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A Lutheran You Should Know
Todd Wilken has been the host of the radio show Issues Etc., broadcast nationally on Sunday evenings and on St. Louis' KFUO-AM weekday afternoons. Fortunately for us travelers, both shows are available for download or live streaming.
Wilken received his M.Div. from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and served as a parish pastor in Sugar Loaf, IL, for nine years. He became the host of Issues, Etc. in September, 2001. In addition to having guests discuss current events and church traditions, he also broadcasts sermons and critiques them with a three part diagnostic:
- How often is Jesus mentioned? Will the preacher preach about Jesus, or does he preach about you, me, or something else? A sermon can't be Christ-centered if there is no Christ.
- If Jesus is mentioned, is He the subject of the verbs? Is Jesus the one doing the actions?
- If he is the subject, what are those verbs? What is the preacher telling us that Jesus has done or will do? Does he die on the cross and rise from the dead, or does he merely give us good rules to live by?
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