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    Christianity

    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 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. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.

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    437: John of Damascus - Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images Apr 26, 2026
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    Featured text: "Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images" — John of Damascus

    Every Picture Tells a Story. In this episode, we sit with John of Damascus to listen to him teach us about the veneration of icons — what that means, why it's a subject of dispute, how scripture distinguishes between graven images and god- pleasing icons, and how this all ties into worship and vocation. This and much, much more on this week's episode.

    SHOW NOTES:

    John of Damascus Apologia https://archive.org/details/isbn_2900881412450/page/19/mode/1up

    Rohlin tweet https://x.com/richardrohlin/status/2046741799322984835

    Christ Pantocrator icon https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/catherine-pantocrator

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    • The Essential Nestingen: Essays on Preaching, Catechism, and the Reformation https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419121-the-essential-nestingen
    • Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Translated by Dr. Derek Cooper https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419299-philip-melanchthons-commentary-on-ecclesiastes

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    436: Schuldheisz - Luther and the Lion Apr 17, 2026
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    Featured text: "Luther and the Lion" — Sam Schuldheisz

    The Lutherans, the Lion, and the gifts of Narnia. In this episode, we talk with Pastor Sam Schuldheisz about his forthcoming book, Luther and the Lion: A Narnian Catechism. We discuss how Lewis (and other Inklings) can help us catechize children and adults, how stories lead us deeper into the biblical narratives, and vice versa. How can great myths and stories be employed in Christian apologetics when seen through Christian liturgy and sacraments? Now is the best time to reintroduce great Christian authors, great myths, and great stories, and the best of all stories — the gospel of Jesus Christ — can carry us out of our churches into a world that's wounded and can't find true healing that only Christ can give.

    435: Andersen - Ritual as the Whole Way of Life Apr 02, 2026
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    Featured text: "In Defense of Christian Ritual" — David Andersen

    The Power of Ritual! In this episode, we learn from David Andersen about Christian ritual. What's the purpose and goal of ritual? How does Christian ritual differ from other religious rituals? Where do we find ritual and ceremony outside "religious" observances? When we forget or ignore ritual and ceremony, what is the effect on individuals, groups, and societies? That and much, much more in this episode of the podcast.

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    In Defense of Christian Ritual https://shop.1517.org/products/9781948969642-in-defense-of-christian-ritual?_pos=1&_sid=ce681aa45&_ss=r

    A Q&A with David Andersen on "In Defense of Christian Ritual" https://www.1517.org/articles/a-q-a-with-david-andersen-on-defense-of-christian-ritual

    Calvary (2014) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234003/?ref_=fn_t_1

    Witting or Unwitting Ritualists https://www.doxology.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/58_Witting-or-Unwitting-Ritualists-by-John-Kleinig.pdf

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    434: Guite - The Music of Creation Mar 29, 2026
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    Featured text: "The Music of Creation" — Malcolm Guite

    Where do the Children Play? In this episode, we read an Easter message from the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. Then we read Malcom Guite's Lenten meditation on creation, the embodiment of heavenly music, and why J.R.R. Tolkien expressed a profound, deep truth through not-so-fictional fiction stories. This and much, much more in this episode of the Banned Books podcast.

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    Wardrobes and Rings: Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings https://amzn.to/4bE3yTS

    Malcolm Guite https://malcolmguite.com

    Easter Message 2026 https://www.custodia.org/en/news/easter-message-2026-the-patriarchs-and-heads-of-the-churches-in-jerusalem/

    The Silmarillion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion

    The Imagination Bodies Forth - a talk by Malcolm Guite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8IpDVn5xEk

    Malcolm Guite YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXat06LvIYIyE2SpV_IuVjA/featured

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    433: Von Schenk - The Crucifixion Mar 19, 2026
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    Featured text: "The Presence" — Berthold von Schenk

    What's Love Got to do With It? In this episode, we read Berthold von Schenk's The Presence, discussing sacrifice, sacrament, human will, anthropology, the cross, Lent, Easter, Love, and the consequences of the crucifixion for worship, faith, and Christian living. Why does our focus determine how we view these things? What is the "telos" of the Lord's Supper, and where does it lead us? How does it change us?

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    B. von Schenk Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthold_von_Schenk

    The Presence https://archive.org/details/presence0000revb/page/n5/mode/2up

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    432: Ælfric - Homily for Midlent Sunday Mar 14, 2026
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    Featured text: "The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church" — Ælfric

    Went to a Garden Party. In this episode, we read a homily by St. Aelfric of York for Midlent Sunday. Aelfric sermonizes about the earthly and heavenly meaning of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand — its symbolism, historical import, and how loaves and fishes exegete the Old Testament books themselves. This and many, many wilderness wanderings in this episode of the podcast.

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    431: Kleinig - The Mystery of Christ and Cosmic Restoration Mar 07, 2026
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    Featured text: "The Mystery of Christ and Cosmic Restoration" — John Kleinig

    Cosmic Debris. In this episode, we read Dr. John Kleinig on Christ and cosmic restoration. We then discuss how and why Christians confuse mysteries with secrets, what happened to the mystagogues, and why the mystery of the Christian faith has to do with the hidden presence of Christ with us here on earth and our restoration by his restoration of all creation. This episode, as Kleinig himself writes, is about how we can best commend the Christian faith to post-modern people, which is when we ourselves are captivated imaginatively by the wonder of it and live in the mystery of it.

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    The Mystery of Christ and Cosmic Restoration https://johnkleinig.com/articles-essays/

    Whole Earth Catalog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog

    HyperCard Changed Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxHkNToXga8

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    430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest Feb 27, 2026
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    Featured text: "Tolkien's Liturgical Imagination" — J.R.R. Tolkien

    Lent in Middle-earth. In this episode, we discuss the Lenten subtext, language, and images in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King." What can Christians learn from fiction authors about the faith, devotional reading, understanding the world outside the churches through the view of the cross, and how all of reality is bent towards Easter at all times, in all places, by all people?

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    Wardrobes and Rings: Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings https://a.co/d/0bjsTwnn

    Malcom Guite https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=malcolm+guite

    The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis https://a.co/d/0i6hb3bz

    Reflections on the Void: negativity and difference in the Bible and contemporary thinking https://youtu.be/10DS7IxOVro?si=uRlsyIxFLJX-ZYDD

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    429: Lewis - "'Nature gives most of her evidence in answer to the questions we ask her" Feb 20, 2026
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    Featured text: "The Discarded Image" — C.S. Lewis

    A Church as Big as the Cosmos! In this episode, we enter into Lent with a reading from C.S. Lewis' The Discarded Image. We discuss the medieval understanding of life, the universe, and everything— how it can help the churches today deepen their "vision" of how God orders the universe, the church, and the human being. We converse about the Grail legend, how God's Word encounters and changes people, being lost in the Garden, how Christ ministers through others, and being annoyed by death. This and much, much more on this week's episode of Banned Books.

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    The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis https://a.co/d/0i6hb3bz

    Reflections on the Void: negativity and difference in the Bible and contemporary thinking https://youtu.be/10DS7IxOVro?si=uRlsyIxFLJX-ZYDD

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    428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it Feb 14, 2026
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    Featured text: "The End of Education" — Neil Postman

    We Don't Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today's show!

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