Ringside Preachers

We're trying to put roses at the foot of the cross to cover up the smell. But our Lenten devotions should be inhaling the stench of our sin. Let Jesus be your piety! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won't hear in church. "The Ringers" talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.

TOPICS & SOURCES:

City of God, Augustine

Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche

Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther

Lutheran Confessions

Against the Heavenly Prophets, Luther

Reading the Old Testament without the New

The worst people you will meet in heaven

In "relationship" with Christ

Music:

I See a Light by Joel A Hess

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

Ringside Preachers

Banned Books

The Ringside Preachers are on the road LIVE in Phoenix, AZ at the Best Practices Event. Take a listen to what's going on out there in ministry according to a few of our friends around the country. Thanks to Rev. Jeff Schrank for an awesome opportunity for conversation!

Topics:

1. Freedom! At Best Practices Ministry with Rev. Jeff Schrank
2. People Burnout with John Garcia
3. Infusing Joy in Faith with Rev. Kevin Jud and Rev. Adam Steinbrenner
4. Why be a Pastor? SMP with Joel Ripke
5. The Shock of Real Sinners with Rev. Thomas Gustafson

GUESTS:

Rev. Jeff Schrank at Christ Church Lutheran, Phoenix

John Garcia at Christ the King Lutheran, Newbury Park

Rev. Kevin Jud at Immanuel Lutheran Church and School, Hamilton, Ohio

Rev. Adam Steinbrenner at St. John Lutheran Church, Dublin, OH

Joel Ripke at Peace Lutheran, Columbus

Rev. Thomas Gustafson at Immanuel Lutheran Grand Rapids, MI

Thank you:

1517.org

thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

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

Music:

Joel Allen Hess - "Lets Roll" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Ringside Preachers and Dr. Jeff Pulse talk about mercy and wrath in the B.C. Scriptures along with the forgotten men in this history at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.

Topics:

1. What do we do with the Old Testament
2. God's wrath explained in grace
3. Forgotten Figures of Old Testament
4. Hardest Country to be a Christian?

Guest:

Dr. Jeffry Pulse

Director of Certification and Placement, Director of Continuing Education, Professor of Old Testament Theology

Thank you:

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

1517.org

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia)

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Live Not By Lies, Rod Dreher

In the First Circle, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism, Jeffrey Pulse

Noah Movie

Ringside Preachers and Dr. Geoff Boyle talk about the experience of the pastor and seminarian, and the necessity of great conversation at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.

Topics:

1. The Pastor-Theologian
2. Explaining Christ in Modern Day
3. Conversations are needed
4. Helping Pastors order their life
5. Christ imprinted in the OT

Guests:

Dr. Geoffrey Boyle

Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions and Director of Field Education

Thanks also to Rev. James Hopkins for sitting in!

Thank you:

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

1517.org

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music:

Joel A. Hess (Willing Virginia)

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Eighth Day Institute

Ad Fontes Conference

Nicolas of Cusa

Deep Work, Cal Newport

Getting Things Done, David Allen

Die Hard Ringside Fans ONLY. If you are easily offended by tasteless jokes or terrible outdoor audio quality, this is not the episode for you. Straight out of the FORT, Ringside is LIVE with too many visits from our old friend, the concerned seminarian. Light your stogie, sit back, and as usual: we apologize.

Thanks to our gracious hosts at Rudy's Cigar Shop! Stop by for great cigars and great times in Fort Wayne!

Topics:

1. The New Confessions
2. Is Church a safe place for conversation?
3. Theology on social media
4. Submit to thejaggedword.com!

Best Practices Ministry LIVE PODCAST EVENT

February, 16 & 17 at Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix, AZ

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Thank you:

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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:

Easter 2020, Malcolm Guite

Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications, CPH

Ringside podcast with Rev. Dr. Rick Serina

1984, George Orwell

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

1517.org

Grace Lutheran Ventura

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:

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:

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:

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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:

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