Sharper Iron, hosted by Rev. Timothy Appel, looks at the text of Holy Scripture both in its broad context and its narrow detail, all for the sake of proclaiming Christ crucified and risen for sinners. Two pastors engage with God’s Word to sharpen not only their own faith and knowledge, but the faith and knowledge of all who listen. Sharper Iron is underwritten by Lutheran Church Extension Fund, where your investments help support the work of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit lcef.org.
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As Iron Sharpens Iron, so one man sharpens another - Proverbs 27:17. Q&A and real life stories from Christian leaders from all walks of life. From the big name Christian Leader across the globe to the local leader up the street, this show will encourage, strengthen, and equip you in your walk with Christ. We are all Sharper Together! #SharperPodcast #SharperTogetherwww.sharperpodcast.com
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250604110256-2025-06-04_SI.mp3 Download Audio File When Ahab desires to purchase the vineyard of Naboth to convert it into a vegetable garden, Naboth faithfully refuses to sell the inheritance God has given to his family. Ahab’s pity party is rebuked by his wicked queen, Jezebel, who takes matte…
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When Ahab desires to purchase the vineyard of Naboth to convert it into a vegetable garden, Naboth faithfully refuses to sell the inheritance God has given to his family. Ahab’s pity party is rebuked by his wicked queen, Jezebel, who takes matters into her own hands. Although outwardly she puts together what seems to be a legal scenario, her ungodl…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250604140304-2025-06-04_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File Jacob is no longer running from Laban, but he’s not yet safe. The road ahead leads straight to Esau, the brother he betrayed, the man he hasn’t seen in twenty years. As he prepares for the encounter, Jacob divides his camp, sends gifts ahead…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250604113009-IC_Chapel-2025-06-04_L.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Jonathan Manor gives today’s sermon based on John 15:7-11. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250604111331-2025-06-04_CH.mp3 Download Audio File Is play really that important? The Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of Systematic Theology and author of Day 7: For Work, Rest, or Play from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah for a series on what Sabb…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250604103135-2025-06-04_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250604102606-EASTER7_WED_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 19:29-48 is given by Rev. John Butcher. This is a rebroadcast from May 31, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Pr…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250603122739-2025-06-03_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Brian Gauthier gives today’s sermon based on Hebrews 2:9b-3:1. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces.…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250603103738-2025-06-03_CH.mp3 Download Audio File What if exciting fiction could teach readers the heart of Lutheran doctrine? Katie Schuermann (author of The Big Father and His Little Boy, The Creed: Book 1 and The Beloved Son and His Brother, The Creed: Book 2), Christine Elliott Rivers (autho…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250603101725-2025-06-03_SI.mp3 Download Audio File When Ben-Hadad of Syria makes more and more demands of Ahab, Ahab takes the advice of his people and refuses to acquiesce anymore. As the battle is about to begin, the LORD sends a prophet to Ahab in order to grant even this unfaithful king a vi…
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When Ben-Hadad of Syria makes more and more demands of Ahab, Ahab takes the advice of his people and refuses to acquiesce anymore. As the battle is about to begin, the LORD sends a prophet to Ahab in order to grant even this unfaithful king a victory over Syria. When the Syrians interpret this loss according to their false religion, the LORD brings…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250603101042-2025-06-03_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250603100417-EASTER7_TUE_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 19:11-28 is given by Rev. Rob Riebau. This is a rebroadcast from May 30, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Pray…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250602134958-2025-06-02_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File Jacob escapes with his family, crossing into Gilead while Laban gives chase. When he catches up, accusations fly, but Laban fails to prove that anyone in Jacob’s camp stole his household gods. With no evidence and mounting tension, the two m…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250602105206-2025-06-02_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Sean Daenzer gives today’s sermon based on Ezekiel 36:22-28. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250602103717-2025-06-02_CH.mp3 Download Audio File Do we still need the law? What were the controversies concerning the Lord’s Supper? The Rev. Brady Finnern, President of the LCMS Minnesota North District and host of KFUO Radio’s Concord Matters, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the Formula of…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250602101427-2025-06-02_SI.mp3 Download Audio File When Jezebel threatens to kill Elijah for what he has done to the prophets of Baal, Elijah runs for his life out of the land of Israel. Although the prophet fled apart from God’s Word, the LORD miraculously provides for Elijah and sends him to M…
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1 Kings 19:1-21: Elijah Flees to Mount Sinai
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When Jezebel threatens to kill Elijah for what he has done to the prophets of Baal, Elijah runs for his life out of the land of Israel. Although the prophet fled apart from God’s Word, the LORD miraculously provides for Elijah and sends him to Mount Sinai. There, Elijah lays his honest complaint before the LORD, and the LORD responds to Elijah thro…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250602100737-2025-06-02_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250602100355-EASTER7_MON_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 18:35-19:10 is given by Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek. This is a rebroadcast from May 29, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Eve…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/stpaul-des-peres-bible-study/20250602095853-2025-06-01_SPBS.mp3 Download Audio File Pastor David Smith leads a study on Matthew 7:7-29. Join the pastors and people of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres, MO, for weekly Bible study on Sunday mornings. Learn more about St. Paul’s Des Peres at stpaulsdesperes…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/concord-matters/20250530111855-2025-05-31_CM.mp3 Download Audio File The Church is simple: believers gathered to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd. The holiness of those who gather is fully dependent on the Word by faith in Christ’s forgiveness, not on ceremonies. Although our salvation is not dependent on w…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/wrestling-with-the-basics/20250530110430-2025-05-31_WWB.mp3 Download Audio File This week’s episode looks at Revelation 7 and John 10. Jesus knows you by name. Get ready to chuckle or even chortle with Pastor “Jolly” John Lukomski and Pastor Matt “Youngblood” Clark as they take a humorous approach to Bible Stu…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250530140159-2025-05-30_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File After twenty years of toil, manipulation, and double-dealing, Jacob has had enough and is ready to go home. God himself appears to him and gives him assurance that the time has come. But leaving Laban isn’t as simple as packing a few bags. T…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/lutheran-ladies-lounge/20250530175832-LLL_Ep296.mp3 Download Audio File As the weather warms up and the sun grows brighter and hotter, Rachel’s taking the opportunity to ask a big question that turns out to be just a little more controversial than one might expect: Should I line dry my clothes? Beginning with …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250530105359-2025-05-30_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Andy Becker gives today’s sermon based on Luke 24:49-53. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >> To…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250602094011-2025-05-30_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How do a Pastor and DCE work together as a ministry team in a congregation? The Rev. Dr. Phil Booe (Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, MN) and DCE Jessica Blocker (Director of Christian Education, St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, MN…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250530094740-2025-05-30_SI.mp3 Download Audio File Elijah sets the terms for a contest with the false prophets. Both sides will prepare a sacrifice, but neither will set fire to it, allowing the true God to show Himself by answering the prayer. Elijah allows the false prophets to go first. Altho…
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1 Kings 18:20-46: The Showdown on Mount Carmel
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Elijah sets the terms for a contest with the false prophets. Both sides will prepare a sacrifice, but neither will set fire to it, allowing the true God to show Himself by answering the prayer. Elijah allows the false prophets to go first. Although they spend all morning crying upon Baal according to their pagan rites, nothing happens, a reality mo…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250530094217-2025-05-30_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250530093529-EASTER6_FRI_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 17:20-37 is given by Rev. Brady Finnern. This is a rebroadcast from May 26, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening P…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250529133942-2025-05-29_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File This chapter unfolds like a domestic battlefield. The Holy Spirit makes us witnesses of envy, rivalry, superstition, and even more deceptive schemes within the Patriarch Jacob’s household. Rachel and Leah are locked in competition for childr…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250529114259-2025-05-29_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Randy Asburry gives today’s sermon based on Mark 16:14-20 and Acts 1:1-11. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250529112709-2025-05-29_CH.mp3 Download Audio File Why is sabbatical valuable for church workers? The Rev. Dr. Greg Walton (Grace Place Wellness, LCEF) and Rehema Kavugha (Director of Synod Relations, LCEF) join Andy and Sarah to talk about why a Sabbatical Scholarship Program is important for th…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250529111635-2025-05-29_SI.mp3 Download Audio File By the time the LORD sends Elijah back to Israel, the famine has grown so severe that King Ahab himself has to go and look for grass to graze his animals. This provides the opportunity for faithful Obadiah, the man in charge of the king’s househ…
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By the time the LORD sends Elijah back to Israel, the famine has grown so severe that King Ahab himself has to go and look for grass to graze his animals. This provides the opportunity for faithful Obadiah, the man in charge of the king’s household, to be alone and meet Elijah. Obadiah initially thinks that announcing Elijah’s return to Ahab will p…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250529110739-2025-05-29_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250529110224-EASTER6_THURS_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 17:1-19 is given by Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford. This is a rebroadcast from May 25, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Eve…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250528130134-2025-05-28_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File A journey of a thousand miles, they say, begins with a single step, but what about the journey to find a wife, to build a future, to fulfill a promise spoken by God Himself? Jacob has fled the wrath of his brother, carried only by the weight…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250528111535-2025-05-28_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Doug Griebenaw gives today’s sermon based on John 17:1-11. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >> …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250528105520-2025-05-28_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How can we know our purpose and understand life’s meaning? The Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of Systematic Theology and author of Day 7: For Work, Rest, or Play from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sar…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250528094651-2025-05-28_SI.mp3 Download Audio File In judgment against Israel and in mockery of Israel’s monarchs, the LORD sends Elijah to Sidon, Jezebel’s homeland. There, the LORD miraculously provides for His prophet through a poor widow who comes to faith in the one true God. When death str…
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1 Kings 17:8-24: The Word of the LORD Goes to Sidon
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In judgment against Israel and in mockery of Israel’s monarchs, the LORD sends Elijah to Sidon, Jezebel’s homeland. There, the LORD miraculously provides for His prophet through a poor widow who comes to faith in the one true God. When death strikes the widow’s son, her regret comes to the surface, but Elijah quickly acts. Through the prophet, the …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20250528093710-2025-05-28_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20250528093122-EASTER6_WED_MP.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Luke 16:19-31 is given by Rev. Sean Kilgo. This is a rebroadcast from May 24, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Pray…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20250528112313-2025-05-27_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File Jacob is on the run. From Esau’s fury, but also from the consequences of deceit and dysfunction. He is charged by Isaac to find a wife and preserve the covenant line. Although Jacob leaves behind the land of promise, he is accompanied by the…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20250527133336-2025-05-27_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Sean Daenzer gives today’s sermon based on 1 Timothy 2:1-7. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >>…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250527162727-2025-05-27b_CH.mp3 Download Audio File Lutheran Federal Credit Union is celebrating 10 years! The Rev. Tom Schlund (Synod Relations & Marketing Coordinator, Lutheran Federal Credit Union) and Amanda Walker (CEO, Lutheran Federal Credit Union) join Andy and Sarah to talk about why a c…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20250527161156-2025-05-27a_CH.mp3 Download Audio File It’s time for the annual Carillon Concert Series at Concordia Seminary! John Klinger, Chief Information Officer and Carillonneur at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what a carillon is, what’s unique about Conco…
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Sharper Iron — A Kingdom Divided – 1 Kings 16:21-17:7: The House of Omri Can’t Stop the LORD’s Word
https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20250527122257-2025-05-27_SI.mp3 Download Audio File Omri, the commander of Israel’s army, came out on top when the dust settled after Zimri’s death. Although Omri established Samaria and brought Israel to greater political prominence during his reign, the writer of 1 Kings judges Omri as an unfai…
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