Table Scraps:Considering President Kieschnick’s Pre-convention Concerns with Guest Todd Wilken

The president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Gerald B. Kieschnick has released five video considerations before the 64th Regular Convention in Houston, TX July 10th though 17th. With host of Issues Etc, Todd Wilken, we take the time to consider the concerns of President Kieschnick just in time for the convention. You can view the videos by clicking here (http://www.lcms.org/ca/president/convention/cs1.html)

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Show #103: Name that Walther Thesis

After playing bumper sticker theology with the bumper stickers sent in by our listeners, we play the summertime edition of Table Talk Jeopardy, then introduce a new game called "Name that Walther Thesis." In this game, you choose from three or four selected theses of Walther's Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel after hearing the entry by popular pastors or teachers.

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Table Scraps: The Specific Ministry Pastor Program of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

At the 2007 convention, the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod approved the Specific Ministry Pastor Program (SMP) for the use of training men for specific ministries outside of the traditional residential seminary education. Pastor Brian Kachelmeir of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Los Alomos, NM comes on to talk about SMP: what it is and what it is not.

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Show #101: Games with Vicar Jay Hobson

Joined by Vicar Jay Hobson from Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Joesph, MI-- we play Book of Concord Bee (Vicar vs. Pastor). Then Vicar Hobson sings entries for Pastor's attempts at Don't forget the Stanzas to your hymns. Lastly, we play The Predictable Pastor and The Predictable Vicar

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