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Banned Books430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten QuestLent in Middle-earth. In this episode, we discuss the Lenten subtext, language, and images in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King." What can Christians learn from fiction authors about the faith, devotional reading, understanding the world outside the churches through the view of the cross, and how all of reality is bent towards Easter at all times, in all places, by all people? SHOW NOTES: Wardrobes and Rings: Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings https://a.co/d/0bjsTwnn Malcom Guite https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=malcolm+guite
2026-02-272h 12
Banned Books429: Lewis - "'Nature gives most of her evidence in answer to the questions we ask her"A Church as Big as the Cosmos! In this episode, we enter into Lent with a reading from C.S. Lewis' The Discarded Image. We discuss the medieval understanding of life, the universe, and everything— how it can help the churches today deepen their "vision" of how God orders the universe, the church, and the human being. We converse about the Grail legend, how God's Word encounters and changes people, being lost in the Garden, how Christ ministers through others, and being annoyed by death. This and much, much more on this week's episode of Banned Books....
2026-02-202h 48
Banned Books428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around itWe Don't Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today's show! SHOW NOTES: The End of Education https://amzn.to/4qGylnd More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network...
2026-02-142h 51
Banned Books427: Wulfstan - Sermon of the Wolf to the EnglishHungry Like The Wolf. In this episode, we read a sermon from 11th-century bishop Wulfstan. The main themes in the Sermon of the Wolf to the English (also often referred to by its Latin title, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos) are corruption and sin. These themes are apparent as Wulfstan chastises the English people for their corruption and warns of God's anger and wrath, which is sure to come: "Understand also well that the Devil has now led this nation astray for very many years." He sees that the devil has played a huge part in influencing the English to...
2026-02-071h 55
Banned Books426: Thielicke - The Alluring Miracle of DisplayFight the Power! In this episode, we learn from pastor and theologian Helmut Thielecke about the gods we worship, the God that encounters us, and what technology actually does to us. What do Satan's temptations teach us about Jesus, God's Word, piety, and making sense of mystery? Is Christianity supposed to be a sensible religion? What kind of "opium" does the evil one offer us to lead us away from the Truth? What is distinctive about the worshippers of the God of power? What happens when technology becomes a means of power rather than merely a tool? What does...
2026-01-312h 32
Banned Books425: Lewis - Myth Became FactThe Hangman's Nous. In this episode, we read an excerpt from The Maniac, by G.K. Chesterton, followed by Myth Became Fact, from C.S. Lewis' book of essays, "God in the Dock." The primary question we discuss, then, is whether men and women can live a healthy and sane life with mystery, without myth, and without higher truth. What has happened to modern churches that exorcised mystery from preaching, teaching, evangelism, and worship? What anchors the Body of Christ when it's unmoored from Church history and tradition? What have been the consequences for churches that treat the Christian...
2026-01-242h 36
Banned Books424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine ServiceIn this episode, we learn about the Holy Spirit and the Divine Service from Dr. John Kleinig. In particular, we discuss how Christ gives the Spirit to the church through his word, how Christ institutes the divine service and empowers it with God's Spirit, and how the church receives the Holy Spirit by faith in God's word as it is proclaimed and enacted in the divine service. The conversation revolves around the central question: How then can we be sure that the Spirit is at work in our worship? SHOW NOTES: Text: https://www.johnkleinig...
2026-01-171h 33
Banned Books423: Graff - Rationalism's war on everything "magical."Who Made Who. In this episode, Gillespie takes the wheel and steers us into tradition, liturgy, worship styles, and the various "-isms" that have sprung up within the churches over the centuries. What's the purpose of the Divine Service? What is the fundamental meaning of Christian meaning? Have we jettisoned mystery for sensible explanations that find no seat pulled out for them in God's house? Is Christian worship, polity, and piety about what we know, experience, feel, or conformity to specific doctrines? Why is the old magic not welcome amongst sensible worshippers? What's the place of hymns...
2026-01-102h 23
Banned Books422: Post-Christmas and Post-New Year DebriefWhat's the Frequency, Kenneth? In this episode, we gather for a post-Christmas, post-New Year pastoral debrief. We talk about symbols and meaning, Christmas and holidays, signs and seasons, and how modern churches quietly cleared the path for culture to push Christ out of Christmas without much resistance. We explore the strange and largely arbitrary ways the world measures time, along with the old Adam's never-ending pyramid project. That is, his need to build meaning upward by effort, progress, and control rather than receive it as a gift. From there, we return to symbol and meaning. We ask why ancient...
2026-01-033h 04
Banned Books421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinnersGoing Cold Turkey at Christmas? In this episode, we read G.K. Chesterton's essay, On Christmas, wherein he discusses celebrating Christmas too early, vivisection, vegetarians versus turkeys, and what to do about the poor at Christmas. It's another curmudgeonly Christmas episode with one of our favorite British apologists and satirists. SHOW NOTES: "On Christmas" by G. K. Chesterton https://www.english-culture.com/on-christmas/ A Christmas Message for Contemporary Pagans https://www.1517.org/articles/a-christmas-message-for-contemporary-pagans More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517...
2025-12-203h 22
Banned Books420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's businessI'm Wasted, and I Can't Find My Way Home. In this episode, we again invite C.S. Lewis to teach us about Christmas. We also discuss the early church fathers, worship, symbolism, mystery, Freud and Jung's influence on modern Christians, consumerism and gift-giving, and, of course, Christmas: all this and much, much more on this episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES: What CHRISTMAS means to me... https://www.pas.rochester.edu/~tim/study/CSLewis.pdf Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/reflections-december-2016/ ...
2025-12-132h 41
Banned Books419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cureIn this episode, we read C.S. Lewis' "A Christmas Sermon for Pagans." Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of nature led us to kill each other? Why do we reject the good news that Jesus ended the need for guilt-offerings, sin-sacrifices, and fear about the afterlife? What happened as a consequence of moderns pushing heavenly truth out of the material world? What is the message of Christmas that offers a cure for all that ails us? SHOW NOTES:
2025-12-052h 23
Tough TextsYear End Announcement from 1517As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ. This Advent, we're focusing on how Christ alone brings sinners home. That's the message we proclaim week after week through podcasts, sermon helps, videos, and articles and it's the message your financial support carries into 2026 and beyond. Help Us Reach Our Goal
2025-12-0201 min
40 Minutes In The Old TestamentYear End Announcement from 1517As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ. This Advent, we're focusing on how Christ alone brings sinners home. That's the message we proclaim week after week through podcasts, sermon helps, videos, and articles and it's the message your financial support carries into 2026 and beyond. Help Us Reach Our Goal
2025-12-0201 min
Outlaw GodYear End Announcement from 1517As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ. This Advent, we're focusing on how Christ alone brings sinners home. That's the message we proclaim week after week through podcasts, sermon helps, videos, and articles and it's the message your financial support carries into 2026 and beyond. Help Us Reach Our Goal
2025-12-0201 min
Thinking FellowsYear End Announcement from 1517As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ. This Advent, we're focusing on how Christ alone brings sinners home. That's the message we proclaim week after week through podcasts, sermon helps, videos, and articles and it's the message your financial support carries into 2026 and beyond. Help Us Reach Our Goal
2025-12-0201 minThinking FellowsYear End Announcement from 1517As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ. This Advent, we're focusing on how Christ alone brings sinners home. That's the message we proclaim week after week through podcasts, sermon helps, videos, and articles and it's the message your financial support carries into 2026 and beyond. Help Us Reach Our Goal
2025-12-0201 min
Banned Books418: Luther - God will not deal with us except through his external Word and sacramentSon of a Preacher Man. In this episode, we conclude our study of Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles, discussing the office of the keys and confession. We go through and sum up the previous episodes — the gospel, the mass, repentance, sin, and the law — then sit with the function and power of the forgiveness of sin. What is the office of the keys for? Where does it come from? Who gets to use the keys? Then, we talk over confession and its consequences for pastoral care and its effect on the churches. SHOW NOTES: The...
2025-11-292h 16
Banned Books417: Luther - A deep, evil corruption of nature that reason does not comprehendHow Deep Is Your Love! In this episode, we continue our reading of the Smalcald Articles, focusing our attention on sin and the law. What is sin? What does it do to us? What are its effects? And, in following, what is the relationship of the law to sin? Does the law empower us to sin less? Can the law produce good works and good fruits? What is the function of pastoral care in relation to sin and the law? All this and much, much more on this episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES:
2025-11-212h 00
Banned Books416: Luther - To this office of the law, however, the New Testament immediately adds the consoling promise of grace through the gospelDon't Look Back in Anger. In this episode, we continue reading Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles, focusing on contrition, repentance, and freedom. Why does the law need to terrify and leave us hopeless? How does attention to the self lead us into death and hell? What happens when belief is preached as something "we do" rather than something "done to" us? Likewise, when repentance is self-activated and self-actuated, what are the consequences for our daily lives? This and much, much more on this episode of the show. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord...
2025-11-142h 01
Banned Books415: Luther - The Mass is a dangerous thing, fabricated and invented without God's Word and willMass Effect. In this episode, we continue our reading of The Smalcald Articles, focusing on Luther's critique of the Roman Mass and all its consequences for the churches and Christian life. We discuss mimetic desire, sacrificial religion, the exclusive work of Jesus. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord - Smalcald Articles https://thebookofconcord.org/smalcald-articles/part-iii/ Smalcald Articles history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalcald_Articles The Smalcald Articles are a summary of Lutheran doctrine written by Martin Luther in 1537 for a meeting of the Schmalkaldic League, which aimed to unify...
2025-11-081h 33
Banned Books414: Luther - God is extravagantly rich in His graceAn Arm-Twisting Confession. In this episode, we read Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles on the gospel, baptism, and the Lord's Supper. Why did he have to have "his arm twisted" to write them? What is he trying to teach the churches about the gospel? How does the gospel circumscribe and define the Church, worship, and Christian life? Why does something written in the 1530s matter today? We look to answer all these questions and more on this episode of the Banned Books podcast. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord - Smalcald Articles https://thebookofconcord...
2025-11-012h 22
Banned Books413: Debrief on the Bondage of the WillThe Never-Ending Story of our Bound Will & Election. In this episode, we write an epilogue —so to speak— to our series on the Bondage of the Will and wrap up our thoughts about the Here We Still Stand Conference 2025. We ask, "From whence comes a preacher?" Where does one go for gospel-comfort and the gifts of salvation? What is the Gospel? What is the purpose of the Church? What are the practical consequences of having a will that is bound up to sin, the world, and the evil one? What happens when the churches reject the "hinge" upon which all...
2025-10-243h 16
Banned Books412: Forde - The gospel, and only the gospel, spells the end of the hidden GodFor What It's Worth. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Gerhard Forde's "Captivation of the Will." We discuss the conclusion of Luther's treatise on the bound will, arriving at Christ and election, which reveals Erasmus's fundamental error — his argument for the human will is actually the original sin, choosing between good and evil. SHOW NOTES: The Captivation of the Will: Luther Vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage by Gerhard O. Forde https://amzn.to/4mOYuPx HWSS SD 2025 https://www.1517.org/events/hwss-2025-sd The Gospel for Those Broken By th...
2025-10-112h 20
Banned Books411: Forde - Are we puppets, being jerked around against our wills by a malevolent puppeteer?Master of Puppets. In this episode, we continue our exploration of the Bondage of the Will, with Gerhard Forde's book, The Captivation of the Will. We discuss the human will — what it is, what it does, what it wants — and why we are compelled to insist that we have free choice. We also talk about the two paths: one, the path of forgiveness, and the other, the way of morality. Why do we default to morality in matters of choice, and why is the preaching of God's grace over against morality so offensive to Christians who confess that...
2025-10-053h 07
Banned Books410: Forde - Better not to let the "common herd" in on such lofty and dangerous academic secretsHave You Herd? In this episode, we continue our reading of The Captivation of Will, discussing the problem of God, the death-ride of morality, scandalous election, the dilemma of sin and freedom and more sin, and the singular calling of Christ's preachers. SHOW NOTES: The Captivation of the Will: Luther Vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage by Gerhard O. Forde https://amzn.to/4mOYuPx To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck https://amzn.to/48xWfM3 Self Esteem Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e__8eVCgjCE
2025-09-283h 19
Banned Books408: Nestigen - Luther and Erasmus on the Bondage of the WillDazed & Confused. In this episode, we continue our series on The Bondage of the Will (1525), by Martin Luther. We read Dr. James Nestingen's historical introduction to the treatise and delve into the ways two theologians differed in their exegesis of Scripture, their interpretation of Christian doctrine, and the early and medieval church-theological traditions that influenced Erasmus and Luther as they engaged in a back-and-forth. SHOW NOTES: The Captivation of the Will: Luther Vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage by Gerhard O. Forde https://amzn.to/4mOYuPx Thomism https://en.wikipedia.org...
2025-09-122h 43
Banned Books406: Giertz - The Parish ChurchTake Me to Church. In this episode, we read Bo Giertz's "Christ's Church: Her Biblical Roots, Her Dramatic History, Her Saving Presence, Her Glorious Future." The Church, who is she? What kind of life is present within the church walls? Who wants to understand that life better and know more about it? We read Christ's Church and take you on a walk from her biblical roots toward her glorious future. SHOW NOTES: Owen Barfield Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Barfield Barfield 1517 Article https://www.1517.org/articles/unsung-inklings-owen-barfield ...
2025-08-303h 26
Banned Books405: Barfield - Myth is the Ghost of Concrete MeaningLittle Plastic Castles. In this episode, we read the first Inkling, Owen Barfield, as he defends the use of old words, old stories, and old ways of expressing what's good, beautiful, and true against modern proponents that argued for more modern "scientific" ways of judging language, esp., poetics and myth, as well as religion and culture. SHOW NOTES: Owen Barfield Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Barfield Barfield 1517 Article https://www.1517.org/articles/unsung-inklings-owen-barfield Poetic Diction https://owenbarfield.org/selected-books/poetic-diction/ Anthroposophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy
2025-08-233h 02
Banned Books403: Morales - Remembering Your BaptismWetly All the Way. In this episode, we visit with author Kathryn Morales about her new book, Remembering Your Baptism. We discuss who should be baptized and why. How many times does someone need to be baptized? Can someone fall away from baptism, and what if someone doubts that baptism saves them from judgment and death? This and much, much more on today's episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES: Remembering Your Baptism https://amzn.to/4ftHOu4 Buy direct @ 1517 https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419039-remembering-your-baptism Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel by Norman Nagel...
2025-08-081h 39
Banned Books401: Q&A on Christian SuccessThe Secret of My Success. In this episode, we answer a listener's question about success and the Christian life. How does one measure success? What about when we fail? Is that God's will? How does the cross inform the Christian definition of success? This and much, much more on today's Christian podcast! SHOW NOTES: BBC4 - In Our Time, Dragons https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dzy4 Hobbes - Leviathan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book) More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517...
2025-07-261h 30
Banned Books400: Paulson - The Hidden Life of ChristiansYou've Got to Hide Your Love Away. In this episode, we read the Outlaw God and discuss the hidden life of a Christian. How are Christians to understand the living Word, or Christ crucified before Adam and Eve, or being called into vocations that serve the kingdom of life rather than a culture of death? SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Saturday Seminar: The Impossible Prize: Addiction, Grace and the Unfree Will https://www.1517.org...
2025-07-182h 12
Banned Books399: More Questions Answered - Myth and Taylor SwiftWhat Do You Mean, There's More to This? In this episode, we answer a listener's question about Taylor Swift that leads us into a conversation about symbols and meaning, religious iconography, wild truth, and seeing reality through what's occurring in the sacraments. SHOW NOTES: Tolkein - The monsters and the critics, and other essays https://archive.org/details/monsterscriticso0000tolk Martin Luther's Commentary On Saint Paul's Epistle To The Galatians https://shop.1517.org/products/9781945978241-martin-luthers-commentary-on-saint-pauls-epistle-to-the-galatians ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA - To a fallen virgin https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3202046.htm
2025-07-123h 12
Banned Books398: Paulson - A Preacher like JonahLittle Willy Plays in Duty. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson's Outlaw God, discussing the appeal of the Law (in the abstract), why old Adam loves pretending he has free will, the Ninevite Conundrum, Jonah's wormy preacher, and our obsession with placing therapy alongside Christ as a means of grace. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Saturday Seminar: The Impossible Prize: Addiction, Grace and the Unfree Will https://www.1517.org/events/riley-stjohn-25 ...
2025-06-282h 55
Banned Books397: Q&A Episode - Civil DisobedienceThe Long and Winding Road. In this episode, we answer another listener's question about civil disobedience, understanding the tension for old Adam that's inherent within the two kingdoms doctrine, and we go down a bunch of alleyways picking through conspiracies, immigration, war, colonialism, and ice cream coveting. SHOW NOTES: The Night Manager https://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Manager/dp/B0C4W1DHBN New World Order book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_World_Order_(Robertson_book) More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517...
2025-06-212h 37Banned Books396: Paulson - God's Law, God's GospelAll That and A Bag of Chips. In this episode, we return to Steven Paulson's book, The Outlaw God. We discuss law and Gospel, why God sends a preacher, why we hate Christ preached, and what therapy can do for the walking dead. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God Podcast https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Theology is for Proclamation https://amzn.to/4kNVRw5 Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In https://www.1517.org/articles/where-pride-fails-grace-breaks-in How Christians Should...
2025-06-132h 15
Banned Books395: Questions AnsweredJust Answer the Question. In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically active and passive choices, active and passive righteousness, election and the bondage of the will, addiction, the limits of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ultimate Good we all seek, and much, much more. More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule: https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/ What's...
2025-06-102h 16
Banned Books394: Paulson - The Battle of WordsStrong Words for a Strong Word. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson's book, The Outlaw God. We discuss preaching, doing God's Word to listeners, calling out curses and blessing confessions, using strong words to expose and condemn the devil and the world, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: Steven Paulson - Outlaw God https://amzn.to/4kHmP8s Outlaw God https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod Theology is for Proclamation https://amzn.to/4kNVRw5 More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts...
2025-05-312h 23
Banned Books393: Table TalkI've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. In this episode, we discuss how pre-modern church history, the Industrial Revolution, therapeutics, language, corporate culture, and the flight of heretics from Europe in the 17th-18th century affected contemporary Western churches. SHOW NOTES: The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age https://amzn.to/43cElvv On Pornography, Hunger, and Holy Rescue https://www.1517.org/articles/on-pornography-hunger-and-holy-rescue More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube: https://www.youtube...
2025-05-221h 26
Banned Books392: Keller - What Is the Church?Come Together, Right Now… In this episode, we read from Tim Keller's sermon, which asks, "What is the Church?" We discuss the relationship between churches and culture, what the church is and isn't, where we locate faith, whether Christian faith changes one's values, and much more. SHOW NOTES: A Vision for a Gospel Centered Life by Dr. Timothy Keller https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/keller/AVisionforaGospel-CenteredLifeTimothyJKeller.pdf Dalai Lama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama 160: Timothy Keller - Biblical justice differs in significant ways from all the secular alternatives ht...
2025-05-162h 45
Banned Books390: Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of GodSomebody Told Me. In this episode, we read the Book of Concord on election, and discuss why God chooses to forgive all people on the cross, why some reject the gospel, why Lutherans reject double predestination, what the consequences are to trust that we are always justified for Christ's sake, and much, much more. SHOW NOTES: The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church https://amzn.to/3YbpA9h Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-epitome/article-xi/ Two Hundred...
2025-05-012h 19
Banned Books389: The Power and Primacy of the PopeOver And Done With. In this episode, we read Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope and discuss the validity of the papacy's claims to divine authority, the response of Lutherans and Protestants to the death of Pope Francis, how to love one's neighbor while disagreeing them, the distinction between heterodoxy and heresy, and much much more. SHOW NOTES: Complete Sermons of Martin Luther - Klug https://duckduckgo.com/?q=complete+sermons+of+martin+luther+klug&t=osx&ia=shopping&iax=shopping Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History...
2025-04-252h 13
Banned Books388: Luther - Maundy ThursdaySunday Bloody Sunday In this episode, we read Martin Luther's sermon for Maundy Thursday (1534), discussing the Lord's Supper, polity, sacramental piety, fellowship, election, and all the rabbit trails we follow… SHOW NOTES: Complete Sermons of Martin Luther - Klug https://duckduckgo.com/?q=complete+sermons+of+martin+luther+klug&t=osx&ia=shopping&iax=shopping Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter https://amzn.to/42jreZ0 Postman quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7942005-what-orwell-feared-were-those-who-would-ban-books-what More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: ht...
2025-04-192h 00
Banned Books387: Flacius - Adiaphora and TyrannyCan't You See. In this episode, we read the Lutheran theologian Matthias Flacius, and discuss inter-church debates, the Lord's Supper as ground zero for most church conflicts, the consequences of compromise in matters of faith, the limits of love, and when it's time to push away from the table and go into prayer. SHOW NOTES: Adiaphora and Tyranny https://amzn.to/4iSmFKN Bente on Flacius Heresy https://thebookofconcord.org/introductory-materials/historical-introductions/the-flacian-controversy/ Matthias Flacius and the Survival of Luther's Reform https://amzn.to/4jiRHeP Aspidochelone https://en...
2025-04-133h 03
Banned Books386: Pastoral Debrief with a bit of FlaciusKick Out the Jams. In this episode, we focus on the raw, real work of life in the parish—the ordinary burdens, the hidden insecurities, and the quiet faith that holds it all together. We explore the distinction between philosophy and theology and why attempts to fuse them often leave both diminished. There's talk of reformation—its drama, its necessity, and its cost. We reflect on the pervasive victim-perpetrator dynamic that shapes so much of modern life and how the gospel when rightly preached, breaks that cycle. At the heart of it all is this: the power of C...
2025-04-052h 32
Banned Books385: Woodford - Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession?Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? In this episode, we read Lucas Woodford's book, Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? and discuss the Great Commission, evangelism, the radical gospel, the purpose of the church's preaching about Jesus, post-modern consumerism, and many, many rabbit trails into uncharted topics. SHOW NOTES: Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? https://amzn.to/41OqgUn Butler's Lives of the Saints https://amzn.to/3DWiw9y More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on...
2025-03-272h 17
Banned Books384: Peterson - The Stunted ImaginationFirst It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah's vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God's preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness. SHOW NOTES: Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a longtime pastor and professor of spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His many acclaimed books include Tell It Slant, The Jesus Way, Eat This Book, and the contemporary translation of the Bible titled The Message. Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Ex...
2025-03-212h 26
Banned Books383: Tolkien - The 'protestant' search backwards for 'simplicity' and directness ... is mistaken and indeed vainAnd so it begins. In this episode, we read the letters of J.R.R. Tolkien for Lent. We discuss sin and mercy, Eden and scientific materialism, ecumenism and cults, and much more! SHOW NOTES: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien https://amzn.to/3FbRqLS Shelby Foote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Foote Phrygian Mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode Max Richter - The New Four Seasons Vivaldi Recomposed https://www.maxrichter-fourseasons.com/en/ "The phrase "kill your darlings" originated with...
2025-03-083h 15
Banned Books382: Riley - Our False Gods and AddictionThe Impossible Prize In this episode, we explore The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction, a forthcoming book that examines addiction not just as a habit or illness, but as a form of misplaced worship. We discuss how addiction draws us toward false gods, demanding our devotion and shaping our lives in ways we barely recognize. More than a personal struggle, addiction weaves itself into families, communities, and churches—warping trust, distorting love, and hollowing out the soul. How can we reclaim what has been lost? How do we confront addiction not just physically and mentally, but as a de...
2025-02-282h 39
Banned Books381: Kleinig - The Things That Make a TheologianWho Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther's threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God's Word—all this and much more on this week's episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES: John Kleinig - Oration, Meditatio, Tentatio https://ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/kleinigoratio.pdf John Kleinig johnkleinig.com...
2025-02-152h 04
Banned Books380: Anselm - Bracing the Heart Against DespairYou May Be Right… In this episode of Banned Books, we read Anselm of Canterbury's Meditation on Sin and Penance. We discuss the consequences of sin, the Fountain of Mercy, Jesus' excuses, the doctrine of simul iustus et peccator, theological presuppositions, and how we speak influences our behavior. SHOW NOTES: St. Anselm's Book of Meditations and Prayers https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1033-1109,_Anselmus_Cantuariensis,_Meditationes_et_Orationes,_EN.pdf Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation https://amzn.to/3CG0oA9 Smalcald III https://thebookofconcord.org/smalcald-articles/part-iii/ar...
2025-02-092h 14
Banned Books379: Chrysostom - On Wealth and PovertyDig, Lazarus, Dig! In this episode of Banned Books, we read St. John Chrysostom's sermon on the Rich Man and Lazarus — wealth, poverty, Satanic feasts, ivory beds, spiritual warriors, Chaldean comfort dogs, and the dangers of actors and perfume on this podcast episode. SHOW NOTES: On Wealth and Poverty: St. John Chrysostom https://amzn.to/42HecoN Taylorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management Till We Have Faces - Symbolic World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNIiViaCdYE Midwest v. Everybody https://x.com/midwestern_ope/ ...
2025-02-012h 14
Banned Books378: Giertz - The Essential Firm KernelsLeper Messiah. In this episode, we read Bo Giertz's commentary on Jesus' healing of a leper and Cornelius' servant… boy… slave boy. Giertz addresses textual criticism, catechesis, miracles, and the liturgy of the Church, and we delve into the effect of disbelief in Jesus' power to heal and make whole affects modern Christians and non-believers alike. SHOW NOTES: Giertz Books from 1517 https://shop.1517.org/search?type=product&q=giertz Gutenberg https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Gutenberg/Printing-of-the-Bible Laborers For Christ to cease operations in June https://reporter.lcms.org/2020/labo...
2025-01-252h 32
Banned Books377: Origen - The Church as Superior to All Things PaganGood Christians, One and All Rejoice? In this episode, we read Origen's response to Celsus about whether or not Christians are detrimental or beneficial to society. Does the Church uplift or undermine culture? What part does faith play in living a virtuous life? SHOW NOTES: Understandings of the Church by E. Glenn Hinson https://amzn.to/4iTKi6a Anthony the Great https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/2025-01-17 Collapse article https://open.substack.com/pub/thehonestsorcerer/p/collapse-will-look-nothing-like-in?r=3ly85t&utm_medium=ios An Atheist visits an...
2025-01-182h 47
Banned Books376: Origen - Commentary on the Epistle to the RomansSuperabundance. In this episode, we read Origen's commentary on St. Paul's epistle to the Romans. We discuss the accusations leveled at Origen's orthodoxy, exegetical method, and critique of Marcion and discuss how what was written so long ago is relevant to Christians today. SHOW NOTES: Origen - Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans https://www.thetbs.org/study-materials/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Commentary-on-the-Epistle-to-the-Romans-by-Origen-z-lib.org_.pdf Origen bio https://www.theopedia.com/origen To a God Unknown - Steinbeck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_a_God_Unknown More...
2025-01-112h 34
Banned Books375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)Same Old Story. In this episode, we read various Christian and non-Christian sources from the first two centuries, discussing their understandings of Jesus Christ, the church, law, and the Gospel, and the effect of the Christian faith on people in Roman society. SHOW NOTES: Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons https://amzn.to/3VO4Tim Norman Nagel YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=norman+nagel What happened to Segway? https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-segway-cops-and-tourists-2020-6 Heliand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliand Kenneth E. Bailey https://www...
2025-01-042h 02
Banned Books374: Nagel - A Sermon for Christmas DayThat's How Love Goes. In this episode, we read a Christmas sermon by Norman Nagel and discuss the nativity, the mother of God, iconography, Bible translating, story-telling traditions, teaching through the story, God's strange way of loving people, and people's expectations of Christmas and how it affects the Church. SHOW NOTES: Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons https://amzn.to/3VO4Tim Norman Nagel YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=norman+nagel What happened to Segway? https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-segway-cops-and-tourists-2020-6 Heliand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliand
2024-12-212h 02
Banned Books373: Luther - You have the Mystery of GodTighten Up. In this episode, we read Martin Luther's Advent 3 ordination sermon, discussing rites and ceremonies, church traditions, God's mysteries versus the devil's, and much pastoral talk about transparency and honesty amongst brothers and sisters in the Gospel. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works Volume 57:45 https://amzn.to/4ieJbO6 The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It — Robert Farrar Capon https://amzn.to/3ZQ38nm The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction https://amzn.to/3BhHUp7 More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: ht...
2024-12-142h 38
Banned Books372: Luther - A Lovely and Joyous SermonCountdown to Armageddon. In this episode, we read Martin Luther's Advent 2 sermon (1532) and discuss signs and symbols, the liturgical calendar, funerals, preaching, and many many other things of an episodic nature. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works Volume 57:45 https://amzn.to/4ieJbO6 Ordering Our Days in His Peace https://amzn.to/3CXXEht Worshiping with Angels and Archangels https://amzn.to/4ip3s3s More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2...
2024-12-102h 08
Christian History AlmanacFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0432 min
Outside OurselvesFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday
This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to acti...
2024-12-0332 min
Christianity On TrialFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
Hidden StreamsFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
You Are Forgiven RadioFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 minTough TextsFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
A Field Guide to the BibleFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min40 Minutes In The Old TestamentFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
Unveiling MercyFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
Faith and Reason ExchangeFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 minBanned BooksFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 minOutlaw GodFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 minThinking FellowsFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 minThinking FellowsFueling the Mission: Supporting 1517 to Proclaim the GospelSupport 1517 This Giving Tuesday This is Caleb Keith, director of the 1517 Podcast Network. Today, as many of you may know, is Giving Tuesday. On this special day, I have a question for you: Does this podcast bring Jesus and His Gospel of peace into your life on a regular basis? At 1517, our mission—and the mission of the 1517 Podcast Network—is to declare and defend the Good News that we are forgiven and free through the death and resurrection of Christ alone. Because of Jesus, God has made peace with you and continues to actively give you His...
2024-12-0332 min
Banned Books371: Pastoral Debrief - On Storytelling and MythReach for The Sky. This episode discusses the Augsburg Confession, the Church, and what makes a good fanatic. We dig into the Church's language, symbolism, meaning, and rites today. How can we best use narrative theology to catechize? Did Jesus have to die for your traditions and worship? Is there anyone in heaven that hasn't fallen into sin? This and much more today on the show! More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg 1517 Podcast Network on Apple...
2024-11-232h 06
Banned Books370: Capon - Proclaiming the Gospel against the Wisdom of the WorldBreak on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss preaching to the dead and how to unlock doors when one doesn't have a good lock pick. We also discuss Robert Capon's book, Foolishness of Preaching, reading his Easter sermon on John 10. This podcast episode includes preaching, polity, pastoral care, and renegade priests. SHOW NOTES: The Foolishness of Preaching https://a.co/d/gJAndUN Capon Lectures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EklwSwR8I Capon Memory https://mbird.com/grace-in-practice/in-loving-memory-of-robert-farrar-capon-1925-2013/ ...
2024-11-162h 37
Banned Books369: Thielicke - Pathology of the Young Theologian's ConceitThat's the Power of Love. In this episode, we discuss the shock of infatuation with theological concepts and young theologians' conceit while reading Helmut Thielcke's A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. We converse about laity and clergy's relationship to theology, piety, and polity. What is the purpose of theology, its study, teaching, and conversations? How can theology become deadly? What happens when the truth is detached from love? All this and more on a new episode of the podcast! SHOW NOTES: A Little Exercise for Young Theologians by Helmut Thielicke https://a.co...
2024-11-092h 54
Banned Books368: Cindy Koch - Once Upon a CurseOnce Upon A Time in Genesis. In this episode, we talk with author Cindy Koch about her new book, Once Upon A Curse. We discuss Semitic poetry, the Psalms, Genesis, curses and promises, child-bearing, biblical versus earthly wisdom, freedom and bondage, and the ever-needed reality that is explained and defined by the story of Jesus Christ, the Lamb crucified from the foundation of the world. SHOW NOTES: Once Upon a Curse book https://a.co/d/jboJZ5x Once Upon a Curse Bible Study https://cindykochwrites.com/once-upon-a-curse-gen-3/ Cindy...
2024-11-011h 44
Banned Books367: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation pt. 2Watch Me Work. In this episode, we continue our discussion of justification and vocation as we read "Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation" by James A. Nestigen. Part two of our conversation continues with themes of vocation, location, repentance, humility, personal agency, divine instrumentality, atonement, the relationship of husband and wife to the land, the overlap of heaven and earth, and what to do when we feel like we've made a complete mess of our lives. SHOW NOTES: Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation - James A. Nestigen The...
2024-10-122h 37
Banned Books366: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's ReformationThey Call Me Rhetorical Working Man. In this episode, we discuss Luther's teaching on justification and vocation while reading James Nestingen's essay on the same topic. We cover feudalism, the rise of capitalism, how the reformation took hold in the cities in Germany, the three estates, the two kingdoms, church life versus social life, and the consequences for Christians of not being grounded in faith and prayer as detailed by Luther, in particular, in his explanations to the petitions of the Lord Prayer. SHOW NOTES: Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation...
2024-10-051h 53
Banned Books365: Schwarz - Christ's Last Will and TestamentReign in Blood. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Lord's Supper while reading The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus by Reinhard Schwarz. We discuss why the distinction between a covenant and a testament is of utmost importance for exegesis, sacramental theology, and Christian life, why promise and gift are central to Luther's understanding of the sacrament, and how rejecting the sacrament leads to a denial of Christ. SHOW NOTES: The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus by Reinhard Schwarz (Lutheran Quarterly #9 1995, p.391-404) https://www.lutheranquarterly.org/?page_id=6430
2024-09-132h 00
Banned Books364: Q&A EpisodeLove, Rain On Me. In this episode, we answer listener questions about whether baptism has an expiration date, why people avoid joining a church, and comfort for women who've suffered a miscarriage. SHOW NOTES: Luther Genesis Lectures https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48193/48193-h/48193-h.htm Luther's Counsel for Miscarriage https://www.1517.org/articles/luthers-counsel-for-miscarriage Luther's Comfort For Women Who Have Had A Miscarriage https://www.scribd.com/document/16229457/Luther-s-Comfort-for-Women-Who-Have-Had-a-Miscarriage More from 1517: Support 1517: https://www.1517.org/donate 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Youtube: https://www.youtube...
2024-09-072h 26
Banned Books363: Olson - Liturgy as "Action"Runnin' Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and "action"—who's doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we've got it all this week. SHOW NOTES: LITURGY AS "ACTION" by Oliver K. Olson https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-6385.1975.tb00668.x What Is Religion? - with Peter Boghossian (@drpeterboghossian) https://www.youtube.com/watc...
2024-08-301h 41
Banned Books362: Olson - Putting Second Things SecondDo The Thing. In this episode, we discuss liturgy. What is the difference between a sacramental rite and a sacrificial rite? Why are' member berries' so juicy and delicious? Can a priest or the church affect God's actions? Can a church integrate non-Christian rites into its worship? SHOW NOTES: Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX Episode 360: Part One https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/360-olson Episode 361: Part Two https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/361-olson Formula X Epitome https://thebookofconcord.org...
2024-08-271h 51
Banned Books361: Olson - The Duty of ResistanceStreet-Fighting Man. In this episode, we continue our discussion of the question of when it is permissible for Christians to oppose civil authority. It's more important than ever for Christians to grasp the fundamentals of vocation, the relation of politics to liturgy, the place of the sacraments within the worship of the church, and the life of Christians, why there cannot be such a thing as a Christian nation. SHOW NOTES: Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX Episode 360: Part One https...
2024-08-162h 22
Banned Books360: Olson - Politics, Liturgics, and Integritas SacramentiWe Worship & Adore… You? In this episode, we discuss the intersection of liturgy and politics as we read Oliver Olson's essay, Politics, Liturgics, and Integritas Sacramenti. It's a historical survey of liturgical practice and politics from ancient Israel to the present, discussing the importance of symbolism, meaning, and the purpose of liturgy for faith and life. SHOW NOTES: Discord, dialogue, and concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of concord https://amzn.to/3YWPvCX Eucharist & Church Fellowship in the First Four Centuries https://amzn.to/3Amcygc Formula X Epitome https://thebookofconcord.or...
2024-08-102h 14
Banned Books338: Kleinig - Rituals and the Enactment of the GospelThe Chairman's Intent. In this episode of Banned Books, we converse about the Gospel, ritual, and how and why God embodies his grace while reading John Kleinig's article, Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel. SHOW NOTES: Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/RitualsandtheEnactmentoftheGospelKleinig.pdf John Kleinig resources https://www.johnkleinig.com Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls https://a.co/d/6iduYYc Leviticus (Concordia Commentary) https://a.co/d/iijxfC8 Hebrews (Concordia Commentary: a Theological Exposition...
2024-02-032h 12
Banned Books337: Chesterton - Heretics: On Sandals and SimplicitySimple Man. In this episode of Banned Books, we read G.K. Chesterton and discuss everything from simple living to the death and resurrection of Christ as the foundation of reality, the higher meaning of cups, and why a tomato is just a tomato. SHOW NOTES: G.K. Chesterton - Heretics https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/470/pg470-images.html#chap10 Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/RitualsandtheEnactmentoftheGospelKleinig.pdf ...
2024-01-272h 53
Banned Books336: Tolkien - On Christian PreachingKeep The Beat. In this episode, we converse about good and bad sermons as defined by J.R.R. Tolkien. We discuss cosmology, truth, love, and why how we use words matters. SHOW NOTES: 63 To Christopher Tolkien, 24 April 1944 (FS 19), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf There is No Literal Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLPDSRL5f4 The Craft of Preaching https://www.1517.org/craftofpreaching SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http...
2024-01-202h 00
Banned Books335: Gregory the Great - Pastoral RuleThe Art of Noise. In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of pastoral care — the art, the discipline, and the experience of pastoral care — while reading The Rule of Gregory the Great. It's all about church leadership and pastoral ministry in this week's episode of Banned Books. SHOW NOTES: Rule of St. Gregory https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/36011.htm Gregory Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts http...
2024-01-132h 23
Banned Books334: MacDonald - The Cause of Spiritual StupidityThe Man Who Sold The World. In this episode, we discuss what attachment to things rather than Christ gets us while reading George Macdonald's Unspoken Sermons. The conversation leads us through the topics of higher and lower things, bread-making, willing and wanting, God-gifted vocations, and how to properly end a sermon. SHOW NOTES: George MacDonald - Unspoken Sermons https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9057/pg9057-images.html Wikipedia Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald All depends on our possessing https://hymnary.org/text/all_depends_on_our...
2024-01-082h 26
Banned Books332: Norman Nagel - The Lord has more than one ElijahWon't Get Fooled Again. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss all things Advent - repentance, John the Baptist, preaching Christ, pastoral care to the afflicted and the unrepentant, and how to get to hell - while reading Norman Nagel's Advent 3 sermon. SHOW NOTES: Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel: From Valparaiso to St. Louis by Norman Nagel https://amzn.to/3GKRks4 Audio sermons: https://logia.org/audio-downloads/in-the-name-of-jesus-sermons-by-norman-e-nagel-part-1 SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts...
2023-12-161h 34
Banned Books331: Martyn Lloyd-Jones - The End of the WorldAll Day and All of the Night. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Advent and the second coming of Jesus Christ while reading a sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Along the way, we talk about the symbols and meaning of Christmas, how preaching a biblical sermon doesn't mean it's a gospel sermon, and why that matters. SHOW NOTES: Transcript of Sermon: https://opentheo.org/i/6710363444782272749/the-end-of-the-world Balfour Declaration https://www.britannica.com/event/Balfour-Declaration SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast...
2023-12-122h 04
Banned Books330: Aelfric - The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon ChurchSober Up, He's Coming! In this episode of the Banned Books podcast, we read Aelfric's Advent homily while discussing decorating churches for Christmas, the importance of symbolism for the Christian faith, what a tide is, and why the books Genesis and Revelation reference everything regarding faith and life. SHOW NOTES: The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38334/38334-h/38334-h.htm#page601 Bio https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/43514/chapter/364251854?login=false Paulskirche in Schwerin, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paulskirche_(Schwerin)
2023-12-022h 21
Banned Books329: Venerable Bede - On the Song of SongsWe Need More Mother's Milk & Pomegranate Seeds. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Song of Songs and read the seventh-century monk, Bede, who takes us on a wild ride through the text; we converse about exegesis, cosmology, the church, why the meaning of words matters, how to read the Bible like an early medieval theologian, and why the story about Jesus changes the world. SHOW NOTES: Bede bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede The Venerable Bede: On the Song of Songs and Selected Writings https://www.amazon...
2023-11-252h 26
Banned Books328: John Piper - Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and FutureThe Parable of the Lawless, Polygamist Groom. In this episode, we discuss the parable of the ten virgins as preached by John Piper. We converse about law and promise, red herrings, who's wise and foolish in the parable, the bondage of the will and the doctrine of election, and the consequences for hearers of such parabolic sermons. SHOW NOTES: Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/jesus-christ-the-bridegroom-past-and-future John Piper bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Piper_(theologian) Free Will https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-solid-declaration/article-ii/
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Subversion with 1517032. 1517 at Home: Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Human Rights.Alex Gladstein joins 1517 Fund for a 1517 at Home conversation about how Bitcoin protects human rights, its applications around the world, and the coming death of cash that totalitarian and authoritarian regimes world over want to accelerate.
Alex is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum and the co-author of The Little Bitcoin Book.
To request an invite to a future 1517 at Home conversation, visit 1517fund.com/at-home.
2020-06-1941 minSubversion with 1517031. 1517 at Home: Ryan Kulp on Fitness for Hackers, Mindset, and AccountabilityRyan Kulp is a self-taught developer, marketer, musician, founder of Fomo and Fork Equity, and the author of Fitness for Hackers. He joins a live audience of the 1517 Community to discuss how the hacker mindset can be applied to fitness, nutrition, and how he stays accountable to constant learning in his personal development.
Mentioned during the conversation:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Indistractible by Nir Eyal
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
Nick Winter
Ryan's Twitter
Ryan's personal website
Fitness for Hackers
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2020-05-291h 14Subversion with 1517029. 1517 at Home: Byrne Hobart on the Mimetic Theory of BubblesWhy do economic bubbles happen? Historically, theorists have proposed competing theories like the efficient market hypothesis, the easy money theory, and a “heroes and villains” theory. In this workshop and roundtable discussion we explored the mimetic desire theory of bubbles. Based on Rene Girard’s theory of mimetic desire, the mimetic theory of bubbles states that bubbles arise not from copying behavior, but from copying desire.
Byrne Hobart (@byrnehobart)is a finance and technology analyst and writer. His career spans working as an investment analyst at large-scale hedge funds and as a research provider to digital marketing, strate...
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