• The Pearl of Great Price

  • By: Tim Byron
  • Podcast

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The Pearl of Great Price

By: Tim Byron
  • Summary

  • A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
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Episodes
  • June 29 Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Poet of the Spirit
    Jun 28 2024

    A Victorian Poet who was outstanding for her poetry - love sonnets, religious poem and feminist poetry. She died today after eloping to Italy with her husband.

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    8 mins
  • June 28 Monsignor Benson's the Lord of the World - the father of Dystopian Science Fiction
    Jun 27 2024

    Lord of the World is a 1907 dystopian science fiction novel by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson that centres upon the reign of the Antichrist and the end of the world. It has been called prophetic by Dale Ahlquist, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis

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    7 mins
  • June 27 Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World - Girard
    Jun 26 2024

    One of the most innovative thinkers of the 20th century was the polymath Rene Girard. His theory about mimetic desire, mimetic rivalry and the scapegoating mechanism have had a huge effect across various disciplines, from economics, sociology and theology. He even inspired the Pay Pal founder Peter Thiel to make the first investment in Facebook. Bishop Robert Barron think he will become known as a 20th Century Church Father

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    13 mins

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