In this episode I talk about William Galston's book, Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech, and Mark Edmundson's book, The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the Online World, and share some other thoughts from the past few weeks.

In this episode, I continue talking about how Ephesians 1:19-23 functions in the argument of this letter.

In this episode I talk about how Eph 1:19-23 functions within his overall presentation in this letter.

In this episode, I give an update of what I've been up to the last several months, and mention a bunch of books I've been reading or am about to jump into. Books mentioned:

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death inthe Age of Forever Chemicals, by Mariah Blake

 Pushback: The 2,500 Year Fight To ThwartWomen By Restricting Abortion, by Mary Fissell

 Long Island Compromise, byTaffy Brodesser-Akner

 Big Dumb Eyes, by Nate Bargatze

 Attack from Within: How Disinformation isSabotaging America, by Barbara McQuade

 The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the OnlineWorld, by Mark Edmundsen

 We the People: A History of the U.S.Constitution, Jill Lepore

In this episode, I talk about how Paul reports he is praying for his audiences at the end of Ephesians 1.

In this episode, I talk about Timothy Snyder's chapter on solidarity, from his book On Freedom, and about Paul's literary and rhetorical strategy in Ephesians 1.

In this episode, I talk a bit more about Timothy Snyder's book, On Freedom, and about Paul's literary strategy in Ephesians 1.

In this episode, Steve Watkins and I reflect on Rory McIlroy's Masters win, and talk about staying sane and humane in the midst of national political madness.

In this episode, I keep talking about Timothy Snyder's book, On Freedom, and I talk about Paul's identity formation strategy in the opening of Ephesians.

In this episode, I continue talking about Timothy Snyder's book, On Freedom, and I introduce other aspects of Paul's letter called Ephesians.