Friendship has been a central relationship in almost every culture that we know of. But these days, it’s on the brink. This episode, we explore history and literature to rediscover the significance of friendship.
This episode is sponsored by Zondervan’s new book Still Time to Care by Greg Johnson.
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Meet our guests
Sam Allberry is a pastor, apologist, author and speaker. He is the author of a number of books, including Is God Anti-Gay?; What God Has to Say About Our Bodies; Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?; and 7 Myths about Singleness.
He has written extensively for numerous organisations, including The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and Living Out.
Links
Download the transcript for this episode here.
- Meet our guests:
- Read Sam Allberry’s book Seven Myths about Singleness and find his other books here.
- Here are the links to all the studies we referenced in this episode:
- More on Plutarch.
- Read the Tu Fu poem, To Wei Pa, A Retired Scholar, translated by Kenneth Rexroth
- Learn more about the Book of Proverbs, and read it for yourself.
- Read more about the debate over anti-semitism in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, in this article from the Smithsonian Magazine.
- Read about David and Jonathan’s close friendship from the book of 1 Samuel.
- Read more about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep from Ancient Egypt in this New York Times article.
- Further Evidence that Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were Twins, Journal of Ancient Archaeology
- Learn more about the friendship between King Richard I and King Philip II.
- Here’s The Guardian’s article about whether Jesus was gay.
- Read Ronald Sharp’s article, Mateship, Friendship and National Identity for the Australian Book Review.
- Never seen Crocodile Dundee? It’s probably about time…
- Learn more about CS Lewis’ ‘four loves’.
- Listen to previous episodes of Undeceptions with John and his best mate, Ben Shaw (who died in June 2021 after a battle with cancer).
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