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The study of common literature is often about selling literature, putting its author on a pedestal at the expense of serious critical thinking. Good critical thinking about literature is neither idola... more
FAQs about Truth or Literature:How many episodes does Truth or Literature have?The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.
October 01, 2025Henry David Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience": Caesar and GodThis is a Christian literary analysis of Thoreau's classic essay. The transcript and sources are available at truthorliteratre.blogspot.com ...more18minPlay
March 04, 2025Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance: Independence or Strong Delusion Defiance...more18minPlay
August 17, 2024Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: No Jesus, No PeaceThis is a Christian perspective of the famous classic. How much does it agree with or contradict Scripture?...more19minPlay
December 31, 2023F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Social Prejudice and the Eyes of God...more24minPlay
February 14, 2023Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": Boundaries and Loving Our NeighborsWhat does neighborly love look like? Does Robert Frost represent that love in his poem "Mending Wall"?...more18minPlay
November 26, 2022"The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Growing With God Without GuiltWhat does Oliver Wendell Holmes see, and what should we see, in God's creation of the chambered nautilus?...more16minPlay
June 08, 2022From The Raven's 'Nevermore' to Forevermore: Is Edgar Allan Poe in Heaven?What did Edgar Allan Poe think about God and Christianity? His poem The Raven suggests a turning point in his life. References and transcript at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com...more20minPlay
February 22, 2022William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis": Death and Nature Without ResurrectionWhat can Nature alone really teach us about Death? Find the transcript and references for this podcast at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com...more16minPlay
December 01, 2021Freedom and God in Mark Twain's Huckleberry FinnA Christian perspective on freedom and Christianity as satirized in Huckleberry Finn, with connections to the personal beliefs that Mark Twain concealed for years. Transcript and references can be found at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com...more21minPlay
October 26, 2021John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: The Best Laid Plans Need God's GraceHow much was George's fault? This is a Christian perspective, especially for Christian students in public schools. It includes comments about handling the profanity. The transcript and references can be found at: TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com...more21minPlay
FAQs about Truth or Literature:How many episodes does Truth or Literature have?The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.