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Rev. Dr. Steven Schave, Director of LCMS Urban & Inner City Mission and LCMS Church Planting, and co-host of the Mission Field: USA podcast, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28. Find LCMS Urban & Inner City Mission at lcms.org/urban. Learn more about LCMS Church Planting at lcms.org/churchplanting, and find the Mission Field: USA podcast at kfuo.org/missionfieldusa. Paul...

Rev. Nabil Nour of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartford, SD, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. “Did you hear what happened overseas? We must be near the end.”  We hear these words almost every year.  They must have had the same concerns in Thessalonica as Paul emphasizes that we do not know when Jesus will return, but know who you are.  You are children of the light and...

Rev. David Boisclair, pastor of Faith and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in Pine Lawn, MO, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. “We do not want you to be uninformed brothers.” Paul continues to lovingly teach the saints at Thessalonica and gives them words of encouragement in preparation for the Lord’s return.  To think about Jesus’ 2nd coming can be quite terrifying, but Pa...

Rev. Keith Weise of Good Shepherd Lutheran Communities, Sauk Rapids, MN joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. “For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.”  It is God’s will that we live a sanctified, holy life according to the 6th commandment.  All sins are equal in God’s eyes, but not all sins are equally destructive.  Paul warns of the destructive nature of...

Rev. Curtis Deterding, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Myers, Florida, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13. Paul’s words are broken down into three sections.  First, he grieves that he was from Thessalonica and longed to be together again---face to face.  Secondly, he expresses joy over the steadfast faith of the Thessalonians even under temptation of the evil o...

Rev. Dennis McFadden of Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 2. We hear and feel another example of the “Pastoral Paul.”  He speaks of his love for the Thessalonians as he labored among them in trial and persecution and, like a loving father and mother, desires that they would continue to grow in the Christ and His Word.  We pray for the same of our loved one...

Rev. Jacob Heine, Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Topeka, Kansas, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study 1 Thessalonians 1. Paul gives thanks to the LORD for the Thessalonians.  He gives thanks for the gift of faith, hope, and love given to them by our LORD.  Paul’s time in Thessalonica did not appear to be fruitful, but by the Holy Spirit people believed and the church grew throughout their re...

Rev. Ryan Fehrmann, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Colossians 4:2-18. Paul gives his final instructions and greetings.  Continue steadfast in prayer.  Pray that the LORD would open a door for the Gospel of Christ’s full and free forgiveness to be declared and our words may be gracious, seasoned with salt.  This is a tall order, but not only will...

Rev. Lucas Witt, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Colossians 3:12-4:1. You are God’s chosen one, holy and beloved.  As you have been chosen, He has called us to live in accordance with His gracious will.  Paul gives us important instructions on how to live as the body of Christ (kindness, compassion, meekness, forgiving), in the home (submi...

Rev. Kevin Martin, pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Colossians 3:1-11. Christ has raised you to new life.  It is no longer I who live, dead to sin, but Christ who lives in me.  We all have temptations to seek worldly ways: immorality, evil desires, anger, malice, coveting.  Our modern day tends to act as if “you can’t change.” ...

Rev. John Lukomski, host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio joins host Rev. Brady Finnern of Messiah Lutheran Church, Sartell, MN to study Colossians 2. Find Wrestling with the Basics at kfuo.org/wrestlingwiththebasics. The pastoral Paul comes out front and center.  He grieves the false teaching the Colossians were receiving.  He addresses these concerns with a rich teaching of Christ’s de...

Rev. Dr. Lane Burgland of Churubusco, Indiana joins Rev. Brady Finnern to study Colossians 1:15-29. Find his book at "Reading the Bible with Understanding" cph.org/p-1615-Reading-the-Bible-with-Understanding.aspx. “It’s all about Jesus!”  Paul proclaims a creedal type of sermon by showing us that Christ is above all things, not only the church, but also everything that is visible & invisible, thro...

Rev. Dr. Paul Deterding, pastor and teacher at St. Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, Missouri joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to begin our study of Colossians. Faith & hope needs a source.  The church in Colossae had faith and hope, but the source was wrong.  A source based on knowledge and a denial of physical realities.  Their pastor, Epaphras, had visited Paul while in jail and expressed co...

Rev. Steven Theiss, vacancy pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, MO, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 4:2-23. “Rejoice in the LORD always; again I will say rejoice.”  Paul speaks these words after establishing “Whose we are.”  We are the blood bought ones “whose names are written in the book of life (v.5).”  This last chapter of Philippians pulls the whole book togeth...

Rev. Ingo Dutzmann of Harpswell, Maine, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 3:12-4:1. “Praise the LORD and pass the potatoes!”  Paul teaches us to rejoice in the “now and not yet.”  The Christian life is like a race--straining forward, forgetting what lies behind, and pressing on to the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  Yet, we hold onto the hope of heaven as we wait until the ti...

Rev. Nathan Meador, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Wisconsin, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 3:1-11. Paul calls us to task about confidence.  Is our confidence in our own actions?  Paul responds, “Let me tell you about actions: circumcised, direct lineage to the Israelites—no mixing with other nations, follower of the law, persecutor of anyone outside of Judais...

Rev. Jeremy Klaustermeier, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Warrenton, Missouri, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 2:12-20. Paul is 800 miles from the Philippians, yet, he speaks to them as a beloved father speaks to his children.  Paul exhorts them to holy living by holding fast to the truth of Christ (be blameless & innocent without grumbling or dispute).  He reminds us als...

Rev. Thomas Eckstein of Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown, ND, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 2:1-11. Paul speaks clear words of our Lord Jesus.  “He made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant” and “He was highly exalted and bestowed on him the name that is above all names.”  Jesus did not come to be a nice guy, change a political structure, or give a few moral tho...

Rev. John Lukomski, co-host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 1:18b-30. Find Wrestling with the Basics at kfuo.org/wrestlingwiththebasics. “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”  Paul encompasses the reality of being a baptized child of God.  We may ask the question, “Why does God have me here?”  Paul assures the Philippians tha...

Rev. John Schmidtke, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Philippians 1:1-18a. Paul gives thanks to the LORD for the church in Philippi for their partnership in the Gospel.  Despite his imprisonment, the Gospel had been advanced.  This advancement of the Gospel is proof of Paul’s words in Romans chapter 1, “The Gospel is the power of salvation for those w...

Rev. David Boisclair, pastor of Faith and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in Pine Lawn, MO joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Ephesians 6. Paul gives us instructions to a “holy order” for husbands/wives, children/parents, and bondservants/masters.  All of these orders are to God’s glory and in Him.  He also prepares us for battle with evil, the devil, and the present darkness with His armor: belt o...

Rev. Curtis Deterding, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Myers, FL joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Ephesians 5:22-33. Paul lays out a holy order for marriage.  Wives submit to your husbands; husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church.  It sounds so simple, right?  It only takes a few verses to realize that we all need to repent and seek God’s grace in Christ.  Yet, Jesus never a...

Rev. Kevin Parviz of Congregation Chai V Shalom in St. Louis, Missouri, joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Ephesians 5:1-21. Christ loves you and gave himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.  His love flows on us and He leads us to walk in His Light as sons of the LORD and not disobedience.  These words lead us to prayer that we may stay from the evils in the world, but al...

Rev. David Fleming of Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Grand Rapids, MI & Executive Director of Spiritual Care with DOXOLOGY joins host Rev. Brady Finnern to study Ephesians 4:17-32. Learn more about DOXOLOGY at doxology.us. Christ has forgiven all of your sins.  Paul preaches that we are to put on a new self with exhortations to be done by the Holy Spirit: put away falsehood, speak truth,...

Rev. Dan Eddy of Messiah Lutheran Church, Beloit, WI joins host Rev. Brady Finnern of Messiah Lutheran Church, Sartell, MN to study Ephesians 4. Our unity as Christians is founded on God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  From our LORD He provides us with pastors to bring the precious gifts of Christ’s  forgiveness, life, and salvation by the Word to equip saints for His Work.  From His gift we a...