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On The Line
Hosted by Bryan Stecker · EN
OTL is the Lutheran, Long-Form podcast that engages Theology and Culture. New Episodes Every Monday!
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Tyrel Bramwell: The World Needs More Men With Chests
3d ago02:44:05Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Rev. Tyrel Bramwell to talk about bold confession, spiritual warfare, the failures of modern church strategy, and what it means for Lutherans to actually speak the truth in a hostile culture. More than a conversation about controversy, it is a call for Christians and pastors alike to recover honesty, integrity, and the confidence to say what is true without apology. Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/ Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/ Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/ Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s Guest Rev. Tyrel Bramwell serves as pastor in Lovell, Wyoming, and is also known for his work in Lutheran media through Cross Defense and Truth at All Costs. 🔗 Stay Connected with Us 📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_ 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod 𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Dr. Timothy Rossow: Why Modern Culture is Starving for Beauty
1w ago01:52:58Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Timothy Rossow to talk about beauty, classical education, leadership, and why modern education has lost its way.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestDr. Timothy Rossow serves as President of Luther Classical College after decades of pastoral ministry, leadership, and theological writing. He is also known for his long work with the Brothers of John the Steadfast and for his advocacy of classical Lutheran education rooted in the great tradition of the Church. In this conversation, Dr. Rossow reflects on beauty, the failures of modern schooling, the meaning of leadership, and why classical education matters for the future of the family, the Church, and society.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Rev. Dr. Tobias Schütze: What Happened to the Lutheran Church in Germany?
2w ago01:52:19Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Rev. Dr. Tobias Schütze to talk about Christianity in Germany, confessional Lutheranism in Europe and Africa, the crisis of the German state churches, and the challenge of theological formation across cultures. More than a history lesson, it is a sober and fascinating conversation about doctrine, church identity, and the future of confessional Lutheranism in Europe.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestRev. Dr. Tobias Schütze serves as lecturer in systematic theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane, South Africa, and serves in parish ministry in Durban, South Africa. Born and raised in Germany, he studied theology at Oberursel, spent time at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, completed doctoral work on church fellowship and ecumenism, and now brings a rare perspective on confessional Lutheranism across Germany, South Africa, and the wider global church.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Brady Finnern: The Future of Lutheranism
3w ago01:29:59Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Rev. Brady Finnern to talk about synodical leadership, doctrinal integrity, Lutheran media, and the future of the LCMS in a time of real challenge and real opportunity. This episode explores Finnern’s vision for the Synod, his understanding of church structure and doctrinal fidelity, and the opportunities now opening up for younger generations to receive a more serious, more rooted Christian identity.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.net🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_About Today’s GuestRev. Dr. Brady Finnern serves as President of the Minnesota North District of the LCMS and as Chairman of the Council of Presidents. He previously served in parish ministry in Wisconsin and Minnesota and has also contributed to Lutheran media through KFUO and Concord Matters. In this conversation, he reflects on doctrinal fidelity, synodical structure, visitation, worship, pastoral formation, and the challenge of leading the Church with patience, humility, and confidence in God’s Word.Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Dr. Joel Biermann: What Makes Lutheranism Worth Fighting For?
May 1102:07:34Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Joel Biermann to talk about the future of the LCMS, pastoral formation, synodical leadership, and the theological convictions that should shape the Church in a moment of real opportunity.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestDr. Joel Biermann serves as Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, where he has taught since 2002. His work has focused especially on ethics, sanctification, vocation, the Christian life, and the proper role of the law for believers.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Dr. Jamison Hardy: The LCMS is at a Turning Point
May 401:51:43Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Rev. Dr. Jamison Hardy to talk about the Concordia University System, church work formation, the future of Lutheran higher education, and the opportunities standing before the LCMS right now. Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestRev. Dr. Jamison Hardy serves as President of the Concordia University System and previously served as Bishop of the English District of the LCMS.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mail
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Rev. David Ramirez: What New Data Reveals About Generational Change in the Church
Apr 2702:31:58Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Pastor David Ramirez to discuss generational fracture, family formation, and the real opportunity before the Church today. Why do older and younger generations increasingly struggle to understand one another? What happens when economic pressure, cultural collapse, political polarization, and the breakdown of family life all converge at once?Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestPastor David Ramirez serves as a thoughtful voice on questions of culture, family, and generational inheritance within the Church. In this conversation, he walks through extensive research on the growing divide between generations, the pressures facing young men and women today, and the practical ways congregations can better understand, support, and strengthen the next generation of Christian families.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Dr. Christian Einertson: Pietism, Adiaphora, and the Third Use Debate
Apr 2001:27:17Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Christian Einertson for part two of our conversation on the Formula of Concord, Lutheran identity, sanctification, pietism, and the question of adiaphora. When does Lutheranism stop sounding like Lutheranism, even while keeping the name? How should Christians think about sanctification, spiritual discipline, ceremony, and the use of the law without falling into reductionism or confusion? This episode explores the shape of faithful Lutheran piety, the danger of flattening doctrine into slogans, and the need for churches to confess clearly in both teaching and practice. From sanctification and fasting to pietism and church ceremony, this conversation presses toward a fuller understanding of how Lutheran theology is actually lived.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestDr. Christian Einertson is a pastor and theologian with a deep interest in Lutheran confessional theology, catechesis, and the practical shape of the Christian life. In this second conversation, he reflects on sanctification, the third use of the law, spiritual discipline, pietism, and adiaphora—showing how Lutheran theology guards both Christian freedom and doctrinal clarity.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Dr. Christian Einertson: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Lutheranism (And the Truth)
Apr 1301:46:36Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Christian Einertson to talk about catechesis, virtue, the Small Catechism, and the Lutheran logic of law, gospel, and good works. How is the Christian faith actually formed in people over time? Why do habit, story, liturgy, and repetition matter so much in raising children and teaching the faith? This episode moves from Paul, music, martial arts, and the saints into a deeper discussion of the Formula of Concord—especially the place of good works, the third use of the law, and the Lutheran tendency to fall off the horse in predictable directions. Rather than flattening the Christian life into slogans, this conversation argues for a fuller, more human, more scriptural account of formation, obedience, and sanctification. Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/ Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/ Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/ Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s Guest Dr. Christian Einertson serves as a pastor and theologian with particular strengths in catechesis, Lutheran doctrine, and the confessional tradition. In this conversation, he reflects on Christian formation through habit, prayer, story, and virtue, while also offering a careful introduction to the Formula of Concord and the distinctly Lutheran errors it was written to correct.🔗 Stay Connected with Us 📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_ 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod 𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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Josh Raber: The Surprising Spiritual Hunger of Gen Z
Apr 602:28:26Tap to summarizeJoin us at the long table as we sit down with Pastor Josh Raber to talk about campus ministry, catechesis, biblical interpretation, and the hunger young Christians still have for serious theology. Why are so many people drawn to the Bible’s deeper patterns, older Christian thinkers, and a more robust vision of the faith? What happens when Lutheran slogans become substitutes for the full counsel of God? This episode moves from Genesis, giants, and demons to preaching, discipleship, paradox, and the future of Lutheranism—arguing that shallow Christianity will not hold, but real formation still can.Check Out Our New Website: https://ontheline.net/Support the Launch of LIT: https://institute.ontheline.net/donation/Visit Memento: https://memento70.com/Contact Bryan: bryan.stecker@ontheline.netAbout Today’s GuestPastor Josh Raber serves in campus ministry at Saint Cloud State, where he works closely with college students from both Lutheran and non-Lutheran backgrounds. In this conversation, he reflects on biblical literacy, catechesis, preaching, Christian formation, and the opportunities facing the Church as younger generations search for something deeper, older, and more substantial than modern religious minimalism.🔗 Stay Connected with Us📷 Instagram: @otl_podcast_📘 Facebook: facebook.com/onthelinepod𝕏 Twitter/X: @otl_podcast_Send us Fan Mailmemento70.com
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