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Banned Books

Banned Books Podcast

With Donavon Riley & Christopher Gillespie
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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 seek 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. Some were faithful to the end, and are safe in Jesus' death. Many lost their way and ended up expressing the biggest bad news of all, that we must stop sinning if we want God to like us.

But, 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, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. They dare to be called fools for Christ's sake even when their own church throws ever larger stumbling blocks in front of them. This is the Banned Books podcast. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.

Your Hosts

Donavon Riley
Host
Husband, father, and pastor. Host of Banned Books and Warrior Priest. Author of Crucifying Religion and The Withertongue Emails. He has written hundreds of articles, teaches mixed martial arts, and considers himself a story-teller and friend of trees.
Christopher Gillespie
Host
Husband, father, Lutheran pastor, and media producer (gillespie.media). A coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee) who produces content for 1517, Higher Things, Doxology, CPH Music, and Concordia Theological Seminary.

Reading List

Where "Tim Keller" appears across the catalog

  1. Ep. 279: Tim Keller - The Purpose of Christmas — 7 mentions · watch
  2. Ep. 159: Zempel - Churches Aren''t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They''re Ensuring It — 4 mentions · watch
  3. Ep. 160: Timothy Keller - A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory — 3 mentions · watch from 00:00:32
  4. Ep. 163: Timothy Keller - If you believe in human rights, you are probably not a utilitarian — 3 mentions · watch from 00:16:05
  5. Ep. 161: Timothy Keller - There is no need in liberal society for any consensus on moral values — 2 mentions
  6. Ep. 162: Timothy Keller - Liberals' insistence that religious views stay out of public discourse is hypocritical — 2 mentions
  7. Ep. 291: Schleiermacher - The Death of the Saviour the End of All Sacrifices — 2 mentions · watch from 00:21:33
  8. Ep. 312: Paulson - Preaching Categorically to Bound Wills — 2 mentions · watch from 02:27:06
  9. Ep. 158: John MacArthur - God has not granted civic rulers authority over the doctrine, practice, or polity of the church — 1 mentions · watch
  10. Ep. 164: Timothy Keller - Lots of foolish and cruel things can make us happy — 1 mentions
  11. Ep. 165: Timothy Keller - Postmodernism: Only powerlessness and oppression brings moral high ground and true knowledge — 1 mentions
  12. Ep. 285: R.C. Sproul - The Birth of Jesus — 1 mentions · watch
  13. Ep. 392: Keller - What Is the Church? — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:01
  14. Ep. 397: Q&A Episode - Civil Disobedience — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:01
  15. Ep. 414: Luther - God is extravagantly rich in His grace — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:02
  16. Ep. 422: Post-Christmas and Post-New Year Debrief — 1 mentions · watch from 00:19:56
  17. Ep. 424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Service — 1 mentions · watch from 00:19:56