Transfigured

Jeff Deuble is the author of "Christ Before Creeds: Rediscovering the Jesus of history":  https://www.amazon.com/Christ-Before-Creeds-Rediscovering-History/dp/173691801X   We talk about Jeff's journey from being a pastor in a trinitarian denomination to changing his mind by becoming non-trinitarian, we talk about his motivations for writing his book, and how non-trinitarians should interact in a trinitarian Christian world.

Sam and Hank continue the church fathers dialogue series with our second episode on Origen of Alexandria. We continue looking at his book "On First Principles". We particularly focus on the topics of his cosmology and the interpretation of Scripture. We mention Renes Descartes, Apostle Paul, Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, John Vervaeke, Paul Vanderklay, Tim Mackie, Michael Heiser, Jonathan Pageau, Fr Stephen DeYoung, Fr Andrew Damick, and more.    Four Horsemen Conversation with Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke, Bishop Barron, and Jonathan Pageau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCvQsqSCWjA&t=892s  Tim Mackie on Remnant Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMh05mYBD_A

John Vervaeke is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of Toronto. He has an excellent youtube channel and I would particularly recommend his series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis".   Awakening from the Meaning Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_...  J ohn Vervaeke, Paul Vanderklay, JP Marceau on Teleology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXgDelZcebo&t=95s  The main topic of this conversation is whether the whole of existence has a purpose, or whether purpose is only realized at local levels. We mention Plato, Paul Vanderklay, JP Marceau, Pope Francis, Paul Anleitner, Spinoza, the fine tuning argument, Aristotle.

Sam and Hank continue the church fathers dialogue series by beginning to discuss Origen of Alexandria. We give a biographical background for Origen and the context and translation history of "On First Principles". We particularly focus on the topics of the Trinity and the Incarnation. We mention Father John Behr, Henri De Lubac, Athanasius of Alexandria, Arius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr, John Vervaeke, Plato, Plotinus, Ammonius Saccas, Porphyry, Rufinus, Johns Dun Scouts, Pope Benedict, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Nazianzus, Basil the Great, Erasmus, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Anselm of Cantebury, David Bentley Hart, Dale Tugyy.

Dr. Joshua Sijuwade is a Visiting Lecturer at the London School of Theology and has a PhD from the University of York in the Philosophy of Religion. Josh has taken inspiration from Beau Branson's Monarchical Trinitarianism and articulated it in a way that includes developments in contemporary analytic metaphysics and also putting on a catholic twist. We mention Dale Tuggy, Beau Branson, Richard Swinburn, Fr John Behr, David Lewis, Larry Hurtado, Jonathan Schaffer, Bishop Barron and more.    Dr Joshua Sijuwade's academia page: https://lst.academia.edu/JoshuaSijuwade

Dr Shabir Ally is the President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto, the host of "Let the Quran Speak", and a well known Islamic Apologist. He has had many debates with Trinitarian Christians on the topic of the Trinity and is extremely well informed and articulate on the topic. Instead of a debate we have a cordial dialogue on the topic of Jesus in Unitarian Christian and Islam and what similarities and differences we have. We mention Bart Ehrman, Richard Bauckham, Rich Matt Slick, William Ellery Channing, Geoffrey Parrinder, Khalil Andani, Kenneth Cragg and many others. Dr. Ally's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/QuranSpeaks

Austin Suggs is the host of the wonderful youtube channel "Gospel Simplicity". We talked about his faith journey, the story of how he made his youtube channel, the curiosity of many evangelicals in older Christian traditions, and the future evangelicalism. Austin is a wonderful guy and I hope you will enjoy this interview and go and check out his channel.   Gospel Simplicity: https://www.youtube.com/c/GospelSimplicity

Paul Anleitner is the host of the podcast "Deep Talks: Exploring Theology & Meaning Making". Paul is also a pastor at a church in Minnesota. Paul and I met through the Paul Vanderklay community. He is a very interesting guy with wide ranging interests. Today we talk about how the work of John Vervaeke has impacted him. Paul's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yCyOMUeem-cYwliC-tLJg/videos Paul's podcast: https://deeptalkstheologypodcast.podbean.com/ Paul, John, and I talk about prophecy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSPFxUp9CA

Jake Brancatella, aka the Muslim Metaphysician, is the host of his own youtube channel and is a cohost on Thought Adventure channel. He recently had a debate on The Trinity vs Tawhid with Dr James White from "The Firing Line". In this conservation Jake and I discuss that debate, go into further detail on some of the arguments, and try to further elucidate with Dr. James White might actually believe about the trinity.    Jake's Debate with James White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh13mb4Hz1E&t=1550s   Thought Adventure Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThoughtAdventurePodcast   The Muslim Metaphysician Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMuslimMetaphysician   We also mention Dr Dale Tuggy, Dr Beau Branson, Chris Date, Dr Richard Swinburn, Dr William Lane Craig, Dr Jousha Sijuwade, Dr Ryan Mullins, Herman Alexander Roell, BB Warfield, and many others.

In this episode of Hank and Sam's continuing dialogues on the Church Fathers we discuss Athenagoras. We don't know much about Athenagoras but we have 1 maybe 2 of his letters. His most important work is "A Plea for the Christians" written around 165AD to the emperor Marcus Aurelius for the purpose of convincing the Emperor to end the persecution of Christians. Athenagoras was a well trained philosopher and was probably the smartest and more articulate of the church fathers of the second century and we hope to bring more attention to his importance with this episode.   A Plea for the Christians: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0205.htm