Resources by Charlie Wingard

Various & Sundry: December 13

By Charlie Wingard · December 13, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Several years ago, my book club read Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. Highly recommended David Murray turns to the Puritans to demonstrate that sin is the greatest obstacle to personal happiness. Americans have deep-sixed the traditional funeral. Chad Bird considers what we’ve lost. And speaking of funerals, a montage from the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill.

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Various & Sundry: December 13

By Charlie Wingard · December 13, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Several years ago, my book club read Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. Highly recommended David Murray turns to the Puritans to demonstrate that sin is the greatest obstacle to personal happiness. Americans have deep-sixed the traditional funeral. Chad Bird considers what we’ve lost. And speaking of funerals, a montage from the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill.

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Learning on the Run

By Charlie Wingard · December 11, 2013 · 2 Comments
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Until October, when I had to curtail my activities, I enjoyed listening to history lectures on my longer runs. Below are some of my favorites. Series from The Teaching Company: The Conservative Tradition, Patrick Allitt Famous Greeks, Rufus Fears Famous Romans, Rufus Fears Robert E. Lee and His High Command, Gary Gallagher The American Mind, Allen Guelzo Donald Kagan’s “Ancient Greek History” lectures are available for free through Open Yale Courses. Both audio and video are available.  In one lecture he  uses students to demonstrate the hoplite phalanx. The video is hilarious. I remain an enthusiastic subscriber to Ken Myers’ Mars Hill Audio Journal, which “is committed to assisting Christians who desire to move from thoughtless consumption of contemporary culture…

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The Heidelberg Catechism for the Lord’s Day, December 8

By Charlie Wingard · December 8, 2013 · 0 Comments
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119. What is the Lord’s Prayer? Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 124. What is the third petition? “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven;” that is, grant that we and all men renounce our own will,  and without gainsaying obey Your will, which alone is good; so that every one may fulfill his office and calling…

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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, December 8

By Charlie Wingard · December 8, 2013 · 0 Comments
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“BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.” – 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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