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  1. 218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

    book
    09/12/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Rush in Where Fools Fear to Tread. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Christian Dissidents.” What is totalitarianism? What are the consequences of soft totalitarianism? What is the Christian response to tyranny?
    218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

  2. "Cleaned Inside Out" (Episode 235) Featuring Pastor Darrin Sheek

    book
    09/12/21
    1 min
    By Darrin Sheek
    Pastor Sheek Teaches on Mark 7:1-13

  3. Vocation and the Drowning of Baptism

    book
    09/07/21
    1 min
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith
    Caleb and Scott take a break from the Book of Concord to address listener comments and questions.
    Vocation and the Drowning of Baptism

  4. "Deaf Ears, Deaf Hearts" (Episode 234) Featuring Pastor Edward Killian

    book
    09/05/21
    1 min
    By Edward Killian
    Pastor Killian Teaches On Mark 7:31-37

  5. 217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

    book
    08/30/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Get Ready, There’s a’Change That’s Coming. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book, "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents." We discuss what happens when society and the churches turn away from God’s Word and the Church, and defect, choosing instead to worship and obey people and things that are not Christ.
    217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

  6. "Grow Up" (Episode 233) Featuring Pastor Brian Thomas

    book
    08/29/21
    1 min
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Pastor Thomas Teaches On Ephesians 4:1-16

  7. "The Bread Of Life" (Episode 232) Featuring Pastor Darrin Sheek

    book
    08/22/21
    1 min
    By Darrin Sheek
    Pastor Sheek Teaches On John 6:22-35

  8. 216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

    book
    08/21/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Run, Rabbit, Run! In this episode, we read and discuss Spiritualizing Cowardice, by Garrett Mullet. When we read and consider the life of David, how has the popularity of psycho-therapeutic language and post-modern cultural norms in the past century influenced the way we read and teach on Scripture at present?
    216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

  9. 215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

    book
    08/17/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we discuss pastoral topics, congregational life, the challenges Christians face today, and how things have changed for clergy and the churches since 2020.
    215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

  10. "The Christology Of Abraham" (Episode 231) Featuring Pastor Edward Killian

    book
    08/15/21
    1 min
    By Edward Killian
    Pastor Killian Teaches On Genesis 15:1-6

  11. 214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

    book
    08/14/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Enemy at The Gates. In this episode, we read and discuss David Mark Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance." What are Christians to do when state and church unite to enforce laws that are in opposition to God’s Word and Christian freedom?
    214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

  12. 213b: Paulson - You must refuse the claims of the church to rule marriage and the government

    book
    08/08/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Breaking Your Rules — In this episode, we continue our reading and conversation about Dr. Steven Paulson’s breakdown of Martin Luther’s explanation of the two kingdoms. Marriage, children, preaching, serving our neighbor, and standing up to evil.
    213b: Paulson - You must refuse the claims of the church to rule marriage and the government