Podcast Overview

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300: C.S. Lewis - A Grief Observed

03/27/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Are We Just Rats in a Maze? In this episode, we discuss grief, mourning, death, and hope while reading C.S. Lewis’s book, A Grief Observed.
Beisbol and Bilingual Ministry in Milwaukee with Chad Walta

03/24/23

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, Mike, Jason, Wade, and Chad Walta discuss bilingual urban ministry in Milwaukee.
- Ministry of the Church
298: Gregory P. Schulz - Baptized to Die

03/15/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

A Harsh & Necessary Conversation About Death. In this episode, we discuss death and resurrection concerning the death of a child from Gregory P. Schulz’s book, The Problem of Suffering: A Father’s Hope.
296: Bo Giertz - Christ’s Church: The Parish Church

03/01/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Say Hello to My Little Church! In this episode, we discuss Christ’s church and all its vagaries and particularities as expressed in Bo Giertz’s book, Christ’s Church.
293: Capon - All God Needs to Make a Preacher is a Nobody

02/08/23

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Dirt Naps Are For The Living. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Robert Capon’s, The Foolishness of Preaching, focusing on preaching forgiveness, insisting that the dead reform their deadness, and the consequences of high anthropology.
Thursday, January 26, 2023

01/26/23

9 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember St. Paula, among the earliest “Desert Mothers.”
- Church Fathers
- Christian History
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

01/17/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember Anthony, the father of Monasticism.
- Church Fathers
- Christian History
287: 1 Clement - Let our whole body be kept in working order in Christ Jesus

01/02/23

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Welcome to the Church, Can I Take Your Order? In this episode, we discuss Clement of Rome on the Church, especially good order, fruits of faith, and why the congregation at Corinth shouldn’t run off its pastors.
- Church Tradition
- Ministry of the Church
Servants of the Church

12/29/22

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Only briefly distracted by another Christmas rant, Craig and Troy return to the book of Timothy to examine the qualifications of a deacon of the church
- Ministry of the Church
284: Early Church Fathers on the Birth of Jesus

12/19/22

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Is It Too Early for Jesus’ Birth? In this episode, we read excerpts from various early church fathers on Jesus’ birth, with a heavy emphasis on the historicity of God’s incarnation. What part did earthly signs play in announcing Jesus’ birth? Why did it matter to the early fathers that God was born on an actual day, in an actual place, at an actual time? Do we at the present place the same emphasis as the early fathers on Jesus’ birth?
282: Irenaeus - Learn that Christ, born of the virgin, is your Lord and Savior

12/12/22

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Ted Just Admit It! He’s Always Been The Lamb. In this episode, we discuss Irenaeus’ Proof of Apostolic Preaching and what he has to say to those who make a show of faith but deny the incarnation of the Son according to the witness of Scripture.
- Church Fathers
- Incarnation
Order in the church!

12/09/22

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

In 1 Timothy 2, Paul sets out to describe how the church service is conducted and structured. What is governing principle for both?
- Ministry of the Church