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

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    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

  2. Thursday, January 28, 2021

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    01/28/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 814. Today we remember the death of Charlemagne. The reading comes from Bernard of Clairvaux, his "Jesus the Very Thought of Thee," translated by Edward Caswell.
    Thursday, January 28, 2021

  3. Q and A - Books and Theology

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    01/28/21
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    In this episode as Gretchen and Katie pause to answer a few questions from listeners.
    Q and A - Books and Theology

  4. Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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    01/27/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1343. Pope Clement VI proclaimed a coming jubilee and laid out the practice of indulgences. The reading is from G.K. Chesterton, “O God of Earth and Altar.”
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021

  5. Micah Bournes - Poet & Songwriter

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    01/27/21
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with poet & songwriter, Micah Bournes. They discuss his journey into poetry, and later songwriting. They discuss his creative process and the importance of exercising one’s creativity. You can find Micah’s poetry and music at MicahBournes.com.
    Micah Bournes - Poet & Songwriter

  6. 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

  7. Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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    01/26/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1681. We remember Isabel Alison and Marion Harvey, martyrs for the radical Covenanters. The last word for today comes from St. Jerome, a word on the church and martyrdom.
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021

  8. Honoring Emperors

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    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

  9. Monday, January 25, 2021

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    01/25/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1863. We remember the Quaker, Rufus Matthew Jones. The last word for today, a word about peace, comes straight from the Prince of Peace's mouth in the Gospel of John.
    Monday, January 25, 2021

  10. Sunday, January 24, 2021

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    01/24/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1076. Emperor Henry IV convened a synod at Worms to deal with the power-hungry pope. The reading is from John Newton, his poem, "A Thought on the Seas-Shore."
    Sunday, January 24, 2021

  11. Saturday, January 23, 2021

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    01/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1549. We remember Transylvanian Lutheran Johannes Honterus. The last word for today comes from a Hungarian poet, János Pilinsky, “On the Third Day.”
    Saturday, January 23, 2021

  12. Friday, January 22, 2021

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    01/22/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1561. We remember Francis Bacon. The last word for the day comes from another Christian philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
    Friday, January 22, 2021