Advent sets us free to make an absolute train wreck of the incarnation. And the miracle of Advent is that we still end up reading about the birth of Jesus. 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:

The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, T.S. Eliot

Priscillianism and Advent

If Nietzsche heard about the Incarnation

The Simul

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

To a God Unknown, Steinbeck

Incarnation is the Gospel

Small Catechism, Third article of the Creed

Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther

Christmas depression and suicide

The humiliation of Jesus

Luther on the Magnificat

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

Ringside Preachers

Banned Books

Music: "Emmanuel" by Joel A Hess

Artwork: Donavon Riley