John and Jenny Wise

Simple Gifts

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The Simple Gifts podcast is the gift of time and freedom. It is the simple presentation of the written word spoken without commentary. Join us in ruminating on great stories, poems, history and philosophy, theology and science. In a hectic and chaotic world, find here the “valley of love and delight,” a true simplicity, where “to bow and to bend we will not be ashamed,” where we can ponder the greatest words ever written, turning them over and over, “till by turning, turning, we come round right.”If you enjoy our content, consider donating through PayPal via https://ko-fi.com/thechristianathei...

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Jul 9, 2026

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PARADISE LOST by John Milton, Book 12, Part 3 ”CONCLUSION” 12.06.2023

The ending of this epic journey!   Paradise Lost Book 12 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts This is an excellent summary and commentary on each of the books in PARADISE LOST. I strongly recommend reading these commentaries over as you listen to our readings of this great poem!   If you enjoy our content, why not buy us a cup of coffee? via https://ko-fi.com/thechristianatheist   PLEASE check out our f...

THE DAY BOY AND THE NIGHT GIRL by George MacDonald, Part 1 09.06.2023

C. S. Lewis called George MacDonald his spiritual "Master." In Surprised by Joy Lewis recounts his first encounter, as an atheist, with MacDonald: The glorious week-end of reading was before me. Turning to the bookstall, I picked out an Everyman in a dirty jacket, Phantasies, a faerie Romance, George MacDonald. Then the train came in. I can still remember the voice of the porter calling out the vi...

Plato’s PHAEDO, Part 8 08.06.2023

Plato's Phaedo is one of his most read, and certainly one of the most dramatically interesting of his dialogues. It gives the account of Socrates' death-day, but contains a great deal of Plato's own philosophical musings. For the scholarly, this dialogue is from Plato's early middle period, in which we think he was using Socrates as the mouthpiece for his own philosophical theories, whereas in the...

THE FEDERALIST PAPERS #19, ”Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,” (Cont.) by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison 07.06.2023

Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its const...

THE EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton, Part 1, Chapter 1C 06.06.2023

THE EVERLASTING MAN by Gilbert Kyle Chesterton Part One: On The Creature Called Man Chapter One: The Man in the Cave Gilbert Kyle Chesterton remains one of the great voices of Christian faith in the last century, and it is a tragedy that more Christians are not familiar with his work. C. S. Lewis credits Chesterton, and in particular The Everlasting Man, with displaying the rationality of the Chri...

PARADISE LOST by John Milton, Book 12, Part 2 05.06.2023

The ending of this epic journey! Paradise Lost Book 12 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts This is an excellent summary and commentary on each of the books in PARADISE LOST. I strongly recommend reading these commentaries over as you listen to our readings of this great poem! If you enjoy our content, why not buy us a cup of coffee? via https://ko-fi.com/thechristianatheist   PLEASE check out our first...

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan, Part 23: CONCLUSION 02.06.2023

C. S. Lewis said in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world." By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is o...

Plato’s PHAEDO, Part 7 01.06.2023

Plato's Phaedo is one of his most read, and certainly one of the most dramatically interesting of his dialogues. It gives the account of Socrates' death-day, but contains a great deal of Plato's own philosophical musings. For the scholarly, this dialogue is from Plato's early middle period, in which we think he was using Socrates as the mouthpiece for his own philosophical theories, whereas in the...

THE FEDERALIST PAPERS #18, ”Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,” (Cont) by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison 31.05.2023

Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its const...

THE EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton, Part 1, Chapter 1B 30.05.2023

THE EVERLASTING MAN by Gilbert Kyle Chesterton Part One: On The Creature Called Man Chapter One: The Man in the Cave Gilbert Kyle Chesterton remains one of the great voices of Christian faith in the last century, and it is a tragedy that more Christians are not familiar with his work. C. S. Lewis credits Chesterton, and in particular The Everlasting Man, with displaying the rationality of the Chri...

PARADISE LOST by John Milton, Book 12, Part 1 29.05.2023

The ending of this epic journey!   https://www.litcharts.com/lit/paradise-lost/book-12Paradise Lost Book 11 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts This is an excellent summary and commentary on each of the books in PARADISE LOST. I strongly recommend reading these commentaries over as you listen to our readings of this great poem!   If you enjoy our content, why not buy us a cup of coffee? via https://ko-...

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan, Part 22 26.05.2023

C. S. Lewis said in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world." By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is o...

Plato’s PHAEDO, Part 6 25.05.2023

Plato's Phaedo is one of his most read, and certainly one of the most dramatically interesting of his dialogues. It gives the account of Socrates' death-day, but contains a great deal of Plato's own philosophical musings. For the scholarly, this dialogue is from Plato's early middle period, in which we think he was using Socrates as the mouthpiece for his own philosophical theories, whereas in the...

THE FEDERALIST PAPERS #17, ”Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union” (Cont.), by Alexander Hamilton 24.05.2023

Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its const...

THE EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton, Part 1, Chapter 1A 23.05.2023

THE EVERLASTING MAN by Gilbert Kyle Chesterton Part One: On The Creature Called Man Chapter One: The Man in the Cave Gilbert Kyle Chesterton remains one of the great voices of Christian faith in the last century, and it is a tragedy that more Christians are not familiar with his work. C. S. Lewis credits Chesterton, and in particular The Everlasting Man, with displaying the rationality of the Chri...

PARADISE LOST by John Milton, Book 11, Part 4 22.05.2023

As book ten ended, Adam and Eve were bowing in worship and sincere repentance to God for their failures, so book eleven opens with heaven's response, God's grace in His Son, offering Himself as "advocate and propitiation," so that: my merit those shall perfect ... till death, his doom ... to better life shall yield him; where with me all my redeemed may dwell in joy and bliss; made one with me, as...

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan, Part 21 19.05.2023

C. S. Lewis said in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world." By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is o...

Plato’s PHAEDO, Part 5 18.05.2023

Plato's Phaedo is one of his most read, and certainly one of the most dramatically interesting of his dialogues. It gives the account of Socrates' death-day, but contains a great deal of Plato's own philosophical musings. For the scholarly, this dialogue is from Plato's early middle period, in which we think he was using Socrates as the mouthpiece for his own philosophical theories, whereas in the...

THE FEDERALIST PAPERS #16, ”Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union” (Continued), by Alexander Hamilton 17.05.2023

Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its const...

THE EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton, Introduction, Part 2 16.05.2023

Gilbert Kyle Chesterton remains one of the great voices of Christian faith in the last century, and it is a tragedy that more Christians are not familiar with his work. C. S. Lewis credits Chesterton, and in particular The Everlasting Man, with displaying the rationality of the Christian worldview par excellence, though it was not one work alone, but a progressive development away from atheism and...

PARADISE LOST by John Milton, Book 11, Part 3 15.05.2023

As book ten ended, Adam and Eve were bowing in worship and sincere repentance to God for their failures, so book eleven opens with heaven's response, God's grace in His Son, offering Himself as "advocate and propitiation," so that: my merit those shall perfect ... till death, his doom ... to better life shall yield him; where with me all my redeemed may dwell in joy and bliss; made one with me, as...

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan, Part 20 12.05.2023

C. S. Lewis said in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world." By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is o...

Plato’s PHAEDO, Part 4 11.05.2023

Plato's Phaedo is one of his most read, and certainly one of the most dramatically interesting of his dialogues. It gives the account of Socrates' death-day, but contains a great deal of Plato's own philosophical musings. For the scholarly, this dialogue is from Plato's early middle period, in which we think he was using Socrates as the mouthpiece for his own philosophical theories, whereas in the...

THE FEDERALIST PAPERS #15, ”Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,” by Alexander Hamilton 10.05.2023

Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its const...

THE EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton, Introduction 09.05.2023

Gilbert Kyle Chesterton remains one of the great voices of Christian faith in the last century, and it is a tragedy that more Christians are not familiar with his work. C. S. Lewis credits Chesterton, and in particular The Everlasting Man, with displaying the rationality of the Christian worldview par excellence, though it was not one work alone, but a progressive development away from atheism and...

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