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Enjoy thoughtful and humorous discussion about hot topics from God's point of view. You will hear some arguing, disagreeing and a little banter. Each pastor isn't afraid to call it like it is. Yet he also isn't afraid to change his mind! If you are not immediately enthralled we'll give you your money back!

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October 23 · 59 min
Man of Constant Sorrow (Featuring Dr. Schuchard)
Topics: Mental illness and the ministry Word and sacrament effects on depression and anxiety Cottage industry counseling Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
October 15 · 49 min
The Curse of Knowledge (Featuring Dr. Tinetti)
Topics: Assume makes an Ass out of U and Me Hospitable preaching Smart people still have dumb people problems Preachers should look for tears… St. Augustine Putting people in their right minds Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
October 9 · 1 hr
Jesus is Everything (Featuring Dr. Lane and Dr. Serina)
Topics: -Children as accoutrements -Most can't explain ordination -Apostolic succession Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
October 2 · 52 min
You Got A Friend!
Topics: The funny nature of friendship & not really knowing someone Academic vs real preaching? Is God really that mysterious? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
September 17 · 59 min
On This Rock!
Topics: What does Jesus mean by rock? Does the pastor speaking the words of institution turn the wine into blood? Why take communion if you are already forgiven? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
September 1 · 43 min
Dare You to Date My Daughter!
Topics: Advice as a dad with a daughter dating Online instant-pastors for weddings? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
August 14 · 57 min
What's your Odyssey?
Topics: Are the gods for you? The Odyssey Romans 8, Do things always work out for good? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
July 14 · 1 hr 10 min
Patriotism Much?
Topics: - Is patriotism dead? - Is the LCMS a derivative lutheranism? - Died to the law? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
July 7 · 1 hr 5 min
Burning Qs and Bar-B-Qs
Topics: Communication is simple and complex How do you know you're going to the right church? Should I baptize my kid right away? What is Israel? Why closed communion? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
June 1 · 1 hr 3 min
Remembering the Dead
Topics: Importance of things like Memorial Day What should a church look for in a pastor Remembering Jesus in the sacrament - what do you do with him when you're done? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
May 21 · 1 hr 4 min
The Sin Management Business
Topics: Managing sins instead of giving them to Jesus Doomsday Pastors Apostolic succession trumps bad theology? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
May 20 · 1 hr 1 min
UFOs and Jesus
Topics: Does a Christian Worldview include aliens? Bring back the Church cemeteries The One True Church? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
May 6 · 48 min
Ascension Declension
Topics -Should we stop confirmation -The ascension effects everything -Just war and the problem with Christian ethics Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" Other Stuff: Poem - ee Cummings La Guerre
April 28 · 54 min
Ain't No Blind Faith
Topics: Nerds and Bible purses Experiencing the risen Christ in Word and Sacrament Radical wedding vows Do you have to believe in a young earth? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
April 2 · 1 hr
I am the Resurrection
Topics Whoever believes in me will never die? Where to send your kids Homeschool, christian school, public school? Dead Fish handshakes Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
March 16 · 50 min
Israel?
Topics: War again Who is Israel and does it matter? Jesus mud bath healing miracle (John 9) Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
March 13 · 49 min
The Secret Pain of Miscarriage
Topics: Ministry to couples who have had a miscarriage How long should a sermon be? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
February 19 · 50 min
Power Corrupts What's New
Topics: Are we too shocked by corruption of elites? Everything is awful and everything is urgent? How much should Christians care about the fall of kingdoms? Isaiah 6 and going to church when the world falls apart. Muskrats are fish? Getting too crazy- Good practices for Lent. Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"
February 16 · 1 hr 19 min
Hermeneutics Under Attack with Dr. James Voelz
TOPICS: Moderism is not our Friend Decentering the Self The Hisotry of language thought and theory Misunderstandings in Hermeneutics Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, Blayne Watts, and Eddie Switek YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man" OTHER STUFF: The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics, Hans W. Frei Seminex 2.0, Gregory Schulz What Does This Mean?: Principles of Biblical Interpretation in the Post-Modern World, Dr. James Voelz Text, Church, and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective, Francis Watson 9th Kingsbury Lecture, Dr. James Voelz 7th Kingsbury Lectures, Dr. James Voelz
February 10 · 47 min
It's OK to Talk About Death at a Funeral
Topics: It's healthy to cry The 8k pound gorilla at a funeral Wakes are good 1 Corinthians 2 - faith does not come from reason Does a sermon convince people to believe? Thank you: thejaggedword.com Grace Lutheran Ventura St. James Lutheran, Chicago Monthly Sponsors: Frankie Meadows, and Blayne Watts YOU CAN BE A RINGSIDE SPONSOR: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TZBU7UQQAWEVN Music: Joel Allen Hess - More on bandcamp Dead Horse One - "I love my man"

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