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The Great Christian Books Podcast

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Richard Foster. Elisabeth Elliot. J. C. Ryle. Bonhoeffer. So many authors, so many books, so little time to read them all! Daniela and John take turns reading books and discuss them together, sharing highlights, takeaways, and personal convictions.
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We give you the key points in great Christian Books to help you select works that will help you to grow. We select, read, and brief you on great Christian books to help you save time, save money, and most of all grow in Christ. You'll discover books you'll want to delve into deeply. Books that will help you reignite the flames of your passion for Christ.You'll find great authors as well who are great teachers about our Christian walk.Whether you want to defend the faith or learn about the th ...
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Today, Roberta talks to Linda Buxa about How to Fight Anxiety with Joy, available here: https://timeofgrace.store/products/how-to-fight-anxiety-with-joy Brought to you by Roberta Foster, KNEO Radio and the Sky High Podcast Network.โดย Sky High Podcast Network
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It is well-known that the institution of marriage has changed dramatically in the past few decades. However, very little research has focused on the role of religious institutions in helping couples form and maintain their relationships. Guiding God's Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling (NYU Press, 2024) by Dr. Courtney Irby …
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How often do you think upon the beauty of God? How often do you treasure it and steward it? Do you know that even now, God is making you beautiful? In this episode, we discuss Philip Ryken's exposition on the theology of beauty. For what it's worth, this was John's favorite discussion to date besides Knowing God Pt 2. :) --- What book would you lik…
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Today, Roberta talks to Stu Crumm about his new book Aim for the Uprights: The Intentional Playbook for Success in Faith, Family, and Business. Put all your aspirations within reach with one simple game plan! Finally a playbook for harmonizing career aspirations with family time. You have tried getting up extra early, following smart money tips, an…
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In Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land (Yale University Press, 2024), Dr. Steve Tibble presents a vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land. The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was witness to brutality beyond the battlefield. More so …
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Today, Roberta talks to Amber Albee Swenson about her new book You can Trust God When Life Hurts, available from Time of Grace publishers. What do you do when life hurts? Everyone needs to know how to answer that question because everyone, at some point, gets hurt. How do you respond when your children make devastating choices? Where do you turn wh…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jane Harmon about her new book Confronting the Thief: Take Back What the Enemy Stole and Declare Divine Recovery over Your Heart, Family & Life. Recover All the Enemy Has Stolen We've all felt the gut-wrenching helplessness of loss when the enemy has stolen something from us: finances, health, peace, a promise or opportunity…
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Today, Roberta talks to Derek Mason about his new book Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ: The Journey from Darkness to Light. A deeply informative and insightful exposition on the essential yet often-neglected ministry of Christian spiritual warfare, Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ: The Journey from Darkness to Light is a Bible-based and de…
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In this episode, we are joined by the anthropologist Tone Bleie for a discussion of her book A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence (Solum Bokvennen, 2023), a pioneering piece of scholarship that innovatively rethinks the economic, legal, and social history of the power-laden…
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Today I talked to Iemima Ploscariu about Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interwar Romania's Multi-ethnic Borderlands (Brill, 2024). Evangelicals in interwar Romania were a vibrant mix of ethnicities, languages, and social statuses. Jews, Roma, Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, Ukrainians, and Russians sang, prayed, and preached in th…
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Today, Roberta talks to Michael Svigel about his new book The Fathers on the Future: A 2nd-Century Eschatology for the 21st-Century Church, available from Hendrickson Academic publishers. Many today with an interest in eschatology face a problem: They have forgotten the past. Incorporating the basic foundation and structure of the second-century pr…
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A perpetual tension exists between history and change, which is an issue long explored by historians and social scientists. Reckoning with Change in Yucatán: Histories of Care and Threat on a Former Hacienda (Routledge, 2023) engages with how best to look upon and respond to change, arguing that this debate is an important arena for negotiating loc…
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Today, Roberta talks to Seth Gruber about his new book The 1916 Project: The Lyin', The Witch and the War We're In, available from Vindex Media. Do you look around at our country, our culture, and wonder: "HOW DID WE GET HERE?" The 1916 Project unearths the how and why of our "progressive" culture shift. In 1916, the founder of Planned Parenthood o…
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Today I talked to Philip Freeman about his new book Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Yale UP, 2023). Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of Constantine the Great, the first Christian empero…
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The foundation of the earth, its division from the heavens and the waters, God's provision of all of nature as well as human and animal life, God's relationship to the world, and the ethics and morality of our human response; these key themes, related to both creation and covenant, emerge from the Wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible. In her recen…
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What role does religion play in migration processes? What is the reason behind migration of religious minorities? Is religious affiliation a deciding factor in choosing emigration? Some of these questions have been the focus of The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). As the field …
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For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fu…
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Dann Aungst was pretty far gone in his sexual addiction when Jesus grabbed him (figuratively) by the lapels and sent him (literally) messengers, a letter, and a locution during Adoration. He left the road of destruction and chaos and found himself on the road to purity. He then founded his apostolate (which he called The Road to Purity) after writi…
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The history of monasticism in early Ireland is dominated by its flourishing during the sixth and seventh centuries, a period dominated by Columba of Iona and Columbanus of Bobbio, and later by the 'reform' spearheaded by Malachy of Armagh during the twelfth century. But what of monasticism in Ireland during the intervening period? Regarded as diffe…
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Martha Rampton, Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000 (Cornell University Press, 2021) explores how magic was perceived, practiced, and prohibited in western Europe during the first millennium CE. Through the overlapping frameworks of religion, ritual, and gender, Martha Rampton connects early Christian reck…
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Today, Roberta talks to Debbie Barr about her new book Forgiveness: The Choice That Sets You Free, available from Aspire Press publishers. Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things you may ever have to face. But it’s also one of the most important and rewarding things you can do. Packed with practical advice, helpful visuals, scannable outlin…
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Today, Roberta talks to Steve Miller about his new book Foreshadows: 12 Megaclues That Jesus' Return Is Nearer Than Ever, available from Harvest Prophecy publishers. In Matthew 24, after Jesus gave His disciples a profound, detailed description of what will happen prior to His second coming, He urged them to “keep watch, because you do not know on …
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Today, Luke Taylor talks to Chris Pace about his new book Level Up: How to Advance in Your Calling and Never Get Stuck, available from Messenger International. IF YOU DON’T FIGHT FOR YOUR FUTURE, YOU WILL FORFEIT IT. Does it feel like your life is in a holding pattern while others all around you seem to be moving forward with purpose? Do you feel d…
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Recent scholarship focused on the role of embodiment within cognition and communication reminds us that part of how we “know” is through our physical senses. We only know the softness of a kitten by touching its fur, or the tastiness of bread by eating. How might this influence our understanding of biblical texts, such as Jesus’s claim, “I am the b…
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Tune in to learn about the man who through his unswerving faith and sacrifice inspired a generation of missionaries, from Jim Elliot to Amy Carmichael. There's a reason why our son's middle name is Hudson. :) What book would you like us to discuss next? Email us at thegcbpodcast@gmail.com. Follow along for quotes! Instagram: greatchristianbooks…
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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…
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Today, Roberta talks to Gaye Clark about her new book Loving Your Adult Children: The Heartache of Parenting and the Hope of the Gospel, available from Crossway publishers. Gospel-Centered Framework for Navigating Relationships with Adult Children As kids grow, so do the pains of parenthood. Patterns of miscommunication and resentment can cause dam…
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Today, Roberta talks to Mark Vroegop about his new book Waiting Isn't a Waste: The Surprising Comfort of Trusting God in the Uncertainties of Life, available from Crossway publishers. Exploring 6 Characteristics of Waiting to Prompt Wisdom from God and Gain Invaluable Peace Throughout our lives, we experience countless periods of waiting. Some mome…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jim Ramos about his new book Dialed In: Reaching Your Full Capacity as a Man of God, available from David C. Cook publishers. Males are born. Men are made. Dialed In motivates and equips men to become spiritual leaders in their homes, churches, and communities as they stand strong in a dangerous world. Popular podcaster Jim …
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Aleksander Pluskowski of the University of Reading joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation, out 2024 with Reaktion Books. A gripping account of the rise and fall of the last great medieval military order. This book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the knights of the …
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During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral…
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Dale Ahlquist is the founder the of the Society of G. K. Chesterton and Chesterton Schools, of which there are currently 70 and number is rising. He is also the editor of the book we are talking about today, Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching, from Sophia Press, which explores the economic and social questions of how we should organi…
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I was immediately drawn to the book The Devil’s Music by Dr. Randall Stephens, Associate Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Oslo. Dr. Stephens and I came across one another online and the book, which combines part rock n’ roll history, part American Christianity history, was an absolute delight for me. The Devil’s Music:…
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Today, Roberta talks to Ben Hylden about his new book Finding Faith in the Field, available from Christian Faith publishers. On a cold April day, sixteen-year old Ben Hylden tried on his suit coat for the upcoming school prom, then sped toward nearby Park River, ND for an appointment. Running late and driving too fast, he lost control of his car on…
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Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its hi…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jason Carver about his new book 40 Day Stand. This is part one of a two-part interview, which will be concluded next week. No matter the level of brokenness or legal status… God can restore any marriage. “Jason, why don’t you kiss the girls before you leave for church?” Pastor Jason Carver was completely blindsided when he a…
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Today, Roberta talks to Justice Khuel about her new book Feminist to Feminine: Reclaiming the Value of Womanhood in God's Story, available from Fedd Books publishers. What does it mean to reclaim your womanhood in today’s culture? Divisive and politicized, modern feminism and the call to rewrite traditional gender roles has only left women more con…
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The book of Job is challenging. Its Hebrew is often obscure, its length and subject matter are intimidating, and its meaning has been debated throughout the history of biblical interpretation. Thankfully, in Job: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Lexham Academic, 2024), Duane A. Garrett presents a fresh argument for the book's meaning. Job demonst…
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The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in 5 Minutes (Equinox Books, 2024), co-edited by Philippe Guillaume and Diana V. Edelman, is a digestible, concise, reader-friendly introduction to biblical scholarship for undergraduate students and lay readers alike. Written without technical language or jargon by diverse specialists in Hebrew Bible, its 83 cha…
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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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Today, Roberta talks to Jason Carver about his new book 40 Day Stand. This is part one of a two-part interview, which will be concluded next week. No matter the level of brokenness or legal status… God can restore any marriage. “Jason, why don’t you kiss the girls before you leave for church?” Pastor Jason Carver was completely blindsided when he a…
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In The Countercultural Victory of 1 John in Greco-Roman Context: Conquering the World (T&T Clark, 2023), Ahreum Kim re-examines conquering language in 1 John, arguing that when the letter is read with the context of Greco-Roman culture in mind, the conflict extends beyond in-fighting within the Johannine community. She suggests that the letter's au…
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The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold War, but what did atheism mean in the Soviet Union? What was its relationship with religion? In her new book, A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism, Dr. Victoria Smolkin explores how the Soviet state defined an…
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Today, Roberta talks to Brady Boyd about his new book Life-Minded: 8 Practices for Belonging to God and Each Other, available from Our Daily Bread publishers. The Christian church does not have a great track record of unity. Yet, God has called us to belong to Him and to each other. Church is supposed to be a place for meaningful connection—a commu…
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Lesley Smith of Oxford University joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life (University of Chicago Press, 2023). It has been 140 years since a full biography of William of Auvergne (1180?-1249), which may come as a surprise, given that William was an important gateway of Greek and A…
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What would you do in the place of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter in 1943? Mumble your loyalty oath to Hitler like everyone else—or refuse and pay with your life? This martyr is a blessed in the Catholic Church and on the way to being canonized. He is also the subject of a transcendentally beautiful movie A Hidden life by Terrence Mallick in 201…
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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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The New Testament and the Theology of Trust (Oxford UP, 2022) argues for the recovery of trust as a central theme in Christian theology, and offers the first theology of trust in the New Testament. 'Trust' is the root meaning of Christian 'faith' (pistis, fides), and trusting in God and Christ is still fundamental to Christians. But unlike faith, a…
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Jehovah’s Witnesses are one of the most successful “new religious movements” to have emerged from the prophetic ferment within later nineteenth-century Protestantism. Always controversial, often persecuted, and well-known for their proselytising efforts, they have made a substantial contribution in terms of human rights, and they count numerous fam…
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The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages (Reaktion, 2024) by Sara J. Charles takes the reader on an immersive journey through mediaeval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a mediaeval narrator – including a parchment-maker, scribe and illuminator – introducing various asp…
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