On The Line
OTL is the Lutheran, Long-Form podcast that engages Theology and Culture. New Episodes Every Monday!
Episodes
118 episodes
Eric Bednash: Why Men Are Lost Today (And How to Fix It)
Join us at the long table as we sit down with Pastor Eric Bednash to talk about Christian discipline, brotherhood, and the recovery of intentional living in the modern world. What does it look like for men to live with purpose rather than drift...
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Episode 117
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1:37:48
Dr. Scott Keith: Recovering the Christian Family
Join us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Scott Keith to talk about raising children in the Christian faith. What does it look like for parents to take their role seriously as the primary teachers of the faith? How do habits, conversati...
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Episode 116
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2:27:59
Dr. John Rasmussen: How the Small Catechism Forms and Defends Christian Faith
Join us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. John Rasmussen to explore the enduring value of the Small Catechism in forming and defending the Christian faith. Rather than treating the catechism as a simple introductory text for children, B...
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Episode 115
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1:24:56
Bishop Torkild Masvie: A Confessional Lutheran Renewal in Europe
Join us at the long table as we examine the state of the Church in Scandinavia and the broader trajectory of European Christianity. From state churches and cultural Lutheranism to secularization, immigration, and demographic decline, this episo...
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Episode 114
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1:58:41
Dr. Geoffrey Boyle: The Divine Council: God’s Heavenly Assembly Explained
Join us at the long table as we explore the biblical doctrine of the Divine Council—God’s heavenly assembly, the “sons of God,” and the unseen spiritual governance revealed throughout Scripture. From Genesis and Deuteronomy to the Psalms, Danie...
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Episode 113
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2:16:16
Dr. David Talcott: Classical Education and the Renewal of the West
Join us at New Saint Andrews College as we sit down with Dr. David Talcott, professor of philosophy, to discuss classical education, gender, family, and the renewal of Christian culture. From Genesis and natural law to modern individualism, con...
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Episode 112
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2:02:57
Tracy Rugg: Why She Left the Homosexual Lifestyle
Join us at the long table as we hear a testimony of repentance, healing, and new life in Christ. From the promises and limits of modern sexual identity to the freedom found in submission to God’s Word, we explore what it means to leave a former...
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Episode 111
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Vincent Shemwell: Usury, Mammon, and the Question the Church Stopped Asking
Join us at the long table as we examine wealth, usury, and Christian conscience in light of Scripture and the Church’s historic teaching. From the Church Fathers to Luther and Walther, we explore why lending at interest was long understood as a...
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Episode 110
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1:38:28
Dr. Gordon Wilson: The Creation vs. Evolution Debate Isn’t What You Think
Join us at the long table as we examine how modern evolutionary narratives shape culture, morality, and the Christian imagination, and why recovering a biblical doctrine of creation is essential for faithful worship, education, and stewardship....
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Episode 109
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1:45:29
Blake Skolnick: Orthodox Jew Converts to Christianity, Speaks Out
Join us at the long table as we hear a journey from modern Judaism to Christianity. From questions of law, covenant, and messianic expectation to the person and work of Jesus Christ, we explore how Scripture, history, and lived experience conve...
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Episode 108
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Brady Finnern: A Lutheran Answer to Anxiety & Worry
Join us at the long table as we reflect on pastoral leadership, congregational health, and the Church's calling in a time of institutional strain and cultural uncertainty. From parish ministry to district oversight, we explore what faithful lea...
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Episode 107
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1:52:09
Vincent Shemwell: Why I Left Roman Catholicism for Lutheranism
Join us at the long table as we embark on a journey out of Rome and into the confessional Lutheran tradition. From questions of authority, doctrine, and development to the sacraments, justification, and the nature of the Church, we explore why ...
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Episode 106
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1:40:15
Dr. John Rasmussen: Understanding Secularism and the Rise of the Nones
Join us at the long table as we examine the quiet forces reshaping belief in the modern world—from secularism and moralistic therapeutic deism to expressive individualism and cultural Christianity. We explore how catechesis, apologetics, beauty...
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Episode 105
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1:35:58
Bryan and Bennett Reflect on 2025
Join us at the long table as we reflect on the mission of On The Line, give thanks for God’s blessings over the past year, and look ahead to what lies before us. In this special Christmas-week episode, we share why digital presence matters for ...
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Lennox Kalifungwa: Why Christianity is Still Winning
Join us in Moscow, Idaho, as we consider the global Church through the lens of confession, mission, and formation. From Lutheran growth in the Global South to the challenges of theological education, cultural pressure, and faithful catechesis, ...
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Episode 104
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Dr. John Bombaro: This New Shroud of Turin Evidence Will Stun You
Join us at the long table as we explore why Christ alone is the form, logic, and life of the Church. From liturgy to ontology, from beauty to sacrament, we examine how losing Christ as the center leads to confusion—and how recovering Him as the...
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Episode 103
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Heath Curtis: What New Research Reveals About the Future of Lutheranism
Join us at St. John's Lutheran Church in Racine, Wisconsin, as we confront the challenging demographic realities facing the Church today. From collapsing birthrates to declining confirmation classes, from cultural drift to weakened discipleship...
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Episode 102
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1:39:15
Dr. Joe Rigney: This Lie Has Undermined the Church
Join us in Moscow, Idaho, as we confront the rise of untethered empathy—the cultural force that rewards victimhood, shuts down truth, and manipulates compassion. Drawing on theology, psychology, and the failures of modern institutions, we exami...
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Episode 101
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Rev. Ian Kinney: A Movement for Lutheran Men is Beginning
https://memento70.com/Learn More or Join Memento: https://memento70.comGive the Gift of Memento Memberships: Share discipline, devotion, and brotherhood with someone you love.Memento is a year-round devotional movement ca...
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Episode 100
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Stefan Gramenz: Why the Lutheran Church is the Ancient Church
Join us at the long table as we rediscover the roots of Lutheran identity—not as a revolution that tore down the past, but as a recovery of the Church’s ancient beauty, order, and faith. From the Augsburg Confession to the Lutheran Missal Proje...
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Episode 99
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Dr. Louis Markos: What C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Saw Coming
Join us at the long table as we explore how C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien fused reason and imagination, Athens and Jerusalem—showing how truth, goodness, and beauty still shape the Christian mind. In an age ruled by cynicism, reductionism, and ...
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Episode 98
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Dr. Benjamin Kwashi: Archbishop Exposes Christian Genocide in Nigeria
Join us at the long table as we hear the story of persecution and faith in Nigeria, where thousands of Christians have been killed for confessing Christ. Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi bears witness to the cost of discipleship, the power of forgive...
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Episode 97
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Col. Willie Grills: What the LDS Church Really Believes
Join us at the long table as we retrace the forgotten corners of American religion, from frontier revivalism and folk magic to the birth of Mormonism, and ask what these movements reveal about faith, authority, and the hunger for revelation in ...
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Episode 96
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Evan Scamman: Defending Confessional Lutheranism & Infant Baptism
Join us at St. John's Lutheran Church in Racine, Wisconsin, as we rediscover the treasures of confessional Lutheranism, explore why beauty, truth, and order still matter, and confront what’s lost when the Church trades her birthright for the fa...
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Episode 95
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America is a Christian Nation: The History We've Forgotten | Dr. Jared Longshore
Join us in Moscow, Idaho, as we recover a biblical vision of politics, family, and freedom—exploring how God orders nations and households, why secular neutrality is a myth, and how Christians can live publicly and courageously in the world wit...
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Episode 94
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