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The Wade Center Podcast features interviews and discussions with scholars and figures related to Wade Center and our authors: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams.
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Sunday AM 07-28-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 07-24-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Sunday PM 07-21-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Sunday AM 07-21-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy - 14:22-15:24 -- Giving to the Lord
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Sunday PM 07-14-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 2: 1-5 -- Good Order and Firmness in Christ
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Sunday AM 07-14-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 1: 23b-29 -- The Servant and His Service
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Sunday AM 07-07-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 1: 21-23 -- Working Where God Works
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Sunday AM 06-30-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Psalm 20 -- The Answer to My Distress Call
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Wednesday 06-26-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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The Rhetoric of Lewis and Sayers w/ Dr. Jim Beitler (Archives)
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To celebrate the start of the Wade Center's new Director, Dr. Jim Beitler (Professor of English) we decided to re-release an archival episode recorded and released back in July 2019. 'Rhetoric’ is often a byword for hollow or negative speech. In truth, rhetoric is the art of persuasion. This week, Dr. Jim Beitler discusses his new book, Seasoned Sp…
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Deuteronomy 14: 1-21 -- You Are Different From Others
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Sunday PM 06-23-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 1: 13-20 -- The Preeminent and Almighty Christ
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Sunday AM 06-23-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Psalm 19 -- God Is Here: He Is Not Silent
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Wednesday 06-19-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 1: 9-14 -- The Process of Christian Maturity
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Sunday AM 06-16-2024.Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 06-12-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy 13 -- Encountering The Occult
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Sunday PM 06-09-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Colossians 1: 1-8 -- The Hope of The Gospel
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Sunday AM 06-09-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Colossians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 06-05-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Sunday PM 06-02-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Philippians 4: 12-23 -- Satisfied and Supplied
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Sunday AM 06-02-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 05-29-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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"Farewell, Crystal and David. We have known great joys together."
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Our dear friends and co-hosts of the podcast, Drs. Crystal & David C. Downing, are retiring as co-directors of the Wade Center in June. Professor of English, Dr. Jim Beitler will serve as the Wade Center's new director starting in July. To bid the Downings a fond farewell and pass the baton to our new director, we decided to share some of our favor…
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Philippians 4: 1-9 -- Four Essentials to Maintain Focus
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Sunday AM 05-26-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 05-22-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy 11 -- Seven Motivations to Obedience
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Sunday PM 05-19-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Philippians 3: 12-21 -- Focused on the Goal
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Sunday AM 05-19-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Philippians 3: 8-12 -- Our Sufficiency in Christ
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Sunday AM 05-12-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 05-08-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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05-04-2024 PM. Bible Study Retreat.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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05-04-2024 AM. Bible Study Retreat.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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05-03-2024. Bible Study Retreat.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 05-01-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy 10: 12-22 -- A Vision of God and the Heart of True Religion
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Sunday PM 04-28-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 04-24-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Many Times & Many Places w/ Dr. Alan Snyder and Jamin Metcalf
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Through his writings, C.S. Lewis emphasized the importance of travel and learning for through these two activities we gain the needed perspective to see life through the lens of "many places" and "many times." In this week's episode, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with author's Dr. Alan Snyder and Jamin Metcalf to discuss their recently…
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Deuteronomy 9:25-10:12 -- Powerful Prayer
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Sunday PM 04-21-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Philippians 3: 1-7 -- The Evidence of Trustworthy Christianity
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Sunday AM 04-21-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 04-17-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy 9: 9-24 -- A Rebellious People and a Praying Leader
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Sunday PM 04-14-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Psalm 10 -- Question & Confirmation: God Seems Aloof
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Wednesday 04-10-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Deuteronomy 9: 1-8 -- God's Plan to Defeat Powerful Enemies
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Sunday PM 04-07-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Sunday AM 04-07-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 04-03-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Sunday AM 03-31-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 03-27-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Lewis, the Lion in Milton Scholarship: "A Preface to Paradise Lost" w/ Dr. David Urban
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In the first half of the 20th century, England elites like T.S. Eliot were trying to devalue John Milton and elevate John Donne—exchanging one 17th-century English poet for another. At the height of World War II, C.S. Lewis took up arms against these oppressors and defended Milton in a series of lectures that would later be published as A Preface t…
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Deuteronomy 8 -- Remember YHWH’S Provision
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Sunday PM 03-24-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Deuteronomy.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Philippians 2: 1-5 -- To Be One in Christ
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Sunday AM 03-24-2024. Verse-by-Verse through Philippians.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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Wednesday 03-20-2024. Studies in Psalms.By Dr. Charles L. Owens
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