podcast 174 – The First Sirmian creed (351)
In the reign of Constantius II yet another council offered language to replace Nicea…
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podcast 173 – Eusebius of Caesarea
Why did Eusebius have to submit his own creed at the famous council of Nicea in 325?
podcast 172 – The Creed of the Long Lines (344)
In 344 a meeting of Eastern bishops sent a statement to the West explaining their theology.
podcast 171 – Assessing Athanasius and his Arguments
What should we think of Athanasius’s ferocious condemnations of those he termed “Arians”?
podcast 170 – Athanasius’s On the Nicene Council – Part 2
In this episode we hear the rest (chapters 4-7) of On the Nicene Council (aka Defence of the Nicene Definition, De Decretis) by Athanasius of Alexandria.
podcast 169 – Athanasius’s On the Nicene Council – Part 1
With this episode we continue our series on the 4th-century creed-producing councils of catholic bishops.
podcast 168 – The Death of Unitarian Congregationalism
How and why did American Unitarian Congregationalism die?
podcast 167 – Lamson’s History of The Unitarian Congregationalists
In this episode we hear a voice from 1852 describing a lost species of American Christianity:
podcast 166 – Alvan Lamson’s On the Doctrine of Two Natures in Jesus Christ – Part 2
Is the theory that Jesus has “two natures” more trouble than it’s worth?
podcast 165 – Alvan Lamson’s On the Doctrine of Two Natures in Jesus Christ – Part 1
All Christians have always believed that Jesus Christ is one person with two natures, a divine nature and a human nature, right?
podcast 164 – On Counting Gods
The terms “atheism,” “monotheism,” and “polytheism” seem straightforward enough… BUT important ambiguity lurks in the root term “theism.”
podcast 163 – Dr. K. Scott Oliphint on How Christianity Trumps Philosophy
Does Christianity trump Philosophy?
podcast 162 – Dr. Timothy McGrew on the Convergence of Philosophy and Christianity
We find miracle-reports in many religions. Does this undermine Christian appeals to miracle-reports?
podcast 161 – Dr. Paul Moser on Conforming Philosophy to Christianity
“… and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
podcast 160 – Dr. Graham Oppy on the Conflict between Christianity and Philosophy
Do Christian claims clash with Philosophy?
podcast 159 – Aaron Arinder on Ontological Pluralism and the Trinity
Can metaphysics show how trinitarian theology is coherent?
podcast 158 – Listener Questions 3
An appealing theological option which is neither Nicene nor “Arian”?
podcast 156 – Dr. J.R. Daniel Kirk on A Man Attested by God – Part 2
If Jesus fulfills predictions about Yahweh, does this mean that he’s Yahweh?
podcast 155 – Dr. J.R. Daniel Kirk on A Man Attested by God – Part 1
Do Matthew, Mark, and Luke discreetly but clearly imply that Jesus is God?