In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Why Millennial movies kind of stink The rise of casual profanity Self-conscious story telling The millennial love of irony Consumption as a persona builder For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit our show store where you ...
Mar 16, 2023•27 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Gen Z stinks at tech support Gen Z and email Dealing with texts from non-friends Gen Z can't do humor Gen Z as elite processors of information For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit our show store where you can find shir...
Mar 09, 2023•32 min•Ep. 430
This episode includes all the usual wandering to and fro, but in a very different way than usual: it includes every single one of the live Q&A's that Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas have done since 2017. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this abundant collection of absurd and clever and dumb and brilliant questions and responses. TIME STAMPS: Q&A 1 - 00:01:42 Q&A 2 - 00:50:15 Q&A 3 - 1:31:00 Q&A 4 - 2:30:00 Q&A 5 - 3:32:00 For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check...
Mar 02, 2023•4 hr 20 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: What other posters need a "Clearly Reformed" website? (Tim Keller, Matt Chandler, Steve Furtick, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Carl Truman, etc.) Violated reality Asbury Revival responses and the tendency toward skepticism Asbury responses by theological camp, especially reformed Can you have a "social media ministry? For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wan...
Feb 23, 2023•49 min
If you enjoy listening to Happy Rant, we've got another great show that you'll want to add to your playlist. Let us introduce you to March or Die, hosted by Jeremy Stalnecker! Jeremy's show seeks to help listeners answer one of the toughest questions we all face, "How do I move forward when my world is falling apart?" LISTEN TO MORE EPISODES OF MARCH OR DIE: Interview with "The Voice" winner Todd Tilghman: https://apple.co/41jipMa / https://spoti.fi/3y6sfnn Interview with Jeff and Jordan Harmon ...
Feb 20, 2023•46 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The Satanic Grammys and Satan's big trick Reformed reactions to the Grammy's BREAKING NEWS: Kevin DeYoung is Clearly Reformed Birthday requests for grown ups (especially pastors) For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit ou...
Feb 16, 2023•37 min•Ep. 427
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Tom Brady's retirement and Jared C. Wilson's grief How we would counsel Tom Brady A little shameless self-promotion How ChatGPT will affect ministry and preaching For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit our show store whe...
Feb 09, 2023•34 min•Ep. 426
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Why is porn the only sin men talk about any more? Why reformed people often struggle to talk about heart stuff How we avoid the vulnerable stuff by silence and by talking Our outlook on life by decade - 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really...
Feb 02, 2023•38 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety ion topics: What new things do we still try to keep up with? The performative aspects of keeping up with new things Fullbacks and casseroles Extricating ourselves from awkward conversations Names that will not work for theologians For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) a...
Jan 26, 2023•41 min•Ep. 424
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Pastors and Apple Watches (and John Piper's mishap) Preaching motions, gesticulations, and mobility How pastoral fashion affects pastoral output What it looks like for pastors to dress their age Becoming "dad" instead of "a guy" Doing the Daddest things For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That...
Jan 19, 2023•45 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: What New Year's resolutions are the best for being pretentious and superior? A draft of the best movie plot and character devices and why we love them For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit our show store where ...
Jan 12, 2023•46 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ted has a big confession and needs help litigating it from Ronnie and Barnabas What does one do when one has NO CHRISTMAS TREE Piper Family Christmas decorations For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit o...
Dec 22, 2022•24 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. How year-end book lists are planned and put together (make it about me, posture a bit, be well-rounded, etc.) 2. Incorporating theology, history, Wendell Berry, biographies, and more 3. Barnabas and Ronnie's year-end book list line-up from 1-9 For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matt...
Dec 15, 2022•34 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. The outrage and controversy over churches meeting on Christmas 2. Deviating from a sermon series for Advent 3. Variations in Church Christmas decorations 4. Christmas pastor attire Santa as a type of Christ For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Real...
Dec 08, 2022•31 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted and Ronnie wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Pastor voices 2. How does a pastor come across authentically from the pulpit? 3. Fake intellectual pastors and theological verbiage 4. Wanting to be liked vs. wanting to appear smart For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com...
Dec 01, 2022•41 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do something a little different. Instead of wandering to and fro they offer up three free chapters from the audiobook of The Happy Rant. Chapter 1: Evangelical Fame (We do weird stuff with Christian celebrity.) Chapter 8: Evangelical Money Guilt (Why are Christians so weird about money?) Chapter 14: Manly Men (What is manhood? What makes a good man?) For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Ran...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1) The big three for men in the church (according to a tweeter): Money, Sex, and Fitness 2) Are men actually leaving the church? 3) What men actually need in church 4) Learning leadership right For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https:...
Nov 17, 2022•51 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Why are people so aggressive about when they start Christmas? 2. Identity everything - claiming and defending holidays or anything else 3. When is aggression the right response to anything? 4. Holding your ground vs. being an aggressive jerk 5. How the insistence of having a take feeds aggression and anger For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happ...
Nov 10, 2022•38 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. The death of cool as a thing 2. Our stories of growing up in the church 3. Growing out of cage stage calvinism 4. Post Young, Restless Reformed church For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ Visit our show store whe...
Nov 03, 2022•49 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Our feelings about Halloween and experiences with it growing up 2. Ronnie’s experience at a college football game 3. Halloween costumes by enneagram numbers 4. Why we love writing (especially since we’ve griped about it a lot) For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much ...
Oct 27, 2022•39 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ronnie and Barnabas, sans Ted, wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Jesus apparently needs a $100 million PR campaign 2. But does Jesus want a PR campaign? Will it do any good? 3. Is viral kindness actually kind? 4. Is therapy booming because the church is failing? (pastors as counselors, therapists as hired friends, and outsourcing honesty) For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fr...
Oct 20, 2022•47 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas, sans Ronnie, wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Observations on how teens view their parents 2. How adults get boring 3. What’s the deal with Ronnie’s hair? 4. Why do people watch selfie videos? 5. Is there any way to be genuine online? For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at htt...
Oct 13, 2022•43 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Ronnie sans Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Baz Luhrman’s Elvis movie 2. Do we really care about Elvis? 3. The delightful energy of rock music movies 4. Journey and the appeal of beige music 5. The business of fame and whether we’ll ever see another dollar from this podcast For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All Tha...
Oct 06, 2022•47 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. How do professors choose how much to assign? 2. What makes a good professor? 3. Syllabus flexes 4. How do we break writing slumps? 5. Romanticism about writing: where did we lose it and where do we still have it? For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few Tha...
Sep 29, 2022•50 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Reacting to the death of Queen Elizabeth 2. Reacting to the reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth 3. Why do so many people make grieving about them? 4. Which celebrity deaths really affected us? 5. Adult hero worship and “knowing” public figures For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out The Happy Rant book at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ . Discover more Christ...
Sep 22, 2022•44 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted and Barnabas, sans Ronnie, wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Why does Ted mock the very things to which he devotes his time? 2. Doing dumb marketing things out necessity 3. Do most books really sell under 2,000 copies? 4. Social media influencing and playing the marketing game (which doesn’t work) 5. Giving away our own books and feeling like Leo Marvin For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant:...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. The “We notice your silence” people on social media 2. Are we obliged to post about everything? 3. Learning the names of waitstaff: a pastor thing? 4. Book release expectations and feedback we’ve received For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really...
Sep 08, 2022•50 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. How many more “Theology of” books do we need? 2. Theology of sports and ruining fun 3. Trading on people’s dreams 4. Parenting, sports, and church 5. Theology of food and reforemdom 6. Doing moderation well For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Real...
Sep 01, 2022•39 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ronnie and Barnabas (sans Ted) wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Coming to politics from different backgrounds and upbringings 2. What does it mean (and not mean) to be politically homeless? 3. When, why, and how should pastors address political issues from the pulpit? 4. Loyalty to different kingdoms 5. What we’ve enjoyed reading recently For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and ...
Aug 25, 2022•53 min
In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Wives doing lawn care 2. Outsourcing lawn care vs. the testosterone of DIY 3. The hardest part of sermon prep 4. Outsourcing sermon prep 5. When is sports gambling sinful? For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com...
Aug 18, 2022•38 min
