Best Timothy Stevens Podcasts (2024)

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Laura S. Lieber, "Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:04:36

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Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the importance of Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan liturgical poetry from Late Antiquity through the lenses of performance, entertainment, and spectacle. Laura Lieber proposes an account of hymnody as a performative and theatrical genre, combining religious…

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Thesis Theater: Robert Black, "Beowulf as a Christian Critique of Germanic Heroism" 1:01:56

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This recording from August 10, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Robert Black on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 4pm ET. This paper proposes to compare once again the heroes Beowulf and Böðvarr Bjarki, using linguistics and critiques of the heroes to build on the traditional approaches of comparison through folktale, etymological, a…

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Mark Sweetnam, "Paul's Last Letter: A Commentary on the Second Epistle to Timothy" (Wipf and Stock, 2024) 33:22

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The Second Epistle to Timothy is, by any standard, a remarkable document. Even as the apostle urges his friend and coworker hasten to Rome for a final meeting, the intimacy and urgency of Paul's words make clear his awareness that Timothy might not arrive in time to say goodbye. This makes the epistle deeply personal. But Paul has a much larger pur…

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Jeremiah Nortier: Is the Doctrine of the Second Baptism of the Holy Spirit Biblical? 57:42

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Jeremiah Nortier. Jeremiah runs The Apologetic Dog Youtube channel and website. Jeremiah has debated all across the country. They discussed the points for and against this doctrine, examining verses in Ephesians, Corinthians, and Acts. This was a very informative episode. Enjoy! Get a free bag of…

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Matthew Stewart 1:02:28

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Philosopher and Author Matthew Stewart, exploring his work and the themes of his books, The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture, and the forthcoming An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America. _____ LINK…

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"With You" - Rubes 9:22

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Rubes is an alternative rock band currently based in Oklahoma City. Listen to the song again on your preferred streaming platform: https://song.link/us/i/1739530796 Connect with Rubes online: https://www.instagram.com/rubesok/ Catch "Jarvix's Hot Dog! Song of the Week" live on the radio every Saturday night on KOSU / The Spy FM when it originally a…

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A Prayer for True Growth: Colossians 1:9-14

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Steven Hoffen 1:03:06

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Steven Hoffen, exploring his life and work as the Executive Director of Growing Peace, Inc. _____ LINKS https://www.growingpeaceinc.org https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-steven-hoffen _____ I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, ac…

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Eyal Regev, "The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred" (Yale UP, 2019) 36:58

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Eyal Regev's The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred (Yale UP, 2019) is he first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this study examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective fai…

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Kenneth Atkinson, "A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond" (T&T Clark, 2019) 1:16:41

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In A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond (T&T Clark, 2019), Kenneth Atkinson tells the exciting story of the nine decades of the Hasmonean rule of Judea (152 - 63 BCE) by going beyond the accounts of the Hasmoneans in Josephus in order to bring together new evidence to reconstruct how the Hasmonean family transformed their kingdom i…

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Jacob Tanner: Puritan Wisdom for Joyful Suffering 33:52

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Jacob Tanner. Jacob is a Pastor, Co-Host of Eschatology Matters, and author of the new book "Wait and Hope: Puritan Wisdom for Joyful Suffering. (Get 15% off with the code "EMATTERS" at checkout) They discussed what joy during suffering looks like in practical application, what the puritan believ…

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"Sublimation" - Dr. Van 9:12

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Dr. Van is an electronic producer currently based in Oklahoma City. Listen to the song again on your preferred streaming platform: https://song.link/us/i/1758816369 Connect with Dr. Van online: https://www.drvan-music.com/ Catch "Jarvix's Hot Dog! Song of the Week" live on the radio every Saturday night on KOSU / The Spy FM when it originally airs …

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Anna Bonnell Freidin, "Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:40:23

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Across the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome (Princeton UP, 2024) sheds critical light on the diverse ways pregnancy and childbirth were understood, …

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Wonderful, Marvelous Grace: 2 Timothy 4:9-22

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Jonathon Lookadoo, "The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook" (T&T Clark, 2021) 1:08:34

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Written in Rome as a book with revelatory intentions, the early Christian work known as the Shepherd of Hermas flourished especially in the second, third, and fourth centuries CE, was quoted as scripture by several church fathers, and, on the balance of manuscript attestation and translations from Greek to other languages, “is one of the most widel…

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Maureen Callahan 1:03:36

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist, and commentator, Maureen Callahan, exploring her work and the themes of her latest book, Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed. _____ LINKS https://www.maureencallahan.net https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-…

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A. J. Berkovitz, "A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) 53:15

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The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as drinking water and uttering one's last words. And within a scriptural universe, no work exerted more force than the Psalter, the most cherished text amo…

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Navy SEAL Craig Sawyer: Federal Government is Trafficking Thousands of Kids & The Trump Assassination 50:42

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Craig Sawyer. Craig Randall "Sawman" Sawyer is a Marine veteran, former Navy SEAL, sniper, and combat instructor. Sawyer is the owner of Tactical Insider, which brings technical advice on weapons and combat to Hollywood films and actors and President of Veterans for Child Rescue. They discussed t…

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Steven E. Lindquist, "The Literary Life of Yājñavalkya" (SUNY Press, 2024) 1:04:20

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In The Literary Life of Yājñavalkya (SUNY Press, 2024), Steven E. Lindquist investigates the intersections between historical context and literary production in the "life" of Yājñavalkya, the most important ancient Indian literary figure prior to the Buddha. Known for his sharp tongue and deep thought, Yājñavalkya is associated with a number of "fi…

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Rev. Prof. Dr. David P. Gushee 1:12:06

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Rev. Prof. Dr. David P. Gushee, exploring his work and the themes of his book, Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies. _____ LINKS https://www.davidpgushee.com https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-rev-prof-dr-david-p-gushee Shop the “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club…

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"Eyeliner" - Desilu 9:47

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Desilu is a singer-songwriter currently based in Norman. Listen to the song uncensored on your preferred streaming platform: https://song.link/us/i/1754372937 Connect with Desilu online: https://www.instagram.com/desilu_hoo/ Catch "Jarvix's Hot Dog! Song of the Week" live on the radio every Saturday night on KOSU / The Spy FM when it originally air…

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A Look at Paul's Companions: 2 Timothy 4:9-19

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Titus 2B

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Robin Darling Young et al, "Evagrius of Pontus: The Gnostic Trilogy" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:35:18

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The Gnostic Trilogy is the best-known and most important work by the ascetic philosopher and teacher Evagrius of Pontus. Among the writers of his age, Evagrius stands out for his short, perplexing, and absorbing aphorisms, which provide sharp insight into philosophy, Scripture, human nature, and the natural world. The first part of the trilogy, the…

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Daisy Dunn, "The Missing Thread: How Women Shaped the Course of Ancient History" (Viking, 2024) 24:58

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Around four thousand years ago, the mysterious Minoans sculpted statues of topless women with snakes slithering on their arms. Over one thousand years later, Sappho wrote great poems of longing and desire. For classicist Daisy Dunn, these women--whether they were simply sitting at their looms at home or participating in the highest echelons of powe…

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Sheriff Richard Mack: Trump Assassination Attempt & the Constitutional Duties of a Sheriff 48:36

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Sheriff Richard Mack. Sheriff Mack is a former Sheriff, Gun Owners of America Lobbyist, Two Time Congressional Candidate, and brought a successful lawsuit against Bill Clinton's Brady Act that was overturned at the Supreme Court. He is also the President of CSPOA. We discussed the Trump Assassina…

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Travis B. Williams, "History and Memory in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Remembering the Teacher of Righteousness" (Cambridge UP, 2019) 1:20:26

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The nature and reliability of the ancient sources are among the most important issues in the scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is noteworthy, therefore, that scholars have grown increasingly skeptical about the value of these materials for reconstructing the life of the Teacher of Righteousness. Travis B. Williams' book History and Memory in …

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"In Too Deep" - Taylor Deneen 10:41

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Taylor Deneen is a singer-songwriter currently based in Oklahoma city. Listen to the full composition on your preferred streaming platform: https://song.link/us/i/1751287767 Connect with Taylor Deneen online: https://www.taylordeneenmusic.com/ Catch "Jarvix's Hot Dog! Song of the Week" live on the radio every Saturday night on KOSU / The Spy FM whe…

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Mark Letteney, "The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:15:09

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The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations (Cambridge UP, 2023) traces the beginning of Late Antiquity from a new angle. Shifting the focus away from the Christianization of people or the transformation of institutions, Mark Letteney interrogates the creation of novel and durable structures of kno…

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Thesis Theater: Celesta Clegg, "Original Sin: A Portrait of the Fall Through Germanic Texts” 1:09:46

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This recording from July 13, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Celesta Clegg on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 5pm ET. Germanic reworkings of Genesis material present a glimpse into the Christian doctrine and societal understandings of the medieval culture in which the texts were composed. This thesis serves as an analysis and synthe…

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No Regrets: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

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Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:02:45

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In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of its own, inheritor of many of Rome's features,…

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Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:18:20

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An influential eighth-century Buddhist text, Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra, or Guide to the Practices of Awakening, how to become a supremely virtuous person, a bodhisattva who desires to end the suffering of all sentient beings. Stephen Harris’s Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)…

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Stephanie Balkwill, "The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century" (U California Press, 2024) 1:06:54

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In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In th…

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Bekah S. McNeel 1:00:09

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Journalist and Author Bekah McNeel, exploring her work and the themes of her book, This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America. _____ LINKS https://bekahmcneel.com https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-bekah-s-mcneel _____ I have had the pleasure of talkin…

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When the Waters Rose: Fighting for Family and Community After the Eastern Kentucky Flood 55:44

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Show Notes: "When the Waters Rose: Fighting for Family and Community After the Eastern Kentucky Flood" Episode Summary: In this compelling episode, host Kristen sits down with Perry County resident Brian Lucas to discuss his harrowing experience during the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky in July 2022. Brian, a clinical engineering director f…

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Jeremiah Coogan, "Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:22:22

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The development of Christian scriptures did not terminate once, for example, following Irenaeus and other influential patristic figures, the four gospels that would later be located at the front of the church’s New Testament were accepted by most churches and transmitted together in the same codex. Instead, erudite Christian readers employed new an…

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Steven Whitlow: Clear Truth Media 49:54

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Steven Whitlow in studio. Steven Whitlow is the Lead Pastor at Redemption Church, and the CEO of Clear Truth Media. They discussed the new launch of Clear Truth Media, how this media venture came to be, the vision of "post denomination" contributors, and the content that the site will be releasin…

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Zephaniah 1-3

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By Steven Michaelis

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Barbara Sommer Feigin 1:09:59

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Barbara Sommer Feigin, exploring her life and work and the themes of her book, My American Dream: A Journey from Fascism to Freedom. _____ LINKS www.barbarafeigin.com https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-barbara-sommer-feigin Shop the “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club List:…

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Pastoral Directions (Part 2): 2 Timothy 4:1-4

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Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE 1:12:58

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Numerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian grassland, nomadic image-making was rooted in metonymically conveyed zoomorphic designs, creating an alternative ecological reality. The nomadic elite nucleus embraced this elaborate image system to construct collective memory in r…

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Christian Responsibility: Andrew Rappaport, Aaron Brewster, Dan Kreft, Jay Miller, & Dominick Grimaldi 1:04:31

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with a great group of guys! Andrew Rappaport, Aaron Brewster, Dan Kreft, Jay Miller, & Dominick Grimaldi were all on the podcast to discuss their upcoming conference: "Christian Responsibility in an unChristian World", to which they are all speakers at. Each guest gave us a sneak preview of their topi…

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Habakkuk 1-3

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By Steven Michaelis

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"There Arises Light in the Darkness: I. My Soul Is Full of Troubles (excerpt)" - Barron Ryan 8:10

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Barron Ryan is a composer and pianist currently based in Tulsa. Listen to the full composition on your preferred streaming platform: https://album.link/us/i/1744651502 Connect with Barron Ryan online: https://www.barronryan.com/ Catch "Jarvix's Hot Dog! Song of the Week" live on the radio every Saturday night on KOSU / The Spy FM when it originally…

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Robert E. Jones, "Priesthood, Cult, and Temple in the Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran: Analyzing a Pre-Hasmonean Jewish Literary Tradition" (Brill, 2023) 52:19

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The Hellenistic period was a pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish priesthood. The waning days of the Persian empire coincided with the continued ascendance of the high priest and Jerusalem temple as powerful political, cultural, and religious institutions in Judea. The Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran, only recently published in full, testify to …

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Joshua 5 - Speaker Eddie Rasnake

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Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman 1:31:29

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, exploring their work and the themes of their book, What Are Children For? _____ LINKS https://www.anastasiaberg.com/ https://www.rachelwiseman.com/ https://thepointmag.com https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-anastasia-berg-and-rachel-w…

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Aaron Sherraden, "Śambūka's Death Toll: A History of Motives and Motifs in an Evolving Rāmāyaṇa Narrative" (Anthem Press, 2023) 35:03

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According to Vālmīki's Sanskrit Rāmāyaṇa (early centuries CE), Śambūka was practicing severe acts of austerity to enter heaven. In engaging in these acts as a Śūdra, Śambūka was in violation of class- and caste-based societal norms prescribed exclusively by the ruling and religious elite. Rāma, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa epic, is dispatched to kill Ś…

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Timothy Brindle: New Record Drop: Fault Lines the Album 55:44

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Send us a Text Message. This week Greg sat down with Timothy Brindle. Timothy Brindle is a Pastor in the PCA, Lecturer at Westminster Theological Seminary, and hip hop artist since 2003. We discussed the drop of his new album (6/24/24) "Fault Lines: The Album", the influence Voddie Baucham's book had on it, as well as an inside look on how the albu…

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