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  1. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Lenten Mixtape

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    03/14/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for March 14-15, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Lenten Mixtape

  2. 430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest

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    02/27/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Lent in Middle-earth. In this episode, we discuss the Lenten subtext, language, and images in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Return of the King.” What can Christians learn from fiction authors about the faith, devotional reading, understanding the world outside the churches through the view of the cross, and how all of reality is bent towards Easter at all times, in all places, by all people? This and much, much more on today’s show.
    430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest

  3. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Fast (and Not Furious)

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    02/21/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for February 21-22, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Fast (and Not Furious)

  4. The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann

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    02/17/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Christopher J. Richmann
    Christopher Richmann teaches religion and is assistant director for teaching and learning with the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University.
    The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann

  5. The True Myth of the Gospel with Louis Markos

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    02/03/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Louis Markos
    Kelsi talks with English professor and Christian apologist, Louis Markos, about the importance of myth, storytelling, and imagination within Christian apologetics.
    The True Myth of the Gospel with Louis Markos

  6. 402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

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    07/31/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Got A Machine Head. In this episode, we read J.R.R. Tolkien’s letter to his son, Christopher, about a question of Genesis’ unfashionable status amongst Christians and those who value beautiful ‘stories.’ He also discusses Eden as it was, as it is to faith, and will be on the last day, the war of the machine, its triumph, and the consequences for modern man.
    402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

  7. Tony Stark and the Infinity Saga: Eucatastrophe and Sacrifice

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    07/15/25
    9 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Scott Keith
    In this episode of Outside Ourselves Summer Break, 1517 executive director, Scott Keith, joins Kelsi to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and specifically, the character arc of Tony Stark or Iron Man over the course of the Avengers: Infinity Saga series.
    Tony Stark and the Infinity Saga: Eucatastrophe and Sacrifice

  8. Luke 20:9-20 – Lent 5 (C)

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    04/01/25
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | John W. Hoyum
    On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson take up Christ's parable of the wicked tenants.
    Luke 20:9-20 – Lent 5 (C)

  9. Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 – Lent 4 (C)

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    03/25/25
    4 mins
    By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson
    On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the parable of the Prodigal Son.
    Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 – Lent 4 (C)

  10. Luke 13:1-9 – Lent 3 (C)

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    03/18/25
    4 mins
    By Steven Paulson | John W. Hoyum
    On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss a story of Jesus in which he speaks of a tree not bearing fruit.
    Luke 13:1-9 – Lent 3 (C)

  11. Luke 13:31-35 – Lent 2 (C)

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    03/12/25
    4 mins
    By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson
    On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Christ's encounter with some disingenuous Pharisees who warn him that Herod intends to kill him.
    Luke 13:31-35 – Lent 2 (C)

  12. 383: Tolkien - The 'protestant' search backwards for 'simplicity' and directness ... is mistaken and indeed vain

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    03/08/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    And so it begins. In this episode, we read the letters of J.R.R. Tolkien for Lent. We discuss sin and mercy, Eden and scientific materialism, ecumenism and cults, and much more!
    383: Tolkien - The 'protestant' search backwards for 'simplicity' and directness ... is mistaken and indeed vain