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Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of doing standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php  Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 to Get Expanded Deluxe Edition Reissue https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/black-sabbath-vol-4-super-deluxe-edition/  MARK MANSON - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck https://markmanson.net  Game Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory  Serenity Prayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer  Alan Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts  Gad Saad quote https://youtu.be/fLty-9XXTSU  Heather Heying thread https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1355997697874907139  Psalm 106 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20106&version=ESV  No tuna in Subway's tuna sandwiches and wraps, lawsuit claims https

Lies Taste Like Wonder-bread. In this episode, part one of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We discuss the two kingdoms, the need for Christ alone with no additives, and the importance of having an ethos. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php  Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 to Get Expanded Deluxe Edition Reissue https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/black-sabbath-vol-4-super-deluxe-edition/  MARK MANSON - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck https://markmanson.net  Game Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory  Serenity Prayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer  Alan Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts  Gad Saad quote https://youtu.be/fLty-9XXTSU  Heather Heying thread https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1355997697874907139  Psalm 106 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20106&version=ESV  No tuna in Subway's tuna sandwiches and wraps, lawsuit claims https://www.cbsnew

Keep it Spiritual, Keep it Safe. In this episode, the conclusion to our discussion of Gerald Kennedy’s sermon, Communism in the Churches. Should churches mind their own business in regards to social and cultural matters? What happens when churches and Christian organizations avoid controversy in order to maintain the status quo? Does the Gospel have any power outside our churches’ walls? SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/#  How Are Socialism and Communism Different? https://www.history.com/news/socialism-communism-differences  Kulak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak  George Soros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros  Fight Club & Nietzsche: Overcoming Emasculation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpxHFNvlUmU  Murray Rothboard - The Progressive Era https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-0   The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity - Douglas Murray https://amzn.to/2LTujdV  The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - Season

White Bread with Bologna and Propaganda Spread. In this episode, we continue reading a sermon preached by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, on Communism in Churches (c. 1960). The discussion focuses on whether propaganda is more important than the truth. SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/#    What Are the Seven Techniques of Propaganda? https://classroom.synonym.com/what-are-the-seven-techniques-of-propaganda-12080912.html  Yuri Bezmenov lectures https://bezmenov.net/lecture/  Military Joint Chiefs statement condemning 'sedition and insurrection' at US Capitol https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/joint-chiefs-memo-capitol-insurrection/index.html  The Shadow Government - They Might Be Giants https://genius.com/They-might-be-giants-the-shadow-government-lyrics  Raised by Wolves (American TV series) https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GX0WFcAlf5r5cuAEAAADu  Brazil (1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/  Radiolab: Dispatch 4

Religion is Extra Important. In this episode, is religion an extra? How has the communist doctrine on religion influenced our society and the churches? When is it time for churches to preach against society, and to what end? SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/#  How to Watch TV News - Neil Postman (1992) https://amzn.to/35IPjdR 1917 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/ Dark Docs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3SuH2Ue044b7ACX1syk4A  CFW Walther Critique of Communism https://steadfastlutherans.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Walther-Communism-and-Socialism.pdf  Project Veritas - PBS Principal Counsel Lays Out Violent Radical Agenda https://www.projectveritas.com/news/pbs-principal-counsel-lays-out-violent-radical-agenda-says-americans-are-f/  Monty Python - Right to Self Determination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bqQ-C1PSE  The Club of Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Rome  The Expanse (Amazon) https://amzn.to/39F

Red Dawn in the Church. In this episode, a sermon by Bishop Gerald Kennedy on communism in the churches. What did it mean in 1960, and what does it mean today that religion is an opiate? Also, we start with a debrief highlighting our brief hiatus. SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/#  The Book of We https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61963/61963-h/61963-h.htm  Metropolis critique https://youtu.be/DJjbfaEtPN0  Doctor Zhivago (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/  The Cultural Revolution - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the decade of upheaval in China under Mao's revolt within his own party, led at first by the Red Guards, from 1966 until his death in 1976. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q9b6  Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto  Moralistic therapeutic deism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism  SOCIAL MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, & CULTURAL DECLINE - Has smartphone technology changed the way we

Can We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church. SHOW NOTES: Christmas During the Civil War https://civilwarsaga.com/christmas-during-the-civil-war/  Children of Men (2006) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men  How War-Torn Savannah Celebrated Christmas 1864 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121933069  General Sherman’s Christmas in Savannah https://emergingcivilwar.com/2018/12/25/general-shermans-christmas-in-savannah/  — 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

Have Yourself A Very Enlightened Christmas. In this episode, an examination of the impact of the Enlightenment on the Church, especially the preaching and traditions of Advent and Christmas. SHOW NOTES: What was the Enlightenment, and what impact did it have on Christianity? https://www.gotquestions.org/Enlightenment-Christianity.html  Bette Midler - From A Distance (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4AcFzxtdE  Songbird (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12592252/  Jesus Seminar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Seminar   ONscript: Conversations on current Biblical scholarship https://onscript.study    — 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

It’s Christmas in Germany for Hitler. In this episode, a historical examination of Christmas in Germany during the Nazi regime, including new hymns, advent calendars, the emergence of Wotan, and Hitler’s Silent Night. SHOW NOTES: Christmas in Nazi Germany - Bowler https://blog.oup.com/2016/09/christmas-in-nazi-germany/ Masquerade ball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball Christmas in Nazi Germany (wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday https://amzn.to/36jOvgj Horst-Wessel-Lied https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied Two Who Survived; Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust https://amzn.to/39uhjo8 — 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

A shelter from pigs on the wing... In this episode, how do Christians interface with a godless state, love our neighbors without being complicit in promoting sin, and maintain the tension between the two kingdoms? SHOW NOTES: The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present — In this essay, Hermann Sasse describes the theology of the “two regimens” (more commonly called “two kingdoms”) of the state and the church. Sasse addresses the widespread misunderstanding of the kingdom of God. — 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

You Know Who Else Misunderstood The Kingdom of God? Hitler! In this episode, we read Herman Sasse’s 1930 essay on The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present. We discuss the two kingdoms doctrine, peoples’ station in life, and the need for public discussions of natural law. SHOW NOTES: The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present — In this essay, Hermann Sasse describes the theology of the “two regimens” (more commonly called “two kingdoms”) of the state and the church. Sasse addresses the widespread misunderstanding of the kingdom of God. — 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

Chairman Mao Loves Ice Cream. In this episode, G.K. Chesterton on what happens when we abolish God, and the government becomes the god. We discuss “unalienable rights endowed by the Creator.” The language of freedom and rights belongs to the law. And we finish with Chesterton’s prompt to consider fraud. SHOW NOTES: Collected Works: Vol. XX https://www.chesterton.org/shop/vol-xx  THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR - By Thucydides 431 BC https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm  Lecture 65: Christendom in Dublin https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-65/  Bourbons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon  Bolsheviks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks  Never Forget What Joe Biden Did to Clarence Thomas https://rumble.com/vaz2r1-never-forget-what-joe-biden-did-to-clarence-thomas.html  Crowder gun show video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq-UElS4U7I  156: Pastoral Debrief on Civil Disobedience and the Christian https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/156-debrief  — CONTACT and FOLLOW

The Pirates of Penance part 2. In this episode, we continue to examine Girolamo Savaronola’s sermon on penance. What happened in Florence that occasioned this sermon, and what can it teach us about church and society today? SHOW NOTES: “PENITENZA, PENITENZA…!” http://www.elfinspell.com/ChurchHistory/Petry-NoUncertainSound/GirolamoSavonarola-59.html  Girolamo Savonarola (bio) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola  Attack on Christianity - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/kierkegaardsatta00kier  Judge for Yourself and for Self-Examination - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/forselfexaminati0000kier  — 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

The Pirates of Penance, part 1. In this episode, we look at pre-Reformation preaching. Girolamo Savaronola’s sermon on penance is read and discussed. What is penance, what effect did the sacrament of penance have on church and society, and what effect does it have on us at present? SHOW NOTES: “PENITENZA, PENITENZA…!” http://www.elfinspell.com/ChurchHistory/Petry-NoUncertainSound/GirolamoSavonarola-59.html  Girolamo Savonarola (bio) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola  Attack on Christianity - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/kierkegaardsatta00kier  Judge for Yourself and for Self-Examination - Kierkegaard https://archive.org/details/forselfexaminati0000kier  — 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

It’s The Most Important Election of Our Lives, Until The Next Election In this special election episode, Gillespie and Riley read David Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance," and discuss church, state, and the two kingdoms doctrine. SHOW NOTES: Tyranny and Resistance: The Magdeburg Confession and the Lutheran Tradition https://amzn.to/34Pvem8  David Whitford, Ph.D. (bio) - https://www.baylor.edu/religion/index.php?id=933200  Two Who Survived; Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust https://amzn.to/3oPHAmb  Fourth Industrial Revolution https://www.weforum.org/focus/fourth-industrial-revolution  “President Harrison provides a Lutheran view of church and state” https://blogs.lcms.org/2016/president-harrison-provides-a-lutheran-view-of-church-and-state  Freedom of the Christian https://shop.1517.org/products/the-freedom-of-the-christian?variant=32812568870997  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneI

Stop Showing Off and Get Back in Line... In part two of our reading of Clement of Alexandria’s, The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved, we discuss when martyrdom isn’t martyrdom and why the topic is more relevant today than ever. SHOW NOTES: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (c. 150-c. 215) from The Miscellanies (Stromata) The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved https://ethicsofsuicide.lib.utah.edu/selections/clement-alexandria/  Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague - Luther https://blogs.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Plague-blogLW.pdf  Voice of the Martyrs https://www.persecution.com  — 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

Easy There, Fella, Everybody’s Gonna Get a Turn... In this episode, we begin a reading of Clement of Alexandria’s, "The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved." What constitutes martyrdom for Christians? Where does the idea of martyrdom originate, and is it still a relevant topic for us today? SHOW NOTES: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (c. 150-c. 215) from The Miscellanies (Stromata) The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved https://ethicsofsuicide.lib.utah.edu/selections/clement-alexandria/  Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague - Luther https://blogs.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Plague-blogLW.pdf  Voice of the Martyrs https://www.persecution.com  — 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

This isn't a plus one... The second part of our episode on Patrick Henry Reardon's book, Christ in the Psalms. Taking a hard look at how we confuse the two kingdoms, avoid controversial topics in the church and the tragic consequences of not taking everything captive to Christ. SHOW NOTES: Christ in the Psalms - Patrick Henry Reardon https://amzn.to/3jNYDSN  Siege of Magdeburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg  Hillary Clinton email https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/14333  Sergio and Rhoda in Israel https://www.youtube.com/c/sergiorhodainisrael  — 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 is not a drill... We return to Patrick Henry Reardon's book, Christ in the Psalms. In this episode, we consider Psalm 6 and the very real, earthly effects of God's wrath, along with political bookends. SHOW NOTES: Christ in the Psalms - Patrick Henry Reardon https://amzn.to/3jNYDSN  Siege of Magdeburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg  Hillary Clinton email https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/14333  Sergio and Rhoda in Israel https://www.youtube.com/c/sergiorhodainisrael  — 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

My God can beat up your god... The second part of our discussion of Christ in the Psalms, by Patrick Henry Reardon. What is the temptation when Christians assume that our enemies are God's enemies? How do we pray for and against ourselves at the same time? What's happened to our piety that we are afraid to make demands of God? SHOW NOTES: Christ in the Psalms - Patrick Henry Reardon https://amzn.to/3jNYDSN  Rule of St. Benedict http://www.archive.osb.org/rb/text/toc.html  PTSD Service Dogs https://www.ptsd.va.gov/gethelp/dogs_ptsd.asp  Clarence Thomas Hearing on Natural Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4l77rnlI8I&feature=emb_title  Chuck Colson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson  — 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 wo