Gillespie and Riley conclude their discussion of hymnody with Chad Bird’s hymn, "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born." Again, they focus on pastoral care, comfort for Christians, and what happens when the church ignores the reality of sin, death, and Satan. Show Notes: The Backstory of “The Infant Priest”: From a Student’s Meditation, to a Scrap of Paper, to a Communion Hymn Christ Hold Fast Facebook page Weeping Angels (Doctor Who) Thinking Fellows - Melanchthon’s Loci — Questions? Comments? Show I...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Do You Have a Great Hymn This Week? Go Fish! This week, Gillespie and Riley discuss Thomas Chisholm’s poem turned hymn, Great is Thy Faithfulness. More discussion of hymnody, church music, and how what we sing can help or hinder pastoral care. Show Notes: Banned Books #80 - “Amazing Grace” Crucifying Religion - Donavon Riley Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Hymnary) Capon Series The Great Litany & History ER Clip — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Pl...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 62
Jesus joins us in our weirdness. In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of how to judge a hymn with Joseph Scriverner’s classic hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Show Notes: Banned Books #80 - “Amazing Grace” What a Friend We Have in Jesus What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Wikipedia) Spock’s Funeral — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 61
This week, Gillespie and Riley begin a four episode discussion on how to judge a hymn. In the first installment, they look at Amazing Grace and ask: "Is this a great, good, or bad hymn?" What makes a Christian hymn great? What should a church do with bad hymns? Show Notes: Amazing Grace (Wikipedia) Amazing Grace: A Journey in Time and Faith Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal Faith Plus One - South Park Psalms Devotions - Christ Hold Fast Wedding March - Wagner — Ques...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 60
This week, Gillespie and Riley go live, reading, discussing, and responding to your questions and comments about Bunyan's writing on law and grace. Text: The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, John Bunyan Show Notes: Banned Books LIVE American Gods Law and Gospel Lectures of CFW Walther — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id13...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss the Schwabach Articles. Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, Church, and all things churchy. Text: The Schwabach Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.83. Show Notes: Banned Books #57 - Schwabach Articles, Part 1 Banned Books LIVE Blues Brothers SWAT scene Beatles “All Together Now” Banned Books #56 - Marburg Articles Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Protestant Reformation - Thomas Tentler —...
May 22, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 58
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss The Schwabach Articles. Sin, faith, lots of Holy Spirit, and why the Schwabach Articles are the roots of Lutheran, Reformed, and Protestant confessions of faith. Text: The Schwabach Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.83. Show Notes: Banned Books LIVE Christendom - Capon Your Jesus Has Made You Well — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscrib...
May 15, 2019•52 min•Ep. 57
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss the Marburg Theses. The Reformers, Luther and Zwingli (and their colleagues), sat down to try to find common theological ground. What resulted has influenced the Church to this day. Text: The Marburg Articles, Sources and Contexts of The Book of Concord, trans. William R. Russel, p.88. Show Notes: Banned Books #55 - Zwingli Banned Books LIVE — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, r...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 56
This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Ulrich Zwingli’s 67 Theses defending the theological reforms in Zurich. Zwingli is provocative, sometimes hyperbolic, but driven by a zeal for the reformation doctrine of Christ alone for the salvation of sinners apart from their works. Text: Ulrich Zwingli Sixty-seven Theses, 27 January 1523 Show Notes: Zwingli bio Aquinas Episode Oswald Chambers episode Zaphod Beeblebrox The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology — Questions? C...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 55
This week, Gillespie and Riley give Oswald Chambers a second go-round, reading and discussing The Collision of God and Sin. Text: The Collision of God and Sin, Oswald Chambers, His Utmost for Our Highest, April 12 Show Notes: My Utmost for His Highest Oswald Chambers bio Oswald Chambers - Complete & Effective Dominion Martyrology - Perpetua Bonnie Raitt Blazing Saddles - “Morons!” Jurgen Moltmann - The Crucified God Gaffigan - Hot Pockets Built on the Rock - Grundtvig Abide with Me Confessio...
Apr 24, 2019•58 min•Ep. 54
Riley and Gillespie tackle a daily devotion from one of the OG’s of the Holiness Movement, Oswald Chambers. Text: “Complete and Effective Dominion,” Oswald Chambers, His Utmost for Our Highest, April 12 Show Notes : My Utmost for His Highest Oswald Chambers bio Letters of Paul and Seneca The Good Place (Netflix) Ratzinger a.k.a. Benedict’s Letter — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 53
Riley and Gillespie dig into the Doctor Angelicus and his catechism on Baptism. Text: The Catechism of St. Thomas Aquinas - BAPTISM Show Notes : Bio Luther’s Small Catechism - Baptism Council of Orange Faustus de Riez Slap a confirmand — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2 . We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts ,...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
Riley and Gillespie tackle a request from a listener to engage with Beth Moore, popular author and speaker among evangelical Christian women. Text: WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATORS, Beth Moore Show Notes : Video — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2 . We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts , a networ...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 51
This week, Gillespie and Riley interview David Zahl about his forthcoming book, “ Seculosity .” Text: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It – by David Zahl Show Notes : Biography Mockingbird Ministries King of Kong (2007) Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Beowulf - Sheamus Heaney Mockingbird NYC 2019 Here We Still Stand 2019 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please sub...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 50
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Charles Spurgeon's sermon, "God or Self - Which?" This week, traditions, rituals, and a lot of talk about pastoral care. Text: God or Self- Which? by Charles Spurgeon Show Notes : Biography Wikipedia Big in Japan - Tom Waits — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2 ...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 49
This week, Gillespie and Riley answer your questions and respond to your comments. Show Notes : Episode 34 - Billy Graham John Kleinig - Concordia Commentary on Leviticus John Kleinig’s site Episode 21 - William Seymour Episode 45 - Dostoevsky Gay Clergy Scandal Reclaiming the Lutheran Liturgical Heritage - Oliver Olson Christianity in Roman Africa The Kite Runner — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in App...
Mar 14, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 48
Gillespie and Riley go back to O’Connor’s short story, Good Country People to discuss faith, humility, and the uncomfortable truth about ourselves. Our Text: Good Country People, Flannery O’Connor Show Notes : Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor Link to Part 1: #46 Biography (New Georgia Encyclopedia) Mark Twain - Letters from Earth — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.ap...
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 47
This week, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Flannery O’Connor’s short story, Good Country People. What does it mean that someone is a good Christian? Our Text: Good Country People, Flannery O’Connor Show Notes : Biography (New Georgia Encyclopedia) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2 . We’re proud to be part o...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 46
This week, Gillespie and Riley read from Dostoevsky's novel, The Idiot, and discuss the roots of the Roman Catholic church, atheism, socialism, and distinguishing between Christ and the Gospel and our own need to be God in God's place. Our Text: The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky Show Notes : Ep: 104 Silence (Shusaku Endo and Martin Scorcese) Fyodor Dostoevsky (Wikipedia) Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag The Gospel in Dostoevsky The Gulag Archipelago - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Gospel for Thos...
Feb 20, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 45
This week , we read from Bo Giertz’s novel, “The Hammer of God,” and discuss belief, revivalism versus liturgy, and what happens when Jesus alone is the focus of all our attention. Our Text: Hammer of God, p.122-123ff Show Notes : Luther the Seelsorger Sereneity - Shepherd Book death scene Liturgy and Spiritual Awakening - Bo Giertz 1517 article: “Defeat Evil with the Good” Schartau sermon preached at Lund, Transfiguration — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517leg...
Feb 13, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 44
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Billy Graham’s sermon, and the consequences of preaching law after the Gospel, adverbs, and the importance of staying away from God where He isn’t preached, revealed, and worshipped in Christ Jesus. Our Text: BILLY GRAHAM - Christ's Answer to the World (Sermon) Show Notes : Billy Graham Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Another sermon from 1958 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subsc...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 43
This week, Gillespie and Riley read from William Barclay's spiritual biography, whether all people go to heaven. Our Text: William Barclay - “I am a Convinced Universalist” , from William Barclay: A Spiritual Autobiography , pg 65-67, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 1977. Show Notes : William Barclay Biography Transcendence Ex Machina Black Mirror Now... okay, so, angels as people, tell me about that. Walk me through it. Origen, Commentary on John, Book II, section 25. Right...
Jan 30, 2019•59 min•Ep. 42
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read St. Augustine’s response to the Pelagians, who used his earlier writings against him, about misrepresentation concerning the effect of baptism. Our Text: ST. AUGUSTINE - Against Two Letters of the Pelagians (Book III) (Misrepresentation Concerning the Effect of Baptism) Show Notes : Pelagius & Pelagians Semipelagianism — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in App...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 41
This week, Gillespie and Riley read a pastoral letter written by Martin Luther advising a friend to not avoid being a sinner and put all his sins on Christ, who became the chief of sinners for us. Our Text: MARTIN LUTHER - Letters of Spiritual Counsel, p. 109-111 Show Notes : Theodore Tappert Confession Concerning Christ's Supper — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.c...
Jan 19, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on God being born a man. Our Text: C.S. LEWIS - Mere Christianity (The Obstinate Toy Soldiers) Show Notes : 6 Heretics Who Should Be Banned From Evangelicalism: A few church leaders who have just gone too far. Theological Inception - Banned Books Episode 1 Pr. Riley’s Sermon for Christmas 1 Seneca’s Moral letters to Lucilius “I have called you gods” - Psalm 82:6 ; John 10:34 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov Toy ...
Jan 09, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 39
Gillespie and Riley return this week with another episode dedicated to Martin Luther's Christmas sermon. This time, they dig into the underlying brutality of the Christmas Gospel, Mary's humiliation, and Joseph's dilemma. Our Text: Martin Luther’s Christmas Book, p. 30-31 Show Notes : Roland Bainton, Reformation in the 16th Century Bainton, Luther bio A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio Bad Religion Christmas Seinfeld - Yada Yada Immaculate Conception Midi-chlorian Time Magazine - Is...
Jan 02, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 38
In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read from a Christmas sermon by their favorite heretic, Martin Luther. They discuss Mary's example of how God makes theologians of the cross through suffering, oppression, weakness, and hopelessness. Our Text: Martin Luther’s Christmas Book, p. 28-29, Roland Bainton Show Notes : Roland Bainton, Reformation in the 16th Century Bainton, Luther bio The Magnificat, Luther HWSS Riley talk Seven Marks of the Church, Luther Christ the Bodybuilder Isenheim Altarpiece...
Dec 26, 2018•59 min•Ep. 37
Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants. Our Text: Shipwrecked At The Stable by Brennan Manning Show Notes : Planking with Brennan Manning, part 1 Virtue in the Wasteland The New Logic of the Cross - Jeff Mallinson @ HWSS18 Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy Three Kings Bread Bar Dice The Giving Tree The Tale of Three Trees — Questi...
Dec 20, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 36
This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology. Our Text: Shipwrecked At The Stable by Brennan Manning Show Notes : Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) New Mysticism Johnny Mathis Christmas Manning Biography Existentialism Deep Thought - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Watchman History of the Christmas Tree Icarus (Documentary) — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Se...
Dec 12, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 35
This week, Gillespie and Riley tackle your questions and comments. We discuss election, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bible translations, Sunday School, and much, much more. Our Text: There is no text this week, just your wonderful, probing, sometimes chaffing questions and comments. Show Notes : Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia by Allan D. Fitzgerald Augustine of Hippo: A Biography First Edition, Forty-Fifth Anniversary Edition by Peter Brown Calvin’s Institutes Book 3, Chapter 21 Luthe...
Dec 05, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 34
