Donavon Riley

  1. 223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

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    10/16/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Remember That Time We Forgot to Remember? In this episode, we continue our reading and discussion of "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents" by Rod Dreher. What happens when we forget our familial, social, and Christian history? What have been the effects of therapeutic ideology on the churches? What is the benefit, and detriment, of communal memory?
    223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

  2. 222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

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    10/12/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Truth Is Like A Good Steak. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies.” Do we hold our pastors to a specific evangelical standard for preaching and ministry? What damage is done to churches whose members don’t have a firm theological and moral grounding in what’s good, right, and true?
    222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

  3. 222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

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    10/09/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Lies Are Like Hotdogs. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies.” What harm is done to the churches by abandoning the Truth, and what about a society the lives by lies?
    222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

  4. 221: Dreher - Value Nothing More Than Truth

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    10/02/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Cake Is A Lie. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies,” discussing Vaclav Havel, and how the churches’ learned passivity and helplessness have rendered their ministry and outreach impotent.
    221: Dreher - Value Nothing More Than Truth

  5. 220: Dreher - Progressivism as Religion

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    09/28/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    We’re Not Going Anywhere Fast, So Keep Going! In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident, and discuss the myth of progress. What happens when the church adopts the myth of progress and how does it effect its ministry and outreach?
    220: Dreher - Progressivism as Religion

  6. 219b: Dreher - The spirit of the therapeutic has conquered the churches

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    09/22/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book "Live Not By Lies." What happens when therapeutics captivate the church’s teaching? How do we repent of willfully rejecting the incarnation of God In the Church’s worship, and in our vocations?
    219b: Dreher - The spirit of the therapeutic has conquered the churches

  7. 219a: Dreher - The death of God in the West

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    09/18/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s So Soft, And Squishy. In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident. We discuss soft totalitarianism and its effects on the church and culture. What happens when everyone has a grievance and nobody can forgive?
    219a: Dreher - The death of God in the West

  8. 218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

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    09/12/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Rush in Where Fools Fear to Tread. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Christian Dissidents.” What is totalitarianism? What are the consequences of soft totalitarianism? What is the Christian response to tyranny?
    218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

  9. 217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

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    08/30/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Get Ready, There’s a’Change That’s Coming. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book, "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents." We discuss what happens when society and the churches turn away from God’s Word and the Church, and defect, choosing instead to worship and obey people and things that are not Christ.
    217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

  10. 216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

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    08/21/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Run, Rabbit, Run! In this episode, we read and discuss Spiritualizing Cowardice, by Garrett Mullet. When we read and consider the life of David, how has the popularity of psycho-therapeutic language and post-modern cultural norms in the past century influenced the way we read and teach on Scripture at present?
    216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

  11. 215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

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    08/17/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we discuss pastoral topics, congregational life, the challenges Christians face today, and how things have changed for clergy and the churches since 2020.
    215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

  12. 214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

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    08/14/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Enemy at The Gates. In this episode, we read and discuss David Mark Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance." What are Christians to do when state and church unite to enforce laws that are in opposition to God’s Word and Christian freedom?
    214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance