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(150) S8E7 {Interview ~ Keith Giles} "Jesus Unarmed"
We discuss Keith Giles's new book, "Jesus Unarmed." 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:07:43 - Why should we care about the early church? 0:11:48 - How do we pick and choo...
(151) S8E8 Four Incarnations: Reverse Incarnation
We continue our discussion of incarnation by discussing an often overlooked aspect of the incarnation, which I call "reverse incarnation." Becoming incarnate does no g...
(152) S8E9 Four Incarnations: The Incarnation of Jesus
We continue our discussion of incarnation by looking at how Jesus embodies all of the incarnations we've discussed in this season.
(153) S8E10 Four Incarnations: gods in the Flesh
The content in this episode is based on an article I wrote a few years ago as this idea of incarnation became more and more powerful to me. It was the first piece I wr...
(154) S8E11 Four Incarnations: Recap/Conclusion
I recap and conclude our season on incarnation.
(155) S8E12 The Doctrine of Other
I explore how the nonviolent position and our call to incarnate provides us with the opportunity to value others who many may feel have nothing to offer us - like litt...
(156) S8E13 Christians are the Soul of the World
We take one final look at the incarnation by exploring a beautiful concept from the Letter to Diognetus which discusses the body and soul.
(157) S9E1 Christianity and Government: Introduction
I discuss the circumstances which caused me to take a fresh look at my views on government, and outline where I'm going with this season.
(158) S9E2 C&G: Government in the Old Testament
This episode zooms in on how the Bible portrays government in the Old Testament.
(159) S9E3 C&G: Government in the Gospels
This episode zooms in on how the Bible portrays government in the Gospels.
(160) S9E4 C&G: Government in the Epistles
This episode zooms in on how the Bible portrays government in the Epistles.
(161) S9E5 C&G: Hero Complexes and How We Misread the Bible
This episode is a bridge between the next episode and the previous ones. In order to recognize how we have misread the Bible, it's important for us to evaluate our len...
(162) S9E6 C&G: A Biblical Survey of Government
I spent a year working through the Bible with a particular eye for passages dealing with government. I share some of my observations, as well as a living document for ...
(163) S9E7 C&G: Revelation <Replay #11>
A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www....
(164) S9E8 C&G Romans 13 <Replay #12>
A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www....
(165) S9E9 C&G Romans 13 Extension (I Pet. and I Cor. 6)
We take another look at Romans 13 and add in some passages which help add to our understanding of the New Testament's dealing with the topic of government.
(166) S9E10 C&G: Ante-Nicene Views
After having spent the first part of our season looking at how the Bible tended to view government, we now turn to the very early, antenicene church to see how they vi...
(167) S9E11 C&G: What is the State?
This episode shifts from a biblical understanding of government to a more logical/philosophical one. As a Christian, I consider the biblical understanding of governmen...
(168) S9E12 C&G: When We Do as the Gentiles Do - The Constantinian Shift
In the last episode we saw what the State truly is. The next four episodes are a subseries, as we explore four different iterations of "Christian" government throughou...
(169) S9E13 C&G: When We Do as the Gentiles Do - The Crusades
In the last episode we looked at the first instantiation of "Christian" government in the Common Era. In this episode we are moving past the early Post-Constantinian ...
(170) S9E14 C&G: When We Do as the Gentiles Do: The Magisterial Reformation
In the last episode we looked at the "Christian" government which brought us the Crusades. In this episode we are looking at our third iteration of "Christian" governm...
(171) S9E15 C&G: When We Do as the Gentiles Do: The United States
We take our last look at the type of government Christians create. Conservatives love to tell us how Christian the Founding Fathers were, so they should have no proble...
(172) S1E33 {Interview ~ Jason Porterfield} Fight Like Jesus
This interview is with Jason Porterfield, author of the new book, "Fight Like Jesus." We cover a bunch of topics which you can find timestamped below. 0:00 - Episo...
(173) S9E16 C&G: Christian Government and its Logical End
This episode is an important recap of our subseries, "When We Do as the Gentiles Do." We looked at the four most Christian iterations of governments we could think of ...
(174) S9E17 C&G: The Consent of the Governed
We take an even deeper dive into two big problems Christendom faces, specifically in regard to the contradictory notions of God's ordination of government and governme...
(175) S9E18 C&G: Government's Impact on Christianity
April 9 is the anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution. Bonhoeffer was a Christian who refused to be conformed to the powers of this world, despite the capitula...
(176) S9E19 C&G: Government's Impact on the World
We've spent a lot of time looking at how government impacts and compromises Christianity. But that doesn't mean it can't be good for the rest of the world, right? Mayb...
(177) S9E20 C&G: The Logical Incoherence of Government
This episode wraps up our look at the logical foundations (or foundationlessness) of government by exposing inconsistencies and incoherence of a pro-government position.
(178) S9E21 C&G: Legislation and a Change of Heart
We turn from looking at the foundations of government to look at what government supposedly does for us. Over the next few episodes we'll look at issues like laws, vot...
(179) S9E22 C&G: Legislation, Executions, and the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina
This episode zooms in a bit on the topic of legislation. I explore a recent book I read entitled "The Faithful Executioner," which follows the life of an executioner w...