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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Brent talks to Steven Collis, the author of a new novel based on a true story called ‘Praying with the Enemy’ published by Shadow Mountain in the States.
A captured American soldier during the Korean War attempts a daring escape for freedom....
Steven is a storyteller and a law professor at the University of Texas School of Law and the faculty director of Texas's Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center and Law and Religion Clinic.
- (1:00) The Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center and Law and Religion Clinic;
- (1:44) The First Amendment and its importance;
- (2:15) The connection between law and religion;
- (4:10) Steven’s books;
- (7:05) Writing history in a nonfiction format;
- (9:00) The two men in the novel;
- (11:50) Ward’s struggle with faith;
- (13:10) The Korean War;
- (14:00) Exercising faith and freedom of conscience in a totalitarian system;
- (16:00) The moral tensions of the two men;
- (20:00) How does faith transcend war and natural boundaries?
Links mentioned in this episode:
Steven T. Collis 'Praying with the Enemy'
Bech-Loghlin First Amendment Center
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