Banned Books
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Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.
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Aug 15, 2021 • 1h 48min
214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance
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? SHOW NOTES: Tyranny and Resistance: The Magdeburg Confession and the Lutheran Tradition by David Mark Whitford https://amzn.to/3xHBbg0 Big Rock Candy Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rock_Candy_Mountain — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram Telegram Chat SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Aug 8, 2021 • 1h 13min
213b: Paulson - You must refuse the claims of the church to rule marriage and the government
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. SHOW NOTES: Luther for Armchair Theologians https://amzn.to/3zVq44z — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram Telegram Chat SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Aug 4, 2021 • 1h 5min
213a: Paulson - Becoming a servant of all and a saint in this world
I've Got a Gun aka The Whole Armor of God. In this episode, we read and discuss Dr. Steven Paulson's breakdown of Martin Luther's explanation of the two kingdoms doctrine. Faith, family, and false idols form the backbone of our talk. SHOW NOTES: Luther for Armchair Theologians https://amzn.to/3zVq44z — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram Telegram Chat SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jul 23, 2021 • 1h 16min
212: Tocqueville - Religion Considered as a Political Institution
In this episode, we read and discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's apology for religion's relevance to politics in Democracy in America. What happens when the two kingdoms are divided or collapsed into each other? SHOW NOTES: Democracy in America, p.330 (PDF) http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/LojkoMiklos/Alexis-de-Tocqueville-Democracy-in-America.pdf Tocqueville's Faith https://lawandreligionforum.org/2013/08/01/tocquevilles-faith-2/ Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville Tocqueville on Christianity and American Democracy https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/report/tocqueville-christianity-and-american-democracy — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram Telegram Chat SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jul 13, 2021 • 55min
211: Tocqueville - Life is neither a pleasure nor a sorrow
Faith in What? Faith in Who? In this episode, we read Robert J. Delahunty's article about Alex de Tocqueville's faith. Tocqueville is a remarkable study in Enlightenment faith because he straddles the line between Christianity and the Enlightenment: Law and religion, belief and despair that concerns the relationships between Church and State in the United States and France. SHOW NOTES: Tocqueville's Faith https://lawandreligionforum.org/2013/08/01/tocquevilles-faith-2/ Democracy in America http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/LojkoMiklos/Alexis-de-Tocqueville-Democracy-in-America.pdf Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jun 30, 2021 • 1h 28min
210b: Hitchens - Eschatology is inseparable from religious faith
"Remember again part of our charge against religion, our belief that it is fundamentally wicked and antihuman, is precisely its eschatology. Religion is predicated on the idea that our time here is short and should be shorter, that our job is to bring on the end of days. This is just a veil of tears and guilt and shame. This, the only life we have—the only life we have that contains music and art and literature and solidarity and sex and love—all of this should be swept away. We can't wait for the end times to come. That's what they all have to believe." SHOW NOTES: "God is Not Great" https://ffrf.org/outreach/awards/emperor-has-no-clothes-award/item/11978-christopher-hitchens Hitchens books: https://amzn.to/3iGsX3S Peterson-Žižek debate - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterson%E2%80%93%C5%BDi%C5%BEek_Debate Slavoj Zizek debates Jordan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHJ3LvUWTs 285: STRATEGY. How the Log Way Around is The Shortest Distance Between Two Points https://jockopodcast.com/2021/06/09/285-strategy-how-the-log-way-around-is-the-shortest-distance-between-two-points/ Caesar's Messiah - Joseph Atwill https://archive.org/details/pdfy-9SJQolWByYI1w0U4 Collision - Hitchens and Wilson https://amzn.to/3gS86IA Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose - A conversation about Bill Clinton (April 28, 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_RqyXT5bt4 Metal Mass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Mass — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jun 24, 2021 • 1h
210a: Hitchens - Religion is the first chance to explain human nature and the natural order
"We were baffled by climatic and cataclysmic events: earthquakes, tidal waves, storms, lightning. All of this was to us terrifying. Religion works as an attempt, then, to make sense of things. We are pattern-seeking mammals, after all. It's a good thing that we are, because if we weren't pattern-seeking mammals, our curiosity would have no outlet and we wouldn't be capable of the great innovations that have liberated us from so many things, including religion." SHOW NOTES: "God is Not Great" https://ffrf.org/outreach/awards/emperor-has-no-clothes-award/item/11978-christopher-hitchens Hitchens books: https://amzn.to/3iGsX3S Peterson-Žižek debate - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterson%E2%80%93%C5%BDi%C5%BEek_Debate Slavoj Zizek debates Jordan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHJ3LvUWTs 285: STRATEGY. How the Log Way Around is The Shortest Distance Between Two Points https://jockopodcast.com/2021/06/09/285-strategy-how-the-log-way-around-is-the-shortest-distance-between-two-points/ Caesar's Messiah - Joseph Atwill https://archive.org/details/pdfy-9SJQolWByYI1w0U4 Collision - Hitchens and Wilson https://amzn.to/3gS86IA Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose - A conversation about Bill Clinton (April 28, 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_RqyXT5bt4 Metal Mass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Mass — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jun 18, 2021 • 60min
209b: Hitchens - Religion abolishes obligation to live in truth
Christians Aren't Good, or Moral. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Christopher Hitchens' speech on religion and morality. Does religion delete our need to confront reality? SHOW NOTES: "God is Not Great" https://ffrf.org/outreach/awards/emperor-has-no-clothes-award/item/11978-christopher-hitchens Hitchens books: https://amzn.to/3iGsX3S Hitchens vs. Hitchens https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christopher+and+peter+hitchens Petersen vs. Harris https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=petersen+harris Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose - A conversation about Bill Clinton (April 28, 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_RqyXT5bt4 Yuri Bezmenov https://www.jns.org/opinion/its-time-to-rediscover-kgb-defector-yuri-bezmenov/ — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jun 17, 2021 • 1h 14min
209a: Hitchens - Is it moral to tell anybody that their sins can be forgiven?
God is Good… or Not. In this episode, we read and discuss Christopher Hitchins' speech about religion and morality. What's the point of attaching the forgiveness of sins to morality? SHOW NOTES: "God is Not Great" https://ffrf.org/outreach/awards/emperor-has-no-clothes-award/item/11978-christopher-hitchens Hitchens books: https://amzn.to/3iGsX3S Hitchens vs. Hitchens https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christopher+and+peter+hitchens Petersen vs. Harris https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=petersen+harris Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose - A conversation about Bill Clinton (April 28, 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_RqyXT5bt4 Yuri Bezmenov https://www.jns.org/opinion/its-time-to-rediscover-kgb-defector-yuri-bezmenov/ — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
Jun 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
208b: Nietzsche - Seeing the alternative between Dionysus and the "Crucified"
The God that won't stay dead. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of God, Nietzsche, and how Jesus fights against our attempts at self-atonement. SHOW NOTES: A God Torn to Pieces: The Nietzsche Case (Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture) https://amzn.to/3fXcir1 A God Torn to Pieces: Good Friday, Nietzsche, and Sacrifice https://sojo.net/articles/god-torn-pieces-good-friday-nietzsche-and-sacrifice — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
