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ALR95 – Dr. John Edeen of DRGO

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd speaks to Dr. John Edeen, a practicing pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and the Membership Director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO). Lloyd and Dr. Edeen discuss silencers, CDC research, and gun-free zones. Plus tips from Sgt. Bill and Mia Anstine.


ALR94 – Child Sacrifice and the American Gun Cult

Whenever a mass killing happens in America we do nothing. If you define “nothing” as not passing meaningless gun control laws. So says a loopy leftist theology professor who says that because we won’t give up our guns, we’re no better than the ancient Canaanites who sacrificed their children to…


ALR93 – Fall Brawl and Ben Branam

In this week’s episode, we wrap up our IDPA season on the tailgate of Sgt. Bill’s truck at the Central Arkansas Shooters Association after the Fall Brawl Championship. Lloyd and Bill and Sgt. Mrs. Sgt. Bill talk about the match, the food, and shooting non-threats. And we finally get a…


ALR92 – The Gospel for Gun-Loving Christians

What happens when the pastor of a progressive, social justice obsessed church buys a modern sporting rifle? Freakouts and hand-wringing, of course. To try to explain how this could have happened, author and musician David Gungor says gun-loving Christians love violence more than the Gospel and he aims to prove…


ALR90 – Rick Ector: Man on Fire

Rick Ector was a family man. Good job. House on a corner lot. Didn’t drink. Didn’t party. Didn’t get into trouble. But one night trouble found him and changed his life forever. He describes himself as becoming a “man on fire,” soaking up knowledge about guns, gun rights, and gun…


ALR087 – Guns Seen Through the Lens of Genesis

Professor Christopher Hays goes back to Genesis to try to show how the descendants of Adam were able to peacefully coexist and resolve problems without violence and how gun owners today are part of a harmful subculture that has turned it’s back on God. Plus tips from Mia, Sgt. Bill…


ALR086 – Americans and Our Guns

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio Lloyd is flying solo in Clinging to God & Guns with an anti-gun article from the Baptist General Convention of Texas that argues you can support the Second Amendment and still support banning dangerous guns. Bill shares his live fire routine, Aaron talks prioritizing…


ALR085 – A Christian View of Home-Defense

There’s a difference between what’s legal and what’s moral when it comes to defense of your home and family. Shoot first, ask questions later or defending property with lethal force are bad ideas both legally and morally. Lloyd and Pastor Bennett discuss the moral issues surrounding home defense in Clinging…


ALR084 – I Always Wanted to Be a Cult Leader

This week we are talking about gun control, confiscation, and Biblical prophesy. Lloyd and Pastor Bennett review a video by Doug at Fellowship of the Martyrs (not a cult) who says confiscation is inevitable so the government can fulfill the events foretold in the Book of Revelation. He says God…


ALR083 – Talking Wheel Guns with Grant Cunningham

Instructor, author, and revolver expert Grant Cunningham joins us to talk about revolvers and his latest book. Sgt. Bill is talking about pre-stage rituals, Aaron Israel cautions us to avoid protests, and Pastor Bennett talks about weighing the call to help our neighbors and our responsibility to protect ourselves and…


ALR082 – God Wants You to Have a Weapon

In this week’s episode, Lloyd and Pastor Bennett dissect a sermon from independent Baptist preacher Stephen Anderson who falsely uses passages like Luke 22 to suggest that God wants you to have a weapon and then proceeds to give his flock really bad advice on guns and self defense. Mia…


ALR080 – When Jesus Disarmed Peter did He Disarm us All?

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio Lloyd and Pastor Bennett look at an article by Rev. Rob Schenck’s interns which purports to speak for Jesus, claims there is no difference between murder and self-defense, and quotes a 2nd Century heretic to under-gird her arguments. Plus awesome tips from Mia and…


ALR079 – Tarheel Road Trip

After a week off, Armed Lutheran Radio is on the road for this week’s show. Recorded while on vacation in North Carolina, Lloyd talks about growing up around guns, his experience at the NC State IDPA Championship, and tips for how to run a church shooting club event. Plus tips…


ALR077 – Safety On

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio we’re talking about gun safety and taking new shooters to the range. We’ll meet Yehuda Remer, the author of the new kids book “Safety On: An introduction to the world of firearms for children.” Lloyd’s 7-year-old daughter shares her impressions of the book, plus…


ALR076 – The Cocky Swagger Returns

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd and Pastor Bennett take on another audio interview with Reverend John Piper (whose “cocky swagger” we first met back in Episode 55) who again suggests that we don’t need guns because he could not kill a home invader who would probably go to…


ALR075 – A Grown-Up Conversation about Guns

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd responds to shares some thoughts from James 3:1 in response to the Alexandria shooting, responds to some listener feedback, reviews the Canik TP9SF Elite (pronouncing it correctly in the process) and takes on an arrogant, elitist PhD in Clinging to God and Guns….