Halting Toward Zion

The New Athiests would have us believe that God's command to Israel regarding the conquest of Canaan is pure evil--racist and genocidal. Today we're examining that claim: What exactly did God command? Was it evil?

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3z5BGCn

Links:

Axis Rule in Occupied Europe - Raphael Lemkin: https://amzn.to/3AYTm2Z

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins: https://amzn.to/3AZO5b

Recos:

Defrosting your freezer

Road Trips

Little America, Wyoming

In today's episode, we're talking about Jericho: not merely a battle, but worship of the One True God.

This Episode Features: Jericho; McDonald's Or Burger King?; Thanksgiving Dinner With The Midianites;

Transcript: https://bit.ly/37xLSHu

Links:

Joshua 5-6: https://www.esv.org/Joshua+5/

Groundhog Day (1993): https://amzn.to/3yT1bGZ

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - "The Insulting Frenchman": https://youtu.be/QSo0duY7-9s

VeggieTales: Josh and the Big Wall (1997) - "Keep Walking": https://youtu.be/C6-yEvZALeA

Revelation 11: https://www.esv.org/Revelation+11/

Clarkson's Farm (2021): https://amzn.to/3yKx9F6

"The Battle of Jericho" - Arr. Moses Hogan: https://youtu.be/XSnplmdfAVo

Recos:

Antihistamines

A Fiery Gospel - Richard M. Gamble: https://amzn.to/3s9EknH

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles S02E21 - "Paris, May 1919": https://youtu.be/TgnGg7s-_kk

So who is this Joshua guy? In this episode, we'll take a look at Joshua's career before he writes the book.

This Episode Features: Joshua, Son Of Nun; Five Points And The Human Psyche; Ripping Off Francis Schaeffer; Cicadas; and the Fear Of Public Speaking.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3jJSAQw

Links:

Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History - Francis Schaeffer: https://amzn.to/3xfoTeG

Exodus 17: https://www.esv.org/Exodus+17/

Exodus 32: https://www.esv.org/Exodus+32/

Numbers 11: https://www.esv.org/Numbers+11/

Numbers 13: https://www.esv.org/Numbers+13/

Rear Window (1954): https://amzn.to/3l3cDLX

Numbers 27: https://www.esv.org/Numbers+27/

Deuteronomy 31-34: https://www.esv.org/Deuteronomy+31/

Hebrews 4: https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+4/

Recos:

Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History - Francis Schaeffer: https://amzn.to/3xfoTeG

Live Not By Lies - Rod Dreher: https://amzn.to/3hDHxZc

"Flawless, Effortless Slow-Roasted Salmon" - Internet Shaquille: https://youtu.be/2YEHOs8SkkQ

To kick off Season 2, we start by introducing ourselves and some of our favorite poems, and go on to discuss the concept of success in light of Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers"--and the book of Joshua. In the King James Version, the word "success" actually only appears in the introduction to the book of Joshua. So, what are we to understand about the nature of success?

This Episode Features: Malcolm Gladwell; Systemic Hockey Discrimination; Joshua The Son Of Nun; The CDC; History That Is Prophecy; Death By Committee; Cobblers And Monks; My Sanctification And Me; and Introverts Building Community.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3AA9iIN

Links:

Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell: https://amzn.to/3xLq6LP

Joshua 1: https://www.esv.org/Joshua+1/

Psalm 51: https://www.esv.org/Psalm+51/

Hebrews 11: https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+11/

"The Just Shall Live By Faith" - Halting Toward Zion: https://anchor.fm/haltingtowardzion/episodes/The-Just-Shall-Live-By-Faith-e12990l

Live Not By Lies - Rod Dreher: https://amzn.to/3hDHxZc

The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/2UR0kaA

The Story Graph: https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Recos:

"Ulysses" - Alfred Lord Tennyson: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses

"This Is Just To Say" - William Carlos Williams: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say

"The Last Trump" - Banjo Paterson: https://www.poeticous.com/banjo-paterson/the-last-trump

Continuing our discussion of the nature of faith, today we study the examples of faith given us in Hebrews 11. Did Jesus "do it all"? He did everything necessary for your salvation, certainly. He lived a perfect life of righteousness that is imputed to you. He also ordained works for you to do in your life, and delights in your doing them.

This Episode Features: Hebrews 11; A Retroactive Recommendation; Aristotle And Pollyanna; Meta-gaming; Justification By Faith; The Book Of Sarah; Who Got THAT Job?; and Maybe The Child Was Glowing.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2TKSpLj-htz-72

Links:

Hebrews 11: https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+11/

Pollyanna - Eleanor Porter: https://amzn.to/3gbhxCk

How Should We Then Live? - Francis A. Schaeffer: https://amzn.to/2Sbq6FC

The Blacklist (2013-): https://amzn.to/34ZxZ3K

Recos:

Gentle and Lowly - Dane Ortlund: https://amzn.to/3pvtkQe

The Puritan Hope - Iain Murray: https://amzn.to/3z8Z9Tn

Today we're beginning to answer a listener's question about the active nature of faith.

This Episode Features: Emily's Clean-The-House Music; Solo Scriptura; Quack Practice; BREAKING: Names Less Important Than Shenanigans; Snoopy; Greg's Favorite Meme; Mrs. Potts; and Darkest Peru.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3po1ntK-htz-71

Links:

TELL THE TRUTH OR AT LEAST DON'T LIE ft. Jordan Peterson (J B P W A V E) - Akira the Don: https://youtu.be/iA8n9JTTM38

St. Patrick's Bad Analogies - Lutheran Satire: https://youtu.be/KQLfgaUoQCw

Westminster Shorter Catechism: https://www.opc.org/sc.html

Heidelberg Catechism: https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/confessions/heidelberg-catechism

Westminster Confession of Faith: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/westminster-confession-faith/

Christianity and Liberalism - J. Gresham Machen: https://amzn.to/2S74v0T

James 2: https://www.esv.org/James+2/

Charles Schultz: Peanuts - December 16, 1955: https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1955/12/16

The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/2TAKKiG

Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3rNuSod

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Jonathan Edwards: https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/edwards_jonathan/Sermons/Sinners.cfm

Recos:

12 Rules For Life: The Album ft. Jordan Peterson (J B P W A V E) - Akira the Don: https://youtu.be/fSQSETwnrio

The Gospel Comes with a House Key - Rosaria Butterfield: https://amzn.to/3yWVrfK

The Whole Christ - Sinclair Ferguson: https://amzn.to/34G7ujr

Hank the Cowdog Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cfyHO2

Promise and Deliverance - S.G. DeGraaf: https://www.monergism.com/promise-and-deliverance-4-volumes

Human Nature In Its Fourfold State - Thomas Boston: https://amzn.to/3fZeWvk

Today David Maxson hosts a panel discussion on the wonders of Math and Physics with Greg and special guests David Lawrence and David Farschman! David Lawrence is a physicist investigating outer space, and David Farschman is a long-time teacher of mathematics. Tune in for awe of God, His creativity, His communication, and the mathematical words that describe the world He made and holds together--and why math and science matter for the people of God as we halt toward Zion.

This Episode Features: Wonder At God's Handiwork; Lawfully Wedded Husband; Two More Davids; Mongolian Archery; The Scientific Mind Of C.S. Lewis; Christian Schools Are Bad At Science; Being Good Ain't It; God's Credit Card; Rotary Numbers; Mathematical Words In A Minor Key; and Safe To Say Everyone Here Today Is A Nerd, But You Don't Have To Be.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3udanmm-htz-70

Links:

Heirloom Audio: https://heirloomaudio.com/

David Maxson's Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/SCNerdgm

Imaginary Unit - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_unit

Mathematical Constant e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)

Pi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Leonhard Euler - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler

Goedel, Escher, Bach - Douglas R. Hofstadter: https://amzn.to/3whHbf7

Wave Equation - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_equation

Miracles - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/2T3oFch

Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton: https://amzn.to/3hEyMyC

Genesis 1: https://www.esv.org/Genesis+1/

Sir Isaac Newton - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

Big Trouble in Little China (1986): https://amzn.to/3eZpIm4

Proverbs: https://www.esv.org/Proverbs+1/

Why in the world would you read or listen to a story that someone just made up--A FAKE STORY? In today's show, Greg and Emily discuss the philosophy of fiction... and of history, which isn't all that different, as it happens.

This Episode Features: The Philosophy Of Fiction (And Of History); Nutritional History; #Relatable; Superior and Inferior Storytellers; A Non-Story; Kate Gives Us A Spoiler Warning;

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3bdxlCW-htz-69

Links:

Captain Kangaroo (1961): https://amzn.to/2QJCUlS

The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton: https://amzn.to/3d1yOfK

Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey: https://amzn.to/3lF0o6q

The Story about Ping - Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese: https://amzn.to/3tQpQZL

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel - Virginia Lee Burton: https://amzn.to/3c7STBY

Ruth: https://www.esv.org/Ruth+1/

Esther: https://www.esv.org/Esther+1/

Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3aZvJNj

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy: https://amzn.to/3ef9IvN

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://amzn.to/3aXq8qs

The Great Escape (1963): https://amzn.to/3tgXS8w

Avengers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_(comics)

Teen Titans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Titans

Jonny Quest (1964-1965): https://amzn.to/2RmWiom

Judges 9: https://www.esv.org/Judges+9/

"I Just Can't Wait to be King" - The Lion King (1994): https://youtu.be/l8UFnc85-xM

2 Samuel 12: https://www.esv.org/2+Samuel+12/

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo: https://amzn.to/3vCY1VB

12 Rules for Life - Jordan B. Peterson: https://amzn.to/3uHBJBv

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/3vKutpf

Death Comes to Pemberly (2014): https://amzn.to/3th4rba

Charade (1963): https://amzn.to/3aYJmwe

The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3cNXBVQ

Recos:

Charade (1963): https://amzn.to/3aYJmwe

The Shop Around the Corner (1940): https://amzn.to/3vHNfNF

Mail call! Today we're answering some questions from a listener about Noah's Ark, angels, and the Declaration of Independence.

This Episode Features: Logistical Implications Of Dinosaur Captivity; The Water Buffalo Song; Rennaissance Paintings And Milton; The Theatre, The Theatre; Audience Participation And Angelic Cue Cards; Lives, Fortunes, Sacred Honour; and Why People Hate Brussels Sprouts.

Transcript: Coming soon

Links:

Genesis 6: https://www.esv.org/Genesis+6/

"The Water Buffalo Song" - Veggie Tales: https://youtu.be/ltG37Bbx1qk

"Song of the Cebu" - Veggie Tales: https://youtu.be/_uv8Ej4CEoQ

1 Peter 1: https://www.esv.org/1+Peter+1/

Ephesians 3: https://www.esv.org/Ephesians+3/

The Sound of Music (Theatre) on tvtropes: https://bit.ly/32JmJan

The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3aCmTVs

Daniel 8: https://www.esv.org/Daniel+8/

Daniel 12: https://www.esv.org/Daniel+12/

Genesis 22: https://www.esv.org/Genesis+22/

The U.S. Constitution: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

The Declaration of Independence: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3dMV9zr

The Gulag Archipelago - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: https://amzn.to/32MddmN

The Westminster Standards: https://amzn.to/3aEgOYG

The Time Machine (1960): https://amzn.to/2S31EWn

Perelandra - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3xo6Kgb

Institutes of the Christian Religion - John Calvin: https://amzn.to/2PjBxJH

Foundations of Social Order - Rousas John Rushdoony: https://amzn.to/3vmPqGB

Star Trek S02E17 - "A Piece of the Action": https://amzn.to/3tN94uM

Star Trek S02E23 - "Omega Glory": https://amzn.to/3tN94uM

Recos:

Brussels Sprouts

Donating Plasma

Foundations of Social Order - Rousas John Rushdoony: https://amzn.to/3vmPqGB

"The Theology of the Ancient Creeds" - Greg Uttinger: https://bit.ly/32LPuDw

Complete Poems of Banjo Paterson - Banjo Paterson: https://amzn.to/3sPl91p

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. This is the truth that sets the endeavor of Christian education apart from all other philosophies and disciplines: as Cornelius Van Til famously put it, "Two plus two is four and Jesus Christ is Lord." Through the preceding episodes of Halting Toward Zion, we've talked about the implications of God's character on sociology, politics, criminal justice, and many other topics--and today as we close out Book One of our podcast, we're applying all of those discussions, as well as the instructions God gave to His people in Deuteronomy 6, to education.

This Episode Features: Star Wars (The Real One); Weird Christian Schools And Weird Homeschool Co-ops; Esteemed Historian Spider-Man; Mini-Me; The Seven Parts Of Speech;

Transcript: Coming soon

Links:

Star Wars (1977): https://amzn.to/3dabnSR

Dominion - Tom Holland: https://amzn.to/2OJyBWC

Book of Eli (2010): https://amzn.to/3d96OZ5

The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3uE423V

God in the Dock - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3hCQ50O

Deuteronomy 6: https://www.esv.org/Deuteronomy+6/

The Little Prince - Antoine de St. Exupery: https://amzn.to/2PYe3dk

12 Rules for Life - Jordan B. Peterson: https://amzn.to/3uHBJBv

Clean Up Your Room ft. Jordan Peterson - Akira the Don: https://youtu.be/Zrsypgnpwl8

Jordan Peterson: More Important Than You Think - Akira the Don: https://youtu.be/p0mig8IeV-s

Recos:

Send us an email! We're going on a little bit of a summer break--still releasing episodes, but biweekly instead of weekly. We'll be back to our usual schedule in July, but before then, we'll release some special episodes including responses to listener emails. Reach out to [email protected]!