The Happy Rant

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics LIVE from New Albany, Indiana leading up to the final T4G conference: 1. A T4G retrospective of our favorite moments 2. The future of reformed conferences 3. Angry Calvinists 4. Tell me you’re reformed without telling me you’re reformed 5. Violent Grace 6. Fighting famous pastors Discover more...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Where have all the youth pastors gone? 2. Are church planters the new youth pastors? 3. Are pastors particularly bad at digital and personal communication? 4. Gaming as a career and as socially acceptable Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising oppor...

In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. How is selling out going? 2. The Hillsong controversy (implosion) and pastoral lavish lifestyles 3. What level of lavishness is acceptable for pastors? 4. Will successful pastors inevitably be accused of bullying? 5. How do we avoid this sort of pastoral and church failure? 6. The etiquet...

In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and Barnabas Piper wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Gauging our Oscars interest 2. Is Will Smith an actual movie star? 3. The Slap: our takes on the takes 4. Who would we choose to slap if given the chance? 5. A T4G royal rumble Check out Visual Theology: https://visualtheology.church/ (use the code Happy Rant at check ou...

In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and Barnabas Piper wander to and fro through a variety of topics: 1. Who we are, a brief introduction for new listeners 2. What we love about podcasting together 3. How we would describe our show: The Seinfeld of podcasts, a Piper family dinner party, and a description to aspirational college students Discover more Christian podcasts at l...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Moving from sweet freedom to being corporate sell outs Our upcoming train wreck of a live show A podcast prenup Crispin Glover vs. Jared C. Wilson Early memories of the show Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas (sans Ronnie) wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Big changes coming Photos of shoes in airports Tiny houses. Why? Suburban living vs. urban living The sexiness of small town church planting Get your tickets to our upcoming live show! https://thehappyrant.com/the-live-show/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire a...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Metaverse church campuses and whether the metaverse will ruin church Book publishing in the metaverse (we want in!) Guys named Dale Generational names When funny people outgrow being funny Visit https://thehappyrant .com for merchandise and live event details! Discover more Christian podcasts...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ronnie and Barnabas (sans Ted) wander to and fro through a variety of topics. Well, really just one topic: Channeling Jared C. Wilson What is different about pastoring in a world recovering from COVID? What challenges are pastors facing? How is the life of the church different? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportu...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Honest book promo interviews Gestating books The vibe, persona, and desire of #AmWriting Perfectionism vs. Competitiveness Pastoral competitiveness and personality types Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas (sans Ronnie) wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The David Brooks NYT piece about folks trying to redeem evangelicalism How we hero worship and look for "saviors"  What is the New York Times of young folks? What are young people passionate about? Being "into" stuff in the 90s vs. today Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas (sans Ronnie Tarmac) wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Why we love Aldi, from friendly employees to real human interactions over carts Ronnie's Super Bowl vibe The anti-sports persona and who its seeking to impress How focusing on misery makes us more miserable, especially on social media Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio....

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Reliving the 80s through theological debate, specifically complementarianism What did Twitter warriors do before Twitter? Defining "theobros" Reviving "pinko commy" Is twitter temptation? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudi...

In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: What is the age ceiling on "visioneering"? Publishing trends in pastoring books Leading and teaching teens - are we too old and irelevant? What does it even mean to "get back to normal" after the last two years? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunit...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a varity of topics: Hearth time Know it all kids and the cultural anthropology of modern teens Losing northern muscles Having earthquake muscles Goodbye Hyatt Place, hello Sonesta Select Vision casting at Taco Bell Pastors and Restaurants Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about adverti...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Chip and Joanna Gaines are the original influencers Paul Tripp as hipster influencer Writing 4,000 words a day Matt Damon as youth group mime performer Only Murders in the Building - thoughts and reflections Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising oppor...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Diehard, the Christmas movie: our takes Christmas carol discussions and disagreements Finding consensus on good Christmas movies Things we expect to look back on at the end of 2022 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/c...

In this episode of the Happy Rant podcast Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The perks of ruddiness Ronnie's think piece on Hallmark Movies Ted's tenure and Taylor Swift Takes Cruise ship experiences and vibes River Cruises Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ronnie and Barnabas Wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ronnie's new music Middle aged men fanboying over Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, the Beth Moore of pop music The sound guy persona Why is everyone becoming Anglican? Quick hitter questions: soup vs. stew, drive thru vs. go inside, holiday foods Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inqu...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Our brand new website and merchandise A silk shirt weekend with Josh McDowell Blazers and Khakis, the academic uniform The ethos of khaki pants Piper's introduction to Downton Abbey Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: DRISKY BUSINESS: evaluating Mark Driscoll's Yoda tweeting technique The practicalities of punching something evil in the face Cracker Barrel Christians vs. Whole Foods Christians Reformed Mingle (not a joke): a new reformed dating site Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inq...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through three topics, specifically through 3 Patreon episodes: How do you find your voice as a writer? What would we do if we knew we could not fail?  What do we appreciate about our wives? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

In this episode of The Happy Rant Podcast Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Gospel Project writing fame What MLMs would work for men? Side hustles for ministry The poverty reputation "I could make more in the marketplace" Working for money vs. working for purpose Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The final T4G - but why? And How are we feeling about it? A Piper name drop of the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Things we're enjoying What career would we do if we could do anything else? Do we care about James Bond movies? Vince Vaughn opinions Who's the most surprising fan of The Rant? Discov...

In this episode of The Happy Rant Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The demographic of people who use "margin" Leadership brand vs. leaders we'd actually follow Humility as a brand What does it mean to lead our family? The pitfalls of the five paragraph essay Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifea...