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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…


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…


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….


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,…


ALR028 – The Changing Face of Hunting

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio we talk the Republican National Convention and the upcoming election, about setting goals, teaching new shooters, and we’re joined by only the third woman ever to appear on the cover of Field & Stream magazine. Mia Anstine is an armed Lutheran from Colorado and…


ALR027 – The Mr. Bean School of Gun Control Theology

In this episode of Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd’s back from vacation and back from the Iowa State IDPA Championship and the show is back to normal. Thoughts on another attack on police, this time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sgt. Bill has tips for improving your tactical reloads. Aaron Israel talks…


ALR025 – Making Guns Our God

Lloyd is on vacation, but the show goes on. In this week’s episode of Armed Lutheran Radio, some thoughts on the “epidemic” of gun violence. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense gives us tips on traveling light for safety. Sgt. Bill has a Ballistic Minute tip about the slide-lock reloads. And…


ALR024 – A Christian View of Defending Others

In this week’s episode of Armed Lutheran Radio, we look at all the craziness of the previous week and discuss the new threat to liberty that has the NRA and the ACLU on the same side. Sgt. Bill talks about how to prepare for a major match. We look at…


ALR023 – Reaction to Orlando

The gang’s all here for a very special episode 23 of Armed Lutheran Radio as we devote the show to the aftermath of the terror attack at the Pulse night club in Orlando. Aaron Israel joins me to talk about responding to active shooter incidents. Pastor Bennett discusses the proper…


ALR022 – Understanding 41F

On this episode of Armed Lutheran Radio we’re back from the Stars & Stripes Regional IDPA Championship in Tulsa with 12 tips for creating great IDPA match stages. Sgt. Bill has talks about the advantages and disadvantages for reloading hot loads versus soft loads. Aaron Israel talks about what to…