

Ringside Preachers
Ringside Preachers
Enjoy thoughtful and humorous discussion about hot topics from God's point of view. You will hear some arguing, disagreeing and a little banter. Each pastor isn't afraid to call it like it is. Yet he also isn't afraid to change his mind! If you are not immediately enthralled we'll give you your money back!
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Feb 7, 2022 • 1h 5min
Christ Centered Counseling with Guest Rick Marrs
Topics: Finding a competent Christian Counselor Bad Theology in Counseling Luther and Depression Christ-centered counseling Guests: Dr. Richard Marrs Professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary St Louis Thank you: 1517.org Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: On being asked for a War Poem, WB Yeats Making Christian Counseling More Christ Centered, Rick Marrs Ambassadors of Reconciliation aorhope.com What Then is Man, Paul Meehl Competent to Counsel, Jay Edward Adams The History of the Cure of Souls, John T. McNeill The Book of Pastoral Care, Gregory the Great Finding Hope: from brokenness to restoration, Heidi Goehmann Nailed!: Moral Injury: A Response from the Cross of Christ for the Combat Veteran, Mark J Schreiber

Feb 3, 2022 • 1h 4min
Depression in the Christian Church
Struggles in faith and practice when dealing with depression and reflections on the visual message of Christ on the cross in church. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. Todd Peperkorn. Topics: Depression and Lack of Faith Doctors, Pastors, and Vocation Artistic Expression of the Crucifixion Theology of the Body Guest: Dr. Todd Peperkorn Thank you: 1517.org and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression, Todd Peperkorn Paradise Lost, Milton Higher Things

Jan 25, 2022 • 58min
The Catechism is a Tool Not a Textbook
Teaching and preaching a Biblical worldview through Luther's Small Catechism in every stage of life. Ringside Preachers are "In the Ring" for this Podcast Symposia in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with Special Guest Dr. John T. Pless. Topics: Catechesis as world view Catechism isn't a "one and done" thing Contextual prayer Meaning versus words Tentative, Oratio, Meditatio Consciousness of catechism in preaching Simple way to pray and how to listen to a sermon Guests: Dr. John T. Pless Thank you: 1517.org and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Death of a Teenage Movie Star" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: logia.org Pastor Craft, John Pless Seculocity, David Zahl Remembering the Christian Past, Robert Wilken Oswald Bayer How to Read a book, Mortimer Adler A Simple Way to Pray: Martin Luther, the 16th Century Reformer, Tells His Barber How to Empower His Prayer Life

Jan 19, 2022 • 1h 15min
Fresh-From-the-Sea Secrets with Ross
Topics: Facial Hair Modern Combat in the Navy Mid-life Career change to Chaplain Investing in Friendship Bonding: long distance, pandemics, and pipes Who knows where the poop goes Guests: Cindy Koch Travis Koch Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Sure as Hell" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Pipe and Pouch, George Wither Can Soldiers Be Saved, Martin Luther Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink Find you Why, David Mead

Jan 10, 2022 • 1h 2min
When's a Good Time for a Revolution? And Other Topics
Topics: Is there a time for an insurrection? What is the best Bible translation? What does the daily Christian life look like? Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Sure as Hell" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Journey of the Maji, T.S. Eliot

Jan 5, 2022 • 1h 2min
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Topics: Letting go in 2022 Older Christians teaching the pastor Pandemic of "Experts" Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Christmas Bells" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Year, Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Dec 29, 2021 • 51min
A Christmas Circumcision
Topics: Circumcision matters (Luke 2) Promise on your phallus How you get a dictator Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Christmas Bells" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Brick Testament (Lego storybook)

Dec 21, 2021 • 58min
Christmas Happens on Jupiter Too
Topics: Fatman: the new Christmas Classic Colossians 1: In Him, Through Him, and For Him Material and matter redeemed Can you fix the world? Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Christmas Bells" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: On the morning of Christ's Nativity, John Milton Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Oxen, Thomas Hardy

Dec 13, 2021 • 1h 7min
Depressed During Christmas?
Can you hear those Christmas bells my friend? I knows it's hard to hear them when you're at your rope's end. Put some L.L. Bean leather slippers on, splash some Aqua Vit on some ice, and let us cheer you up! Guest Dr. Michael Walcheski from Concordia St. Paul. Topics: Christmas and Depression "Mary" as the new "Eve"? Don't believe in the pre-incarnate Jesus Dangers for our young men Guest: Dr. Michael Walcheski Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies Concordia University St. Paul Dean College of Human Services and Behavioral Sciences. Professor of Psychology and Family Science Thank you: 1517.org and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Christmas Bells" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: In the Bleak Midwinter, Christina Rossetti Most Americans, and Many Christians, Don't Believe the Son of God Existed Before the Manger, christianitytoday.com The Boy Crisis, Warren Farrell and John Gray

Dec 7, 2021 • 1h 8min
Pastors and Politics
Topics: Christmas Traditions: weird, unhealthy, profound? Advents message in our fractured times Roe v. Wade and Mississippi Law A pastor's struggle with political stands Reason for the Season, is there no meaning in anything else? Guest: Rev. Graham Glover Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia "Emmanuel" on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: For the Time Being a Christmas Oratorio, W. H. Auden


