Books Worth (re)Reading, Part 1

Wade Center by Wade Center at Wheaton College (IL)

Feb 3, 202548:46Religion & Spirituality

If this podcast is bound together by anything, it is a love of books—particularly, a love for books written by the Wade Center authors. Inspired by C.S. Lewis's habit and love of re-reading books, co-hosts Dr. Jim Beitle...

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