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Docendi Sunt Christiani. The Wittenberg Hour explores big questions and discusses that which endures and the means by which enduring things endure.
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Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
23 min
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
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
38 min
Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Christmas in the home.
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What is Christmas? How might Christmas be observed in the home?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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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
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Suggested resources:
Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family
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Coming up next:
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Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
19 min
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
Dec 8, 2020
Dec 8, 2020
46 min
Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent.
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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?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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Dec 3, 2020
Dec 3, 2020
21 min
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
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
43 min
Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of Advent.
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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?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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Coming up on Episode 26: Language Learning- Values and Virtues with Mrs. Holly James
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Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
37 min
Kantor Thomas Lock joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss the hymns of the End of the Church Year.
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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?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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Hymn excerpts:
The Day is Surely Drawing Near
Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying
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Coming up on Episode 25: The Hymns of the Advent with Kantor Thomas Lock
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Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
47 min
Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Advent in the home.
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What is Advent? How might Advent be observed in the home?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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Suggested resources:
Advent Devotions 2020- Rev. William Weedon
LCMS-Brief Advent Table Devotions
Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family
St. Nicholas recipes and activities
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Coming up on Episode 24: The Hymns of the End of the Church Year with Kantor Thomas Lock
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Nov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 2020
53 min
Mrs. Holly James joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss culture in Jerusalem, especially as it relates to modesty and food.
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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?
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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing
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Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
1hr 1 min
Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Boys Should Read Before They are 21."
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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?
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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.
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Coming up on Episode 22: Culture and Life- An Outsider Inside with Mrs. Holly James
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