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Apr 8, 2020 • 46min

128: Interlude, Rumination, and Pastoral Debrief on Pandemics, Maturity, and Vocation

The show is about nothing! Gillespie and Riley read nothing in this episode. Instead, it's pastoral care debrief about the quarantine, worship, and how to balance faith and love. Show Notes: 109: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," part 1 110: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," part 2 The Problem of Suffering: A Father's Hope by Gregory Schulz Young Men in Fire, Norman McLean — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. This show was produced by Christopher Gillespie, a Lutheran pastor (stjohnrandomlake.org), coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee), and media producer (gillespie.media). We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.
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Apr 7, 2020 • 55min

127: Martin Luther - Self-Righteousness from Works Produces Idiots Like the Galatians

It's very beautiful and very cold, and you're not allowed to touch anything. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther's Galatians commentary. This episode, the easiest way to get rid of Jesus. Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. This show was produced by Christopher Gillespie, a Lutheran pastor (stjohnrandomlake.org), coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee), and media producer (gillespie.media). We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.
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Apr 4, 2020 • 43min

126: Martin Luther - Let's Hear It for Self-Righteousness and Its Fifty Select Virtues Resulting from Works!

Oh, he's very popular... they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther's Galatians commentary. This episode, self-righteousness, false virtue, and human works. Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) Show Notes: Wag the Dog — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 28, 2020 • 45min

125: Martin Luther - The Papists and Anabaptists are foxes tied at the tail

Luther moves pretty fast. You don't stop and read carefully once in a while, you could miss it. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther's commentary on Galatians (1535). This episode, Jesus, jerks, COVID-19, and foxes. Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) Show Notes: Astonished Heart BB series If I were the devil - Paul Harvey — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 25, 2020 • 37min

124: Martin Luther - We are justified... by relief outside of us

Luther's Gospel Piñata! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther's 1535 Galatians commentary. This episode, true wisdom, Satan, and the point of Paul's letter to the Galatian church. Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) Show Notes: Jefferson's Bible — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 22, 2020 • 50min

123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

I'm Not Really A Joiner. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, state religion, Christian civil religion, and being your own god. Text: The Antichrist (1888), Aphorisms 16 Show Notes: Nietzsche (bio) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 19, 2020 • 47min

122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

Welcome to A Church of Pure Imagination. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, what happens when Christianity disconnects itself from what's concrete and real, especially the incarnation of God. Text: The Antichrist (1888), Aphorisms 15 Show Notes: Nietzsche (bio) Problem of Evil When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Rabbi Harold Kushner Warrior Priest Podcast Free Solo — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 14, 2020 • 56min

121: Friedrich Nietzsche, Christianity is Called the Religion of Pity

All right, let's put a pin in this, I gotta help your pathetic faith. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." How does the Christian church promote weak piety and a denial of life? How does Christianity as a religion of pity weaken believers and society? What happens to Christianity when it mixes philosophy and theology together? Text: The Antichrist (1888), Aphorisms 7 & 8 Show Notes: Nietzsche (bio) Strange Brew (1983) Jocko Podcast 219: Auschwitz. You Had To Have Guts To Survive. With Rose Schindler. Two Who Survived — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 11, 2020 • 49min

120: Friedrich Nietzsche, Progress is Merely a Modern Idea

That was really traumatizing! I quit! I'm out! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, we talk about how Nietzsche's critique of Christianity can help us check our presuppositions about what Christianity is and is not today. Text: The Antichrist (1888), Aphorisms 2, 4, ff Show Notes: Nietzsche (bio) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) The Astonished Heart Series - Robert Capon — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.
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Mar 9, 2020 • 55min

119: Erasmus, Old Testaments Passages Implying Free Choice

Alright. That's it. No more Old Testament proofs for you. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus' diatribe on Salvation and Free Will. This episode, how to squeeze free will out of the Old Testament. Text: Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation, p. 56 Show Notes: Erasmus (bio) The Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther (Author), J. I. Packer (Translator), O. R. Johnston (Translator) Luther's Sacristy Prayer — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today. And lastly, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast.

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