Ringside With The Preacher Men

The Reformation will not be televised! This ain't no tupperware party. This ain't no Elk's club, shopping channel, or that nice vase from Grandma you placed in the corner just enough to be seen but not enough to be showcased. This is Ringside where the Reformation that is the Gospel of Jesus, still marches onward into deathbeds in hospitals, living rooms of the common folk, dorm rooms of lost boys and the flowerbeds of lonely humans. Ringside comes to you live from the Here We Still Stand 500th Anniversary of the Reformation conference put on by 1517legacy.com and ChristHoldFast! Take a listen TOPICS: 1. Is there a new crisis that needs a new 95 theses? Is there a new devil in the Church that needs to be addressed? Is there a new controversy or false teaching? Or are the concerns of the reformation, the Gospel, still the central concerns of the Church and the central teaching Satan is attacking? 2. Did the reformation come out of a culture surrounded by death unlike today? Did people care more about what God

After narrowly not making the cut to be put on the next deep space probe, this 50th episode of Ringside is instead dedicated to real live people such as yourself! Give it a listen! ToPiCS: 1. PASTORS KEEP POLITICAL OPINIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. Is your pastor on social media too much. Should he be voicing his opinion about social security or immigration policy? 2. SOLA GRATIA - GRACE ALONE. Why is this an important teaching of the church. Do we hear it too much? 3. APOLOGETICS DON'T WORK FOR POSTMODERN PEOPLE? Do people care about truth at all? Does demonstrating that its possible to be a scientist and believe in 6 day creation help anyone? 4. WHAT DO PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY SAY MY 'NARRATIVE' AND 'METANARRATIVE'? Code words for leave me alone. you don't understand me? intro poem - love is a dog from hell, charles bukowski music: dead bees, lilia hauenstein

Ever wonder what it would sound like if James Baldwin went to Denny's with Richard Strauss after enjoying a Siouxsee & the Banshees concert in Manchester circa 1979? Well this is as close as it gets! Before they get started the boys enjoy a game called - What Pat Said What? where they try to guess which quote belongs to which pat - pat robertson or patrick star! topics: 1. Is God for gun control? Is he against it? Does He care? 2. Why evil? After Las Vegas shooting many ask why there is evil and if there is evil why does God claim to be good? 3. When should a pastor stop being a pastor? Is there a particular sin that would disqualify a pastor? public sin etc.? When should someone get out of the spotlight? 4. What does Sola Scriptura mean? Why is it important ? What does it mean to believe in the bible as the ultimate authority? 5. When would you call the cops? music: dead bees, joel allen hess

Celui que veut être jeune quand il est vieux, doit être vieux quand il est jeune. Stop watching the t.v., throw out your radio, burn your books and turn Ringside on! TOPICS: 1. What's the christian response to taking a knee. 2. Is there a point when you would take a knee during the anthem 3. Can Christians halloween 4. Hugh Hefner's dead. What did he do to America? 5. Marks of a good sermon 6. Small Catechism is simply a brilliant teaching device for the faith! music: dead bees, joel allen hess

Climb on board, this train is bound for glory! It may be a rough ride, the company might be ragged, and your conductor might be a little rough around the edges, but we will get you where you need to go! All aboard! SPECIAL PUB EDITION. RECORDED LIVE AT FOX IN THE HOUNDS, CLAYTON, MO. We apologize if the sound is not up to the usual parlaphone quality. The content however is bar none. Also, instead of Tyler the intern and Ross, we enjoyed the company of Cindy Koch and Tim Barkett! TOPICS: 1. PASTOR SHORTAGE? Why do we need pastors? How can we get more? What can you do! the external word! 2.WHY DO LUTHERANS TALK ABOUT JUSTIFICATION ALL THE TIME? Is it too much? Is there anything else? 3. TALKING TO YOUR SONS ABOUT SEX. Hess says it should just be a biology lesson. Tim wants us to be more positive about sex 4. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? Often times even Christians get all superstitious and cling to bizarre 'signs' 5. IS AMERICA FIRST A CHRISTIAN IDEA? Does it contradict love your neighbor? music: Dead Bees, Joel All

Do you like long walks on the beach, puppies and the color tan? Then you are gonna love this plate of pickled meats! The fellas get to the point on a couple of topics! Plus instead of a sponsor we are doing a fundraiser for journalists who were put out of work due to the shortcomings of Hurricane Irma! Topics: 1. WHAT DO YOU TELL A DYING MAN? confession of sins? give em Jesus? Ask if they really really truly truly are a believer? 2. STRAW MAN ARGUMENTS. What are they? Why do they fail? Why do we engage in them? 3. NOT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE! Seriously not everyone cares about whether they go to hell or turn to dust. 4. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHURCH BODY DOESNT HAVE A CHURCH WITHIN 30 MILES? Stay home? go to the church of christian science? 5. WHAT DO YOU CALL A WOMAN PASTOR? M'am? Pastrix? sinner? Music: dead bees, FreckledAsian And yes Neil Postman is mentioned once LIKE AND SHARE! WE LOVE YOU AND NEED YOU!

The #1 podcast recommended by by theologians, Chainsaw connoisseurs and Detroit Taxi drivers for those waiting out a hurricane! And its FREE! So take 2! Get it before it runs out! You will not be a disappointed! It's the Cat's Meow! SPONSOR- RAYCO'S BLASTER, the blow up Pastor! TOPICS: 1. WHAT DO YOU TELL A VICTIM OF A NATURAL DISASTER? Its' God's plan? At least you're not that guy? 2. WHAT THE HECK IS CONFIRMATION, WHY? AND HOW? Involve the dad's!!!! 3. HOW SOON AND HOW MUCH LEARNIN' to RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION? Do you have to know about premillennialism or how Leviticus foreshadows Christ in order to take communion ? How young? How 'dumb'? 4. CAN THERE BE TOO MUCH BIBLE STUDY!!!???? Hmmmm. Should one do bible studying at home by oneself? Why do bible study if I go to church regularly? music - dead bees - i love my man, Lilia Hauenstein - the end

This ain't like eating steak from some steakhouse chain, this is home grilled home raised beef that one first place at the county fair - Medium rare and the only seasoning is a little salt and pepper and the blood its cooked in. Grab a fork and dig in! After talking about the fight the gentlemen tackle the following issues: 1. THE NASHVILLE STATEMENT. Do you agree or not? Is it the perfect statement or could it have been said better? 2. JAGGED WORD FIELD GUIDE TO BEING A MAN AND 25 Things to teach your son by Aaron Conrad. Never step into a pool always jump in? great stuff to think about 3. IS IT EVERY OK TO LIE? Do you need to tell the truth all the time? What do you tell your kids? 4.GREAT STUDY HABITS! Tune in and get some tips from the guys about how remember stuff - also a great book suggestion 5. SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE LABOR DAY? Why YES! What does John the Baptist think? BOOKS - Cal Newport - Deep Work, Paul Koch - jagged word field guide to being a man, woman the forgotten story-Cindy Koch

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey, I ain't got time for that now - Life During Wartime, Talking Heads Its crazy out there! Come inside, put up your checkered vans, pour a glass of absinthe and listen. TOPICS: 1. KKK, Neo nazis I know. What the heck is White Nationalism? Is it a growing dangerous group of ne'er-do-wells? or has the media magnified a rather minor group? 2. Antifa? Sounds good, but who do you define as fascists? Margaret Sanger? 3. Should we tear down statues that represent the side of the civil war that was ok with in humanizing slavery? or are they just lessons for history? 4. Jesus calls a canaanite woman a dog?! Was he sexist and racist? Was she an enabler? What's this story all about? 5. Mandela said that racism is not inherent but learned. Is that true?

Finding a great podcast amidst all the bland rice cake christian lite stuff is like finding a microbrew that produces something other than IPAs! Well your search is over! Take a long drink and share it with some friends! We are the Double Bock of broadcasting! Like, follow, share! TOPICS: 1. CINDY KOCH AND HER NEW BOOK - WOMAN: THE FORGOTTEN STORY. Cindy talks about why she wrote it and how it uniquely tells the story of women's identity as God sees it! It is nothing but centered in Jesus Christ! 2. HANDLING CRITICISM. When you write stuff, someone is bound to not like it. Do you just ignore criticism? Do you dwell on it? Do you use it? How do writers handle it? How should they? What is truly criticism and what is disingenuous rabble rousing? 3. VULGARITY AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. Should all forms of literature that is meant to address christian issues refrain from any sort of explicit discussion of sex, etc. Should the preacher ever swear? How far is too far? 4. FAVORITE COCKTAIL! What's your favorite cockta

We are back and better than ever! Not to drop names, but what other podcast considers the words and works of Charles Baudelaire, Robert Oppenheimer, Ludacris and St. Paul in the same episode. Yeah, and if you listen closely you'll also get a recipe for a presbyterian, nice church body but a better cocktail! Share and Subscribe my friends! topics: 1. SHOULD WE HAVE DROPPED THE BOMB ON HIROSHIMA??? We assume yes, but was it the manly thing to do? Should one fight an adversary face to face? 2. THE CIRCUMCISION PARTY! Sounds like a great party right? Who were those people bugging the early church and earning the bitchy side of Paul? Are there members of that church body around today? hmmm can you say - seventh day adventist 3. IS IT OK TO CRITICIZE OTHER CHURCH BODIES? Paul did it. Is there a good or poor way to accomplish this? Do we have to mention names? Does it mean members of said church bodies are bad or unsaved? 4. MICHELLE CARTER- AMERICAN HERO! Outraged that Michelle Carter told her boyfriend to kill him

100 years from now they will be listening to Ringside on Mars. Why not start now before we "sell out"! Got some great topics for your precious podcast time allotment! Ross is back too! 1. THE JOY OF THE PASTORAL VISIT! Yes that sounds awfully nerdy. give it a listen. Does your pastor visit the sick, members at home, etc.? 2. JESUS LOVES BABIES NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE CUTE AND CUDDLY - BUT HELPLESS AND COMPLETELY UNABLE TO DECIDE TO FOLLOW JESUS! 3. THE PRESS AND THOU SHALT NOT SLANDER. in the newspapers it seems everyone is guilty before they are proven innocent. Can you really print a story about someone doing something wrong before its proven to be the case?! Is that morally wrong? 4. GET OUT THERE AND ROUGH IT! Great lessons are learned when we remove modern conveniences and try to survive with minimum and our skillz! 5. HOLY WORK IS NOT JUST DONE IN THE CHURCH OR ORGANIZED BY THE CHURCH. You don't have to do officially sanctioned church stuff to do church stuff. Being a good mom, loving your neighbor, workin

This is not your grandfather's podcast! You will hear things you can't unhear! Don't be afraid, keep listening. It's like the first time you acquired the taste of a nice cup of black coffee. A whole new world has been opened to you! TOPICS: 1. SUFFERING IS A BLESSING - Reading from Dennis Ngien's wonderful book on Luther's exposition of the lament psalms. great quotes! 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF DANGEROUS MISHAPS WITH FRIENDS. Near death experiences with friends are the best. though they might suck at the time. 3. ROSS REPORTS FROM A CONFIRMATION CAMP IN NORTH CAROLINA. Sorry about sound quality and Ross' accent! 4. SHOULD CHURCH'S PERFORM A BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS. Where does that go wrong? Why wouldn't we thank God for our creatures! 5. HAVE YOU PRAYED OVER YOUR HOME! Does God make a space holy and beneficial? Does our house need to be blessed?

There's no party like a holy spirit party cuz a holy spirit party don't stop! We are back to talk about stuff that probably shouldn't be talked about among polite company! Earmuffs kids! We have a special guest, Andrew Menz, joining us to talk about the value and joy of hunting as well other topics! 1. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAS BECOME MEANINGLESS? 2. HUNTING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL 3. ROMANS 7 - SIMULTANEOUSLY SINNER AND SAINT!? CAN YOU STRUGGLE WITH SIN AND STILL BE A SAINT? 4. WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR JUST? WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN A LOYALIST OR REBEL 5. FORGET ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN! WHAT ABOUT THE RESURRECTION!

If you always thought that fudge was just fancy and overpriced frosting, you're at the right podcast. We got more wisdom like that for free! Come listen to the gentlemen slice through BS like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill 1&2! Topics: 1. FAMILY VACATION! Its important to get out there as a family if you can. Even if its hiking a trail a sleeping beneath the stars. 2. IS IT MANLY FOR A MAN TO WEAR SHORTS! THe fellas have some differences of opinion on this topic. Ernest Hemingway wore them though so 3. WHAT IS ORDINATION? Have you ever attended an ordination ceremony? Is it essential to being a pastor? What the heck is it? What does it have to do with the Gospel of Jesus!? 4. DO MEN NEED ADVENTURES. Teddy Roosevelt seemed to feel the need to tackle difficult if not impossible tasks, even risking his life. Is this good? normal? should it be encouraged? what does it mean? 5. JESUS SAYS HE DIDNT COME TO BRING PEACE? Jesus doesn't sound like hippie dude sometimes. He actually says he didn't come to bring peace! Wha

Ever water ski and end up being dragged face first, mouth open and not letting go of the rope. Yeah, Ringside is kinda like that! hold on and hold your breath. We have a great guest with us, Dr. and author Scott Keith. He will talk about Fatherhood and Melanchthon's thoughts on preaching. Our Sponsor - the new learning game by Milton Bradley titled, God's Will TOPICS: 1. If a sermon doesnt call people to repentance and give forgiveness in Jesus Christ. Just don't! You might as well be attending a chinese acupuncture class 2. MELANCHTHON ON PREACHING. Can we gain anything from a 16th century reformer regarding sermon structures and engaging the hearer from the pulpit!? 3.SPEECH CAN KILL? Can rhetoric be blamed for violence? Consider the recent capitol hill shooting, or the young lady or talked her boyfriend into killing himself 4. FATHERHOOD AND GRACE. Scott talks about what is unique about his book on fatherhood. Should dad be just the discipline guy? What does the Prodigal Son parable have to do with fatherh

Wow. Forgive us for losing a week. We were temporarily defeated in an existential jiujitsu match by our doppelgängers. OK, we had technological difficulties and turned it into a break. But we are back! Sorry naysayers, haters and people who watch Mad About You reruns! And we had a fantastic guest, Cindy Koch to done learn us about God's view of womanhood! We thank Burning Bush for sponsoring this week's episode! TOPICS: 1. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO MARRY SOMEONE OF THE SAME FAITH? Why is that a goo thing? or is it? Does it increase the success of the marriage? Does St. Paul really say that the unbelieving spouse might be saved by the believer? 2. FATHER'S DAY TRADITIONS. Got any? Tyler does. He describes a wonderful get together for the men of his family that has been going on for a couple of generations! Unfortunately for Paul and Ross it involves golf and sentimentality. 3. SHOULD A WOMAN BE SILENT IN CHURCH? That's crazy. Mrs. Cindy Koch gives us a hint at her soon to be published book that touches that subje

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar! Sometimes a podcast isn't just a podcast! If you are tired of the same ole same ole, you have come to the right place. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride full of tears, laughter, fear and comfort. So put down your drink and buckle up! Thanks to Krogen Kutters for sponsoring this week's episode! Topics: 1. TWIN PEAKS AND JESUS! David Lynch gets the absurdity of life, the clear lines of good and evil and the mysterious sources of both. 2. ART OF THE HANDSHAKE! Nothing worse than a handshake that feels like a wet fish. Teach your kids to shake a hand firmly while looking directly in their eyes. 3. WOULD YOU RATHER TALK TO AN ATHEIST ABOUT JESUS OR SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CHURCH BODY? Sometimes it seems easier to talk to someone who doesn't know anything about christianity than talk with some who thinks they know it all. 4. WOULD YOU RATHER HANG OUT WITH NON CHRISTIANS or with CHRISTIANS? hmmmm. Is it wrong to like your atheists friends more? 5. WHAT THE HECK IS PENTECOST! What doe

This ain't no conspiracy. This ain't no whispering in the dark. This is unfiltered mountain spring water that you cupped with your hands and splashed upon your leathered tan face. Take a gulp and let it run down your beard. Special guest - Michael Salminen talks about the science and importance of exercise and weight lifting. Kevin the IT guy throws out some free advice. Tyler's back! turn us on a join the party! TOPICS: 1. LEARNING INSTINCT. Good instinct can be learned from education and experience. We can even have a theological/spiritual instinct informed by God's Word. 2. WORKING OUT/EXERCISE/WEIGHTLIFTING. Our Guest Michael Salminen talks about the science of exercise and how it makes us better people. Ross reminds that he was a D1 athlete! Go Illini! 3. CHRIS CORNELL, GRUNGE AND SUICIDE. What do you tell someone contemplating suicide? What do you tell someone in mourning? Is it the unforgivable sin? Hess hates grunge by the way - despises it. its fake crap. listen to the re deal before good music sold

Beware, the following podcast is not for the faint of heart. It's not for people who wear pastels, eat at Tapas restaurants and talk about politics as if its an intellectual enterprise. The pedal is to the metal. The moon lights up a clear Spring night. The headlights are off. Stick your head out the window and gulp the wind. TOPICS Call in from Tyler whose at another (you guessed it) conference! 1. JOHN MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. What a great epic poem! Listen to a little bit of it and enjoy discussion about the power of the story and word choice. Tyler interrupts 2. SHOULD CHURCHES "MAKE A DIFFERENCE"? Can churches 'make a difference' in terms of changing the community. Is that their job? What about the everyday boring good works of mom, dad, mcdonald's worker? 3. PASTOR I SAW AN EPISODE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL THAT TOLD ME HOW THE BIBLE WAS MADE! How do the pastors respond to pop historical 'lack of' criticism? Was the bible made by a couple of white guys in a room smoking cigars? 4. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FRO