Ringside Preachers

You don't run on treadmills even when 9 below. You'll drive an extra mile and wait an extra hour before you'll eat at some franchise. You drink your milk right from the jug and you won't apologize. You are a ringside listener and you deserve the best! Well we got it for you! TOPICS: 1. If Pot is legal, is it moral? Is it different than alcohol? Can a Christian enjoy it? 2. What the heck is epiphany? WE know what Christmas is, but why do we need epiphany? 3. PASTORS ARE COACHES? OF course not. But with all the talk of football coaches being fired and hired it certainly draws comparisons to peoples expectations of pastors. 4. How much water for a baptism? Why are our fonts so tiny in the lutheran church? Does it matter? Enjoy a little reading from an ancient christian resource called the Didache ringsidepreachers.com like our Facebook page - ringsidepreachers MUSIC: intro - dead bees outro - I don't want to be a rock n roll star - joel allenhess

Mary did you know? Do you hear what I hear? It's a new year so why not a new ringside! This is the long lost Christmas episode your parents told you about! Pop it in, hit play and sit back to what the late Burle Ives called 'magic.' TOPICS: 1. Favorite Christmas song? 2 Whaddya really think about Christmas/Easter folks? Is it right for people to look down on them? How should a pastor treat them? hmmm 3. Christmas and Communion. If you don't got communion right, I'm not sure you got the incarnation right or what does it mean when we confess Jesus is God and Man! Having communion on Christmas seems required if ya think about it. 4. Favorite Christmas movie? How about Die Hard? 5.What does it mean that Mary conceived Jesus through her left ear? music: intro - angels we have heard on high - willing virginia, she wants to hold you in her heart -ja hess, dead bees. outro - it aint christmas if it ain't free - ja hess

Well the weather outside is frightful! Whether you are escaping fires in LaLa land or recovering from non stop snow, find a safe dry warm place, snuggle up with your loved one, put down a couple shots of fresh cold christmas Sake and listen to our special pre christmas extravaganza Before we get started we make fun of grinches who despise the phrase, "happy holidays" and then tear apart the classic liberal fantasy christmas song, "Do they know its christmas" TOPICS: 1. Why trust the story of Jesus' birth? There are only two accounts and there are other stories of famous heroes and gods who have extraordinary births. Was this just added in later? 2. CAN A SEMINARY HAVE PRO EVOLUTION SPEAKERS SPEAK AT IT? Does St. Louis Concordia Seminary endorse evolution as a plausible creation story? 3. Will WE RECOGNIZE OUR LOVED ONES IN HEAVEN? Common question. The guys give clear answers and why this might be a popular question 4. WHAT TO GET A MAN FOR CHRISTMAS! The gentlemen list various must have items that make perfect gifts for your good friend, father, lover, husband! 5.EMERGENCY BAPTISM. How much should you teach an adult before baptizing? or does that matter? What about if the person is close to death? music: Dead Bees, Karianne Pasma - wexford carol

Said the little girl dropped off by her grandma's boyfriend to get some government breakfast before school, "Do you hear what I hear?" Ringside! Keeping it real since 2016. This is the podcast for the working man, the tired mother, the lineman just making ends meet and the lady tending bar while her kids are with her mother. This is the podcast for the common guy who enjoys belting out Sweet Child o mine on a Friday night in unison with his buddies and for a moment forgets all his troubles. Alas all our hosts and the intern are together again! TOPICS! 1. PAUL, CALIFORNIA FIRES, CHURCH RESPONSE - Church as a gang, taking care of one another and its community 2. SANTA IS REAL, I HAVE HIS THIGH BONE! Who was the real St. Nick? Perhaps he provides the perfect example (next to Mary) of the Christian who is both compassionate and faithful to God's teachings 3. 10 ASSUMPTIONS to DUMP IN OUR POST CHRISTIAN CULTURE. We go over actually a couple of them - biblical literacy, consistent worship attendance 4. JUSTICE. Why do we love justice? Why is satisfying to see wrong righted? Does God care about justice? Or He is just a forgiver and a nice guy? 5. JOHN THE BAPTIST-How did he get in our cozy little manger scene? What does repentance have to do with Christmas? MUSIC - Dead bees, Joel Allen Hess

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So hardcore Christian we celebrate pre-advent. So faithful we tell poor old ladies, "get behind me satan! No we won't be playing any Christmas Carols during Advent." Joel, Paul and Ross are joined by Rev. Bob Hiller for some serious banter about issues you need answers to now! Tyler will be back soon! Apologize for not the best recording TOPICS: 1. What do you tell someone who lost a loved one who didn't believe in Christ? Do you give hope? Maybes? or just tell them how it is! What would you do? 2. What is the meaning of Jesus prophecy regarding Sheep and Goats, Judgement and the Last day? Is He telling us to do prison ministry and set up food banks? Is He warning us to do good works? 3.Advent? What is it? Is it important, helpful, necessary? Is it wrong to sing christmas carols during advent? How do we get advent back? 4. Adiophara? What do you do in the Church with things God does not command for us to do? Does the color of carpet matter? organ vs. praise band? Where did this term come from? Reformers fear of looking too roman catholic hmmm? 5. Is the answer to growing the church - making babies? Was the growth of christianity more due to people multiply versus discipling? music Dead Bees, Joel Allen Hess

"I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more! well i wake up in the morning, fold my hands and pray for rain. i got a head full of ideas and they're driving me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor. I ain't gonna work on ...." Maggie's farm, Bob Dylan Here's a way to stick to the man! Listen to Ringside! TOPICS: ON THE MARRIAGE OF PRIESTS. What does this 16th century document citing the silliness of the Roman requirement for priests not to marry have to do with today's over sexed climate!? find out! HOW LONG SHOULD YOU DATE? THE NEW VOW OF CELIBACYThe pastors talk about their own experience and try to throw some advice to the young folk. There's a new vow of not getting married that might be causing a lot people to have ants in their pants and turn to porn or worse! just get married already! THIS IS THE END! Morrison was right. How are the preachers preaching this and talking about it in their day to day visits? THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS! What the heck is a talent? Why does Jesus give us these similar parables? Why did the guy bury his million dollars? What does this parable have to do with you!? MISSION STATEMENTS, VALUES AND VISIONS UGHHHH! Is there any church saying anything new in their mission statement. Do we need these 5 year plans? Yes! and No? music: dead bees, Joel Allen Hess

The system is broke. The Man is AWOL. The prisoners are running the prison. And you just found out you are adopted! There is one voice to make sense of this chaos. Ringside! While you are getting ready for the apocalypse turn us on! This week: While Ross pursues his dreams of being a Disney Princess, Paul and Joel invite Cindy to fill in. Got a favorite Bourbon? Great question from one of our listeners. Our hosts give their choices topics: 1. Does the Bible offer direction on Gun Control? Should pastors talk about gun control at all? Any guidelines from our Lord? 2. Is it ok for Christians to cry at funerals? If I had a nickel for how many times someone asked me to not do a funeral but a celebration I would be able to buy the box set of recordings by Cake. 3.Do Christians too quickly say "i'll pray for you" and not do anything for people? You've heard the criticism of christians who are against gun control and offer prayers to victims of gun violence. Do they have a point? 4. Victimhood. Should victims take any responsibility for their situation? In terms of Harvey Weinstein did the ladies have a choice? What would tell your daughter or son? 5. Thor is an awesome superhero movie! Why do we like superhero movies? Are there too many? Are we going to hear another annoying Tolkien quote 6. What does Jesus mean when he says we should forgive someone 7 times 70 WRITINGS: Tyger, Tyger - William Blake When God becomes my Enemy -Ingvar Floysnik On Fairy Stories - JRR Tolkien Music - dead bees, Joel Allen Hess

"La mayoría de la muerte de la gente es una farsa, no queda en ellos nada que pueda morir" Charles Bukowski. We are born dead on arrival. We are reborn ex nihilo simultaneously at the end of our journey and its beginning; a singularity in Christ. After a frank discussion about erasing last weeks episode and the feeling of complete guilt, the gentlemen delve into a number of topics. Apologies to Ross who proves to be an important leg to this stool. Topics: 1. WHAT IS A SAINT? We use the word all the time. It maybe the most important word one should know even though its been infamously misunderstood in church history. Are you a saint? 2. HOW TO HANDLE CONFLICT. Do Christians wrongly think they should avoid it. any secrets to dealing with it? 3. WHAT IS AN INDULGENCE? Non Roman Catholics bandy this word about all the time, but they probably don't understand exactly what it is. 4. THE BEATITUDES, BLESSED ARE THE.... Blessed doesn't mean happy for the love of all that rocks! Is Jesus giving new rules for Christian living? Why are the Beatitudes GOOD NEWS!! 5. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAILURE. The best thing that can happen to you is complete and utter failure - like deleting a podcast episode hess. It makes a man.

The Reformation will not be televised! This ain't no tupperware party. This ain't no Elk's club, shopping channel, or that nice vase from Grandma you placed in the corner just enough to be seen but not enough to be showcased. This is Ringside where the Reformation that is the Gospel of Jesus, still marches onward into deathbeds in hospitals, living rooms of the common folk, dorm rooms of lost boys and the flowerbeds of lonely humans. Ringside comes to you live from the Here We Still Stand 500th Anniversary of the Reformation conference put on by 1517legacy.com and ChristHoldFast! Take a listen TOPICS: 1. Is there a new crisis that needs a new 95 theses? Is there a new devil in the Church that needs to be addressed? Is there a new controversy or false teaching? Or are the concerns of the reformation, the Gospel, still the central concerns of the Church and the central teaching Satan is attacking? 2. Did the reformation come out of a culture surrounded by death unlike today? Did people care more about what God thinks and where they go when they die back then? Do people care now? Do they care about the reformation? GAME SHOW! Which Luther Said it? Martin Luther or Luther Van Dross? 3. Did the Reformation's domestication of Christianity go too far? Are churches so concerned about our every day life that they only preach on 7 steps to better parenting, business management, sex life? 4. Are we done? Did we get it right? Do Churches of the reformation need to move on to something else? Thank you to 1517legacy and Christholdfast for letting us have a little space at their delightful conference. music: dead bees, Beckenhorst Press music-a mighty fortress