Halting Toward Zion

After discussing Muppet adaptations of classic literature and film, we dig into history--why it's important, how to teach it, and who we are because of it.

This Episode Features: Proposing Historical Hermeneutics; Muppet Adaptations; Paging God; This Story Is Our Story; Tom Bombadil; Pencils Down, Please; and Beer.

Transcript: Coming soon

Links:

Citizen Kane (1941): https://amzn.to/3dCMzSl

Princess Bride (1987): https://amzn.to/3cSzvte

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/31Ky0XA

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

"Seven Stanzas at Easter" - John Updike: https://bit.ly/39KuyjW

"His Heart Beats" - Andrew Peterson: https://youtu.be/PaU3C5a2VUY

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

Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001): https://amzn.to/3dAtEb5

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (2001): https://amzn.to/39MJNJn

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002): https://amzn.to/31OPVfS

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

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/39MlLht

Hamlet - William Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3fPJS2R

"When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" - James M. Black: https://bit.ly/3dR1NUf

Babylon 5 (1993-1998): https://amzn.to/3uzn8J8

Recos:

Psychological Seduction - William Kilpatrick: https://amzn.to/3fGZ2qP

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl: https://amzn.to/2R5a8f3

Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee: https://bit.ly/3rSDjyD

Acts of Service for a Loved One

In this second installment of our Cultural Transmission series, we take a look at "Social Studies": what is that section on standardized tests? Why does nobody know what it is? Well, partially because the people who came up with it weren't interested in telling us precisely what it meant. Today we'll dig a little bit into the history of social studies, and why its origins are a bit insidious as well as ambiguous.

This Episode Features: Social Studies; The Rat Dies; Isaac Asimov; Oculus Reparo; Cata-What-Now; McGuffey's Readers; Storytelling And Mysticism; and Bryan Is A History Teacher He Just Doesn't Get Paid For It.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3tZP3kg-htz-65

Links:

The Social Studies Curriculum - E. Wayne Ross: https://amzn.to/3wcNJMO

Montana Standards for Social Studies: https://bit.ly/39rKbwB

"Patterns" - Simon and Garfunkel: https://youtu.be/ynOiwRy8YQc

Foundation - Isaac Asimov: https://amzn.to/3dgd8wL

"The Year 2000 and All That" - Robert A. Nesbit, Commentary Magazine: https://bit.ly/3u5QCNE

Person of Interest (2011-2016): https://amzn.to/39oZKVT

The Principia - Sir Isaac Newton: https://amzn.to/3wa7epv

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling: https://amzn.to/2P9cKIr

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

Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery: https://amzn.to/3foHNKR

McGuffey's Eclectic Readers - William Holmes McGuffey: https://amzn.to/3fm4oI0

" 'Old Gruff' and His Readers" - Kate Uttinger, Leben Magazine: https://leben.us/old-gruff-readers/

"The Social Studies in Secondary Education" - Bureau of Education: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED542444

"Social Studies in the Hampton Curriculum" - Thomas Jesse Jones, The Southern Workman: https://bit.ly/3rCTvE6

"Origins of the Modern Social Studies, 1900-1916" - Michael Lybarger, History of Education Quarterly: https://www.jstor.org/stable/368079?seq=1

On the Origin of Species - Charles Darwin: https://amzn.to/3sM10d6

The Descent of Man - Charles Darwin: https://amzn.to/3sD5Kli

Rubicon - Tom Holland: https://amzn.to/3cD14ql

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

"An Unusual Prince/Once Upon a Dream" - Sleeping Beauty (1959): https://youtu.be/TXbHShUnwxY

Recos:

Cheese Curds

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo - Tr. J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/31yCGzq

Foundation - Isaac Asimov: https://amzn.to/3dgd8wL

Today we're kicking off a series on Deuteronomy, the last book in the Torah, and talking about cultural transmission: what do Christians pass on to their children?

This Episode Features: Deuteronomy and Cultural Transmission; Star Trek And Muppet Babies; The Gospel; Keep It Simple; Punk Kids With Character Arcs; Insufficiently Bombastic Victorian Rebukes;

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3waCJQg-htz-64

Links:

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994): https://amzn.to/3lFDfRq

Muppet Babies (1984-2020) - IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086764/

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling: https://amzn.to/3ueCkeC

Elements of Style - William Strunk and E.B. White: https://amzn.to/3c9oi6U

Animal Farm - George Orwell: https://amzn.to/3vPQkw2

Recos:

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

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

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

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

Freddy Goes to Florida - Walter R. Brooks: https://amzn.to/394gQbe

Like us, the Israelites were prone to grumble, rather than being thankful to God in the midst of trials. Saying "thank you" might seem like a little thing, but Romans 1 shows us what's really at stake. Not only is thanklessness a sin for which we need Christ's forgiveness, thanklessness begets all sorts of other sins and confusions. After all, to be thankful is at root simply to acknowledge that God is God and He is good to us.

This Episode Features: Thankfulness; Emily Issues A Retraction; Shutting Up; All The Things; and Duct Tape Vs. Gaff Tape.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3m0KL9N-htz-63

Links:

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

'What Has God Ever Done For Me?' Asks Man Breathing Air - The Babylon Bee: http://bit.ly/38BBjE2

The City of God - St. Augustine: https://amzn.to/3bHcbxG

American Gospel: Christ Crucified (2020): https://amzn.to/3pOoahr

Isaiah 44: https://www.esv.org/Isaiah+44/

A Bug's Life (1998): https://amzn.to/3leB07h

Numbers 16: https://www.esv.org/Numbers+16/

Recos:

The Everlasting Man - G.K. Chesterton: https://amzn.to/3crY2nt

MacGyver (1985-1992): https://amzn.to/2Q3du1J

The Wilderness was a punishment for the Israelites, but that's not all it was. God had good purposes for His people even there--purposes that are fulfilled in Christ for us as well as for the Israelites.

This Episode Features: A 40-Year Boot Camp; Homeless Former Celebrities; Scrub Brush And Cacti; TikTok To The Glory Of God; The Greater Good; Going To The Moon; and Calvin Was Not A Stoic.

Transcript: http://bit.ly/3cwYkJK-htz-62

Links:

1984 - George Orwell: https://amzn.to/301dOj7

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

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

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

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

Revelation 20: https://www.esv.org/Revelation+20/

Heidelberg Catechism Q1: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html

Desiring God - John Piper: https://amzn.to/3tf2WuH

Recos:

The City of God - St. Augustine: https://amzn.to/3bHcbxG

Prayer

Getting Rid of Books You Don't Like

The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/389mRDM

The God of the Bible is who He chooses to be--He has absolute and absolutely perfect freedom, and so is the source of all the derivative and analogical freedoms that we as creatures experience. So what does it mean for us to experience freedom?

Correction: Emily mistakenly calls the actor Robert Hardy (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small) by the name of a different actor, Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises). As far as we know, Tom Hardy is not an expert in medieval weaponry.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3fozrms-htz-61

Links:

1984 - George Orwell: https://amzn.to/301dOj7

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut: https://amzn.to/3b2apqH

Babylon 5 (1993-1998): https://amzn.to/3uzn8J8

Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3kx6rJH

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte: https://amzn.to/3uEyBXW

The Consitution of the United States of America: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

Longbow - Robert Hardy: https://amzn.to/3b3TjZw

Recos:

Who Murdered Chaucer? - Terry Jones: https://amzn.to/3dWlZWm

"Rope and Hollywood" - Lindy Beige: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfpQzV2GnM

Lilo & Stitch (2002): https://amzn.to/2NMCgCs

God didn't actually expect the people of Israel to fight giants and win, did He? Well, He wasn't surprised by their faithlessness when they were too afraid to enter the Promised Land. Nor is He surprised by our faithlessness when we let our fears stop us from sharing the Gospel. And yet, He still intends for His gospel to go out and convert the nations, and His people are His chosen messengers.

This Episode Features: Giants And Grasshoppers; Once Upon A Time There Was A Calvinist Evangelist; Eschatology; Self-Conscious Wheat; and The Lays of Ancient Rome

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2Zzt9Hz-htz-60

Links:

The Princess Bride (1987): https://amzn.to/2NJJPtc

The Late Great Planet Earth - Hal Lindsey: https://amzn.to/3aI2izD

That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/2Ms2FVb

Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension: https://youtu.be/VlrQ-bOzpkQ

Gilligan's Island Theme Song: https://youtu.be/-fqXcKFg08w

Lays of Ancient Rome - Thomas Macaulay: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/847/847-h/847-h.htm

Recos:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling: https://amzn.to/3ueCkeC

The Minimal Mom on Youtube: http://bit.ly/3qFyr0a

Ballad Stanzas

Last week we talked about the Hebrew liturgical calendar, and how the New Year celebration of Rosh Hashana came to be celebrated in the seventh month rather than, as one might have thought, at the beginning of the first month. Today we're talking some more about the message of Rosh Hashana--why celebrate a New Year's Day at all?

This Episode Features: Rosh Hashana And The Liturgical Year; The New Moon; Where Did That Sun Come From?; The Hallelujah Chorus; The World Has Already Ended Once; Faeries And Photons; Sir Patrick Stewart; Resolutions And Intentions, Or Rather, A Schedule; To Drink More Wine; and Oedipus Rex.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2ZgD6JW-htz-59

Links:

"Lighting of the Beacons" - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: https://youtu.be/QhRFaY8A9cA

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

2 Peter 3:4: https://www.esv.org/2+Peter+3/

Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton: https://amzn.to/3pgn9O8

Tiamat and Marduk Myth Summary - Cliff's Notes: http://bit.ly/3qi6afJ

Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E02 - "Darmok" : https://amzn.to/3s0KJ3B

The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #369 - "When - The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing": http://bit.ly/3aWPVP2

Dave Ramsey's Debt Snowball: http://bit.ly/3d45p6p

The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwards

Recos:

Wine Pairings and Meal Planning

You Don't Know Jack Classic Pack Bundle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/33692/

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque: https://amzn.to/3abmRE5

The Hebrew calendar was full of holidays--holy rituals, assemblies, celebrations--events that involved all the families of Israel in the worship and fellowship of God. Today we'll investigate how those rituals speak to us, especially in our celebration of the Lord's Day.

This Episode Features: Calendars And Holy Days; If Your Life Was A Movie...; Why Does Everyone Try To Kill Princesses?; Ritual Treasure Hunts; Really Harvesting Barley; Going Up And Down Mountains; Lots Of Trumpets; All I Know I Learned In Kindergarten; and The Benefits Of Journaling.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3aMnjaO-htz-58

Links:

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Equilibrium (2002): https://amzn.to/3anlrFw

"The Andy Griffith Show" - Earle Hagen: https://youtu.be/AMZ6osLqEZQ

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

The Sound of Music (1965): https://amzn.to/36wBH66

"O Valencia!" - The Decemberists: https://youtu.be/E4QBeH2GopY

"Our House" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: https://youtu.be/tKYjUn-SBcg

Hildegard von Blingin on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/9freakydarling9

Recos:

All of a Kind Family - Sydney Taylor: https://amzn.to/3j9q6yA

A Medieval Feast - Aliki: https://amzn.to/2YzrgKp

Some Lines A Day Leuchtturm Journal: https://amzn.to/3j5THsM

How much does it cost to worship God? How much did it cost in the Old Testament? The answer seems to be something rather than nothing--it's not free--yet the precise cost might depend on various vagaries of weather and international trade. In short, the market solves, and God expected Israel to participate in it.

This Episode Features: Sacrifice Means Killing Something; How Much For The Bull (China Shop Not Included)?; Lent And Fasting; Chocolate For Brownie Points; Greg The Potential Cattle Rustler; Cruel Tricks To Play On Your Children; Frankincense; Naturalism And Dominion; I, Pencil; and God Nowhere Demands Wildflowers.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3t8UDkN-htz-57

Links:

Isaiah 58: https://www.esv.org/Isaiah+58

"I, Pencil" - Leonard E. Read: https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil/

Recos:

Getting Married and Having Children

The Heliand - tr. G. Ronald Murphy: https://amzn.to/3raibDZ