Ringside Preachers

Topics:

1. Is Sunday School a Waste of Time?
2. What is Bible Study?
3. Student Loan Forgiveness
4. How do you Choose a Church? We actually have no idea.

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 - "Lets Roll" More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Already Gone, Ken Ham

JOELcoin

Topics:

1. Sea adventures with Ross
2. Day-to-day life of a Chaplain
3. A Pastor doesn't choose whom he cares for
4. Chaplain continues on land

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/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Find Your Why, Simon Sinek

Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink

Topics:

1. Pastor Shortages
2. Do you have to love your job?
3. Jesus and the terrifying "narrow door" (Luke 13:22-30)
4. Rapture crazy-talk
5. Mental illness in the ministry

COMING UP:

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 "Man"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

The Divine Image, William Blake

craftofpreaching.com

Younger Pastors More Likely to Say They Struggle With Mental Illness, Christianity Today

Topics:

1. What you should be able to do with your stuff…
2. Is John 6 talking about the Lord's Supper?
3. Are men becoming more religious than women?

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 "Sure as Hell"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

My Boy Jack, Rudyard Kipling

Rich Rebuilds, V8 in a Tesla

Topics:

1. Personality of the Pastor
2. Identity Politics in in Culture and Church
3. Does Law and Gospel distinction make a good sermon?
4. Confession of Casket vs. Cremation

Guest: Rev. Dennis Matyas

THANK YOU MONTHLY SPONSORS:

Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio

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:

Joel Allen Hess "baboon"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Fault Lines, Voddie Baucham

Liturgical Preaching: Contemporary Essays, article by David Schmidt

Anguish of Preaching, Joseph Sittler

Say It!: Celebrating Expository Preaching in the African American Tradition, Eric Redmond

More cremations mean fewer chance to grieve together, Christianity Today

Topics:

1. Gospel Tithing
2. Radical generosity
3. Teaching to give

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

THANK YOU MONTHLY SPONSORS:

Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio

Guest: Rev. TIm Barkett

Thank you:

1517.org

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess "convenience store"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Silence, Shusaku Endo

Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

Topics:

1. American Response and Exposure to Opinions
2. Overturning of Roe v. Wade
3. The Church's response to Pro-life v. Pro-choice

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

NEW Monthly Sponsor: ITO Radio America

YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:

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

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess "Miss America"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney

ITO Radio America

Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman

Jaryon Myers

Richard Dawkins

Candace Owens video

Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood

Topics:

1. Welders or Philosophers: what do we really need?
2. Couples leading ministry: who's your first lady?
3. Pastor's finding their own replacement
4. Whats up with the Saints? (Revelation)
5. Galatians 3:23-29 What should we do with the Law?

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

NEW Monthly Sponsor: Blayne Watts

Music/Photo:

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

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

When I Consider How my Light is Spent, John Milton

Marco Rubio wants "more welders and less philosophers"

Caffeine and Philosophy (instagram Philosopher)

Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology, R.C. Sproul

Shop Class as Soul Craft, Matthew Crawford

Bill Burr First Ladies (You Tube)

Topics:

1. When you pastor dies
2. What does ONE baptism really mean?
3. Biblical views vs. political issues in church

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

NEW Monthly Sponsor: Blayne Watts

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess "I See a Light"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Photo by Paul Koch @rev_koch

Other stuff:

On the Death of a Pastor, thejaggedword.com

Topics:

1. God loves you because you are useful?
2. Blessing the boat and house
3. Christianity does the best job of explaining phenomena
4. Kingdoms on Earth (Alfred the Great)

Thank you:

1517.org

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran, Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music/Photo:

Henry Hess "Never Changed" - Listen on Soundcloud

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Preludes, by TS Eliot

The Last Kingdom (Alfred the Great show)