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Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church...

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206a: Eagleton - Everyone knows that Nietzsche said "God is dead" 28.05.2021 1:01:35

Featured text: "Nietzsche and Christ" — Terry Eagleton Nietzsche is Dead. In this episode, learning from Friedrich Nietzsche how to repent and believe in Christ Jesus as Savior. SHOW NOTES: Eagleton - Nietzsche and Christ http://trinitycollegechapel.com//media/filestore/sermons/EagletonNietzsche231108.pdf Terry Eagleton bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Eagleton 1979 Life of Brian church...

205b: Pastoral Debrief on ministry, vocation, and how we learn 23.05.2021 1:08:29

This, That, and Another Thing. In this episode, we do a pastoral debrief, discussing vocation, doctrine, and the daily struggles and afflictions of Christians. SHOW NOTES: Strauss–Howe generational theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Goo...

205a: Scott Keith - Debrief on Two Kingdoms, Social Media, and Local Vocation 22.05.2021 54:03

Three Men Enter, One Man Leaves. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Scott Keith about Christian doctrine and vocation. How do we live faithfully in Christ while simultaneously living in our vocations in a sinful, evil world? SHOW NOTES: Dr. Scott Keith https://www.1517.org/contributors/scott-keith Scott Keith is the Executive Director of 1517 and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Concordia Universit...

204: Luther - Difference between tolerating injustice and violence, and remaining silent 15.05.2021 1:31:24

Featured text: "Difference between Tolerating Injustice and Violence, and Remaining Silent" — Martin Luther A Seditious Gospel. In this episode, Martin Luther preaches when Christians must rebuke sinful rulers, and when the Gospel becomes a seditious doctrine. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works, Volume 69 (Sermons on the Gospel of John 17-20), p. 237 & 248 https://amzn.to/2Q7MpLe Bo Giertz, The Hammer of...

203: Robert Farrar Capon - A Free Gift Already Given, Without Condition, To Everybody 11.05.2021 1:47:31

Featured text: "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" — Robert Capon Guilty, Until Proven Gospeled. In this episode, we conclude our reading and discussion of Robert Capon's, The Mystery of Christ & Why We Don't Get It. How does the Gospel of Jesus Christ free us from wallowing in guilt and living in the comforting freedom of knowing we've been chosen in Christ since the foundation...

202b: Robert Farrar Capon - Be Authentic and Authoritative Proclaimers of the Gospel 01.05.2021 51:20

Featured text: "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" — Robert Capon You Know, The Next Thing. In this episode, we continue reading Robert Capon's The Mystery of Christ, and Why We Don't Get It. We further discuss pastoral care, exegesis, the purpose of theology, and where Christian preaching points us. SHOW NOTES: Robert Farrar Capon, "The Mystery and Guilt" from "The Mystery of Ch...

202a: Robert Farrar Capon - The Mystery and Guilt pt. 1 28.04.2021 1:03:02

Featured text: "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" — Robert Capon You Know, The Thing. In this episode, Robert Capon on The Mystery of Christ, and Why We Don't Get It. We discuss exegesis, pastoral care, preaching, and the task of a theologian. SHOW NOTES: Robert Farrar Capon, "The Mystery and Guilt" from "The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It" https://amzn.to/3dUHq...

201b: Weil - The false god changes suffering into violence 25.04.2021 51:22

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Turning Inward to Attack Evil. In this episode, we continue to discuss Simone Weil on Evil. The importance of Jesus' sacrificial death as expiation and redemption and what happens when we try to make good apart from God. SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Evil" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF 109: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning,"...

201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell 24.04.2021 1:01:20

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Am I Evil? In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Simone Weil on Evil. Violence, suffering, and justice. What part does human evil play in Jesus' sacrificial death? SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Evil" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF 109: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," part 1 https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-b...

200b: Weil - It is Not Good Which Evil Violates, For Good is Inviolate 16.04.2021 57:03

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Oh goodness, it's so evil. In this episode, we continue reading and discussing Simone Weil on evil. If God alone is good what does that mean for our understanding of ourselves and the world? SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Evil" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF The History of the World According to 'Ancient Aliens' https://youtu.be/vDq8v...

200a: Weil - Evil is License and That is Why it Is Monotonous 13.04.2021 57:15

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Am I Evil? In this episode, Simone Weil on evil. What is evil, and how is it distinct from what is good? How does our understanding of evil, or our ignorance of it, affect the churches? SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Evil" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF The History of the World According to 'Ancient Aliens' https://youtu.be/vDq8vQ0t67...

199: Weil - We Humiliate Ourselves Before False Gods 08.04.2021 1:18:38

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Idol Talk. In this episode, we return to Simone Weil's book, Gravity and Grace. Idolatry is the topic of conversation. What is an idol? In what ways does idolatry infiltrate our churches, and what are the consequences? How do we guard against it? SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Idolatry" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF — CONTACT and FOL...

198: Simone Weil - The Cross 01.04.2021 1:45:44

Featured text: "Gravity and Grace" — Simone Weil Into The Mystic. In this episode, we read and discuss the crucifixion as interpreted by Simone Weil, an anarchist, philosopher, and mystic. SHOW NOTES: Simone Weil, "Idolatry" from "Gravity and Grace" https://amzn.to/3t1gwSF — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overca...

197b: Leo the Great - Use Lent for general improvement in the whole round of Christian duties 29.03.2021 40:23

Featured text: "Sermon 46" — Leo the Great The Right Man for The Job. In this episode, we finish reading and discussing Leo the Great's Lenten sermon about Christ's two natures. What happens when the old Adam adds to Scripture's witness to Jesus' two natures? SHOW NOTES: Sermon 46 https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360346.htm Pope Leo I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_I — CONTACT and FOL...

197a: Leo the Great - All the actions of Christ reveal the presence of the twofold nature 27.03.2021 45:13

Featured text: "Sermon 46" — Leo the Great God Really Bodies Our Salvation. In this episode, we read and discuss a Lenten sermon from Leo the Great. What happens when the two natures of Christ are divided? SHOW NOTES: Sermon 46 https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360346.htm Pope Leo I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_I — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUB...

196b: Luther - Paul cuts out all merit and gives glory only to God 19.03.2021 59:35

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Grace Means Never Having to Try Harder. In this episode, Martin Luther's comments on the letter to the Galatians regarding God's mercy and predestination. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commenta...

196a: Luther - I was forgiven only by God's boundless grace 16.03.2021 55:43

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther The stunning truth about God's grace. In this episode, Luther's comments about Galatians 1:15. What do we do when it's revealed God chooses to be gracious to us while we are wicked and blasphemous? SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://sho...

195b: Luther - Mesmerized by the wizardry of the devil 13.03.2021 1:02:01

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther You're A Wizard, Lucifer! In this episode, Martin Luther continues to commentate on the apostle Paul's letter to the Galatians, and his question, "Who has bewitched you...?" SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/mart...

195a: Luther - Ancient serpent bewitches not only the senses but also the mind with false and evil thinking 10.03.2021 42:23

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Satan Rules The World, And Is It's God. In this episode, Martin Luther expands on the apostle Paul's question to the Galatians, "Who has bewitched your...?" SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commen...

194b: Luther - Our knowledge of God is merely passive 01.03.2021 40:08

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Just Sit Back and Let It Happen. In this episode, we continue our reading of Martin Luther's Galatians lectures. This week, passive faith, internalizing virtue, and the law of the jungle. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org...

194a: Luther - God's will is to bless all nations... through Christ 24.02.2021 41:49

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Free Will Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be. In this episode, more from Luther's Galatians lectures. This week, God's will, free will, identity, and taking the moral low ground. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/ma...

193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely 20.02.2021 49:58

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Free For It All. This week on the podcast, we continue our Lenten series on Christian freedom in Martin Luther's Galatians lectures. In this episode, Gospel, Satan, and competing freedoms. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.or...

193a: Luther - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free 18.02.2021 49:12

Featured text: "Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535)" — Martin Luther Lent Is About Freedom. In this episode, we read Martin Luther's 1525 Galatians commentary. Why is freedom a vulgar word to the old Adam? And we consider why freedom must be Lent's primary focus for Christians. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535)...

192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies! 13.02.2021 1:17:16

Featured text: "Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn" — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn A spirit of timidity and a Spirit of courage. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church chooses a spirit of timidity in order to spare itself affliction? Also, the sins of the fathers and the true meaning of sanctuary. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By...

192a: Solzhenitsyn - "I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!" 10.02.2021 47:38

Featured text: "Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn" — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn How Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness? SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies All Art Is Propaganda: Christ...