Donavon Riley

  1. 191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance

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    02/06/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church.
    191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance

  2. 191a: Solzhenitsyn - Things have almost reached rock bottom

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    02/04/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Lies Taste Like Wonder-bread. In this episode, part one of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We discuss the two kingdoms, the need for Christ alone with no additives, and the importance of having an ethos.
    191a: Solzhenitsyn - Things have almost reached rock bottom

  3. 190: Kennedy - The Gospel deals with all of life, because it comes to heal the whole man

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    01/26/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Keep it Spiritual, Keep it Safe. In this episode, the conclusion to our discussion of Gerald Kennedy’s sermon, Communism in the Churches. Should churches mind their own business in regards to social and cultural matters? What happens when churches and Christian organizations avoid controversy in order to maintain the status quo? Does the Gospel have any power outside our churches’ walls?
    190: Kennedy - The Gospel deals with all of life, because it comes to heal the whole man

  4. 189: Kennedy - A Christian stands for truth even when it hurts the most

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    01/19/21
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    White Bread with Bologna and Propaganda Spread. In this episode, we continue reading a sermon preached by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, on Communism in Churches (c. 1960). The discussion focuses on whether propaganda is more important than the truth.
    189: Kennedy - A Christian stands for truth even when it hurts the most

  5. 188: Kennedy - This communist doctrine that God is something we can take or leave

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    01/16/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Religion is Extra Important. In this episode, is religion an extra? How has the communist doctrine on religion influenced our society and the churches? When is it time for churches to preach against society, and to what end?
    188: Kennedy - This communist doctrine that God is something we can take or leave

  6. 187: Gerald Kennedy - Contentiousness is not listed as Christian virtue

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    01/07/21
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Red Dawn in the Church. In this episode, a sermon by Bishop Gerald Kennedy on communism in the churches. What did it mean in 1960, and what does it mean today, that religion is an opiate?
    187: Gerald Kennedy - Contentiousness is not listed as Christian virtue

  7. 186: Christmas During the Civil War

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    12/17/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Can We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church.
    186: Christmas During the Civil War

  8. 185: Christmas after the Enlightenment

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    12/10/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Have Yourself A Very Enlightened Christmas. In this episode, an examination of the impact of the Enlightenment on the Church, especially the preaching and traditions of Advent and Christmas.
    185: Christmas after the Enlightenment

  9. 184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

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    12/03/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Christmas in Germany for Hitler. In this episode, a historical examination of Christmas in Germany during the Nazi regime, including new hymns, advent calendars, the emergence of Wotan, and Hitler’s Silent Night.
    184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

  10. 183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

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    11/23/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A shelter from pigs on the wing... In this episode, how do Christians interface with a godless state, love our neighbors without being complicit in promoting sin, and maintain the tension between the two kingdoms?
    183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

  11. 182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

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    11/20/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You Know Who Else Misunderstood The Kingdom of God? Hitler! In this episode, we read Herman Sasse’s 1930 essay on The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present. We discuss the two kingdoms doctrine, peoples’ station in life, and the need for public discussions of natural law.
    182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

  12. 181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

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    11/17/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Chairman Mao Loves Ice Cream. In this episode, G.K. Chesterton on what happens when we abolish God, and the government becomes the god. We discuss “unalienable rights endowed by the Creator.” The language of freedom and rights belongs to the law. And we finish with Chesterton’s prompt to consider fraud.
    181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God