

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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Dec 12, 2016 • 1h 4min
Was Mary Always a Virgin? Baby It's Cold Outside Isn't About Rape, But This Song Is!
This is what it would sound like if Gunter Grass never read Kafka but instead became the drummer for the Zombies. The Preacher Men talk about the virtues of Baby It's Cold Outside vs. broccoli, was Mary always a virgin? Preacher don't tell me how to live my life! Hess hates the "dash" poem and so should you. Get Christmas right so you get the Eucharist right! Good job science, now Sophia Vegera's embryos are suing her. The Jedi are wusses. Puritans ban Christmas.

Dec 5, 2016 • 53min
ep. 10 STDs more effective than sex ed, Santa bad for kids?, Bonhoeffer & Christmas,
This is what would happen if Sylvia Plath and Tycho Brahe enjoyed a trip to Cedar Point in a Prius. The gentlemen laugh and discuss serious issues from God's point of view. STDs are more effective than Sex ed, Santa or no Santa for smart people? Cant have christmas without John the Baptist, Tyler the intern is back! Bonhoeffer writes great Christmas cards, Charlie Brown Christmas is the best Christmas show

Nov 28, 2016 • 53min
episode 9: women like men who fix things, Christmas isn't pagan so what?, filter the filterers!
This is what it sounds like in outer space: episode 9 chock full of goodies - national religion good? women like men who fix stuff, why advent? stop complaining about commercialization of christmas, Christmas was never a pagan holiday and if it what who cares, christmas carols during advent pshhh! teaching kids to filter is first task of education! Music: i love my man - dead bees records, christmas pt. 2 - joel allen hess

Nov 21, 2016 • 54min
episode 8: Fake news, Jesus didn't go anywhere, Steve Bannon and Leonard Cohen's worldview!
Ever wonder what would happen if you talked with Einstein while walking on a train going 90 mph while the earth spun on its axis while circling the sun. exactly! Enjoy 3 rough and tough preachers talk about God, politics, music and what have ya. music: killer bees music - i love my man, joel allen hess - broken

Nov 14, 2016 • 54min
episode 7: election special! Franklin Graham needs to stop, why Trump? Millenials and losing
3 preachers talk Christ and modern day issues with vigor and humor! you will be enriched or your money back! ELECTION SPECIAL! Why trump? the Doctrine of Election, Why not Hilary? Franklin Graham has to stop! What do real live millenials think? we got one! The END TIMES aghhhh!? Race and the election! Music: intro - dead bees, I love my man. end - Joel Allen Hess, I'm falling away cover art: Hess - nuclear trump

Nov 7, 2016 • 46min
episode 6 millennials & condoms, Francis & lutherans, embalming is bad for your health
3 preachers, a boxing ring bell and the gloves are off! like John Donne drinking Absinthe with Chance the Rapper while watching Curling! topics include embalming, Pope Francis making nice with liberal Lutherans, Millennials and sex, danger of beauty, amish, casinos are bad for civilization, are you a saint? is your church asking for money all the time! Come and join in on the banter!

Oct 30, 2016 • 43min
ringside episode 5 reformation special - who would Luther vote for? catholic lite ugh! etc.
get ready to laugh out loud and then cry without ceasing. topics: who would luther vote for? whats the big deal about reformation? would Luther be kicked out today? catholic lite ugh! how important are original languages to reformation/today? is the reformation relevant today?

Oct 23, 2016 • 46min
episode 4 Andy Warhol's Christianity to Cremation out of control
Entertaining and Engaging theology with 3 preachers thinking through Culture and God's Word. This weeks episode: Andy Warhol, Is it it a sin not to work out?, Can Christians use profanity?, Should my kid go to a Christian College, cremation, how and how not to prepare for communion, why do teenagers dictate what's cool!!!? intro music - THE DEAD BEES - i love my man, outro - Joel Allen Hess - sons

Oct 17, 2016 • 45min
episode 3 Wakes and funerals, porn culture, acting isn't manly
Ring the bell, the preachers throw these topics around the ring! Is Acting a manly profession, Bring back the wake, porn culture and politics, do you have to repent to believe?, Trump and Clinton, bob dylan nobel laureate?, preparing vs. protecting parenting. music - intro - the dead bees. outro - willing virginia/joel hess

Oct 7, 2016 • 39min
episode 2 gun control to british royalty- 10:7:16, 9.54 AM
Episode 2 features discussion of how to be a christian parent and watch your kid play sports, gun control, british royalty, whats up with these clowns, does the church need the 1st amendment, is humor a virtue


