The Further Up, Further In Podcast

Episode 43 - May Round Table

In this episode Jason Van Bemmel and I follow up on the conversation about devotional poetry and its value that I had with Leland Ryken, discussing poetry in general and looking more closely at another Holy Sonnet by John Donne and a poem by Emily Dickinson.

Episode 42 - Leland Ryken on Devotional Poetry (Part 2)

This episode includes the second half of my conversation with Dr. Leland Ryken on devotional poetry as we look more closely at two sample poems, John Donne's Holy Sonnet 14 and John Milton's Sonnet 19, also known as Milton's sonnet on his blindness.

Episode 41 - Leland Ryken on Devotional Poetry (Part 1)

This episode contains the first half of my conversation with Dr. Leland Ryken on devotional poetry, as we talk about how poetry does its work, and why it is worth taking time to invest in it.

Episode 40 - Leland Ryken on the ESV and Tyndale's NT (Part 2)

This episode concludes my conversation with Dr. Leland Ryken about his role on the ESV and Tyndale's New Testament, focusing mainly on the story of Tyndale's NT and the enormous impact it had on the English Bible.

Episode 39 - Leland Ryken on the ESV and Tyndale's NT (Part 1)

This episode contains the first half of my conversation with Dr. Leland Ryken on the ESV and Tyndale's New Testament, focusing here on his work on the ESV as literary stylist and focusing in on things like the importance of getting as close in translation to what the original authors wrote as possible.