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  1. 199: Weil - We Humiliate Ourselves Before False Gods

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    04/08/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Idol Talk. In this episode, we return to Simone Weil’s book, Gravity and Grace. Idolatry is the topic of conversation. What is an idol? In what ways does idolatry infiltrate our churches, and what are the consequences? How do we guard against it?
    199: Weil - We Humiliate Ourselves Before False Gods

  2. Resurrection: Seeing is Not Believing

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    04/06/21
    1 min
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    “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
    Resurrection: Seeing is Not Believing

  3. 198: Simone Weil - The Cross

    book
    04/01/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Into The Mystic. In this episode, we read and discuss the crucifixion as interpreted by Simone Weil, an anarchist, philosopher, and mystic.
    198: Simone Weil - The Cross

  4. 197b: Leo the Great - Use Lent for general improvement in the whole round of Christian duties

    book
    03/29/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Right Man for The Job. In this episode, we finish reading and discussing Leo the Great’s Lenten sermon about Christ’s two natures. What happens when the old Adam adds to Scripture’s witness to Jesus’ two natures?
    197b: Leo the Great - Use Lent for general improvement in the whole round of Christian duties

  5. 197a: Leo the Great - All the actions of Christ reveal the presence of the twofold nature

    book
    03/26/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    God Really Bodies Our Salvation. In this episode, we read and discuss a Lenten sermon from Leo the Great. What happens when the two natures of Christ are divided?
    197a: Leo the Great - All the actions of Christ reveal the presence of the twofold nature

  6. Will People Come Back?

    book
    03/02/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Cindy Koch | Paul Koch
    We aren't cancelled yet. Maybe this will be the show! Come and witness history...
    Will People Come Back?

  7. Limbaugh, Handshakes, and Jesus

    book
    02/22/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    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.
    Limbaugh, Handshakes, and Jesus

  8. It's OK to be Sad

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    02/18/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Repent and believe the Good News! Everything is OK.
    It's OK to be Sad

  9. To serve Man

    book
    01/15/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Does God come that we might serve Him, or that He might serve man? Craig and Troy revisit the end of Matthew 3 to bring out the implications of what it means for Jesus to serve us by fulfilling all righteousness.
    To serve Man

  10. 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

  11. Jesus gets down and dirty

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    01/08/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    God doesn't demand that you wash yourself and come up to Him in holiness, but instead He comes all the way down to you in the filth of your sin.
    Jesus gets down and dirty

  12. A Carpenter, a Young Girl, and God walk into Egypt . . .

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    01/01/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    . . . but the joke's on Herod. Joseph takes Mary and baby Jesus to refuge in Egypt, and all that happens in Matthew 2 is done in order to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament.
    A Carpenter, a Young Girl, and God walk into Egypt . . .