Barnabas Piper's Blog, page 50
April 12, 2019
INDY LIVE, Part 1: Why We Do This, High School Dances, and More
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas are LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS. In this first episode they wander to and fro through the following topics:
Why we do this podcast and have kept it up for 5 years
What were our high school personas and various dance experiences?
Nostalgia and not having it
Dogs vs. Cats
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Episode #240
April 2, 2019
New Happy Rant Sports: Manziel Love, NFL Moves, & Rasheed Wallace the Coach
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following topics after a looooong hiatus:
Ted’s experience at an AAFL game with his sons
Johnny Manziel is back
Why we love Johnny more than Tebow
NFL trades and signings
MLB season preview for our favorite teams
Rasheed Wallace as a high school coach
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Episode #27
April 1, 2019
NEW HAPPY RANT: Mailing It In
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas give their worst effort in recent memory and mail in a conversation about the following:
Auditioning for Dwell Bible App
Why the Babylon Bee stopped being funny
The next Stronger Men conference
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Episode #239
March 26, 2019
NEW HAPPY RANT: Signing Bibles, Sad Book Signings, and Pastor Walk-Up Music
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through many topics while Ronnie handles his business elsewhere as a pastor (you know, his real job). They discuss the following.
Signing bibles at speaking events
Our saddest book signing experiences
Pastoral walk-up music (like baseball players or professional wrestlers use) INCLUDING
Fred Durst
John Mayer
Leonard Cohen
Pantera
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Eminem
LMFAO
Jimmy Buffett
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Indy Live Details
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Episode #238
March 19, 2019
NEW HAPPY RANT: Rich People Things and Dangerous Captain Marvel
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas discuss the following:
INDY LIVE is around the corner – get your tickets at a discount
Doing rich people things like Dave Ramsey said
How Captain Marvel makes women out of men (according to a certain article by a certain Christian website)
Heroes from the planet of Egalitaria
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Indy Live Details
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Episode #237
March 12, 2019
Indy Live – Our Next Happy Rant Podcast Live Event
On Sunday, March 31 Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and I will be hosting our third live Happy Rant Podcast event. The two previous events, both in Louisville, were a grand time of laughs, snacks, coffee, Q&A, and fun. This event will be held at Soma Church in Indianapolis on the eve of The Gospel Coalition’s National Conference. If you are within driving distance of Indy or are planning to attend TGC’s conference any how you should plan to be there! As an incentive, we are offering a $5 discount on the next 25 ticket orders – just use the code BLOG at checkout.
Date and Time
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Location
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
If you have not experienced a Happy Rant Live show, here are the episodes from our two previous events. Listening is not the same as being there, but it will give you a taste of the shenanigans and good times.
LIVE IN LOUISVILLE (2017)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
TOGETHER FOR THE RANT (2018)
Part 1: C-Listers List, Happy Rant 101, and Decadence
PART 2: Stronger Men, Hunger Games Style
PART 3: Listener Q&A
March 6, 2019
New Happy Rant: Ronnie’s Protest, Dead Guy Social Media Personas, and Happy Rant Intramural Basketball
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas (sans Ronnie, AGAIN) wander to and fro through the following topics:
The appropriateness of Ronnie’s log cabin protest
Social media personas of famous dead guys including theologians, musicians, and presidents
Ted’s intramural basketball experiences
Intramural basketball personas and styles
Starting The Happy Rant Basketball team and challenging The Spurgeon College
Indy Live Details
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220 Order Indy Live Tickets
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Order fresh roasted coffee from Lagares Roasters
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Please consider supporting the podcast financially as well. We have set up a Patreon page, and your donations help us cover production costs, do live events, and grow the podcast by trying some new things. Oh, and of course there are perks for those who commit to helps us such as free books and coffee!
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Episode #236
February 26, 2019
New Happy Rant: Spurgeon College Uniforms, Designing a Worship Service, and Good WIll Hunting
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas rant about the following:
Ronnie’s pursuit of log cabin living
Uniforms for the rumored Spurgeon College basketball team
Coaches for the rumored Spurgeon College basketball team
Designing the ideal one-off worship service
How accents affect preaching
Good Will Hunting character would be the best preacher?
Is Good Will Hunting overrated and what are its best moments?
Ben Affleck’s career arc
Indy Live Details
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220 Order Indy Live Tickets
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Please consider supporting the podcast financially as well. We have set up a Patreon page, and your donations help us cover production costs, do live events, and grow the podcast by trying some new things. Oh, and of course there are perks for those who commit to helps us such as free books and coffee!
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Episode #235
February 19, 2019
New Happy Rant: Subversive Jeans, Illfit Khakis, and Axe Throwing
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas rant about various and sundry topics including:
Journalism conferences
Illfit Khakis – a new company for pastors
Subversive Jeans – a new brand for church planters
Angel investors and Angel of Death investors
Axe throwing and bacon eating at men’s retreats
Indy Live Details
Sun, March 31, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Soma Church – Midtown
2815 East 62nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220 Order Indy Live Tickets
Be sure to visit HappyRantPodcast.com where you can:
Order fresh roasted coffee from Lagares Roasters
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Please consider supporting the podcast financially as well. We have set up a Patreon page, and your donations help us cover production costs, do live events, and grow the podcast by trying some new things. Oh, and of course there are perks for those who commit to helps us such as free books and coffee!
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Episode #234
February 16, 2019
Thoughts on Plagiarism
Working in publishing, we encounter plagiarism often. Being friends with a number of writers and authors we sadly find too many opportunities to commiserate about it. Plagiarism is a problem, a sweeping-all-over-the-internet-this-is-what-happens-when-everyone-thinks-they-should-be-a-prolific-writer problem. It costs both writers, readers, ad plagiarists more than anyone realizes. It cheapens and dilutes creativity and wisdom. It reduces appreciation for the work of good writers and reduces their satisfaction in doing good work. What follows are some observations I’ve been thinking about regarding plagiarism and plagiarists.
Plagiarism is really easy. You just take someone else’s work and take their name off it. It is even easier to avoid; you just don’t take someone else’s work at all.
Plagiarism is stealing, no more and no less. If you take someone else’s idea or content and claim it’s yours that is no different than taking their car or their blender or their business card and claiming it’s yours.
The motivation for plagiarism is pride, gross arrogance. The only reason to do it is a short-sighted effort to make yourself look smarter, more creative, more prolific, or more clever than you think you are. Here’s the funny thing: you might actually be smart, clever, or creative enough to say something helpful and original without stealing. And if you put your mind to it you can probably do it regularly too. Try it.
Creating something is harder than plagiarism by a factor of about infinity, but if you try it you will have a great sense of real satisfaction and won’t be accused of being a cheat. And you just might put out some excellent work too.
Instead of stealing someone else’s work, share it. You lose nothing, nothing at all, and both your ideas and the other writer’s gain credibility and appreciation from the sharing. If two people think a thought and express it in unique ways that thought becomes more accessible and helpful to readers.
Sharing someone else’s work and showing how it’s influenced you is humble and gracious. People like humble and gracious, and people are more inclined to read the work of those they like.
If you plagiarize your sins will find you out. You’ll either be busted for it or you’ll be a bad writer in the end.
