TOPIC INDEXLent (10)

  1. Lent, The Time of Un-dragoning

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    03/01/24
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    We are not pursuing dragons; we are the dragons. We are, all of us, Eustace Scrubb.

  2. 300: C.S. Lewis - A Grief Observed

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    03/27/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Are We Just Rats in a Maze? In this episode, we discuss grief, mourning, death, and hope while reading C.S. Lewis’s book, A Grief Observed.

  3. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

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    03/17/23
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.

  4. 297: Norman Nagel - A Lenten Sermon

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    03/08/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Red, Red Wine… In this episode, we discuss Norman Nagel’s Lenten sermon on Jesus’ parable of the vineyard workers, focusing on the gift-giving God and what interferes with Jesus being a gift for us.

  5. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

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    03/03/23
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.

  6. 199: Weil - We Humiliate Ourselves Before False Gods

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    04/08/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Idol Talk. In this episode, we return to Simone Weil’s book, Gravity and Grace. Idolatry is the topic of conversation. What is an idol? In what ways does idolatry infiltrate our churches, and what are the consequences? How do we guard against it?

  7. 198: Simone Weil - The Cross

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    04/01/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Into The Mystic. In this episode, we read and discuss the crucifixion as interpreted by Simone Weil, an anarchist, philosopher, and mystic.

  8. 197b: Leo the Great - Use Lent for general improvement in the whole round of Christian duties

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    03/29/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    The Right Man for The Job. In this episode, we finish reading and discussing Leo the Great’s Lenten sermon about Christ’s two natures. What happens when the old Adam adds to Scripture’s witness to Jesus’ two natures?

  9. 197a: Leo the Great - All the actions of Christ reveal the presence of the twofold nature

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    03/26/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    God Really Bodies Our Salvation. In this episode, we read and discuss a Lenten sermon from Leo the Great. What happens when the two natures of Christ are divided?

  10. Jesus Does What's Impossible for Us to Get Done

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    03/06/19
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    All this disciplined living is to be done in freedom.