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Welcome to The Brothers Zahl podcast, a collaboration between John, David and Simeon Zahl, three siblings engaged in "the God business"--one as a writer, one as a professor, one as a priest.
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Episode 23: Culture (opens the original)
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In the finale of season four, the brothers talk about that "complex whole" known as culture--high, low and in between. You can respond to the opening appeal by clicking here . Recommended and referenced resources include: Books: A Mess of Help by David Zahl, The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman, The Dyer's Hand by WH Auden, Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton, Feel Free _by Zadie Smith, _The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, Mockingbird at the Movies , Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, The Gospel
Episode 22: The Bible (opens the original)
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John, David, and Simeon take a wide-ranging and highly entertaining tour of the Good Book. Recommended and referenced resources include: Albums: Jesus by Jon Guerra, Pslams by Sandra McCracken Books: The Book of Homilies by Thomas Cranmer, Confessions by Augustine, Kingdom Grace and Judgment _by Robert Farrar Capon, _The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones, The Manga Bible, The Mockingbird Devotional Vols 1 & 2, The Almost Daily Devotional by Paul Walker, An Easy Stroll Through a Short Go
Episode 21: The Theology of the Cross (opens the original)
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The brothers deliver their most counterintuitive episode yet with a conversation about divine foolishness and the crucified God. Recommended and referenced resources include: Books: On Being a Theologian of the Cross by Gerhard Forde, Kingdom Grace and Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon, The Crucified God by Juergen Moltmann, Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall by Christophe Lebold, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Movies: Green Light, The Darjeeling Limited, Red Beard, Rome Open Cit
Episode 20: The Law (opens the original)
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The wait is over! After a two year layoff, John, David, and Simeon open season four with a jumbo-sized episode on The Law. Thou shalt listen (or else). Recommended and referenced resources include: Books: Law & Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints) 10th Anniversary Edition by William McDavid, Ethan Richardson and David Zahl; Les Miserables by Victor Hugo; Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan; Grace in Practice by Paul Zahl, Augustine's "On the Spirit and the Letter"; The Antinomian Disputatio
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