Just a few Baptists talking about great literature!

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Maddie, Nick, and Lee return (sans Zach) to discuss good quotes, current reading, AI demon portals, and sundry other topics on the annual catch-up episode.

We Are So Back | Baptist Miscellany

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In this time of great uncertainty, we knew it was time for the Literary Baptists to return and deliver some normalcy. Enjoy a wide-ranging conversation between the entire fellowship concerning recent reading progress, whether audiobooks count as reading, and the newish genre that has captivated Grandpa Zach&#39;s attention. https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSIC Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists

No Twaddle Here | Baptist Miscellany

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The Fellowship is together again for another discussion of the Silmarillion. Did Feanor do nothing wrong? Is Ungoliant more powerful than Morgoth? How wonderful is emo music? We tackle all these important questions in this action-packed episode. https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All Things Go | Of The Flight Of The Noldor

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Maddie, Nick and Lee discuss the Hobbit-ness of Jimmy Carter, the Nephilimity of Joe Biden, The &#34;song that doesn&#39;t end,&#34; the television show Wishbone, the English language&#39;s superiority, and why it is that Christian artists are most likely to apostatize. Go to www.fundthenations.com/adoption-families/settle to help support Maddie&#39;s family&#39;s adoption mission! https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSIC Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Rant and A Question | Baptist Miscellany

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Maddie, Nick, and Lee discuss their recent reading, both within and without the reading challenge. John Gill works: https://www.particularbaptistbooks.com/product-page/works-of-john-gill-vol-2Frankenstein: https://a.co/d/0xBGATOOn God and Christ: https://a.co/d/czJQQdt https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSIC Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's the Tomatoes | Baptist Miscellany

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The Fellowship discusses the tragedy of the Darkening of Valinor, plus digging into the following topics:Song lyricsHolidaysThe Significance of the Passage of Time <a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">MUSIC</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

He Was Probably In His Cups | Darkening of Valinor

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The pod takes a big stride in this episode: talking about the chapter that sets the rest of the book in motion. Did Feanor do nothing wrong? Will Andy Serkis accept the Fellowship&#39;s open invitation to come on the show? Why were the Manichaeans so interested in farts? These questions, and many more, will be pondered on this illustrious episode. You&#39;ve gotta read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reformation-Renewal-Retrieving-Catholic-Apostolic/dp/031009755X/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAjwh8mlBhB_EiwAsztdBAInjug-Xpk3d3OplxBIro381n9o8lTBpUHWGBLtyd4BH_7xzBR4hBoCK98QAvD_BwE&hvadid=664487955044&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014993&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=18315088095186824318&hvtargid=kwd-1964686438013&hydadcr=14962_13541485&keywords=reformation+as+renewal+barrett&qid=1689444851&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">The Reformation as Renewal</a>. <a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">MUSIC</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

May You Fart With Radiance | Of The Silmarils

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The Fellowship returns to discuss the next chapter of The Silmarillion, where one bad boy is born and another bad boy is let out of lockup. Cream cheese, dying in Valinor, and prune juice are all discussed over the course of this epic episode. <a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">MUSIC</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

As Melkor's Attorney... | Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor

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The fellowship is no longer sundered! Our 4 cohosts are back to discuss the next chapter of the Silmarillion...which includes a island used as a ferry, 3D printed fish, and further consideration on whether it was good for the Elves to go to Valinor.<a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">MUSIC</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

What is Ireland? | The Princes of the Eldalie

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Zach and Lee (sans Maddie) give Nick a proper hearing out of his modest proposal for the benefit of the literary canon. He had 8 main points as of this moment. What do you think?1.	Seriousness is not a virtue. Humor can and should be considered among the heights of literature. We recognize the genius of Aristophanes or Swift, but pure humor is rarely given a high place in the modern literary canon.2.	Sin is not to be celebrated. 3.	Plot is more important than character.4.	Realism is not a virtue. Fantasy and science fiction have been and are immensely powerful tools in examining the big questions of the West.5.	A work gains canon status through merit, not characteristics of the author. We don’t need women or minorities to be artificially propped into the literary canon, though if deserved, they should be included. 6.	True creativity is not the haphazard abandonment of established norms, but working well within them.7.	Retrieval of the Northern European (see Tolkien)8.	Mystery genre needs more respect-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">MUSIC</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Nowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

A Modest Proposal for The Future of the Western Canon

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Maddie, Nick, and Lee discuss terrible book design (skip to 32:19 if you&#39;d rather not listen to them talk about book covers you can&#39;t see, or watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olAw7Bf_Xs" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>). Then they finally move to the next chapter of the Silmarillion &#34;Of Thingol and Melian&#34; and consider some of the metaphysical and *perhaps* incarnational elements of this short but provocative chapter.Oh and there are cereal reminiscences and then the trio recasts the doomed new LOTR production.<a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a>LINKS<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taliesin-Pendragon-Cycle-Book-1/dp/038070613X" rel="nofollow">Taliesin</a> (or Tailspin as Lee likes to say)<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quo-Vadis-Henryk-Sienkiewicz/dp/B0B14J13B4/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NR75S1B4TTCG&keywords=quo+vadis&qid=1678851511&s=books&sprefix=quo+vadis%2Cstripbooks%2C287&sr=1-3" rel="nofollow">Quo Vadis</a><a href="https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/989-features-of-the-welsh-meters/" rel="nofollow">Features of Welsh Poetry</a><a href="https://press.founders.org/shop/fto-the-judicious-and-impartial-reader-baptist-symbolics-volume-2/" rel="nofollow">To the Judicious and Impartial Reader: Baptist Symbolics Volume 2</a>MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

My Liver's Still Stained From Eating Trix | Of Thingol and Melian

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Maddie, Nick, and Lee discuss their current reading and then the egregious articles out of the UK that claim readers of The Professor and others radicalize people.<a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a>LINKS<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taliesin-Pendragon-Cycle-Book-1/dp/038070613X" rel="nofollow">Taliesin</a> (or Tailspin as Lee likes to say)<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quo-Vadis-Henryk-Sienkiewicz/dp/B0B14J13B4/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NR75S1B4TTCG&keywords=quo+vadis&qid=1678851511&s=books&sprefix=quo+vadis%2Cstripbooks%2C287&sr=1-3" rel="nofollow">Quo Vadis</a><a href="https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/989-features-of-the-welsh-meters/" rel="nofollow">Features of Welsh Poetry</a><a href="https://press.founders.org/shop/fto-the-judicious-and-impartial-reader-baptist-symbolics-volume-2/" rel="nofollow">To the Judicious and Impartial Reader: Baptist Symbolics Volume 2</a>MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In Which ChatGPT Recommends Non-Victorian Victorian Novels

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The Fellowship is back to finis this chapter of the Silmarillion. They muse on orcs, catechism, and the music being in Zach.<a href="https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists</a> MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hashtag Emmys So Human | Of The Coming of The Elves (Part 2)

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DISCLAIMER: THE LITERARY BAPTISTS DO NOT ENDORSE STARING INTO THE SUN <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taliesin-Pendragon-Cycle-Book-1/dp/038070613X" rel="nofollow">The Pendragon Cycle</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-House-Mystery-Milne/dp/1619491354" rel="nofollow">The Red House Mystery</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Green-Knight-Pearl-Orfeo/dp/0358652979/ref=asc_df_0358652979/?hvadid=509210011619&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1016367&hvnetw=g&hvpone=&hvpos=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvrand=16919306258337675328&hvtargid=pla-1225587838968&linkCode=df0&psc=1&region_id=972485&tag=hyprod-20" rel="nofollow">Tolkien&#39;s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</a>https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

War is Unpleasant | The Coming of the Elves (Part 1)

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Zach, Maddie, and Lee finish their conversation about the Aule and Yavanna chapter while Nick and his family continued defending their home from the forces of Angband. Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=139679418924897&set=a.119596580933181" rel="nofollow">2023 Reading Challenge</a>https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

National Treasure-Esque | Aule and Yavanna (Part 2)

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The Fellowship moves forward without Nick in this first half of their latest conversation in the Silmarillion.Boy, it was quite a time. https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

I Want A Beaver Dam In The Shape of Lee | Aule and Yavanna (part 1)

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The group takes a break from the Silmarillion to discuss what they read in 2022 and introduce the 2023 Literary Baptists Reading Challenge! Check the links below for some of the books they mention in this two-part episode.You can also watch the combined episode on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOaH1G4iXYU" rel="nofollow">Youtube!</a>Book links:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Incarnation-Saint-Athanasius-Popular-Patristics-ebook/dp/B00MZD343U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LB6KQOHSDT3G&keywords=st+athanasius+on+the+incarnation&qid=1672522375&s=digital-text&sprefix=on+the+incarnation+atha%2Cdigital-text%2C116&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">&#34;On The Incarnation&#34; by Athanasius</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Mind-C-S-Lewis/dp/1514001640" rel="nofollow">&#34;The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis&#34;</a><a href="https://www.ccel.org/ccel/newton/olneyhymns.toc.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ccel.org/ccel/newton/olneyhymns.toc.html</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cur-Deus-Homo-Saint-Anselm/dp/1411646436" rel="nofollow">&#34;Cur Deus Homo&#34; by Saint Anselm</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-11-book-series/dp/B0753FP6SP" rel="nofollow">The Cradle Series</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Heart-His-Hands-Judson/dp/085234421X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2S78SPI3YFHD&keywords=my+heart+in+his+hands&qid=1672520415&sprefix=my+heart+in+his+han%2Caps%2C247&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">My heart in his hands - Sharon James ( Ann Judson of Burma)</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-Scarf-Girl-Cultural-Revolution/dp/0064462080" rel="nofollow">Red scarf girl</a>:<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wRKrvOT7zLpeexbQTfsTP?si=OvCP5WvkR02N1Pwptv0qcA" rel="nofollow">Zach&#39;s band, &#34;The Basement Band&#34;</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-American-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/0143039024/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZR5PML4COD06&keywords=the+quiet+american+graham+greene&qid=1672520535&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjcwIiwicXNhIjoiMi4wNCIsInFzcCI6IjIuMjEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=grham+greene+the+quiet%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">&#34;The Quiet American&#34; by Graham Greene</a> <a href="https://canonpress.com/products/vindiciae-contra-tyrannos-a-defense-of-liberty-against-tyrants/" rel="nofollow">&#34;Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos&#34; by Junius Brutus</a>https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Don't Read The Chimes (Pt. 1) | 2022 Reading Overview and 2023 Challenge

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Don't Read The Chimes (Pt. 2) | 2022 Reading Overview and 2023 Challenge

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The group completes their discussion of the charter &#34;Of the Beginning of Days.&#34; Enjoy! https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Eagles are Manwe's Birds | Of The Beginning of Days, Part 2

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The Fellowship is back to discuss The Beginning of Days chapter of The Silmarillion, involving the construction and destruction of the Two Lamps, the creation of trees, and stumbling through the significance of the passage of Tree Time. Get The Nature of Middle-earth <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Middle-earth-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358454603/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X6B6XRXO3L17&keywords=the+nature+of+middle+earth&qid=1669079693&sprefix=the+nature+of+%2Caps%2C368&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Pardon Zach&#39;s audio issues! The Uruk-Hai were sieging his Internet Service Provider during the recording.The conversation was so prodigious that it will take two episodes to complete the chapter! Be sure to subscribe, like, and follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/theliterarybaptists MUSICNowhere Land by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bears Dancing With Tutus | Of The Beginning of Days, Part 1

Just a few Baptists talking about great literature!