The Ringers: Advent is Not a Performance

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