We at SoundWitness
listen to multiple Christian podcasts, and would like to pass
on to you what we consider some of the best of what’s out there. Each of these
podcasts is highly recommended. 
Apologetics
Dr. Craig
Evans, Dean of the School of Christian Thought at Houston Baptist University,
spells out the reliability of the New Testament manuscripts.
Show date 1/18/21 Click
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Dr. Phillip
Johnson, author of the book Darwin on Trial, discusses naturalism.
Show date
11/8/19
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Dr. Paul
Maier, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at Western Michigan University,
looks at the historicity of Christianity.
Show date
7/2/08
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Dr. Angus
Menuge of Concordia University–Wisconsin answers the argument that Christianity
is anti-science.
Show date
12/10/20
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Dr. Angus
Menuge, author of Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of
Science, answers philosophical objections to Christianity.
Show date
9/19/16
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Dr. John
Warwick Montgomery, Director of the International Academy of Apologetics,
Evangelism & Human Rights, answers the question “Is America a Christian Nation?”
Show date 7/4/13
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Attorney
Craig Parton, author of the book The Defense Never Rests: A Lawyer’s Quest
for the Gospel, discusses Christian apologetics.
Show date
5/16/11
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Pastor Chris
Rosebrough of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church in Oslo, Minnesota, takes a critical
look at vision-casting leaders in the Church.
Show date
4/18/17
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Dr. Alvin
Schmidt, Professor Emeritus at Illinois College, teaches an apologetics lesson
on sociology and the influence of neo-Marxism.
Show date
11/2/16
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Dr. Alvin
Schmidt, author of How Christianity Changed the World, considers Western
Civilization: Is it a blessing or a curse?
Show date
2/6/18
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J. Warner
Wallace, author of Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates
the Claims of the Gospels, makes a forensic examination of the Gospel
accounts.
Show date 7/1/13
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The Arts
Rev. Dr. Kirk
Clayton, pastor of
Zion
Lutheran Church in Mascoutah, Illinois,
expounds on
the Church’s call to create that which is beautiful and noble via the
performing, visual, musical, and literary arts, so that we might dwell on the
glory of God in our midst.
Show date
3/5/18
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How does
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah proclaim the resurrection of Jesus
Christ? Listen to some great music as Dr. Joseph Herl, Professor of Music at
Concordia University–Nebraska, playfully exegetes Handel’s classic oratorio.
Highly recommended.
Show date
4/23/19
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Dr. Joseph Herl, author of Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism:
Choir, Congregation, and Three Centuries of Conflict, introduces us to the
incarnation in Handel’s Messiah.
Show date
12/27/12
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Dr. Robin
Leaver, Emeritus Professor of Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College of Rider
University, examines the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Show date
7/24/15
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Dr. Louis
Markos of Houston Baptist University explains how to read Greek and Roman
mythology with Christian eyes.
Show date
11/16/20
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Dr. Angus
Menuge, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Concordia
University–Wisconsin, discusses the impact of Lutheran theology on the arts
and sciences in Luther’s day.
Show date
8/4/15
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Dr. Jonathan
Wessler, Minister of Music at First Lutheran Church in Boston, takes a look at
18th century composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Show date
3/19/19
Dr. Dan Zager
of Eastman School of Music surveys the life and work of 18th century
composer and Kantor Johann Sebastian Bach.
Show date
7/27/18
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The Christian Life
Pastor Matt
Harrison, President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, reintroduces us to
the Biblical meaning of mercy.
Highly recommended.
Show date
6/30/09
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Pastor Bryan
Wolfmueller introduces us to the confession of Christ through the Church year.
Show date
4/8/21
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Rev. Dr.
Richard Stuckwisch, pastor of Emmaus Lutheran Church in South Bend, Indiana,
provides a pastoral perspective on contraception.
Show date
1/3/17
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Culture
Pr. Larry
Beane, pastor of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gretna, Louisiana, marks the
50th anniversary of the war on poverty and its effect on the Church’s mercy
work.
Show date
1/9/14
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Rev. Dr. John
Bombaro, missionary to Latvia, considers the use of the term “passed away” in
this Issues, Etc. segment.
Show date
11/11/20
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Pastor Paul
Dare of Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Minnesota, provides an introduction
to cultural Marxism.
Show date
2/25/21
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Dr. Anthony
Esolen, author of Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture,
discusses the decline of American culture and the restoration of truth.
Show date
2/20/17
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Dr. Anthony
Esolen, professor at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, discusses the war on
reality.
Show date
10/12/20
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Are you Woke?
Is one of your goals to practice social justice? If so, you’ve been influenced
by the academic discipline of Critical Theory, which has broadly
influenced today’s Western political thought. Dr. Adam Francisco, Assistant
Professor of Historical Theology at Concordia University–Irvine, explains.
Show date
1/13/21
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Scott
Klusendorf of Life Training Institute presents a fabulous Pro-Life defense.
Show date
4-29-13 Click
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Greg Koukl of
Stand to Reason speaks on the intolerance of contemporary tolerance.
Show date
4/22/15
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Brad Miner,
author of The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry,
introduces us to chivalry.
Show date
6-29-09
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Dr. Jennifer
Roback Morse, President and founder of the Ruth Institute, looks at feminism’s
celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine.
Show date
11/16/11
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Dr. Jennifer
Roback Morse, author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying
Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along answers the question, “Where
has the sexual revolution gotten us?”
Show date
5/24/19
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Dr. Peter
Scaer of Concordia Theological Seminary offers a pastoral perspective on 40
Years of Roe v. Wade.
Show date
1/8/13
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Dr. Peter
Scaer, President of Allen County Right to Life, discusses the early marketing of
abortion.
Show date
1/22/15
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Dr. Gene
Edward Veith, author of Modern Fascism: The Threat to the Judeo-Christian
Worldview, speaks on fascism.
Show date
4/23/15
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Suzanne
Venker, author of The Alpha Female’s Guide to Men and Marriage, makes a secular
case against feminism.
Show date
5/25/15
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Doctrine
Dr. Al
Collver, former Director of Church Relations for the Lutheran Church–Missouri
Synod, examines how the rejection of natural law and the ordination of women go
together.
Show date
2/18/11
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Pastor Bill
Cwirla of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hacienda Heights, California, explains
what it means to be simultaneously saint and sinner.
Show date
7-23-12 Click
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Pastor Bill
Cwirla looks at the vocations of husbands and wives.
Show date
10/17/13
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Dr. Brian
Kachelmeier, author of Reading Isaiah with Luther,
discusses the bound conscience. What is
it, and to whom, or what, should it be bound?
Show date
3/23/17
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The late Rev.
Dr. Kurt Marquart criticizes the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of
Justification.
Show date
10/26/2011
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Rev. Dr.
Benjamin Mayes of Concordia Theological Seminary answers the questions “How can
God’s will for your life be determined?” “Can I change vocations?” He examines
how the popular way of understanding the doctrine of vocation may be misused to
bind Christian freedom on the one hand, and to give freedom where there should
be law and structure on the other, using the lens of Luther’s views on Baptism
and vocation. Highly recommended.
Show date
1/25/19
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Dr. John
Warwick Montgomery, author and editor of more than seventy books,
examines the evidence for the
resurrection and debunks common objections.
Show date
4/1/18
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Rev. Dr.
Scott Murray of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston considers the hiddenness of
God and the theology of the cross.
Show date
10/20/10
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Rev. Dr.
Steven Parks of Concordia University–Irvine discusses Baptism. Is it a
work? And if so, whose work is it, yours, or God's?
Show date
8-13-13 Click
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Pastor Jeremy
Rhode of Faith Lutheran Church in Capistrano Beach, California,
explains how the royal priesthood plays
out in the life of you and your neighbor, and contrasts that with the concept
that everyone is a minister. Highly recommended.
Show date
11/14/14
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Pastor Jeremy
Rhode of Faith Lutheran Church in Capistrano Beach, California,
examines the theology of the cross: The theologian of glory (you and me)
must be put to death.
Show date
3/21/11
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Pastor Jeremy
Rhode of Faith Lutheran Church in Capistrano Beach, California, contrasts
Evangelical and Lutheran theology in this six-part series titled "Pastoral Care
for Former Evangelicals." You’ll be richly rewarded for your time, no matter
which "branch" of Christianity you're from:
Part 1: Discerning the Will of God
Highly recommended.
Show date
8-3-11 Click
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Part 2: In Remembrance of Me, discussing the Lord’s Supper
Show date
8-17-11 Click
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Part 3: The Office of the Pastor
Show date
8-24-11 Click
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Part 4: This is My Body
Show date
9-14-11
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Part 5: The Christian Life
Show date
9-21-11
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Part 6: The Divine Service
Show date
10-26-11 Click
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Pastor Ken
Schurb of Zion Lutheran Church in Moberly, Missouri, discusses the differences
between Calvinism and Lutheranism. Are you a 1 1/2 point Calvinist?
Find out here.
Show date 10-25-11 Click
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Rev. Bryan
Wolfmueller, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Jesus Deaf Lutheran Church
in Austin, looks at God’s ordered
creation in the Three Estates: Church, Family and Government.
Highly recommended.
Show date
11/24/17 Click
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Education
Cheryl Swope,
author of
Simply
Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child, reviews classical education.
Show date 8/8/13
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Exegetical Studies
Dr. Kenneth
Bailey, author, lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies, and a forty
year Middle East resident, offers an exegetical and cultural gaze on the first
Christmas.
Show date
12/24/08
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Sainted Rev.
Dr. Louis Brighton exegetes the book of Revelation and the incarnation.
Show date
12/23/08
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Dr. Arthur
Just of Concordia Theological Seminary discusses Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.
Show date
4/27/18
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Dr. Arthur
Just, Co-Director of the Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred
Music, contemplates Mary, the mother of our Lord.
Show date
8/13/19
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Are you a
little unclear on what’s actually going on in the Book of Job? Pr. Bryan
Wolfmueller, author of Has American
Christianity Failed, straightens it all out in this Issues, Etc.
segment.
Show date
6/4/18
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Faith
Pastor Bryan
Wolfmueller, author of And Take They our Life: Martin Luther’s Theology of
Martyrdom, discusses Christ’s victory over the world, the sinful flesh, and
the devil. Highly recommended.
Show date
9/23/19
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History
Dr. Louis
Brighton, sainted Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Concordia Seminary, St.
Louis, MO reviews the history of John the Apostle.
Show date
12/26/08
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Dr. Uwe
Siemon-Netto debunks the notion that Luther was anti-Semitic.
Show date
11/14/14
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Islam
Dr. Adam
Francisco, Executive Editor of 1517, provides an introduction to the Koran and
Surah 9.
Show date
9/11/18
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Dr. Adam
Francisco, Faculty Fellow of Wittenberg Institute, examines
the doctrines of the Koran on loyalty and enmity.
Show date
1/30/20
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Raymond
Ibrahim, author of Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between
Islam and the West, speaks on the history of conflict between Islam and the
West.
Show date
8/7/18
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Middle East
and Islam expert Raymond Ibrahim details Christian persecution under Islam.
Show date
5/20/13
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Dr. Bob
Reilly, author of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide
Created the Modern Islamist Crisis, discusses how the disconnect between
reason and reality in Islamic theology led to a view of Allah as arbitrary and
incomprehensible. This god exists only as pure will, devoid of reason (Logos),
resulting in a worldview in which there is no rational order in the universe,
making moral philosophy, and ultimately any type of political order, impossible.
Highly recommended.
Show date
6/2/10
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Robert
Spencer of Jihad Watch considers freedom of speech and Islam.
Show date
7/25/17
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Robert
Spencer, author of The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, answers
the question, “Is Islam a Religion of Peace?”
Show date
5/18/09
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David Wood,
head of Acts 17 Apologetics, explains Islamic Jihad and Just War Theory.
Show date
3/18/13
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Piety
Pastor Peter
Bender of Peace Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wisconsin,
considers the Christian life of vocation.
Show date
3/3/14
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Pastor
Jonathan Fisk, author of Without Flesh: Why the Church Is Dying Even Though
Jesus Is Still Alive, frankly discusses the vanishing virtues of modesty and
self-control in this segment on Issues, Etc. Well worth a listen.
Show date
11/15/17
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Dr. John
Kleinig of Australian Lutheran College talks about prayer. His insights on
prayer may surprise you, as he teaches what prayer is and how we should pray.
Show date 8/11/11 Click
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Pastor David
Petersen, Departmental Editor of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran
Liturgy examines private confession and absolution: What is it and what’s it
good for?
Show date
4/20/10
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Pastor Will
Weedon, host of the radio show The Word of the Lord Endures Forever,
joyfully discusses classical Christian hymnody: Proclaiming who Christ is and
what He’s done through the centuries.
Highly recommended.
Show date
3/25/16
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Pastor Will
Weedon, author of the book Celebrating the Saints, speaks on good works:
Discovering the opportunities that God lays before us.
Show date
2/9/18
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Political Thought
Iain Murray,
Author of The Socialist Temptation, scrutinizes the Popularity of
Socialism.
Show date
8/3/20
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Wesley Smith,
Chair and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human
Exceptionalism, vets the fight for legal rights for animals.
Show date
5/1/14
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Dr. R.J.
Snell of the Witherspoon Institute explores the relativism and dogmatism of
social justice revolutionaries.
Show date
12/2/20
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Glenn Stanton
of Focus on the Family discusses sex, gender, and gender theory.
Show date
10/15/19
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Dr. Jordan
Wales of Hillsdale College examines Alt-Right Identitarianism.
Show date
2/13/18
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Science
Dr. Cal
Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation reviews a
recent New York Times story on carbon emissions.
Show date
7/10/19
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Dr. Ken
Samples of Reasons to Believe discusses naturalism.
Show date
3/24/09
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Theology
Dr. Steven
Parks of Concordia University–Irvine studies the use and abuse of reason and
their relationship to faith.
Show date
4/12/11
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Pastor Bryan
Wolfmueller, author of the book A Martyrs Faith in a Faithless World,
looks at the three broken ladders: moralism, mysticism and rationalism.
Show date
2/11/11
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Worship
Dr. John
Bombaro, missionary to Latvia, discusses the dangers of dialogue preaching.
Show date
10/20/20
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Dr. John
Bombaro, missionary to Latvia, explains the theological importance of preaching
from the pulpit.
Show date
9/11/20 Click
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Dr. Brian
Kachelmeier, pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Los Alamos, discusses the
absence of the Trinity in Christian worship.
Show date
1/30/13
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Pastor Will
Weedon, Assistant Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Illinois, makes
the case for classical Christian worship. Highly recommended.
Show date
5/8/15
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