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The Ordinary Times
Stories for people who only attend church on Christmas and Easter.
Podcasting since 2022 • 27 episodes
The Ordinary Times
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S2 E4 "The Consummated Amendment.", Matthew 5:1-12
Besides reading the NYT, I've been known to consume a lot of cable news. Regarding that news consumption, there are channels I watch (like MSNBC), channels I don't watch (like FOX News), and channels I should watch (like CSPAN). Why should I be...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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S2 E3 "THE WAR IMMINENT.", Matthew 4:12-17
On April 12, 1861 The New York Times published, "THE WAR IMMINENT." It was a telegraphed, live reporting from Charleston, SC of the final hours before the first shots of the Civil War. Those shots did not signify the separation of the Southern ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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S2 E2 "Great Flood In Florida.", John 1:29-34
In an August 4, 1856 article about a Florida flood, the New York Times deferred to printing the local expertise of The Tampa Peninsular. In that article we learn that there are different kinds of journalist covering events in different ways, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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S2 E1 "A Word About Ourselves", Matthew 1:1-17
The New York Times was born in the 1850's: a time of radicalism versus conservatism within society. The backstory is integral to understanding the whole story of the newspaper. And so it is with the Good News, according to the Gospel of Matthew...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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