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  1. 72: C.S. Lewis - The Incarnation from “The Joyful Christian”

    book
    08/28/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I like to think of Jesus as a mischievous badger. 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?
    72: C.S. Lewis - The Incarnation from “The Joyful Christian”

  2. 70: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it... pt. 2

    book
    08/14/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s inconceivable! 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.
    70: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it... pt. 2

  3. 68: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it...

    book
    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Would You Like to Play a Game? 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.
    68: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it...

  4. 63: Chad Bird - "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born"

    book
    06/26/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    And Your Bird Can Sing! 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.
    63: Chad Bird -

  5. 62: Thomas O. Chisholm - “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father”

    book
    06/19/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    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.
    62: Thomas O. Chisholm - “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father”

  6. 61: Joseph Scrivener - What a Friend We Have in Jesus

    book
    06/12/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    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."
    61: Joseph Scrivener - What a Friend We Have in Jesus

  7. 60: John Newton - Amazing Grace

    book
    06/05/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Pump the hate brakes, Riley! 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?
    60: John Newton - Amazing Grace

  8. 58: The Schwabach Articles, Part 2

    book
    05/22/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    How does it... umm... how does it work? In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss the Schwabach Articles. Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, Church, and all things churchy.
    58: The Schwabach Articles, Part 2

  9. 49: Charles Spurgeon - "God or Self - Which?"

    book
    03/20/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    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.
    49: Charles Spurgeon -

  10. 45: Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Failure of Christendom

    book
    02/20/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    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.
    45: Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Failure of Christendom

  11. 39: The Obstinate Toy Soldiers - C.S. Lewis

    book
    01/09/19
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on God being born a man.
    39: The Obstinate Toy Soldiers - C.S. Lewis

  12. 38: "Martin Luther’s Christmas Book," p. 30-31

    book
    01/02/19
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Brutal, Humiliating, Joyous Christmas Gospel! 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.
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