The God Whisperers Classic

The GW are joined by Heather Choate Davis (heatherchoatedavis.com) for a lively discussion of the “priesthood of believers.” What was once a pillar doctrine of the 16th century Reformation seems to be largely forgotten today. What happened? How do we recover it? What does it mean for the church today?

The GW discuss being extoverted (Donofrio) or introverted (Cwirla) and what it means as a pastor in the public eye. They also kick the theological ball around the four corners of theology and talk about what makes doctrines and why we need them.

After a discussion of the pitfalls of social media on theological conversation and the nature of hermeneutics (text interpretation), the Manly Doctors pursue the question “What is Theology?” and reflect on what it means when God deals with us through written texts using a soccer field analogy.

The God Whisperers take time out to reflect on the life and work of Eugene Peterson – pastor, author, teacher, poet, and so much more.

The Manly Doctors are joined by Terry Defoe, author of the book Evolving Certainties, to discuss science and Scripture and how they are not really in conflict when we read them correctly. Warning: This episode may trigger independent thinking.

An episode that literally developed legs and  crawled out of the primordial ooze. Does Evolution and Big Bang Theory even matter to the Christian faith? Can grace be cheapened? Can we have too much grace? Plus, the sketchy origins of the Missouri Synod and the name change of the choir formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Make sense? We didn’t think so either. Enjoy.

Weekly communion, assurance of salvation in view of sin, Pat Robertson rebukes Hurricane Florence, and the Florence gives him the finger, the foolishness of boycotts, comebacks by disgraced celebrities, and so much more.

The Manly Doctors of Divinity enter the shark tank of theology and discuss the Eucharist implications of John 6 along with boxing Polish nuns and a saint or sinner quiz. And sharks.

Women readers, blasphemously good ice cream, and a new take on Adam and Eve engage the Manly Doctors of Divinity.

In a pre-consecrated edition of the GW, the Manly Doctors discuss the propriety of pre-consecrated Lord’s Suppers, the nature of the Verba, and also miraculous hard landings of Mexican airplanes. How long do the Verba last? Can only a priest/pastor say it? What does it all mean? Does God protect us when flying?

The Manly Doctors of Divinity discuss illegal pop-up Tiki bars, signs, wonders, and the role of God in apparent dumb luck, and edgy alternatives for next year’s Vacation Bible School.

The God Whisperers engage in a spirited discussion on toxic old books, the meaning of “sanctification,’ an upskirt Marilyn Monroe statue overlooking a Connecticut church, and Jim Baker’s zombie apocalypse bunker in Branson.

The Manly Doctors take on the issues of gambling, pharmaceuticals both natural and manmade, and immigration, legal and illegal.

The Manly Doctors discuss the ins and outs of legalized cannabis, a punch-throwing Cyprian priest, and pistol-packing pastors in a scintillating hour of conversation.

Setting aside their usual hijinks, Bill and Craig talk about the deadly serious topic of suicide in light of the high-profile deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain over the past week and discuss ways in which the church, as a community of believers, can help those who struggle with depression and despair.

A misdirected donation from a new listener prompts a lively conversation about offerings, shifting political winds, and televangelist Jesse Duplantis’ pitch for a $54 million Falcon 7X jet. What would Jesus fly?

In a stunning trilogy of manly theology, the God Whisperers take on the doctrine of God’s triunity and its analogies, the three uses of the Law, and the alleged satanic associations of yoga and martial arts, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the essence.

The Manly Doctors engage in a lively discussion of women in the military, the cosmic evolutionary origins of octopi, and the royal wedding of Harry and Megan in a slightly overcooked episode involving Flarp. A trifecta of disturbing yet compelling talk.

In an episode dedicated in memory of executive producer Rufus Donofrio, the Manly Doctors discuss the lasting effects of the LCMS’ Seminex controversy of the 1970s, a church devoted to salvific drinking in South Africa, and the organization formerly known as Boy Scouts of America.

In celebration of the Manly Doctors’ return to the podosphere, longtime GW friend Brian Yamabe (of Cwirla App infamy) delivers a 10-minute mashup of God Whisperers highlights and lowlights from the last 329 episodes. Relive the greatness.

The Manly Doctors return to podcasting with a retrospective of God Whisperers history, from its inception in a lounge at a pastors’ conference and its early days in guerrilla broadcasting to its corporate captivity and its ultimate return to freedom after healing and self-discovery. They relive their first “Home Schooler Alert” with Reed Lessing, answer some Mail Bag questions concerning Lutherans on Facebook and bad preaching, and round things out with a piece on a church that meets in a strip joint, aka “gentlemen’s club.” Disturbing yet Compelling™ returns to the podosphere.

A short thank you to all our friends who contributed to the God Whisperers Resurrection Fund. We’ll be up and running in a couple of weeks. Until then, here’s a tickler for your podcast feed.

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A half episode. The first half was garbled and unintelligible. Nothing new there.  The second half has Norman Nagel.  The good stuff.

Special movie edition with Ted Giese

The Take Two edition. The church and politics. Larry Norman. Closed communion and church shopping. Jesus returning to Nazareth.

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Dr. Norman Nagel reads Dr. Seuss. Nutritional info for Trader Joe’s Sweet Sriracha Uncured Bacon Jerky. Listener email: Genesis 1 from above and from below, what goes on at an LCMS seminary. With guest Pr. Mark Sell.

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Holiday edition: Hanukkah, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Atheism, Fundamentalism. LutheranISM is a very bad thing. Hard drive replacement. Apocrypha. Macabre Maccabees. History of Christmas trees. Email: can a new convert reform a Lutheran in name only congregation?

More technical difficulties. Dueling soundboards. Shatner Christmas. Festivus song. Organing discussion. Listener mail: ancient cosmology, theistic evolution, progressive revelation or understanding, Copernicus, legalized marijuana. Martin Franzmann sermon excerpt. John the Baptist.

Thanksgiving. Computer history. Math. Skype calls: “George Takei,” Donofrio test call, does faith disappear with poor catechesis? The conflicted season of Advent. Technical difficulties! Festivus. Scum of the Earth Church. The Pope’s astronomer and aliens.

On the LCMS Life Ministries Infertility conference. Email: Nicene Creed “I” or “we.” Porn star Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster headgear at a Utah DMV. McDonald’s in church. Secret classroom recording at BYU. World magazine and BioLogos.

St. Louis Tiki. Middle Eastern cooking. Lutheran cutting edge tech. Email: works of the law written on the heart. Transcendence. Spacecraft on a comet. Spontaneous Baptism guide.

Health and weight loss. GW BMI calculations. Listener email: church growth, local congregations, 200 proof Gospel, radical Lutheranism, Simul, a Cwirla apology. Halloween and Reformation. Pope Francis. All Saints.

Music sampling. Weight loss. Email: selling ad space, “sup.” Religious news: voyeuristic rabbi. Modesty. Is the internet killing Christianity? The Vatican and LGBTQ.

Musical offerings: red balloons, One Toke Over the Line, and Bill Shatner. Listener voicemail about decision theology and cannabis. Medical marijuana. Houston mayor. Politics and churches. 2nd Commandment.

William Shatner. Science and Faith. Ideology conflicts. Bill Nye and the end of Creationism. Straw men. Genesis 1. Context. Faith does not ask you to deny what you can otherwise see and know on your own. Heliocentrism. Lutherans and Science. Predictions. From above, from below.

#wiki14. Conferences/tent revivals. Entrepreneurial Christianity. GW tikicon. Common sense in the Early Church. Immigrant sanctuary in Portland Lutheran church. First Commandment.

99 Red Balloons on red balloons. Outdated computer technology. Email: death and dying with “Dr.” William M. Cwirla; pastoral longevity; Devin the butcher with a question about the simul in the zwischenzeit. Jim Bakker and End of the World Biscuits, Time of Trouble Beans, End of the World Gravy, and Kevin’s Krazy Lasagna, glow sticks, and whistles. Large Catechism intro.

HR and IT. Email: Missing “Jesus is a Friend of Mine.” Lutheran questions for Siri. Forde and Radical Lutherans. Third use of the Law.

Guests: Lipstick Lutherans Ellie Corrow and Sandra Ostapowich. Cross-dressing. Email: ISIS, government, 2nd Amendment, eliminating leaders? A little Duck Dynasty: convert or kill. Blasphemy Challenge.

Ferguson, MO. Part of a Luther sermon on Luke 10. Judge not lest ye be judged. IC rack room. Atheist former pastor. Apostacon 2014: Omaha, NE. Dawkins and abortion. Science and Faith as the WWE.

Favorite food movies. Rioting. Cuban food in St. Louis. Porn filming in Austrian churches. Lutherans in the Bible Belt. Raptured homeschoolers in Texas.  The Christero War. International Center geese. Reading Scripture in its historical context. Robin Williams. And the music of Larry Norman and Mrs. Miller.

Special guests Walt and Paul Snyder. Letter from a former Wiccan on medical marijuana who doesn’t own a phone. The benefits of hospice. Siberian sinkhole. Atheist video. Westboro Baptist protest schedule.

The dangers of cross country binge listening. 1 Corinthians 1:17 in context. Baptism. Dispensationalism. Explanation of the GW post-ironic anti-celebrity. Simul and Paradox.

Higher Things. Craig’s birthday bash report (again!). Astronaut diapers. Incense and allergies. Email from a former Wiccan priest. Minor and major ban. The voice of Ellie. And Toribio Romo Gonzalez, patron saint of undocumented immigrants.

The manly doctors are back in the same room for a face to face episode in CA. Craig’s IC schedule. Does God cause suffering? Asparagus and bacon. Excerpts from Luther’s Wittenberg sermons. Atheist Christian metal band. And a great Nagel sermon on John 21.

The manly doctors are back in the same room for a face to face episode in CA. Craig’s IC schedule. Does God cause suffering? Asparagus and bacon. Excerpts from Luther’s Wittenberg sermons. Atheist Christian metal band. And a great Nagel sermon on John 21.

Falsetto and contratenor. Craig’s California adventure. Athanasian Creed. Email: Why pastors take or decline a call.  Rick Warren and the Daniel Plan. Faith and Pharmaceuticals.  St. Roberto Clemente?

Guests Randall Mark and Ellie Corrow. Email: dating help for single future seminarian. Philly cheesesteaks. Christian-speak. Sermon plagiarism.  Cat kicking Calvinists. Science vs faith. KFUO dead cricket.

IT at the LCMS-IC. Tiki drinks. Bizarre church laws. Duck Dynasty Bible. Nagel sermon on the First Article. Science and faith.

Ascension.  Why Lutherans don’t go to church on Thursdays. Canadian hockey controversy and more from Ginny Dreadful.  Donofrio tries to discuss women in the church without sounding sexist. Gender specific Bible studies. Luxury cry rooms. Academic pomposity.  Three Ascension misunderstandings including whether “up” means up, and a great Ascension hymn.

Guest female Ellie Corrow.  Introduction to a Nagel sermon on the First Article that never gets played.  Communication of attributes between bacon and asparagus.  Listening to the GW in the ICU.  Apology for Episode 245.  Visiting a Lutheran church.  Children’s Church.  New GW addicts.  Craig’s dating guide.  Also: How do you know if your kid isn’t saved, Lutheran Rationalistic confirmation practices, Mrs. Miller and a creepy Italian counter tenor.

Hockey players and theologians, email-binge listening , Lutheran publishing and why there are no women in talk radio, 3rd use of the Law, prayer in public places.

Gongless Cwirla.  Simul-church & AA.  Special guest Ellie Corrow with insights into the female mind and raising boys. How to pronouce “meme.” Listener email on charismatic movement book, and a Baroque German church. The Law, the veil of Moses, and 3 uses of the Law you haven’t thought of before.

Taxes. Holy Week.  Listener email: CS Lewis biographical corrections.  Skype calls: Listener learns Jesus is a friend of his.  Lutheran restaurant menu. GW recording of a GW recording.  Nagel sermon for Holy Week. Judas, Barabbas, and Blood Moons.

Planning Craig’s B-day Hawaii 5-O.  Prayer and exercise. Skype call: Evolution of the liturgy.  Listener email: Ovid, Nagel, and blushing water.  Hard time forgiving others.  Use of metaphor in the OT.  More Christian cliches you never want to say.

Earthquakes, tornados, and Judgment Day.  Skype calls.  Fighting with demons at night.  Does parish size matter?  Atheist Questions for Craig.  Kids choosing their own religion.  Ten Christian Cliches you should never say.  And apocalyptic fetishes.  Yes.

Cwirla’s Birthday. Donofrio’s ongoing technical difficulties. Listener email – Has Donofrio become too cautious?.  All Things Tiki and CFW Walther.  Madonna mics on clergy.  Donofrio’s Flarp. Are Pentecostal miracles the real deal? Weird atheist questions. Bono and apologetics.  Cigars and Kosher bacon.

Always nice to see an oxford comma!

Cwirla adopts his new name: He Who Irritates People.  Donofrio’s computer and communication problems. Listener email: Would Luther have a concealed carry permit? Just war. Imprecatory Psalms. MST3K. More dumb atheist questions for Craig.  Big Bang, space ripples, and cosmic time.  And a great Lent sermon from Norman Nagel.

Donofrio’s lax church-going habits, Walther, Pieper, and Shatner, listener email on self-defense, “Were You There” and Romans 6, and is it an 8th commandment violation to criticize the God Whisperers.  Plus more goofy atheist questions to confound Craig, abundant robbery at Lakewood church and sketchy CS Lewis quotes. What was this show about anyway?

“Were You There” on the Mighty Cwirlitzer, Listener email on the Christian right of self-defense, Kairos/ Chronos, Dancing for rain in CA, and dumb atheist questions for Craig on the topic of miracles.

Weather: cold and drought, Listener email: Nuclear nun redux, Atheist Questions for Craig about rich churches and legislating against temptation; the AZ governor’s veto and the freedom to discriminate and take consequences, and it that wasn’t enough: beard transplants.

A little GW history lesson, listener email, “You know you’re simul if…”, liturgical innovations and variations (absolution, Lord’s Prayer, creed), 84 yr old nun nuclear protester, snake handling pastor R.I.P.

Donofrio’s broadcast career blunders, Saint Valentine (any and all three of them),  armed chaplains, Olympic curling pants, Quizzing Craig, Darwin Day, science, faith and stuff.

Lawn mowers, home ownership, life sunday, lwml sunday and other specialty sundays, Questions for Craig on direct revelation, legalization of marijuana.

The MDDs hang out with Tullian “One-Way Love” Tchividhian who is rocking the Evangelical world preaching unconditional grace in Christ and quoting Lutherans.  Check out his blog at The Gospel Coalition.

Also check out his new book“One Way Love”

Listener email on firearms and self-defense, abortion and pastoral care, preaching specific law to GCPs, atheist university chaplains, and a terrific sermon on faith and good works from James 2 by Dr. Norman Nagel.

Listener mail-epiclesis, Western liturgy, eucharistic prayers, high church/low church, liturgical innovations, 40 atheist questions for Craig, stupid pastor stunts.