Ringside Preachers

100 years from now they will be listening to Ringside on Mars. Why not start now before we "sell out"! Got some great topics for your precious podcast time allotment! Ross is back too! 1. THE JOY OF THE PASTORAL VISIT! Yes that sounds awfully nerdy. give it a listen. Does your pastor visit the sick, members at home, etc.? 2. JESUS LOVES BABIES NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE CUTE AND CUDDLY - BUT HELPLESS AND COMPLETELY UNABLE TO DECIDE TO FOLLOW JESUS! 3. THE PRESS AND THOU SHALT NOT SLANDER. in the newspapers it seems everyone is guilty before they are proven innocent. Can you really print a story about someone doing something wrong before its proven to be the case?! Is that morally wrong? 4. GET OUT THERE AND ROUGH IT! Great lessons are learned when we remove modern conveniences and try to survive with minimum and our skillz! 5. HOLY WORK IS NOT JUST DONE IN THE CHURCH OR ORGANIZED BY THE CHURCH. You don't have to do officially sanctioned church stuff to do church stuff. Being a good mom, loving your neighbor, working at your job - is holy work. 6. THE GOSPEL OF "AT LEAST I'M NOT THAT GUY". Did you ever feel better about yourself because you compared yourself to 'that' guy. Shame on you! You might 'that' guy sooner than later! Krogen Moonshine is the official moonshine of Ringside BOOK REFERENCES: Woman, the forgotten story by Cynthia Koch (amazon, 1517legacy.com), Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Music - Dead bees, Joel Allen Hess

This is not your grandfather's podcast! You will hear things you can't unhear! Don't be afraid, keep listening. It's like the first time you acquired the taste of a nice cup of black coffee. A whole new world has been opened to you! TOPICS: 1. SUFFERING IS A BLESSING - Reading from Dennis Ngien's wonderful book on Luther's exposition of the lament psalms. great quotes! 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF DANGEROUS MISHAPS WITH FRIENDS. Near death experiences with friends are the best. though they might suck at the time. 3. ROSS REPORTS FROM A CONFIRMATION CAMP IN NORTH CAROLINA. Sorry about sound quality and Ross' accent! 4. SHOULD CHURCH'S PERFORM A BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS. Where does that go wrong? Why wouldn't we thank God for our creatures! 5. HAVE YOU PRAYED OVER YOUR HOME! Does God make a space holy and beneficial? Does our house need to be blessed?

There's no party like a holy spirit party cuz a holy spirit party don't stop! We are back to talk about stuff that probably shouldn't be talked about among polite company! Earmuffs kids! We have a special guest, Andrew Menz, joining us to talk about the value and joy of hunting as well other topics! 1. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAS BECOME MEANINGLESS? 2. HUNTING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL 3. ROMANS 7 - SIMULTANEOUSLY SINNER AND SAINT!? CAN YOU STRUGGLE WITH SIN AND STILL BE A SAINT? 4. WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR JUST? WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN A LOYALIST OR REBEL 5. FORGET ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN! WHAT ABOUT THE RESURRECTION!

If you always thought that fudge was just fancy and overpriced frosting, you're at the right podcast. We got more wisdom like that for free! Come listen to the gentlemen slice through BS like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill 1&2! Topics: 1. FAMILY VACATION! Its important to get out there as a family if you can. Even if its hiking a trail a sleeping beneath the stars. 2. IS IT MANLY FOR A MAN TO WEAR SHORTS! THe fellas have some differences of opinion on this topic. Ernest Hemingway wore them though so 3. WHAT IS ORDINATION? Have you ever attended an ordination ceremony? Is it essential to being a pastor? What the heck is it? What does it have to do with the Gospel of Jesus!? 4. DO MEN NEED ADVENTURES. Teddy Roosevelt seemed to feel the need to tackle difficult if not impossible tasks, even risking his life. Is this good? normal? should it be encouraged? what does it mean? 5. JESUS SAYS HE DIDNT COME TO BRING PEACE? Jesus doesn't sound like hippie dude sometimes. He actually says he didn't come to bring peace! What does that mean? Doesn't God makes the christian's life great and comfortable! Everything he wants, he gets if he prays hard enough? music: intro Dead Bees - i love my man, joel hess - dog life books: River of Doubt by Candice Millard. The man in the arena - excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's speech. lives -Plutarch, Theseus

Ever water ski and end up being dragged face first, mouth open and not letting go of the rope. Yeah, Ringside is kinda like that! hold on and hold your breath. We have a great guest with us, Dr. and author Scott Keith. He will talk about Fatherhood and Melanchthon's thoughts on preaching. Our Sponsor - the new learning game by Milton Bradley titled, God's Will TOPICS: 1. If a sermon doesnt call people to repentance and give forgiveness in Jesus Christ. Just don't! You might as well be attending a chinese acupuncture class 2. MELANCHTHON ON PREACHING. Can we gain anything from a 16th century reformer regarding sermon structures and engaging the hearer from the pulpit!? 3.SPEECH CAN KILL? Can rhetoric be blamed for violence? Consider the recent capitol hill shooting, or the young lady or talked her boyfriend into killing himself 4. FATHERHOOD AND GRACE. Scott talks about what is unique about his book on fatherhood. Should dad be just the discipline guy? What does the Prodigal Son parable have to do with fatherhood practice? 5.WE NEED MORE POETS, NOT SCIENTISTS! Pastor Hess throws one out to see if anyone agrees. Does poetry do more good for humanity than science. yeah! REFeRENCES! Being Dad - Dr. Scott Keith. Buy it on Amazon or 1517legacy.com Philipp Melanchthon - 16th century reformer. Writer of the apology to the Augsburg Confession. Educator of Germany. Major influence not just upon theology but academics and education Oliver Wendell Holmes - Supreme Court member Nicholas

Wow. Forgive us for losing a week. We were temporarily defeated in an existential jiujitsu match by our doppelgängers. OK, we had technological difficulties and turned it into a break. But we are back! Sorry naysayers, haters and people who watch Mad About You reruns! And we had a fantastic guest, Cindy Koch to done learn us about God's view of womanhood! We thank Burning Bush for sponsoring this week's episode! TOPICS: 1. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO MARRY SOMEONE OF THE SAME FAITH? Why is that a goo thing? or is it? Does it increase the success of the marriage? Does St. Paul really say that the unbelieving spouse might be saved by the believer? 2. FATHER'S DAY TRADITIONS. Got any? Tyler does. He describes a wonderful get together for the men of his family that has been going on for a couple of generations! Unfortunately for Paul and Ross it involves golf and sentimentality. 3. SHOULD A WOMAN BE SILENT IN CHURCH? That's crazy. Mrs. Cindy Koch gives us a hint at her soon to be published book that touches that subject. 4. YOUR DESIRE WILL BE FOR YOUR HUSBAND AND HE WILL RULE OVER YOU? Does this have something to do with the tensions we experience now? Cindy guides through some thought provoking proposals! 5. ROSS ENGEL HAS BEEN INSTALLED AS A CHAPLAIN OF THE US NAVY. Ross describes the experience and the need of chaplaincy. 6. DO YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY IN ORDER TO BE SAVED! Of course right? Well what does that mean? Do you have to understand the trinity? MUSIC - #Robert Frost reads Fire and Ice, dead bees, joel allen hess RESOURCES - Robert Frost, Athanasius - On the incarnation of the word, look for Cindy Koch's book - Woman, the untold story. Nassim Taleb - Black Swan

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar! Sometimes a podcast isn't just a podcast! If you are tired of the same ole same ole, you have come to the right place. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride full of tears, laughter, fear and comfort. So put down your drink and buckle up! Thanks to Krogen Kutters for sponsoring this week's episode! Topics: 1. TWIN PEAKS AND JESUS! David Lynch gets the absurdity of life, the clear lines of good and evil and the mysterious sources of both. 2. ART OF THE HANDSHAKE! Nothing worse than a handshake that feels like a wet fish. Teach your kids to shake a hand firmly while looking directly in their eyes. 3. WOULD YOU RATHER TALK TO AN ATHEIST ABOUT JESUS OR SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CHURCH BODY? Sometimes it seems easier to talk to someone who doesn't know anything about christianity than talk with some who thinks they know it all. 4. WOULD YOU RATHER HANG OUT WITH NON CHRISTIANS or with CHRISTIANS? hmmmm. Is it wrong to like your atheists friends more? 5. WHAT THE HECK IS PENTECOST! What does it mean that the Holy Spirit cam down? What does the holy spirit do? freak us out? 6. EVERY CHURCH HAS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE. Every church body has a teaching that runs all the others. What is your church's guiding teaching that the preacher preaches on the most, that runs everything else? music: dead bees, Joel Allen Hess, Ludwig van Beethoven

This ain't no conspiracy. This ain't no whispering in the dark. This is unfiltered mountain spring water that you cupped with your hands and splashed upon your leathered tan face. Take a gulp and let it run down your beard. Special guest - Michael Salminen talks about the science and importance of exercise and weight lifting. Kevin the IT guy throws out some free advice. Tyler's back! turn us on a join the party! TOPICS: 1. LEARNING INSTINCT. Good instinct can be learned from education and experience. We can even have a theological/spiritual instinct informed by God's Word. 2. WORKING OUT/EXERCISE/WEIGHTLIFTING. Our Guest Michael Salminen talks about the science of exercise and how it makes us better people. Ross reminds that he was a D1 athlete! Go Illini! 3. CHRIS CORNELL, GRUNGE AND SUICIDE. What do you tell someone contemplating suicide? What do you tell someone in mourning? Is it the unforgivable sin? Hess hates grunge by the way - despises it. its fake crap. listen to the re deal before good music sold out! Husker Du, Replacements, Minor Threat, Stiff Little Fingers, Pixies, etc. 4. WHAT DO YOU TELL SOMEONE WHO SAYS HE CANT TRUST THE BIBLE? People are confused by these pseudo intellectual shows like the history and discovery channel. what do you tell someone who wonders whether they can trust the texts of the bible? 5. NASSIM TALEB'S BLACK SWAN THEORY! All worldviews are shaped by completely unforseeable events according to taleb. Therefore we should not get stuck within our current world view. hmmm can this be backed up. Does it matter? Is the resurrection a black swan event? 6. JESUS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN DOESNT MEAN ELVIS LEFT THE BUILDING. What does Jesus ascension mean for us today? music: dead bees, Joel Allen Hess

Beware, the following podcast is not for the faint of heart. It's not for people who wear pastels, eat at Tapas restaurants and talk about politics as if its an intellectual enterprise. The pedal is to the metal. The moon lights up a clear Spring night. The headlights are off. Stick your head out the window and gulp the wind. TOPICS Call in from Tyler whose at another (you guessed it) conference! 1. JOHN MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. What a great epic poem! Listen to a little bit of it and enjoy discussion about the power of the story and word choice. Tyler interrupts 2. SHOULD CHURCHES "MAKE A DIFFERENCE"? Can churches 'make a difference' in terms of changing the community. Is that their job? What about the everyday boring good works of mom, dad, mcdonald's worker? 3. PASTOR I SAW AN EPISODE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL THAT TOLD ME HOW THE BIBLE WAS MADE! How do the pastors respond to pop historical 'lack of' criticism? Was the bible made by a couple of white guys in a room smoking cigars? 4. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM A WORSHIP SERVICE? In the end what must one require to experience or hear in a worship service? Seriously! What is the least one should demand! 5. DO YOU ENCOURAGE GUYS TO BECOME PASTORS? references - John Milton's Paradise Lost, FF Bruce's music - dead bees, joel allen hess

Welcome to Ringside. We got a guest with us, Chaplain Captain Graham Glover, who sounds like he is talking to us from a porta-jon outside of Ross' office. sorry! If you want active listening or affirmations of your little dreams. It won't be happening! topics: 1. THERE ARE NO HEALTHY CHURCHES THATS WHY THEY NEED JESUS. Church bodies spend a lot of time making churches 'healthy'. are they ever healthy? What makes them healthy? 2. CAN CHRISTIANS WATCH NUDITY IN MOVIES? Where is the line on looking at art or looking at porn? Can christians ever really look at something with a lot of nudity? 3. GRAHAM GLOVER ON THE CHAPLAINCY. What is it? Do we need it? What's difficult about it? What unique message do pastors who understand the theology of the cross give to soldiers? 4. WHY FIGHT FOR AMERICA? Should we really fight for freedom, for the constitution, for the idea of America? or do we simply fight to protect our neighbor? 5. WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN WHEN HE SAYS HE IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD! He isn't just talking cute precious moments language! He's being kind of a megalomaniac.