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  1. 201b: Weil - The false god changes suffering into violence

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    04/25/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Turning Inward to Attack Evil. In this episode, we continue to discuss Simone Weil on Evil. The importance of Jesus’ sacrificial death as expiation and redemption and what happens when we try to make good apart from God.
    201b: Weil - The false god changes suffering into violence

  2. Sunday, April 25, 2021

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    04/25/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1502. Today we remember Georg Major, the man, and the controversies. The reading is from W.H. Auden.
    Sunday, April 25, 2021

  3. 201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

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    04/24/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Am I Evil? In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Simone Weil on Evil. Violence, suffering, and justice. What part does human evil play in Jesus’ sacrificial death?
    201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

  4. Saturday, April 24, 2021

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    04/24/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1915. Today we remember aspects of the Armenian genocide. The reading is from Corrie Ten Boom.
    Saturday, April 24, 2021

  5. Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome Dr. Andrew Schmiege making it a three Michigander episode. Dr. Schmiege teaches Spanish at Wisconsin Lutheran College. A true renaissance man, Dr. Schmiege, interests are wide as shown in his dissertation topic which dealt with Christian and Islamic polemics in early modern Spain.
    Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics

  6. The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike discuss the ebb and flow of culture throughout history through the lens of two men: Pitirim Sorokin and Frederic Baue. Sorokin was the Russian born sociologist who founded the Sociology department at Harvard University.
    The Spiritual Age: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism

  7. It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    ike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political climate.
    It Can’t Happen Here … or Can It?

  8. The American Revolution

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX Mike and Wade are joined once again by Dr. Aaron Palmer from the history department at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Before getting to the American Revolution, which is Dr. Palmer's area of expertise, the guys ask and answer the question: In what age of history would you least/most like to have lived? in the Free-for-All.
    The American Revolution

  9. Friday, April 23, 2021

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    04/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1960. Today we remember Toyohiko Kagawa. The reading is Anya Krugovoy Silver's "No, It's Not."
    Friday, April 23, 2021

  10. Episode 119: Let My People Go

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    04/22/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN Wade and Mike sit down with Rev. Raleigh Sadler and Rev. Dr. Josh Branum while at the 2019 Here We Still Stand Conference. Dr. Branum is pastor at Faithbridge Church in Jacksonville, Florida and serves with Rev. Sadler at the Let My People Go ministry. Rev. Sadler is the founder and executive director of Let My People Go and author the book Vulnerable.
    Episode 119: Let My People Go

  11. Episode 117: Let the Bird Fly – Life in a World Given Back to Us

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    04/22/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Mike sits down with Wade to discuss Wade's new book, Let the Bird Fly: Life in a World Given Back to Us. Before letting Wade talk about his book, though, the guys discuss their favorite thing in their office, as well as something they'd like to have in their office.
    Episode 117: Let the Bird Fly – Life in a World Given Back to Us

  12. Episode 116: Mark Twain

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    04/22/21
    3 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome back Dr. Martin Moldenhauer to discuss Mark Twain. Before getting to the main topic, the guys discuss the one publication that they would subscribe to if they could only get one publication. A big thanks to Dr. Moldenhauer for joining us on this episode.
    Episode 116: Mark Twain