Let The Bird Fly!

00:00 - Introduction 12:46 - Main Topic (Why America Is Losing Its Mind: We're Not Liberal, and We Should Be) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE Wade and Mike team up again for the first time in a long time. This is the first episode in what might become a series, supposing Wade shows up again, entitled "Why America Is Losing Its Mind." Basically Wade put together an eleven point rant and Mike decided to go along because he is just happy Wade decided to participate in the podcast again. The first episode of this series, which may or may not actually be a series because who knows how Wade will feel tomorrow, is subtitled "We're not Liberal, and We Should Be." The guys explore what it means to actually be liberal as opposed to being illiberal (not liberal vs. conservative). We hope you will enjoy it. We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If y

00:00 - Introduction 03:05 - Free-for-All (Defunct stadiums you wish you could visit) 12:07 - Main Topic (On Being Single and Christian) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR Mike welcomes Rev. Dr. Phil Huebner (Dr. Phil) from Wisconsin Lutheran High School onto the podcast to talk about singleness and Christianity. Has the church ignored single people or taken them for granted? The two, yes married, professors talk about how the church has viewed singleness and how the church can minister to, use, and appreciate single Christians. We hope you will enjoy! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Y

00:00 - Introduction 06:53 - Free-for-All (What would you change if you could go back?) 19:27 - Main Topic (Brewing and the Reformation) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE Mike welcomes pastor and award winning brewer, Rev. Jeremy Glowicki of St. Paul’s Lutheran in Jordan, MN, to talk about home brewing, Martin Luther, Katie Luther, and the Reformation. The two pastors open with a free-for-all on things they would change if they could go back to beginning of their ministries before sitting back on a beautiful fall day with Glowicki’s “Luther Brew” to discuss beer and Reformation history. We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitt

00:00 - Introduction 02:37 - Free-for-All (Last Meals) 09:45 - Main Topic (Preaching on Social Issues) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO Wade and Mike discuss the difficulty of preaching the law and on social issues in particular. How can a preacher maintain the prominence of the gospel and still speak about sanctification? How can a preacher leave the listener with the precious gospel and still speak about the world in which the Christian lives? We hope you will enjoy this discussion on how to preach on social issues. We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Ch

In the THIRTY-SIXTH episode of our Wingin' It series on the Life of Luther, Wade and Mike highlight the life and work of John the Steadfast. Although not as famous as his brother, Frederick the Wise, or as large a personality as his son, John Frederick the Magnanimous, John is an important figure of the Reformation. As Elector of Saxony, John was instrumental in the formation of the Schmalkaldic League, “protested at the Second Diet of Speyer, and was a signer of the Augsburg Confession. We hope that you will enjoy this brief biography of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out the other great podcasts in the network, as well as all of the other excellent content they offer. If you're interested in the Apologetics course Mike and friend of the show Dr. Kerry Kuehn will be holding once again this summer, you can find all the information at www.BlackEarthApologitics.co

00:00 - Introduction 02:26 - Main Topic (Cultural Liturgies) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE Mike invites back Rev. Justin Cloute to talk more James K.A. Smith. This time they are joined by Benj Lawrenz for a discussion on Smith’s Cultural Liturgies series. Smith makes the case that humans are, at their core, lovers. He takes it one step further and declares humans liturgical animals. Everybody worships. We are formed (and malformed) by secular liturgies which surround us every day. Justin, Benj, and Mike discuss how this insight changes the way we might look at humanity, culture, worship, and education. A big thanks to Justin and Benj for joining Mike on this episode. We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Google Play Tu

00:00 - Introduction 04:07 - Free-for-All (Positive life changes from the COVID-19 shutdowns) 16:13 - Main Topic (On the Road with St. Augustine) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY Mike and Wade are joined by Rev. Justin Cloute from St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Watertown, WI. Rev. Cloute joins to discuss James K.A. Smith's book On the Road with St. Augustine. This episode was recorded a few months before it was released, due to the COVID-19 shutdown of 2020, so it's a bit out of order here, but we trust our listeners will still enjoy the conversation. A big thanks to Rev. Justin Cloute for joining us. We hope he forgives us for the delayed production of this episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Googl

00:00 - Introduction 08:30 - Free-for-All (If you couldn't teach in your discipline, what discipline would you want to teach in?) 16:08 - Main Topic (John Milton) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE Mike and Wade are joined by Dr. Amy Hermanson to discuss the life and works of John Milton. This episode was recorded a few months before it was released, due to the COVID-19 shutdown of 2020, so it's a bit out of order here, but we trust our listeners will still enjoy the conversation. A big thanks to Dr. Amy Hermanson for (finally) joining us, despite Peter trying to keep her way! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following sites and apps: iTunes Stitcher Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us

00:00 - Introduction 05:31 - Free-for-All (Most feared or most likely dystopian reality we might experience) 33:22 - Main Topic (Does Ignorance = Science?) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT Mike and Peter are joined by returning guest, and local physicist at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Dr. Kerry Kuehn. On this episode the three sit down to discuss Stuart Firestein's book Ignorance: How It Drives Science. At the end of the episode, Dr. Kuehn and Mike discuss the summer apologetics academy that they co-founded called Blackearth Apologetics. Although the events of 2020 caused them to cancel the 2020 courses, they intend to offer courses again in the summer of 2021. If you are interested, make sure to keep up with them at BlackearthApologetics.com. As always, a big thanks to Dr. Kuehn for joining us and for putting up with Mike! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wo

00:00 - Introduction 03:37 - Free-for-All (Most exciting thing during the lockdown Best forms of dueling) 11:43 - Main Topic (The Human Touch) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN Mike and Peter return to the studio to discuss The Atlantic article entitled: 30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact. (I think it was that uplifting title that caught Mike's attention.) Before discussing the importance of human contact (especially in the early developmental stages), the guys try to get back into the podcasting swing with a Free-for-All. Oliva, who has joined them for this episode, takes a stab at it, but it doesn't go so well. Fortunately Mike and Peter remember they can talk about "civilized" ways of disputing, so they pull it together. It's been a bit since our last episode, we hope this gets to be a more regular thing again soon. As always, we're grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they hav

00:00 - Introduction 03:37 - Free-for-All (Most romantic means of transportation) 11:43 - Main Topic (How about Liturgical Worship?) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX Mike is joined by Peter to discuss the role that liturgical worship may serve to answer some of modernity's crises and why the draw to the historic liturgy crosses time and denominations. They take as their springboard the opinion piece penned by Tara Isabella Burton in the May 8, 2020 edition of the New York Times, entitled Christianity Gets Weird: Modern life is ugly, brutal and barren. Maybe you should try a Latin Mass. Before getting to the topic at hand, however, the guys try their hand at being romantic, as they try to think of the most romantic means of transportation (Mike might do slightly better than Peter in this one, but we'll let you decide). As always, we're grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other w

Mike and Wade discuss Hammer of God by Bo Giertz.

Mike reviews the New Testament Epistles.

Mike and Wade discuss Lutheran identity crises that broke out after Luther's death in light of the second (and third) part of Wade's book, An Uncompromising Gospel. 

Mike and Wade discuss Luther's Heidelberg Disputation and Bondage of the Will in light of the first part of Wade's book, An Uncompromising Gospel. 

Wade discusses confessionalization and legacies of the Reformations in light of the fifteenth chapter of Lindberg's The European Reformations.

Wade discusses Trent, both the council and the concept, in light of John W. O'Malley's Trent: What Happened at the Council, focusing especially on the epilogue.

Mike and Wade discuss "The Grand Inquisitor" from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. 

Wade discusses what we should call the Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation, etc.) in light of the conclusion to John W. O'Malley's Trent and All That: Renaming Catholicism in the Early Modern Era.