THE HAPPY RANT
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The Happy Rant podcast is a conversation in which Barnabas Piper, Ted Kluck, and Ronnie Martin cheerfully rant about church, culture, sports, the arts, entertainment, and occasional nonsense, in a manner that listeners enjoy and wish they could be part of too.
Barnabas Piper, the son of famous pastor John Piper, is an author and assistant pastor at Immanuel Church, Nashville. Ted Kluck has written 25 books and teaches journalism at Union University, Tennessee. Ronnie Martin is an author and lead pastor of Substance Church in Ashland, Ohio.
Episode #334 of the podcast, ‘When Christian Leaders Fall’, is a frank conversation about a hot topic of recent weeks since the unveiling of sexual abuse allegations against Ravi Zacharias.
With all three men having differing backgrounds and workplace contexts, it makes for a varied and insightful discussion. This episode in particular gives a wonderful look into the life of a man as recognised, if not more so, as Ravi Zacharias. Barnabas talks of his father, John Piper, and the measures taken to ensure the upkeep of godly propriety. Amongst the questions asked in this episode is how those in ministry deal with the desire to lead and receive adulation.
This episode has a rich undertone of honesty and heartache, especially concerning its subject.There is a healthy sense of fun, genuine care for one another and those being discussed, as well as the utmost reverence for Jesus and God’s word.
Looking back at their podcast titles, there is a broad spectrum of subjects to be enjoyed.
