Truth or Literature

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 idolatrous nor iconoclastic, but instead evaluates content for it alignment with Truth. This podcast discusses literature as it relates to the Truth of Christianity. Its companion blog at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com is a transcript and list of references for this podcast. Music: Perseverance by Travis Reinold Used with permission

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: No Jesus, No Peace 08/17/2024

F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Social Prejudice and the Eyes of God 12/31/2023

Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": Boundaries and Loving Our Neighbors 02/14/2023

"The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Growing With God Without Guilt 11/26/2022

From The Raven's 'Nevermore' to Forevermore: Is Edgar Allan Poe in Heaven? 06/08/2022

William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis": Death and Nature Without Resurrection 02/22/2022

Freedom and God in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn 12/01/2021

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: The Best Laid Plans Need God's Grace 10/26/2021

The Bible and Other Books: "Upon the Burning of Our House" and Fahrenheit 451 09/11/2021

Arthur Miller's The Crucible: A Christian Perspective 08/06/2021