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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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Nov 12, 2020 • 44min

179: Girolamo Savaronola - O you who have anything superfluous, give it to the poor!

The Pirates of Penance part 2. In this episode, we continue to examine Girolamo Savaronola's sermon on penance. What happened in Florence that occasioned this sermon, and what can it teach us about church and society today? SHOW NOTES: "PENITENZA, PENITENZA…!" http://www.elfinspell.com/ChurchHistory/Petry-NoUncertainSound/GirolamoSavonarola-59.html Girolamo Savonarola (bio) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola Attack on Christianity - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/kierkegaardsatta00kier Judge for Yourself and for Self-Examination - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/forselfexaminati0000kier — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Nov 10, 2020 • 46min

178: Girolamo Savaronola - Do penance, Do it now!

The Pirates of Penance, part 1. In this episode, we look at pre-Reformation preaching. Girolamo Savaronola's sermon on penance is read and discussed. What is penance, what effect did the sacrament of penance have on church and society, and what effect does it have on us at present? SHOW NOTES: "PENITENZA, PENITENZA…!" http://www.elfinspell.com/ChurchHistory/Petry-NoUncertainSound/GirolamoSavonarola-59.html Girolamo Savonarola (bio) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola Attack on Christianity - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/kierkegaardsatta00kier Judge for Yourself and for Self-Examination - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/forselfexaminati0000kier — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Nov 4, 2020 • 1h 56min

180: Whitford - The Church and State Have Existed in An Often Unhealthy Tension

It's The Most Important Election of Our Lives, Until The Next Election In this special election episode, Gillespie and Riley read David Whitford's book, "Tyranny and Resistance," and discuss church, state, and the two kingdoms doctrine. SHOW NOTES: Tyranny and Resistance: The Magdeburg Confession and the Lutheran Tradition https://amzn.to/34Pvem8 David Whitford, Ph.D. (bio) - https://www.baylor.edu/religion/index.php?id=933200 Two Who Survived; Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust https://amzn.to/3oPHAmb Fourth Industrial Revolution https://www.weforum.org/focus/fourth-industrial-revolution "President Harrison provides a Lutheran view of church and state" https://blogs.lcms.org/2016/president-harrison-provides-a-lutheran-view-of-church-and-state Freedom of the Christian https://shop.1517.org/products/the-freedom-of-the-christian?variant=32812568870997 — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Oct 26, 2020 • 40min

177: Clement of Alexandria - True martyrdom is the knowledge of the only true God

Stop Showing Off and Get Back in Line... In part two of our reading of Clement of Alexandria's, The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved, we discuss when martyrdom isn't martyrdom and why the topic is more relevant today than ever. SHOW NOTES: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (c. 150-c. 215) from The Miscellanies (Stromata) The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved https://ethicsofsuicide.lib.utah.edu/selections/clement-alexandria/ Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague - Luther https://blogs.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Plague-blogLW.pdf Voice of the Martyrs https://www.persecution.com — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Oct 23, 2020 • 44min

173: Henry Patrick Reardon - The Moral Sentiments of the Psalms are Christian Sentiments

My God can beat up your god... The second part of our discussion of Christ in the Psalms, by Patrick Henry Reardon. What is the temptation when Christians assume that our enemies are God's enemies? How do we pray for and against ourselves at the same time? What's happened to our piety that we are afraid to make demands of God? SHOW NOTES: Christ in the Psalms - Patrick Henry Reardon https://amzn.to/3jNYDSN Rule of St. Benedict http://www.archive.osb.org/rb/text/toc.html PTSD Service Dogs https://www.ptsd.va.gov/gethelp/dogs_ptsd.asp Clarence Thomas Hearing on Natural Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4l77rnlI8I&feature=emb_title Chuck Colson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Oct 12, 2020 • 38min

172: Henry Patrick Reardon - To Take One's Stand and to Keep Watch

Why Christians are commanded to pray down curses upon their enemies. This episode, Christ in the Psalms, by Patrick Henry Reardon. What's an imprecatory psalm? Why are we taught by Scripture to pray imprecatory psalms, but have largely excluded such prayers from our churches? How does psalm 5 point us to Jesus and culture simultaneously? SHOW NOTES: Christ in the Psalms - Patrick Henry Reardon https://amzn.to/3jNYDSN Rule of St. Benedict http://www.archive.osb.org/rb/text/toc.html PTSD Service Dogs https://www.ptsd.va.gov/gethelp/dogs_ptsd.asp Clarence Thomas Hearing on Natural Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4l77rnlI8I&feature=emb_title Chuck Colson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

Oct 5, 2020 • 35min

171: C.S. Lewis - All schemes of happiness that centered in this world were always doomed to a final frustration

The Enemies at the Gate. We conclude our reading and discussion of C.S. Lewis' speech on Learning in War-time. More reflection on the three enemies, excitement, frustration, and fear. SHOW NOTES: C.S. Lewis - "Learning in War-time" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lyp9GcHj67VLTHpWtZ6aGk6Hpvf8JAIa/view 170: C.S. Lewis - The three enemies which war raises up against the scholar https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/170-lewis 169: C.S. Lewis - Bad philosophy needs to be answered https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/169-lewis 168: C.S. Lewis - We need intimate knowledge of the past https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/168-lewis 167: C.S. Lewis - Under the aegis of His Church, learning and the arts flourish https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/167-lewis 166: C.S. Lewis - If you don't read good books you will read bad ones https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/166-lewis John Taylor Gatto https://www.johntaylorgatto.com The Social Dilemma - Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224 Sunrise Movement https://www.sunrisemovement.org Sunrise Exposed (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_K8Bcdy1lY Q Anon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon Candice Owens - Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation https://amzn.to/2SifmBy — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter 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

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