Truth or Literature

Heidi Reinold

The study of common literature is often about selling literature, putting its author on a pedestal at the expense of serious critical thinking. Good critical thinking about literature is neither idolatrous nor iconoclastic, but instead evaluates content for it alignment with Truth. This podcast discusses literature as it relates to the Truth of Christianity. Its companion blog at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com is a transcript and list of references for this podcast. Music: Perseverance by Travis Reinold Used with permission

Episodes

  1. Henry David Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience": Caesar and God

    10/01/2025

    Henry David Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience": Caesar and God

    This is a Christian literary analysis of Thoreau's classic essay. The transcript and sources are available at truthorliteratre.blogspot.com

    17 min
  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance: Independence or Strong Delusion Defiance

    03/04/2025

    Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance: Independence or Strong Delusion Defiance

    Truth or Literature

    18 min
  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: No Jesus, No Peace

    08/17/2024

    Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: No Jesus, No Peace

    This is a Christian perspective of the famous classic. How much does it agree with or contradict Scripture?

    18 min
  4. F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Social Prejudice and the Eyes of God

    12/31/2023

    F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Social Prejudice and the Eyes of God

    Truth or Literature

    23 min
  5. Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": Boundaries and Loving Our Neighbors

    02/14/2023

    Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": Boundaries and Loving Our Neighbors

    What does neighborly love look like? Does Robert Frost represent that love in his poem "Mending Wall"?

    17 min
  6. "The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Growing With God Without Guilt

    11/26/2022

    "The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Growing With God Without Guilt

    What does Oliver Wendell Holmes see, and what should we see, in God's creation of the chambered nautilus?

    16 min
  7. From The Raven's 'Nevermore' to Forevermore: Is Edgar Allan Poe in Heaven?

    06/08/2022

    From The Raven's 'Nevermore' to Forevermore: Is Edgar Allan Poe in Heaven?

    What did Edgar Allan Poe think about God and Christianity? His poem The Raven suggests a turning point in his life. References and transcript at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    20 min
  8. William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis": Death and Nature Without Resurrection

    02/22/2022

    William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis": Death and Nature Without Resurrection

    What can Nature alone really teach us about Death? Find the transcript and references for this podcast at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    16 min
  9. Freedom and God in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

    12/01/2021

    Freedom and God in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

    A Christian perspective on freedom and Christianity as satirized in Huckleberry Finn, with connections to the personal beliefs that Mark Twain concealed for years. Transcript and references can be found at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    21 min
  10. John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: The Best Laid Plans Need God's Grace

    10/26/2021

    John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: The Best Laid Plans Need God's Grace

    How much was George's fault?  This is a Christian perspective, especially for Christian students in public schools. It includes comments about handling the profanity. The transcript and references can be found at:  TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    20 min

  11. 09/11/2021

    The Bible and Other Books: "Upon the Burning of Our House" and Fahrenheit 451

    Twenty years after September 11, 2001, we look back at where America began spiritually and where it is today.  Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12 Find the transcript and references for this podcast at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    22 min

  12. 08/06/2021

    Arthur Miller's The Crucible: A Christian Perspective

    Adding a Christian voice to the discussion of the almost universal study of a mistelling of an Early American tragedy.   For the transcript and references for this episode, visit  TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com

    23 min
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About

The study of common literature is often about selling literature, putting its author on a pedestal at the expense of serious critical thinking. Good critical thinking about literature is neither idolatrous nor iconoclastic, but instead evaluates content for it alignment with Truth. This podcast discusses literature as it relates to the Truth of Christianity. Its companion blog at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com is a transcript and list of references for this podcast. Music: Perseverance by Travis Reinold Used with permission

Information

  • Creator
    Heidi Reinold
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Truth or Literature