Banned Books
Hosted by Christopher Gillespie and Donovan Riley · 1517 Podcasts
4.6from 347 ratings
- 479
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- 347
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About 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.
- Publisher
- 1517 Podcasts
- Category
- religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 479 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
456: Nestingen - The Gospel and Repentance
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
455: Nestingen - Preaching Repentance Is a Problem
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
454: Elert - Church Fellowship in the Local Congregation
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456: Nestingen - The Gospel and Repentance
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They're true stories. They're just not factual. And if you don't know the difference between a true story and a factual story, then yeah, you read it and go, well, this is stupid. Nine white stags. What's that have to do with anything? Right. Um, we're currently in the class I'm taking. We're currently sitting with the story of St. Brendan, who historically, archaeologically, and legendarily was one of the first people to set foot on Turtle Island. And if you don't know what Turtle Island is, that was the original name for what is now North America, the United States. Um... And that whole story of St. […]
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- Kurt Marquart
- Kurt Marquardt
- Robert Kolb
- Eugene Peterson
- Bo Giertz
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- 4.7 / 5
- 254 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 93 ratings
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Christopher Gillespie and Donovan Riley host the show. Published by 1517 Podcasts.
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