Ringside Preachers

ep120 Luke 23. Pilate is cool. Barabbas v. Jesus. Who killed Jesus. Questions for God by 1517 Podcasts

Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall as John Coltrane argues with Charlie Parker about the Bible and Sartre? Wonder no longer! Stop your fasting - pour a cocktail, grill some salmon. Sit back and let us do the work. 1517.org thejaggedword.org craftofpreaching.com pseudohess.com topics: 1. EAT DRINK & WORK. ECCLESIASTES tells us that is life. Let God to the big stuff worry about your neighbor instead of global warming or preaching at Wrigley. Paul breaks down his recent article on thejaggedword.com 2. DID THE REFORMATION CAUSE HUMANISM? The reformation rightly returned the holiness of domestic of life and closed the monasteries. But did it also cause people to only think in terms of this earthly world and not heavenly things? 3. MAKING HOLY COMMUNION special. Do we need to? Do you find yourself making it ordinary? what might help? Tyler reads from the large catechism! 4. PRAISE IS THE HIGHWAY TO GOD?! Some crazy pastor who should know better apparently things we reach God by praising him? is this true? What about communion? What's the difference? 5. PALM SUNDAY. Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday. What's the point? music: dead bees, Samuel martin

ep118 school cheat, denominations matter? Who is Jesus, Prayer chains by 1517 Podcasts

Bracket busted already! Does March madness sound like your life - one and done!? Relax. Put your feet up. Plug in your Sennheisers, close your eyes and listen! thejaggedword.com 1517.org ringsidepreachers.com topics: 1. IS PREMARITAL COUNSELING A 21st century scam. Do we really need it? is it more pyschobabble that makes us feel good just because we are doing it? does it help? What's the point? 2. WHEN SHOULD A CHURCH LEAVE ITS CHURCH BODy? Or should you wait to be thrown out? 3. IS PRAYER THERAPEUTIC? Why should we pray? to make ourselves feel better? It seems like we only do things if we get something out of it 4. ORIGINAL SIN. 2nd article of the augsburg confession. Must we believe in total depravity? music - dead bees, death of a carpenter - Samuel Hess

ep116 journalism and slander, repentance is, vaccines and parenting, lenten habits by 1517 Podcasts

Yeah, just what you need, another podcast. You have been listening to someone read wikepedia. You have been learning latin. You have heard yet another story about a lesbian mom and daughter love story set in the bible belt on NPR. Take a break. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Enjoy! 1517.org thejaggedword.com ringsidepreachers.com topics: 1. Pastors can really suck at praying. Bad experiences? Do pastors get annoyed when people ask them to pray? Why the mood music in the background of the emotionally hip pastor dude? Does God need to be coaxed into answering? 2. Can you have real friends at church? Paul thinks men don't have enough good friends. A tear jerking episode about male friendship. not 3. Going to college and wondering why you are there. Henry Hess takes us in existential journey that deals with a young who wants to everything now while sitting in a classroom 4. Ash Wednesday - What are you doing? What do the Ashes mean? Why is it good? Do you have to celebrate it? 5. Jesus in the wilderness - Luke 4. What's he doing there? What does that have to do with me? read: C.S. Lewis -the 4 loves, Also Sprach Zarathustra - Nietzsche, Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot, Wolves of Vinland - Jack Donovan, music: Dead Bees REcords, Joel Allen Hess (on sound cloud)

ep114 bible historical? lent is boring, Transfiguration means.., how to call a pastor by 1517 Podcasts

ep113 romancing your lady, Why different church bodies? Teaching leadership in church by 1517 Podcasts

ep112 cultural appropriation & Jesus, the pope and an Imam walk into a bar by 1517 Podcasts

Ever wonder what it would sound like if Charlie Parker and Ludwig Wittgenstein went on a ski trip with the Bronte sisters? So do we! Got some great topics for you. 1517 podcast network. 1517.org thejaggedword.com craftofpreaching.com topics: 1. MARRIAGE ANNULMENT -Satan's replacement of Jesus forgiveness. What the heck is this? is it biblical. Why? Is divorce wrong? Can it be forgiven? 2. MASTERBATORY WORSHIP - Is contemporary worship only self serving? Is high church or traditional worship not self serving? Is style relative? Is there a mandatory worship style for good theology? 3. REVERENCE in the church. Should you yell at kids running in the sanctuary? Did Jesus demand reverence? Is there a balance? 4. JESUS FISHING TRICK SCARES THE HELL OUT OF PETER. Jesus does the classic miracle fish story. Peter is scared! why? What does it mean to be fishers of men? music: dead bees, Henry Hess