Shepherd's Study Podcast
The Shepherd’s Study podcast is produced by Grow in Grace to help pastors grow in the art and practice of pastoral ministry. Each episode features Lutheran pastors discussing a book that is salient to their work, much in the manner of an informal conversation that pops up at a circuit meeting.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only.
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode Nine - Essential Church? with Pastor Orie Thomford
Inarguable: church is essential. Far more arguable: all of the members of my congregation view church as essential. There's an obvious tension between those two statements, but how can we help bridge the gap? Pastor Orie Thomford joins Phil and...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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47:59
Episode Eight - Bioethics with Pastor Matthew Zeng
It's not a science fiction episode; bioethics is a word that describes very real decisions and grounded issues that we will encounter throughout our lives. Pastor Matthew Zeng joins Phil and Jared to discuss Gilbert Meilaender's primer on topic...
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47:32
Episode Seven - Kingdom, Grace, Judgment with Pastor Eric Janke
Pastor Eric Janke joins Jared and Phil to talk about a collected trilogy on Jesus' Parables by Robert Farrar Capon, titled Kingdom, Grace, Judgment. All three of the reviewers agree that Capon is a bit prone to overstatement, but that doesn't m...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:38
Episode Six - Brand Luther with Pastor Ben Phelps
Happy New Year! Jared and Phil are back this month with Pastor Ben Phelps to discuss Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree. The general consensus among historians seems to be that the Reformation was successful largely due to the advent of the Guten...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:51
Episode Five - Biblical Critical Theory with Pastor Jon Bauer
Pastor Jonathan Bauer takes up the guest spot this month to discuss Christopher Watkin's Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture. As far as recent buzzwords and hot topics go, Critical Th...
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Episode 5
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43:55
Episode Four - Four Thousand Weeks with Pastor Caleb Bassett
Jared and Phil are joined by Caleb Bassett to discuss Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. While not a theological work itself, Burkeman's approach to the topic of time and mortality gives us theologians much to ...
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Episode 4
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43:31
Episode Three - CFW Walther's Pastoral Theology with Pastor Scott Henrich
In this episode, Jared and Phil welcome Scott Henrich to go over CFW Walther's Pastoral Theology. Most of us are more familiar with Walther's Law and Gospel evening lectures, but Walther's text on pastoral theology is where we get to read a mor...
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46:09
Episode Two - The Gospel Comes with a House Key with Pastor Noah Willitz
The Shepherd’s Study podcast is produced by Grow in Grace to help pastors grow in the art and practice of pastoral ministry. Each episode features Lutheran pastors discussing a book that is salient to their work, much in the manner of an inform...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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46:41
Episode One - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self with Phil and Jared
The Shepherd’s Study podcast is produced by Grow in Grace to help pastors grow in the art and practice of pastoral ministry. Each episode features Lutheran pastors discussing a book that is salient to their work, much in the manner of an inform...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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