88. Drew & Mike Talk Books: The Odyssey

<p>Host Mike Schutt again welcomes East Texas preacher Drew Nelson to the podcast to discuss <em>The Odyssey</em>, Homer's ancient epic poem about . . . well, wait. <em>What is it</em> about? </p> <p>Mike and Drew explore that question and more-- including why good Christians should read good pagan literature and why you might like <em>The Odyssey</em>-- as they highlight its major themes and give some background to the poem. Their hope is that a couple of regular guys reading big books might encourage other regular folks to do the same.   </p> <p>Drew Nelson is preacher at <span style= "text-decoration: underline; color: #3598db;"><a style= "color: #3598db; text-decoration: underline;" href= "https://thesouthsidechurch.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Southside Church of Christ</a></span> in Mount Pleasant, TX, and Mike Schutt is host of the Cross & Gavel podcast, director of <span style= "text-decoration: underline; color: #3598db;"><a style= "color: #3598db; text-decoration: underline;" href= "https://www.christianlegalsociety.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Christian Legal Society</a></span>'s Law Student Ministries, and Clinical Associate Professor at <a href= "https://tls.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "text-decoration: underline; color: #3598db;">Trinity Law School</span></a>.</p> <p>Cross & Gavel is a project of Trinity Law and CLS.</p>