Best Sidney O Podcasts (2024)

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EP23 - Knaves Or Jacks? | Dickens, Great Expectations 1:32:38

22h ago1:32:38

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Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. It takes many years and great disappointment for Pip to understand what happened to him. The protagonist of Dickens’ novel lives amid hope and fear, unaware of who it is that shaped his life and what he should really value. His story is about coming to terms with his responsibility, forgiving the ones who had hu…

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Peter, Jesus, and Paul - 7/7/2024AM 43:09

18d ago43:09

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 9, James 4By Pastor James Alter

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Beginnings - 6/30/2024AM 43:38

25d ago43:38

43:38

Pastor Jim AlterActs 9By Pastor James Alter

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EP22 - Until the World Is Mended | A Reflection On J.R.R. Tolkien 1:33:37

19d ago1:33:37

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J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien is one of the most beloved writers in the English tradition, though that popularity is a source of frustration to many supposedly sophisticated critics and scholars. However, his fans and his detractors alike often miss not just how carefully constructed his fiction is but how seriously it explores p…

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The People God Uses - 6/23/2024AM 55:04

1M ago55:04

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 9By Pastor James Alter

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EP21 - Twin Compasses | Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 1:26:05

23d ago1:26:05

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John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. John Donne came of age in a high culture whose notions of love were shaped by writers like Philip Sidney. Donne’s own love poetry, though, was very different. Scandalously frank, experimental, intellectually complex, Donne disdains the traditional conventions. Whether praising the beloved or excoriati…

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He Hath Shewed Thee O Man That Which is Good - 6/16/2024AM 47:40

1M ago47:40

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Pastor Jim AlterMicah 6By Pastor James Alter

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EP20 - Star and Star Lover | Sidney, Astrophil and Stella 1:21:33

1M ago1:21:33

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Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella. Over the course of the sixteenth century English poets experimented with the sonnet form invented by their Italian neighbours, and the Petrarchan conventions that came with it. The goal was a long sequence of many short poems which chronicle the emotional chaos springing from unrequited love. Sir Philip Sidn…

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EP19 - Into the Storm | Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes” (Part Two) 1:00:26

2M ago1:00:26

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John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes,” (Part Two). Today we conclude our examination of Keats’ poem, looking at three pairs of stanzas that describe the strange courtship of Porphyro and Madeline and their escape from the castle. We love hearing from all of you. Please email us at ProfessingLiterature@protonmail.com. ------ Theme Music: "Nobility" by …

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Mom's Instruction Manual - 5/12/2024AM 50:23

2M ago50:23

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Pastor Jim Alter2 Peter 1By Pastor James Alter

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A Wondrous Exchange - Part 2 - 5/5/2024AM 47:37

3M ago47:37

47:37

Pastor Jim AlterActs 9, 1 Timothy 1By Pastor James Alter

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A Wondrous Exchange - 4/28/2024AM 52:19

3M ago52:19

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 9By Pastor James Alter

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EP18 - The Numb Fingers | Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes” (Part One) 1:14:06

3M ago1:14:06

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John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes” (Part One). The first of a two-part episode that considers John Keats’ gorgeous poem. Set in a dreamy medieval world of castles, blood feuds and esoteric folk rituals, Keats gives us a love story with some of the lushest and most opulent imagery in all of English poetry. However, we begin in a very different atmos…

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The God of Philip - 4/21/2024AM 54:35

3M ago54:35

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 8, Isaiah 42By Pastor James Alter

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2024 Spring Bible Conference - Tuesday Evening - 4/16/2024PM 1:19:03

3M ago1:19:03

1:19:03

Bro. Dolton Robertson and Dr. Laurence VanceBy Bro. Dolton Robertson and Dr. Laurence Vance

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2024 Spring Bible Conference - Monday Evening - 4/15/2024PM 1:15:46

3M ago1:15:46

1:15:46

Bro. Dolton Robertson and Dr. Laurence VanceBy Bro. Dolton Robertson and Dr. Laurence Vance

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2024 Spring Bible Conference - Sunday Evening - 4/14/2024PM 37:06

3M ago37:06

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Dr. Laurence VanceMark 12By Dr. Laurence Vance

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2024 Spring Bible Conference - Sunday Morning - 4/14/2024AM 35:41

3M ago35:41

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Dr. Laurence Vance2 Corinthians 5:17By Dr. Laurence Vance

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The Darkness and Light - 4/7/2024AM 57:23

4M ago57:23

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Pastor Jim Alter1 Thessalonians 5, Romans 1By Pastor James Alter

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The Significance of the Resurrection - 3/31/2024AM 34:29

4M ago34:29

34:29

Pastor Jim AlterRomans 1By Pastor James Alter

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EP05 - Benjamin Ferencz (1/1 Chronicles Series) 34:12

4M ago34:12

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In this episode we invite you to hear more about US Army veteran and Nuremberg Trials prosecutor Mr Benjamin Ferencz. Graduating Harvard law school Mr Ferencz enlists and is posted to US Army unit 115th AAA Battalion which he deploys to UK with in December of 1943. Only days after D-day the unit is tasked with defending Omaha beach and later on to …

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EP17 – Bred in the Bone | Auden, September 1, 1939 1:19:00

4M ago1:19:00

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On the day the Nazis invade Poland, beginning the Second World War, a poet nurses a drink in a New York bar. The unwarlike Auden has just immigrated to the United States from England, yet he feels a shadow rising behind him in the east that no one will be able to escape. Auden looks without and within, contemplating the primordial destructive urge …

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Simon the Sorcerer - 3/17/2024AM 54:19

4M ago54:19

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 8, John 2By Pastor James Alter

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What Will Grace Baptist Be in 2024 - 3/10/2024AM 52:37

5M ago52:37

52:37

Pastor Jim AlterEphesians 4By Pastor James Alter

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EP04 - P/O Wilfred Sidney Knox (1/1 Chronicle Series) 40:12

5M ago40:12

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In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories. In this episode we talk about RAF pilot P/O Wilfred Sidney Knox from Trinidad. Upon deployment to UK he answered the call and volunteered, for what turned out to be, conversion to gilders. Being posted to “F” Squadr…

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Just Do Something - 2/25/2024AM 46:01

5M ago46:01

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 8By Pastor James Alter

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Dispensationalism Informs Our Mission - 2/18/2024AM 1:02:45

5M ago1:02:45

1:02:45

Pastor Jim AlterDaniel 2By Pastor James Alter

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EP03 - Corran Purdon (1/1 Chronicles Series) 55:25

5M ago55:25

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In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories. In this episode we illuminate a small part of the legacy of Major-General Corran Purdon of No. 12 Commando, British Army. Hear how project founder Nick Devaux, after the success in Japan, obtained a signature from a…

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Iran and Bible Prophecy - 2/11/2024AM 48:47

5M ago48:47

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Pastor Jim AlterDaniel 9, Ezekiel 38By Pastor James Alter

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Great Persecution - 2/4/2024AM 50:11

6M ago50:11

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 8By Pastor James Alter

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EP02 - Kaname Harada and Shigeaki Mori (1/1 - Chronicles Series) 1:02:26

6M ago1:02:26

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In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories. In this episode we explore how the embryonic idea almost came to a sudden close in Japan but was resurrected as if it was meant to be. Hear the story of Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Mr Kaname Harada and Hibakusha, (…

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Stephen - Not Ashamed - 1/28/2024AM 59:54

6M ago59:54

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Pastor Jim AlterActs 7, Matthew 27By Pastor James Alter

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EP01 - The Log Book Project introduction (1/1 Chronicles Series) 33:44

6M ago33:44

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In this introductory episode we invite you to learn more about The Log Book Project. What is the project about? How did it start? The entire episode is devoted to establishing a context for each of the over 200 signatories and individual WWII witness accounts within the project. No matter if you are a new or returning listener we hope to spark your…