Podcast Overview

Author

Mankind - Not God - Needs Demythologizing: In the Ring with John Pless

01/28/21

4 mins

By Joel Hess | Paul Koch | John T. Pless

What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and John Pless from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne tackle this topic from a practical and historical viewpoint after eating fried chicken livers, of course.
Is the Reformation Relevant? with Dr. Adam Francisco

10/31/20

2 mins

By Adam Francisco | Joel Hess | Paul Koch

Just like we end up walking in circles when lost with no navigation instruments, so does humankind outside of Christ. Nothing has changed since the Reformation. People still suck and God still loves.
In the Ring: Preaching in Chaos with Dr. Peter Nafzger

10/15/20

3 mins

By Joel Hess | Bob Hiller | Paul Koch

What is essential and non-essential in an age of crisis? Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Peter Nafzger in a discussion about preaching to specific people in a specific location. Half of the Seminary may be from Nebraska, but what does your hyper-local world need to hear? Maybe the preacher’s task is to start a crisis.
In the Ring: Preaching in an Upside-down World with Dr. David Schmitt

10/08/20

3 mins

By Joel Hess | Paul Koch

We were going to talk about preaching during the pandemic, but then things got even crazier. Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. David Schmitt discussing how the preaching task is always the same, but the target changes. And Tyler… where’s the bell?
Imagine There was No Heaven or Hell... and more topics

05/11/20

3 mins

By Joel Hess | Paul Koch

Turns out the Christian Church's goal was also the pursuit of happiness! Ooops! Thanks Pandemic!
105: Hermann Sasse against National Socialism, pt. 2

01/17/20

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Click on the button with the picture of the Nazi on it. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss an excerpt from Hermann Sasse’s 1932 article against National Socialism. What happens when the message of the church and state are indistinguishable?
104: Hermann Sasse against National Socialism

01/15/20

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Click on the button with the picture of the Nazi on it. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss an excerpt from Hermann Sasse’s 1932 article against National Socialism. What happens when the message of the church and state are indistinguishable?
103: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace” pt. 2

01/08/20

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Cheap Grace, a monument to compromise. Gillespie and Riley continue their conversation about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, The Cost of Discipleship. This episode, more talk about grace, Nazis, and why the Gospel “but” is so important.
102: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace”

01/05/20

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Cheap grace... some people would pay top dollar for that kind of breakthrough. Gillespie and Riley take a listener request and discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, The Cost of Discipleship. Grace, discipline, Nazis, and why context matters in this episode.
100: G.K. Chesterton’s “The Christmas Ballads”

12/21/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Break the cycle. Rise above. Focus on Christ in the manger. In their monumental 100th episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss G.K. Chesterton’s “The Christmas Ballads.” This episode, it’s a lot of incarnation talk and a few rabbit trails along the way.
Bo Giertz - "Jesus Only"

02/13/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

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.
On Christmas with Athanasius, Lewis, and Luther

12/23/18

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

On episode EIGHTY-THREE of Let the Bird Fly! Mike and Wade welcome back Dr. Paul Lehninger and Rev. Greg Lyon to discuss Christmas.