Let The Bird Fly!

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 6:40 - Main Topic (Anthropology: Genesis 2) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, Mike, Jason (dressed spectacularly) and Wade continue to discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it? As we continue our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 2. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 4:30 - Main Topic (Anthropology and Genesis 1 and 2) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, Mike, Jason and Wade continue to discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it? As we continue our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 1 more and also start Genesis 2. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us w

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 14:45 - Main Topic (Anthropology and Genesis 1) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, Mike, Jason and Wade discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it. As we start our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 1. We also talk about the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership and Jason't time at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, too. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 21:30 - Main Topic (James Arne Nestingen, "Justification by Faith in Luther’s Small Catechism") In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE, Mike and Wade are give thanks for the life and ministry of Jim Nestingen and discuss his article entitled "Justification by Faith in Luther's Small Catechism" from Logia 16-4. We encourage you to check out some of Jim's lectures on YouTube. Here is a good one with which to start. We also mentioned the Festschrift published in honor of Jim's life and work by 1517. It is well worth your time, too. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also

00:00 - Introduction 04:15 - Free-for-All (Jasondale Christmas & College FB Playoff Mascot Battles) 21:30 - Main Topic (Hermeneutics) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade are joined by both campus ministry pastors again to talk hermeneutics (how to read the Scriptures). For this episode we have three big questions to address regarding hermeneutics. We hope to follow up more on the topic later as well, eventually delving into Matthias Flacius' rules for interpreting the Sacred Scriptures. For the free-for-all, we have two topics: first, Jasondale Christmas traditions, and second, college football playoff mascot battles. We hope you enjoy the 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 Goo

00:00 - Introduction 08:55 - Free-for-All (Stranded for the Holidays) 14:45 - Main Topic (Hermeneutics) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade are joined by both campus ministry pastors to talk hermeneutics (how to read the Scriptures). This episode is our introductory thoughts as prepare to do several episodes on the topic, eventually delving into Matthias Flacius' rules for interpreting the Sacred Scriptures. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content th

00:00 - Introduction 07:45 - Free-for-All (Advent) 17:30 - Main Topic (Bonhoeffer, Heritage and Decay) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINE, Mike, Jason, and Wade, and Pr. Nathan Wordell (who still needs to update his WLC page), discuss the third chapter of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics, Heritage and Decay. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! If you’d like to contact us we can be reached at po

00:00 - Introduction 06:45 - Free-for-All (WELS Campus Ministry) 18:20 - Main Topic (Bonhoeffer, Ethics as Formation) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade, and Pr. Dan Lindner and Pr. Nathan Wordell (who needs to update his WLC page), discuss the second chapter of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics, Ethics as Formation, as well as campus ministry. We hope you enjoy the episode! If you're interested in WELS Campus Ministry, go here.  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 Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 15:20 - Main Topic (Theology, Philosophy, and Bonhoeffer's Ethics) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVEN, Jason and Wade discuss theology and philosophy in the light of the first chapter Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics and how neither can address the whole person apart from the incarnate Christ, who is the reality behind both the church and the world, so that the Christian can no more retreat from the world than the unbeliever can be whole apart from Christ. We hope this will be the first of several episodes down the road. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on

00:00 - Introduction 04:35 - Free-for-All (World Cup Predictions) 13:35 - Main Topic (Doctrine and Practice) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIX, Jason and Wade discuss doctrine and practice, defining both and then dealing with how the two relate. We hope this will be the first of several episodes down the road. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! If you’d like to contact us we can be reached

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 1o:30 - Main Topic (The Book Draft) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE, Mike, Wade, and Jason continue to help you populate your bookshelves. In Episode 199, Wade and Jason had discusses three books, or maybe four, that everyone should have on their bookshelves. Building on that, now they conduct a draft to add more books to the shelves. We would link them here, but Wade is too lazy. Perhaps we need to get him a motivational book. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channe

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 5:10 - Main Topic (The Self) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR, Mike, Wade, and Jason discuss the self and our notions of it, using Andrea Wulf's article in the Atlantic, "Where Our Sense of Self Comes From," as a springboard. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! If you’d like to contact us we can be reached at podcast@LetTheBirdFly

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 11:20 - Main Topic (A Little Exercise for Young Theologians, Part 2) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THREE, Mike, Wade, and Jason continue their discussion of Helmut Thielicke's A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. The guys think the book is worth reading, not only for young theologians, but all theologians, laity and the ordained. We went a bit long with the intro, but had fun. Feel free to skip ahead to the episode, though, if you'd like. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Tel

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 05:30 - Main Topic (A Little Exercise for Young Theologians) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWO, Wade and Mike discuss Helmut Thielicke's A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. The guys think the book is worth reading, not only for young theologians, but all theologians, laity and the ordained. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! I

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 06:15 - Main Topic (The Guys Dig Francis' New Apostolic Letter) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND ONE, Wade and Mike continue our discussion regarding recent debates about the Roman Mass between advocates for the TLM (Traditional/Tridentine Latin Mass) and the Novus Ordo (the Roman Mass in the vernacular after Vatican II). They begin to delve deeper into some of the recent writings issued and measures taken by Pope Francis in this regard, and they like them more than you might expect, especially Francis' recent apostolic letter on the liturgy (Desiderio desideravi). We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radi

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 16:10 - Main Topic (Novus Ordo or TLM, Roman Catholic Worship Wars) In episode TWO HUNDRED, Wade and Mike discuss recent debates about the Roman Mass between advocates for the TLM (Traditional/Tridentine Latin Mass) and the Novus Ordo (the Roman Mass after Vatican II). We begin to delve into some of the recent writings issued and measures taken by Pope Francis in this regard, but will really get into the pertinent documents more in the follow-up episode. So, what's up with the fight about Roman Masses, TLM or Novus Ordo? Why should Lutherans care about it? What can we learn from it? What's the history? Should Luther be blamed for it all? What does it say about the relationship between religion and culture? Should the boomers be blamed for it all? We get into this and other topics as we try to make sense of things. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check o

00:00 - Introduction 06:20 - Free-for-All (A New Semester: What Are We Least Ready For) 18:35 - Main Topic (Three Books, Maybe Four, We'd Like Everyone to Own) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, Wade and Jason discuss the books we'd like to see everyone own and why. While our recommendations come from a Lutheran perspective, we try to make applications for Christians as a whole. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course,

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 06:50 - Main Topic (Hymns, and What Makes One Good?) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, Wade and Jason discuss the hymns. What's their history? Why has the Christian Church produced so many? What's their place in the divine service and the Christian's daily life? What makes one good or bad? How do music and the text relate? We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of co

00:00 - Introduction 12:40 - Free-for-All (MLB Trade Deadline: Buyers or Sellers?) 23:50 - Main Topic (Why Ministry?) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, Wade and Jason are joined by Pastors Greg Lyon (WLC) and Collin Vanderhoof (Pilgrim Lutheran, Menomonee Falls) to discuss the ministry, especially why they went into it and what keeps them in it, despite the challenges. We really enjoyed this one and are hoping we can get Greg and Collin back on soon to keep the discussion going. We are releasing it early because we discussed the MLB trade deadline (today) for the free-for-all and whether our teams (Brewers, Twins, Tigers, and Cubs) were buyers or sellers, and what we thought of the action so far. If you don't care about baseball, remember that the time stamps are above, so you can skip right to the main topic. We hope you enjoy the 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

00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 07:30 - Main Topic (Christian Aesthetics) In episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, Wade, Mike, and Jason discuss Christian aesthetics, building on the previous episode. We hope you enjoy the 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 TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! If you’d like to contact us we can be reached at podcast@LetTheBirdFly.com, or visit our website at www.LetTheBirdFly.com. Thank