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Show #98: Worst Scripture Twisting Contest

After responding to listener email questions, we have a special judge, Chris Rosebrough on to decide the winner of the Listener Participation Game (LPG) calling for the worse example of Scripture twisting.

May 18, 20100

Show #97: The Good and the Bad of the Praise Song Cruncher

In this edition of Table Talk Radio, Pastor and Evan use the praise song cruncher to analyze two different praise songs. One gets absolutely slaughtered in the cruncher, and the other does quite well. After that they play Bible Bee with the Law-Gospel twist. WARNING: This episode contains 15 extra minutes of Table Talk Radio. It is not for the faint of heart.

May 11, 20100

Show #96: Don’t Forget the Lyrics to your Hymns with Dan Engle

After going to the phones to play bumper sticker theology, we play "Don't Forget the Stanzas to your Hymns," with Dan Engle of Lutheran Time Out (www.lutherantimeout.org)

May 5, 20100

Table Scraps: Losing Our Religion by S.E. Cupp

Author and Political commentator, S.E. Cupp talks with Evan about her new book, "Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity."

May 4, 20100

Table Scraps: Refuting Missing Link Claims

How should we respond when talking to evolutionists and they make the claim that the fossil record represents fossils that are in transition between species between apes and man. Dr. Charles Jackson of Creation Truth Foundation joins us to discuss some of the common cases that are often made for a "missing link."

May 4, 20100

Show #95: Name that Heresy

After a Christian side-hug and responding to listeners, we play "Name that Heresy." Pastor tries to guess contemporary heresies and Evan tries to guess ancient heresies.

Apr 28, 20100

Show #94: Name that Theologian Audio Edition

After reviving Table Talk Radio's Listener Participation Game (LPG), we play Name that Theologian with some audio clips and end up by playing the classic Table Talk Radio game: What's in your Pastor's Library?

Apr 21, 20100

Show #93: Bill Hybels and the Morality Ladder

After Pastor Wolfmueller's surprise Easter game, we play "Which Ladder" with an Easter sermon by Pastor Bill Hybels in which he talks about the ladder of morality. After that, we play "10 commandments in the news" with a few Easter stories.

Apr 13, 20100

Table Scraps Live: The Emergent Church

Host of the internet radio program, Fighting for the Faith and Captain of Pirate Christian Radio joins Evan on Table Scraps Live to talk about the Emergent Church and it's false doctrine as it relates to the Holy Christian Faith.

Apr 12, 20100

Show #92: Table Talk Radio’s Second Annual Easter Edition

For this edition for the Resurrection of our Lord, we play ressurrection themed bible bee and then play 10 commandments in the news and the CACG super game.

Apr 6, 20100

Table Scraps: The Reliability of the New Testament

How do we know that the books of the New Testament are reliable accounts of history? Furthermore, how do we know they have be preserved over time? Listen to Dr. James White make the case for the reliability of the New Testament.

Apr 6, 20100

Show #91: Name that Church’s Confession

Pastor Wolfmueller is dealing with Facebook group obessioin and looking for a support group. Meanwhile, we play bumper sticker theology and Name that Church Body (from their confession).

Mar 31, 20100

Show #90: Lenten Table Talk Jeopardy

In today's edition, while playing the Lenten edition of Table Talk Jeopardy and playing Google It, Pastor Wolfmeuller creates the Table Talk Radio facebook group much to Evan's chagrin.

Mar 26, 20100

Table Scraps: Talking to Muslims

What is a Christian suppose to say he runs into a Muslim on the street? Our guest, Dr. Adam Francisco of Concordia Theological Seminary lays out some common arguments from Muslims and appropriate Christian responses.

Mar 22, 20100

Show #89: Bible Bee-Law/Gospel

This edition of Table Talk Radio, after answering listener emails, we play everyone's favorite supergame: Bible Bee-Law and/or Gospel.

Mar 20, 20100

Table Scraps: Interview with Neil Grepke, author of Jesus is Better than Football

After crunching the song, "Jesus is Better than Football," we gave the author of the song to come on the air and respond to our Praise Song Cruncher. In this Table Scraps, Pastor Wolfmueller interviews Neil Grepke, Lutheran School principle and hit praise song writer.

Mar 9, 20100

Show #88: How to Tell if You’re Being Emotionally Manipulated by a Youth Speaker the Sequel

By popular demand, we listen to another youth speaker with the checklist in hand, "How to Tell if You're Being Emotionally Manipulated by a Youth Speaker." After that, we spend two segments responding to listener emails.

Mar 9, 20100

Table Scraps: The Doctrine of Vocation with Dr. Steven Hein

Dr. Steven Hein, Director of the Concordia Institute for Christian Studies and associate pastor at Shepherd of the Springs Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, CO, joins Evan to talk about the doctrine of vocation.

Mar 8, 20100

Show #87: Name that Theologian from Pastor Brown

In this edition of Table Talk Radio, Pastor Eric Brown of Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma, OK, joins the crew to be the guest game show host of "Name that Theologian." Then we play the Casual Apologetics Conversation Game (CACG).

Mar 3, 20100

Show #86: Jesus is better than Football?

After we respond to listener email, we play "Bumper Sticker Theology" analyzing theology found on bumper stickers, then we crunch the praise songs, "Jesus is better than Football" and "Lead Me to the Cross."

Feb 24, 20100

Table Scraps Live: Baptism with Pastor Eric Brown

For the second Table Scraps Live, Pastor Eric Brown of Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma, OK talks about the Lutheran understanding of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Feb 23, 20100

Show #85: Iron Preacher: The Unrighteous Steward

Listen to the latest installment of Iron Preacher with challenger preacher, Rev. Lincoln Winter of Trinity Lutheran Church in Wheatland, WY as judged by Dr. Carol Fickenscher of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. Afterward, Pastor Winter stays to talk about Justin Martyr and first article apologetics.

Feb 16, 20100

Show #84: Name that Theologian on Conversion

After introducing buzz words and responding to some email, we play the CACG/10 Commandments in the News super game and then play Name that Theologian, using all quotes talking about conversion, i.e. how one becomes a Christian.

Feb 10, 20100

Show #83: Justification and the New Perspective on Paul

After responding to listener email, we play the audio edition of Table Talk Jeopardy under the category "Justification."

Feb 2, 20100

Show #82: How to Tell if You’re Being Emotionally Manipulated by a Youth Speaker

After addresses buzz words, we spend some time talking about Haiti and the question of theodicy. After that we go through the a checklist prepared by Pastor Wolfmueller on "How to tell if you're being emotionally manipulated by a youth speaker."

Jan 29, 20100

Show #81: Law/Gospel with Epiphany Gospel Texts

After playing Questions in Pastoral Care, we read through a few of the Gospel texts of Epiphany and determine whether they are Law or Gospel. Lastly, we play our hymn dating game, contemporary or tradition.

Jan 20, 20100

Show #80: 2009 Idolatry Award Show

As our review of 2009, and for the second year in a row, we are joined Chris Rosebrough to be the judge for the 2nd Annual Idolatry Award Show to discern what is wrong with the marketing gimmicks found in the Christian church today.

Jan 12, 20100

Show #79: The Predictable Pastor

Introducing the new game, The Predicable Pastor, where Evan tries to guess how Pastor will respond to different news clips. Pastor and Evan also go head-to-head in Bible Bee and end up by playing Ten Commandments in the News.

Jan 5, 20100

Table Scraps Live: Creationism vs. Evolution with Dr. Jackson

For the first Table Scraps Live we interview Dr. Charles Jackson of Creation Truth Foundation taking calls and email questions about Evolution and Creationism.

Jan 3, 20100

Show #78: Merry Christmas from Table Talk Radio

By way of our Listener Response Line, 866-851-5523, we mix Bumper Sticker Theology and Which Ladder. After that we play Name that Theologian and end up with Book of Concord Bee.

Dec 31, 20090

Table Scraps: John 1 and the Incarnation

"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us" John 1:14 is one of the most wonderful passage of the incarnation in all of Scripture. In this Table Scraps, we talk to Pastor Dale Dumperth of Grace Lutheran Church in McPherson, KS to talk about the Incarnation and John chapter one.

Dec 24, 20090

Show #77: Emails, Praise Songs, Baptism

In this edition we are joined by Vicar Brian Bucklew of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Moblie, AL after responding to listeners, we crunch a couple praise songs, and talk about baptism. Vicar Bucklew wrote a newsletter article entitled "Baptism Works the Forgiveness Sins," which can be read here, under the "articles" tab.

Dec 24, 20090

Table Scraps: Religious with Vicar Pierson

For this edition of Table Scraps, we are joined by Vicar Mark Pierson of University Lutheran Chapel in Los Angeles, CA (located at UCLA) to discuss the documentary by Bill Maher entitled "Religious."

Dec 19, 20090

Show #76: The Worst of Table Talk Radio

There are some games we play on Table Talk Radio that only make a single appearances. This is because they are really bad. In this edition of Table Talk Radio, we are bringing all the worst games back for one hour of horror. Listen at your own risk.

Dec 16, 20090

Show #75: Name that LCMS President

After playing Who Wants to be a Theologian, we are joined by Rev. Matthew Harrison to play "Name that LCMS President" and talk about his new book "In the House of My Fathers."

Dec 8, 20090

Table Scraps: Christians and the Internet

As useful as the Internet is, it is not without its dangers. What dangers exist on the world wide web that Christians should be aware of and how can we protect ourselves.

Dec 8, 20090

Show #74: Vicars vs. Pastor

In this edition of Table Talk Radio, we are joined by Vicar Mark Pierson of University Lutheran Chapel in Los Angeles, CA--campus ministry for UCLA. Vicar Pierson talks about the campus ministry work at UCLA, the internet movie "Zeigeist," then plays CACG with Pastor.

Dec 6, 20090

Show #73: Don’t Forget the Stanzas to Your Rare Luther Hymns

In today's edition of Table Talk Radio we play a new game "Questions in Pastoral Care" where Evan gets to ask Pastor any question whatsoever. After that we play "10 commandments in the news" and then we play a few lesser known Luther hymns to see if pastor can remember the stanzas.

Nov 25, 20090

Table Scraps: Sola Fide

Continuing our conversation with Rev. Steven Parks, Pastor of University Hills Lutheran Church in Denver, CO about the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the Solas of the Reformation. This edition talks about Sola Fide and the Roman Catholic understanding of Justification.

Nov 22, 20090

Show #72: House, M.D.

In this edition of Table Talk Radio, after some listener response, we respond to a clip that appeared on the popular TV show House. Then we play Name that Theologian. This episode is also an extended version of Table Talk Radio, so you get more of your favorite Lutheran theological game show for less points.

Nov 18, 20090

Table Scraps: Sola Scriptura

There is a handful of Protestant pastors who have left their church bodies and have joined the Roman Catholic Church. Some of them have taken it upon themselves to convince other non-Catholics to also "come home to Rome." The first step in the process is to get the person to question "Sola Scriptura" or "Scripture Alone." But do these Catholic apologists have the proper understanding of Sola Scriptura? Rev. Steven Parks pastor of University Hills Lutheran Church in Denver, CO will join Pastor Wolfmueller in this discussion about Sola Scriptura.

Nov 13, 20090

Show #71: Introduction of the New Website

After promoting the New Website, the Reformation Glee club and Pastor's new book (http://www.cph.org/cphstore/product.asp?category=97054&part_no=142149&find_category=97054&find_description=New+Books+for+Adults&find_part_desc=), we play Law and/or Gospel and also 10 Commandments in the News. What happens when a 17 y/o girl runs away from her Muslim family after converting to Christianity?

Nov 10, 20090

Show #70: Iron Preacher

In this edition of Iron Preacher, the Iron Preacher and his challenger, Rev. Jared Melius of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Denver, will preach the parable of the Landowner. After that, Pastor Melius will stay on to crunch a praise song with Table Talk Radio.

Nov 7, 20090

Show #69: Second Annual Reformation Edition

For this edition of the Reformation Edition of Table Talk Radio, we play "Name that Theses" then we are joined by Professor John Pless of Concordia Theological Seminary in which we played Which Ladder and Answer the Question As...

Nov 4, 20090

Show #68: Bumper Sticker Theology Response Line

In this edition of Table Talk Radio, we respond to our listeners who are on the prowl for Theological Bumper Stickers. After that, we crunch some popular praise songs by request, and end up playing CACG.

Nov 3, 20090

Show #67: Christian or Secular?

Brand new game on Table Talk Radio. Its where a song is played and the contestant has to figure out whether the song preformed by a Christian band or a secular band.

Oct 23, 20090

Show #66: Old Time Games

It seems it's been awhile since we placed Google It or Who Wants to be a Theologian. So that's what we play in this edition of Table Talk Radio, finishing up with some Bible Bee.

Oct 13, 20090

Show #65: You Might be a Pietist If…

You have to listen this week as we go through the top 10 list for, "You Might be a Pietist if..." we also play "Name that Church Body."

Oct 7, 20090

Show #64: Apology of the Praise Song Cruncher

As requested by a listener we offer a Biblical defense for the criteria for discerning the usefulness of praise songs, affectionately known as "The Praise Song Cruncher."

Sep 24, 20090

Show #63: Law/Gospel–Which Ladder

Throw back edition of Table Talk Radio, playing some of the classic games.ion of Table Talk Radio, playing some of the classic games.

Sep 24, 20090