Ringside Preachers

Topics: Have things CHANGED in the last 7 years? Grow your church by making fun of the… Day of the Dead: can a Christian celebrate Halloween? Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music/Photo: Joel Allen Hess - "Lord My Savior" Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: October, Robert Frost Love Letter to America, by Tomas Schuman Neil Postman FIRST RINGSIDE EPISODE: https://radiopublic.com/ringside-preachers-G7q39E/s1!9a3b9

Ringside crashes Concordia Seminary Symposium at St. Louis once again to have great conversations with our favorite teachers of the church. We talk with Dr. David Schmitt about the preaching task and cultivating relationship, experiencing the Word as a preacher, and the power of saying the same thing. Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music/Photo: Joel Allen Hess - "Arms of the King" Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold Lectionary Kick-start Podcast Tangible: Theology Learned and Lived Caemmerer: Preaching for the Church Christian Dogmatics, Francis Pieper The Roundtable Pulpit: Where Leadership & Preaching Meet, John McClure Dr. Schmitt's past RINGSIDE podcasts: Preaching the Image with Dr. David Schmitt In the Ring: Preaching in an Upside-down World with Dr. David Schmitt Preaching to What They Hear with Dr. David Schmitt

Yes, the boys are at the bar in St. Louis once again. This time we discuss politics, reimagining the "two kingdoms", and a preacher's identity in the current culture. As always there was more to apologize for with Ross around. Guests: Graham Glover, The Rise of Integralism and Why Lutherans Should Resist It Dennis Matyas, Embodied Superintendence: The Person of the Preacher and the Cultural Identity Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music/Photo: Joel Allen Hess - "This is our Goodbye" Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Photo by Paul Koch

Topics: What makes a good bar Ross solves the Problem of Evil Take up your cross? Making meaning out of suffering Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music/Photo: Joel Allen Hess - "Lets Roll" Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Photo by Paul Koch

Another cult classic wedding episode where Ringside is LIVE! Reflecting on the meaning of a Christian wedding, elements of a bad wedding (yes, DJ that's you), and Joel's mom and dad spill all the secrets. Congratulations to Henry and Merrill Hess! Guests: Henry and Merrill Hess Sam Hess Dennis and Leslie Hess Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music: Silver Creek Revival - "Nothing But Blue" Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Guest: Rev. Andrew Preus, Trinity Lutheran New Haven Camp Trinity Academy Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Music: Joel Allen Hess - "Lord my Savior" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: Christian News Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future

TOPICS: College-age ministry challenges University upholding the Word of God Theology in math class? RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Guests: Rev. James Hopkins, First Lutheran Church of Boston Rev. Graham Glover, Abiding Savior Lutheran Church Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago First Lutheran Boston Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - "Lonely Man" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: Residence at Cambridge, William Wordsworth

TOPICS: Why does Peter sink in the water? How to read the Bible: Hermeneutics God wants us to laugh! RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - "Spring Bitch" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: On Aging, Maya Angelou Craft of Preaching What Does this Mean? Dr. James Voelz Comedian Leanne Morgan Says God Wants Us to Laugh John Cleese on Creativity In Management

TOPICS: Reflections of a Pastor's Kid Jiu Jitsu and Catechism The Spiritual Side of Sport Good and Bad Community of Church Guest: Kirk Bauer Vicar at Christ Lutheran Church in LA Student at Concordia University, Irvine RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music/Photo: Joel Allen Hess - "Lord My Savior" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Photo: Paul Koch, Morumbi Academy, Ventura Other Stuff: Iron and the Soul, by Henry Rollins

TOPICS: Call an organization to repentance? Annual Bureaucratic Complaints What should your congregation know about Church politics? "Day of the Lord" is now RINGSIDE HOLY LANDS CRUISE Learn More: https://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf24062224r61629?fbclid=IwAR3GId0t_Kzbp7CoIl2GMJg00KGMWJUKK-6y7VK1ZLicJa0nn-4R4t3lgJs#eotours Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, Eddie Switek, ITO Radio America YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - "The long road" More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Other Stuff: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Life together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink