The smile on the boy's face is priceless.
Warning: these guys are LCMS, so WELS members cannot listen. ELS members can listen if they keep it to themselves. For some reason, WELS members can listen to and follow anyone except a Lutheran from another synod (including the ELS).
Table Talk Radio is a series of podcasts. Mrs. Ichabod and I listened the first time today.
Several Ft. Wayne students or graduates discuss theological topics, including awful hymns, manuscript evidence, doctrinal questions. The format reminds me of AM talk radio, with light-hearted commentary. However, the participants cover important topics and display a well-rounded education.
I was surprised that they brought up Thy Strong Word in talking about the ending of Mark's Gospel. (#39) The Ft. Wayne/Logia crowd seemed determined not to notice or acknowledge the book when it came out.
This was the first podcast I have listened to - ever. Anyone with speakers on the computer can listen to these podcasts. I imagine the idea is to download podcasts to an iPod and listen on the bus, trolley, or plane. We finally got an iPod and love it. We have days worth of classical music and hymns on it, but it rests in a dock and plays through speakers.
2 comments:
You're going to want to download the podcasts of several shows on Pirate Christian Radio.
http://piratechristianradio.com/programs.html
http://www.issuesetc.org/
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/
http://www.godwhisperers.com/
http://www.mlchouston.org/church.html
And then there's Time Out, my humble offering. :)
iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=303501036
I'll second Dan's recommendations from Pirate Christian Radio, and add that, not only do I enjoy Table Talk and Issues, Etc., I also really appreciate Chris Rosebrough's Fighting for the Faith, and I am growing in appreciation for Andrew De Loach's Take the Stand. Quite often, I find myself forwarding my Evangelical friends to these internet radio programs. Too bad WELS and ELS sources can't seem to put together quality theological programming like this -- I'm sure that they are capable of it.
Yes, I'm WELS, and, Yes, I listen to these programs -- with discernment -- and, Yes, I encourage others to do the same, because I find great value in them. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Maybe many of the WELS church websites and WELS pastor's blogs that link to PCR are doing it wrong, too...
Freddy Finkelstein
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