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.
Episodes
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Jan 11, 2023 • 51min
Eternity’s Free Citizen
When we have the Purity of Heart to Will one thing, we willingly embrace suffering. If we do, we have both depth and transparency like the ocean, unperturbed by life’s storms of suffering. We are free.
Jan 4, 2023 • 46min
The Eternal’s Comfort is Pure Gold
Attention, sacred attention, is godly. For God is attentive to us. Paying attention is a form of voluntary suffering. So little means much. Take comfort in God’s attentiveness to us and give comfort to others by being attentive to them.
Dec 28, 2022 • 45min
Tranquility of Soul
Jesus gives us the tranquility of soul to bear the burdens of life. For, he too has suffered.
Dec 21, 2022 • 40min
Sheer Love and Sheer Sorrow
Christ came to earth as a servant. Truly God and truly Man. He assumed his station as one who was to suffer from the Manger to the Cross. Let us not turn aside too quickly from his story of love and sorrow for us. Take time to ponder this in this season.
Dec 16, 2022 • 3min
LEAP: The Life of Soren Kierkegaard
This is a one man production and acting of the life of Soren by Jeremiah Miller that is tonight (Friday), tomorrow, and Sunday. I wanted to post it now rather than talk about it next week when it would be too late to see it. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/218326218597
Dec 14, 2022 • 45min
Kierkegaard Explains Christmas
The end of this Chapter about the conflict between the temporal and eternal aligned very nicely with a parable that Soren told about the Incarnation where the king becomes a servant to show his love to a peasant girl by becoming like her in station; in her suffering.
Dec 7, 2022 • 45min
Battle With The Air
Using evasion as a means of avoidance is a strategy that will ultimately fail, if not in this life, most certainly in eternity. We are to face our fears and trust that God will provide what we need. Which is actually not a lot. Food & Clothing. That’s it. And Faith and Friendship. With God and with others. That’s true richness. So, let us chill out in this season of Advent.
Nov 30, 2022 • 30min
Suffering for the Good
Soren develops the idea that being willing to suffer for the good is a true test if we really want the good. When to stick with something vs. bailing out requires wisdom. No easy formula.
Nov 23, 2022 • 54min
Take Time To Rest
To be at our best, we must take time to rest. Soren says we need to stop long enough to let the fever of busyness break. I also share some tips on how to get rest.
Nov 16, 2022 • 35min
Consecration of Excuses
Soren writes that we use busyness as an excuse to not willing the one thing, the Good. Through a winnowing down of activity, through contemplation, we provide space for eternity to manifest itself. That space must be comprised of a spirit of honesty.
