Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 09, 2017
Voices in My Head Podcast Episode #220: "Fire and Fury" or "Grace and Mercy"?
Wednesday Aug 09, 2017
Wednesday Aug 09, 2017
In the age of nuclear weapons, are Christians to respond, with "fire and fury" or "grace and mercy"?
Topics on this episode:
President Trump's Response To North Korea's threats.
North Korea's Repsonse back to him.
Pastor Robert Jeffress response to it all.
Bible interpretations.
Who are the church Fathers?
What do the Church Fathers have to say to us on the matter?
The Fire and Fury of the Empire or the Grace and Mercy of Jesus?
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Voices In My Head Podcast #203 - The Sermons of Karl Barth: Easter Edition
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Voices In My Head Podcast #203 - The Sermons of Karl Barth: Easter Edition
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #198: The Invitation - The Wesleyan View of the Eucharist with guests Lisa Michaels and Matthew Price.
With the release of my new music video, The Invitation, on Ash Wednesday, March 1st, I wanted to have a conversation on the Eucharist as viewed through a Wesleyan lens. Lisa, Matt and I have a great conversation about the welcoming call to fellowship in the body of Christ at the Lord's table.
Matt Price teaches intercultural studies at Mount Vernon Nazarene University and is the pastor of The Shepherd's House, a Church of the Nazarene that meets in a local pub.
L Michaels is a follower of Jesus, theology student, author, blogger, editor, educator, wife, mom, and aspiring peacemaker. She has a B.S.M. (business management) from Indiana Wesleyan University and an M.A. and M.Div. (both in theology/spiritual formation) from Northwest Nazarene University. L writes about theology, the sacraments, and ministry to the least of these at Flip Flops, Glitter, and Theology (.com). In her spare time, L sings and dances with babies (AKA teaches early childhood music), plans outlandish vacations, drinks voluminous amounts of Peppermint Bark Mocha (preferably at local coffee shops), and masquerades as Catholic, so she can participate in the Eucharist more often.
The Invitation
Credits:
Words and music by Rick Lee James and Andrew Greer
Copyright
© Copyright 2014, Assigned 2015 McKinney Music, Inc. (BMI) (admin. by LifeWay Worship c/o Music Services, www.musicservices.org)/ Mr. Andy’s Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. CCLI #7016054
- See more at: http://www.lifewayworship.com/findAndBuy/songPage/TheInvitation?versionId=93906&searchString=The%20Invitation#add-info
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
The Sermons of Karl Barth - part 1 - Episode 174 - Voices in My Head Podcast
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
This is the beginning of what will be several ongoing episodes of Voices In My Head dealing with the sermons of Karl Barth. In this episode I share a sermon of Barth from March 4th, 1917. The text is Mark 10:46-52.About Karl Barth - From WikiKarl Barth (/bɑːrt/; German: [baʀt]; May 10, 1886 – December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian who is often regarded as the greatest Protestant theologian of the twentieth century. Pope Pius XII called him the most important Christian theologian since St. Thomas Aquinas. His influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on April 20, 1962.Beginning with his experience as a pastor, Barth rejected his training in the predominant liberal theology typical of 19th-century European Protestantism. He also rejected more conservative forms of Christianity. Instead he embarked on a new theological path initially called dialectical theology due to its stress on the paradoxical nature of divine truth (e.g., God's relationship to humanity embodies both grace and judgment). Many critics have referred to Barth as the father of neo-orthodoxy – a term that Barth emphatically rejected. A more charitable description of his work might be "a theology of the Word." Barth's work had a profound impact on twentieth century theology and figures such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer – who like Barth became a leader in the Confessing Church – Thomas F. Torrance, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jacques Ellul, Stanley Hauerwas, Jürgen Moltmann, and novelists such as John Updike and Miklós Szentkuthy.Barth's unease with the dominant theology which characterized Europe led him to become a leader in the Confessing Church in Germany, which actively opposed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. In particular, Barth and other members of the movement vigorously attempted to prevent the Nazis from taking over the existing church and establishing a state church controlled by the regime. This culminated in Barth's authorship of the Barmen Declaration, which fiercely criticized Christians who supported the Nazis.One of the most prolific and influential theologians of the twentieth century, Barth emphasized the sovereignty of God, particularly through his reinterpretation of the Calvinistic doctrine of election, the sinfulness of humanity, and the "infinite qualitative distinction between God and mankind". His most famous works are his The Epistle to the Romans, which marked a clear break from his earlier thinking, and his massive thirteen-volume work Church Dogmatics, one of the largest works of systematic theology ever written.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Podcast Episode #167: Praying For Our Enemies
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Find more at this link: https://rickleejames.com/2016/07/26/a-guide-how-do-we-pray-for-our-enemies/
On Tuesday, July 26th, an 84 year old priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was murdered in cold blood while he was leading a mass in France. He was forced to his knees before his throat was slit all while being videotaped. How marred the image of God must be in the people who do things like that, one of them a 19 year old.
Jesus said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). He also said, “Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27–28).
So how do we pray for enemies like this? How do we possibly love them like Jesus taught us?
Maybe we try praying the Lord's Prayer for them.
Our Father in heaven, we pray that our enemies would be converted by your hallowed, holy, sacred name.
We pray that your Kingdom would come upon our enemies and Your will would be done in them and to them. Let this happen on earth before they have to stand before your heavenly throne in judgment.
Give them as little or as much provision as is needed to drive them unto you and to beg for forgiveness of their trespasses. Do the same for us until we have prayed to a place where we are able to forgive them, lest we be accountable in Your judgement.
Lead them away from the path of temptation and deliver them from this evil that has overcome them, because Lord, Your Kingdom is the only Kingdom with power, authority, and glory.
As we pray this for our enemies we pray it for ourselves as well. Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy.
In our lives and especially in our deaths, may the love of Jesus be seen in us by everyone, especially our enemies who need Your love so desperately.
Our lives are yours Lord, and with our final breath, help us to tell our enemies, "God loves You and what the enemy has intended for evil, our God will work for good."
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Episode#163 - Eucharist As Invitation
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Historically, The Lord's Supper has been viewed as the sustaining meal of the believer. John Wesley was innovative and his belief that the Eucharist was also an opportunity to invite people to conversion? Drawing up on historical context while looking at our modern-day setting, this workshop will examine the Lord supper and how it is an invitation to the kingdom of God.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Walter Brueggemann with Rick Lee James on the Voices In My Head Podcast: Episode #152
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
What a treat it was to have Dr. Walter Brueggemann
on the Voices In My Head Podcast. We had such a great discussion
talking about theology, music, and where we will go if we die tonight.
This episode was recorded on location at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
in Cincinnati Ohio on Wednesday September 30th.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2015
First Blood Author David Morrell on The Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #146
Tuesday Jul 14, 2015
Tuesday Jul 14, 2015
David Morrell and Sylvester Stallone on the set of First BloodThis week on the Voices In My Head Podcast our special guest isNew York Times Bestselling Author, David Morrell.About David Morrell:In 1972, David Morrell published his debut novel about a veteran with PTSD who returned home from the Vietnam war, bringing the war home with him. The name of this groundbreaking novel is First Blood. It was called “the father of the modern action novel,” and was widely and enthusiastically reviewed. It was also taught in high schools and colleges. It became a 1982 film, starring Sylvester Stallone, and led to a series of films about Rambo, who joined the ranks of the top five internationally recognized thriller icons: Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, James Bond, and Harry Potter. In addition to being Rambo's creator, David Morrell also holds a Ph. D. in American literature from Penn State and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa where he taught from 1970 to 1986. His numerous New York Times bestsellers include the classic spy novel, The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fraternity of the Stone, and The League of Night and Fog. Eventually wearying of two professions, Morrell gave up his academic tenure in order to write full time. Shortly after, tragedy struck theMorrell family, as David's fifteen-year-old son Matthew was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and died in 1987, a loss that haunts not only Morrell’s life but his work, as in his memoir about Matthew, Fireflies, and his novel Desperate Measures, whose main character lost a son.In 2007 after 40 years of novels, honors, and awards David Morrell was able to add comic book writer to his resume, writing the acclaimed mini-series turned Graphic Novel, Captain America: The Chosen. Since then he has also written stories for The Amazing Spider-Man as well as the Savage Wolverine. Find out even more about David Morrell on his official web site at www.DavidMorrell.net
Wednesday Jun 24, 2015
Episode #142: Peter Enns - The Bible Tells Me So
Wednesday Jun 24, 2015
Wednesday Jun 24, 2015
This
week on the Voices In My Head Podcast, Peter Enns joins us to talk
about his latest book and we discuss 10 things he wishes everyone knew
about the Bible. You can buy all of Peter's book on Amazon through this
link. http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Enns/e/B001IOFH9Q/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1435162477&sr=8-2-ent
Thursday Feb 19, 2015
Thursday Feb 19, 2015
Podcast Episode #134: Lent and How the Monastic Tradition Informs Our Conversation On Sanctification