Listen "The Drowning Pigeon"
Episode Synopsis
From Rudyard Kipling to General Patton to John Calvin, this episode traces the virtues of fortitude and faith amid modern distractions."The knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful wherever it is duly perceived." — Institutes (1.5.9)00:24 If— by Rudyard Kipling24:00 Maps32:56 Roadside Attraction: General Patton Museum40:53 Calvin's Institutes (1.5.9)57:02 Aquinas's Summa Theologica (Prima Pars, Q13)
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