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224: Dreher - Create Small Fortresses of Memory

October 25, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
A Mighty Fortress is Our God’s Memory. In this episode, we read and discuss Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher. Why is communal memory important to preserving correct doctrine? What happens to families when communal memory is lost? When do traditions enable soft totalitarianism to infiltrate our churches and culture?

223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

October 16, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Remember That Time We Forgot to Remember? In this episode, we continue our reading and discussion of "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents" by Rod Dreher. What happens when we forget our familial, social, and Christian history? What have been the effects of therapeutic ideology on the churches? What is the benefit, and detriment, of communal memory?

222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

October 12, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
The Truth Is Like A Good Steak. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies.” Do we hold our pastors to a specific evangelical standard for preaching and ministry? What damage is done to churches whose members don’t have a firm theological and moral grounding in what’s good, right, and true?

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222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

October 9, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Lies Are Like Hotdogs. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies.” What harm is done to the churches by abandoning the Truth, and what about a society the lives by lies?

221: Dreher - Value Nothing More Than Truth

October 2, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
The Cake Is A Lie. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies,” discussing Vaclav Havel, and how the churches’ learned passivity and helplessness have rendered their ministry and outreach impotent.

220: Dreher - Progressivism as Religion

September 28, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
We’re Not Going Anywhere Fast, So Keep Going! In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident, and discuss the myth of progress. What happens when the church adopts the myth of progress and how does it effect its ministry and outreach?

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219b: Dreher - The spirit of the therapeutic has conquered the churches

September 22, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book "Live Not By Lies." What happens when therapeutics captivate the church’s teaching? How do we repent of willfully rejecting the incarnation of God In the Church’s worship, and in our vocations?

219a: Dreher - The death of God in the West

September 18, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
It’s So Soft, And Squishy. In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident. We discuss soft totalitarianism and its effects on the church and culture. What happens when everyone has a grievance and nobody can forgive?

218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

September 12, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Christians Rush in Where Fools Fear to Tread. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Christian Dissidents.” What is totalitarianism? What are the consequences of soft totalitarianism? What is the Christian response to tyranny?

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217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

August 30, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Christians Get Ready, There’s a’Change That’s Coming. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book, "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents." We discuss what happens when society and the churches turn away from God’s Word and the Church, and defect, choosing instead to worship and obey people and things that are not Christ.

216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

August 21, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Run, Rabbit, Run! In this episode, we read and discuss Spiritualizing Cowardice, by Garrett Mullet. When we read and consider the life of David, how has the popularity of psycho-therapeutic language and post-modern cultural norms in the past century influenced the way we read and teach on Scripture at present?

215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

August 17, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this episode, we discuss pastoral topics, congregational life, the challenges Christians face today, and how things have changed for clergy and the churches since 2020.

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2015 - 2023
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