Ringside Preachers: Recent Episodes
Ringside Preachers
Enjoy thoughtful and humorous discussion about hot topics from God's point of view. You will hear some arguing, disagreeing and a little banter. Each pastor isn't afraid to call it like it is. Yet he also isn't afraid to change his mind! If you are not immediately enthralled we'll give you your money back!
Topics:
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Is patriotism dead?
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Is the LCMS a derivative lutheranism?
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Died to the law?
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thejaggedword.com
Grace Lutheran Ventura
St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Communication is simple and complex
- How do you know you're going to the right church?
- Should I baptize my kid right away?
- What is Israel?
- Why closed communion?
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Grace Lutheran Ventura
St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Importance of things like Memorial Day
- What should a church look for in a pastor
- Remembering Jesus in the sacrament - what do you do with him when you're done?
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Managing sins instead of giving them to Jesus
- Doomsday Pastors
- Apostolic succession trumps bad theology?
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Does a Christian Worldview include aliens?
- Bring back the Church cemeteries
- The One True Church?
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Grace Lutheran Ventura
St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics
-Should we stop confirmation
-The ascension effects everything
-Just war and the problem with Christian ethics
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Other Stuff:
Poem - ee Cummings La Guerre
Topics:
- Nerds and Bible purses
- Experiencing the risen Christ in Word and Sacrament
- Radical wedding vows
- Do you have to believe in a young earth?
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics * Whoever believes in me will never die? * Where to send your kids * Homeschool, christian school, public school? * Dead Fish handshakes
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- War again
- Who is Israel and does it matter?
- Jesus mud bath healing miracle (John 9)
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Grace Lutheran Ventura
St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Ministry to couples who have had a miscarriage
- How long should a sermon be?
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
Topics:
- Are we too shocked by corruption of elites?
- Everything is awful and everything is urgent?
- How much should Christians care about the fall of kingdoms?
- Isaiah 6 and going to church when the world falls apart.
- Muskrats are fish?
- Getting too crazy- Good practices for Lent.
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
TOPICS:
- Moderism is not our Friend
- Decentering the Self
- The Hisotry of language thought and theory
- Misunderstandings in Hermeneutics
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
OTHER STUFF:
The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics, Hans W. Frei
Seminex 2.0, Gregory Schulz
What Does This Mean?: Principles of Biblical Interpretation in the Post-Modern World, Dr. James Voelz
Text, Church, and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective, Francis Watson
9th Kingsbury Lecture, Dr. James Voelz
7th Kingsbury Lectures, Dr. James Voelz
Topics:
- It's healthy to cry
- The 8k pound gorilla at a funeral
- Wakes are good
- 1 Corinthians 2 - faith does not come from reason
- Does a sermon convince people to believe?
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
TOPICS:
- Car broke down
- Recovering from Church Hurt
- Spiritual Abuse
- Boredom is good
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
TOPICS:
- Lament and culture
- Wrestling with God and Prayer
- Apologetics vs. Politics
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
TOPICS:
- United and Diverse in Confession
- LC-MS lack of debate
- Serina spills the CTCR tea
- The written library will endure
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
TOPICS:
- Ringside’s NINTH birthday
- Chaplain life
- Spiritual warfare and Angels
- Community, church, and government
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Gospels as confession
- Application of apocalypse
- Christian identity
- Heavenly Rest
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
GUEST: Rev. Andrew Preus
Camp Trinity Academy: camptrinityacademy.com
TOPICS:
- Camp ministry
- Theological formation for young men
- Benefits of formal education
- Core of pastoral care
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- 9-11 and Assassination
- Perception of Reality through Social Media
- Christian Response to Tragedy
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- New Heaven and New Earth
- Porn
- Theology vs. Raw Faith
- Vocation and Career
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Guest Rev. Matt Hoffmann
TOPICS:
- Challenges and Joys of Being a Pastor's Kid
- Failures of a Pastor
- Relaxed and Reverent Worship
- Back to School Ministry
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Youth Gatherings
- Funerals & Weddings for the Unbelieving
- Apologetics, Reason and Faith
- Adam’s relation to Christ
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other:
Chicago by Carl Sandberg
TOPICS:
- Mafia Envy
- Conspiracy and Power
- Church workers and family dynamics
- Prayer
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Guest Rev. Matt Hoffmann
TOPICS:
- Reflections on Independence Day
- Conspiracy Theories
- Preaching with Metaphor and Illusions
- Gospel vs. Politics
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other:
The Lonely Street
Welcome special Guest Dieter Reinstorf, Former bishop (2010-2023) of the Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA). His academic expertise is New Testament and Hermeneutics, and he has served as a research associate of the Department of New Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria.
TOPICS:
- Post-apartheid Preaching in South Africa
- Listening to the voice of the oppressed
- Interpretation should challenge the Interpreter
- Recovering interest in the Christian Faith
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Dress like a Man
- Gen Z worship trends
- Men and women in church
- Why the tree of good and evil?
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Manly Poetry
- Why not follow the OT law?
- What its like to work for Joel…
- Living Together before Marriage
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church, Abram Van Engen
The Four Quartets, TS Eliot
TOPICS:
- Hope for Humanity at the Ball game
- New Pope talk
- Christ’s Ascension & Implications
Guest: Rev. James Hopkins
CRAFT of PREACHING WORKSHOP
August 4-6, 2025 at St. James, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- The Call Day Experience
- Choosing a Church
- New Pastor Advice
- Essential Friendships in the Ministry
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CONFERENCE JUNE 10-11, 2025
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Absurd Easter Memories
- Passing of Pope Francis
- Resurrection and Remembrance
- Confession Absolution
- The “Closed” Canon of Scripture
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CONFERENCE JUNE 10-11, 2025
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction NEW BOOK
- Words of Identity
- Community in Recovery
- Empathy vs. Sympathy
- Symbols in Worship
GUEST: Rev. Donavan Riley
NEW BOOK: The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction
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CONFERENCE JUNE 10-11, 2025
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Swearing Pastors
- Why does Mark’s Gospel end like it does?
- Fear and Trembling
- “They know not what they do”
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CONFERENCE JUNE 10-11, 2025
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other:
Technopoly, Neil Postman
Dune 2
TOPICS:
- Rivalry in Sport and Society
- The Chosen
- Christian Entertainment
- Repentance and Forgiveness
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Comfort Dogs
- Loneliness
- Anti-social Technology
- Revolt against a King
readingtwotexts.com
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other:
Written in March, William Wordsworth
The Anti-Social Century, Derek Thompson
Alone
TOPICS:
- Situation and text
- Newton/Einstein interpretation
- Deconstructionism asks good questions.
- Best Theories comes before Best practices
- De-centering of the self
- Modernism is not our salvation
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CONFERENCE JUNE 10-11, 2025
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Ringside interviews the incredible minds at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne during Symposia 2025.
Guest Rev. Dr. Jason Lane
TOPICS:
- Benedict Option
- Democracy as the new religion
- Joyful Living: It’s fun
- Formulated ideas by podcasts
- Technology is faster or Slower?
- Liturgy of rest
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other:
The Fall of Rome, W.H. Auden
After Virtue, by Alasdair MacIntyre
How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill
Ringside interviews the incredible minds at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne during Symposia 2025.
Guest Rev. Dr. Jeff Pulse
TOPICS:
- Inside Scoop: Straight outta Seminary
- A new pastor & his communication skills
- Longevity in the first call
- Prepping Pastors for ministry
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Ringside interviews the incredible minds at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne during Symposia 2025.
Guest: Rev. Dr. John Bombaro
TOPICS:
- What does church architecture have to do with preaching?
- Imposing our physicality on Christ
- Engaging people with the mystery
- Gospel Means, Gospel Ends
- Masculine Preaching
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Song of Simeon
- Levitical Laws
- Miscarriage & Silence
- Serving the Church
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Travel Nightmares (with Joel)
- Apologetics and Faith
- Free Will and Human Suffering
- Wisdom, God’s Plan
- Happy Birthday Tyler!
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
An epiphany at Cana, Malcolm Guide
TOPICS:
- California Wildfires
- Christianity in Modern Culture
- Volunteer Dynamics at Church
- Language Barriers in Ministry
- Baptism of our Lord
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Drone or Angel?
- Gift Giving and Family Traditions
- Humor in Conversations
- Skepticism and Cynicism
- Power of the Christmas Narrative
- Angels, Messengers, and Mary
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
The Morning of Christ’s Nativity, Milton
TOPICS:
- The Role of Christmas Traditions
- The Intersection of Joy and Terror
- Creative Christmas Crimes
- Advent vs Christmas
- Rhythm of Life and Seasons
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, TS Eliot
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For the Time Being, Auden
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Election Day November 1884, Walt Whitman
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- Institutionalize the Lutheran Confession
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LONELINESS— A GERMAN POEM BY MARTIN HEIDEGGER
Benjamin Button Christianity thejaggedword.com
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Exclusive Ringside conversations with some of our favorite scholars from Concordia Seminary during Symposium 2024.
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Rev. Dr. Jason Lane
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Exclusive Ringside conversations with some of our favorite scholars from Concordia Seminary during Symposium 2024.
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In Memoriam, Tennyson
The Third Room of Preaching: A New Empirical Approach, Marianne Gaarden
Deep Work, Cal Newport
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, Maryanne Wolf
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt
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Exclusive Ringside conversations with some of our favorite scholars from Concordia Seminary during Symposium 2024.
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Exclusive Ringside conversations with some of our favorite scholars from Concordia Seminary during Symposium 2024.
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Delilah’s, Chicago
Rick Rubin
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- Exponential Advancement until Christ Returns?
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Rev. Bob Sundquist (Faith Community Church, Las Vegas, NV)
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- And where is Joel?
- Inside baseball for the Pastor’s Call
- Woes of Technology
Thanks to Concordia Seminary St. Louis and Fox and Hounds at The Cheshire.
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- Martin Luther vs. religious liberty
- To vote or not to vote?
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Peggie Noonan, The Washington Post
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- Why the curses (Genesis 3) are helpful for hope
- Closer look at Cindy’s book “Once Upon a Curse”
- Does technology help or hurt us?
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Paradise Lost, John Milton
Once Upon a Curse, by Cindy Koch
Bible Study of Genesis 3 (The Curses) on Substack
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- War doesn’t build character, it reveals
- Not a Jesus-centered Faith?
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- Moving on from presidential assassination
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Robert Frost
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Major Reginald John Howard DSO on D-Day, Storming Normandy
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
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- Why should Pastors do a Sabbatical?
- Trapped by your audience
- Born again
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- A Pastor’s call & the shortage
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CS Lewis 1949
Poolside Reflections Podcast
ChristianityToday.com
Russel Brand Baptism
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- Can you argue someone into the Faith?
- Leaving the Ministry over Church Conflict
- Dreading Retirement?
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CHICAGO
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Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
More Pastors Are Leaving Ministry Over Church Conflict, christianitytoday.com
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The REAL Easter… play the game
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“Did the Resurrection happen” problem
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Toughest Moments as a Pastor
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Easter Dawn, Malcom Guite
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- The power of the I AM
- What is Truth? Pontius Pilate
- Sacrificing Your Faith
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"Surviving the Election" Friday, April 26th, 2024 at 6:30pm
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Simon of Cyrene, Malcom Guite
Dune 2 (movie)
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- Attractive Voodoo
- Superstition and Gangs
- Anonymous posting on Facebook?
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In the Ring for the annual Fort Wayne Symposia with special guest, Dr. Arthur Just. Ringside talks through Mary as the New Temple and the Law of Christ in Galatians with one of our favorite guests!
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- Corporate Repentance
- Saved by Circumcision
- Blood in the OT: seeing Jesus everywhere
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Shop Class as Soul Craft, Matthew Crawford
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Light your cigar and grab a beer for Ringside’s annual brain-dump at Rudy’s in Ft. Wayne. Featuring double-chaplain guests: Rev. Graham Glover and Rev. James Hopkins.
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Ash Wednesday, TS Eliot
The Gospel for Those who have been Broken by the Church, Rod Rosenbladt.
A discussion about the issues underlying the divisive history and theology in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This year marks the 50th anniversary since the Walkout protest debating the authority of Scripture and the Gospel. Ringside and Dr. John Pless explore a bit of the history of interpretation that led to Seminex, differences in the LC-MS seminaries, and the theological principles at stake then and now. Listen until the end!! We offer an answer to the question, “What might we learn from this battle from 50 years ago… is there a better way to approach the question of the authority of Scripture?”
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- You are on Epstein’s list
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- Pornification of our Culture
- How to be Vulnerable to Help Others
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Let My People Go
MercyCast Podcast
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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The Stolen Child, YB Yeats
Sound of Freedom (movie)
Low Anthropology, David Zahl
Theology of the Cross, Martin Luther
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- Distrust of Storytelling
- New Themes for Christmas Preaching: Kingdom of God, Image of God, and nobody cared
Guest: Cindy Koch
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RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Journey of the Magi, TS Eliot
Like Stories of Old, YouTube
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918, Joseph Loconte
A Christmas Carol, Dickens
On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien
The Chosen Christmas Special
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- Mad about Christmas songs during advent?
- Long traditions that transcend people and bind people
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Death comes for the archbishop by Willa Cather
Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton
TOPICS:
- What to read for a new Christian?
- Inclusion in the Sports World
- Foolish Virgins: what’s the oil?
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "The Long Road" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
At Day-Close In November BY THOMAS HARDY
Spirituality of the Cross, Gene Veith
Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
Heidelberg Disputation
TOPICS:
- Reflecting on All Saints Day
- Risen from the dead: John 11
- The funeral experience
- Israel and Hamas
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Pandemic Lullaby" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Stephen to Lazarus, CS Lewis
Ringside crashes Concordia Seminary Symposium at St. Louis once again to have great conversations with our favorite teachers of the church. Today we talk to Dr. David Lewis about the carefully crafted story in the Gospel of Mark and favorite Jesus films vs. Christ-figure films.
Guest: Rev. Dr. David Lewis
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Joel Allen Hess - “Arms of the King”
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
TOPICS:
- Martin Luther or Martin Luther King Jr?
- Defining thoughts about the Reformation
- Do we need the Reformation today?
- Talking to kids about violence
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "To the Sun" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
“the storm of grace was brewing”, Three poems for Reformation Day by Marjorie Maddox
Luther Movie 2003
Heidelberg Disputation
Disappearance of Childhood, Neil Postman
A Mighty Fortress (hymn)
Ringside crashes Concordia Seminary Symposium at St. Louis once again to have great conversations with our favorite teachers of the church. Today we talk to Dr. Joel Biermann about the Christian Church in America, and where we may have gone wrong.
Guest: Rev. Dr. Joel D. Biermann
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man"
Ringside crashes Concordia Seminary Symposium at St. Louis once again to have great conversations with our favorite teachers of the church. This episode we welcome Dr. Joel Elowsky diving into the fascinating history of the African Church and interpretation of the Church Fathers.
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Ancient Christian Commentary
Topics:
- Have things CHANGED in the last 7 years?
- Grow your church by making fun of the…
- Day of the Dead: can a Christian celebrate Halloween?
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Music/Photo:
Joel Allen Hess - “Lord My Savior”
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
October, Robert Frost
Love Letter to America, by Tomas Schuman
Neil Postman
FIRST RINGSIDE EPISODE: https://radiopublic.com/ringside-preachers-G7q39E/s1!9a3b9
Ringside crashes Concordia Seminary Symposium at St. Louis once again to have great conversations with our favorite teachers of the church. We talk with Dr. David Schmitt about the preaching task and cultivating relationship, experiencing the Word as a preacher, and the power of saying the same thing.
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Music/Photo:
Joel Allen Hess - “Arms of the King”
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold
Lectionary Kick-start Podcast
Tangible: Theology Learned and Lived
Caemmerer: Preaching for the Church
Christian Dogmatics, Francis Pieper
The Roundtable Pulpit: Where Leadership & Preaching Meet, John McClure
Dr. Schmitt’s past RINGSIDE podcasts:
Preaching the Image with Dr. David Schmitt
In the Ring: Preaching in an Upside-down World with Dr. David Schmitt
Preaching to What They Hear with Dr. David Schmitt
Yes, the boys are at the bar in St. Louis once again. This time we discuss politics, reimagining the “two kingdoms”, and a preacher’s identity in the current culture. As always there was more to apologize for with Ross around.
Guests:
Graham Glover, The Rise of Integralism and Why Lutherans Should Resist It
Dennis Matyas, Embodied Superintendence: The Person of the Preacher and the Cultural Identity
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Music/Photo:
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Photo by Paul Koch
Topics:
- What makes a good bar
- Ross solves the Problem of Evil
- Take up your cross? Making meaning out of suffering
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Photo by Paul Koch
Another cult classic wedding episode where Ringside is LIVE! Reflecting on the meaning of a Christian wedding, elements of a bad wedding (yes, DJ that’s you), and Joel’s mom and dad spill all the secrets. Congratulations to Henry and Merrill Hess!
Guests:
Henry and Merrill Hess
Sam Hess
Dennis and Leslie Hess
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Music:
Silver Creek Revival - "Nothing But Blue"
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Guest:
Rev. Andrew Preus, Trinity Lutheran New Haven
Camp Trinity Academy
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lord my Savior" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Christian News
Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future
TOPICS:
- College-age ministry challenges
- University upholding the Word of God
- Theology in math class?
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Guests:
Rev. James Hopkins, First Lutheran Church of Boston
Rev. Graham Glover, Abiding Savior Lutheran Church
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lonely Man" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Residence at Cambridge, William Wordsworth
TOPICS:
- Why does Peter sink in the water?
- How to read the Bible: Hermeneutics
- God wants us to laugh!
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Spring Bitch" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
On Aging, Maya Angelou
Craft of Preaching
What Does this Mean? Dr. James Voelz
Comedian Leanne Morgan Says God Wants Us to Laugh
John Cleese on Creativity In Management
TOPICS:
- Reflections of a Pastor’s Kid
- Jiu Jitsu and Catechism
- The Spiritual Side of Sport
- Good and Bad Community of Church
Guest: Kirk Bauer
Vicar at Christ Lutheran Church in LA
Student at Concordia University, Irvine
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Music/Photo:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lord My Savior" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Photo: Paul Koch, Morumbi Academy, Ventura
Other Stuff:
Iron and the Soul, by Henry Rollins
TOPICS:
- Call an organization to repentance?
- Annual Bureaucratic Complaints
- What should your congregation know about Church politics?
- “Day of the Lord” is now
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "The long road" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other Stuff:
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Life together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink
Listen to this incredible story of from Ringside Guest Zamzama ZZ Safi, who escaped torture and death as a young girl in Afghanistan, eventually aided the US military against the Taliban, and continues to praise God for His protection through the darkest times in her life.
TOPICS:
- Hollywood on strike
- Is Jesus for Unions?
- AI Art
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lord My Savior" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Bed in Summer, Robert Louis Stevenson
Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day
Ringside didn't ever know what they were missing before Tyler. A discussion on the power of our Youth AND the young Intern's FIRST bell ringing and apology list from the Ringside Classics: Episode 4 and Episode 8.
Episode 4: Andy Warhol's Christianity to Creamation to Out of Control: https://radiopublic.com/ringside-preachers-G7q39E/s1!8346a
Episode 8: Fake News, Jesus Didn't Go Anywhere, Steve Bannon and Leonard Cohen's worldview: https://radiopublic.com/ringside-preachers-G7q39E/s1!46c8f
TOPICS:
- Wedding rings
- Declaration of Independence: content and context
- iPhones: savior or downfall?
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lonley Man" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus
5 Critically Important Resolutions That Will Immediately Affect the Church’s Life, Dennis Matyas
The Declaration of Independence
Bourbon Empire, Reid Mitenbuler
Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
Bill Burr (about Steve Jobs)
TOPICS:
- Titanic Implosion and Space Tours
- “American” Church vs. Roman Church
- TikTok Christians are better than Ross
- The Alien Distraction
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "Lord my Savior" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Dirty Old Town, The Pogues
Titan submersible implosion
Las Vegas Alien Invasion
C.S. Lewis Warned Us About Close Encounters of the Evangelical Kind
Mars Attacks (movie)
Amusing ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
True Believer, Jack Carr
TOPICS:
- Beauty of Dead Language
- Teaching Trivia Not Theology
- Women don’t let Women become Pastors
GUEST: Cindy Koch
cindykochwrites.com and cindykoch.substack.com
Books: Woman, Daughter, Once Upon a Curse is COMING SOON
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "nothing is much better than a friend" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Cover Photo: Lilith. By A.J. Hamilton
Other Stuff:
This is the Sea, The Waterboys
Idea of a University, John Henry Newman
Happy FIVE YEAR ordination anniversary to Tyler the Intern! While conversing with the Concerned Seminarian in 2018, Tyler was ordained during the Ringside podcast. Twice. #ordained
Check out the FULL episode from the Classic Archives (June, 2018): "ep82 Christianity 101-first leasson? Cologne? Teach your kids to hunt, Jesus and water"
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ringside-preachers/id1163550673?i=1000414004763
TOPICS:
- Homeless
- Magic of Angsty Authentic Music
- The Power of the Ark
GUEST: Rev. Ed Killian
The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Inglewood, CA
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "let's roll" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Rise Above, Black Flag
You Are Forgiven Radio
Almost Famous (movie)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie)
TOPICS:
- Pastors and Paraments: Serving Your Church
- Swearing as a Sign of Intelligence
- What’s Wrong with Christian Music?
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Prologue at Sixty, W.H. Auden
Commissioning of the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee
Why swearing is a sign of intelligence, CNN.com
Talking Funny, discussion about comedy, YouTube
Lutheran Insulter
TOPICS:
- Judging Sermons
- Tim Keller & the Gospel in America
- Edict of Worms: Going against the Government
- Mowing your lawn is good for the soul
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d, Walt Whitman
Ross Prayer for the USS Lenah Sutcliff Higbee
Edict of Worms (1521)
Mow, Pilgrim, Mow: a Lawn, by Definition, is Natural, thejaggedword.com
- Un-risky Religion is on the decline
- What would you do differently after graduation?
Guest:
Rev. Tim Barkett
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Kingman AZ
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "arms of the king" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is shrinking, npr.org
The Churching of America, by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark
Craft of Preaching
Topics:
- Religion and Superstition on a Ship
- Blessing things in Church and Home
RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "nothing is much better than a friend" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Life in Vain, Daniel Johnston
Craft of Preaching
Breaking Bad, TV Series
Poltergeist
Topics:
- Children’s Messages
- Marriage counseling, is it worth it?
- Where is Jesus? Ascension Day
Thank you:
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "I see a Light" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot
Concordia Chicago Ringside Podcast
On the Children’s Sermon, guttedienst.org
The Authority of Scripture Is Not the Problem, Russell Moore, christinaitytoday.org
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…and Why It Matters, David Kinnaman
Ringside and students from Concordia University Chicago tackle the question, What’s Wrong with Christianity? Great observations and discussions with these young men and women!
Topics:
- Treated as Commodity
- Politicized issues hurting the church?
- Modern Day Pharisees
- Not understanding what church really is
- Unveiling the mysteries
- Question the Resurrection
- Limiting our theological vocabulary
GUESTS:
Nick Vukalovich, Student
Christian Salemink, Student
Thank you:
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Music, Discussion, Food, and Drink with Ringside and the St. James Chicago Community. Check out the YouTube channel to watch!
Topics:
- Preach Christ, not Christendom, Rev. Joel Hess
- Trapped in Consumerism, Rev. Paul Koch
- What's Wrong? THOSE Christians, Cindy Koch
Thank you:
St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess, more on bandcamp
Dead Horse One “I love my man”
Topics:
- A Good Smoke After Eater
- What does the Resurrection Solve Today?
- Cremation and our Resurrection
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in CHICAGO
Friday, April 28th 6:30 - 9pm
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Guest:
Rev. James Hopkins
First Lutheran Lutheran Church, Boston
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Music:
The Pogues, “If I Should Fall From Grace With God”
Dead Horse One “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls, E E Cummings
If I Should Fall From Grace With God, The Pogues
Topics:
- Belief in the Resurrection. Why is Jesus weeping?
- Gossiping about the sacrament
- Sterilized church - Worship is War
- Wanting vengeance, not forgiveness
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in CHICAGO
Friday, April 28 6:30 - 9pm
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Easter, Edmund Spenser
Stephen to Lazarus, C.S. Lewis
Topics:
- Favorite Brews?
- Beer is a Gift from God
- Path to becoming a Head Brewer
- What good/bad beer tastes like…
Guest:
Andrew Ortega
Head Brewer at Uncle Bear’s Brewery
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in CHICAGO
Friday, April 28, 6:30 - 9pm
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Other Stuff:
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Strong Beer Festival
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
The Perch Brewery, Chandler
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CBC (Craft Brewer's Conference)
We have the means of life but without the resurrection, our life has no meaning. We descend to despair, while we play pretend during Lent. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things you won’t hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
Walter Kaufmann (editor of Nietzsche)
Carl Jung
Slave morality
Tribal Identity
Therapeutic Worldview and Enthusiasm
The sacrifice of Isaac
Giving up something for Lent
Preaching Christ in the Present: there is joy today
Psalm 34
Smalcald Articles
Chronic anxiety from comparison
Exercising in the Law?
Marcus Aurelius: we are made for community
Slipknot “Old does not mean dead. new does not mean best”
We have hope in the resurrection
Pretending during Lent
Music:
Long Road by Joel A Hess
Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts:
Ringside Preachers
Banned Books
Topics:
- Troubling Trends in the Foundations of our Society
- Sarcastic Jesus
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in Chicago
Friday, April 28 “What’s Wrong with Christianity”
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "no heroes" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
The Donkey, G.K. Chesterton
WSJ/NORC Poll March 2023
Topics:
- Does the great commission apply to women?
- What things are reserved for clergy only?
- Reviving private confession and absolution.
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in Chicago
Friday, April 28 “What’s Wrong with Christianity”
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "this is our goodbye" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Palm Sunday, Malcolm Guite
Rick Warren: The Great Commission’s ‘Go and Teach’ Applies to Women, christianitytoday.com
Service of Confession Absolution (Lutheran Service Book)
God seems to like material! He made it. He made us. He comes to us through the manger and the cross. Instead of giving up something for Lent, perhaps we should practice appreciation for God’s gift of creation. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things you won’t hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
Matthew Arnold
Spiritual Art
Incantation in music
Dominion over the precious ecosystem
Jordan Peterson
Appreciate Material for Lent
Music:
Lets Roll by Joel A Hess
Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts:
Ringside Preachers
Banned Books
Topics:
- Quality Burger Ratings at Midnight
- Why anoint? James 5
- Incense and Handbells
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day, Gerard Manley Hopkins
James 5:14-15
Psalm 23
Topics:
- What is a real revival? Enthusiasm vs. Boring
- Cross Roads with Satan
- Who are the wives of Cain and Abel?
- Aliens and the Faith - a desperate seeking for meaning
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in Chicago
Friday, April 28 “What’s Wrong with Christianity”
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "no heroes" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Other Stuff:
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson
Ringside Podcast at Best Practices
Asbury Revival
Smalcald Articles III, VIII, Of Confession (enthusiasm)
The real Cross Road: Clarksdale, MS
Between God and Satan, Helmut Thielicke
Joe Rogan: (there are many restarts to the world)
We're trying to put roses at the foot of the cross to cover up the smell. But our Lenten devotions should be inhaling the stench of our sin. Let Jesus be your piety! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
City of God, Augustine
Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
Lutheran Confessions
Against the Heavenly Prophets, Luther
Reading the Old Testament without the New
The worst people you will meet in heaven
In “relationship” with Christ
Music:
I See a Light by Joel A Hess
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Ringside Preachers
Banned Books
The Ringside Preachers are on the road LIVE in Phoenix, AZ at the Best Practices Event. Take a listen to what's going on out there in ministry according to a few of our friends around the country. Thanks to Rev. Jeff Schrank for an awesome opportunity for conversation!
Topics:
- Freedom! At Best Practices Ministry with Rev. Jeff Schrank
- People Burnout with John Garcia
- Infusing Joy in Faith with Rev. Kevin Jud and Rev. Adam Steinbrenner
- Why be a Pastor? SMP with Joel Ripke
- The Shock of Real Sinners with Rev. Thomas Gustafson
GUESTS:
Rev. Jeff Schrank at Christ Church Lutheran, Phoenix
John Garcia at Christ the King Lutheran, Newbury Park
Rev. Kevin Jud at Immanuel Lutheran Church and School, Hamilton, Ohio
Rev. Adam Steinbrenner at St. John Lutheran Church, Dublin, OH
Joel Ripke at Peace Lutheran, Columbus
Rev. Thomas Gustafson at Immanuel Lutheran Grand Rapids, MI
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
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Dead Horse One - “I love my man”
Ringside Preachers and Dr. Jeff Pulse talk about mercy and wrath in the B.C. Scriptures along with the forgotten men in this history at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.
Topics:
- What do we do with the Old Testament
- God’s wrath explained in grace
- Forgotten Figures of Old Testament
- Hardest Country to be a Christian?
Guest:
Dr. Jeffry Pulse
Director of Certification and Placement, Director of Continuing Education, Professor of Old Testament Theology
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Music:
Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia)
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Live Not By Lies, Rod Dreher
In the First Circle, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism, Jeffrey Pulse
Noah Movie
Ringside Preachers and Dr. Jeff Boyle talk about the experience of the pastor and seminarian, and the necessity of great conversation at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.
Topics:
- The Pastor-Theologian
- Explaining Christ in Modern Day
- Conversations are needed
- Helping Pastors order their life
- Christ imprinted in the OT
Guests:
Dr. Jeffry Boyle
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions and Director of Field Education
Thanks also to Rev. James Hopkins for sitting in!
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
Music:
Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia)
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Eighth Day Institute
Ad Fontes Conference
Nicolas of Cusa
Deep Work, Cal Newport
Getting Things Done, David Allen
Die Hard Ringside Fans ONLY. If you are easily offended by tasteless jokes or terrible outdoor audio quality, this is not the episode for you. Straight out of the FORT, Ringside is LIVE with too many visits from our old friend, the concerned seminarian. Light your stogie, sit back, and as usual: we apologize.
Thanks to our gracious hosts at Rudy's Cigar Shop! Stop by for great cigars and great times in Fort Wayne!
Topics:
- The New Confessions
- Is Church a safe place for conversation?
- Theology on social media
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Best Practices Ministry LIVE PODCAST EVENT
February, 16 & 17 at Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix, AZ
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Easter 2020, Malcolm Guite
Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications, CPH
Ringside podcast with Rev. Dr. Rick Serina
1984, George Orwell
April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain. (The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot) The Ringside Preachers and Dr. Arthur Just explore the poetry of T.S. Eliot and his expression of the Christian Faith at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.
Topics:
- T.S. Eliot leading up to his Christian Conversion
- The Philosophy of Modern and Postmodern Christianity
- How does Eliot’s poetry speak to Christians today?
- Repentance and Culture
Guest:
Dr. Arthur Just
Professor of Exegetical Theology and Assistant Faculty Marshal at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.
Thank you:
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Music:
Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia) - “Birthdays, Roses, and Balloons “
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Eliot and His Age, Russell Kirk
The Golden Bough, Sir James George Frazer
Literary Converts, Joseph Pearce
The Confessions of X, Suzanne Wolfe
James K A Smith
Catherine Pickstock
Graham Ward
Liturgy in the Postmodern World, Keith Pecklers
The Idea of a Christian Society, T.S. Eliot
Notes Towards a Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
The Book of Eli (movie)
The Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot
Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Eliot
At the end of the Lord's Prayer, you hear the promise of the resurrection rumbling through the whole thing. Finally, the door of the mighty fortress is going to open and the Prince of Peace will step forward! The Ringside Preachers join John T. Pless at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne to remember and honor the great theologian Jim Nestingen.
Topics:
- God does not leave you without a preacher!
- Deliver us from Every Evil, even death
- Praying the Lord’s Prayer as Luther did
- Legacy of Handing over the Goods
- Reflections on the life and theology of Jim Nestingen
- Pietism and Antinomianism
- God is doing something through the preached Word
Guest:
John T. Pless
Assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.
Thank you:
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
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St. James Lutheran, Chicago
Music:
Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia) - “I See a Light “
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Martin Luther A Life, James A. Nestingen
Luther, Thrivent
The Faith We Hold, Nestingen
Free to Be, Nestingen and Forde
The Necessary Distinction: A Continuing Conversation on Law and Gospel, James Nestingen and John T. Pless
Luther’s Annotated Catechism with Contemporary Applications, The Theology of the Cross in the Lord's Prayer, James Nestingen
Letter to Peter the Barber, A Simple Way to Pray, Martin Luther
Praying Luther's Small Catechism, John T. Pless
Topics:
- When the Liturgy is boring…
- Can you trust the preacher and the church?
THANKS! Staci Greunke
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Dismantling Mistrust from the Pulpit, Dr. Robert Kolb, craftofpreaching.com
Topics:
- Rocky & a Jesus Story
- Church Membership: what does it take?
- What should we know about the Corinthians?
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Other stuff:
Refugee, Malcolm Guite
Nature is Metal on Instagram
Grill Guy on Instagram
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
Killing Jesus: A History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Luther’s Small Catechism
We Can’t All Wear Tracksuits, Ringside Podcast
Topics:
- Favorite Christmas Treats
- Seasons for Pastors
- Everything you wanted to know about circumcision
- What do Jesus’ experiences mean for us?
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "there" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Little Tree, EE Cummings
Topics:
- Cranky Christmas Observations
- What do you say to someone who died outside of the faith?
- The Incarnation
- Post-incarnate Christ
- Gift ideas for your lady
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Christmas Rose, Cecil Day-Lewis
Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus
Our God made the world and said, “I’m going to die for you because this is how I roll”. From the Beginning. Salvation by Jesus is before all time, redemption is now, and always was. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Mirror or mortality
Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies
God’s timeline is now
Jesus redeems "the land”
Dualism
Jesus is the Torah of God
Mr. Rogers, “Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence... And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives.”
God’s words translate you
The Myth of Sisyphus
Genesis 1 and John 1, Recapitulation
Recapitulation Theory
Gustaf Fredrik Wingren
Music:
Emmanuel by Joel A Hess
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Banned Books
Topics:
- Christmas and Family?
- Guess the Real Christmas Song GAME!
- The Government is always the problem?
- Advent is now
- Renewing Marriage Vows
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Sermon for the 1st Sunday in Advent 1520, Martin Luther
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Putting the Advents back into Advent, Lutheran Forum, Mary Jane Haemig
Everything that we do in the name of God is a justification for our impiety. We call it worship, we call it repentance, we call it preparation, but really it’s performative acts. But when the Word becomes Flesh, it is not performance. Jesus comes and this is not a test! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
Athanasius
Luther on Genesis
You can’t separate God’s word from Jesus (John 1)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jesus was not performing for an audience
Matthew 5:29
Free in Christ to laugh at Scripture
Human being vs. Creature
The Matrix
Wachowski Brothers
Controlling Death
Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke
Elysium (film)
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
Bill Burr
The long boring martyrdom of Christ: His life
Music:
Emmanuel by Joel A Hess
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Ringside Preachers
Banned Books
The Body of Christ is in chaos - No, not in the U.S. (which increasingly might be taking the prize for crazy) - Haiti. We talk to our friend Israelson Isidor about being Church amidst the current turmoil in our neighbor, south of Florida.
Guest: Israelson Isidor
Donations needed:
Copiers, printers, cellphone, laptops
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Advent sets us free to make an absolute train wreck of the incarnation. And the miracle of Advent is that we still end up reading about the birth of Jesus. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.
TOPICS & SOURCES:
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, T.S. Eliot
Priscillianism and Advent
If Nietzsche heard about the Incarnation
The Simul
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
To a God Unknown, Steinbeck
Incarnation is the Gospel
Small Catechism, Third article of the Creed
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
Christmas depression and suicide
The humiliation of Jesus
Luther on the Magnificat
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Banned Books
Music: "Emmanuel" by Joel A Hess
Artwork: Donavon Riley
Topics:
- Paternity Leave
- Can modern-day theologians beat old-school scholars?
- Kingdom is Now: John 5: 24-27
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "christmas time" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Fire and Ice, Robert Frost
Woodcuts from Weimar Edition
Ringside Stocking Stuffers
Topics:
- Singles are changing politics
- Hero stories: are they heroic?
- Wrong BE-Attitudes
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
If, Rudyard Kipling
What's Wrong with the World? G.K. Chesterton
Joe Rogan and Matt Walsh, YouTube
War and Peace, Tolstoy
Jaber Crow, Wendell Berry
Topics:
- Forgiveness for COVID
- Accidental A.A. member
- Fasting in November
- Politics in Church
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EVENT:
“What is Wrong with Christianity” at Grace in Ventura!! Check it out on Ringside Preacher’s Youtube channel!!
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
LET’S DECLARE A PANDEMIC AMNESTY, The Atlantic
More Americans Want Their Church to Share Their Politics, ChristianityToday.com
Topics:
- What’s changed with Christians
- Culture and faith
- Do you have to preach directly from the Bible?
- The long game of Preaching
Guest: Dr. Joel Okamoto
Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess "Pandemic lullaby"- More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Concordia Journal
Protestant-Catholic-Jew, Will Herberg
Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold
Topics:
- What’s changed with Christians
- Culture and faith
- Do you have to preach directly from the Bible?
- The long game of Preaching
Guest: Dr. Joel Okamoto
Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess "Pandemic lullaby"- More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Concordia Journal
Protestant-Catholic-Jew, Will Herberg
Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold
Topics:
- Tipping is getting out of hand
- Luther’s Flood Prayer
- The unexamined Faith is not worth believing
- Is there an end game to making disciples?
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EVENT:
“What is Wrong with Christianity” November 4, 6-10 pm at Grace Lutheran Ventura
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "to the sun" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Donovan Riley Podcasts: Warrior Priest, Banned Books
Luther’s Flood Prayer
Gustave Dore, The Deluge (ark)
Branden Gerbracht - thank you for the topic!!
Topics:
- Tipping is getting out of hand
- Luther’s Flood Prayer
- The unexamined Faith is not worth believing
- Is there an end game to making disciples?
RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EVENT:
“What is Wrong with Christianity” November 4, 6-10 pm at Grace Lutheran Ventura
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "to the sun" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Donovan Riley Podcasts: Warrior Priest, Banned Books
Luther’s Flood Prayer
Gustave Dore, The Deluge (ark)
Branden Gerbracht - thank you for the topic!!
Topics:
- Expanding Christian Schools
- B.C. Scriptures
- Gospel competing with the voices
- Distracted generations, back to the basics!
Guest: Dr. Paul Raabe
Professor in Biblical Studies at Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ
Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St Louis (retired)
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess "Let's Roll"- More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Concordia Commentary Series
You Need a Better Gospel, Klyne Snodgrass
Deep Work, Cal Newport
Topics:
- Angel Numerology in the Clouds
- Artist Above the Narrative: Ye says
- Is Boredom a Sin?
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Red Wheelbarrow, William Carlos Williams
The Lonely Way, Herman Sasse
Topics:
- What is the CTCR?
- Process of Persuasion
- The intended audience of CTCR documents
- Documents that led to the LCMS Walkout
- How to use CTCR in the congregation
- Lutheran Fundamentalism?
Guest: Dr. Rick Serina
Associate Executive Director Commission on Theology and Church Relations, LC-MS
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
lcms.org (CTCR)
A Statement on Scriptural and Confessional Principles, Ralph Bohlmann, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Fundamentalism in the Missouri synod, Milton L Rudnick
Martin Franzmann’s Seven Theses on Reformation Hermeneutics
- God’s Wrath in Natural Disaster
- A healthy body makes better pastors
- Corrupt politics
- Communion brings community
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Music/Photo:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Rebuilding Church Community, christianitytoday.com
Topics:
- Reading sermon vs. a Live sermon
- Power of Specific speaking
- Pictures vs Words in a sermon
- Theology of the visual
- Benefits of reading fiction
Guest: Dr. David Schmitt
Professor of Homiletics and Literature at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
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Music:
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Other stuff:
An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire, Gwendolyn Brookes
Preaching in Pictures: Using Images for Sermons That Connect, Peter Jonkers
The Beautiful Sermon: Image and the Aesthetics of Preaching, Dean Nadasdy
Philip K. Dick
P.D. James
Topics:
- What if my first church hates me?
- Big issues that Christians may be wrong about
- Worship Wars
- Whiskey Wars
GUEST SEMINARIANS:
Joseph Eggerman
Ethan Hart
Mark Esser
Dayton Dangel
Chris Dhuse
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Pickney Bend Distillery
Topics:
- Should we care about the Queen of England?
- Shame and the Christian Life
- Why study the confessions of a church?
- Getting outside of your own head
THANK YOU, SPONSORS:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Photo by @rev_koch
Other stuff:
Killer Queen, Queen
Victory MMA, Jocko Willink
Tim Kennedy
A sky without eagles, Jack Donovan
Reverence, Paul Woodruff
The Father’s house, Corey Asbury
Calvary, Hillsong
The Iron and the Soul, Henry Rollins
Topics:
- No More Gas Cars?
- Megachurch Pastor Problems
- How do you explain Justification?
- Grow in Faith: is that possible
Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA
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Music:
Joel Allen Hess - "wasted" More on bandcamp
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Dr. Sigmund Freud Discovers The Sea Shell
Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, Matthew Crawford
Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford
The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction, Matthew Crawford
EWTN Catholic Radio
Inevitable Catechesis, Joel Hess thejaggedword.com
Why exhort a good tree? Raabe, Voelz
Topics:
- Is Sunday School a Waste of Time?
- What is Bible Study?
- Student Loan Forgiveness
- How do you Choose a Church? We actually have no idea.
Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Already Gone, Ken Ham
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Topics:
- Is Sunday School a Waste of Time?
- What is Bible Study?
- Student Loan Forgiveness
- How do you Choose a Church? We actually have no idea.
Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Already Gone, Ken Ham
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Topics:
- Sea adventures with Ross
- Day-to-day life of a Chaplain
- A Pastor doesn’t choose whom he cares for
- Chaplain continues on land
Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA
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Music/Photo:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Find Your Why, Simon Sinek
Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink
Topics:
- Pastor Shortages
- Do you have to love your job?
- Jesus and the terrifying “narrow door” (Luke 13:22-30)
- Rapture crazy-talk
- Mental illness in the ministry
COMING UP:
Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Divine Image, William Blake
craftofpreaching.com
Younger Pastors More Likely to Say They Struggle With Mental Illness, Christianity Today
Topics:
- What you should be able to do with your stuff…
- Is John 6 talking about the Lord’s Supper?
- Are men becoming more religious than women?
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Other stuff:
My Boy Jack, Rudyard Kipling
Rich Rebuilds, V8 in a Tesla
Topics:
- Personality of the Pastor
- Identity Politics in in Culture and Church
- Does Law and Gospel distinction make a good sermon?
- Confession of Casket vs. Cremation
Guest: Rev. Dennis Matyas
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Fault Lines, Voddie Baucham
Liturgical Preaching: Contemporary Essays, article by David Schmidt
Anguish of Preaching, Joseph Sittler
Say It!: Celebrating Expository Preaching in the African American Tradition, Eric Redmond
More cremations mean fewer chance to grieve together, Christianity Today
Topics:
- Gospel Tithing
- Radical generosity
- Teaching to give
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Guest: Rev. TIm Barkett
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Other stuff:
Silence, Shusaku Endo
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Topics:
- American Response and Exposure to Opinions
- Overturning of Roe v. Wade
- The Church’s response to Pro-life v. Pro-choice
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Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney
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Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
Jaryon Myers
Richard Dawkins
Candace Owens video
Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood
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- Couples leading ministry: who’s your first lady?
- Pastor’s finding their own replacement
- Whats up with the Saints? (Revelation)
- Galatians 3:23-29 What should we do with the Law?
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When I Consider How my Light is Spent, John Milton
Marco Rubio wants “more welders and less philosophers”
Caffeine and Philosophy (instagram Philosopher)
Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology, R.C. Sproul
Shop Class as Soul Craft, Matthew Crawford
Bill Burr First Ladies (You Tube)
Topics:
- When you pastor dies
- What does ONE baptism really mean?
- Biblical views vs. political issues in church
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- God loves you because you are useful?
- Blessing the boat and house
- Christianity does the best job of explaining phenomena
- Kingdoms on Earth (Alfred the Great)
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Henry Hess “Never Changed” - Listen on Soundcloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
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Preludes, by TS Eliot
The Last Kingdom (Alfred the Great show)
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- Point of Education?
- Political Polarity: Gun control
- What’s the response of the Church? Christians?
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Let Me Die a Young Man’s Death, Roger McGough
Graduation verses: Isaiah 3:17, Galatians 6:11, 2 Timothy 4:13
Dead Poet’s Society
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, Warren Farrell Ph.D. and John Gray
We Have Met the Enemy thejaggedword.com
Topics:
- Starting something new & why bother getting better?
- What’s important: Pastoral Office or the Pastor Man?
- Function of the minister
- Shootings again…
- Tyler’s Confirmation/graduation verse: Galatians 6:11
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Percy Shelley
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- Environmental concerns: “Idontcarism”
- “Silence” of God, movie, book, pastors and psalms
- The Single Christian: unmarried human being ministry
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How to be a Poet, Wendell Berry
Silence, Shusaku Endo
God on Trial
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl,
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- Mother’s Day and the Gospel?
- Professional ministry verses lay ministry
- Pastor’s job neglected by evangelism??
- Abortion conversations
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
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Augustine to Jerome
Luther on the abuses of the Mass
Roe v Wade memo leaked
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,: The Traveller’s Night Song (Wanderers Nachtlied II. in English)
On the Prison of Jazz, G.K. Chesterton
Levites, Whores, and Demoniacs: Here’s How the New NRSV Has Changed, christianitytoday.com
Liturgy of the Ordinary:Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, Tish Harrison Warren
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- Easter Vigil reflections
- Baseball Season! Listening versus watching
- Weddings and Baptisms during Lent?
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Easter Hymn , AE Houseman
Creation Museum
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- Easter Party!
- Resurrection and dignity of the body
- How to preach a terrible Easter Sermon
- Catholic Church and Justification on Twitter
- Cross is the End Times
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Music:
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Dead Horse One - I love my man
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Easter Sermon of John Chrysostom
Catholic news agency: Sing this Song on Holy Thursday
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- The Withertongue Emails: Nietzsche confronting the Reformation
- Secret of storytelling, show don’t tell
- Jiu Jitsu teaches despair and the gospel
- Christ makes sense when there’s nothing left
- We can’t assume truth in modern discourse
Guest:
Rev. Donavon Riley
NEW BOOK: The Withertongue Emails
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A Better Resurrection, Christina Rossetti
Topics:
- Ringside’s take on Smith vs. Rock
- Bo Giertz primer
- Fiction as Theological Discourse
- Holy Week Drama
- How to rock a mustache, by Bror
Guest:
Rev. Bror Erickson
Pastor at Zion Evangelical Church in Farmington, NM
Translates the works of Bo Giertz
NEW BOOK: A Shepherd's Letter
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Music:
Willing Virginia “I See a Light”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Stephen to Lazarus, CS Lewis
The Shepherd's Letter, Bo Giertz
The Hammer of God, Bo Giertz
Liturgy and Spiritual awakening, Bo Giertz
Faith Alone Bo Giertz
With My Own Eyes, Bo Giertz
Topics:
- Pray for Enemy’s death? (Psalm 35 & Isaiah)
- How do you know which Bible is the Word of God?
- Asking for Forgiveness for someone else’s racism
- Prodigal Son, what’s it about?
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, “Sons” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Long too Long America, Walt Whitman
Saints and Soliders
Ringside Preachers Episode with Dr. Nafzger
Topics:
- Normalizing war, pandemic and a crazy culture
- How do you teach Discipline?
- Hard to Kill:
- Is there a Quick fix for fitness? For Faith?
- Non-movement is death
Guest:
Nathan Doud
Owner of Beachside CrossFit
beachsidecrossfit.com
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, “Wasted” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Dulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen
Topics:
- Covid and Ukraine in the Media
- To believe conspiracy or not: that is the question
- Should a Christian support the draft?
- Is this really the end of the world?
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Wasted”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
September 1918, Amy Lowell
Conversations on the role and expectation of a Pastor in our current culture, highlighting the newly released book: Pastor Craft. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest John Pless.
Guest:
Dr. John T. Pless
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Pastor Craft, John T Pless
Topics:
- Concerned Lectionarians: 1 year or 3 year?
- Missed Theological Topics in Preaching?
- An Evil Deconstruction in Preaching
- Offended by the Gospel
Guest:
Rev. James Hopkins
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Preaching and Deconstruction, Robert M. Price
We believe in the Holy Christian Church, which is the body of Christ. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. Arthur Just.
Topics:
- Help in suffering and grief: the Lord’s Supper
- I believe in the church that’s the Body of Christ
- Identify with Death, proclaim death
- Marriage is the Church
- Taking care of Jesus’ body
- Liturgy of Liberation
Guests:
Dr. Arthur Just
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church, Emily Dickinson
Heaven on Earth, Arthur Just
Our Bodies Tell Gods Story, Christopher West
Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II
The Palliative Society
Exploring the dark side of Joseph in Genesis and other less known resurrection figures. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. Jeff Pulse.
Topics:
- Consequences vs. damnation
- Joseph, a death and resurrection figure?
- Feeding is more than forgiveness with Joseph
- Slumber in sin
Guests:
Dr. Jeff Pulse
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Show me dear Christ, John Donne
Topics:
- Finding a competent Christian Counselor
- Bad Theology in Counseling
- Luther and Depression
- Christ-centered counseling
Guests:
Dr. Richard Marrs
Professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary St Louis
Thank you:
1517.org
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
On being asked for a War Poem, WB Yeats
Making Christian Counseling More Christ Centered, Rick Marrs
Ambassadors of Reconciliation aorhope.com
What Then is Man, Paul Meehl
Competent to Counsel, Jay Edward Adams
The History of the Cure of Souls, John T. McNeill
The Book of Pastoral Care, Gregory the Great
Finding Hope: from brokenness to restoration, Heidi Goehmann
Nailed!: Moral Injury: A Response from the Cross of Christ for the Combat Veteran, Mark J Schreiber
Struggles in faith and practice when dealing with depression and reflections on the visual message of Christ on the cross in church. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. Todd Peperkorn.
Topics:
- Depression and Lack of Faith
- Doctors, Pastors, and Vocation
- Artistic Expression of the Crucifixion
- Theology of the Body
Guest:
Dr. Todd Peperkorn
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression, Todd Peperkorn
Paradise Lost, Milton
Higher Things
Teaching and preaching a Biblical worldview through Luther's Small Catechism in every stage of life. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. John T. Pless.
Topics:
- Catechesis as world view
- Catechism isn’t a “one and done” thing
- Contextual prayer
- Meaning versus words
- Tentative, Oratio, Meditatio
- Consciousness of catechism in preaching
- Simple way to pray and how to listen to a sermon
Guests:
Dr. John T. Pless
Thank you:
1517.org
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Death of a Teenage Movie Star” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
logia.org
Pastor Craft, John Pless
Seculocity, David Zahl
Remembering the Christian Past, Robert Wilken
Oswald Bayer
How to Read a book, Mortimer Adler
A Simple Way to Pray: Martin Luther, the 16th Century Reformer, Tells His Barber How to Empower His Prayer Life
Topics:
- Facial Hair
- Modern Combat in the Navy
- Mid-life Career change to Chaplain
- Investing in Friendship
- Bonding: long distance, pandemics, and pipes
- Who knows where the poop goes
Guests:
Cindy Koch
Travis Koch
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Sure as Hell” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Pipe and Pouch, George Wither
Can Soldiers Be Saved, Martin Luther
Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink
Find you Why, David Mead
Topics:
- Is there a time for an insurrection?
- What is the best Bible translation?
- What does the daily Christian life look like?
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Sure as Hell” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Journey of the Maji, T.S. Eliot
Topics:
- Letting go in 2022
- Older Christians teaching the pastor
- Pandemic of “Experts”
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Christmas Bells” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Year, Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Topics:
- Circumcision matters (Luke 2)
- Promise on your phallus
- How you get a dictator
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Christmas Bells” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Brick Testament (Lego storybook)
Topics:
- Fatman: the new Christmas Classic
- Colossians 1: In Him, Through Him, and For Him
- Material and matter redeemed
- Can you fix the world?
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Christmas Bells” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
On the morning of Christ’s Nativity, John Milton
Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Oxen, Thomas Hardy
Can you hear those Christmas bells my friend? I knows it’s hard to hear them when you’re at your rope’s end. Put some L.L. Bean leather slippers on, splash some Aqua Vit on some ice, and let us cheer you up! Guest Dr. Michael Walcheski from Concordia St. Paul.
Topics:
- Christmas and Depression
- “Mary” as the new “Eve”?
- Don’t believe in the pre-incarnate Jesus
- Dangers for our young men
Guest: Dr. Michael Walcheski
Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies Concordia University St. Paul
Dean College of Human Services and Behavioral Sciences.
Professor of Psychology and Family Science
Thank you:
1517.org
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Christmas Bells” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
In the Bleak Midwinter, Christina Rossetti
Most Americans, and Many Christians, Don’t Believe the Son of God Existed Before the Manger, christianitytoday.com
The Boy Crisis, Warren Farrell and John Gray
Topics:
- Christmas Traditions: weird, unhealthy, profound?
- Advents message in our fractured times
- Roe v. Wade and Mississippi Law
- A pastor’s struggle with political stands
- Reason for the Season, is there no meaning in anything else?
Guest: Rev. Graham Glover
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Emmanuel” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
For the Time Being a Christmas Oratorio, W. H. Auden
Topics:
- The observer influence what he observes (Quantum physics)
- Development of perspectival reality
- Imposing Einstein on Newton
- 3 categories of reality = Quantum world, Newton everyday, Einstein relativism
- Lutherans strength and weakness (predestination vs. evangelism)
- The De-centering of the Self: you don’t matter
- Philippians 2:11, both Newton and Einstein really in God’s Word
Guest: Dr. James Voelz
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Emmanuel”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Richard Feynman: The Two-Slit Experiment
Reading Scripture as Lutherans in the Post Modern Era (Lutheran Quarterly 2000)
White Fragility
Gary Philips
What Does This Mean? James Voelz
Topics:
- Lack of Thankfulness
- Bad Translations of the Bible: He vs. She
- Body and Soul separation
- Christmas services - is it too many?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “Christmas Bells”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Topics:
- Public Trials, should we know this much?
- Tyranny of information: it makes you care
- Can you know something to be true?
- A Christian’s Trial on Judgement Day
Intentional Interim Host:
Rev. James Hopkins
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “My Mom Told Me”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Trial, Kafka
Rittenhouse Trial
Acts 17:31
Robert Capon
Topics:
- Obsessing over the Golden Age and LARPing in the church
- Refreshing politics, our recent quarter term election…
- Weddings and Funerals are giving up on Jesus
- What is the narrative that you already believe?
- Can Jesus just be a moral guide?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia “No Heroes”, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Second Coming, Y.B.Yeats
1984, George Orwell
Losing our Religion, Paul Koch on thejaggedword.com
Stanley Fish
Anna Karenina, Tolstoy
Ringside Preachers and Craft of Preaching join forces to bring you this special edition podcast discussing "Christianity Without Christendom." Rev. Dr. David Schmitt from Concordia Seminary St. Louis joins us to talk about the following topics:
- A cultural turn in preaching - “person of the preacher”
- Hearing with different ears: shifting from guilt/forgiveness to shame/honor
- “Hearer response” feedback - what do you hear?
- Experiencing beauty and the Creed
- Subversion of beauty
Thank you:
Craft of Preaching
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other Stuff:
Say it, Eric C. Redmund
What Do They Hear?: Bridging the Gap Between Pulpit & Pew, Mark Allen Powell
William Willimon
Edward Rojas
Topics:
- Reformation Basics: high points
- A man should pray in public?
- Teaching to pray
- What would you say to Alec Baldwin?
- Suicide and forgiveness
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - My Mom Told Me, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
October, Robert Frost
The Ringside Preachers hang out with students and professors at Concordia University Chicago for a Live Podcast... with a thought inspiring nacho bar, of course.
Topics:
- Keeping the Church off message
- Is Jesus a Hate Symbol?
- Even Christian causes can overshadow Gospel
- Pernicious Superstition (anti human being)
- Bread that spoils = is that changing the culture? (John 6)
Guests:
Dr. Adam Francisco from Concordia University Chicago
Caleb Martin, student at Concordia University Chicago
Charlie McClain, student at Concordia University Chicago
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, “My Mom Told Me” on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Topics:
- Always saying “yes” to God is an interesting life
- Exploring the misconceptions of Christianity
- Behavior modification vs. spiritual transformation
- Following the rules is easier than a relationship
- Stealing Jesus’ glory in suffering
- Reformation of the Christian conversation
Guest:
Bill Myers
billmyers.com
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Coming Home Again, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Rendezvous With God, Bill Myers
McGee and Me
Eli, Bill Myers
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
Ringside Preachers and Craft of Preaching join forces to bring you this special edition podcast discussing "Christianity Without Christendom." Rev. Dr. Jeff Gibbs from Concordia Seminary St. Louis joins us to talk about the following topics:
- Reactionary End Times conversations.
- Preaching resurrection is big
- Christ as representative
- Physical bodies and creation and resurrection, repairing your house matters.
- Where is the reign of God? Right here on earth
- Fixing the world vs. a hope that it’s all ok
- Pastors need each other
Thank you:
Craft of Preaching
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other Stuff:
Every Moment Holy, Douglas Kaine McKelvey everymomentholy.com
Hope of the Early Church, Brian E. Daley
What is the real power that drives the Christian Church, even today? Ringside Preachers and Craft of Preaching join forces to bring you this special edition podcast discussing "Christianity Without Christendom." Dr. Erik Herrmann from Concordia Seminary St. Louis joins us to talk about the following topics:
- The Power and Authority of the Church (Matthew 16)
- “Least of all strategy” mindset
- Strength in the underdog’s voice - the church
- Lutheranism is a movement, not an independent faith
- The Confessions
- Preparing pastors post pandemic, what do guys need now?
Thank you:
Craft of Preaching
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other Stuff:
Smoke on the Mountain, Joy Davidman
Let the dead bury themselves. Tune in and tune out. Listen to this latest offering from the boys.
Topics:
- The thrilling experience of a pastor’s conference
- Angels: do they even matter?
- Is it ok to get divorced? Jesus isn’t really talking about divorce (Gospel of Mark)
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - My Mom Told Me, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
St Michael and All Angels, Christina Rossetti
Dogma (movie)
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
Ringside Preachers and Craft of Preaching join forces to bring you this special edition podcast discussing "Christendom Without Christianity." Rev. Dr. Peter Nafzger from Concordia Seminary St. Louis joins us to talk about the following topics:
-Preaching to individuals instead of the christian community - the preacher has a unique view
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How to make community real and not abstract
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Ecclesiologically challenged Lutherans: does the pastor have to be in the middle of community?
-
Cultural exegesis reading and preaching types of texts
-
Calling for people to be the people of God
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Topics:
- Seculosity: religious in a different way
- Pandemic revealed our sin and depression
- Addicted to distrust
- A comedian preacher in the modern age
- NEW BOOK: Low Anthropology, the Christian understanding of human nature
Guest:
David Zahl
mbird.com
Mockingbird Ministries Instagram
The Brothers Zahl Podcast
Seculosity (book)
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - I’ll be Coming Home Again, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
William Bradfod, Some Observations
Roast of Bob Saget
In the Ring St. Louis, MO: September 21-22
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
Put down your needles and your masks, your Facebook arguments and self-righteous rants. Jesus reigns and is looking for sinners not saints to join Him at the party that will end and begin all parties. Oh and enjoy a little Ringside with friends.
Topics:
- Where were you on 9/11?
- Would you withhold communion from a Democrat who supports abortion?
- Should pastors read books other than theology?
- James 2: Faith without works is dead!
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Miss America, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
In the Ring St. Louis, MO: September 21-22
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
Topics:
- Labor Day, vocation and rest
- Toxic Pastors - when do you leave?
- Preachers who still can’t preach Jesus
- Permission slip from pastor to refuse vaccine
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - I’ll hold my breath, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
In the Ring St. Louis, MO: September 21-22
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
First Liberty, “Religious Liberty Protection Kit: Know you Rights on Vaccine Mandates”
Put down your goat entrails, tea cups, and tarot cards. Let us forecast your future, interpret your past, and predict your mood!
Topics:
- How should a pastor consider a call?
- Toxic people: forgive and forget?
- Teaching the Faith to Christians: The Catechisms
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia -I hold my breath on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
A Drinking Song, WB Yeats
Enthusiasm in the Holy Ministry, Paul Koch, thejaggedword.com
Light up your toilet!
Teaching God’s Children his Teaching, Dr. Robert Kolb
Book fo Concord, Tappert
Book of Concord, Kolb/Wengert
Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
Spirituality of the Cross, Gene Veith
Community College, Chicago: Friday, October 22
Topics:
- Permission to party: it’s ok to have fun!
- Meet Tyler’s dad and Tyler's mom!!
- Prayers for your kids to marry and get out of the basement
- Stand for the Bride and look at the Groom
- God’s plan & Soulmates
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Henry Hess on SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Rise for the Bride, Joel Hess thejagedword.com
In the Ring St. Louis, MO: September 21-22
Community College, Chicago: Friday October 22
Hop in the minivan to catch the early service or have a post-wedding Bloody Mary with Tyler’s Mom? Stay tuned.
Topics:
- Take a break from church?
- Holy Hymnody: Is there a holy style of music…
- Ephesians 5:21 Submission
- Ross called to be a Navy Chaplain
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - take, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
How Lutheran Hymns Lost their Monopoly in the Missouri Synod, Paul Raabe concordiatheology.org
Tyler the Intern is Getting Married, GO FUND ME
Community College, Chicago: Friday, October 22
Special Edition Ringside BOUT featuring Rev. Paul Koch and Nick Willert. Nick is a 1st degree blackbelt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Founder & President Grassroots Jiu Jitsu Social Club. Over his life, Nick has done everything from climbing mountains, to stunt cowboy work in western movies, to extreme skiing and big wave surfing, to horse rugby and horse wrestling. And to top it off, Nick is ultimately exploring how to pass on his adventurous spirit to his twin 10-year-old sons.
Say hello to our friend Nick Willert:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nick.willert.7
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickwillert/
Topics:
- Simone Biles: hero or villain?
- How do you preach about Satan?
- Decent of Christ into Hell
- Concerned Seminarian visit
- Ephesians 4: darkened and ignorant
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - black velvet suit, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
“Moonshiner” by Bob Dylan
In the Ring - Podcast Symposium in St. Louis, MO
Community College, St. James Chicago on October 22
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis
Formula of Concord
Topics:
- Visual protest in English Reformation plays
- Feast of Words: do we have too many?
- Use of religious drama in Christian History
Guests:
Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Leininger
Campus pastor at Concordia University Chicago
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
And Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - don’t on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Death, Be Not Proud, John Donne
South Park
Topics:
- Knife talk with Ringside
- Why Closed Communion?
- Jesus can be a jerk in Mark’s Gospel
- Presbyterian Rice cakes
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - don't, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
“Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art”, Keats
Church Fellowship in the First Four Centuries, Werner Elert
Paradise Lost, Milton
Tyler’s Getting Married! Go Fund Me
Topics:
- Preparing for the marriage commitment
- Comfortable talking about the Darkness
- Why use the lectionary to choose Bible readings?
- Woe to the Shepherds… sheep are searching
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
And Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - Sure as Hell on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Thy Strong Word Podcast (KFUO)
Be My Eyes, by Joel Hess on thejaggedword.com
Real men play with fire, shoot guns, and visit Parnell Krump for a straight razor shave. Step up to the challenge while listening to Ringside.
Topics:
- Men get haircuts
- First on the Fatal Scene, Debrief of a Pastor
- What makes communion? Do you need a pastor?
- What would be on God’s bookshelf?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers
and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - Fragile on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Debrief, Ross Engel thejaggedword.com
Yes, I know all cultures, all religions, all societies, all of science has understood that there are only two sexes and genders and natural sexuality. But wait, a couple of freshman girls coming back from a sorority party would like to say otherwise! Better listen now before Amber and Stacy change the history of the world.
Topics:
- Summer cocktails by Ringside
- Marriage was created to be picture of Christ in the Church
- Addressing LGBTQ community in God’s design
- Satan’s reign in a rage room
Guest:
Rev. Jonathan Petzold
Male and Female, Embracing Your Role in God’s Design
For info and to order: cph.org/malefemale
Facebook Launch group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/maleandfemalecph
Facebook Live Book Launch Party: https://fb.me/e/Jkx2njv4
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers
and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - sure as hell on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Wise Blood, Flannery O Connor
Outlaw God, Steven Paulson
Your baseball team has a losing record. Your favorite gum is gone. Your AC is broke for summer. Your mother’s politics are wrong. Turn off your turntable. Shut the door. Throw your coat in the corner. Lay down on the floor. Listen to some Ringside.
Topics:
- The End of Denominations
- Boring stuff in the Bible - should we read all of it?
- What are Elders in the church?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Topics:
- Jesus’ family thinks he’s crazy, they’re right. Grace is insanity!
- Pride month: who is benefitting?
- UFOs & aliens
- Virtual reality in church, work, life
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Let’s Roll, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
It’s Raining Men, Weather Girls
Should you Baptize an Alien? Ringside Podcast
Joe Rogan Experience #1347 - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Surrogates (movie)
Deep Work, Cal Newport
We are all veterans of some sort. Wounded from little wars with no heroes welcome and scars disguised as character flaws. Let the dead bury their own. Grab a seat, O weary soldiers. Let us entertain you with a fairy tale that might be actually be real.
Topics:
- Ross “Chaps” meets Jocko and Leif
- Military Leadership informs Pastoral Leadership
- The Trinity - why even say the Athanasian Creed? Or any Creed?
- Which prayers should you build into your life?
- “If I die before I wake”… sleep is death
- Explaining the Trinity…
Guest: Cindy Koch
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - man, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Revolutionary New Ministry Plan, Caleb Weight thejaggedword.com
Echelon Front Extreme Ownership Muster
Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
The Dichotomy of Leadership, Jocko Willink
Leadership Strategy and Tactics, Jocko Willink
Seculosity, David Zahl
St. Patrick's Bad Analogies, Lutheran Satire
Take a break from wailing at your own personal wailing wall made up of unfulfilled dreams, cold-hearted gods, and broken relationships. Pull the tab on a Schlitz and sit down for some yucking it up, and little Holy Spirit! We’ll buy this one: just relax.
Topics:
- Holy Spirit: what the heck is going on in Acts 2?
- Israel and Christianity… send in the bomb shelters!
- Misunderstandings of the Christian Faith
- Jesus breaks out of his information bubble
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Baboon, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Ecce Homo, Friedrich Nietzsche
Long Beach Griffy
Tired of looking for your one great purpose in life? Jesus took care of that too! Relax with Ringside and special guest Dr. Jeff Leininger, campus pastor at Concordia Chicago and author of “Callings for Life”.
Topics:
- God’s Calling for your Life: Is there ONE great thing?
- Vocation and Gloves of God
- What would it take to do a funeral?
Guest:
Dr. Jeff Leininger
Concordia University Chicago’s University Pastor
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - I See a Light, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Love and Friendship, Emily Bronte
Callings for Life: God’s Plan, Your Purpose, Dr. Jeffery Leininger
Beneath the calm, within the light,
A hid unruly appetite
Of swifter life, a surer hope,
Strains every sense to larger scope,
Impatient to anticipate
The halting steps of aged Fate.
Now listen to Ringside.
Topics:
- Were the Nazis wrong? Can you say something is “bad”
- Pastor fraud
- Should people even read their Bible at home?
- How should new Christians change their life?
- Moral Injury and how to respond… but Ross skipped the last session
Guests:
Rev. Matt Nolte
Bonnie Hicks
Mercedes Smith
Rev. Mike Shultz
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, GIna GIna on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other Stuff:
May Day, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Preparing to Die, Caleb Weight
Put down all the other documents you take for granted, light a cuban, drip some water on your sugar sitting in spoon over your Pernod’s, and consider the possibility that God’s thoughts are recorded down on papyrus.
Topics:
- Is the Museum of the Bible just another boring “museum”?
- History of Bible, not theology of Bible
- Biblical copy tradition, produced to accomplish something
- Distrust of the Bible? It’s all the same manuscripts…
- What’s the deal with 3 John?
- Overcome the world (1 Corinthians 5)
Guest:
Dr. Jeff Kloha
Museum of the Bible: museumofthebible.org
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, Lament of a Confederate Soldier on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
According to the make believe wokeness-ometer, Jesus qualifies as the most authoritative voice because he was the most oppressed. Poor Jew, not from Jerusalem, under Roman rule, betrayed by his own, even his friends, killed because of his identity. Listen to him.
Topics:
- Inventing a cause to protest?
- Identity Politics and the Identity of the Preacher
- External identity for the Gospel
- What do you do with grown ups who lose the way?
- “Jesus is Lord” (1 John 4)
Guest:
Rev. Dennis Matyas
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Infirm, Gwendolyn Brooks
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, Carl R. Trueman
Topics:
- Sending prayers… but do we?
- American flag in church equals Christian Nationalism?
- “Here I Stand” Anniversary of the Diet of Worms
- Mixing Metaphors Sunday: the lamb shaped door…
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Gods of Greece, Friedrich Schiller
Standing Where The Fire Has Been, Joel Hess on thejaggedword.com
Killing the Sheep - Paul Koch on thejaggedword.com
Need a resurrection in your life? Listen to Ringside.
Topics:
- Why do unbelievers celebrate Easter?
- Experiencing Jesus now (Gospel and letters of John)
- Are you Christian if you don’t go to church?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
1-3 John (Concordia Commentary) Dr. Bruce Schuchard
Christ is risen! So you can sit... and listen to Ringside. That's the gospel.
“Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
He has destroyed it by enduring it.
He destroyed Hell when He descended into it.
He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.
Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead!”
- Chrysostom
Topics:
- Halle or Alle?
- Did Jesus choose who he would appear to?
- Church membership declining under 50%, it doesn’t matter.
- Would you believe what the women said about Jesus’ resurrection?
- New angles for the Easter proclamation
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Lament of a Confederate Soldier, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Easter sermon of John Chrysostom
It’s weird, don’t you feel like you need to do something while Jesus carries the cross and we just sit here drinking tea and eating crumpets? Help him out? Cheer Him on? Or put your feet up and listen to some fools talk about Him.
Topics:
- Crazy Easter Tradition Game
- Christ’s descent into hell? What the hell.
- Real bread and really break it for really special Maundy Thursday
- Strepitus Slam on Good Friday
- Palm Sunday or Sunday of the Passion…
- And what do you do with the crowds?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Sacred Harp Singers - Idumea
Dead Horse One - I love my man
I always root for the underdog in March Madness. That’s why you can count on Ringside to not only root for the underdog, we’ll go down with the ship with him.
Topics:
- Self-obsessed Covid Concern
- “Do This in Remembrance of Me” and how often?
- Pastoral ministry gets boring…
- Real strength in church and culture
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
thejaggedword.com
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - I see a Light, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Ash Wednesday, T.S. Eliot
Back Street Girl, Rolling Stones
James, the Apostle of Faith: A Primary Christological Epistle for the Persecuted Church, Dr. David Scaer
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While you are busy working at being passive in your righteousness, let God sanctify you through some holy words spoken by unholy men.
Topics:
- The Chosen; what do you think?
- Biblical movies… how do you portray Christ on the screen?
- Sacraments in an un-sacramental church
- Pray because God said so
- Hebrews 5
Guest:
Rev. Tim Winterstein
Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, WA
Saints and Cinema
Writer for thejaggedword.com
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
thejaggedword.com
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - Man, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Review of The Chosen on thejaggedword.com
Christ the Lord, Anne Rice
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
Large Catechism Preface to Lords Prayer
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Make your bed. Hit the gym. Call mom. Play Ringside.
Topics:
- Funeral woes
- Do you get everything you want in heaven?
- Dr. Seuss offended Amazon
- Beauty of the speakeasy
- Dead in Sin: Ephesians
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
thejaggedword.com
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - The One That I Want, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Glorious Rise of the Speakeasy, Paul Koch on The Jagged Word
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We aren’t cancelled yet. Maybe this will be the show! Come and witness history…
Topics:
- What is “church” in the time of COVID?
- Does the 8th commandment apply to Facebook?
- Watch out for Christian Nationalists
- When a church calls a pastor, what should a call committee ask?
- The cross is stupid for those who are perishing
Guest:
Cindy Koch
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - The One That I Want, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Finding Christ in the Straw, Rev. Bob Hiller
Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty
We aren’t cancelled yet. Maybe this will be the show! Come and witness history…
Topics:
- What is “church” in the time of COVID?
- Does the 8th commandment apply to Facebook?
- Watch out for Christian Nationalists
- When a church calls a pastor, what should a call committee ask?
- The cross is stupid for those who are perishing
Guest:
Cindy Koch
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - The One That I Want, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Finding Christ in the Straw, Rev. Bob Hiller
Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty
Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn on your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh’s legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus.
Topics:
- The Legacy of Rush
- Rend Your Heart, Tear Your Garments, It’s OK to Mourn
- Lost Art of Shaking Hands
- Jesus and Welfare
- Suffering is not the Greatest Evil: Romans 5
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Either/Or, Soren Kierkegaard
The Way Things Ought To Be, Rush Limbaugh
craftofpreaching.com
Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh’s legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus.
Topics:
- The Legacy of Rush
- Rend Your Heart, Tear Your Garments, It’s OK to Mourn
- Lost Art of Shaking Hands
- Jesus and Welfare
- Suffering is not the Greatest Evil: Romans 5
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Either/Or, Soren Kierkegaard
The Way Things Ought To Be, Rush Limbaugh
craftofpreaching.com
Repent and believe the good news. Everything will be OK!
Topics:
- You and your Ash: what is going on this Wednesday?
- Favorite Lenten Songs
- The bad way to fast for Lent
- Temptation of Christ and the Coming of the Kingdom
- Superstars in Sport and Ministry
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - Fragile Young Heart, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Ash Wednesday, T.S. Elliot
Finding Christ in the Straw, Rev. Bob Hiller
Outlaw God, Steve Paulson
Repent and believe the good news. Everything will be OK!
Topics:
- You and your Ash: what is going on this Wednesday?
- Favorite Lenten Songs
- The bad way to fast for Lent
- Temptation of Christ and the Coming of the Kingdom
- Superstars in Sport and Ministry
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia - Fragile Young Heart, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Ash Wednesday, T.S. Elliot
Finding Christ in the Straw, Rev. Bob Hiller
Outlaw God, Steve Paulson
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asleep, the reality is far brighter and beautiful than we imagine. Christ is risen and so shall we. The dreamer who dreams is He.
Topics:
- Bible study and hermeneutics for congregations
- Kingdom of God is here right now: “in principle, not without remainder”
- An exegetical examination of sending of the Spirit in the Gospel of Mark
- God does what He does, it doesn’t look like what you expect
- In tough times, seeing is believing? Not according to St. Mark
- Ambiguity of the evidence
Guest:
Dr. James Voelz
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Dream Within a Dream, Edgar Allan Poe
What Does This Mean?, Dr. James Voelz
1 Corinthians 10:11
The Presence of the Future, George Eldon Ladd
Matthew 11:2-6 (“Shall we look for another?”)
Mark 16:7 (tombstone quote)
Agnus Dei, Kelly Schumacher
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asleep, the reality is far brighter and beautiful than we imagine. Christ is risen and so shall we. The dreamer who dreams is He.
Topics:
- Bible study and hermeneutics for congregations
- Kingdom of God is here right now: “in principle, not without remainder”
- An exegetical examination of sending of the Spirit in the Gospel of Mark
- God does what He does, it doesn’t look like what you expect
- In tough times, seeing is believing? Not according to St. Mark
- Ambiguity of the evidence
Guest:
Dr. James Voelz
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Dream Within a Dream, Edgar Allan Poe
What Does This Mean?, Dr. James Voelz
1 Corinthians 10:11
The Presence of the Future, George Eldon Ladd
Matthew 11:2-6 (“Shall we look for another?”)
Mark 16:7 (tombstone quote)
Agnus Dei, Kelly Schumacher
Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world! Have a listen to your mom’s favorite preachers and intern with guest Raleigh Sadler of LMPG and author of “vulnerable”.
Topics:
- The sensationalism of human trafficking
- Rationalizations of the perpetrator
- Marilyn Manson and abuse, are you surprised?
- Dehumanization behind the screen: friends and porn
Guest:
Raleigh Sadler
Let My People Go lmpg.org
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia , on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Vulnerable, Raleigh Sadler
Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world! Have a listen to your mom’s favorite preachers and intern with guest Raleigh Sadler of LMPG and author of “vulnerable”.
Topics:
- The sensationalism of human trafficking
- Rationalizations of the perpetrator
- Marilyn Manson and abuse, are you surprised?
- Dehumanization behind the screen: friends and porn
Guest:
Raleigh Sadler
Let My People Go lmpg.org
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Music:
Willing Virginia , on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Vulnerable, Raleigh Sadler
Like needing to find a bathroom, the urgency of preaching the presence of God’s kingdom should be felt in the very inner being of every pastor. Not that anything has changed, but God is definitely demonstrating the vulnerability of sinners to the masses. The harvest is now!
Topics:
- Urgency in today’s Preaching - thank you Pandemic!
- Disaster drags people back to the church, but what will be remembered about COVID times?
- Preaching the Kingdom of Heaven is here
- It’s weird to preach to people who are not yours: pastors’ secrets
- Kingdom in the OT: the Exodus and presence of God
Guest:
Dr. Jeff Pulse
Professor of Exegetical Theology, Director of Certification and Placement, Contributor for the Craft of Preaching
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot
JK O’Donnell’s
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Amusing ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
Like needing to find a bathroom, the urgency of preaching the presence of God’s kingdom should be felt in the very inner being of every pastor. Not that anything has changed, but God is definitely demonstrating the vulnerability of sinners to the masses. The harvest is now!
Topics:
- Urgency in today’s Preaching - thank you Pandemic!
- Disaster drags people back to the church, but what will be remembered about COVID times?
- Preaching the Kingdom of Heaven is here
- It’s weird to preach to people who are not yours: pastors’ secrets
- Kingdom in the OT: the Exodus and presence of God
Guest:
Dr. Jeff Pulse
Professor of Exegetical Theology, Director of Certification and Placement, Contributor for the Craft of Preaching
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot
JK O’Donnell’s
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Amusing ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
Experience the reality of God while the world is ending. Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and Dr. Arthur Just from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne explore how the real tangible gifts of God break through the shadows of this crumbling world.
Topics:
- Our victorian negative society - the world is ending with a whimper
- Eschatological moments breaking in - the Eucharist
- Gospel of Luke and the Eternal 8th day
- How do you find meaning in suffering?
- Liturgy is a living heritage and something new
- Connecting our senses to worship
Guest:
Dr. Arthur Just
Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
And Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Eliot and His Age: T. S. Eliot’s Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century
John the Baptist and circumcision, Martin Luther
Experience the reality of God while the world is ending. Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and Dr. Arthur Just from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne explore how the real tangible gifts of God break through the shadows of this crumbling world.
Topics:
- Our victorian negative society - the world is ending with a whimper
- Eschatological moments breaking in - the Eucharist
- Gospel of Luke and the Eternal 8th day
- How do you find meaning in suffering?
- Liturgy is a living heritage and something new
- Connecting our senses to worship
Guest:
Dr. Arthur Just
Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
And Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Eliot and His Age: T. S. Eliot’s Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century
John the Baptist and circumcision, Martin Luther
What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and John Pless from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne tackle this topic from a practical and historical viewpoint after eating fried chicken livers, of course.
Topics:
- Suffering and sanctification; what God is doing in your life to save you from yourself?
- Pandemics help us to confront reality and open doors to deliver Christ
- Interpreting the law for the preaching of the Gospel
- “He who has the victory of the last hour can endure the next few minutes.” Learning form the preachers of history: Tillich, Sasse, and Bonhoeffer
- Demythologizing the people; preachers need to know the lie
- Disconnecting death from sin in our pandemic
Guest:
John T. Pless
Assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions and the director of Field Education At Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne.
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and the Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The End of the World, Archibald MacLeish
Formula of Concord - Election
Heidelberg Disputation, Martin Luther - calls a thing what it is
Oswald Bayer
Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague; Letter to Johann Hess from Martin Luther
Hermann Sasse, American Christianity and the Church 1927
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, 3 books about the church
Sasse, wartime sermon
Psalm 90
What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and John Pless from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne tackle this topic from a practical and historical viewpoint after eating fried chicken livers, of course.
Topics:
- Suffering and sanctification; what God is doing in your life to save you from yourself?
- Pandemics help us to confront reality and open doors to deliver Christ
- Interpreting the law for the preaching of the Gospel
- “He who has the victory of the last hour can endure the next few minutes.” Learning form the preachers of history: Tillich, Sasse, and Bonhoeffer
- Demythologizing the people; preachers need to know the lie
- Disconnecting death from sin in our pandemic
Guest:
John T. Pless
Assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions and the director of Field Education At Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne.
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and the Craft of Preaching
Music:
Willing Virginia - Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The End of the World, Archibald MacLeish
Formula of Concord - Election
Heidelberg Disputation, Martin Luther - calls a thing what it is
Oswald Bayer
Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague; Letter to Johann Hess from Martin Luther
Hermann Sasse, American Christianity and the Church 1927
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, 3 books about the church
Sasse, wartime sermon
Psalm 90
From the city begun by Mad Anthony in 1794, some mad preachers carry on the revolutionary spirit with some spirited talk about submitting to murderous immoral pagan emperors.
Topics:
- Subjection to authority, but have you seen our leaders lately? (1 Peter 2: 13)
- How should Christians respond to legislated unrighteousness?
- Taco Bell lady and the localized vocational dream…
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Sam Martin - rreal
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Overly excited tourist - Ryan O'Flanagan
Mad Anthony Wayne & Conrad Hilton
The Fort Wayne restaurant tour:
- JK O’Donnell’s
- Henry’s
- Laycoff’s
- Don Hall’s Guesthouse
- Taco Bell
In the Ring with Dr. John Pless
A Political Animal by Scott Keith on thejaggedword.com
From the city begun by Mad Anthony in 1794, some mad preachers carry on the revolutionary spirit with some spirited talk about submitting to murderous immoral pagan emperors. Topics: - Subjection to authority, but have you seen our leaders lately? (1 Peter 2: 13) - How should Christians respond to legislated unrighteousness? - Taco Bell lady and the localized vocational dream… Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Sam Martin - rreal Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Overly excited tourist - Ryan O'Flanagan Mad Anthony Wayne & Conrad Hilton The Fort Wayne restaurant tour: - JK O’Donnell’s - Henry’s - Laycoff’s - Don Hall’s Guesthouse - Taco Bell In the Ring with Dr. John Pless A Political Animal by Scott Keith on thejaggedword.com
In between boarding up your windows and hauling 5 lb. drums of peanut butter down to your basement, grab a hot rum toddy, pull your muck boots up, and inject yourself with a little reality in Jesus with the Preachers.
Topics:
- The Trump attraction: a reflection of who we are as Americans?
- Our country is not divided, we are united. Thoughts with Tyler
- Trust the system or trust your people.
- When is it right to overthrow the government?
Guest:Cindy Koch
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Fragile, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Trump’s America is Your America on thejaggedword.com
In between boarding up your windows and hauling 5 lb. drums of peanut butter down to your basement, grab a hot rum toddy, put your muck boots up, and inject yourself with a little reality in Jesus with the Preachers. Topics: - The Trump attraction: a reflection of who we are as Americans? - Our country is not divided, we are united. Thoughts with Tyler - Trust the system or trust your people. - When is it right to overthrow the government? Guest: Cindy Koch Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Fragile, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Trump’s America is Your America on thejaggedword.com
While you are comparing your presents and life to others, pour a Sidecar, turn off the Taylor Swift, and man up.
Topics:
- Christmas movie reviews by the Preachers
- Should we explain miracles by natural phenomena? (i.e. History Channel Theology)
- The world is crumbling around us… at the birth of Jesus
- Artsy preaching or plain speak: what is better?
Guest:
Tyler’s Dad
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Christmas Time, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other Stuff:
The Nativity, Albrecht Altdorfer
Richard Townes, Bethel Lutheran Howard City, MI
Christmas Bells, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Johnny Cash
While you are comparing your presents and life to others, pour a Sidecar, turn off the Taylor Swift, and man up. Topics: - Christmas movie reviews by the Preachers - Should we explain miracles by natural phenomena? (i.e. History Channel Theology) - The world is crumbling around us… at the birth of Jesus - Artsy preaching or plain speak: what is better? Guest: Tyler’s Dad Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Christmas Time, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other Stuff: The Nativity, Albrecht Altdorfer Richard Townes, Bethel Lutheran Howard City, MI Christmas Bells, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Johnny Cash
God will forever be man. While you think about that, take a listen to our recent episode on the elevation of human beings on Christmas, Mary’s unique role, and ministering to public servants unable to be home for Christmas.
Topics:
- God made eternally human
- Why talk about Mary? Should we do it more…
- “There can be only one: Jesus vs. Santa” Pay Per View event coming soon
- Celebrating Christmas when life sucks
Guest:
Graham Glover
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia- Christmas Bells, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
God will forever be man. While you think about that, take a listen to our recent episode on the elevation of human beings on Christmas, Mary’s unique role, and ministering to public servants unable to be home for Christmas. Topics: - God made eternally human - Why talk about Mary? Should we do it more… - “There can be only one: Jesus vs. Santa” Pay Per View event coming soon - Celebrating Christmas when life sucks Guest: Graham Glover Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Christmas Bells, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man
Christmas is a time when we get to hear non-believers sing about Jesus. You could complain or admire God’s strategic ministry plan. While you’re laughing, listen to some Ringside.
Topics:
- Christmas cocktail favorites from the Preachers
- Is the Book of James Christological? And what did Martin Luther think?
- Should we be skeptical of the virgin birth in the Gospel accounts?
- White or colored Christmas lights - what would Jesus do?
- Has this pandemic inspired a greater appreciation for Christmas? Or just depression?
Guest:
Rev. Bob Hiller
Senior Pastor at Community Lutheran Church
Book: Christ in the Straw
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Emmanuel on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Christmas is a time when we get to hear non-believers sing about Jesus. You could complain or admire God’s strategic ministry plan. While you’re laughing, listen to some Ringside. Topics: - Christmas cocktail favorites from the Preachers - Is the Book of James Christological? And what did Martin Luther think? - Should we be skeptical of the virgin birth in the Gospel accounts? - White or colored Christmas lights - what would Jesus do? - Has this pandemic inspired a greater appreciation for Christmas? Or just depression? Guest: Rev. Bob Hiller Senior Pastor at Community Lutheran Church Book: Christ in the Straw Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Emmanuel on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man
Put your pagan feet on the ole Yule log and let the Ringside Preachers tell you a better tale about how the world began and what heroes once did to save it.
Topics:
- Christmas gift guide for guys, from the Preacher men
- The Tim Burton of Advent stories: theological differences between the 1-year and 3-year lectionaries
- If some sort of dystopian event happens, what’s in your “bug out bag”?
- “He knew how to keep Christmas well,” from Charles Dickens. Do we have that knowledge?
Guest:
Rev. James Hopkins
First Lutheran Church of Boston
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Christmas Time
Willing Virginia - Emmanuel
on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Put your pagan feet on the ole Yule log and let the Ringside Preachers tell you a better tale about how the world began, and what heroes once did to save it. Topics: - Christmas gift guide for guys, from the Preacher men - The Tim Burton of Advent stories: theological differences between the 1-year and 3-year lectionaries - If some sort of dystopian event happens, what’s in your “bug out bag”? -“He knew how to keep Christmas well,” from Charles Dickens. Do we have that knowledge? Guest: Rev. James Hopkins First Lutheran Church of Boston Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Christmas Time Willing Virginia - Emmanuel Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Eating a whole turkey by yourself? May we join? Hit play, grab a leg, dip in cranberry, and enjoy what some people call the greatest meeting of minds since Shane MacGowan got together with Nick Cave to record My Way!
Topics:
- Is it important to GO to Seminary to be a pastor?
- Megachurch versus multi-site churches
- Advent and some obscure thoughts from the Gospels…
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
Concordia Seminary St. Louis
thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Merry Christmas Satan on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Kyle Dunnigan, IG video
US Megachurches Are Getting Bigger and Thinking Smaller, Christianity Today
What Does This Mean? James Voelz
In the Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
Eating a whole turkey by yourself? May we join? Hit play, grab a leg, dip in cranberry, and enjoy what some people call the greatest meeting of minds since Shane MacGowan got together with Nick Cave to record My Way! Topics: - Is it important to GO to Seminary to be a pastor? - Megachurch versus multi-site churches - Advent and some obscure thoughts from the Gospels… Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Merry Christmas Satan, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Kyle Dunnigan, IG video US Megachurches Are Getting Bigger and Thinking Smaller, Christianity Today What Does This Mean? James Voelz In the Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
We asked Dr. Steven Paulson when the end of the world would be… He said it already happened and we missed it! But that’s Ok, Jesus invites you into it! Perk up your ears and give us listening to.
Topics:
- On which side of history is God? Because Abe Lincoln didn’t know the gospel…
- Assumptions about God’s law and the Constitution: the pursuit of happiness?
- Conspiracy reality! Fanaticism and fear
- When is the end coming? I’m sorry the end has already come…
Guest:
Dr. Steven Paulson
Lutheran Theology
Outlaw God (3 volume set Luther and the Hidden God)
Outlaw God Podcast, 1517 Podcast Network
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Miss America, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Second Coming, Yeats
The Essence of Christianity, Ludwig Feuerbach
The Essence of Faith according to Martin Luther, Ludwig Feuerbach
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, “Whatever is, is right”
We asked Dr. Steven Paulson when the end of the world would be… He said it already happened and we missed it! But that’s Ok, Jesus invites you into it! Perk up your ears and give us listening to. Topics: - On which side of history is God? Because Abe Lincoln didn’t know the gospel… - Assumptions about God’s law and the Constitution: the pursuit of happiness? - Conspiracy reality! Fanaticism and fear - When is the end coming? I’m sorry the end has already come… Guest: Dr. Steven Paulson Lutheran Theology Outlaw God (3 volume set Luther and the Hidden God) Outlaw God Podcast, 1517 Podcast Network Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Second Coming, Yeats The Essence of Christianity, Ludwig Feuerbach The Essence of Faith according to Martin Luther, Ludwig Feuerbach Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, “Whatever is, is right”
Rev. Ross Engel, discusses the reception of the first Medal of Honor awarded to an African American from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This one-on-one conversation features Sgt. 1st Class LaMarr Payne, a veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, who shares his perspective, remembering his brother in arms, Sgt. 1st Class Alywn Crendall Cashe.
Recipient of the Silver Star, SFC Alywn Crendall Cashe, has been vetted and approved for receiving the nation’s highest honor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in Iraq which saved the lives of 6 soldiers after their vehicle struck an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). The Senate has passed legislation that would allow this upgrade to happen and as of this week, the final paperwork for SFC Cashe’s Medal of Honor has been placed on President Trump’s desk and awaits his signature!
Guest, SFC Payne (retired), served for 24 years in the infantry and served as a Platoon Sergeant as well as an instructor for men of the Iraqi Army who he trained to serve as Iraqi police. During his time in the Army, he became close friends with SFC Alwyn Cashe and was stationed with him several times throughout his long career. He and his wife remain close friends with SFC Cashe’s family, and offers insight on the valor and heroism shown by his brother.
Rev. Ross Engel, discusses the reception of the first Medal of Honor awarded to an African American from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This one-on-one conversation features Sgt. 1st Class LaMarr Payne, a veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, who shares his perspective, remembering his brother in arms, Sgt. 1st Class Alywn Crendall Cashe. Recipient of the Silver Star, SFC Alywn Crendall Cashe, has been vetted and approved for receiving the nation’s highest honor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in Iraq which saved the lives of 6 soldiers after their vehicle struck an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). The Senate has passed legislation that would allow this upgrade to happen and as of this week, the final paperwork for SFC Cashe’s Medal of Honor has been placed on President Trump’s desk and awaits his signature! Guest, SFC Payne (retired), served for 24 years in the infantry and served as a Platoon Sergeant as well as an instructor for men of the Iraqi Army who he trained to serve as Iraqi police. During his time in the Army, he became close friends with SFC Alwyn Cashe and was stationed with him several times throughout his long career. He and his wife remain close friends with SFC Cashe’s family, and offers insight on the valor and heroism shown by his brother.
Take a break from the war and enjoy a holy meal of ordinary things!
Topics:
- The opposite political party is an enemy of God? So Franklin Graham says…
- Too much news?
- Real men don’t watch news.
- End times November: Don’t be afraid of the Kingdom of Heaven
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Miss America, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Eloisa to Abelard, Alexander Pope
Franklin Graham Calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting
Anchorman 2: Ron Burgundy and 24 hours news
The Way of Men, Jack Donavon
Take a break from the war and enjoy a holy meal of ordinary things! Topics: - The opposite political party is an enemy of God? So Franklin Graham says… - Too much news? - Real men don’t watch news. - End times November: Don’t be afraid of the Kingdom of Heaven Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Miss America, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Eloisa to Abelard, Alexander Pope Franklin Graham Calls for a Day of Prayer and Fasting Anchorman 2: Ron Burgundy and 24 hours news The Way of Men, Jack Donavon
While you wait for Ferdinand to get shot, here's something to think about...
Topics:
- Do Lutherans focus too much on “Justification”?
- Should we seek a political home here?
- Kanye on expository preaching… wait, what the hell is that
- Lutheran or Christian, what should we call ourselves?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Augsburg Confession Article IV: Justification
Thabiti Anyabwile “political homelessness is a blessing…”
Kanye West on Joe Rogan Podcast
Craft of Preaching
Just like we end up walking in circles when lost with no navigation instruments, so does humankind outside of Christ. Nothing has changed since the Reformation. People still suck and God still loves.
Topics:
- Do we live in a parallel or different culture to the Reformation days?
- Was Martin Luther fighting the theology of the Church of Rome?
- Historical keys to the success of the Reformation
- What came first: Reformational Church or Roman Catholic Church?
Guest:
Dr. Adam Francisco
Assistant Provost of Mission and Identity at Concordia University Chicago
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
Music:
A Mighty Fortress is our God
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
Just like we end up walking in circles when lost with no navigation instruments, so does humankind outside of Christ. Nothing has changed since the Reformation. People still suck and God still loves. Topics: - Do we live in a parallel or different culture to the Reformation days? - Was Martin Luther fighting the theology of the Church of Rome? - Historical keys to the success of the Reformation - What came first: Reformational Church or Roman Catholic Church? Guest: Dr. Adam Francisco Assistant Provost of Mission and Identity at Concordia University Chicago Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network Music: A Mighty Fortress is our God Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
Elections and presidents and politics and voting. Repent and believe the good news! Everything will be ok.
Topics:
- A Christian cannot vote for… sinful politicians and single issues
- Is it a sin to abstain from voting?
- Discovery of the Reformation is the opposite of the Gospel
- Is there such a thing as Free Will?
- Same sex unions are ok and should be encouraged?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - I see a light, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Gwendolyn Brooks
Joe Rogan Podcast with Tim Kennedy
Christ in Culture, Richard Niebuhr
Wholly Citizens, Joel Bierman
If You’re A Christian, You Simply Cannot Vote For Biden, by Matt Walsh
Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord on Free Will
Free Will, Sam Harris
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther
Pope Francis on same sex unions
TheJaggedWord.com
Elections and presidents and politics and voting. Repent and believe the good news! Everything will be ok. Topics: - A Christian cannot vote for… sinful politicians and single issues - Is it a sin to abstain from voting? - Discovery of the Reformation is the opposite of the Gospel - Is there such a thing as Free Will? - Same sex unions are ok and should be encouraged? Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - I see a light, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Gwendolyn Brooks Joe Rogan Podcast with Tim Kennedy Christ in Culture, Richard Niebuhr Wholly Citizens, Joel Bierman If You’re A Christian, You Simply Cannot Vote For Biden, by Matt Walsh Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord on Free Will Free Will, Sam Harris Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther Pope Francis on same sex unions TheJaggedWord.com
A crisis isn’t all bad. Crisis encourages us to recognize who we are and what is real. Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Bruce Schuchard exploring the crazy history of this sinful world and a preacher’s response to it. The Cross of Christ speaks volumes above anything that is offered as an empty solution. Come Lord Jesus!
Topics:
- Are the New Testament writings foreign to times of crisis?
- The “woe is me” complex when met with persecution
- What does a preacher teach and preach to comfort people through hard times?
- Prosperity may be a curse & we love a good funeral sermon
- An assessment from today’s pastors: what do the faithful need to hear now?
- Christ was a sensible dude, risk is OK
- Training pastors to focus what is really real
Guest:
Dr. Bruce Schuchard
Professor at Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
A crisis isn’t all bad. Crisis encourages us to recognize who we are and what is real. Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Bruce Schuchard exploring the crazy history of this sinful world and a preacher’s response to it. The Cross of Christ speaks volumes above anything that is offered as an empty solution. Come Lord Jesus! Topics: - Are the New Testament writings foreign to times of crisis? - The “woe is me” complex when met with persecution - What does a preacher teach and preach to comfort people through hard times? - Prosperity may be a curse & we love a good funeral sermon - An assessment from today’s pastors: what do the faithful need to hear now? - Christ was a sensible dude, risk is OK - Training pastors to focus what is really real Guest: Dr. Bruce Schuchard Professor at Concordia Seminary St. Louis Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word Music: Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man
Be a hero and listen up to the preachers! Real men die for a purpose and bring back a little doctrine in their sermons. Martin Luther would be proud.
Topics:
- Dying from COVID or from war
- Doctrinal teaching in preaching
- Too deep conversations for new Christians
- What would Luther say about today and would St. Paul go to your church?
- Overreactions of of a pastor
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - Sure as Hell on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Christ II (The Ascension)
Be a hero and listen up to the preachers! Real men die for a purpose and bring back a little doctrine in their sermons. Martin Luther would be proud. Topics: - Dying from COVID or from war - Doctrinal teaching in preaching - Too deep conversations for new Christians - What would Luther say about today and would St. Paul go to your church? - Overreactions of of a pastor Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word Music: Willing Virginia - Sure as Hell on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Christ II (The Ascension)
What is essential and non-essential in an age of crisis? Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Peter Nafzger in a discussion about preaching to specific people in a specific location. Half of the Seminary may be from Nebraska, but what does your hyper-local world need to hear? Maybe the preacher’s task is to start a crisis.
Topics:
- Forming a pastor during a pandemic: what is normal?
- Essential and helpful tools to support the community of the church, and not distract from it.
- Physical gatherings versus online gatherings
- Give them chaos or give them a break: preparing the direction of a sermon
- The ultimate goal of the task of a preacher
Guest:
Dr. Peter Nafzger
Professor at Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Craft of Preaching contributor
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network
The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word
Music:
Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Being as Communion, by John Zizioulas
Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What is essential and non-essential in an age of crisis? Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Peter Nafzger in a discussion about preaching to specific people in a specific location. Half of the Seminary may be from Nebraska, but what does your hyper-local world need to hear? Maybe the preacher’s task is to start a crisis. Topics: - Forming a pastor during a pandemic: what is normal? - Essential and helpful tools to support the community of the church, and not distract from it. - Physical gatherings versus online gatherings - Give them chaos or give them a break: preparing the direction of a sermon - The ultimate goal of the task of a preacher Guest: Dr. Peter Nafzger Professor at Concordia Seminary St. Louis Craft of Preaching contributor Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network The Craft of Preaching and Ringside Preachers and The Jagged Word Music: Willing Virginia - In the Arms of the King on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Being as Communion, by John Zizioulas Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Get the latest news and most accurate scholarly assessments from a few preacher men. Or just sit back and enjoy your beer.
Topics:
- Can we trust the Bible? manuscripts, evidential apologetics and simple trust
- Jesus goes off on the Pharisees: kicked out of the feast in Matthew 22
- Wasting time on people who don’t want it. The mundane preaching of the Gospel
- Do bad things happen because of sin? Or does _____ just happen?
- Hocus Pocus: what must you know about communion?
Thank you:
1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com
Music:
Willing Virginia - Gina Gina, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud
Dead Horse One - I love my man
Other stuff:
Iliad, Homer