Ringside Preachers

Topics:

1. What's changed with Christians
2. Culture and faith
3. Do you have to preach directly from the Bible?
4. The long game of Preaching

Guest: Dr. Joel Okamoto

Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Thank you:

1517.org

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

ITO Radio America

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

YOU CAN SPONSOR RINGSIDE:

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Music:

Joel Allen Hess "Pandemic lullaby"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Concordia Journal

Protestant-Catholic-Jew, Will Herberg

Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold

Topics:

1. Tipping is getting out of hand
2. Luther's Flood Prayer
3. The unexamined Faith is not worth believing
4. Is there an end game to making disciples?

RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EVENT:

"What is Wrong with Christianity" November 4, 6-10 pm at Grace Lutheran Ventura

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 - "to the sun" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Donovan Riley Podcasts: Warrior Priest, Banned Books

Luther's Flood Prayer

Gustave Dore, The Deluge (ark)

Branden Gerbracht - thank you for the topic!!

Topics:

1. Expanding Christian Schools
2. B.C. Scriptures
3. Gospel competing with the voices
4. Distracted generations, back to the basics!

Guest: Dr. Paul Raabe

Professor in Biblical Studies at Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ

Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St Louis (retired)

Thank you:

1517.org

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

ITO Radio America

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

YOU CAN SPONSOR RINGSIDE:

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

Music:

Joel Allen Hess "Let's Roll"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Concordia Commentary Series

You Need a Better Gospel, Klyne Snodgrass

Deep Work, Cal Newport

Topics:

1. Angel Numerology in the Clouds
2. Artist Above the Narrative: Ye says
3. Is Boredom a Sin?

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 - "real love" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

The Red Wheelbarrow, William Carlos Williams

The Lonely Way, Herman Sasse

Topics:

1. What is the CTCR?
2. Process of Persuasion
3. The intended audience of CTCR documents
4. Documents that led to the LCMS Walkout
5. How to use CTCR in the congregation
6. Lutheran Fundamentalism?

Guest: Dr. Rick Serina

Associate Executive Director Commission on Theology and Church Relations, LC-MS

Thank you:

1517.org

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

ITO Radio America

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

YOU CAN SPONSOR RINGSIDE:

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

Music:

Joel Allen Hess "Sure as Hell"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

lcms.org (CTCR)

A Statement on Scriptural and Confessional Principles, Ralph Bohlmann, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Fundamentalism in the Missouri synod, Milton L Rudnick

Martin Franzmann's Seven Theses on Reformation Hermeneutics

1. God's Wrath in Natural Disaster
2. A healthy body makes better pastors
3. Corrupt politics
4. Communion brings community

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/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess - "I see a light" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Rebuilding Church Community, christianitytoday.com

Topics:

1. Reading sermon vs. a Live sermon
2. Power of Specific speaking
3. Pictures vs Words in a sermon
4. Theology of the visual
5. Benefits of reading fiction

Guest: Dr. David Schmitt

Professor of Homiletics and Literature at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Thank you:

1517.org

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

ITO Radio America

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

YOU CAN SPONSOR RINGSIDE:

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

Music:

Joel Allen Hess "I see a light"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire, Gwendolyn Brookes

Preaching in Pictures: Using Images for Sermons That Connect, Peter Jonkers

The Beautiful Sermon: Image and the Aesthetics of Preaching, Dean Nadasdy

Philip K. Dick

P.D. James

Topics:

1. What if my first church hates me?
2. Big issues that Christians may be wrong about
3. Worship Wars
4. Whiskey Wars

GUEST SEMINARIANS:

Joseph Eggerman

Ethan Hart

Mark Esser

Dayton Dangel

Chris Dhuse

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Monthly Sponsors: 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 - "sons" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Pickney Bend Distillery

Topics:

1. Should we care about the Queen of England?
2. Shame and the Christian Life
3. Why study the confessions of a church?
4. Getting outside of your own head

THANK YOU, SPONSORS:

Mike Gibney, Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America

YOU CAN GIVE TO RINGSIDE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess "fragile"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Photo by @rev_koch

Other stuff:

Killer Queen, Queen

Victory MMA, Jocko Willink

Tim Kennedy

A sky without eagles, Jack Donovan

Reverence, Paul Woodruff

The Father's house, Corey Asbury

Calvary, Hillsong

The Iron and the Soul, Henry Rollins

Topics:

1. No More Gas Cars?
2. Megachurch Pastor Problems
3. How do you explain Justification?
4. Grow in Faith: is that possible

Ringside Podcast Symposium: September 19-22 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Community College: Friday, November 4 at Grace Lutheran in Ventura, CA

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Monthly Sponsors: 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 - "wasted" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Dr. Sigmund Freud Discovers The Sea Shell

Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, Matthew Crawford

Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction, Matthew Crawford

EWTN Catholic Radio

Inevitable Catechesis, Joel Hess thejaggedword.com

Why exhort a good tree? Raabe, Voelz