Clerical Errors Podcast

Clerical Errors Podcast

The podcast that shows you what‘s behind the collar. | Hosted by Pastor Travis Berg and Pastor Karl Bollhagen | http://clericalerrors.org

Episodes

February 1, 2026 48 mins

Measuring against others, living graciously, and things pastors shouldn't talk about.

 

Septuagesima: Ex. 17:1–7, 1 Cor. 9:24–10:5 Matt. 20:1–16

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Transfiguration and church sounding sentence that you may have heard that need a follow up.

The Transfiguration of Our Lord: Ex. 34:29–35, 2 Peter 1:16–21, Matt. 17:1–9

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January 18, 2026 45 mins

Weather events, and what makes a baptism valid? Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Ex. 33:12–23, Rom. 12:6–16, John 2:1–11

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January 11, 2026 43 mins

Bollhagen has a Top 12 list or two that 'got him thinking', and Vicar tries to match football rule books to theology. The Baptism of Our Lord: Matthew 3:13–17

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January 4, 2026 47 mins

Vicar nearly dies, the wise men see the star, and we plan out our evangelism program.

 

The Epiphany of Our Lord: Isaiah 60:1–6, Eph. 3:1–12, Matt. 2:1–12

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December 28, 2025 29 mins

Bollhagen's NBA primer for last week, and The Holy Innocents. The Holy Innocents, Martyrs: Jer. 31:15–15, Rev. 14:1–5, Matt. 2:13–18

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December 21, 2025 48 mins

Bollhagen's Top 12 things that we can take from the prophecies and how they are fulfilled (and some of the things that this teach us about faith) Fourth Sunday in Advent: Deut. 18:15–19, Phil. 4:4–7, Luke 1:39–56

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December 14, 2025 56 mins

Bollhagen's Speed Top 12... things, and is empathy a sin? Third Sunday in Advent: Isaiah 40:1–8 (9–11), 1 Cor. 4:1–5, Matt. 11:2–10 (11)

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December 7, 2025 42 mins

Snow, Costco Sweatshirts, and the enduring Word.

 

Second Sunday in Advent: Mal. 4:1–6, Rom. 15:4–13, Luke 21:25–36

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November 30, 2025 35 mins

Fortune cookies, Christ's birth as Savior, and Santa Claus rolling through a Christmas parade.

 

First Sunday in Advent: Jer. 23:5–8, Rom. 13:(8–10) 11–14, Matt. 21:1–9

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November 23, 2025 48 mins

Funerals, when not to say "I apologize", the end of the year, being woke, and LeBron is the best NBA player of all time.

 

Last Sunday of the Church Year: Isaiah 65:17–25, 1 Thess. 5:1–11, Matt. 25:1–13

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November 16, 2025 38 mins

The Northern Lights, genuine faith over empty works, and forgiving seventy times seven.

 

Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity: Micah 6:6–8, Phil. 1:3–11, Matt. 18:21–35

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November 9, 2025 52 mins

NBA Storyline Updates, Creation, faith over proof, and a TikTok from a priest.

 

Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity: Gen. 1:1–2:3,Eph. 6:10–17, John 4:46–54

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November 2, 2025 52 mins

Vicar's Top 12 Cleric Kerfuffle questions (legally distinct), All Saints' Day, and then more questions from Vicar. All Saints' Day, Rev. 7:2–17, 1 John 3:1–3, Matt. 5:1–12

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October 26, 2025 36 mins

Bollhagen keeps the lights on, and works through the readings for Reformation Day. Reformation Day, Rev. 14:6–7, Rom. 3:19–28, John 8:31–36

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October 19, 2025 48 mins

The "feeling" of God's call, teaching former God-haters, Paul addresses the Corinthian church, and the LCMS having a "PR problem".

 

Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, Deut. 10:12–21, 1 Cor. 1:(1–3)4–9, Matt. 22:34–46

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October 12, 2025 37 mins

10/10 Lutheran, Eritrean church services, loopholes, and selfless care.

 

Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Prov. 25:6–14, Eph. 4:1–6, Luke 14:1–11

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October 5, 2025 51 mins

Vicar answers 12 Clergy Combat questions, the widow’s grief, Paul’s prayer from prison, and a Galilean foreshadowing of Easter.

 

Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1 Kings 17:17–24, Eph. 3:13–21, Luke 7:11–17

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September 28, 2025 47 mins

Things you shouldn't worry about, Elijah and the widow of Zarephath, money becoming a master, and thoughts on picking between two churches.

 

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1 Kings 17:8–16, Gal. 5:25–6:10, Matt. 6:24–34

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September 21, 2025 34 mins

Top 12 Non-Doctor Health Tips (To Not Get Sick), Inwardly Digest, and tax collectors.

 

St. Matthew, Ezekiel 2:8–3:11

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