Show # 382: The Flamme Show And A Heart of Flesh!

On this edition of Table Talk Radio, after sneezing all over the intro ... Anfechtung! we answer a listener email and address the topic of Licensed Lay Deacons by playing the game Kick The Dog, Comfort The Child. Then, in an attempt to get the Flamme to listen to the show we will review and critique President Obama's recent remarks at the memorial service for the slain police officers in Dallas, TX. And don't forget Germany 2017!!!!!

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Show # 379: This Episode is Nihilistic! – It Has No Meaning, or Does It?

On this edition of Table Talk Radio, after discussion the buzzwords Conciliarism and Nihilism, how fun is that, we will play a spirited game of Name That Theologian and discuss the Office of the Holy Ministry and the Marks of the Church (did you know there were 7?). Then as we attempt to answer a listener voicemail we will play Praise Song Cruncher and look at te song I'm Trading My Sorrows. As usual this episode has no meaning or purpose. Well, actually it does, but we cant tell you what it is!!

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Show # 372: A Man and a Penguin Climb a Ladder! Oh Yeah, Prove It!

On this edition of Table Talk Radio we will sink to new lows by discussing what it means to be a Bad Cow. My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma! Then listener Peter sends us an email and asks Pastor Wolfmueller to Prove It when it comes to only pastors/elders administering the Lord's Supper. Ever wonder Which Ladder will get you to Pureland? Yeah, neither did we! But a listener email will have us talking about it anyway. In a 10 Commandments In The News segment we'll discuss how a man and his pet Penguin relate to the 7th Commandment. We'll also discuss whether or not a business is obligated to provide Muslim workers time to pray in their work day. Finally, we continue our audition of potential co-host Pastor Warren Graff by playing another round of 10 Commandments In The News. He'll discuss the news that of a school in England instructing students to write an essay explaining to their families why they converted to Islam. Let the mediocrity continue!

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Table Scraps: The Specific Ministry Pastor Program of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

At the 2007 convention, the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod approved the Specific Ministry Pastor Program (SMP) for the use of training men for specific ministries outside of the traditional residential seminary education. Pastor Brian Kachelmeir of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Los Alomos, NM comes on to talk about SMP: what it is and what it is not.

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