Casting Nets Podcast
Real Life, Living faith.... This is a show about thoughts on how to live life in a God pleasing way. We will tackle real events, hopefully find real ways to live a Christian life in those events. Our hosts are pastors in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
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Join us as we go through the last document in the Book of Concord, which is called "The Formula of Concord." Outline:Summary Content, Rule, and NormI. Original SinII. Free WillIII. The Righteousness of faith before God.IV. Good WorksV. The Law and the GospelVI The Third Use of God's LawVII The Holy Supper of ChristVIII. The Person of ChristIX. The descent of Christ to hellX. Church practicesXI. God's eternal Fore...
Join us as we go through the last document in the Book of Concord, which is called "The Formula of Concord." After Luther's death, the Evangelical Lutheran church was not as solid as one might think. Satan wasn't finished harassing Christ's church, whether it was via persecution (involving prison, war, and death), or old heresies in new clothing, or finally personality conflicts within. Lutheranism doesn't evolve over time. By t...
Pastor William Harley and Pastor Dave Ruddat welcome Pastor James Enderle to talk about the War on Your Christmas.
Books we mentioned:
Unoffendable https://www.amazon.com/Unoffendable-Brant-Hansen-audiobook/dp/B013VFBYQ4/ref=sr11?crid=2MHQT6GTU6KFN&keywords=unoffendable&qid=1640024443&s=audible&sprefix=Unoff%2Caudible%2C106&sr=1-1
UnChristian https://www.amazon.com/unChristian-David-Kinnaman-audiobook/dp/B001PU0...
Listen in as we talk about how we grew, failed, and prevailed in 2025. We will talk about the personal, the community and the church. https://www.castingnetspod.org/Song: LegendaryMusic by: CreatorMix.comLets Rock Todayby leadsquid
We will cover articles that made Rome furious: priests getting married, monks walking out of monasteries, and Luther basically saying most of medieval church law is hot air. Join the Conversation!Part IIIArticle X - Of Ordination.Article XI - Of the Marriage of Priests.Article XII - Of the Church.Article XIII - Of Good Works.Article XIV - Of Monastic Vows .Article XV - Of Human Tradition.https://www.castingnetspod.org/Song: Legenda...
Join us as Pastor Harley and Pastor Ruddat list their 5 things they are thankful for this year.
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Lets Rock Today
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What are you looking for in your church family? Rules and rule keepers? What if they're a bunch of hypocrites and rule breakers? When disillusioned about church or church member behavior, let's get back to the basics of what the church is all about, the Gospel's comfort in as many ways as possible: Baptism, Lord's Supper, Keys, and Confession. Even when the church excommunicates it's about the Gospel. Join the Conversation!
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Join us as we continue our discussion on four short and monumentally important articles in the Smalcald Articles. (Sin, The Law, Repentance, and the Gospel). We take some time to talk about the only sin Lutherans take seriously: original sin. Part IIIArticle I - Of Sin.Article II - Of the Law.Article III - Of Repentance.Article IV - Of the Gospel.Next Time:Article V - Of Baptism.Article VI - Of the Sacrament of the Altar.Article VI...
Join us as we note the differences in style and scope between Luther's passionate, dogmatic Article IV and Melanchthon's measured, analytical Treatise, making for a compelling episode.
Smalcald Articles: Part 2 Article IV - Of the Papacy.
The Power Primacy of The Pope
Next time
- Part IIIArticle I - Of Sin.
- Article II - Of the Law
- Article III - Of Repentance.
- Article IV - Of the Gospel.
coming up:
- Article V - Of Baptism.
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We introduce the Smalcald Articles, a document with a significantly different tone than the Augsburg Confession and its Apology (Defense) . We will begin by setting the historical context, covering the founding and purpose of the Schmalkaldic League League, the political side of things with Emperor Charles V, and the state of Martin Luther's health at this time. We also will cover the first Part of the Smalcald Articles.Part I - Th...
In this episode, we finish up the Apology of the Augsburg Confession: Article XVIII (Article 18) on Free will, Article XIX (Article 19) on the Cause of sin, and Article XX (Article 20) Good Works. We'll explore the historical context, the key arguments of the Lutheran reformers, and the theological significance today. We also wrap up our thoughts and takeaways from the Apology of the Augsburg Confession. What were your take aways...
In this episode, we take and inwardly digest communion and the mass, from the Apology of the Augsburg Confession: Article XXII (22) on receiving communion in both kinds and Article XXIV (24) on the nature of the Mass. We'll explore the historical context, the key arguments of the Lutheran reformers, and the theological significance today.https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-wors...
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Our love of those who have died in the LORD can, despite the best of intentions, take away from what Christ has done for us.. At the Diet of Augsburg, Lutheran confessors shared the way we can honor the saints, but that was not good enough for the Roman Catholic church. The apology lists a threefold way we can honor the saints.https://www.castingnetspod.org/Song: LegendaryMusic by: CreatorMix.com
Apology of the Augsburg Confession (Article 14, 15)Human Traditions a. the issue b. the theological heart c. what does God say d. that pastoral concernPolitical Order a. the issue b. the theological heart (two kingdoms) c. corrected misuses d. practical implicationsUnity between the two a. freedom within the Gospel b. protecting of the conscience c. exalting Christ as true Mediator and Savior6...
Apology of the Augsburg Confession (Article 14, 23, 27)
While seemingly archaic subjects and not worth our time, the Gospel-centered nature of the this confession towards the hot-button topics of their day, have a lot to teach us.
Pastor Harley and Ruddat tackle church order, marriage of priests, monastic vows, and church authority.
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Satisfaction= What to do after/before you are forgiven. Lutherans and Catholics disagreed on Satisfaction. What about those fruits of repentance? What about hardships the LORD allows because of sin? And the final word on the number of sacraments. Article XIIb and XIII of the Apology of the Augsburg Confession. https://www.castingnetspod.org/
Article XII of the apology of the Augsburg Confession.
We look at Repentance from the Apology of the Augsburg Confession. What kind of religious movement gives up its power over consciences? Answer: Confessonal Lutheranism. Discover why and join the conversation.https://www.castingnetspod.org/
Baptism, Lord's Supper, and Confession (Apology Article IX, X, XI)
Audio issues from previous episodes are fixed.
The Church (Articles VII and VIII (IV)We don't always understand that what is the church was answered differently in the time of the Reformation than it is now. However, there are things we can learn about how the reformers addressed this topic and still lessons we need to (re)learn.
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