Ringside Preachers

Tired of looking for your one great purpose in life? Jesus took care of that too! Relax with Ringside and special guest Dr. Jeff Leininger, campus pastor at Concordia Chicago and author of "Callings for Life". Topics: God's Calling for your Life: Is there ONE great thing? Vocation and Gloves of God What would it take to do a funeral?   Guest: Dr. Jeff Leininger Concordia University Chicago's Unive...

Beneath the calm, within the light,  A hid unruly appetite Of swifter life, a surer hope, Strains every sense to larger scope, Impatient to anticipate The halting steps of aged Fate.   Now listen to Ringside.   Topics: Were the Nazis wrong? Can you say something is "bad" Pastor fraud Should people even read their Bible at home? How should new Christians change their life? Moral Injury and how to r...

Put down all the other documents you take for granted, light a cuban, drip some water on your sugar sitting in spoon over your Pernod's, and consider the possibility that God's thoughts are recorded down on papyrus. Topics: Is the Museum of the Bible just another boring "museum"? History of Bible, not theology of Bible Biblical copy tradition, produced to accomplish something Distrust of the Bible...

According to the make believe wokeness-ometer, Jesus qualifies as the most authoritative voice because he was the most oppressed. Poor Jew, not from Jerusalem, under Roman rule, betrayed by his own, even his friends, killed because of his identity. Listen to him.     Topics: Inventing a cause to protest? Identity Politics and the Identity of the Preacher   External identity for the Gospel What do...

Topics: Sending prayers… but do we? American flag in church equals Christian Nationalism? "Here I Stand" Anniversary of the Diet of Worms Mixing Metaphors Sunday: the lamb shaped door…   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and thejaggedword.com   Music: Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify , iTunes , SoundCloud Dead Horse One - I love my man   Other stuff: The Gods of Gr...

Need a resurrection in your life? Listen to Ringside. Topics: Why do unbelievers celebrate Easter? Experiencing Jesus now (Gospel and letters of John) Are you Christian if you don't go to church?   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com   Music: Willing Virginia - People, on Spotify , iTunes , SoundCloud Dead Horse One...

Christ is risen! So you can sit... and listen to Ringside. That's the gospel. "Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it. He destroyed Hell when He descended into it. He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh. Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead!"   - Chrysostom   Topics: Halle or Alle? Did Jesus choose who...

It's weird, don't you feel like you need to do something while Jesus carries the cross and we just sit here drinking tea and eating crumpets? Help him out? Cheer Him on? Or put your feet up and listen to some fools talk about Him. Topics: Crazy Easter Tradition Game Christ's descent into hell? What the hell. Real bread and really break it for really special Maundy Thursday Strepitus Slam on Good F...

I always root for the underdog in March Madness. That's why you can count on Ringside to not only root for the underdog, we'll go down with the ship with him.   Topics: Self-obsessed Covid Concern   "Do This in Remembrance of Me" and how often? Pastoral ministry gets boring… Real strength in church and culture   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network thejaggedword.com and Co...

While you are busy working at being passive in your righteousness, let God sanctify you through some holy words spoken by unholy men. Topics: The Chosen; what do you think? Biblical movies… how do you portray Christ on the screen? Sacraments in an un-sacramental church   Pray because God said so Hebrews 5   Guest: Rev. Tim Winterstein Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in East Wenatchee, WA Saints an...

Make your bed. Hit the gym. Call mom. Play Ringside. Topics: Funeral woes Do you get everything you want in heaven? Dr. Seuss offended Amazon Beauty of the speakeasy   Dead in Sin: Ephesians   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network thejaggedword.com and Concordia Seminary St. Louis   Music: Willing Virginia - The One That I Want, on Spotify , iTunes , SoundCloud Dead Horse O...

We aren't cancelled yet. Maybe this will be the show! Come and witness history…   Topics: What is "church" in the time of COVID? Does the 8th commandment apply to Facebook? Watch out for Christian Nationalists When a church calls a pastor, what should a call committee ask? The cross is stupid for those who are perishing Guest: Cindy Koch   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Netw...

We aren't cancelled yet. Maybe this will be the show! Come and witness history…   Topics: What is "church" in the time of COVID? Does the 8th commandment apply to Facebook? Watch out for Christian Nationalists When a church calls a pastor, what should a call committee ask? The cross is stupid for those who are perishing Guest: Cindy Koch   Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Netw...

Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn on your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh's legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus. Topics: The Legacy of Rush Rend Your Heart, Tear Your Garments, It's OK to Mourn Lost Art of Shaking Hands Jesus and Welfare Suffering is not the Greatest Evil: Romans 5 Thank you:  1517.org proud me...

Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh's legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus. Topics: The Legacy of Rush Rend Your Heart, Tear Your Garments, It's OK to Mourn Lost Art of Shaking Hands Jesus and Welfare Suffering is not the Greatest Evil: Romans 5 Thank you:  1517.org proud membe...

Repent and believe the good news. Everything will be OK!   Topics: You and your Ash: what is going on this Wednesday? Favorite Lenten Songs The bad way to fast for Lent Temptation of Christ and the Coming of the Kingdom Superstars in Sport and Ministry Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary St. Louis   Music: Willing Virginia - Fragile Young Heart, on...

Repent and believe the good news. Everything will be OK!   Topics: You and your Ash: what is going on this Wednesday? Favorite Lenten Songs The bad way to fast for Lent Temptation of Christ and the Coming of the Kingdom Superstars in Sport and Ministry Thank you:  1517.org proud member of the 1517 Podcast Network and Concordia Seminary St. Louis   Music: Willing Virginia - Fragile Young Heart, on...

I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand — How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep — while I weep! O God! Can I not grasp   Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?   Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asl...

I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand — How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep — while I weep! O God! Can I not grasp   Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?   Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asl...

Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!   Have a list...

Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!   Have a list...

Like needing to find a bathroom, the urgency of preaching the presence of God's kingdom should be felt in the very inner being of every pastor. Not that anything has changed, but God is definitely demonstrating the vulnerability of sinners to the masses. The harvest is now! Topics: Urgency in today's Preaching - thank you Pandemic! Disaster drags people back to the church, but what will be remembe...

Like needing to find a bathroom, the urgency of preaching the presence of God's kingdom should be felt in the very inner being of every pastor. Not that anything has changed, but God is definitely demonstrating the vulnerability of sinners to the masses. The harvest is now! Topics: Urgency in today's Preaching - thank you Pandemic! Disaster drags people back to the church, but what will be remembe...

Experience the reality of God while the world is ending. Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and Dr. Arthur Just from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne explore how the real tangible gifts of God break through the shadows of this crumbling world.   Topics: Our victorian negative society - the world is ending with a whimper Eschatological moments breaking in - the Eucharist Gospel of Lu...

Experience the reality of God while the world is ending. Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and Dr. Arthur Just from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne explore how the real tangible gifts of God break through the shadows of this crumbling world.   Topics: Our victorian negative society - the world is ending with a whimper Eschatological moments breaking in - the Eucharist Gospel of Lu...