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In this week's episode we talk about scapegoating and how not to do it, and Lloyd shares his thoughts on the Santa Fe (TX) school shooting and seven things we can to do make mass shootings less likely. Sgt. Bill shares a rant about the ridiculous prices for rusty CMP 1911s, Mia has an interview with Project Appleseed from the NRA Annual Meetings, and we give you a sneak peek at our monthly hangout with Aaron Israel. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Project Appleseed Civilian Marksmanship Program – 1911 Information Patheos.com – Swimming through the Flood – Guns, Violence, and US Politics Commentary This week's shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas destroyed cliches on both sides of the gun debate. Lloyd shares seven ideas that are worth discussing. What are your thoughts? Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill The Civilian Marksmanship Program will soon begin offering military su

Four of the Armed Lutheran Radio crew went to the 147th NRA Annual Meetings (NRAAM) in Dallas last week and today we share some interviews with the good folks at Lionheart Industries, Bergara Rifles, and SAR USA, plus a round-table discussion with Aaron and Sgt. Bill. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest NRAAM.org – Annual Meetings Homepage Bergara USA – Precision Rifles Lionheart Industries – Regulus Pistols Rain6 – Archon Type B Pistol SAR-USA – Products Sarsilmaz.com – K12 Sport Prayer of the Week Almighty, everlasting God, cause us always to have a devout will toward You and to serve Your majesty with a pure heart; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Our Closing Theme A rockin' rendition of A Mighty Fortress is Our God, performed just for Armed Lutheran Radio by Kenny Gates.

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio Lloyd and Pastor Bennett look at a news story about a billboard campaign by the North Carolina Council of Churches which suggests you are idolizing your guns if you think owning guns for self-defense will keep you safe. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest News & Observer – The 2nd Commandment outweighs the 2nd Amendment, thousands of NC churches say NC Council of Churches – Council Posts Billboard about Gun Violence NC Council of Churches – The Second Commandment Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron Israel shares his thoughts on the recent shooting at Waffle House. Clinging to God and Guns  Thanks to a listener for submitting a news story to us from the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer. The North Carolina Council of Churches has started a billboard campaign that says “You Shall Not Make for yourself an Idol,” suggesting that you are an idol wors

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd returns after surgery and joins Pastor Bennett to review a news story from a listener about a group of churches that are “divesting” from police services by pledging never to call police, even in cases of violent crime. Sgt. Bill has an after-action report on the two-day Ben Stoeger class he just finished, and Mia discusses the importance of getting involved with and supporting the pro-freedom organizations in your state. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest MSN – Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill On his way to the Texas State IDPA Championship, Sgt. Bill shares his thoughts on the two days he spent learning from IPSC World Champion Ben Stoeger. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine With NRAAM coming up and gun rights battles raging in every state, Mia talks ab

Lloyd responds to a listener's review, using the Parable of the Good Shepherd. Links: Gospel of John Chapter 10: The Good Shepherd Book of Concord: The Lord's Prayer  

Pastor Bennett is our first-ever guest host as Lloyd recovers from surgery. Lloyd dissects an article from a website called The Stream, Sgt. Bill shares his impressions of the new Gen 5 Glocks, Aaron has a self-defense tip about teaching to the test, and Mia warns about the dangers of the 12-20 split as she preps for turkey season. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Suggested Reading The Stream – Since When Did Jesus Get Connected to Guns? Special Thanks Thank you to Pastor John Bennett for filling in as our guest host as Lloyd recovers from surgery. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Standardized testing is a joke, in schools and in your firearms training. Aaron warns about the dangers of training to the test. Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill shares his initial impressions of his new Gen 5 Glock 19 pistol. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Hunting with multiple shotgun calibers can lead

Well, we did it. We found the worst sermon in the world. We thought we had found it back in Episode 88, but we were wrong. In this hideous homily, the “pastor” turns Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem into a protest march against the Roman Empire and it's weapons of war, and compares it to the fraudulent “March for Our Lives.” It's so bad, we had to do an entire show. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Armed Lutheran Radio #88 – The Worst Sermon in the World YouTube – Palm Sunday was a March for Our Lives Prayer of the Week Merciful Father, who by the humiliation of Your Son raised up the fallen world, grant to Your faithful people perpetual gladness, and make those whom You have delivered from the danger of everlasting death to be partakers of eternal joys; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forev

Recovering from Holy Week and my daughter's sleepover party, Armed Lutheran Radio is running short staff. Aaron Israel has a self-defense tip, Lloyd share's thoughts about a new movie coming in June and the hypocrisy of the anti-gun Left, and is again on his own in Clinging to God & Guns, looking at an anti-American rant from a “clumsy” Christian who claims that America is getting what it deserves because it's such an awful place, and that Rev. Jeremiah Wright predicted our school shooting “epidemic” when he said our chickens had come home to roost. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Red Letter Christians – The School Shooting Epidemic: America’s Chickens Have Come Home To Roost YouTube – Upgrade (Red Band Trailer) Fundamental Defense – Fundamentals of Defensive Shooting – May 5 Fundamental Defense – Intuitive Defensive Shooting – May 18-19 Fundamental Defense – Advanced Pistol Handl

He is risen! He is risen, indeed! Happy Easter! In this week's episode we talk about ignorance and fear and how it affects the current gun rights debate, we look at an article by a female pastor who decided to allow her irrational fear of guns and school shootings to affect her inquisitive five-year-old, and we have tips from Sgt. Bill, Aaron Israel, and Mia Anstine. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Red Letter Christians – #EnoughIsEnough: My 5-Year-Old is Afraid Commentary We're told that the kids leading the “March for Our Lives” have important opinions that need to be heard. Truth is that their opinions, like those of every other gun-banner are uninformed and based on irrational fear. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Mia talks about the fear that is driving the push for gun control and how we can counter it with facts and reason. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense This week Aaro

Lloyd compares the sham that is the "March for Our Lives" to the Children's Crusades of the 13th Century.  

It's Holy week and Lloyd and Pastor Bennett are tackling a mean-spirited heretic who compares Scripture to the Jesus in his head and all he can see is evil, conservative, white, male, privilege and power. Plus tips from Aaron, Mia, and Sgt. Bill. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest ITS Tactical – Roof Topping: Lessons in Social Engineering from a Clandestine Photographer Christian Post – Dear Conservative Evangelicals, I Have a Question Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill has tips to make your mags easier to insert, eject and to get them out of your mag pouches. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron discusses an article about how easy it is to bypass security. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Mia discusses teaching children about gun safety. Clinging to God and Guns Lloyd and Pastor Bennett dissect an article from an “LGBTQ-affirming pastor” who hates Trump and Evangelic

In this week's episode, Lloyd and Pastor Bennett take on a pro-gun article that tries to make the case that God doesn't prevent school shootings because we don't have prayer or guns in our schools. Plus some listener emails, and tips from Sgt. Bill, Mia, and Aaron. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest American Family Association – Why School Shootings: Not Enough God, Not Enough Guns Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill shares his personal experience with tactical lights and gun-mounted lights and answers the question: how many lumens is enough? How many is too much? Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron shares tips for improving your grip for better recoil control. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Mia shares her thoughts about a new carry option her husband purchased. Clinging to God and Guns Why the increase in school shootings in the past five decades? While most of us

Remember when people used to march and protest for civil rights? Lloyd shares his thoughts about the clueless kids who walked out of school to protest against your civil rights.

Back from a week of medical convalescence, Lloyd and Pastor Bennett are perplexed by an article from Patheos.com that tries to explain the Parkland shooting by delving into the idea of “mediated violence” and how as Christians we should be “in the world, but not of the world.” Plus tips from Aaron and Sgt. Bill. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Patheos.com – In the World, Not of the World: Some Initial Reflections After Yet Another Shooting Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill talks about the advantages and disadvantages of different ways to work your trigger: Pin & Reset vs. Trigger Sweep. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron shares his thoughts on the use of standards as part of your training routine. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Mia could not join us this week. Clinging to God and Guns Searching for something to say about the Parkland Shooting, author Matth

Lloyd shares two thoughts on how Psalm 146 and Ash Wednesday relate to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Sgt. Bill shares lessons learned from a disqualification at his first sanctioned USPSA match. Mia shares a story of the dangers of being a good Samaritan. Aaron Israel shares some lessons we can learn from a Texas road rage incident. And Pastor Bennett answers some listener emails. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Daily Wire – BREAKING: CNN Reports FOUR Broward County Deputies Waited Outside School As Children Were Massacred Time – Broward Sheriff Deputy Resigns After Video Shows He Avoided School Shooting Sun Sentinel.com – Sheriff's hiring of political supporters under fire Hymnary.org – Savior, When in Dust to Thee [LSV 419] Commentary: Psalm 146 “Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When this breath departs, he returns to the ea

As Pastor Bennett prepares for the start of Lent, Lloyd takes on Rev. Rob Schenck and another article filled with bad application of Scripture, lack of context and complete nonsense. Plus tips for getting started in competitive shooting from Sgt. Bill, a gun safety story from Mia, and tips for surviving a THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Sword of the Spirit Ministry – Ten Things I Believe About Christians and Guns Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill shares tips for getting started in IDPA and USPSA. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, Aaron provides tips for surviving an active shooter attack. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Familiarity breeds contempt, they say, and Mia shares an example Clinging to God and Guns Rev. Rob Schenck like to say he's a gun guy who has seen the light. But he's just another gun banner who w

Lloyd shares his thoughts on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and why protecting our kids isn't a priority in Congress. So, this week, we saw another school shooting. this time in Parkland, Florida, about 50 miles north of Miami. A disturbed 19-yr-old, who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons, was not allowed on campus with a backpack because of concerns, had a history of mental illness, who was apparently angry about being bullied, and who flew massive red flags on social media took a rifle and lots of magazines to his old school, pulled the fire alarms to get everyone out into the halls, and began opening fire. He killed 17, and wounded another 15 in the 15 minutes it took police to respond. In the end, he was too big a coward to eat a bullet himself, and was arrested without being injured himself. At age 19, the shooter was prohibited from owning a handgun. Unlike Trayvon martin, who posed with real guns he was not allowed to own, this week’s shooter posed with airsoft and pellet guns. But,

Catholic author and speaker Mark Shea hates Trump and totally thinks you're a member of the “Gun Cult” because you won't accept meaningless gun control legislation. According to him, those who say “you can't outlaw evil” are a bunch of Antinomian heretics. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Patheos.com – Heresy of the Day: Antinomianism Politico.com – Why we can't trust the CDC with gun research LutheranReformation.org – The Antinomian Disputations Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill talks about tools you can use to make your dry-fire practice more productive. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron could not be with us this week. Mia's Motivations with Mia Anstine Mia could not be with us this week. Clinging to God and Guns Lloyd and Pastor Bennett dive back into Patheos.com for a post by a Trump-hating Catholic writer who thinks we're all a bunch of heretical Antinomians

This week on Armed Lutheran Radio, Lloyd and Pastor Bennett dive back into Patheos.com to look at a 2013 article by Ellen Painter Dollar who suggests that fear is what motivates gun owners and as Christians we should have no fear…so we don’t need guns. Plus tips from Sgt. Bill and Aaron Israel. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Patheos.com – Does Inciting a “Wave of Fear” Sound Like a Christian Response? Ballistic Minute with Sgt. Bill Sgt. Bill talks about the relationship between dry fire and live fire and how improvement doesn’t mean you can afford to slack off. Fundamentals of Defense Aaron shares some additional lessons learned when he revisits a self-defense shooting in Arlington, Texas. Mia’s Motivations Mia has the week off after joining us Friday night for our Reformation Gun Club hangout. Clinging to God & Guns Ellen Painter Dollar is a progressive Christian who writes a

Michigan native and North Carolina transplant Lucas Apps hosts one of the most informative competitive shooting podcasts on the net. He joins Lloyd in today's show to talk about podcasting, competitive shooting, and has advice for newbies who want to get into the shooting sports. Plus a self-defense tip from Aaron Israel, a new Ballistic Minute from Sgt. Bill, and a report from SHOT Show from Mia Anstine. THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOK'S HOLSTERS. AMERICAN MADE CUSTOM HOLSTERS WITH A 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. www.CooksHolsters.com Links of Interest Facebook – Colt's New Night Cobra Triangle Tactical Podcast Special Guest: Lucas Apps We are joined today by Lucas Apps, the host of the Triangle Tactical Podcast to talk about competitive shooting, his favorite gun, and how to build a better shooting sport. Ballistic Minute with Sergeant Bill Sgt. Bill has tips for changing guns between seasons as he switches to 1911s from Glocks this year. Aaron Israel of Fundamental Defense Aaron Israel talks abou