

The Gottesdienst Crowd
Jason Braaten
We foster confessional integrity, liturgical preservation, and preaching that doesn’t stink.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 1h 9min
TGC 465 - Book Talk: The Small Town Lutheran Church & Pastor
In this Book Talk, Heath Curtis discusses his new book The Small Town Lutheran Church & Pastor: A Concise Pastoral Theology for Pastors and Boards of Elders, with special emphasis on the chapter devoted to worship.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Heath Curtis
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Feb 3, 2025 • 1h 2min
TGC 464 — Thinking Out Loud (Transfiguration)
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Matthew 17:1-9.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen
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Jan 29, 2025 • 1h 9min
TGC 463 - Hate Every False Way (Part 1)
In Psalm 119:104, the psalmist declares, "Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way." We explore what it means to hate false ways in light of God’s Word, with a particular focus on the often-ignored topic of birth control. How does Scripture shape our understanding of life, family, and God’s design for procreation? Join us as we discuss the cultural and theological implications of rejecting the false ways of the world and embracing God’s truth in every aspect of life.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Evan Scamman
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Jan 28, 2025 • 1h 12min
TGC 462 — Thinking Out Loud (Candlemas)
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Feast of the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, Luke 2:22–40.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen
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Jan 28, 2025 • 27min
TGC 461 - The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany 4)
This is a recording of the sermon for The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press.
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Read by: Fr. Matt Moss
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Jan 22, 2025 • 1h 17min
TGC 460 — An Exodus from Eastern Orthodoxy
Many of us have experienced a friend, classmate, or family member who have left the Lutheran Church for Eastern Orthodoxy. In this episode, we hear of the opposite, and what it was that brought him to that decision.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Joshua Schooping
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Jan 20, 2025 • 58min
TGC 459 — Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 3)
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Third Sunday after Epiphany, Matthew 8:1–13.
Fr. Karl Hess, TGC 218 — Faith of the Unborn
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen
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Jan 19, 2025 • 29min
TGC 458 - The Church’s Year of Grace (Epiphany 3)
This is a recording of the sermon for The Third Sunday after Epiphany from George Stoeckhardt’s book Grace Upon Grace: Gospel Sermons for the Church Year, reprinted by Steadfast Press.
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Read by: Fr. Matt Moss
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Jan 15, 2025 • 1h 42min
TGC 457 — The American Interim (Part 1)
The Augsburg Interim was a tumultuous time in the history of the Lutheran Church. With outside pressure and from within to compromise and capitulate, the time was tumultuous but also revelatory and clarifying. In this first episode, Karl Hess begins to take us through how the Lutheran Church in America is experiencing it’s own Interim.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Special Guest: Fr. Karl Hess
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Jan 13, 2025 • 1h
[From the Archives] TGC 347 — Thinking Out Loud (Epiphany 2)
Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Second Sunday after Epiphany, John 2:1–11.
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Host: Fr. Jason Braaten
Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen
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