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
Mentioned books
Aug 31, 2022 • 30min
Being Thousand Minded
Although Soren himself sought to have “Purity of Heart Is To Will One Thing” it was a struggle. We can be thankful that he wrote through this struggle to find the clarity, peace, and purpose, to will the one thing.
Aug 24, 2022 • 22min
Purity of Heart and the Purpose and Power of Prayer
We continue walking through Chapter 3 in Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing. Barriers to Willing One Thing: Variety of Great Moments Are Not One Thing. Prayer is the path in the Office of Confession.
Aug 17, 2022 • 21min
Truth Triumphs Over Time
We begin Chapter 3 in “Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing.” Soren brings the Truth and it didn’t always make him popular. He predicted, though, that the Truth of what he wrote would triumph over time.
Aug 10, 2022 • 24min
The Perils of Self-Deception
God uses punishment to slow our steps down so we stop and become silent. And when silent, we hear his voice and end up arriving at hope if we heed.
Aug 3, 2022 • 24min
Contrition May Not Be Confession
Having contrition for our sin and the consequences may not truly be Confession. We must be forgiven through the merits of Christ. Soren writes first to himself and then to us about how to proceed on our way to eternity.
Jul 27, 2022 • 22min
Revenge As Rocket Fuel
Using Soren as a guide, this podcast explores the rise and fall of Nazism and Hitler. And how confession keeps the rocket from exploding.
Jul 20, 2022 • 25min
The Quotable Kierkegaard: Part II
Soren is eminently quotable. I take on the remaining quotes from the Philosophy Call tweet. Link in last week’s podcast.
Jul 13, 2022 • 22min
The Quotable Kierkegaard. Part I
Today’s episode takes on some Kierkegaard quotes. Soren is very quotable and it is how most people know of him. These quotes came from Twitter-Philosophy Call https://twitter.com/philosophy_call/status/1546138212556496897?s=21&t=A3JEeanl4A0B6vqoYEqmyA
Jul 6, 2022 • 24min
Eternity in the Heart
If we recognized that we are eternal, we’d treat our lives and others’ lives with the seriousness they’d deserve. Soren is emphatic that this eternality is foundational to learning to will one thing: a living relationship with God.
Jun 29, 2022 • 7min
Going To One Episode A Week
I have made a decision, for now, to do one episode a week. On my end, the purpose is to give me more time to produce a quality episode. On the listener side, it is for you to experience a higher quality episode and for listeners to give each published episode more attention versus having episodes not being listened to when published. So, better quality and stronger attention are the goals. If the podcast continues to gain listeners and it seems favorable to add a second podcast a week, I will do so. So, each Wednesday as new episode will be published. In the meantime, if you are hankering for more, catch up on already published episodes!
