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151: Tearing Down Statues and Cancelling History

Banned Books
07/02/20

It’s Not Like You Can Change History Just Because Your Feelings Are Hurt... Right? Riley and Gillespie discuss history, feelings, and canceling the cancelers with God’s Word, all this in preparation for part two on human trafficking.

The Remedy

By Donavon Riley 07/02/20

If our churches are split along generational lines it's because we've turned our backs to the cross. We've shut our ears to the Good News about Jesus Christ, who judges the world with equity.

150: Martin Luther - On the Jews and their Lies (1543)

Banned Books
06/27/20

Wow, I gotta be honest... I did not see that coming! Anti-semitism, public doctrine, and when it’s necessary to tear down our idols.

149: An Apologetic Primer on Jehovah’s Witnesses

Banned Books
06/25/20

We Are Not Your Kind. Gillespie and Riley respond to a listener question: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a part of the Christian Church?

God's Word Isn't Junk Food

By Donavon Riley 06/25/20

God's Word reveals the truth about us. We don't much care for God's Word. We prefer the yes and no of our personal taste buds.

Which Party Are We Invited To?

By Donavon Riley 06/23/20

We're not called to be obedient consumers. We're free in Christ to love and serve our neighbor according to his need

148: Ken Korby - Wherever the Gospel is spoken, one must also talk about moderation and suffering with joy

Banned Books
06/19/20

Riley and Gillespie continue their conversation on moderation in public dialogue, the wrath of God, our passions, and not succumbing to media propaganda.

147: Ken Korby - Different Ministries, Different Means, One God!

Banned Books
06/17/20

You Can’t Get Right if You Can’t Relate... Much too little has been done either to articulate or to augment the kind of "pastoral care" that equips Christian citizens to demonstrate care for the world in their daily vocation…

Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate

By Donavon Riley 06/16/20

We already know how the war will conclude. Jesus wins.

146: Propaganda Never Rests - God Controls The Outcome of History, part 2

Banned Books
06/13/20

Our appearance is designed to be familiar and to put you at ease. We continue our discussion of the Church and social change and upheaval.

145: The Violence of Modernity - God Controls The Outcome of History, part 1

Banned Books
06/11/20

Are You Gonna Slay It? We take a deep dive into the relation of the Church to social change and upheaval.

Jesus Drowns Out The Storm Waves

By Donavon Riley 06/09/20

As the storm waves of life crash into us, threatening to pull us down into the undertow of sin, Jesus comes and stands between us and the furious tides.

144: A Pastoral Debrief on Epidemic, Protests, and Riots

Banned Books
06/02/20

Riley and Gillespie take a break from the usual format to consider how our nation quickly forgot COVID-19 in the wake of the death of George Floyd. We seek to better understand what is happening regarding the protests and rioting…

No Justice, No Peace

By Donavon Riley 06/02/20

Justice and love are united in God, and we see this most clearly in Jesus on the cross. There, both God's hatred toward sin and compassion for the world come together.

I Would Rather Die Than Hate You

By Donavon Riley 06/01/20

There is a time for justice. And there is a time for love. But love must always have the final word. Jesus must have the final word, because Jesus is God and God is Love.

143: Martin Luther - Who Loved Me and Gave Himself For Me

Banned Books
05/30/20

Come With Me if You Want to Live. The two most important words we will ever hear.

142: Martin Luther - This Is Not the Way to Justification

Banned Books
05/29/20

“Sometimes dead is better." In this episode, now that we are dead to sin and alive to Christ through faith, what do we do with our free time?

Strength to Forgive

By Donavon Riley 05/26/20

We must also remember that our enemy is a creature of God. He is someone for whom Christ Jesus died. He is a sinner just like any other, no more or less selfish than us.

141: Martin Luther - The Christian Has Use of The World and All Its Creatures

Banned Books
05/23/20

“Sometimes dead is better." In this episode, now that we are dead to sin and alive to Christ through faith, what do we do with our free time?

Two Kinds of Slavery

By Donavon Riley 05/22/20

We are free to be in the world, but not of the world. We are freed to stop treating the pursuit of pleasure as an escape from pain, suffering, and death.

140: Martin Luther - I Fix My Eyes On Christ, That Bronze Serpent Hanging From the Cross

Banned Books
05/21/20

The question isn't "what are we going to do," the question is "what aren't we going to do?" In this episode, Jesus becomes sin and death.

Lord, Deliver Us from Corona

By Donavon Riley 05/19/20

What we can learn from all these instances is that we are all born into this world with a pre-existing condition. It’s called mortality, and no earthly authority or expert can save us from it.

139: Martin Luther - Christ is the Redeemer of all those under the law

Banned Books
05/18/20

Gonna make it, Gonna make it, Not gonna make it, Not gonna make it, Not gonna make it! In this episode, distinguishing righteousness from righteousness, good works from justification.

Plugging Into God's Word

By Donavon Riley 05/14/20

Through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus, we've received new life and eternal salvation. True rest and refreshment are received from Christ Jesus.

138: Martin Luther - We Will Not Permit Ourselves to Be Shoved or Budged Away From Justification

Banned Books
05/14/20

Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K! In this episode, history, justification, good works, and pastoral table talk.

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Crucifying Religion

Donavon Riley
07/01/19

Jesus is the end of all religion. He did not come to tweak Judaism or create a new religion. When the nails were driven into his hands and feet, when the spear pierced his side, when he said, “It is…

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