Banned Books

Simple Man. In this episode of Banned Books, we read G.K. Chesterton and discuss everything from simple living to the death and resurrection of Christ as the foundation of reality, the higher meaning of cups, and why a tomato is just a tomato. SHOW NOTES:  G.K. Chesterton - Heretics https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/470/pg470-images.html#chap10 Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/RitualsandtheEnactmentoftheGospelKleinig.pdf   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird https://www.1517.org/oneyear Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.1517.org

Keep The Beat. In this episode, we converse about good and bad sermons as defined by J.R.R. Tolkien. We discuss cosmology, truth, love, and why how we use words matters. SHOW NOTES:  63 To Christopher Tolkien, 24 April 1944 (FS 19), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf There is No Literal Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLPDSRL5f4 The Craft of Preaching https://www.1517.org/craftofpreaching   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird https://www.1517.org/oneyear Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.1517.org/advent-resources-2023 Your God is too Glorious, 2nd

The Art of Noise. In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of pastoral care — the art, the discipline, and the experience of pastoral care — while reading The Rule of Gregory the Great. It’s all about church leadership and pastoral ministry in this week’s episode of Banned Books. SHOW NOTES:  Rule of St. Gregory https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/36011.htm Gregory Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird https://www.1517.org/oneyear Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.1517.org/advent-resources-2023 Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition https://shop.1517.org/products/your-god-is-too-

The Man Who Sold The World. In this episode, we discuss what attachment to things rather than Christ gets us while reading George Macdonald’s Unspoken Sermons. The conversation leads us through the topics of higher and lower things, bread-making, willing and wanting, God-gifted vocations, and how to properly end a sermon. SHOW NOTES:  George MacDonald - Unspoken Sermons https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9057/pg9057-images.html Wikipedia Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald All depends on our possessing https://hymnary.org/text/all_depends_on_our_possessing One Thing's Needful https://hymnary.org/hymn/LSB2006/536 Katla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla_(TV_series)   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lesson

The God Who Stole Christmas. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Christmas Eve and Christmas Day readings, prayers, hymns, and traditions. We also have a lot of fun jesting and critiquing time-held hymns and traditions. We talk translations, history, worship, and why Christmas is the best time to embrace the enchanting absurdity of Jesus — the God-in-the-flesh, who’s come to be a Light in the darkness, a shield against sin, the world and the devil, and the Door opened and welcoming us into eternal life. SHOW NOTES:  The Family Altar: Brief Daily Devotions https://amzn.to/3NCQmSL  ARCHIVE.ORG SCAN https://archive.org/details/familyaltarbrief00herz F.W. Herzberger bio https://crossings.org/part-one-f-w-herzberger/ Herzberger hymns https://hymnary.org/person/Herzberger_FW Perverted Democracy http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/HerzbergerPervertedDemocracy.pdf Christmas Chant https://x.com/a_westgate/status/1737821838166688011?s=42&t=LLi4E8L4tVgytMY9zDYGtw From Heaven Above to Earth to Come (Vom Himmel H

Won’t Get Fooled Again. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss all things Advent - repentance, John the Baptist, preaching Christ, pastoral care to the afflicted and the unrepentant, and how to get to hell - while reading Norman Nagel’s Advent 3 sermon. SHOW NOTES:  Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel: From Valparaiso to St. Louis by Norman Nagel https://amzn.to/3GKRks4  Audio sermons: https://logia.org/audio-downloads/in-the-name-of-jesus-sermons-by-norman-e-nagel-part-1   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.1517.org/advent-resources-2023 Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition https://shop.1517.org/products/your-god-is-too

All Day and All of the Night. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Advent and the second coming of Jesus Christ while reading a sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Along the way, we talk about the symbols and meaning of Christmas, how preaching a biblical sermon doesn’t mean it’s a gospel sermon, and why that matters. SHOW NOTES:  Transcript of Sermon: https://opentheo.org/i/6710363444782272749/the-end-of-the-world Balfour Declaration https://www.britannica.com/event/Balfour-Declaration   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.1517.org/advent-resources-2023 Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition https://shop.1517.org/products/yo

Sober Up, He’s Coming! In this episode of the Banned Books podcast, we read Aelfric’s Advent homily while discussing decorating churches for Christmas, the importance of symbolism for the Christian faith, what a tide is, and why the books Genesis and Revelation reference everything regarding faith and life. SHOW NOTES:  The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38334/38334-h/38334-h.htm#page601 Bio https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/43514/chapter/364251854?login=false Paulskirche in Schwerin, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paulskirche_(Schwerin)   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources h

We Need More Mother’s Milk & Pomegranate Seeds. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Song of Songs and read the seventh-century monk, Bede, who takes us on a wild ride through the text; we converse about exegesis, cosmology, the church, why the meaning of words matters, how to read the Bible like an early medieval theologian, and why the story about Jesus changes the world. SHOW NOTES:  Bede bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede The Venerable Bede: On the Song of Songs and Selected Writings https://www.amazon.com/Venerable-Bede-Selected-Writings-Spirituality/dp/0809147009   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album https://learn.1517.org/freedom-lessons-listen Free 2023 Advent Resources https://learn.

The Parable of the Lawless, Polygamist Groom. In this episode, we discuss the parable of the ten virgins as preached by John Piper. We converse about law and promise, red herrings, who’s wise and foolish in the parable, the bondage of the will and the doctrine of election, and the consequences for hearers of such parabolic sermons. SHOW NOTES:  Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/jesus-christ-the-bridegroom-past-and-future John Piper bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Piper_(theologian) Free Will https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-solid-declaration/article-ii/ Election https://thebookofconcord.org/formula-of-concord-solid-declaration/article-xi/   SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s

In this episode, we discuss preaching to those in prison, the consequences of sin, and the power of the gospel. We read excerpts from Karl Barth’s prison sermons and converse about preaching, pastoral care to the vulnerable, where Jesus locates himself for the preaching of the Gospel, and how we can all “set the captives free” through the power of the Gospel proclaimed for the forgiveness of sin. SHOW NOTES:  Karl Barth’s Sermons to the Basel Prisoners: How to Preach the Church Dogmatics https://postbarthian.com/2015/04/25/karl-barths-sermons-basel-prisoners-preach-church-dogmatics/ Karl Barth - Deliverance to the Captives Deliverance to the Captives Karl Barth bio https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Barth How not to preach to prisoners https://youtu.be/i4WHi6Ykmo0?si=Bn6v8Lia6-fTz-EK    SUPPORT: Support the Podcast Network http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-netwo

I’m A Loser, Baby, So Why Don’t You Resurrect Me? In this episode, we discuss the difference between our ideas of Jesus as a “winner” who gives us big wins in life versus Jesus, who wins by losing to sin, death, and the devil. We read Gerhard Forde’s article “Loser Takes All” and consider how we bend Jesus to our ideas of satisfaction, safety, and success. SHOW NOTES:  LOSER TAKES ALL: The Victory of Christ by Gerhard O. Forde (Lutheran Standard September 2, 1975: 3-5. Reprinted in 2004 A More Radical Gospel, 98-101.) https://amzn.to/45FErte  Alternate take: https://steadfastlutherans.org/2018/07/reviewing-forde-fordes-1975-loser-takes-all-the-victory-of-christ/x2   SUPPORT: Support the Podcast Network http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: 2023 HWSS Confer

One More Movie Reference Ought to Do It. In this episode, we discuss God’s Word and Armor. We return to Harold Ristau’s book, Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls, to converse about God’s Word, ministry, being a soldier in the army of Christ, and angelic backup, and we make many movie references as we go! SHOW NOTES:  Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides) by Harold Ristau https://amzn.to/3ZNPIGW or https://lexhampress.com/product/219570/spiritual-warfare-for-the-care-of-souls  My First Exorcism: What the Devil Taught a Lutheran Pastor about Counter-cultural Spirituality by Harold Ristau https://amzn.to/48Jv6ni  Canadian Pastor Moves Family to Kenya After Threats https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/91561-canadian-pastor-claims-life-danger-moves-entire-family-kenya Biography https://www.doxology.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dr.-Ristau-bios.pdf Decorated Canadian Veteran and Pastor: Trudeau Has Declared War on His Own People https://americanfaith.com/decorated-canadian-veteran-and

In this episode, we discuss spiritual warfare and its effects on clergy and laity alike. We read Harold Roseau’s book to discuss the realities of spiritual warfare, what’s at stake, and what happens when we take seriously what the Bible teaches us about the unseen and seen war raging around us. SHOW NOTES:  Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides) by Harold Ristau https://amzn.to/3ZNPIGW or https://lexhampress.com/product/219570/spiritual-warfare-for-the-care-of-souls  My First Exorcism: What the Devil Taught a Lutheran Pastor about Counter-cultural Spirituality by Harold Ristau https://amzn.to/48Jv6ni  Canadian Pastor Moves Family to Kenya After Threats https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/91561-canadian-pastor-claims-life-danger-moves-entire-family-kenya Biography https://www.doxology.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dr.-Ristau-bios.pdf Decorated Canadian Veteran and Pastor: Trudeau Has Declared War on His Own People https://americanfaith.com/decorated-canadian-veteran-and-pastor-trudeau

Saddle Up! This episode discusses prayer and spiritual warfare while reading Dr. Ken Korby’s essay, Prayer: Pre-Reformation to the Present. We converse about the purpose and goal of prayer, what Jesus is doing when we pray, and how the Holy Spirit acts in and through prayer. SHOW NOTES:  Text—Christians at Prayer, p. 113 https://archive.org/details/christiansatpray0000unse/mode/2up Come and See (1985) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/come-and-see In Memoriam – Kenneth Korby (1924-2006) http://cwirla.com/2018/06/15/in-memoriam-kenneth-korby-1924-2006/ The Prophecy (1995) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-prophecy Alexander Pope's An essay on criticism, 1709 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69379/an-essay-on-criticism John Martin (painter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_(painter)   SUPPORT: Support the Podcast Network Fundraiser http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/ch

Baptized, Confirmed, and Ordained. In this episode, we discuss the early Lutheran formulation of calling and ordination of pastors and preachers. What is ordination, when does it happen, are their rules and rites that must be followed, and much, much more! SHOW NOTES:  The text: https://bannedbooks.libsyn.com/71708669689__f28ba2aa-7a7a-4579-abb3-d145fcc87f98pdf    SUPPORT: 1517 Podcast Network Survey https://form.typeform.com/to/PFVYubFp  Support the Podcast Network Fundraiser http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s New from 1517: Faith and Reason Exchange https://www.1517.org/podcasts/faith-and-reason-exchange  2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup http://1517.org/livestream Join the 1517 Academy https://academy.1517.org/  Faith in the Face of Tyranny https://shop.1517.

You can call me any day or night. Call me! In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s verbosely titled treatise, “That a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture." We discuss ordination, church authority, the doctrine of the pastoral call, and much more. SHOW NOTES:  "That a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture." Luther's Works, American Edition, Volume 39, Page 305. https://www.covenanter.org/reformed/2016/4/21/that-a-christian-assembly-or-congregation-has-the-right-and-power-to-judge-all-teaching-and-to-call-appoint-and-dismiss-teachers-established-and-proven-by-scripture Pope Francis, Tony Blair, & Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Join Clinton Foundation Event Promoting Globalism https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/09/14/pope-francis-tony-blair-pfizer-ceo-albert-bourla-joi

Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God. In this episode, we discuss tyranny and resistance while reading a book of the same title by Reformation scholar David Mark Whitford. What is tyranny? When are Christians called to resist tyranny, and what does that entail? Are there any standards by which a Christian may judge whether a government serves God or the devil? SHOW NOTES:  Tyranny and Resistance: The Magdeburg Confession and the Lutheran Tradition by David Mark Whitford https://amzn.to/44S2S6I  The Magdeburg Confession: 13th of April 1550 AD https://amzn.to/3P7mfmh  Free Burma Rangers https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/free-burma-rangers The Man With No Legal Identity - Off the Grid in Appalachia

We Need to Get Ba’aled Out. In this episode, we read Warren Graff’s article, "Baalism in the Life of the Church," and discuss the roots of Baal worship in Israel and its consequences for Israel and churches today. Pastor Warren Graff (Grace Lutheran Church, Albuquerque) holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Nevada, Reno, an M.Div. and an S.T.M. (Master of Sacred Theology) in Old Testament Studies, both from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.  SHOW NOTES:  Ba'al https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal  Baalism Versus the Church by Warren Graff https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bannedbooks/Baalism.10.pdf    SUPPORT: 1517 Podcast Network Survey https://form.typeform.com/to/PFVYubFp  Support the Podcast Network Fundraiser http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg   What’s

All In The Family. In this episode, we discuss marriage, vocation, and cute theology of the cross. How can Luther’s teaching and preaching on marriage and vocation help Christians at present waist the temptations of the world and Satan, which pervert and disrupt God’s will for marriage? What does baptism have to do with marriage? How does Luther’s formulation of marriage and family help Christians comprehend their relation to society and the state? SHOW NOTES:  Support Lahaina https://linktr.ee/kanoepach Luther on Marriage, Vocation, and the Cross JAMES ARNE NESTINGEN https://wordandworld.luthersem.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/23-1_Defining_Marriage/Luther%20on%20Marriage,%20Vocation,%20and%20the%20Cross.pdf Son of War https://spotterup.com/son-of-war/ The Case Against Conscription https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/the-case-against-conscription.html Sources and Contexts of the Book of Concord https://amzn.to/45aS7gt  Jesus Weeps, in Anger? https://www.1517.org/articles/jesus-weep