Ringside Preachers

Beneath the calm, within the light, A hid unruly appetite Of swifter life, a surer hope, Strains every sense to larger scope, Impatient to anticipate The halting steps of aged Fate. Now listen to Ringside. Topics: Were the Nazis wrong? Can you say something is "bad" Pastor fraud Should people even read their Bible at home? How should new Christians change their life? Moral Injury and how to respond… but Ross skipped the last session Guests: Rev. Matt Nolte Bonnie Hicks Mercedes Smith Rev. Mike Shultz Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia, GIna GIna on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other Stuff: May Day, Ralph Waldo Emerson Preparing to Die, Caleb Weight

Put down all the other documents you take for granted, light a cuban, drip some water on your sugar sitting in spoon over your Pernod's, and consider the possibility that God's thoughts are recorded down on papyrus. Topics: Is the Museum of the Bible just another boring "museum"? History of Bible, not theology of Bible Biblical copy tradition, produced to accomplish something Distrust of the Bible? It's all the same manuscripts… What's the deal with 3 John? Overcome the world (1 Corinthians 5) Guest: Dr. Jeff Kloha Museum of the Bible: museumofthebible.org Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia, Lament of a Confederate Soldier on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man

According to the make believe wokeness-ometer, Jesus qualifies as the most authoritative voice because he was the most oppressed. Poor Jew, not from Jerusalem, under Roman rule, betrayed by his own, even his friends, killed because of his identity. Listen to him. Topics: Inventing a cause to protest? Identity Politics and the Identity of the Preacher External identity for the Gospel What do you do with grown ups who lose the way? "Jesus is Lord" (1 John 4) Guest: Rev. Dennis Matyas Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Infirm, Gwendolyn Brooks The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, Carl R. Trueman

Topics: Sending prayers… but do we? American flag in church equals Christian Nationalism? "Here I Stand" Anniversary of the Diet of Worms Mixing Metaphors Sunday: the lamb shaped door… Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Gods of Greece, Friedrich Schiller Standing Where The Fire Has Been, Joel Hess on thejaggedword.com Killing the Sheep - Paul Koch on thejaggedword.com

Need a resurrection in your life? Listen to Ringside. Topics: Why do unbelievers celebrate Easter? Experiencing Jesus now (Gospel and letters of John) Are you Christian if you don't go to church? Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: 1-3 John (Concordia Commentary) Dr. Bruce Schuchard

Christ is risen! So you can sit... and listen to Ringside. That's the gospel. "Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it. He destroyed Hell when He descended into it. He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh. Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead!" - Chrysostom Topics: Halle or Alle? Did Jesus choose who he would appear to? Church membership declining under 50%, it doesn't matter. Would you believe what the women said about Jesus' resurrection? New angles for the Easter proclamation Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Willing Virginia - Lament of a Confederate Soldier, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: The Easter sermon of John Chrysostom

It's weird, don't you feel like you need to do something while Jesus carries the cross and we just sit here drinking tea and eating crumpets? Help him out? Cheer Him on? Or put your feet up and listen to some fools talk about Him. Topics: Crazy Easter Tradition Game Christ's descent into hell? What the hell. Real bread and really break it for really special Maundy Thursday Strepitus Slam on Good Friday Palm Sunday or Sunday of the Passion… And what do you do with the crowds? Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com Music: Sacred Harp Singers - Idumea Dead Horse One - I love my man

I always root for the underdog in March Madness. That's why you can count on Ringside to not only root for the underdog, we'll go down with the ship with him. Topics: Self-obsessed Covid Concern "Do This in Remembrance of Me" and how often? Pastoral ministry gets boring… Real strength in church and culture Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network thejaggedword.com and Concordia Seminary St. Louis Music: Willing Virginia - I see a Light, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Ash Wednesday, T.S. Eliot Back Street Girl, Rolling Stones James, the Apostle of Faith: A Primary Christological Epistle for the Persecuted Church, Dr. David Scaer Subscribe: Apple Podcasts SoundCloud Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher iheartradio Radio Public Overcast Follow us: www.ringsidepreachers.com Facebook @ringsidepreachers Twitter @ringsidepreach Instagram @ringsidepreachers

While you are busy working at being passive in your righteousness, let God sanctify you through some holy words spoken by unholy men. Topics: The Chosen; what do you think? Biblical movies… how do you portray Christ on the screen? Sacraments in an un-sacramental church Pray because God said so Hebrews 5 Guest: Rev. Tim Winterstein Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, WA Saints and Cinema Writer for thejaggedword.com Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network thejaggedword.com and Concordia Seminary St. Louis Music: Willing Virginia - Man, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Review of The Chosen on thejaggedword.com Christ the Lord, Anne Rice First Reformed, Paul Schrader Large Catechism Preface to Lords Prayer Subscribe: Apple Podcasts SoundCloud Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher iheartradio Radio Public Overcast Follow us: www.ringsidepreachers.com Facebook @ringsidepreachers Twitter @ringsidepreach Instagram @ringsidepreachers

Make your bed. Hit the gym. Call mom. Play Ringside. Topics: Funeral woes Do you get everything you want in heaven? Dr. Seuss offended Amazon Beauty of the speakeasy Dead in Sin: Ephesians Thank you: 1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network thejaggedword.com and Concordia Seminary St. Louis Music: Willing Virginia - The One That I Want, on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man Other stuff: Glorious Rise of the Speakeasy, Paul Koch on The Jagged Word Subscribe: Apple Podcasts SoundCloud Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher iheartradio Radio Public Overcast Follow us: www.ringsidepreachers.com Facebook @ringsidepreachers Twitter @ringsidepreach Instagram @ringsidepreachers