Is it a sin to celebrate Christmas, because Christmas is pagan in origin? In this episode I discuss this disputed question, and what I believe the apostle Paul would have to say about this ongoing dispute between Christians.
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:55:46 podcast 65 – Dr. Joshua Blander on John Duns Scotus on Identity and Distinction Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), nicknamed by tradition “the Subtle Doctor,” was one of the most important medieval Christian philosophers, and was notorious for the difficulty of his thought. In… Read More »podcast 65 – Dr. Joshua Blander on John Duns Scotus on Identity and Distinction
At the Research on Religion podcast, here is a new, wide-ranging, informative interview with analytic theologian Dr. Oliver Crisp of Fuller Seminary. He gives a sort of overview of the Magisterial (as opposed to the Radical) Reformation, and in the latter part of the interview he talks about his new book Deviant Calvinism (kindle). He also discusses the recent revival of Reformed Theology outside of traditional… Read More »Dr. Oliver Crisp on Reformed history and theology
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:33:17 podcast 64 – Dr. Mark C. Murphy on Anselmianism about God Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify St. Anselm was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, and an important medieval Christian philosopher. He defined the concept of God as “that than which no greater can be thought.” Using this concept,… Read More »podcast 64 – Dr. Mark C. Murphy on Anselmianism about God
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:41:32 podcast 62 – Dr. Dustin Smith on the preexistence of Jesus in the gospel of John Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Does the fourth gospel teach that Jesus existed long before his conception, even before the creation of the cosmos? Most readers think so. But in this episode Dr.… Read More »podcast 62 – Dr. Dustin Smith on the preexistence of Jesus in the gospel of John
Dr. Bob Cargill of the University of Iowa reviews The Lost Gospel by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson. In his view, it’s a stink-bomb of a Christmas present. In part (emphases added) Just don’t bother. Were it a Dan Brown-esque novel, positing a speculative interpretation about the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene utilizing a fanciful allegorical interpretation of a document written six centuries after Jesus… Read More »The Lost Gospel – Not Lost, and Not a Gospel!
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:26:36 podcast 61 – Dr. Dustin Smith on preexistence in ancient Jewish thought Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify If a native English speaker says “you have a frog in your throat,” this means that your voice doesn’t sound normal, but is low, broken, “croaky.” It is a mistake to think… Read More »podcast 61 – Dr. Dustin Smith on preexistence in ancient Jewish thought
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:43:38 podcast 60 – Dr. Carl Mosser on deification in the Bible Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Does the Bible ever speak of redeemed humans as “gods”? Many Jews and Christians have thought so. In this episode Dr. Carl Mosser takes us on a journey through this theme in the… Read More »podcast 60 – Dr. Carl Mosser on deification in the Bible
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:33:09 podcast 59 – Dr. Carl Mosser on salvation as deification Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify When a Christian is saved, is she thereby deified? This is how Eastern Orthodox theologians describe Christian salvation, and it is a common saying that this is distinctive of Eastern Christian theology, but not of Western.… Read More »podcast 59 – Dr. Carl Mosser on salvation as deification
Locke fired back twice against Edwards’s criticisms of Locke’s The Reasonableness of Christianity.
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:34:05 podcast 54 – John Edwards vs. John Locke’s Reasonableness of Christianity Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify John Edwards (1637-1726) was an Anglican Calvinist and would-be defender of Christian orthodoxy. Seemingly at the last minute, he tacked on to his Some Thoughts Concerning the Several Causes and Occasions of Atheism… Read More »podcast 54 – John Edwards vs. John Locke’s Reasonableness of Christianity
What are the essential teachings which one must accept to be a Christian?
Today’s letter is “B.” At Bowman’s blog, Bowman and Buzzard battle about the basic building block of Old Testament belief – that YHWH is but one. But who has the better of this bitter brawl? Will Bowman best Buzzard? Or will Buzzard beat Bowman? Bowman’s a bit burned, as he feels he’s been a bit abused. But I think it best to leave that issue… Read More »Bowman vs. Buzzard on the Shema
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:55:45 podcast 47 – Dr. Alan Padgett, “Informal Reason and the Idea of a Christian Philosophy” Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify In this episode we hear the audio of Dr. Padgett’s talk “Informal Reason and the Idea of a Christian Philosophy” of April 25, 2014 at Claremont McKenna College, at… Read More »podcast 47 – Dr. Alan Padgett, “Informal Reason and the Idea of a Christian Philosophy”
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:18:54 podcast 45 – Sir Anthony Buzzard on Christian mistakes Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify In this less biographical episode, Sir Anthony and I discuss various Christian mistakes: obsession with Hebrew names for God and for Jesus, keeping kosher food laws and Jewish holidays, the doctrine of tithing, and even the… Read More »podcast 45 – Sir Anthony Buzzard on Christian mistakes
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:34:28 podcast 43 – Dr. Stephen R. Holmes on God and humankind Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Is God a self – a being capable of consciousness, knowledge, and choice, like us, but infinitely greater? Or is God a community, or a something-we-know-not-what? Dr. Holmes’s language in his book The Quest… Read More »podcast 43 – Dr. Stephen R. Holmes on God and humankind
Dr. Evans brings to bear some fascinating historical and archaeological evidence.
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:31:11 podcast 37 – Why did Jesus have to suffer? Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify This is a special Good Friday edition of the trinities podcast: a short pre-concert lecture I was privileged to give before a masterful performance of the 1724 version of Bach’s St. John Passion at SUNY Fredonia,… Read More »podcast 37 – Why did Jesus have to suffer?
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:23:50 podcast 36 – Interview with Dr. Bart Ehrman about his How Jesus Became God – Part 2 Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Is the author of John confused about Jesus and God? Does he think that two different beings – the Father, and the man Jesus – are numerically… Read More »podcast 36 – Interview with Dr. Bart Ehrman about his How Jesus Became God – Part 2
