ALR038 – A Time to Kill

This Week on Armed Lutheran Radio, author Greg Hopkins joins us to discuss his book “A Time to Kill: The Myth of Christian Pacifism.” Sgt. Bill discusses the purpose of IDPA. Aaron Israel has tips for surviving a riot if you’re surrounded while in your vehicle. And Mia Anstine is…



ALR037 – Don’t Shoot! That Home Invader Might be Jesus

In this week’s episode we take a look at the follow-up to last week’s article “Why Bible-Believing Christians Have No Right to Self-Defense.” Part two focuses on defense of life and family, and if you thought it couldn’t get worse, you were wrong. Mia is back from Europe to tell…


Mid-Week Meditation #6 – What Does it Matter?

In this week’s meditation, Lloyd considers a question he heard several times over the past couple of weeks: what does it matter, as long as you are a Christian?You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us


ALR036 – Do Christians Have a Right to Self-Defense?

On this week’s episode we discuss the goofy gnostic musings of a gay Presbyterian who thinks that Bible-believing Christians have no right to defend their lives, homes, or property. A look at my violent allergy to jazz hands, and great tips from Sgt. Bill, Aaron, and Mia.


Mid-Week Meditation #5 – The Battle-N-Benton

This week we look back at the third annual Battle-N-Benton IDPA Championship and the road I took to get there. It’s all about change, accepting your weaknesses, and working to improve. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member?…


ALR035 – Is Carrying a Gun a Christian Right?

Pastor John Bennett returns so you get full-strength, unadulterated Armed Lutheran Radio this week. You’ll hear about layers, pro-gun bumper stickers, shooting on the move, teaching our kids about guns, and how a pastor in the Wisconsin Synod thinks that if you have guns, criminals will want them too.


ALR034 – How to Teach Kids About Evil

With the advent of the 24-hour news cycle and social media, our kids are exposed to news about mankind’s horrific acts of evil more often than ever. From ISIS to cop killings in Dallas, to home-grown acts of terror like Orlando or 9/11, or school shootings like Newtown. We can’t…


Mid-Week Meditation #4 – Win the Race to the Phone

Today’s Mid-Week Meditation is a little different. I was finished with Episode 33 of Armed Lutheran Radio when I had the honor of interviewing Paul Lathrop, founder and co-host of the Polite Society Podcast. I decided his story, and the lessons learned from it, is so important that it deserved…


ALR033 – #StandWithCap

We’re geeking out in this week’s episode! When Massachusetts Atty. General Maura Healy thanked actor Chris Evans for his support for her authoritarian gun control expansion by using the hashtag #StandWithCap, it rubbed the wrong way those of us who grew up with the iconic Captain America of the comics….


Mid-Week Meditation #3 – The Gun in the Basket

I was reading the Large and Small Catechisms last week, focusing on the Fifth Commandment (You Shall Not Murder) and that reminded me of a story I wanted to share about a man down on his luck, Christian love for your neighbor, and a gun in a basket. This story…


ALR032 – Fear and Worry in Chicken Little America

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Bob Owens at Bearing Arms calls it “Chicken Little America,” a land where malls and airports go into panic mode because someone hears a loud noise. A Rutgers professor suggests that if gun violence has you worried, just turn off the news….



ALR031 – The Choice Before Us

In today’s episode of Armed Lutheran Radio we talk a lot about the Olympics, taking a training class, how to reduce administrative handling of your firearm, and we get a guest gun review from Jon Braaten. We’ll talk about the upcoming election and the difficult choice before us and we…


ALR030 – Why All Lives Matter

Do Black Lives Matter? Of Course They Do. All Lives Matter. In this episode of Armed Lutheran Radio we discuss how we should rightly think about the issue of life and race when it comes to violence, crime, and police work in America with Pr. Evan Goeglein of Faith Lutheran…


ALR029 – Pushing Gun Control at the DNCC

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio we have listener emails, we talk about the dumpster fire that was the Democrat National Convention, the President defends his record on gun violence and violent crime by making our point, tips for beating the Summer heat when you go to the outdoor range,…