Ringside Preachers

On This Rock!

Topics: What does Jesus mean by rock? Does the pastor speaking the words of institution turn the wine into blood? Why take communion if you are already forgiven? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Dare You to Date My Daughter!

Topics: Advice as a dad with a daughter dating Online instant-pastors for weddings? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

What's your Odyssey?

Topics: Are the gods for you? The Odyssey Romans 8, Do things always work out for good? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Patriotism Much?

Topics: - Is patriotism dead? - Is the LCMS a derivative lutheranism? - Died to the law? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Burning Qs and Bar-B-Qs

Topics: Communication is simple and complex How do you know you're going to the right church? Should I baptize my kid right away? What is Israel? Why closed communion? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Remembering the Dead

Topics: Importance of things like Memorial Day What should a church look for in a pastor Remembering Jesus in the sacrament - what do you do with him when you're done? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

The Sin Management Business

Topics: Managing sins instead of giving them to Jesus Doomsday Pastors Apostolic succession trumps bad theology? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

UFOs and Jesus

Topics: Does a Christian Worldview include aliens? Bring back the Church cemeteries The One True Church? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Ascension Declension

Topics -Should we stop confirmation -The ascension effects everything -Just war and the problem with Christian ethics Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: Poem - ee Cummings La Guerre

Ain't No Blind Faith

Topics: Nerds and Bible purses Experiencing the risen Christ in Word and Sacrament Radical wedding vows Do you have to believe in a young earth? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

I am the Resurrection

Topics Whoever believes in me will never die? Where to send your kids Homeschool, christian school, public school? Dead Fish handshakes Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Israel?

Topics: War again Who is Israel and does it matter? Jesus mud bath healing miracle (John 9) Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

The Secret Pain of Miscarriage

Topics: Ministry to couples who have had a miscarriage How long should a sermon be? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Power Corrupts What's New

Topics: Are we too shocked by corruption of elites? Everything is awful and everything is urgent? How much should Christians care about the fall of kingdoms? Isaiah 6 and going to church when the world falls apart. Muskrats are fish? Getting too crazy- Good practices for Lent. Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Hermeneutics Under Attack with Dr. James Voelz

TOPICS: Moderism is not our Friend Decentering the Self The Hisotry of language thought and theory Misunderstandings in Hermeneutics Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" OTHER STUFF: The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics, Hans W. Frei Seminex 2.0, Gregory Schulz What Does This Mean?: Principles of Biblical Interpretation in the Post-Modern World, Dr. James Voelz Text, Church, and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective, Francis Watson 9th Kingsbury Lecture, Dr. James Voelz 7th Kingsbury Lectures, Dr. James Voelz

It's OK to Talk About Death at a Funeral

Topics: It's healthy to cry The 8k pound gorilla at a funeral Wakes are good 1 Corinthians 2 - faith does not come from reason Does a sermon convince people to believe? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, and Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Hurt By Your Church?

TOPICS: Car broke down Recovering from Church Hurt Spiritual Abuse Boredom is good Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

Christmas is Coming! Advent, Prophesy and Presents

Reminders and Remembrance

How Long, Oh Lord?

TOPICS: Lament and culture Wrestling with God and Prayer Apologetics vs. Politics Thank you: 1517.org thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"