Banned Books

Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one, The City of Destruction. We talk about apocalyptic literature, our old friend Plato, the necessity of a real present tense Jesus, and why Riley's version of The Pilgrim's Progress would be a pamphlet. Text: The Pilgrims Progress in Modern English Hardcover – 1979 Show Notes: Order "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Wit (play) - HBO version Stabat mater Runaway Bunny Where the Wild Things Are Puritans (wiki) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley again read and discuss C.S. Lewis' The Joyful Christian. This episode, the Incarnation. Do we go far enough with Jesus' incarnation, to where He wants us to go with him? Text: "The Joyful Christian," C.S. Lewis, p. 50-52 Show Notes: Order "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram On the Incarnation, episodes #1, #2, #3 Theosis — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis' meditation on the Fall into Sin. They go deep into the subjects of free will, dualism, retributive justice, and why discussing sin isn't as easy as we'd like. Text: "The Joyful Christian," C.S. Lewis, p. 48-50 Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Fear Inoculum Jack White and Jack Black True Crime Story — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Robert Capon's "The Mystery of Christ... and why we don't get it." Faith, works, and more Christian absurdity. Text: "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" by Robert Farrar Capon, p. 90-94 Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Robert Capon - Youtube Retreat "Get Well Soon" Roadkill Thinking Fellows: Q&A: Prayer, Communion, and Other Questions — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Crucifying Religion, by Donavon Riley so Riley can have a discussion about himself with himself. It's a meta, meta episode! Text: Crucifying Religion: How Jesus is the End of Religion, p.40 Show Notes: Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church - Rod Rosenbladt Warrior Priest Podcast — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley return to Robert Capon to read and discuss the incarnation of Jesus and how we try to turn free grace into a transaction. Text: "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" by Robert Farrar Capon Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley dive deep into an early church argument about Mary, why a bishop named Nestorius, and Mohammed, rejected the virgin birth, and why it's important to discuss the topic today. Text: Chapter XII.—That the holy Virgin is the Mother of God: an argument directed against the Nestorians. Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Episode #64 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam Episode #65 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam, pt.2 Episode #66 - John of Damascus, Arius, Arianna Nestorius bio Christian Classics Ethereal Library — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley finish their reading of John of Damascus' critique of Islam, then jump into the writings of Arius to better understand the foundation of Islam and modern American Christianity. Text: Thalia (Arius) Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Episode #64 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam Episode #65 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam, pt.2 Arius Bio The spread of the controversy — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

An enthusiast came in here looking for you — real God and country-type. I don't know. Might further the plot. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John of Damascus again this week. What's an enthusiast? Why are footnotes important? How do Aphrodite, Arius, and a Nestorian monk lay the foundation for Islam? Text: St. John of Damascus's Critique of Islam Show Notes: Preorder "Crucifying Religion" by Riley Donavon Riley on 1517, FB, and Instagram Episode #64 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam Irishman in Braveheart Revelation 19:10 Life of Brian clip Bushido: The Soul of Japan — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

God's prophet? Inconceivable! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss the work of John of Damascus which explains why Islam is a Christian heresy. Text: St. John of Damascus's Critique of Islam Show Notes: John of Damascus Josh MacDowell - More than a Carpenter — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley conclude their discussion of hymnody with Chad Bird's hymn, "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born." Again, they focus on pastoral care, comfort for Christians, and what happens when the church ignores the reality of sin, death, and Satan. Show Notes: The Backstory of "The Infant Priest": From a Student's Meditation, to a Scrap of Paper, to a Communion Hymn Christ Hold Fast Facebook page Weeping Angels (Doctor Who) Thinking Fellows - Melanchthon's Loci — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Do You Have a Great Hymn This Week? Go Fish! This week, Gillespie and Riley discuss Thomas Chisholm's poem turned hymn, Great is Thy Faithfulness. More discussion of hymnody, church music, and how what we sing can help or hinder pastoral care. Show Notes: Banned Books #80 - "Amazing Grace" Crucifying Religion - Donavon Riley Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Hymnary) Capon Series The Great Litany & History ER Clip — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Jesus joins us in our weirdness. In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of how to judge a hymn with Joseph Scriverner's classic hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Show Notes: Banned Books #80 - "Amazing Grace" What a Friend We Have in Jesus What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Wikipedia) Spock's Funeral — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley begin a four episode discussion on how to judge a hymn. In the first installment, they look at Amazing Grace and ask: "Is this a great, good, or bad hymn?" What makes a Christian hymn great? What should a church do with bad hymns? Show Notes: Amazing Grace (Wikipedia) Amazing Grace: A Journey in Time and Faith Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal Faith Plus One - South Park Psalms Devotions - Christ Hold Fast Wedding March - Wagner — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley go live, reading, discussing, and responding to your questions and comments about Bunyan's writing on law and grace. Text: The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, John Bunyan Show Notes: Banned Books LIVE American Gods Law and Gospel Lectures of CFW Walther — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss the Schwabach Articles. Baptism, the Lord's Supper, Church, and all things churchy. Text: The Schwabach Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.83. Show Notes: Banned Books #57 - Schwabach Articles, Part 1 Banned Books LIVE Blues Brothers SWAT scene Beatles "All Together Now" Banned Books #56 - Marburg Articles Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Protestant Reformation - Thomas Tentler — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support us with a regular gift at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss The Schwabach Articles. Sin, faith, lots of Holy Spirit, and why the Schwabach Articles are the roots of Lutheran, Reformed, and Protestant confessions of faith. Text: The Schwabach Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.83. Show Notes: Banned Books LIVE Christendom - Capon Your Jesus Has Made You Well — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support us with a regular gift at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss the Marburg Theses. The Reformers, Luther and Zwingli (and their colleagues), sat down to try to find common theological ground. What resulted has influenced the Church to this day. Text: The Marburg Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.88. Show Notes: Banned Books #55 - Zwingli Banned Books LIVE — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support us with a regular gift at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Ulrich Zwingli's 67 Theses defending the theological reforms in Zurich. Zwingli is provocative, sometimes hyperbolic, but driven by a zeal for the reformation doctrine of Christ alone for the salvation of sinners apart from their works. Text: Ulrich Zwingli Sixty-seven Theses, 27 January 1523 Show Notes: Zwingli bio Aquinas Episode Oswald Chambers episode Zaphod Beeblebrox The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support us with a regular gift at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast There are less than 100 tickets left for the Here We Still Stand conference, and it WILL sell out. Join us for three days of singing, teaching, food, and fellowship. Tickets are $199 and include all the sessions and your meals. But as a 1517 podcast network listener, you can save $25 by using the promo code: PNET19 at checkout. And if you want to be part of the live podcast pre-conference be sure to register for that as well. You can find all the information at www.herewestillstand.org

This week, Gillespie and Riley give Oswald Chambers a second go-round, reading and discussing The Collision of God and Sin. Text: The Collision of God and Sin, Oswald Chambers, His Utmost for Our Highest, April 12 Show Notes: My Utmost for His Highest Oswald Chambers bio Oswald Chambers - Complete & Effective Dominion Martyrology - Perpetua Bonnie Raitt Blazing Saddles - "Morons!" Jurgen Moltmann - The Crucified God Gaffigan - Hot Pockets Built on the Rock - Grundtvig Abide with Me Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (1528) You Are Forgiven (1517 Podcast Network) Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying (hymn) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support us with a regular gift at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast There are less than 100 tickets left for the Here We Still Stand conference, and it WILL sell out. Join us for three days of singing, teaching, food, and fellowship. Tickets are $199 and include all the sessions and your meals. But as a 1517 podcast network listener, you can save $25 by using the promo code: PNET19 at checkout. And if you want to be part of the live podcast pre-conference be sure to register for that as well. You can find all the information at www.herewestillstand.org

Riley and Gillespie tackle a daily devotion from one of the OG's of the Holiness Movement, Oswald Chambers. Text: "Complete and Effective Dominion," Oswald Chambers, His Utmost for Our Highest, April 12 Show Notes: My Utmost for His Highest Oswald Chambers bio Letters of Paul and Seneca The Good Place (Netflix) Ratzinger a.k.a. Benedict's Letter — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast. There are less than 100 tickets left for the Here We Still Stand conference, and it WILL sell out. Join us for three days of singing, teaching, food, and fellowship. Tickets are $199 and include all the sessions and your meals. But as a 1517 podcast network listener, you can save $25 by using the promo code: PNET19 at checkout. And if you want to be part of the live podcast pre-conference be sure to register for that as well. You can find all the information at www.herewestillstand.org

Riley and Gillespie dig into the Doctor Angelicus and his catechism on Baptism. Text: The Catechism of St. Thomas Aquinas - BAPTISM Show Notes: Bio Luther's Small Catechism - Baptism Council of Orange Faustus de Riez Slap a confirmand — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Riley and Gillespie tackle a request from a listener to engage with Beth Moore, popular author and speaker among evangelical Christian women. Text: WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATORS, Beth Moore Show Notes: Video — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley interview David Zahl about his forthcoming book, "Seculosity." Text: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It – by David Zahl Show Notes: Biography Mockingbird Ministries King of Kong (2007) Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Beowulf - Sheamus Heaney Mockingbird NYC 2019 Here We Still Stand 2019 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Charles Spurgeon's sermon, "God or Self - Which?" This week, traditions, rituals, and a lot of talk about pastoral care. Text: God or Self- Which? by Charles Spurgeon Show Notes: Biography Wikipedia Big in Japan - Tom Waits — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley answer your questions and respond to your comments. Show Notes: Episode 34 - Billy Graham John Kleinig - Concordia Commentary on Leviticus John Kleinig's site Episode 21 - William Seymour Episode 45 - Dostoevsky Gay Clergy Scandal Reclaiming the Lutheran Liturgical Heritage - Oliver Olson Christianity in Roman Africa The Kite Runner — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley go back to O'Connor's short story, Good Country People to discuss faith, humility, and the uncomfortable truth about ourselves. Our Text: Good Country People, Flannery O'Connor Show Notes: Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor Link to Part 1: #46 Biography (New Georgia Encyclopedia) Mark Twain - Letters from Earth — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Flannery O'Connor's short story, Good Country People. What does it mean that someone is a good Christian? Our Text: Good Country People, Flannery O'Connor Show Notes: Biography (New Georgia Encyclopedia) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read from Dostoevsky's novel, The Idiot, and discuss the roots of the Roman Catholic church, atheism, socialism, and distinguishing between Christ and the Gospel and our own need to be God in God's place. Our Text: The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky Show Notes: Ep: 104 Silence (Shusaku Endo and Martin Scorcese) Fyodor Dostoevsky (Wikipedia) Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag The Gospel in Dostoevsky The Gulag Archipelago - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Gospel for Those Broken By the Church — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week , we read from Bo Giertz's novel, "The Hammer of God," and discuss belief, revivalism versus liturgy, and what happens when Jesus alone is the focus of all our attention. Our Text: Hammer of God, p.122-123ff Show Notes: Luther the Seelsorger Sereneity - Shepherd Book death scene Liturgy and Spiritual Awakening - Bo Giertz 1517 article: "Defeat Evil with the Good" Schartau sermon preached at Lund, Transfiguration — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Billy Graham's sermon, and the consequences of preaching law after the Gospel, adverbs, and the importance of staying away from God where He isn't preached, revealed, and worshipped in Christ Jesus. Our Text: BILLY GRAHAM - Christ's Answer to the World (Sermon) Show Notes: Billy Graham Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Another sermon from 1958 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read from William Barclay's spiritual biography, whether all people go to heaven. Our Text: William Barclay - "I am a Convinced Universalist", from William Barclay: A Spiritual Autobiography, pg 65-67, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 1977. Show Notes: William Barclay Biography Transcendence Ex Machina Black Mirror Now... okay, so, angels as people, tell me about that. Walk me through it. Origen, Commentary on John, Book II, section 25. Righteousness - Thinking Fellows — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read St. Augustine's response to the Pelagians, who used his earlier writings against him, about misrepresentation concerning the effect of baptism. Our Text: ST. AUGUSTINE - Against Two Letters of the Pelagians (Book III) (Misrepresentation Concerning the Effect of Baptism) Show Notes: Pelagius & Pelagians Semipelagianism — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read a pastoral letter written by Martin Luther advising a friend to not avoid being a sinner and put all his sins on Christ, who became the chief of sinners for us. Our Text: MARTIN LUTHER - Letters of Spiritual Counsel, p. 109-111 Show Notes: Theodore Tappert Confession Concerning Christ's Supper — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis' thoughts on God being born a man. Our Text: C.S. LEWIS - Mere Christianity (The Obstinate Toy Soldiers) Show Notes: 6 Heretics Who Should Be Banned From Evangelicalism: A few church leaders who have just gone too far. Theological Inception - Banned Books Episode 1 Pr. Riley's Sermon for Christmas 1 Seneca's Moral letters to Lucilius "I have called you gods" - Psalm 82:6; John 10:34 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov Toy Story Small Soldiers Prometheus Manducatio Oralis BBC Broadcast of C.S. Lewis — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley return this week with another episode dedicated to Martin Luther's Christmas sermon. This time, they dig into the underlying brutality of the Christmas Gospel, Mary's humiliation, and Joseph's dilemma. Our Text: Martin Luther's Christmas Book, p. 30-31 Show Notes: Roland Bainton, Reformation in the 16th Century Bainton, Luther bio A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio Bad Religion Christmas Seinfeld - Yada Yada Immaculate Conception Midi-chlorian Time Magazine - Is God Dead? — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read from a Christmas sermon by their favorite heretic, Martin Luther. They discuss Mary's example of how God makes theologians of the cross through suffering, oppression, weakness, and hopelessness. Our Text: Martin Luther's Christmas Book, p. 28-29, Roland Bainton Show Notes: Roland Bainton, Reformation in the 16th Century Bainton, Luther bio The Magnificat, Luther HWSS Riley talk Seven Marks of the Church, Luther Christ the Bodybuilder Isenheim Altarpiece — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants. Our Text: Shipwrecked At The Stable by Brennan Manning Show Notes: Planking with Brennan Manning, part 1 Virtue in the Wasteland The New Logic of the Cross - Jeff Mallinson @ HWSS18 Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy Three Kings Bread Bar Dice The Giving Tree The Tale of Three Trees — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology. Our Text: Shipwrecked At The Stable by Brennan Manning Show Notes: Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) New Mysticism Johnny Mathis Christmas Manning Biography Existentialism Deep Thought - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Watchman History of the Christmas Tree Icarus (Documentary) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley tackle your questions and comments. We discuss election, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bible translations, Sunday School, and much, much more. Our Text: There is no text this week, just your wonderful, probing, sometimes chaffing questions and comments. Show Notes: Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia by Allan D. Fitzgerald Augustine of Hippo: A Biography First Edition, Forty-Fifth Anniversary Edition by Peter Brown Calvin's Institutes Book 3, Chapter 21 Lutheran Confessions, Solid Declaration, XI Double-ended podcast recording The Sunday School movement Wilhelm Löhe Thinking Fellows on Isalm #50 and #90 Forde episodes Captivation of the Will - Forde From Luther to Kierkegaard, Pelikan A History of Lutheranism F. Bente's Introduction to the Lutheran Confessions — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley wrap up their reading of Gerhard Forde's "On Being a Theologian of The Cross." What are the ramifications for Christians when God creates (He does not find) that which is pleasing to Him? Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Thesis 28 Show Notes: Here We Still Stand 2019 Get Well Soon Roadkill Hamlet You Were Never Really Here — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Continuing their conversation from episode #31, Gillespie and Riley follow Gerhard Forde, and with him examine Luther's Heidelberg Disputation. This week, Aristotle, righteousness, and whose work is worth calling "good." Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Part IV: "God's Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith" Show Notes: David Goggins Instagram Your Job is BS The 10,000 hour rule — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley return this week, in conversation with Gerhard Forde about death, doing your best, and getting the "good" of works put in its proper place. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Part IV: "God's Work in Us: The Righteousness of Faith" Show Notes: The Offense of the Cross - Riley's talk from HWSS18 BB #29 & BB#30 Thinking Fellows - Absolution with Nestigen and Paulson The Soul of Christianity Here We Still Stand 2019 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

Gillespie and Riley continue their conversation about thesis nineteen of Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (with commentary by Gerhard Forde), and what distinguishes a theologian of the cross from a theology of glory. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Section Three (Theses 19-21) Show Notes: Heidelberg Theses Article Series (1517) Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris Black Mirror The Orville Night of the Gun - David Carr Lois Lowry - The Giver Myth of Sisyphus - Camus My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) - Neil Young — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley read Luther's nineteenth thesis from his Heidelberg Disputation, and (with Gerhard Forde's help) converse about whether a theologian of glory is really a theologian. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Section Three (Theses 19-21) Show Notes: Rembrandt Crucifixion Heidelberg Theses Article Series (1517) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley return to the problem of the will (with much help from Gerhard Forde) as Martin Luther expresses it in thesis thirteen of the Heidelberg Disputation. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Will Show Notes: Hip-hop Reviews of Metal Three Floyds Papal bull Interview with Ted Bundy One Things is Not Like the Other Heidelberg Theses Article Series (1517) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley dig into section two of Forde's book, "On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation. This week, the problem of the will. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Will Show Notes: Bonhoeffer - Creation & Fall The Minister's Black Veil - Nathaniel Hawthorne Young Goodman Brown - Hawthorne John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress William Seymour - Episode #21 Your God is Too Glorious - Chad Bird The Subtle Art - Mark Manson Office Space Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Ready Player One The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism by Heiko A. Oberman — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley dive into Forde's use of the analogy of addiction to explain original sin, passive righteousness, Jesus as Giver and gift, and Riley lets out the Viking (a little bit) to address "cheap grace." Also, so many pop culture references you may get dizzy. Warning - This episode contains strong language directed at Satan. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Good Works Show Notes: Here We Still Stand Conference Parts Unknown - Japan Jiru Dreams of Sushi Radical Lutheranism - Forde — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

This week, Gillespie and Riley dive back into Forde's "On Being a Theologian of the Cross." With the help of Paul, Augustine, and Luther they discuss God's revealed Law, righteousness, and good works. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, The Problem of Good Works Show Notes: Here We Still Stand Conference Luther on Righteousness (Psalm 32) Nature is Metal Formula of Concord - Article VI Harmony of the Gospels - Lutheran Cyclopedia Harmony of the Gospels - Blue Letter Bible — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue their reading of Gerhard Forde's "On Being a Theologian of The Cross." This week, they discuss the two ways of being a theologian and the consequences for daily life. Our Text: On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Gerhard Forde, Two Ways of Being a Theologian Show Notes: Why Forde is a Banned Book theologian Dennis Ngien - Theology of the Cross Luther's Theology of the Cross: Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough by Alister E. McGrath Elon Musk - Joe Rogan Experience Jocko Willink - Death March John Donne - Holy Sonnet #10 "Death, be not proud" Nick Yarris - Joe Rogan Experience Mockingbird article on Isenheim altarpiece — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at [email protected]. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast