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    Explore " gk chesterton" with insightful episodes like "Fearless, Happy, and in Constant Trouble with David Calavitta", "GK Chesteron’s Orthodoxy with Trevin Wax", "Episode #1 - Knives Out and The Irishman", "The Woman Who Was Chesterton with Nancy C. Brown" and "Joseph Pearce: From Racial Hatred to Divine Love" from podcasts like ""Evangelization and Parish Ministry Support - Archdiocese of St. Louis", "Digital Public Square", "For Now We See", "Catholic Exchange" and "Catholic Exchange"" and more!

    Episodes (6)

    GK Chesteron’s Orthodoxy with Trevin Wax

    GK Chesteron’s Orthodoxy with Trevin Wax

    In this episode, I am joined by Trevin Wax, the vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and guide to a newly released version of GK Chesterton’s classic work, Orthodoxy. Today, we talk about GK Chesterton and defending the Christian faith

    Meet Trevin: 

    In addition to his role at NAMB, Wax also serves as a visiting professor at Wheaton College. A former missionary to Romania, Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today. He has served as general editor of The Gospel Project. He is the author of multiple books, including The Multi-Directional Leader, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, Eschatological Discipleship, and Gospel Centered Teaching.

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    The Digital Public Square is a production of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and is produced and hosted by Jason Thacker.

    Production assistance is provided by Cameron Hayner. Technical production provided by Owens Productions. It is edited and mixed by Mark Owens.

    Episode #1 - Knives Out and The Irishman

    Episode #1 - Knives Out and The Irishman

    Our first proper episode!

    We kick-off talking about trailers set to drop this month, and George's James Bond themed Jamaican holiday.

    We then review new murder-mystery Knives Out with some help from GK Chesterton, and speculate on why Hollywood has embraced CGI de-aging as we review Martin Scorcese's The Irishman.

    RE: SPOILERS - we will warn you in the episode when spoilers are coming up!

    In order to avoid:

    Knives Out spoilers are discussed between 00:36:15 - 00:43:30
    The Irishman spoilers are discussed from 01:09:15-01:18:50

    Articles Mentioned:
    Forbes - "Box Office: Joker Cracks $1Billion" - https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/15/box-office-joker-tops-1-billion/#2c5d0c3d49dc

    Screenrant - "Tom Hanks Never Plays the Bad Guy" - https://screenrant.com/tom-hanks-always-cast-good-never-bad-why/

    Peter Hitchens - "The Philip Pullman Dilemma" - https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/11/the-philip-pullman-dilemma

    GK Chesterton - "A Defence of Detective Stories" - https://www.chesterton.org/a-defence-of-detective-stories/