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  1. 345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through the Imagination

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    03/23/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations?

  2. 286: Lewis - The whole book, indeed, is a picture of the Tree of Life

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    12/25/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    It’s A Show, About Nothing! In this episode, we revisit and discuss C.S. Lewis’ introduction to Athanasius, On the Incarnation. We end up doing a recap of the past year, which means Christmas movies, the incarnation, and lots and lots of rabbit trails on this episode of The Banned Books Podcast.

  3. Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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    10/25/22
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the saint behind the title of a popular book and miniseries about World War 2.

  4. Friday, October 21, 2022

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    10/21/22
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the show, we remember the religious aspects of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

  5. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Celestial City pt.2

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    10/06/19
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    This Is The End... Gillespie and Riley wrap up their discussion of John Bunyan’s story about the Pilgrim’s Progress. This week, we get apocalyptic.

  6. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Celestial City pt.1

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    10/01/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    What about the reality we left behind? Gillespie and Riley get to the last chapter of The Pilgrim's Progress. This episode, baptism, carrot on a stick Jesus, and why verbs matter.

  7. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Doubting Castle

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    09/26/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Fee-Fi-Fo-Fu... wait, wrong story! Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. This week, giants, good friends, and more cages.

  8. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House REDUX

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    09/21/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Despite all my rage, I’m still just a baptized sinner in a cage. Gillespie and Riley respond to a listener request about The Pilgrim’s Progress. This week, we go back to the Interpreter’s House to see about a man in a cage—the Bible, Jesus, and the problem with cages.

  9. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Vanity Fair

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    09/18/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Get it all together and put it in a backpack, all your vanity, so it’s together. Gillespie and Riley read The Pilgrim's Progress and discuss the "both-and" of Vanity Fair for Christians.

  10. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Shadow of Death

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    09/14/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    So we bailed on that reality and we came to this one. Gillespie and Riley continue to discuss The Pilgrim's Progress. This episode, why fight demons when God will do it for you?

  11. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Life

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    09/11/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Life... say this out loud with an aspirational sigh. Gillespie and Riley continue their series on Pilgrim's Progress. This episode, the cross, present-tense Jesus, and getting the direction right.

  12. John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    So I exist in this wasteland. A man reduced to a single instinct: get to Mount Zion. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one and two, The City of Destruction and Interpreter's House. We talk more about our need for a present tense Jesus, the limits of allegory, and why Jesus isn't a good example for us to follow.
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