The Gottesdienst Crowd

Rev. John Koopman, Associate Pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN, joins the show to walk through C.F.W. Walther's essay "The Duties of an Evangelical Lutheran Synod," delivered at the first Iowa District convention. The essay was written against the backdrop of the split between Missouri and Iowa Synod Lutheranism — Iowa Synod pastors trained under Wilhelm Löhe who held that the co...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Matthew 5:17–26. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesd...

Rev. Jason Braaten sits down with attorney and longtime LCMS delegate Mark Stern to walk through the first edition of Today's Business ahead of the upcoming Synod Convention. Stern explains how overtures become resolutions, how floor committees work, and what delegates and laypeople can do right now to weigh in. He highlights key resolutions on worship (including the proposed Commission on Worship...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 5:1–11. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdiens...

Pastor Paul Schultz (filling in for Braaten) continues a two-part conversation with Pastor Joe Meunch on the baptismal theology of 1 Peter, this time working through Luther's catechism questions on baptism as a framework for the epistle. They trace how Peter's language of salvation, sonship, and the gift of the Holy Spirit echoes the Exodus pattern explored in part one, and dig into the notoriousl...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Luke 6:36–42. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdie...

Rev. Jason Braaten welcomes back Rev. John Bussman to work through the CTCR's December 2025 report, "The Proper Administration of the Lord's Supper: Applying Scripture and the Confessions to Contemporary Issues." Prompted by 2023 Synod Convention resolutions, the report addresses three practices that have crept into LCMS congregations: substituting grape juice for wine, using prepackaged communion...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday after Trinity, Luke 15:1–10. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Pastor Paul Schultz sits down with Pastor Zelwyn Heide of the North Dakota District to talk about one of the most neglected aspects of pastoral formation — the craft of preaching. The conversation moves from the theoretical to the practical: why content alone isn't enough, how persuasion is inseparable from faithful proclamation, an where to find the best resources outside LCMS circles for sharpen...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday after Trinity, Luke 14:15–24. ----more---- Host: Fr. David Buchs Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Pastor Paul Schultz sits down with Pastor Joseph Muench of Trinity Lutheran Church in Nokomis, Illinois to dig into the baptismal and Exodus theology running through 1 Peter. Before working through the text itself, they lay out two foundational hermeneutical commitments: the Old Testament is the primary background for New Testament language and imagery, and the word and sacrament life of the churc...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the First Sunday after Trinity, Luke 16:19–31. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdie...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Epistle reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Romans 11:33–36. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdi...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, John 14:23–31a. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, John 15:26–16:4. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdie...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, John 16:23–33. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, John 16:5–15. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.o...

The Elector's Bible is a witness of Lutheran history on how early Lutherans rebuilt after the devastation of the Thirty Years War. And in this episode, Pastor Travis Berg walks us through its origins and how it came to be. From the political and ecclesiastical climate that produced it to the hands that shaped it, this conversation anchors the Elector's Bible in its proper historical context, givin...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 16:16–22. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, John 10:11–16. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Easter, John 20: 19–31. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdiens...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Day), Mark 16:1-8. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Easter Vigil, Matthew 28:1–7. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/gotte...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Good Friday, St. John's Passion. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/gottes...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Epistle reading for Maundy Thursday, 1 Corinthians 11:23–32. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.o...