first two verses are defiant against universalism. Seek Christ in his word, and you will stay forever in his presence.

We are joined by guest accompanist Sam Mussmann of University Lutheran Church in Champaign, IL. Thanks for helping us out, Sam!

 
Setting from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission.

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Time Out, Episode 155

Feb 2nd, 2012
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Text: 2 Corinthians 3
Hymn: 399, The Star Proclaims the King is Here
Kretzmann Commentary: 2 Corinthians 3
Bonus Bumper: Kr. Jake Weber, “Thy Strong Word”

Tell some people that God’s Law is the “ministry of death,” and they would be offended. Yet St. Paul does this in 2 Corinthians 3:7. Luther carries this thought into his first thesis of the Heidelberg Disputation:

The law of God, the most salutary doctrine of life, cannot advance man on his way to righteousness, but rather hinders him.

Our sufficiency is from God, not from ourselves. If it were left to us, we would all go to Hell.

“Herod, why this senseless fear, indeed?” Your soul, not your throne, is at stake.

 
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Time Out, Episode 154

Jan 26th, 2012
by Dan.
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Text: Galatians 4
Hymn: 410, Within the Father’s House
Kretzmann Commentary: Galatians 4
Bonus Bumper: Bobby Fuller Four, I Fought the Law

The Law is good, but it does not make alive. It is a guide for how we should live, but it does not save. It points out our sin and kills us, so that we may wholly trust in Christ for forgiveness and for inheritance into His kingdom.

Within the Father’s house, the Son has found his home. Christ fulfills the law on our behalf and takes the punishment that we deserve. The incarnate Word revealed himself to the Pharisees through the Word (Luke 4:17-21). That is where we find him today.

Chris Loemker again joins us on the organ.

 
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