TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (136)

  1. 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.

  2. 298: Gregory P. Schulz - Baptized to Die

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    03/15/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    A Harsh & Necessary Conversation About Death. In this episode, we discuss death and resurrection concerning the death of a child from Gregory P. Schulz’s book, The Problem of Suffering: A Father’s Hope.

  3. 296: Bo Giertz - Christ’s Church: The Parish Church

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    03/01/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Say Hello to My Little Church! In this episode, we discuss Christ’s church and all its vagaries and particularities as expressed in Bo Giertz’s book, Christ’s Church.

  4. 293: Capon - All God Needs to Make a Preacher is a Nobody

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    02/08/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Dirt Naps Are For The Living. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Robert Capon’s, The Foolishness of Preaching, focusing on preaching forgiveness, insisting that the dead reform their deadness, and the consequences of high anthropology.

  5. 287: 1 Clement - Let our whole body be kept in working order in Christ Jesus

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    01/02/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Welcome to the Church, Can I Take Your Order? In this episode, we discuss Clement of Rome on the Church, especially good order, fruits of faith, and why the congregation at Corinth shouldn’t run off its pastors.

  6. 277: Von Rad - The Prophet's Freedom

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    11/16/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    God Doesn’t Do Prophet-sharing. In this episode, we discuss Gerhard von Rad’s explanation of a prophet’s freedom and lack of choice regarding his call and proclamation. What’s at stake for preachers, and all Christians, when God calls us to speak a specific word, to a specific people, at a specific time according to his decision?

  7. 271: Nietzsche - A theologian of today not only errs when he speaks but actually lies

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    10/18/22
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    We Are Live! In this episode, we recorded a live show at the Here We Still Stand 2022 conference, so of course, we read Nietzsche and discussed salvation.

  8. 270: Matthias Flacius - Rules for Understanding the Sacred Scriptures

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    10/08/22
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Do You Read The Bible? What’s Your Secret? In this episode, we discuss how to understand the Bible from Matthias Flacius’ book, How to Understand the Sacred Scriptures.

  9. 269: Josh McDowell - What about Science?

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    10/01/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    It’s A Bittersweet, Scientific Symphony of Atheism. In this episode, we discuss Josh McDowell’s book, More Than A Carpenter, and the topic of belief, science, and atheism. Do science and faith contradict one another? Is atheism a reasonable position over-against belief in God?

  10. 268: McDowell - Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?

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    09/24/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Liar, Liar, Jesus Is A Lunatic? In this episode, we read More Than A Carpenter by Josh McDowell. We discuss the cultural-historical argument that Jesus was either a good moral teacher or a prophet, or whether he was a liar, lunatic, or Lord.

  11. 267: C.S. Lewis - It is no good asking for a simple religion

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    09/18/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Does God Care Whether We’re Good or Bad? We conclude our discussion of Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. If Christians live in enemy territory, as Lewis writes, how does that affect the defense of our faith? Do we have free will, and why would God give us free will if he knew we’d eat from Eden’s tree? What does conscience have to do with our relationship with God and one another?

  12. 266: C.S. Lewis - Christianity is a religion you could not have guessed

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    09/10/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Let’s Fight! In this episode, we read and discuss C.S. Lewis’ popular book: Mere Christianity. What do Christians believe? How do we discuss religion, good and evil, God and the devil, and why Christianity isn’t something anyone would ever think to invent?
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