The Golden Thread of the Western Tradition with Allen Guelzo
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Guelzo is back once again for another record setting appearance on LBE. Although he just moved across the country, Allen still made time to talk to Kevin about his latest two-volume mega-project with James Hankins, their new book The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition. Listen in as Kevin and Allen talk about remembering, history as gratitude, and the fragility (and resiliency) of Western Civilization. You won’t want to miss Dr. Guelzo recount the many blessings of the Western Tradition (and mention some faults too), while also singing Bach and reciting Shakespeare.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Life and Books and Everything is brought to you by Crossway, publisher of the one-story Bible, tracing a thread of redemption through God's Word. |
| 0:19.6 | I actually have a story about this. |
| 0:21.2 | One of my kids said, |
| 0:23.0 | Dad, you write for Crossway. |
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| 0:26.3 | I said, I could probably do that. |
| 0:28.3 | We can get Bibles. |
| 0:29.7 | And I'm not sure why. |
| 0:31.0 | My fifth grader looked online and he picked out this one story Bible. |
| 0:37.2 | And he's reading some of it. |
| 0:39.8 | He's learning from it. |
| 0:41.4 | And we got an early copy. |
| 0:44.3 | So I'm excited to tell you about this. |
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