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Kelsi chats with pastor and author, Donavon Riley, about his forthcoming book, The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction. The book and conversation explore how Martin Luther's theology, specifically the reformation doctrine of Simul Iustus et Peccator can inform our understanding of addiction as well as recovery. Show Notes:⁠Support 1517⁠⁠1517 Podcasts⁠The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠1517 on Youtube⁠More from Kelsi: ⁠Kelsi Klembara⁠⁠Follow Kelsi on Instagram⁠⁠Follow Kelsi on Twitter⁠⁠Kelsi's Newsletter⁠Subscribe to the Show:⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠Youtube⁠More from Donavon:Preorder The Impossible Prize: A Theology of Addiction, available March 11Banned Books PodcastHow Addiction Becomes Our God

TOPICS: The Theology of Addiction: the Impossible Prize Tangible vs. Abstract Gospel God-given rights? Four rules of Preaching Institutionalize the Lutheran Confession   Guest: Rev. Donavon Riley St John's Lutheran Church (Webster, MN)   Thank you:  1517.org  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: A Sonnet for All Saints Day, Malcom Guite  Brand Lutheran, thejaggedword.com

We have the means of life but without the resurrection, our life has no meaning. We descend to despair, while we play pretend during Lent. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things you won't hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.   TOPICS & SOURCES: Walter Kaufmann (editor of Nietzsche)   Carl Jung   Slave morality    Tribal Identity   Therapeutic Worldview and Enthusiasm    The sacrifice of Isaac     Giving up something for Lent   Preaching Christ in the Present: there is joy today   Psalm 34   Smalcald Articles   Chronic anxiety from comparison   Exercising in the Law?   Marcus Aurelius: we are made for community   Slipknot “Old does not mean dead. new does not mean best”   We have hope in the resurrection   Pretending during Lent       Music: Long Road by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

God seems to like material! He made it. He made us. He comes to us through the manger and the cross. Instead of giving up something for Lent, perhaps we should practice appreciation for God's gift of creation. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things you won't hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.   TOPICS & SOURCES:   Matthew Arnold   Spiritual Art   Incantation in music   Dominion over the precious ecosystem   Jordan Peterson   Appreciate Material for Lent       Music: Lets Roll by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

  We're trying to put roses at the foot of the cross to cover up the smell. But our Lenten devotions should be inhaling the stench of our sin. Let Jesus be your piety! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won't hear in church. “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, literature, art, and faith to expand your mind this Lent.   TOPICS & SOURCES: City of God, Augustine Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther Lutheran Confessions Against the Heavenly Prophets, Luther Reading the Old Testament without the New The worst people you will meet in heaven In “relationship” with Christ   Music: I See a Light by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

Our God made the world and said, “I'm going to die for you because this is how I roll”. From the Beginning. Salvation by Jesus is before all time, redemption is now, and always was. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won't hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.   TOPICS & SOURCES:   Nicolás Gómez Dávila   Mirror or mortality   Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies   God's timeline is now   Jesus redeems "the land”   Dualism    Jesus is the Torah of God   Mr. Rogers, “Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence... And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives.”   God's words translate you   The Myth of Sisyphus   Genesis 1 and John 1, Recapitulation   Recapitulation Theory   Gustaf Fredrik Wingren   Music: Emmanuel by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

Everything that we do in the name of God is a justification for our impiety. We call it worship, we call it repentance, we call it preparation, but really it's performative acts. But when the Word becomes Flesh, it is not performance. Jesus comes and this is not a test! Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won't hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.   TOPICS & SOURCES:   Athanasius   Luther on Genesis   You can't separate God's word from Jesus (John 1)   The Mystery of Edwin Drood   Jesus was not performing for an audience   Matthew 5:29   Free in Christ to laugh at Scripture   Human being vs. Creature   The Matrix   Wachowski Brothers   Controlling Death   Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke   Elysium (film)   Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther   Bill Burr   The long boring martyrdom of Christ: His life     Music: Emmanuel by Joel A Hess     Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books

Advent sets us free to make an absolute train wreck of the incarnation. And the miracle of Advent is that we still end up reading about the birth of Jesus. Joel Hess from Ringside Preachers Podcast and Donavon Riley from Banned Books Podcast expose things that you won't hear in church. in this micro-series, “The Ringers” talk philosophy, heresy, art, and faith focused on the Advent of our Lord.   TOPICS & SOURCES:   The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, T.S. Eliot   Priscillianism and Advent   If Nietzsche heard about the Incarnation   The Simul    The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway   To a God Unknown, Steinbeck   Incarnation is the Gospel   Small Catechism, Third article of the Creed   Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther   Christmas depression and suicide   The humiliation of Jesus    Luther on the Magnificat        Check out Joel's & Donavon's Regular Podcasts: Ringside Preachers  Banned Books   Music: "Emmanuel" by Joel A Hess Artwork: Donavon Riley

For season 3 of The Soul of Christianity, Dan and Debi are joined by some thoughtful and gracious friends to "Say A Little Prayer." In episode 1, Dan and Debi talk with Donavon Riley about Luther's exposition of the Lord's Prayer. Support 1517 1517 Podcasts Banned BooksPodcast with Donavon

Donavon Riley reads Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and Aesop's Fables and discusses honesty and the friendship of wolves. _______________ The rotten pretense of the man who says, 'I prefer to be honest with you'! What are you on about, man! No need for this preface - the reality will show. It should be written on your forehead, immediately clear in the tone of your voice and the light of your eyes, just as the loved one can immediately read all in the glance of his lover. In short, the good and honest man should have the same effect as the unwashed - anyone close by as he passes detects the aura, willy-nilly, at once. Calculated honesty is a stiletto. There is nothing more degrading than the friendship of wolves: avoid that above all. The good, honest, kindly man has it in his eyes, and you cannot mistake him. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.15 ______________ The wolves said to the dogs: 'Why, when you are so like us in all respects, don't we come to some brotherly understanding? For there is no difference between us except our ways of thinking. We live in freedom; you submit and are enslaved by man and endure his blows. You wear collars and you watch over their flocks, and when your masters eat, all they throw to you are some bones. But take our word for it, if you hand over the flocks to us we can all club together and gorge our appetites jointly.' The dogs were sympathetic to this proposal, so the wolves, making their way inside the sheepfold, tore the dogs to pieces. Aesop's Fables, "The Dogs Reconciled with the Wolves," or, "The Wolves and the Sheepdog" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and discusses how failing to exercise self-discipline can help us become better at self-discipline. ______________________________________ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Book 5 “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work—as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I'm going to do what I was born for—the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm? ‘—But it's nicer here…' So you were born to feel ‘nice'? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don't you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you're not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren't you running to do what your nature demands? ‘—But we have to sleep sometime…' Agreed. But nature set a limit on that—as it did on eating and drinking. And you're over the limit. You've had more than enough of that. But not of working. There you're still below your quota. You don't love yourself enough. Or you'd love your nature too, and what it demands of you. People who love what they do wear themselves down doing it, they even forget to wash or eat. Do you have less respect for your own nature than the engraver does for engraving, the dancer for dance, the miser for money or the social climber for status? When they're really possessed by what they do, they'd rather stop eating and sleeping than give up practicing their arts.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and Aesop's fables. In this episode, what is the value in moderation? ____________________________________ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.6 If you find in human life anything better than justice, truth, temperance, fortitude, and, in a word, anything better than your own mind's self-satisfaction in the things which it enables you to do according to right reason, and in the condition that is assigned to you without your own choice—if, I say, you see anything better than this, turn to it with all your soul, and enjoy that which you have found to be the best. But if nothing appears to be better than the deity which is planted in you, which has subjected to itself all your appetites, and carefully examines all the impressions, and, as Socrates said, has detached itself from the persuasions of sense, and has submitted itself to the gods, and cares for mankind—if you find everything else smaller and of less value than this, give place to nothing else, for if you do once diverge and incline to it, you will no longer without distraction be able to give the preference to that good thing which is your proper possession and your own. For it is not right that anything of any other kind, such as praise from the many, or power, or enjoyment of pleasure, should come into competition with that which is rationally and politically or practically good. All these things, even though they may seem to adapt themselves to the better things in a small degree, obtain the superiority all at once, and carry us away. But to you, I say, simply and freely choose the better, and hold to it. But that which is useful is the better. Well then, if it is useful to you as a rational being, keep to it. But if it is only useful to you like an animal, say so, and maintain your judgment without arrogance. Only take care that you make the inquiry by a sure method. —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 3 (tr Long) __________________________________________________ The Dog & His Reflection A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last, he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been. It is very foolish to be greedy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads a reflection by Mia Kang and discusses self-care, depression, and embracing life's dichotomies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley concludes his reading and discussion of Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and Fire: A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire. In this episode, last thoughts and feelings, the end of time, and hope. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley discusses the power of nostalgia and the importance of choosing the right heroes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley continues to read and discuss Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and Fire: A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire. In this episode, we enter a different time zone, of art and truth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley discusses fear, adaption, and where to find comfort when we're panicked. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and Fire: A True Story of The Man Gulch Fire. This episode, the nature of catastrophes, how we react to tragedy, and how we can respond to fear and panic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Richard Rolle's 14th-century poem: The limbs that move, the eyes that see, these are not entirely me; Dead men and women helped to shape, the mold that I do not escape; The words I speak, the written line, these are not uniquely mine. For in my heart and in my will, old ancestors are warring still, Celt, Roman, Saxon and all the dead, from whose rich blood my veins are fed, In aspect, gesture, voices, tone, flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone; In fields they tilled, I plow the sod, I walk the mountain paths they trod; Around my daily steps arise - the good, the bad - those I comprise. by Richard Rolle c 1300 - 1349 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley discusses developing a competition mindset, the importance of sticking with a gameplan, and finding happiness [even] in defeat. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley finishes reading and discussing the Epic of Gilgamesh. This episode, Gilgamesh confronts his own mortality. What can we learn from our mortality? How can it change us and our way of seeing others? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses, "Are You Trapped by Modern Society," by Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen. Do you feel that you're not living the life you want to live? The game is rigged and you are going to lose. But, what happens if you just leave? https://bull-hansen.com/2016/02/26/are-you-trapped-by-modern-society-part-i/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley continues to read and discuss the Epic of Gilgamesh. This episode, Gilgamesh suffers the death of Enkidu. How has the language of brotherhood, so prevalent in ancient cultures, all but disappeared from our relationships at present? How has not contemplating our mortality contributed to the devaluing of life? What is the purpose of our lives? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses the Epic of Gilgamesh. This episode, Enkidu is seduced, Gilgamesh receives visions, and a friendship emerges from conflict. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley discusses the consequences of embracing weakness and doubt and using failure to become mentally, physically, and emotionally stronger. Kevin Ross on the Joe Rogan Podcast: https://youtu.be/XiWYB_xTd9k --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses the Epic of Gilgamesh. This episode, we're introduced to Gilgamesh and Enkidu, civilization and savagery, and the world as it is versus the world as we want it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses an article by Marty Skovelund Jr., "The Philosophy of Inanimate Objects." Also, thoughts on upcoming episodes, moving from self to sacrifice, and what happens when we stop chasing after what everyone else wants. https://gillespie.coffee https://havokjournal.com/culture/the-philosophy-of-inanimate-objects/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley discusses learning to manage fear in competition and what experience can teach us about expecting the worst, losing, and breaking through mental barriers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses philosopher and author, Sam Harris' reflection on his experience learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu. https://samharris.org/the-pleasures-of-drowning/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Leo Jenkin's article, "You're Not Entitled to Your Own Opinion." Is everyone entitled to their own opinions, regardless of the time and energy they've invested (or not) in forming their opinions? How does a sense of entitlement alter our opinions, and our self-identity? https://havokjournal.com/culture/youre-not-entitled-to-your-own-opinion/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Elizabeth Fagan's meditation on living the warrior's life. Are you showing you every day? Are you putting your heart into the work? Are you disciplined enough to do the things you don't want to do? https://www.instagram.com/mselizabethfagan/ https://youtu.be/XiWYB_xTd9k --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley finishes reading and discussing Sebastian Junger's book, Tribe. This episode, what happens to people in a society that doesn't offer them the chance to act selflessly? How does a lack of connectedness contribute to peoples' selfish behaviors? https://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Sean Fagen's meditation on fear, "The Only Thing That Scares Me Is A Complete Lack Of Fear." What is your relationship with fear? Do you allow it to control you? Or do you use it to your advantage? https://www.instagram.com/seanfagan/ https://www.instagram.com/themuaythaiguy/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley continues to read and discuss Sebastian Junger's book, Tribe. What would you risk dying for? What conversations and activities are necessary for the healthy functioning of a society? What is the beauty and the tragedy of the modern world? https://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses a meditation from osulifestyle. What happens when we see resentment and hatred as a virus? Why do we not see forgiveness as real strength? What happens when we understand that forgiveness is a weapon that liberates us from resentment and hatred? https://www.instagram.com/osulifestyle/ https://linktr.ee/osulifestyle --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley continues to read and discuss Sebastian Junger's book, Tribe. This episode, why do mental health issues, such as depression, increase as wealth grows? What are the social and psychological causes of suicide? https://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Sebastian Junger's book, Tribe. How do we become adults in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice? How do we become men and women in a world that doesn't require courage? https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses "Selflessness" from Steven Pressfield's book, The Warrior Ethos. What is the difference between living for one's self and living for a group? How can a selfless life benefit us, and more than that, how does it provide us with real wealth? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

In this episode, Donavon Riley reads and reflects in Scoti Domeij's article, The Gifts of Brokeness. This week, it's all about digging down to the roots of Christmas and finding joy in pain. https://havokjournal.com/culture/family/the-gifts-of-brokenness/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley continues to read and discuss Steven Pressfield's book, The Warrior Ethos. This week, more thoughts about tribes, gangs, and terrorists. What happens when we choose an enemy that we wouldn't consider worthy of our friendship given different circumstances? Why does adhering to a warrior ethic matter in our daily lives? How does compromising our morals (in order to combat the enemy) affect us? https://stevenpressfield.com https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Ethos-Steven-Pressfield/dp/193689100X --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Steven Pressfield's book, The Warrior Ethos. This week, it's' all about tribes, gangs, and terrorists. What defines a tribe? Are we hardwired to think and behave tribally? What happens when "shadow tribalism" occurs within a tribe? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Donavon Riley reads and discusses Ryan Holiday's book, The Obstacle Is The Way. This episode, what does it mean to practice objectivity, and why is it so important for us to distinguish between observations and perceptions? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley discuss defeat, injuries, and what can be learned from losing a fight after Donavon's second major competition, and we catch up on Bill's physical therapy following injury and surgery. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read and discuss Miyamoto Musashi's "The Way of Walking Alone." At the end of his life, having hung up his swords and embraced pacifism, Musashi wrote down a summary of all his wisdom and experience in Dokkodo, The Way of Walking Alone. In theses 1-6, Winter and Riley discuss acceptance, desire, self-control, jealousy, and regret. https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e911hr https://www.historyoffighting.com/miyamoto-musashi.php --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley wrap up their reading and discussion of Beowulf. This episode, Beowulf is an old man, but only he has the courage to fight the dragon. So, of course, we talk about courage but also mortality and what our choice of heroes say about us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their reading and discussion of Beowulf. This episode, Beowulf helps us think about what happens when we get too comfortable and need to be rescued from our prosperity and from true evil. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

This episode is with our new friend Jake who has left the church, Debi talks with Donavon Riley. -- Welcome to season two of the Soul Of Christianity: Stop, In The Name Of Love (Before You Leave the Church). In this season, Debi talks with people who have a troubled relationship with the church- maybe they have left the church altogether, or stopped going for any number of reasons. Debi talks with them and them one of her gracious theological friends about how we might think through the issues. We're proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their reading of Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney. This week, we meet Grendel and Beowulf. When times are good and evil attacks who will defend us? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read Seamus Heaney's translation of the epic poem, Beowulf. This week, they get sidetracked talking about Shield Sheafson, examples worth following, and the problem with weak piety. Beowulf translated and read by Seamus Heaney: https://youtu.be/AaB0trCztM0 https://youtu.be/Zsxxg5P-DnY --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support