Bierkergaard: The Writings of Soren Kierkegaard
Eric Bierker Ph.D.
"The Father of Existentialism" Danish writer, poet, philosopher, and Christian thinker Soren Kierkegaard, has much to teach us about our lives. Join me weekly as we take on his writings and think about how his brilliant and profound insights illuminate our way in a complicated and confusing world. I contribute a considerable amount of my own processing of Soren’s ideas and add my own personal experiences. As Soren would wish his readers to do. This is spiritual insight and truth for the real world.
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Aug 23, 2023 • 43min
A Farewell To Everything
Job faced the loss of everything clearly. He didn’t romanticize the past but neither did he deny that God had been good to him. Soren develops these ideas in depth. This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Lucy Kirkman and her essay, “What If Tomorrow.”
Aug 16, 2023 • 45min
The Lord Gave
Soren emphasizes that Job is thankful that the Lord gave. Job, in this way, reminds us that God gives us everything we have. And that ultimately, everything in this world will be taken away. Only that which is done for eternity will last.
Aug 9, 2023 • 43min
Job: Properly Called a Teacher of Humankind
Job teaches us not only by what he said but also by what he did. He worshiped God in his trials and tribulations. Giving us his life as an example. “The Lord gave, and the Lord took away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Aug 2, 2023 • 42min
The Lord Gave and the Lord Took Away: Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
We finish up Upbuilding Discourse 5 “Strengthening the Inner Being” and start 6, “The Lord Gave and the Lord Took Away. Blessed Be the Name of the Lord.” Soren’s writings about Job’s sufferings provide sustenance in hard times. We can lose everything but still have God.
Jul 26, 2023 • 41min
Look Not At The Gifts But The Giver
The inner being, Soren writes, “Looks not at the gifts but the Giver.” God gives us Himself. So whether we have adversity or prosperity, or some combination, looking to the Giver (God) allows us to experience increased calmness and peace, even as our concerns increase.
Jul 19, 2023 • 57min
Soren Kierkegaard, Jeremiah Miller, and Eric Bierker
A conversation with Jeremiah Miller (actor and writer of the play LEAP, the life and writings of Soren Kierkegaard). We also delve into Upbuilding Discourses 5 & 1.
Jul 19, 2023 • 41min
Facing Adversity & Prosperity
This is a re-post due to a tech glitch. Both adversity and prosperity can strengthen the inner person through God’s Spirit.
Jul 6, 2023 • 41min
Transforming Hardships
Soren writes, of the Apostle Paul’s ministry, the power of this miracle: “To transform hardships into a witness for the truth of a teaching…is this not like making the lame walk and the mute speak?” We gain confidence that the Gospel transforms trouble into eternal Truth.
Jul 3, 2023 • 2min
Opening Prayer for Upbuilding Discourse #5.
Spotify is doing some work on the podcaster side of its platform on Wednesday, when I typically do the podcast. So, I will do it on Thursday instead. You can listen to episodes on Wednesday, I just cannot do one. So, I decided to read the prayer at the beginning of Upbuilding Discourse #5 while also mentioning that the next podcast will be published Thursday.
Jun 28, 2023 • 47min
Weeping Into The Peacefulness of Love
We finish this Upbuilding Discourse of “Love Hiding a Multitude of Sins” with a revisiting of Jesus loving a woman who the religious men hated. And she learned to love Him and herself in the process. And to turn away from her past.
