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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 "Donavon Riley" appears across the catalog

  1. Ep. 1: C.S. Lewis' Introduction to Athanasius' 'On the Incarnation' Part 1 — 1 mentions
  2. Ep. 10: According to the Kübler-Ross model, starting your own church is just one of the five stages of divorce. — 1 mentions
  3. Ep. 12: We're not going to walk this one off. — 1 mentions
  4. Ep. 16: No, boys. There's two 'O's in Goose. — 1 mentions
  5. Ep. 17: I feel the need… the need for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ! — 1 mentions
  6. Ep. 179: Girolamo Savaronola - O you who have anything superfluous, give it to the poor! — 1 mentions
  7. Ep. 18: Now... okay, so, angels as people, tell me about that. Walk me through it. — 1 mentions
  8. Ep. 19: One sermon, maximum effort — 1 mentions
  9. Ep. 190: Kennedy - The Gospel deals with all of life, because it comes to heal the whole man — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:26
  10. Ep. 193a: Luther - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free — 1 mentions · watch
  11. Ep. 195a: Luther - Ancient serpent bewitches not only the senses but also the mind with false and evil thinking — 1 mentions · watch
  12. Ep. 199: Weil - We Humiliate Ourselves Before False Gods — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:00
  13. Ep. 2: Part 2: 'Piss Off, Athanasian Ghost!' — 1 mentions
  14. Ep. 20: One sermon, two men, maximum effort — 1 mentions
  15. Ep. 21: Just Follow The Step by Step Instructions — 1 mentions
  16. Ep. 3: Part 3: 'Piss Off, Athanasian Ghost!' — 1 mentions
  17. Ep. 368: Cindy Koch - Once Upon a Curse — 1 mentions · watch from 00:51:36
  18. Ep. 4: Part 1: Two Natures and Maximum Effort — 1 mentions
  19. Ep. 41: Augustine - Does Baptism Make Men New? — 1 mentions
  20. Ep. 5: Part 2: Two Natures and Maximum Effort — 1 mentions
  21. Ep. 56: The Marburg Articles — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:00
  22. Ep. 57: The Schwabach Articles, part 1 — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:00
  23. Ep. 62: Thomas O. Chisholm - 'Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father' — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:00
  24. Ep. 65: John of Damascus - Critique of Islam, pt. 2 — 1 mentions · watch from 00:00:00
  25. Ep. 8: Who are you? I'm Batma... I'm Constantine. — 1 mentions
  26. Ep. 9: I Guess Reformation Theology and Dubstep Never Dies — 1 mentions