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Vespers Lutheran Service Book p. 229 Psalm 146:1-7 Hymn- Lutheran Service Book #716 Revelation 3:1-22 Rev. Larry L. Beane- Wittenberg Academy Chaplain

Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Christmas in the home. ______________ What is Christmas? How might Christmas be observed in the home? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing ______________ Hymns used in the episode: From Heaven Above to Earth I Come LSB 358 All My Heart This Night Rejoices LSB 360 Of the Father’s Love Begotten LSB 384 _______________ Suggested resources: Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family Christmas Spirit _______________ Coming up next: _______________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Vespers Lutheran Service Book p. 229 Psalm 11 Hymn- Lutheran Service Book #730 1 John 2:15-29 Rev. Larry L. Beane- Wittenberg Academy Chaplain

Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent. ______________ How does language learning fit into a classical education? What's the practical value of learning another language (even if it's not widely spoken)? What other sorts of benefits come out of language learning? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing _______________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Vespers Lutheran Service Book p. 229 Psalm 34:11-18 Hymn- Lutheran Service Book #594 1 Peter 3:1-22 Rev. Larry L. Beane- Wittenberg Academy Chaplain

Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent. ______________ How do the hymns of the Church Year, especially the hymns of Advent, guide and order our days? What have they to teach us about the Christian life? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing _______________ Coming up on Episode 26: Language Learning- Values and Virtues with Mrs. Holly James _______________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of the End of the Church Year. ______________ How do the hymns of the Church Year, especially the hymns at the end of the Church Year, guide and order our days? What have they to teach us about the Christian life? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing ______________ Hymn excerpts: Preserve Your Word, O Savior The Day is Surely Drawing Near Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying _______________ Coming up on Episode 25: The Hymns of the Advent with Kantor Thomas Lock _______________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Advent in the home. ______________ What is Advent? How might Advent be observed in the home? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing ______________ Suggested resources: Advent Devotions 2020- Rev. William Weedon LCMS-Brief Advent Table Devotions Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family Christmas Spirit St. Nicholas recipes and activities _______________ Coming up on Episode 24: The Hymns of the End of the Church Year with Kantor Thomas Lock _______________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss culture in Jerusalem, especially as it relates to modesty and food. ______________ How do different cultures define (and observe) modesty here (Muslims, Jews, tourists, etc.)? Why can't modesty just be a checklist? What does it mean to be kosher? Are there non-kosher foods available in Israel? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Boys Should Read Before They are 21." ______________ What does it mean to be a man? How do boys become men? How might books aid boys in that journey from boys to men? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Homer’s Iliad. Virgil’s Aeneid Augustine’s Confessions. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther. Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. _____________ Coming up on Episode 22: Culture and Life- An Outsider Inside with Mrs. Holly James _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Boys Should Read Before They are 21." ______________ What does it mean to be a boy? How do boys become men? How might books aid boys in that journey from boys to men? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories M. Barrie’s Peter Pan Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer & The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn _____________ Coming up on Episode 21: 10 Books Boys Should Read Before They Are 21- Part II _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Dr. Jim Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss how Rhetoric prepares scholars for life under the cross. He also invites listeners to a special annual event. ______________ How can something be both a balm and a woe? Can studying things rejected by men actually be of great benefit? ______________ Part I: The Rest of the Story - Simultaneously rejected and equipped Part II: Join Dr. Tallmon for a discussion on the annual "Reflecting on Rhetoric over Rioja ______________ Purchase Of Rhetoric and Redemption In La Rioja Sign up for "Reflecting on Rhetoric over Rioja" Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Of Rhetoric and Redemption in La Rioja _____________ Coming up on Episode 20: 10 Books Boys Should Read Before They Are 21- Part I _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Rev. Jason Braaten joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss Logic, especially as it relates to the Politics, Pandemics, and Protests of 2020. ______________ What are fallacies? How can the study and understanding of Logic help us navigate the times in which we live? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: From the Wittenberg Academy Logic I Reading list: Socrates Meets Jesus The Fallacy Detective _____________ Coming up on Episode 19: _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mrs. Benson and Miss Grace Reps consider boredom, especially as it relates to vocation. ______________ What is boredom? How should we regard boredom? How does boredom relate to vocation? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Russell Kirk and "The Age of Eliot," 1956 _____________ Coming up on Episode 18: Politics, Pandemics, and Protests with Pr. Jason Braaten _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mrs. Benson and Miss Grace Reps discuss classical education in 2020. ______________ What is the purpose of a classical education? Do societal circumstances change our purpose and the way we approach teaching and learning? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Five Defenses of Classical Education in a Time of Civil Unrest _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mrs. Emily Cockran joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and "cancel culture." ______________ What is cancel culture? Why can books like Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 help prepare young people to face a world intent on canceling our Western heritage? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Fahrenheit 451 Usher II _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Mrs. Benson and Miss Mumme discuss G.K. Chesterton and why you should consider giving him a read. ______________ Who was Gilbert Keith Chesterton? What did he write? Why should we still read him today? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: G.K. Chesterton (electronic collection) The Man Who was Thursday Orthodoxy Father Brown What's Wrong with the World _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year).

Rev. Larry Beane joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss prayer, especially in the life of the family. Rev. Beane serves as Chaplain of Wittenberg Academy. ______________ Why does God command Christians to pray? How should we pray? ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested resources: Weedon's Blog A Culture of Catechesis from Concordia Catechetical Academy LSB: Psalms and Hymns pocket edition Treasury of Daily Prayer The Brotherhood Prayer Book _____________ _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year). Subscribe to The Ninety-Sixth Thesis.

Miss Eleonore Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss her article from the most recent Ninety-Sixth Thesis. Miss Mumme teaches for Wittenberg Academy. ______________ Miss Mumme discusses her article: "Daily Thanks, Daily Praise." ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: The Trinity 2020 Ninety-Sixth Thesis _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year). Subscribe to The Ninety-Sixth Thesis.

Rev. Larry Beane and Mrs. Liz Ekblad join The Wittenberg Hour to discuss their articles from the most recent Ninety-Sixth Thesis. Rev. Beane and Mrs. Ekblad both teach for Wittenberg Academy. ______________ Part I: Rev. Beane discusses his article: "Education and the Christian Worldview." ______________ Part II: Mrs. Ekblad discusses her article: "The Case for Choosing Home." ______________ Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: The Trinity 2020 Ninety-Sixth Thesis _____________ Coming up on Episode 12: Miss Eleonore Mumme discusses family meal time and its relationship to the Christian life. _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for classes (2020-21 academic year). Subscribe to The Ninety-Sixth Thesis.

The Wittenberg Hour concludes our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to wrap up our journey through selected writings of Richard M. Weaver. Why are culture, order, justice, and freedom worth defending? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: "On Being a Doctor of Culture" by Dr. James Tallmon _____________ _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour continues our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss The Image of Culture and The Importance of Cultural Freedom by Richard M. Weaver. What is culture? What holds culture together? Why is distinction fundamental to the survival of culture? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: The Importance of Cultural Freedom and The Image of Culture by Richard M. Weaver "On Being a Doctor of Culture" by Dr. James Tallmon _____________ Coming up on Episode 10: Exploring Weaver series conclusion _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour continues our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to continue discussing the The Cultural Role of Rhetoric and The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver. What is dialectic? What is rhetoric? What do dialectic and rhetoric have to do with one another? What have they to do with culture? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric and The Cultural Role of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Coming up on Episode 9: The Importance of Cultural Freedom and The Image of Culture _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour continues our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the The Cultural Role of Rhetoric and The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver. What is dialectic? What is rhetoric? What do dialectic and rhetoric have to do with one another? What have they to do with culture? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric and The Cultural Role of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Coming up on Episode 8: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric and The Cultural Role of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver (Part II) _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour continues our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the Distinction and Hierarchy by Richard M. Weaver. What is distinction? What is hierarchy? What have they to do with one another? What have they to do with the family? What have they to do with society? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Distinction and Hierarchy by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Coming up on Episode 7: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric and The Cultural Role of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour continues our Exploring Weaver series. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the Education and the Individual by Richard M. Weaver. Episode questions: What is education? What is the purpose of education? What has education to do with culture? What has education to do with the individual? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Education and the Individual by Richard M. Weaver Life Without Prejudice and Other Essays by Richard M. Weaver Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future by Rev. Dr. Thomas Korcok _____________ Coming up on Episode 6: Distinction and Hierarchy by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

The Wittenberg Hour begins a series on the writings of Richard M. Weaver. Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the Introduction to Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences. Episode questions: What is culture? What has culture to do with the formation of man and especially the formation of scholars? Why does what we study matter and how does what we study relate to culture? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Suggested reading: Introduction to Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver Warnicles and Folleticus- Quasi-Platonic dialogue referenced in Episode 4 Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T.S. Eliot Visions of Order by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Coming up on Episode 5: Education and the Individual by Richard M. Weaver _____________ Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

Wittenberg Academy Rhetoric scholars join The Wittenberg Hour to discuss their rhetorical studies and original oratories. Also, enjoy the 2020 Wittenberg Academy Celebration of Oratory. Episode questions: What is a doctor of culture? What does a doctor of culture do? Scholar original oratories: 1. Classical Lutheran Education as an Antidote to the Ills of Secularization 2. The Detriment to Adolescents' Journey Toward Adulthood Posed by Progressivism 3. Mining Some Buried Treasures of Music 4. Reconstructing our Monolith- Foundation, Stone, and Mortar 5. The Problem with 'Helicopter Parenting' 6. How Christianity Can Save a Generation Adrift Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Books to read: Of Rhetoric and Redemption in La Rioja by Dr. Jim Tallmon The Rhetorical Situation by Lloyd Bitzer The Philosophy of Rhetoric by George Campbell Institutes of Oratory by Quintilian Richard M. Weaver writings Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

Dr. James Tallmon joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss Tuesdays with Tallmon and C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. Episode questions: Why is C.S. Lewis so popular? Why do many Lutherans find Lewis' writing so appealing? Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Books to read: The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis Heaven on Earth by Rev. Dr. Arthur Just Learn more about Wittenberg Academy. Register for Tuesdays with Tallmon. Register for Rhetoric class with Dr. Tallmon (2020-21 academic year).

Wittenberg Academy joins the ranks of podcasts. Episode question: What makes classical Lutheran education so great? Answer: It gives scholars that which endures, by means of that which has endured, that they may endure. Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing Books to read: Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future by Rev. Dr. Thomas Korcok Orations on Philosophy and Education by Philip Melanchthon