Podcast Episodes

362: Olson - Putting Second Things Second

Do The Thing.

In this episode, we discuss liturgy. What is the difference between a sacramental rite and a sacrificial rite? Why are' member berries' so juicy and delicious? Can a priest or the churc…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

361: Olson - The Duty of Resistance

Street-Fighting Man.

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the question of when it is permissible for Christians to oppose civil authority. It's more important than ever for Christians to gr…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

360: Olson - Politics, Liturgics, and Integritas Sacramenti

We Worship & Adore… You? In this episode, we discuss the intersection of liturgy and politics as we read Oliver Olson's essay, Politics, Liturgics, and Integritas Sacramenti. It's a historical survey…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

359: Table Talk

Ramble Tamble.

In this episode, we do a pastor's table talk that centers on inculcating a deeper appreciation for heavenly mystery and earthly reality: prayer at home, worship on vacation, the connec…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

Tick, Tick, Boom.

In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon's commentary on Paul's epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law,…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

Life Isn't Fair, and The World Is Mean.

In this episode, we discuss Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard's commentary and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard's comments. I…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

356: Francis Schaeffer - The Centrality of Death

We Can Be Heroes… In this episode, we discuss death and resurrection, hierarchy and authority, corporatism, Christian nationalism, self-sacrificial love, building a body without Christ as its head, t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

355: Jacques Ellul - Making the Church Worldly

Watching The World Go Down in History.

In this episode of Banned Books, we read "False Presence of the Kingdom" by Jacques Ellul and discuss worldly Christianity, the lessons of history, the Machine,…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the Modern World

It's Hip to Be Square.

In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding "isms" to Christianity, …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

This Too Shall Pass.

In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago