In this final live episode of the Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through listener questions that cover a whole variety of topics ranging from parenting to writing to podcast success to much, much more.

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• The New English Translation and the Timeless Truths Bible. This is a wonderful new translation of the Bible, and the Timeless Truths edition brings you insights and reflections from theologians across the centuries.
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In this live episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a look back at our podcast heroes and rogues galleries.

1. Our hall of heroes from past years
2. Our rogues gallery over the years

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This episode brought to you by:

• The New English Translation and the Timeless Truths Bible. This is a wonderful new translation of the Bible, and the Timeless Truths edition brings you insights and reflections from theologians across the centuries.
• Dwell Bible, the best audio bible app available today. Check out Dwell for a 30-day free trial.
• Visual Theology, purveyors of wonderfully-designed resources for teaching and understanding scripture better. Use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!

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In this episode Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Live show nostalgia - a look back
2. The Barbenheimer phenomenon--how did this happen and why it's kind of great
3. So, Elon Musk is ruining twitter
4. Does seminary really matter? Why? For whom? 

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Dutch Adam & Eve John Piper the punching bag The Pied Piper Book (hit piece on Piper) The Heresy Rant The New Yorker tote bag flex Other brand flexes

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The evolution of khakis (and dressing our age) Ronnie's epic "accidental" Christmas photo shoot Wardrobe changes Rebranding Cleveland baseball

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In this LIVE episode of the Happy Rant, recorded at the First Baptist Church of Hurst, Texas, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics, all provided by listeners. They range from meeting our wives to owning minor league baseball teams to the Mark Driscoll podcast.

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In this LIVE episode of the Happy Rant, recorded at the First Baptist Church of Hurst, Texas, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Our amazing hosts Breaking down baptistries Personas of different views of baptism Why is smugness so fun? The gentrification of souls The whitest things

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In this LIVE episode of the Happy Rant, recorded at the First Baptist Church of Hurst, Texas, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Hot or Not - 90s mega church aesthetics, being assertive, and reformedom The psychology and pathology of buddying up to Beth Moore on social media Flustered by celebrity Celebrity accessibility ruins things The reformed version of US WEEKLY

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The Josh Harris deconstruction kits What parts of deconstruction might be good What we get wrong about deconstruction

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Moving your kid into college How sadness about change hits us What is the most Christian response to sadness? Field of Dreams: Awesome or Not? The difficulty of being 30

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: TV size as a personality statement Donald Miller and car promotions Loss of social cues when making marketing requests The muddying of business and personal in self-promotion How to market our book without being the worst?

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Why aren't we funny any more? M. Night Shyamalan takes and opinions - awesome or garbage? Jared C. the moviegoer and screenwriter Kids with Weird names Theologian names for kids Dock life and camping LIVE SHOW DETAILS

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas (sans Ronnie) wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ted at summer camp Finding the original hipster Coffee and anxiety Drisky thoughts Fighting ego in ministry Mullets and mustaches

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In this episode the boys wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. Our worst preaching moments
2. Things that are normal now that would have been really weird when we were growing up
3. Is it good that parents are addicted to making memories? 

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For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ 

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ronnie and Barnabas (sans Ted) wander to and fro through a variety of topics, particularly about being men of the cloth: Writing process vs. sermon preparation Finding your voice as a preacher Unexpected things in ministry Handling the lowliness of pastoring in all its counter-cultural uncoolness Pastors making and keeping (or not) friends

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Ronnie, sans vacationing Barnabas, wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Being the Annie F. Downs Enneagram podcast Visual Theology, our new partner Why reformed people love to attack reformed people What is our responsibility in pastoral blowups? How we feel about Woody Allen films

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through one topic: Mark Driscoll. Our reaction to the new podcast "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" Our early reactions and responses when Driscoll got big What made Driscoll so captivating to so many and turned others off When we knew it was time to be out on Driscoll Lessons we may have learned from the Driscoll experience

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Books that are slogs to read Carl Trueman the prophet The new McCarthyism Critical race theory the bogeyman What we are reading and watching Seminary killing the love of reading

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics, but this time it's a little different. This time they go through a glossary of podcast terms and slang from their forthcoming Happy Rant book. Terms include: @JaredCWilson Baby Christian Slumlords Dougie Fresh Drisky SO MANY MORE

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ronnie the outdoor cat Writing is a young or old man's game Writing as a parent of teens Glum vs. cranky Overuse of "brilliant" and "genius" The interior decorating wars: Southern vs. Hipster Buying vibes vs. creating them

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Outrage over a United States Constitutional Study Bible What should be in study Bibles? What are we allowed to riff on? Drisky Business What would having a security detail be like?

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ronnie the retreat designer Ignored small church pastors Ghost writing is terrible Or is it?  Taking offense at celebrations When did offense become our default?

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Where did casual dating go? The effects of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" Why's it so hard to ask someone out? Dating according to theology The loss of conversation skills Raising kids to date right

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In this episode Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ted's venture into being a pop artist A pastor plagiarizing Mark Driscoll Why do pastors plagiarize?

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In this episode Ronnie and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

1. First impressions of Threads
2. Is Threads the social media platform to save all platforms?
3. Our propensity to expect the next thing to be a better thing
4. Flat-footed preaching vs Sound bite preaching
5. What Christian books need to be written? 

To get details and purchase tickets for the live show visit https://thehappyrant.com/the-live-show.

For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ 

Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/ 

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The Erwin McManus high end clothing line Dominion Dating Erwinians The Oscars Luncheon

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through various topics: How do we keep sarcasm and humor from becoming cynicism and negativity? Are there single Christian men who aren't a-holes? *Why* are so many single Christian men so bad? What are our current pet peeves?

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Cattle flexing Christians fetishizing the stories of others leaving the faith Performative deconstruction Why are we so bad at "that's not my business"? Religion reporting vs. gossip Fame vs. skill vs. the skill of getting famous

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: The Covid family travel experience Vegas and virtue signaling TGC's lineup and online conferences The Reformed Rat Pack Satan Nikes

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie and Barnabas do something a little different. It's actually two short episodes that had previously been released to our Patreon supporters. The first is a conversation about how we are writing our Happy Rant book - the process, the style, the topics, and our enjoyment of it. The second is a conversation about writing advice and books we are enjoying right now.

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics. EXCEPT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT because are gathered around a beautiful rattan table, in person, at a condo in Destin, Florida. They discuss: Any Given Sunday as a smorgasbord of delightful trash Theological nerd twitter Sounding Dumb vs. Sounding Boring (our fears) Theological catwalk strutting Al Pacino as preacher The blazer and khaki ethos Submergent church

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics. EXCEPT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT because they are gathered around a beautiful rattan table, in person, at a condo in Destin, Florida. They discuss: Pastors narrating scripture The LaCroix experience and plebeian sodas Matt Chandler is out of the steak game Beth Moore is out of the SBC

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Things we regret Things we wish we'd done differently  Things we know God used, but we still screwed up

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics.  A pastor calling out women for not looking good enough The general pressure on women to look a certain way Youth pastors and awkward sex talks Seminary and sexuality teaching

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Barnabas, and Ronnie do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Morning radio personas Ronnie knows nothing of DC Talk Toby Mac as a Peaky Blinder Toby Mac as an old skater Punching people into salvation Workshopping Books titles (inspired by funny baptist preachers)

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a couple topics and then make a very significant announcement in the life of our show:

1. Pastors and social media travel freak-outs
2. When did this start? When will it End?
3. ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW
4. A historic announcement in the life of this show

To get details and purchase tickets for the live show visit https://thehappyrant.com/the-live-show.

For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/ 

Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/ 

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Terrifying Eschatology, replete with white robes and guillotines "A Thief In the Night" Don't be caught doing ___ When Jesus returns Men are pigs and women are virtuous (but also temptresses) Burning our secular music

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Podcast Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a single topic this time: Why Christian leaders fall Why other leaders last The importance of the local church for leaders The good and bad of aspiring to leadership Aspiring to power instead of leadership Is fame bad for us?

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In this bonus Happy Rant episode, you get to hear John Piper read the foreword he wrote for Barnabas' s book "The Pastor's Kid."  Then Barnabas reads the first chapter of the book. We are grateful to OneAudio for allowing us to use these selections from the audio book!

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics.  Which book covers of ours are our favorites? Focus off the Family and Fanifestos What products would various celebrity Christians pitch -  leadership webinars, yogurt, historical tours, and more

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: A wealth of oatmeal creme pies Happy Cakes and snack moguls Ronnie, Jared C., and male feminism What is a good conference and what is the best we have been to? Speciesism is so offensive The one book of course we would recommend most

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics by answering how it started and how it's going about: This show Writing Ted on social media

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: How is 2021 going? Finding validation in work New swag and alternate uniforms Ronnie and motorcycling Why we're still doing this thing Megachurch pastor sex tips

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Podcast Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of subjects: Mailing tchotchke's to promote books Driscoll's marketing opportunism Amen and Awomen Ronnie's podcast hosting insurrection

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Old man sleep patterns and witch doctor remedies Bad restaurant experiences Mall nostalgia Purpose Driven malls Coming to terms with aging How violent terms became positives

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Ronnie's Christmas card photo shoot Christmas card ethoses CHOOSE YOUR HARD CHOOSE YOUR HAPPY Mindsets of "inspiration"

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a remembrance and appreciation of Tim Keller:

1. When we first encountered him
2. Appreciating his clear, but not weird and crazy, reformedom 
3. Tim's influence on urban church planting and making cities cool
4. His unique preaching style

For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/

Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Making peace over book lists since one of the hosts made the cut Life changing speaking offers at online conferences The Happy Rant Book awards Drisky business and botox Handsome. . . Driscoll?

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In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted Ronnie, and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through various topics: Shut out from year-end book lists (again) Book list tribalism The borders of the TGC tribe Minimalist nativities Ronnie's Christmas panel

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In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas do something a little different and make a BIG announcement: THEY ARE WRITING A HAPPY RANT BOOK! They also discuss: The excitement of our loved ones Writing retreats Lunch and launch What we want this book to be

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