Topics: Does the great commission apply to women?What things are reserved for clergy only?Reviving private confession and absolution.     RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in Chicago Friday, April 28 “What’s Wrong with Christianity” SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A5AB2AA1FFC16-whats1     Thank you:  1517.org  thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago     Sponsors:  Chuck Daenzer, 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 - "this is our goodbye" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - “I love my man”       Other Stuff: Palm Sunday, Malcolm Guite Rick Warren: The Great Commission’s ‘Go and Teach’ Applies to Women, christianitytoday.com Service of Confession Absolution (Lutheran Service Book)

God seems to like material! He made it. He made us. He comes to us through the manger and the cross. Instead of giving up something for Lent, perhaps we should practice appreciation for God’s gift of creation. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things you won’t hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.   TOPICS & SOURCES:   Matthew Arnold   Spiritual Art   Incantation in music   Dominion over the precious ecosystem   Jordan Peterson   Appreciate Material for Lent       Music: Lets Roll by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

Topics: Quality Burger Ratings at MidnightWhy anoint? James 5Incense and Handbells     Thank you:  1517.org  thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago     YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN   Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America   Music: Joel Allen Hess - "I'll be coming home" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - “I love my man”   Other Stuff: I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day, Gerard Manley Hopkins James 5:14-15 Psalm 23

Topics: What is a real revival? Enthusiasm vs. BoringCross Roads with SatanWho are the wives of Cain and Abel?Aliens and the Faith - a desperate seeking for meaning   RINGSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE in Chicago Friday, April 28 “What’s Wrong with Christianity” SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A5AB2AA1FFC16-whats1   Thank you:  1517.org  thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago   NEW Sponsor!: Chuck Daenzer THANK YOU: 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 - "no heroes" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - “I love my man”   Other Stuff: Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Ringside Podcast at Best Practices Asbury Revival Smalcald Articles III, VIII, Of Confession (enthusiasm) The real Cross Road: Clarksdale, MS Between God and Satan, Helmut Thielicke  Joe Rogan: (there are many restarts to the world)

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: Freedom! At Best Practices Ministry with Rev. Jeff SchrankPeople Burnout with John GarciaInfusing Joy in Faith with Rev. Kevin Jud and Rev. Adam SteinbrennerWhy be a Pastor? SMP with Joel RipkeThe 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     YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN   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: What do we do with the Old TestamentGod’s wrath explained in graceForgotten Figures of Old TestamentHardest 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: The Pastor-TheologianExplaining Christ in Modern DayConversations are neededHelping Pastors order their lifeChrist 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: The New Confessions Is Church a safe place for conversation?Theology on social mediaSubmit to thejaggedword.com!   Best Practices Ministry LIVE PODCAST EVENT February, 16 & 17 at Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix, AZ   YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN   Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America   Thank you:  1517.org  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: T.S. Eliot leading up to his Christian ConversionThe Philosophy of Modern and Postmodern ChristianityHow does Eliot’s poetry speak to Christians today?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: God does not leave you without a preacher!Deliver us from Every Evil, even deathPraying the Lord’s Prayer as Luther didLegacy of Handing over the GoodsReflections on the life and theology of Jim NestingenPietism and AntinomianismGod 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: When the Liturgy is boring…Can you trust the preacher and the church?   THANKS! Staci Greunke   YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America   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: Rocky & a Jesus StoryChurch Membership: what does it take?What should we know about the Corinthians?   YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN   Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America   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: 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

Topics: Favorite Christmas TreatsSeasons for PastorsEverything you wanted to know about circumcisionWhat do Jesus’ experiences mean for us?   YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN   Monthly Sponsors: Frances Meadows, Eddie Switek, Blayne Watts, ITO Radio America   Thank you:  1517.org  Concordia Seminary, St. Louis thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran, Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago   Music: Joel Allen Hess - "there" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - I love my man   Other stuff: Little Tree, EE Cummings

Topics: Cranky Christmas ObservationsWhat do you say to someone who died outside of the faith?The IncarnationPost-incarnate ChristGift ideas for your lady   GET YOUR RINGSIDE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!! www.ringsidepreachers.com/shop   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 - "christmas bells" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - I love my man     Other stuff: The Christmas Rose, Cecil Day-Lewis Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus

Our God made the world and said, “I’m going to die for you because this is how I roll”. From the Beginning. Salvation by Jesus is before all time, redemption is now, and always was. 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:   Nicolás Gómez Dávila   Mirror or mortality   Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies   God’s timeline is now   Jesus redeems "the land”   Dualism    Jesus is the Torah of God   Mr. Rogers, “Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence... And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives.”   God’s words translate you   The Myth of Sisyphus   Genesis 1 and John 1, Recapitulation   Recapitulation Theory   Gustaf Fredrik Wingren   Music: Emmanuel by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel’s & Donavon’s Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

Topics: Christmas and Family?Guess the Real Christmas Song GAME!The Government is always the problem?Advent is nowRenewing Marriage Vows   GET YOUR RINGSIDE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!! www.ringsidepreachers.com/shop   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 - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - I love my man     Other stuff: Sermon for the 1st Sunday in Advent 1520, Martin Luther Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Putting the Advents back into Advent, Lutheran Forum, Mary Jane Haemig

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

The Body of Christ is in chaos - No, not in the U.S. (which increasingly might be taking the prize for crazy) - Haiti. We talk to our friend Israelson Isidor about being Church amidst the current turmoil in our neighbor, south of Florida.    Guest: Israelson Isidor   Donations needed: Copiers, printers, cellphone, laptops  Contact Ringside if you would like to help!     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 - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - I love my man