Author

  1. Anselm and Freedom

    book
    02/02/21
    1 min
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    Dr. Paulson outlines the issues with Anselm's propositions on free will. The show ends with a conversation about Christian freedom and service to neighbor.
    Anselm and Freedom

  2. Mankind - Not God - Needs Demythologizing: In the Ring with John Pless

    book
    01/28/21
    4 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch | John T. Pless
    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.
    Mankind - Not God - Needs Demythologizing: In the Ring with John Pless

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

    book
    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. Honoring Emperors

    book
    01/26/21
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    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.
    Honoring Emperors

  5. 189: Kennedy - A Christian stands for truth even when it hurts the most

    book
    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

  6. 188: Kennedy - This communist doctrine that God is something we can take or leave

    book
    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

  7. Interpreting the Times

    book
    01/11/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Cindy Koch | Paul Koch
    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.
    Interpreting the Times

  8. 187: Gerald Kennedy - Contentiousness is not listed as Christian virtue

    book
    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

  9. 186: Christmas During the Civil War

    book
    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

  10. 185: Christmas after the Enlightenment

    book
    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

  11. 184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

    book
    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

  12. 183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

    book
    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