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  1. 402: Tolkien - Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth

    book
    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

  2. Imagine The World Before The Fall

    book
    05/28/25
    4 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    Dr. Paulson continues to analyze the appeal Erasmus makes to Sirach in chapter 15.
    Imagine The World Before The Fall

  3. 384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

    book
    03/21/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness.
    384: Peterson - The Stunted Imagination

  4. 367: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation pt. 2

    book
    10/11/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Watch Me Work. In this episode, we continue our discussion of justification and vocation as we read "Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation" by James A. Nestigen. Part two of our conversation continues with themes of vocation, location, repentance, humility, personal agency, divine instrumentality, atonement, the relationship of husband and wife to the land, the overlap of heaven and earth, and what to do when we feel like we’ve made a complete mess of our lives.
    367: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation pt. 2

  5. Worship and Idolatry

    book
    10/04/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    In this episode, Dr. Paulson talks about the worship produced out of men's hearts when God remains silent. This worship is nothing short of idolatry. 
    Worship and Idolatry

  6. 363: Olson - Liturgy as "Action"

    book
    08/30/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Runnin’ Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and “action”—who’s doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we’ve got it all this week.
    363: Olson - Liturgy as

  7. Episode 279: Image of God

    book
    06/27/24
    7 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, Mike, Wade, and Greg (should he just replace Jason longterm?) discuss the image of God.
    Episode 279: Image of God

  8. Episode 277: Time and Space

    book
    06/13/24
    7 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss time and space, building on Episode 276 (Travel, Books, and Language).
    Episode 277: Time and Space

  9. 350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

    book
    04/27/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric.
    350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

  10. Episode 270: Liturgical Time

    book
    04/25/24
    7 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, Mike and Wade discuss Christianity and time. In a world with so many calendars and seasons, how do Christians ground themselves?
    Episode 270: Liturgical Time

  11. 348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

    book
    04/12/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Love Will Keep Us Together. In this episode, we discuss the Song of Habakkuk, Martin Luther’s commentary on the song, Jesus as the foundation of reality, why mirrors are dangerous, trans-humanism, pop culture, church architecture, consumerism, why liturgy is an expression of the truth, how the Holy Spirit covers all things in meaning, and how the sacrament anchors earth to heaven.
    348: Martin Luther on the Prophet Habakkuk

  12. Psalm 134 Rebekah Caggegi and Kaizo Hall sing "May the Lord bless you from Zion"

    book
    02/23/24
    5 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In this episode we see the Levites stationed at the temple of the Lord, under the stars, singing praise to the Lord.
    Psalm 134 Rebekah Caggegi and Kaizo Hall sing