April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain. (The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot) The Ringside Preachers and Dr. Arthur Just explore the poetry of T.S. Eliot and his expression of the Christian Faith at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.

Topics:

1. T.S. Eliot leading up to his Christian Conversion
2. The Philosophy of Modern and Postmodern Christianity
3. How does Eliot’s poetry speak to Christians today?
4. Repentance and Culture

Guest:

Dr. Arthur Just

Professor of Exegetical Theology and Assistant Faculty Marshal at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. 

Thank you: 

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

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St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia) - “Birthdays, Roses, and Balloons “

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Eliot and His Age, Russell Kirk

The Golden Bough, Sir James George Frazer

Literary Converts, Joseph Pearce

The Confessions of X, Suzanne Wolfe

James K A Smith

Catherine Pickstock

Graham Ward

Liturgy in the Postmodern World, Keith Pecklers 

The Idea of a Christian Society, T.S. Eliot

Notes Towards a Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

The Book of Eli (movie)

The Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot

Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Eliot

At the end of the Lord's Prayer, you hear the promise of the resurrection rumbling through the whole thing. Finally, the door of the mighty fortress is going to open and the Prince of Peace will step forward! The Ringside Preachers join John T. Pless at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne to remember and honor the great theologian Jim Nestingen.

Topics:

1. God does not leave you without a preacher!
2. Deliver us from Every Evil, even death
3. Praying the Lord’s Prayer as Luther did
4. Legacy of Handing over the Goods
5. Reflections on the life and theology of Jim Nestingen
6. Pietism and Antinomianism
7. God is doing something through the preached Word

Guest:

John T. Pless

Assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. 

Thank you: 

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

1517.org 

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia) - “I See a Light “

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Martin Luther A Life,  James A. Nestingen 

Luther, Thrivent

The Faith We Hold, Nestingen

Free to Be, Nestingen and Forde

The Necessary Distinction: A Continuing Conversation on Law and Gospel, James Nestingen and John T. Pless

Luther’s Annotated Catechism with Contemporary Applications, The Theology of the Cross in the Lord's Prayer, James Nestingen

Letter to Peter the Barber, A Simple Way to Pray, Martin Luther

Praying Luther's Small Catechism, John T. Pless

Topics:

1. When the Liturgy is boring…
2. Can you trust the preacher and the church?

THANKS! Staci Greunke

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Thank you: 

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Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Dismantling Mistrust from the Pulpit, Dr. Robert Kolb, craftofpreaching.com

Topics:

1. Rocky & a Jesus Story
2. Church Membership: what does it take?
3. What should we know about the Corinthians?

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Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

Thank you: 

1517.org 

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Refugee, Malcolm Guite

Nature is Metal on Instagram

Grill Guy on Instagram

Raging Bull

Cinderella Man

Killing Jesus: A History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series) 

Luther’s Small Catechism

We Can’t All Wear Tracksuits, Ringside Podcast

Topics:

1. Favorite Christmas Treats
2. Seasons for Pastors
3. Everything you wanted to know about circumcision
4. What do Jesus’ experiences mean for us?

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Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

Thank you: 

1517.org 

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran, Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel Allen Hess - "there" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Little Tree, EE Cummings

Topics:

1. Cranky Christmas Observations
2. What do you say to someone who died outside of the faith?
3. The Incarnation
4. Post-incarnate Christ
5. Gift ideas for your lady

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Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

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Music:

Joel Allen Hess - "christmas bells" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

The Christmas Rose, Cecil Day-Lewis

Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus

Our God made the world and said, “I’m going to die for you because this is how I roll”. From the Beginning. Salvation by Jesus is before all time, redemption is now, and always was. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.

TOPICS & SOURCES:

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Mirror or mortality

Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies

God’s timeline is now

Jesus redeems "the land”

Dualism 

Jesus is the Torah of God

Mr. Rogers, “Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence... And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives.”

God’s words translate you

The Myth of Sisyphus

Genesis 1 and John 1, Recapitulation

Recapitulation Theory

Gustaf Fredrik Wingren

Music:

Emmanuel by Joel A Hess

Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts:

Ringside Preachers 

Banned Books

Topics:

1. Christmas and Family?
2. Guess the Real Christmas Song GAME!
3. The Government is always the problem?
4. Advent is now
5. Renewing Marriage Vows

GET YOUR RINGSIDE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!! www.ringsidepreachers.com/shop

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: 

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Music:

Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Sermon for the 1st Sunday in Advent 1520, Martin Luther

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Putting the Advents back into Advent, Lutheran Forum, Mary Jane Haemig

Everything that we do in the name of God is a justification for our impiety. We call it worship, we call it repentance, we call it preparation, but really it’s performative acts. But when the Word becomes Flesh, it is not performance. Jesus comes and this is not a test! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won’t hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.

TOPICS & SOURCES:

Athanasius

Luther on Genesis

You can’t separate God’s word from Jesus (John 1)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Jesus was not performing for an audience

Matthew 5:29

Free in Christ to laugh at Scripture

Human being vs. Creature

The Matrix

Wachowski Brothers

Controlling Death

Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke

Elysium (film)

Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther

Bill Burr

The long boring martyrdom of Christ: His life

Music:

Emmanuel by Joel A Hess

Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts:

Ringside Preachers 

Banned Books

The Body of Christ is in chaos - No, not in the U.S. (which increasingly might be taking the prize for crazy) - Haiti. We talk to our friend Israelson Isidor about being Church amidst the current turmoil in our neighbor, south of Florida. 

Guest: Israelson Isidor

Donations needed:

Copiers, printers, cellphone, laptops 

Contact Ringside if you would like to help!

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: 

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN

Music:

Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man