Podcasts about forgotten books

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Korea's brief but significant period as an empire as it moved from the 500-year-old dynastic Joseon monarchy towards modernity. It was in October 1897 that King Gojong declared himself Emperor, seizing his chance when the once-dominant China lost to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The king wanted to have the same status as the neighbouring Russian, Chinese and Japanese Emperors, to shore up a bid for Korean independence and sovereignty when the world's major powers either wanted to open Korea up to trade or to colonise it. The Korean Empire lasted only thirteen years, yet it was a time of great transformation for this state and the whole region with lasting consequences in the next century…With Nuri Kim Associate Professor in Korean Studies at the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson CollegeHolly Stephens Lecturer in Japanese and Korean Studies at the University of EdinburghAnd Derek Kramer Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of SheffieldProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Isabella Bird Bishop, Korea and her Neighbors: A Narrative of Travel, With an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of the Country (first published 1898; Forgotten Books, 2019)Vipan Chandra, Imperialism, Resistance and Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Korea: Enlightenment and the Independence Club (University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies, 1988)Peter Duus, The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1859-1910 (University of California Press, 1995)Carter J. Eckert, Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876–1910 (University of Washington Press, 1991)George L. Kallander, Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2013)Kim Dong-no, John B. Duncan and Kim Do-hyung (eds.), Reform and Modernity in the Taehan Empire (Jimoondang, 2006)Kirk W. Larsen, Tradition, Treaties, and Trade: Qing Imperialism and Chosŏn Korea, 1850-1910 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2008)Yumi Moon, Populist Collaborators: The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896-1910 (Cornell University Press, 2013)Sung-Deuk Oak, The Making of Korean Christianity: Protestant Encounters with Korean Religions, 1876-1915 (Baylor University Press, 2013)Eugene T. Park, A Family of No Prominence: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea (Stanford University Press, 2020)Michael E. Robinson, Korea's Twentieth-Century Odyssey: A Short History (University of Hawaii Press, 2007)Andre Schmid, Korea Between Empires, 1895-1919 (Columbia University Press, 2002)Vladimir Tikhonov, Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Korea: The Beginnings, 1880s-1910s (Brill, 2010)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Korea's brief but significant period as an empire as it moved from the 500-year-old dynastic Joseon monarchy towards modernity. It was in October 1897 that King Gojong declared himself Emperor, seizing his chance when the once-dominant China lost to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The king wanted to have the same status as the neighbouring Russian, Chinese and Japanese Emperors, to shore up a bid for Korean independence and sovereignty when the world's major powers either wanted to open Korea up to trade or to colonise it. The Korean Empire lasted only thirteen years, yet it was a time of great transformation for this state and the whole region with lasting consequences in the next century…With Nuri Kim Associate Professor in Korean Studies at the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson CollegeHolly Stephens Lecturer in Japanese and Korean Studies at the University of EdinburghAnd Derek Kramer Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of SheffieldProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Isabella Bird Bishop, Korea and her Neighbors: A Narrative of Travel, With an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of the Country (first published 1898; Forgotten Books, 2019)Vipan Chandra, Imperialism, Resistance and Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Korea: Enlightenment and the Independence Club (University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies, 1988)Peter Duus, The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1859-1910 (University of California Press, 1995)Carter J. Eckert, Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876–1910 (University of Washington Press, 1991)George L. Kallander, Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2013)Kim Dong-no, John B. Duncan and Kim Do-hyung (eds.), Reform and Modernity in the Taehan Empire (Jimoondang, 2006)Kirk W. Larsen, Tradition, Treaties, and Trade: Qing Imperialism and Chosŏn Korea, 1850-1910 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2008)Yumi Moon, Populist Collaborators: The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896-1910 (Cornell University Press, 2013)Sung-Deuk Oak, The Making of Korean Christianity: Protestant Encounters with Korean Religions, 1876-1915 (Baylor University Press, 2013)Eugene T. Park, A Family of No Prominence: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea (Stanford University Press, 2020)Michael E. Robinson, Korea's Twentieth-Century Odyssey: A Short History (University of Hawaii Press, 2007)Andre Schmid, Korea Between Empires, 1895-1919 (Columbia University Press, 2002)Vladimir Tikhonov, Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Korea: The Beginnings, 1880s-1910s (Brill, 2010)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

Need a break from typhoons (Taiwan)? Need to escape the non-stop political election-related noise (USA)? Or maybe you simply would like to hear John and Eryk babble about a couple of strange out-of-print books with a Taiwan connection (everyone)?     This week we meander, go off on tangents, tell virtually unknown stories (including mysterious deaths), and discuss two books we bet you've never heard of, let alone read.    Also: Happy Halloween (and of course, it's Chiang Kai-shek's birthday).   More info and links at FORMOSA FILES DOT COM

This week BibleWorm meets Queen Esther, winner of some biblical version of The Bachelor. We learn about the blood feud between the people of Haman and the people of Mordecai, and see the all too familiar trope that Jews - or anyone deemed an “outsider,” really - is a danger to the kingdom. We see loyalty without uniformity in action. And we see all kinds of different models for standing up to the artificial and dangerous power structures in the world.

This week BibleWorm continues our summer series on the Forgotten Books of the Bible with a look at Esther 1:1-22, the story of the Persian Queen Vashti and her refusal to appear before the king. We discuss the fragile egos of the king and his courtiers who fear the capacity of women to say no. We talk about the power of the patriarchy and the lengths it will go to to suppress voices of dissent. We admire Vashti's courage to protect her own sense of dignity and the dignity of all women even though it costs her the crown. And we wonder about the ripple effects of such acts of courage, which make ruling ideologies tremble, if only for a moment.

This week BibleWorm explores Ruth chapters 1 and 3, trying to imagine Ruth's own perspective and calling out some of the ways that the book portrays painful parts of the immigrant experience. We see how the scene at the threshing floor plays on the worst stereotypes of Moabite women, and how Ruth's beautiful statement of loyalty to Naomi also carries with it an erasure of her own heritage. We try to recognize our own blind spots, and lean into the scholarship of others who can help shed new light.

This week BibleWorm continues our summer series on the Forgotten Books of the Bible, with a look at the book of Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17. We look at the way the book of Ruth challenges anti-immigrant sentiment in the time of Ezra-Nehemiah and in our own day. We discuss how the book lifts up the foundational contributions of Ruth the Moabite, whose persistence saves the family line of King David, without whom ancient Israel would never have been great in the first place. We think about how the book tries to counter anti-immigrant sentiment by depicting Ruth as hardworking, culturally astute, and dedicated to her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi. We also wonder what damage such rhetoric might do to Ruth—but that's a conversation for next week.

(ATTENZIONE! CHIEDO SCUSA PER ALCUNI PROBLEMI AUDIO CHE SENTIRETE!)Dopo il processo di unificazione, la Germania divenne rapidamente la maggiore potenza economica e militare europea. In questo episodio capiremo come funzionava dall'interno il Reich, conosceremo il suo impero coloniale, l'esercito e la marina.Seguimi su Instagram: @laguerragrande_podcastSe vuoi contribuire con una donazione sul conto PayPal: podcastlaguerragrande@gmail.comScritto e condotto da Andrea BassoMontaggio e audio: Andrea BassoFonti dell'episodio:D. Amenumey, German Administration in Southern Togo, The Journal of African History 10, No. 4, 1969 Stephen Bradberry, Kevin O'Rourke, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe II: 1870 to the present, 2010 H. Brode, British and german East Africa: their economic commercial relations, Forgotten Books, 2016 J. W. Davidson, Samoa mo Samoa, The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa, Oxford University Press, 1967 Deutscher Kolonial Atlas, Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, 1905 Susan Diduk, European Alcohol, History, and the State in Cameroon, African Studies Review 36, 1993 Casper Erichsen, “The angel of death has descended violently among them": Concentration camps and prisoners-of-war in Namibia, 1904–1908, African Studies Centre, University of Leiden, 2005 Gerald Feldman, Ulrich Nocken, Trade Associations and Economic Power: Interest Group Development in the German Iron and Steel and Machine Building Industries, 1900-1933, Business History Review, 1975 E.J. Feuchtwanger, Bismarck, Routledge 2002 N. Franks, F. Bailey, R. Guest, Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914–1918, Grub Street, 1993 Fremdsprachige Minderheiten im Deutschen Reich, 2010 Imannuel Geiss, Der polnische Grenzstreifen 1914-1918. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Kriegszielpolitik im Ersten Weltkrieg, 1960 Andreas Greiner, Colonial Schemes and African Realities: Vernacular Infrastructure and the Limits of Road Building in German East Africa, Journal of African History 63 (3), 2022 W. L. Guttsman, The German Social Democratic Party, 1875–1933, 1981 Joshua Hammer, Retracing the steps of German colonizers in Namibia, The New York Times, 2008 Notker Hammerstein, Epilogue: Universities and War in the Twentieth Century, A History of the University in Europe III, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945), Cambridge University Press, 2005 Jürgen Harbich, Der Bundesstaat und seine Unantastbarkeit, Duncker & Humblot, 1965 John Iliffe, The Organization of the Maji Maji Rebellion, The Journal of African History VIII, No. 3, 1967 Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Fontana, 1989 Dennis Laumann, A Historiography of German Togoland, or the Rise and Fall of a "Model Colony”, History in Africa 30, 2003 Qi Lu, The Hai River waterfront: a framework for revitalizing the foreign concession landscape in Tianjin, Ball State University Journal of Landscape Architecture 35, 2015 Timothy T. Lupfer, The Dynamics of Doctrine: The Changes in German Tactical Doctrine During the First World War, Combat Studies Institute, 1981 Cyril McKay, Samoana, A Personal Story of the Samoan Islands, A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1968 Michelle Moyd, Askari and Askari Myth, Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Colonies, Edinburgh University Press, 2008 Anthony Ndi, Southern West Cameroon Revisited II: North-South West Nexus 1858–1972, RPCIG, 2014 Dieter Nohlen, Philip Stöver, Elections in Europe: A data handbook, 2010 Markus Pöhlmann, Warfare 1914-1918 (Germany), 1914-1918 Online, 2014 Political Parties in the Empire: 1871-1918, Deutscher Bundestag, 2006 Alison Redmayne, Mkwawa and the Hehe Wars, The Journal of African History 9 (3), 1968 Hans Schultz Hansen, Minorities in Germany (Denmark), 1914-1918 Online, 2017 Joachim Schultz-Naumann, Unter Kaisers Flagge: Deutschlands Schutzgebiete im Pazifik und in China einst und heute, Universitas, 1985 Herbert Arthur Strauss, Hostages of Modernization: Studies on Modern Antisemitism 1870-1933-39 Germany - Great Britain-France, de Gruyter, 1993 Thaddeus Sunseri, Vilimani, Labor Migration and Rural Change in Early Colonial Tanzania, Heinemann, 2002 Meredith Terretta, Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon. Ohio University Press, 2013 Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs, 1871 Alexander Watson, Ring of Steel, Penguin, 2014 Benjamin Ziemann, Das Deutsche Kaiserreich 1871–1918, Informationen zur politischen Bildung / izpb, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2016In copertina: La bandiera ufficiale dell'Impero Tedesco, che univa i colori prussiani a quelli del Brandeburgo e dell'antica lega anseatica (associazione commerciale medievale molto importante nella storia della Germania settentrionale).

This week BibleWorm continues our study of the Song of Songs, learning more about the awesome and fearsome passion of our young lovers, and seeing the jarring ways in which the world around them - well, to be more specific, the men around them - seeks to control that passion. And in case you weren't sufficiently challenged to read this as both erotic poetry and an allegory about our relationship with God, how bout we flip the roles in that allegory and see what happens then? You know you want to try.

This week BibleWorm continues our summer series on the Forgotten Books of the Bible, turning our attention to Song of Songs 1:12-2:6 and 7:1-13. We wonder at the presence of erotic love poetry in the biblical canon and wrestle what it means for our understanding of bodies, sexuality, and God. We explore themes of sexual empowerment, invitation and consent, and the joy of sex. We think about how the Song invites us to admire and respect human bodies, challenging a culture that alternately shames and sexualizes bodies for profit. Mostly, we consider how this ancient text, set free in our churches and synagogues, might empower us to speak more authentically about human sexuality.

This week BibleWorm continues our study of Lamentations, meeting an individual survivor in chapter 3 and hearing the voice of the community in chapter 5. We raise up the differences between this individual man's relationship to his suffering compared to what we heard from Daughter Zion last episode, and look expectantly to the communal voice to tell us which perspective is the better on to adopt. Spoiler Alert: It doesn't. Instead, in magnificent and strikingly ambiguous poetic language, it creates space in scripture to hold multiple perspectives on suffering.

This week BibleWorm continues our summer series on the Forgotten Books of the Bible with Lamentations 1:8-22 and 2:10-22. Written in the wake of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE, Lamentations presents the community's response to trauma given in multiple voices. This week we look at the voice of the funeral singer, a bystander who has witnessed the trauma but not experienced it, and Daughter Zion, the personified city of Jerusalem, who has experienced trauma and humiliation in her body. We talk about the role of protest in faith, the urgency of speaking truth before power, and the theological imperative to challenge God. We also think about the role of allies, who can recognize the pain of the traumatized, share in their sorrow, and encourage them to use their voices. This, friends, is a text for our time.

This week, BibleWorm continues our look at Ecclesiastes, aka Qohelet, focusing on 1:4-11 and 3:1-11. We ask ourselves—is it really true there is nothing new under the sun. We look at that most famous poem “To everything there is a season,” and see exactly why you'd best not look at only the net total of life's experiences. And we wonder what Qohelet might say about issues of justice in our time.

This week, BibleWorm begins our summer series on the Hebrew Festival scrolls with a look at Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10. We discuss Qohelet's idea that everything is mere breath and ask what it means to live in a world where nothing adds up to much of anything. We talk about the inscrutability of God and why good people often suffer while the wicked get all the rewards. We ask whether it is possible to accomplish anything meaningful in life and, if not, how we might be better off to reorient our goals to enjoy the moments of each day, whether playing with a toddler or listening to the birds sing. Also, Amy asks what kind of person would use Ecclesiastes as a wedding text. Hint: It was not Amy.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure in the Chinese court. Cixi (1835-1908) started out at court as one of the Emperor's many concubines, yet was the only one who gave him a son to succeed him and who also possessed great political skill and ambition. When their son became emperor he was still a young child and Cixi ruled first through him and then, following his death, through another child emperor. This was a time of rapid change in China, when western powers and Japan humiliated the forces of the Qing empire time after time, and Cixi had the chance to push forward the modernising reforms the country needed to thrive. However, when she found those reforms conflicted with her own interests or those of the Qing dynasty, she was arguably obstructive or too slow to act and she has been personally blamed for some of those many humiliations even when the fault lay elsewhere. With Yangwen Zheng Professor of Chinese History at the University of ManchesterRana Mitter The S.T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolAndRonald Po Associate Professor in the Department of International History at London School of Economics and Visiting Professor at Leiden UniversityProducer: Simon Tillotson In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionReading list: Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (first published 1956; Open Road Media, 2013) Katharine A. Carl, With the Empress Dowager (first published 1906; General Books LLC, 2009)Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (Jonathan Cape, 2013)Princess Der Ling, Old Buddha (first published 1929; Kessinger Publishing, 2007) Joseph W. Esherick, The Origins of the Boxer Uprising (University of California Press, 1987)John K. Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History (Harvard University Press, 2006)Peter Gue Zarrow and Rebecca Karl (eds.), Rethinking the 1898 Reform Period: Political and Cultural Change in Late Qing China (Harvard University Press, 2002)Grant Hayter-Menzies, Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling (Hong Kong University Press, 2008)Keith Laidler, The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China (Wiley, 2003)Keith McMahon, Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)Anchee Min, The Last Empress (Bloomsbury, 2011)Ying-Chen Peng, Artful Subversion: Empress Dowager Cixi's Image Making (Yale University Press, 2023).Sarah Pike Conger, Letters from China: with Particular Reference to the Empress Dowager and the Women of China (first published 1910; Forgotten Books, 2024)Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age (Atlantic Books, 2019)Liang Qichao (trans. Peter Zarrow), Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World (Penguin Classics, 2023)Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China (Vintage, 1993)Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China (first published 1991; W. W. Norton & Company, 2001)X. L. Woo, Empress Dowager Cixi: China's Last Dynasty and the Long Reign of a Formidable Concubine (Algora Publishing, 2003)Zheng Yangwen, Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History (Manchester University Press, 2018)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure in the Chinese court. Cixi (1835-1908) started out at court as one of the Emperor's many concubines, yet was the only one who gave him a son to succeed him and who also possessed great political skill and ambition. When their son became emperor he was still a young child and Cixi ruled first through him and then, following his death, through another child emperor. This was a time of rapid change in China, when western powers and Japan humiliated the forces of the Qing empire time after time, and Cixi had the chance to push forward the modernising reforms the country needed to thrive. However, when she found those reforms conflicted with her own interests or those of the Qing dynasty, she was arguably obstructive or too slow to act and she has been personally blamed for some of those many humiliations even when the fault lay elsewhere. With Yangwen Zheng Professor of Chinese History at the University of ManchesterRana Mitter The S.T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolAndRonald Po Associate Professor in the Department of International History at London School of Economics and Visiting Professor at Leiden UniversityProducer: Simon Tillotson In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionReading list: Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (first published 1956; Open Road Media, 2013) Katharine A. Carl, With the Empress Dowager (first published 1906; General Books LLC, 2009)Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (Jonathan Cape, 2013)Princess Der Ling, Old Buddha (first published 1929; Kessinger Publishing, 2007) Joseph W. Esherick, The Origins of the Boxer Uprising (University of California Press, 1987)John K. Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History (Harvard University Press, 2006)Peter Gue Zarrow and Rebecca Karl (eds.), Rethinking the 1898 Reform Period: Political and Cultural Change in Late Qing China (Harvard University Press, 2002)Grant Hayter-Menzies, Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling (Hong Kong University Press, 2008)Keith Laidler, The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China (Wiley, 2003)Keith McMahon, Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)Anchee Min, The Last Empress (Bloomsbury, 2011)Ying-Chen Peng, Artful Subversion: Empress Dowager Cixi's Image Making (Yale University Press, 2023).Sarah Pike Conger, Letters from China: with Particular Reference to the Empress Dowager and the Women of China (first published 1910; Forgotten Books, 2024)Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age (Atlantic Books, 2019)Liang Qichao (trans. Peter Zarrow), Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World (Penguin Classics, 2023)Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China (Vintage, 1993)Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China (first published 1991; W. W. Norton & Company, 2001)X. L. Woo, Empress Dowager Cixi: China's Last Dynasty and the Long Reign of a Formidable Concubine (Algora Publishing, 2003)Zheng Yangwen, Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History (Manchester University Press, 2018)

In today's episode we will be covering a brief History of the Northern Kingdom of Israel & The Diaspora and how many of those that identify as Native American, Latino, or Indigenous Americans are in fact descendants of the people known as the Israelites. Find out this and more in today's episode. Stay tuned.  Sources: Clarke, John Henrik. Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism. Lushena Books, 2014.  Glaser, Lynn, and Manasseh Ben Israel. Indians or Jews? An Introduction to a Reprint of Manasseh Ben Israel's the Hope of Israel. R.V. Boswell, 1973.  The Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1964.  KAYSERLING, MEYER. Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries .. FORGOTTEN BOOKS, 2018.  Sanders, Ronald. Lost Tribes and Promised Lands: The Origins of American Racism. Echo Point Books and Media, LLC, 2015.  Wright, Paul H. Rose Then and Now Bible Atlas. Rose Publishing, 2013. 

In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experience with total immersion Italian language learning -- that begins with Busuu, gets thwarted by Babbel, becomes enhanced with Forgotten Books, and is finally celebrated with Cibor TV! 

Today, we're stepping into a unique school - Outer Range.Support the show: https://www.montrosepress.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's summer as I write this and, for many of us, it's high season for leisure reading.It causes me to think of my all-time favorite novel… the one I couldn't put down and the one I keep re-reading over the years. That book is none other than Carlos Ruiz Zafon's brilliant first of the brilliant Cemetery of Forgotten Books series and its alluring title is The Shadow of the Wind. In addition to it being my favorite book, there's a story—personal in nature—that I've decided to share. It's one that I still can't fully believe and I share it in this short SuperPsyched solo episode. If my story resonates with you in any way, I'd love to hear! Book link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143034901/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_S42JHGGZ5PHBZC2N9PWT?linkCode=ml2&tag=superpsyche0b-20 This is an affiliate link. It will provide me with a small commission on purchases made through it and help the podcast (but it won't affect the price you pay).

It was Crete, and we all know who the people of Crete are - nothing but brutes, gluttons, and liars. This is where Paul placed Titus to clean up the church and establish it. So, what did Titus need to do? He needed to look for people with great character, and he knew it would be difficult. But he also knew that character had to come before competency, and godliness before giftedness. If they were to grow the church of Crete for God's Kingdom, it all started with finding people with the right life, because the right life always leads to the right actions.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

By the 8th century there were over 70 healthy churches in the city of Crete. Yes that's the same Crete that was known to be filled with brutes, gluttons, and liars. How did that happen? Maybe it was that short three paged letter Paul wrote to Titus that really stuck to the people there and made a lasting difference in their community. A letter to remind the faithful Pastor, Titus, that to build the church properly the foundation must be sound doctrine.   Visit our website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

What is The Trinity? What was the view of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? How did the early Church view the theology of The Trinity and how could a term that's not mentioned in the Bible bring so much debate? Listen as Your Church Friends have an authentic conversation into the Trinity from the Forgotten Book of Titus.   The Trinity from Scroll Publishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPmXUEK3F8   Best Description of The Trinity, Start Video at 17:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsoCM4yH9b8   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

We would like to say Thank You to Dr. Michael Heiser who passed away February 20, 2023 and as he would put it stepped into the Unseen Realm. He will be missed by all who knew him and all who learned to know God better from his work, but his life and legacy will never be forgotten. Thank you for all you did to build God's Kingdom.   What was life on Crete like and what were the people there known for? Who was the Crete prophet that Paul quotes? Who was Titus and what special assignments were given to him by Paul? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Titus and unpack all these questions.   Visit our website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

What are the Pastoral Letters, and who wrote Titus? How does the vocabulary and style of Titus relate to its authorship? What was the role of a scribe, and could Luke have played a role in the letter to Titus? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Titus and unpack all these questions.   Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of Titus: -              Introduction & instructions about elders, truth, and various groups (1:1-2:15) Qualifications for elders About Cretans Instructions for older men Instructions for older women Instructions for younger women Instructions for younger men Instructions for slaves Why we teach -              Instructions for Christian living (3:1-11) What to do What God has done What to avoid Continue to teach -              Closing instructions & final greeting (3:12-15)   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

Join along as Muireadhach reads the Forgotten Book of Titus.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/   The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible, BSB Copyright ©2016, 2020 by Bible Hub Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.   Berean Bible Homepage: https://berean.bible/

How do you find hope in the middle of disaster? How can you see any light of hope when your home is being invaded, your city is burning, your temple is being destroyed, and your family or friends are either being killed in front of you or carried off to a foreign land? This is what Jeremiah experienced while writing Lamentations, and in the midst of this book about pain and devastation, he wrote, 'Yet I still have hope in God,' as a reminder that there is always hope in God.   Visit our website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

For 900 years, the people were warned and told that if they didn't follow God's laws, judgment would come. They were meant to be God's representatives to the nations, showing them who God is through their conduct. However, instead of spreading God's message, they adopted the habits and characteristics of the nations around them. As a result, God's judgment came in the form of destruction by Babylon, leaving the people to wonder, "How did I get here?"   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

Join along as Muireadhach reads the Forgotten Book of Lamentations.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/   The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible, BSB Copyright ©2016, 2020 by Bible Hub Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.   Berean Bible Homepage: https://berean.bible/

What is the book of Lamentations? What is the time setting of the book of Lamentations and who was Jeremiah? What does Lamentations show us about God's character and what is Theodicy? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah and unpack all these questions.   Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of Lamentations: The desolation of Jerusalem (Lam 1) God's judgment on Jerusalem (Lam 2) Hope in God's faithfulness in the midst of disaster (Lam 3) Jerusalem before and after the siege (Lam 4) A prayer for restoration (Lam 5) Visit our Webstie: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

It was just one book that was found after years of being lost. It laid out clearly that what the King of Judah and the people had been doing was wrong, so King Josiah made a change. He tore down all the things that were used to worship other gods and had the people celebrate the Passover again. You could say it was a time of spiritual revival for Judah, but the Prophet Zephaniah saw through this and saw through the hearts of the people. He knew that the changes were only surface level and that the people were still guilty of making costly mistakes in their relationship with God.   Help Support Compassion International: https://www.compassion.com/   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

What is the connection with Zephaniah 1:2-3 and the flood narrative in Genesis 6? Who is Molech and How does Zephaniah present the day of the Lord? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah and unpack all these questions.   Visit our Website:  

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How forgotten is the book of Zephaniah? Who is Zephaniah and when was Zephaniah a prophet? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah and unpack all these questions.   Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah: Judgment against Judah (Zephaniah 1:1-2:3) Judgment against the nations (Zephaniah 2:4-15) The future of Jerusalem (Zephaniah 3:1-20) Zephaniah & The Bible: 1:2 “I will utterly sweep”—cf. Jer 8:13. 1:3 “I will sweep away humans and animals … the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea”—cf. Hos 4:3. 1:7 “Hush before the Lord”—cf. Hab 2:20. 1:7 “The Lord has prepared a sacrifice”—cf. Isa 34:6; Jer 46:10. 1:9 “Fill their master's house with lawlessness”—cf. Amos 3:10. 1:12 “Congealing on their dregs”—cf. Jer 48:11. 1:13 “They shall build houses but not inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards but not drink their wine”—cf. Deut 28:30; Amos 5:11; Jer 29:5–7 and passim. 1:15 “A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense fog”—cf. Joel 2:2. 1:18 “Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the wrath of the Lord”—cf. Ezek 7:19. 2:2 “Fleeting like chaff”—cf. Isa 17:13–14. 2:3 “Seek righteousness, seek humility”—cf. Mic 6:8. 2:8, 10 “I have heard the taunts of Moab … This is what they get for their pride”—cf. Jer 48:29. 2:9 “Moab shall be like Sodom … a permanent wasteland”—cf. Jer 49:18. 2:14 “In it herds shall lie down, every nation's beasts. Both the jackdaw and the owl shall roost on its capitals, a voice shall shriek from the window”—cf. Isa 13:21–22; 34:13–15. 2:15 “This is the joyful city, dwelling secure, telling itself”—cf. Isa 23:7; 47:8. 2:15 “Anyone who passes by hisses, shakes his hand”—cf. 1 Kgs 9:8; Jer 19:8; 49:17; 50:13. 3:3 “Wolves of the evening”—cf. Hab 1:8. 3:4 “Profane the holy, corrupt the teaching”—cf. Ezek 22:26. 3:10 “From beyond the rivers of Cush … will bring my offering”—cf. Isa 18:7. 3:11 “Elated with pridefulness”—cf. Isa 13:3. 3:14 “Sing, Fair Zion … be glad and exult”—cf. Isa 44:23; 54:1; Joel 2:23. 3:17 “He rejoices over you with gladness”—cf. Deut 30:9; Jer 32:41. 3:19 “I will rescue the lame, and the strayed I will gather in”—cf. Mic 4:6–7.   The poem Dies irae (“Day of Wrath”), often attributed to Thomas of Celano (c. AD 1185–1260), which was chanted for many centuries in the Western church as part of requiem masses, was likely the most prominent representation of a part of Zephaniah (1:14–18). THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say.                What horror must invade the mind when the approaching Judge shall find and sift the deeds of all mankind!                The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone and summon all before the Throne.                Now death and nature with surprise behold the trembling sinners rise to meet the Judge's searching eyes.                Then shall with universal dread the Book of Consciences be read to judge the lives of all the dead.                For now before the Judge severe all hidden things must plain appear; no crime can pass unpunished here.                O what shall I, so guilty plead? and who for me will intercede? when even Saints shall comfort need?                O King of dreadful majesty! grace and mercy You grant free; as Fount of Kindness, save me!                Recall, dear Jesus, for my sake you did our suffering nature take then do not now my soul forsake!                In weariness You sought for me, and suffering upon the tree! let not in vain such labor be.                O Judge of justice, hear, I pray, for pity take my sins away before the dreadful reckoning day.                Your gracious face, O Lord, I seek; deep shame and grief are on my cheek; in sighs and tears my sorrows speak.                You Who did Mary's guilt unbind, and mercy for the robber find, have filled with hope my anxious mind.                How worthless are my prayers I know, yet, Lord forbid that I should go into the fires of endless woe.                Divorced from the accursed band, o make me with Your sheep to stand, as child of grace, at Your right Hand.                When the doomed can no more flee from the fires of misery with the chosen call me.                Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie, my heart like ashes, crushed and dry, assist me when I die.                Full of tears and full of dread is that day that wakes the dead, calling all, with solemn blast to be judged for all their past.                Lord, have mercy, Jesus blest, grant them all Your Light and Rest. Amen.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/

For Gaius it wasn't just a title, it was his testimony and it showed through his hospitality. When other believers came to town, Gaius wouldn't hesitate to open his home to them and when they left, he would provide the provisions they needed for the next journey. For Diotrephes it was all about the title. He was insecure, critical, arrogant, and intimidated others. He didn't care how he was perceived by others, all he cared about was the title. And so, the letter of Third John presents a simple question to us all is it all about the title or is it about the testimony.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/    

He had so much to write to them and some of what was in his heart would have to wait until he was face to face with them, but one very important message couldn't wait. One message needs to be addressed immediately and so John picks up pen and paper and writes to the church (the chosen lady) to LOVE one another. John, much older, understands the importance of loving one another and what it means to truly love. For John love was more than an emotion or feeling it was walking in obedience to God's commands and if the church (the chosen lady) could do that then loving each other would not be a problem. He wants the church to know that if you say you love God, you will obey God and if you obey God, you will love others.   Buy "At Your Best" by Carey Nieuwhof: https://amzn.to/3VWpsHz   Buy "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23" by Phillip Keller: https://amzn.to/3Pos4LG   Buy "Bearing God's Name" by Carmen Imes: https://amzn.to/3j3Zu6t   Read the Didache:  https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/      

What are the Johannine Letters and who wrote 2 & 3 John? Who was 2 John written to? Who are Gaius, Diotrephes & Demetrius and who or what is the antichrist? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Books of 2 & 3 John and unpack all these questions. Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of 2 John: Greeting (1-3) The love commandment (4-6) Warning against false teachers (7-11) Conclusion (12-13) Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of 3 John: Greeting (1-4) Gaius is instructed (5-8) Diotrephes is criticized (9-11) Demetrius is recommended (12) Conclusion (13-15) Buy North Coast Leadership Conference 2022 recap: https://northcoasttraining.org/product/leadership-conference-2022/   Register For North Coast Leadership Conference 2023: https://northcoasttraining.org/leadership-conference-2023/   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/

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The First person to take Amos' socio-ethical message seriously was the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola. During Lent in Florence, Italy, in 1496, Savonarola preached a series of hard-hitting sermons on Amos and Zechariah against what he felt were the political and religious sins of that city-state. These sermons led to his imprisonment and subsequent execution in 1498. More recent Martin Luther King Jr. in his amazing, world changing “I have a dream” speech quotes Amos 5:24 “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.” This was the message that Amos was delivering to the people of Israel as well. He wanted them to know that their improper worship had led to improper treatment of others. He wanted to remind them that justice should roll out of them and that would cause righteousness to flow out to the other nations.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/    

The nations around them were about to be judged for their wicked actions and the children of Israel were ready to celebrate this “Day of the LORD” that was about to come on them, but the prophet Amos would let them know that the same judgement that was coming on the surrounding nations was about to hit both Israel and Judah. Israel and Judah were God's chosen people and with being God's chosen people they had the responsibility to be the light to the nations around them. Unfortunately, the nations around them had corrupted them. They were no longer worshipping God the way He had commanded them. They worshipped Him the way they wanted to. Make no mistake about it they were still seeking worship however they just weren't seeking God in their worship.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

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Who was Amos and when was Amos written? What do we know about King Jeroboam II & King Uzziah? Why was Israel worshiping at Bethel? What social issues was Amos addressing and from Amos' perspective, what is the Day of the Lord? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Amos and unpack all these questions.   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

These aren't stories that he made up or fables to tell others, no, this was Peter's life that he lived and experienced. As he writes what could have been his last words to the church, he wants to leave them with one final message “This is how you walk with God”. See false teachers started to creep into the church and were pulling people away with their lies about who Jesus was and if He would return. Peter warns the church that they and all who follow them will have their judgement on The Day of the Lord. For those that don't follow them he encourages them to stay faithful, be on their guard and grow in the grace and knowledge of who Jesus is.   Purchase The Cure by John Lynch: https://amzn.to/3Ukboa4   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/    

How did Peter go from denying Jesus to leading the church? What is the divine nature and how does the Eastern Orthodox term theosis relate to the divine nature? How does Peter address the Day of the Lord and what is Tartarus? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of 2 Peter and unpack all these questions.   Visit our Website:  https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

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When was 2 Peter written and who wrote the letter? Who was Peter in the gospels? What happened on the holy mountain and how does it relate to the Tent of Meetings and the temple in the Old Testament? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of 2 Peter and unpack all these questions.   Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of 2 Peter: Greeting (1:1-2) Call to develop Christian character (1:3-21) The danger of false teaching (2:1-22) Hope in the Lord's return (3:1-13) Closing commands (3:14-18)   Help Support Camp Agape: https://campagapecalifornia.com/   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

He picks up the pen knowing what he's about to write will not be an easy request, but it needs be done because now things are changed, they are no longer slave and master, but brothers in Christ. Paul will make it very clear, that if the world is going to notice this change, then Philemon must put aside his rights that he has under Roman law and not only welcome back Onesimus but forgive him completely. Paul's asking Philemon to make fellowship a priority over everything else and forgive Onesimus?   Can There be Forgiveness Without Repentance: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2017/can-there-be-forgiveness-without-repentance-part-1   https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2017/can-there-be-forgiveness-without-repentance-part-2   Visit our Website: https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

When and where did Paul write the letter to Philemon? How does the Bible tackle the issue of slavery? Who is Onesimus and Philemon? What is reconciliation and how does the letter to Philemon show us the Gospel? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Philemon and unpack all these questions.   Visit our Website:  https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/  

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It was a simple but honest conversation between Habakkuk and God. God why is there so much evil and injustice in the world? Habakkuk, I have an answer, but I don't think you will like it. Your right God, I don't like it, why them they are worse than us. I know they are, but don't worry their judgment is coming I just need you to know that the righteous will live by faith. In that frank conversation Habakkuk ask God the question that all of us do at certain moments of our life, God if your so good, why is there evil? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Habakkuk.   Visit our Website:  https://yourchurchfriends.rocks/