Banned Books

You Gotta Serve Somebody. Tim Keller breaks down various political ideologies and asks, “What does God’s Word have to say about this?” SHOW NOTES: A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/a-biblical-critique-of-secular-justice-and-critical-theory/  A Secular Age - Charles Taylor https://amzn.to/3lcHJyg  Tribe - Jünger https://amzn.to/3hpQD9p  See - Apple TV+ https://tv.apple.com/us/show/see/umc.cmc.3s4mgg2y7h95fks9gnc4pw13m  Mathus Overpopulation myth https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-the-world-is-facing-a-population-crisis/  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

This Little Light of Mine... When we allow feelings of fear and insecurity about our health and well-being dominate discussions about churches opening their doors, are we thereby complicit in the spiritual death of our churches? SHOW NOTES: Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/13/churches-arent-avoiding-death-by-keeping-their-doors-closed-theyre-ensuring-it/  The Violence of Modernity - Fr. Stephen Freeman https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2020/06/01/the-violence-of-modernity/ August Landmesser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser  Warrior Priest podcast 58: The Story of August Landmesser - Stand Your Ground https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/episodes/58-The-Story-of-August-Landmesser---Stand-Your-Ground-ehtce9  “THE BOOK” Crucifying Religion https://amzn.to/3gmfUA7  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play T

In this part two, Pastors Riley and Gillespie continue our reading of this contemporary article on the relationship of the Church and State from John MacArthur.  SHOW NOTES: Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church: A Biblical Case for the Church’s Duty to Remain Open https://www.gracechurch.org/news/posts/1988  Episode 157: Part 1, John MacArthur, Christ not Caesar is the Head of the Church https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/157-macarthur  The COVID Coup https://americanmind.org/essays/the-covid-coup/ Gospel Comfortable or Gospel Comfort? https://www.1517.org/articles/gospel-comfortable-or-gospel-comfort  The American Revolution: Was it an Act of Biblical Rebellion? https://wallbuilders.com/american-revolution-act-biblical-rebellion/  Satanic Temple to challenge Supreme Court abortion ruling on fetal remains https://www.foxnews.com/us/satanic-temple-to-challenge-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-on-fetal-remains  St. Cyprian, a word on the connection between martyrdom and the Lord's Supper https://w

Do The Doors Stay Open? John MacArthur addresses the biblical rationale for defying state mandates, and whether the state can prohibit, or put restrictions on, worship. SHOW NOTES: Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church: A Biblical Case for the Church’s Duty to Remain Open https://www.gracechurch.org/news/posts/1988  Episode 158: Part 2, John MacArthur - God has not granted civic rulers authority over the doctrine, practice, or polity of the church https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/158-macarthur The COVID Coup https://americanmind.org/essays/the-covid-coup/ Gospel Comfortable or Gospel Comfort? https://www.1517.org/articles/gospel-comfortable-or-gospel-comfort  The American Revolution: Was it an Act of Biblical Rebellion? https://wallbuilders.com/american-revolution-act-biblical-rebellion/  Satanic Temple to challenge Supreme Court abortion ruling on fetal remains https://www.foxnews.com/us/satanic-temple-to-challenge-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-on-fetal-remains  St. Cyprian, a word on the co

What’s So Civil About Disobedience? A pastoral debrief that lays the foundation for a discussion about the theological implications for civil disobedience and rebellion. SHOW NOTES: Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share https://www.cato.org/publications/survey-reports/poll-62-americans-say-they-have-political-views-theyre-afraid-share  World Day Against Trafficking in Persons https://www.unodc.org/endht/  Traffickinghub https://traffickinghub.com  Operation Underground Railroad https://ourrescue.org  152: Justin Holcomb - Human Trafficking in God’s World https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/152-holcomb  Boy gets 90 stitches after saving little sister from dog attack https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/boy-gets-90-stitches-after-saving-little-sister-from-dog-attack-1.5025401  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.

Fire for Effect. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Augustine on just war. SHOW NOTES: Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia https://amzn.to/2WDzfFA  Episode #64 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam https://bannedbookspod.com/episodes/64-johnofdamascus  Episode #65 - John of Damascus - Critique of Islam, pt. 2 https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/65-johnofdamascus  Portrait of John Brown https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.96.123  Justin Holcomb - Human Trafficking https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/152-holcomb  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

War, What Is It Good For? In this episode, Augustine’s theology of war is introduced. SHOW NOTES: Outlaw God - Steven Paulson https://www.1517.org/podcasts/outlawgod  Coronavirus, Conspiracy Theories, and the Ninth Commandment https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and  Sean Parnell - Outlaw Platoon https://amzn.to/3fKotVG  Operation Toussaint documentary https://amzn.to/32BjxPl  Voltaire - Candide https://www.britannica.com/topic/Candide-by-Voltaire  Bernstein - Candide https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernstein+-+Candide&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKlM2votzqAhXPQc0KHeO-AnoQ_AUoAXoECBwQAw&biw=2099&bih=1258&dpr=2  Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia https://amzn.to/2WDzfFA  Dr. Strangelove https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb Jocko Podcast: The Unravelling. Defining the Enemy https://jockopodcast.libsyn.com/1-the-unravelling-defining-the-enemy Jacques Derrid

Is This The Real Life... In this double-length episode, Riley and Gillespie ask what are the consequences for not grounding our preaching, teaching, prayer, and worship in concrete reality as revealed by God’s Word of law and Gospel? SHOW NOTES: Seminex (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminex  Steven Pressfield https://amzn.to/3eEqj9o  Self-Donation of God - Jack Kilcrease https://amzn.to/3eEzfvc  Coddling of the American Mind - Jonathan Haidt https://amzn.to/2CovQUe  Gospel for those Broken by the Church - Rod Rosenbladt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TJvBxIXLlI  Christianity in Five Words - Rod Rosenbladt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3am-Rqvn-I  Giants in the Earth - Ole Edvart Rolvaag https://amzn.to/3fEG3dR  The Demon-haunted World - Carl Sagan https://amzn.to/3eJLo2k  Technopoly - Neil Postman https://amzn.to/3jc6Yj7  Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking - Raleigh Sadler https://amzn.to/2C6sLIt  Let My People Go - Raleigh Sadler https://www.lmpgnetwork.org  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBook

Pure Evil Hidden in Plain Sight. Human trafficking, sexual abuse, and how the Church can engage with and fight against Satanic evil. SHOW NOTES: Human Trafficking in God’s World https://www.christianity.com/christian-life/art-and-culture/human-trafficking-gods-world.html  Homeland Security https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/what-human-trafficking US Department of State https://www.state.gov/policy-issues/human-trafficking/  National Human Trafficking Hotline https://humantraffickinghotline.org LCMS Social Issues > Human Trafficking https://www.lcms.org/social-issues/human-trafficking  Seneca Village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village  Dan Crenshaw episode https://holdthesetruthswithdancrenshaw.libsyn.com/from-survivor-to-leader-courtney-litvaks-journey-to-end-the-scourge-of-human-trafficking Courtney Litvak www.childproofamerica.org  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPOR

It’s Not Like You Can Change History Just Because Your Feelings Are Hurt... Right? Riley and Gillespie discuss history, feelings, and canceling the cancelers with God’s Word, all this in preparation for part two on human trafficking. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther statue in Baltimore https://reformationcharlotte.org/2020/06/24/leftists-now-calling-for-destruction-of-historic-statue-of-protestant-reformer-marin-luther-in-baltimore/  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

Wow, I gotta be honest... I did not see that coming! Anti-semitism, public doctrine, and when it’s necessary to tear down our idols. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther - “The Jews & Their Lies” (1543) https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/martin-luther-quot-the-jews-and-their-lies-quot  MARTIN LUTHER, "That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew" (1523) https://ccjr.us/dialogika-resources/primary-texts-from-the-history-of-the-relationship/luther-1523  Ethnic gnosticism Ethnic Gnosticism | Dr. Voddie Baucham - YouTube The Roots of Anti-Semitism: In the Age of Renaissance and Reformation https://amzn.to/31i3wxd  The Fabricated Luther: Refuting Nazi Connections and Other Modern Myths https://amzn.to/3hTGYbC  The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Shirer) https://amzn.to/2AYFZGD Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott https://amzn.to/2ZuDaFJ  Matthew Vaughn https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891216/  The Kingsmen https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/kingsman-the-secret-service  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE

We Are Not Your Kind. Gillespie and Riley respond to a listener question: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a part of the Christian Church? SHOW NOTES: Christianity vs. Jehovah’s Witnesses https://biblereasons.com/christianity-vs-jehovah-witness/ Myth of Progress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress#Myth_of_Progress  Jehovah’s Witness history https://carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses-history  Hypostasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy_and_religion  Bad Analogies for the Trinity https://lutheransatire.org/media/st-patricks-bad-analogies/  Bob Dylan - Triplicate https://amzn.to/3i1sK8M  Interstellar Black Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyYEYzQ77Es  The Silmarillion - Tolkien https://amzn.to/2CIdPjL  Cthulhu Mythos - HP Lovecraft https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (

Riley and Gillespie continue their conversation on moderation in public dialogue, the wrath of God, our passions, and not succumbing to media propaganda. SHOW NOTES: Different Ministries, Different Means, One God! - Ken Korby http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/KorbyDifferentMinistriesMeansOneGod.pdf No, A George Orwell Statue Isn’t Being Removed For Offending Journalists https://www.enmnews.com/2020/06/15/no-a-george-orwell-statue-isnt-being-removed-for-offending-journalists/ 8:46 - Dave Chapelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tR6mKcBbT4 Ryan Long - How to Sell Protest Footage to FOX AND CNN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiYZ__Ww02c Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved? - Martin Luther https://rockrohr.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Luther-WHETHER-SOLDIERS-TOO-CAN-BE-SAVED.pdf The Enlightenment’s Dark Side https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/taking-the-enlightenment-seriously-requires-talking-about-race.html Occupation of Alcatraz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz Occupy Wall St

You Can’t Get Right if You Can’t Relate... Much too little has been done either to articulate or to augment the kind of "pastoral care" that equips Christian citizens to demonstrate care for the world in their daily vocation. SHOW NOTES: Different Ministries, Different Means, One God! - Ken Korby http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/KorbyDifferentMinistriesMeansOneGod.pdf Liberation Theology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology Two Swords Doctrine https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36967 Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson M.D https://amzn.to/3hrGARA Crucified God - Jürgen Moltmann https://amzn.to/30SYYNd Curse and mark on Cain history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain Six-String Samurai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-String_Samurai John Bertram Phillips https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bertram_Phillips Steven Pressfield - Gates of Fire https://amzn.to/37K2efp — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE You

Our appearance is designed to be familiar and to put you at ease. We continue our discussion of the Church and social change and upheaval. SHOW NOTES: Warrior Priest - Goebbels Neil Postman - Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Best Tom Cruise Running Moments Katee Sackhoff - How I Train My Body BJJMoses Quote — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

Are You Gonna Slay It? We take a deep dive into the relation of the Church to social change and upheaval. SHOW NOTES: The Violence of Modernity - Fr. Stephen Freeman Project Veritas - #ExposeAntifa Trump: The Art of the Deal How to win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie Bible Study - Psalm 8 J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues Rick and Morty - STAR MORT RICKTURN OF THE JERRI - Season 4, Episode 10 We Are The Useful Idiots: How Our Nation Divided is Playing Straight Into The Hands of Our Greatest Enemies — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

Riley and Gillespie take a break from the usual format to consider how our nation quickly forgot COVID-19 in the wake of the death of George Floyd. We seek to better understand what is happening regarding the protests and rioting, how it affects the Church, and how Christians might respond. SHOW NOTES: Psalm 9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms+9&version=NKJV No Justice, No Peace https://www.1517.org/articles/no-justice-no-peace I Would Rather Die Than Hate You https://www.1517.org/articles/i-would-rather-die-than-hate-you Malcom X quote https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-is-the-worst-enemy-to-america-and The Last Dance https://www.espn.com/watch/series/2806434b-1deb-4c5c-aae0-04b1ab8eebf7/the-last-dance Luther’s letter to John Hess - “Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague” https://blogs.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Plague-blogLW.pdf — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitche

Come With Me if You Want to Live. The two most important words we will ever hear. Main Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535), p. 154 https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures   SHOW NOTES: The Small Catechism https://catechism.cph.org Evil Eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye William Wallace Can't Convince the Scots to Fight | Louder With Crowder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dD1YbG-qAE — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

You work on commission right? Big mistake, big….Huge! What doing our absolute best to impress God gets us. Main Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535), p. 148 https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures   SHOW NOTES: Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan Restrepo - Sebastian Junger Tribe - Junger Minnesota Lutheran and Catholic Buck Governor’s Order Doxology — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

“Sometimes dead is better." In this episode, now that we are dead to sin and alive to Christ through faith, what do we do with our free time? Main Text: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535), p. 147 https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures Show Notes:  Red Pill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill G.I. Joe Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTl6N7ZUjE Musonius Rufus – Hard, Beautiful Work https://thewarriorpriestpodcast.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/46-musonius-rufus-hard-beautiful-work/ Nature Is Metal (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/natureismetal/ Elon Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Neuralink https://www.neuralink.com Starlink https://www.starlink.com Elon Musk on Rogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8 — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube (new!) Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT G