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Banned Books

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 seeks 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. 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

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02:11:08

357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

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2024/06/21

Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode. SHOW NOTES: Fear and Trembling - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60333/60333-h/60333-h.htm#FEAR_AND_TREMBLING Bio https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/ THE DOLOROUS PASSION

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02:58:45

356: Francis Schaeffer - The Centrality of Death

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2024/06/14

We Can Be Heroes… In this episode, we discuss death and resurrection, hierarchy and authority, corporatism, Christian nationalism, self-sacrificial love, building a body without Christ as its head, the symbolism of salvation without the Lamb, pop culture tropes, the hero's journey, and teaching Christians not to doubt their salvation. SHOW NOTES: Francis Schaeffer - True Spirituality https://amzn.to/4b5JSEJ Bio

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02:19:15

355: Jacques Ellul - Making the Church Worldly

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2024/06/10

Watching The World Go Down in History. In this episode of Banned Books, we read "False Presence of the Kingdom" by Jacques Ellul and discuss worldly Christianity, the lessons of history, the Machine, focusing on heavenly things to answer earthly questions, seeking the origin of things, and the dangers of being trapped in the present. SHOW NOTES: Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Black Robe (1991)

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01:59:20

354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the...

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2024/05/30

It’s Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John’s gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul. SHOW NOTES: Jacques Ellul - False Presence of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/4c0tWnY Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Stanford prison

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02:12:14

353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for...

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2024/05/25

This Too Shall Pass. In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and the music of the spheres. SHOW NOTES: Bede bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede Homilies on the Gospels: Book One - Advent to Lent (Volume 110) - Homily 1.24 on Matthew 16:27-17:9 https://amzn.to/3yJvqVe Grace (photograph) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_(photograph) Butterfly in the Sky (2024)

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02:38:09

352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

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2024/05/17

Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death. SHOW NOTES: Gregory of Nazianzus Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus Gregory Letter 58 to Basil p. 179

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03:01:17

351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

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2024/05/05

Get Down, Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa. SHOW NOTES: Gregory of Nyssa - THE LIFE OF MOSES http://www.newhumanityinstitute.org/pdf-articles/Gregory-of-Nyssa-The-Life-of-Moses.pdf The Funeral of a Great Myth (of Universal or Popular

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01:42:21

350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

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2024/04/27

Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric. SHOW NOTES: HEXAMERON OF ST. BASIL https://ia803404.us.archive.org/22/items/hexameronofbasil00aelfuoft/hexameronofbasil00aelfuoft.pdf Bio

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02:55:13

349: Martin Luther - The Song of Habakkuk

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2024/04/20

Who Stole The Soul? In this episode, we finish our discussion of Luther’s commentary on Habakkuk, talking about history, what happens when the Word walks amongst us, what a blessing is, earthly matters of vocation and calling, and churches as islands of salvation. SHOW NOTES: Luther's Works, Vol. 19: Lectures on the Minor Prophets II https://amzn.to/3UfWe80 PDF Version https://s3.amazonaws.com/cph-org-assets/media/pdf/151761.pdf Gray Man theory https://www.tactical.com/how-to-be-a-gray-man/

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02:54:54

348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

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2024/04/12

Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven. SHOW NOTES: Luther and the Old Testament https://amzn.to/3xpUUXk Archive.org link

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03:21:43

347: Bornkamm - The God of the Old Testament

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2024/04/05

Day Trippin’. In this episode, we talk about Easter, altars, cosmic mountains, church history, open fonts, restored virtue, saints, angels, powers of darkness, idols, icons, images, searching for the truth, and how Jesus is the archetype of all archetypes, and in between we read Luther on the Old Testament by Heinrich Bornkamm. SHOW NOTES: Luther and the Old Testament https://amzn.to/3xpUUXk Archive.org link https://archive.org/details/lutheroldtestame0000born SUPPORT: Support 1517

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02:02:54

346: Irenaeus - On the Passion

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2024/03/30

Passion. In this episode, we read Irenaeus on Christ’s passion and discuss Holy Week, the consequences of following Christ, what happens when things lack clear definition, and the consequences for the Church. SHOW NOTES: Proof of the Apostolic Preaching by Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon https://archive.org/details/proofofapostolic0001iren/page/90/mode/2up Disenchantment (Weber) https://www.britannica.com/topic/disenchantment-sociology SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts

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02:35:42

345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through...

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2024/03/23

Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations? SHOW NOTES: Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational

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03:08:59

344: Ambrose - The mystical feast of the altar of the...

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2024/03/17

Plug In, Baby. In this episode, we read St. Ambrose’s work, On the Mysteries, enjoying his exegesis and defense of the body and blood of Jesus. We also discuss recognizing patterns in the Bible, testing the spirits who want to separate out the heavenly from the earthly, and the importance of symbol and meaning for Christian comfort. SHOW NOTES: Ambrose - On the Mysteries https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3405.htm Ambrose Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose Open Library

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02:04:41

343: Cyril of Jerusalem - Mystagogical Catechesis

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2024/03/09

Let’s Get Weird. This episode discusses Cyril of Jerusalem’s mystagogical catechesis, especially the Lord’s Supper. We converse about the biblical patterns of the sacraments, anointing, and the higher truth about Jesus as bread from heaven. SHOW NOTES: Cyril - Catechetical Lectures https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3101.htm SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts http://www.1517.org/podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts

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02:14:39

342: Luther - Now the Works of the Flesh are Plain

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2024/03/02

Everybody’s Working for the Weekend. In this episode, we continue our Lenten tradition of reading Luther’s Galatians commentary in March, discussing past and present idolatry and why we keep falling for the same sales pitches from the same gods. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 478 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes

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02:20:14

341: John Cassian - The Spirit of Acedia

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2024/02/24

Hey, You Guys! In this episode, we discuss the dominant spirit of our age, acedia, by reading and discussing St. John Cassian’s exposition of acedia in The Institutes. SHOW NOTES: The Spirit of Acedia From the Institutes of John Cassian https://www.pathsoflove.com/acedia/cassian-acedia.html#10.1 John Cassian bio https://orthodoxwiki.org/John_Cassian Large Catechism on Acedia https://thebookofconcord.org/large-catechism/part-i/#lc-tc-0099 Panpsychism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism

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01:36:53

340: St. John Chrysostom - Homily on the Gospel of...

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2024/02/18

There’s Power in the Blood. In this episode, we read a homily on John’s Gospel, the power of Christ’s blood, and a whole lot of symbolism in John Chrysostom’s exegesis. SHOW NOTES: St. John Chrysostom HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0345-0407,_Iohannes_Chrysostomus,_Homilies_on_The_Gospel_Of_John,_EN.pd Absurdity of Moralistic Platitudes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WHi6Ykmo0 SUPPORT: Support 1517 http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts

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02:47:09

339: Rosenbladt - Christ Died for the Sins of...

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2024/02/10

Sure Shot. In this episode of Banned Books, we read Rod Rosenbladt’s essay, Christ Died for the Sins of Christians Too. We talk about theological mentors, the Reformation, law and Gospel, justification, sanctification, the Church, and where we find our comfort at all times, in all places. SHOW NOTES: Christ Died for the Sins of Christians Too https://www.modernreformation.org/resources/articles/christ-died-for-the-sins-of-christians-too St. Ephraim - Hymns on Paradise

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02:12:27

338: Kleinig - Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel

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2024/02/03

The Chairman’s Intent. In this episode of Banned Books, we converse about the Gospel, ritual, and how and why God embodies his grace while reading John Kleinig’s article, Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel. SHOW NOTES: Rituals and the Enactment of the Gospel http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/RitualsandtheEnactmentoftheGospelKleinig.pdf John Kleinig resources https://www.johnkleinig.com Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls https://a.co/d/6iduYYc Leviticus (Concordia Commentary)

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