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192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

February 10, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
How Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness?

191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance

February 6, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church.

191a: Solzhenitsyn - Things have almost reached rock bottom

February 4, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Lies Taste Like Wonder-bread. In this episode, part one of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We discuss the two kingdoms, the need for Christ alone with no additives, and the importance of having an ethos.

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

January 26, 2021 | 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?

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

January 19, 2021 | 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.

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

January 16, 2021 | 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?

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

January 7, 2021 | 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?

186: Christmas During the Civil War

December 17, 2020 | 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.

185: Christmas after the Enlightenment

December 10, 2020 | 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.

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184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

December 3, 2020 | 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.

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

November 23, 2020 | 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?

182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

November 20, 2020 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
You Know Who Else Misunderstood The Kingdom of God? Hitler! In this episode, we read Herman Sasse’s 1930 essay on The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present. We discuss the two kingdoms doctrine, peoples’ station in life, and the need for public discussions of natural law.

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2015 - 2023
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