1. Free Ministry License
Ears to Hear is a benevolent educational ministry funded by Inter-Lutheran Theological Seminary. We grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to stream, download, and listen to all audio teachings for your personal spiritual devotion.
- You may download audio teachings to your personal devices for offline listening.
- You may share direct links to biblical teachings with family, friends, and congregants.
- No fee, recurring subscription, or mandatory registration is required to access the full catalog.
2. Church & Small Group Study Guidelines
Pastors, Bible class teachers, and home fellowship leaders are warmly encouraged to utilize Ears to Hear expositions within their congregations.
3. Theological Copyright & Integrity
All audio recordings, scholar voice commentaries, seminary study guides, transcripts, logos, and digital artwork remain the intellectual property of Inter-Lutheran Theological Seminary.
To protect theological integrity and avoid distortion of Scripture doctrine, you may not edit, splice, remix, or alter our audio commentaries in any manner that misrepresents the speaker's original grammatical and historical exegesis.
4. Prohibited Commercial Exploitation
Because this ministry is a free gift to the Body of Christ, the following commercial uses are strictly prohibited:
- Selling, licensing, leasing, or charging any monetary fee for access to our audio recordings.
- Packaging our audio files into commercial compilations, paid podcasts, or paywalled platforms.
- Using automated crawlers, scrapers, or bot networks to exhaust server bandwidth.
- Reverse engineering or redistributing the application's underlying code without written permission.
5. Disclaimer of Technical Warranties
Ears to Hear is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. While our technical team strives for 99.9% audio streaming uptime and secure offline storage, we do not warrant that transmission will always be uninterrupted or error-free across every regional mobile network.
6. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, USA, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disagreements shall first be addressed through scriptural mediation and charitable dialogue (Matthew 18).
7. Ministerial Governance
For inquiries regarding ministerial permissions, theological curriculum, or seminary publications: