These Days: The Resilient Way of Jesus

Dwain Tissell, Ben Tissell

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Looking at the resilient history of faith across the centuries. Learn and laugh with us!

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130 episodes

Peter's Moment

This week Dwain gives Ben a sort-of-first-hand-account of the life and death of the Apostle Peter. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

30m
Apr 01, 2024
Easter Over Time

This week Ben and Dwain take a look at Easter traditions from the earliest celebrations through the present day. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

32m
Mar 25, 2024
The Liberating Arts

This week Ben and Dwain take a look at the rough-and-tumble origins of liberal arts education, discovering its roots in the Church. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

34m
Mar 19, 2024
Tolkien, Lewis, and the Great War

This week Dwain and Ben take a look at two of their favorite historical figures, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and how their experience in WWI influenced their legendary fiction. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

38m
Mar 07, 2024
Thor, Christ, and Drama at the Cathedral

This week Ben and Dwain take a look at some of the creative genius that came out of the early days of the Canterbury Festival. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

34m
Feb 27, 2024
Joyous Exile, Worldly Christian

This week Dwain and Ben look at the remarkable life of James M. Houston, whom Dwain playfully describes as "The Forrest Gump of Christian History". Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

33m
Feb 19, 2024
The Münster Rebellion

This week Ben and Dwain walk through the wild ride that was the Münster Anabaptist rebellion, one of the most notorious uprisings in the wake of the protestant reformation. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

38m
Feb 12, 2024
Duty and Destiny

This week Dwain and Ben take a look at the faith of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century: Winson Churchill. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

31m
Feb 07, 2024
The Levitating Professor

This week, Ben and Dwain take a look at the remarkable story of the greatest mind of the Middle Ages: St. Thomas Aquinas. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

26m
Jan 29, 2024
Caught Up in the Delights of Paradise

Welcome to a new year full of new podcasts! This week, Dwain and Ben take a look at arguably the most significant figure of the so called "Dark Ages": Bernard of Clairvaux. Help us grow the podcast and get all kinds of additional benefits by joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

30m
Jan 22, 2024
Tolkien's Father Christmas

Merry Christmas from the These Days podcast! Here on Christmas day, we're taking a look at the Father Christmas letters of the great Christian myth-maker J.R.R. Tolkien. Join our Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

28m
Dec 25, 2023
BONUS: The Thunder Oak and The Christmas Tree

In this lively BONUS Christmas episode, Ben and Dwain take a look at the story of St. Boniface and the origins of the Christmas tree. Get more bonus content by joining the These Days Patreon community at Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

22m
Dec 22, 2023
A Very Merry Twelvetide To You

This week Ben and Dwain take a look at the traditions and commemorations of the traditional twelve days of Christmas. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

36m
Dec 19, 2023
Go Humbly

This week Dwain and Ben take a look at the "wise men" mentioned in Matthew, chapter 2. Who were they? Where did they come from? Why were they searching for Jesus? Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

24m
Dec 13, 2023
A Blessed Inspiration

This week Ben and Dwain do a deep dive into the history of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and the revolution of kindness it generated. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

34m
Dec 04, 2023
Here We Come A-Caroling

This week Dwain and Ben take a journey through the surprising, centuries-old history of Christmas carols. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

38m
Nov 28, 2023
Prayers in a time of Plague

This week Ben and Dwain take a look at the surprising life of John Donne: from profligate poet to prayerful pastor. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

24m
Nov 22, 2023
Radio in Wartime

This week, Dwain and Ben look at the story of James Welch during WWII, unsung hero of Christian broadcasting. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

28m
Nov 15, 2023
GF and the Qs

This week, Ben and Dwain look at the remarkable life and legacy of George Fox: Preacher. Revolutionary. Rock musician?

29m
Nov 07, 2023
They Just Give Glory to Jesus

This week Dwain and Ben take a look at the surprising and subversive faith of music legends Bono and U2. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

33m
Oct 30, 2023
Reformation Day

This week Ben and Dwain look at the history-making events of October 31st, 1517. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

37m
Oct 23, 2023
The Gospel Itself - Part 2

This week Dwain and Ben dive back into the Scottish Reformation and take a deep look at its most well-known leader, the human canon ball himself (or maybe not), the preacher John Knox.

27m
Oct 18, 2023
The Gospel Itself

This week Dwain and Ben begin a dive deep into one of the most contentious (and redemptive) episodes in Scottish history: The Scottish Reformation. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

32m
Oct 09, 2023
The Monsignor Versus the Fascists

This week Ben and Dwain review the thrilling story of Hugh O’Flaherty and his lifesaving efforts during WWII.

27m
Oct 02, 2023
Light From the Heavenly Realms

This week, Ben and Dwain take you on a tour through the history of stained glass windows - the why, what, how, and when of this form of sacred art and architecture. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

32m
Sep 18, 2023
Handmaid of the Living God

This week Dwain and Ben look at the life and impact of St. Thecla, one of the great women of the early church. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

23m
Sep 11, 2023
The Sacred and Profane

This week Ben and Dwain look at the vision of earthy grace revealed in the art and life of the great painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

31m
Sep 04, 2023
On the Way to Whipsnade

This week Dwain and Ben look at the remarkable conversion of a remarkable Christian thinker: C.S. Lewis. Patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

26m
Sep 02, 2023
Top 10 Christian Writings

This week Ben and Dwain give an overview of their top 10 Christian writings (outside the Bible) from the 1st century all the way up to present day! Join us on patreon.com/wellbegoingnow

46m
Aug 21, 2023