Transfigured

This conversation continues our series of dialogues with Sam and Hank on the church fathers. This episode we talk about Tertullian of Carthage. We cover Tertullian's background, the history and relevance of the montanist movement, and Tertullian's views on trinitarian theology. We will likely have at least one more episode covering other areas of Tertullian's theology. Hope you enjoy.   Prophets and Gravestones by William Tabbernee: https://www.amazon.com/Prophets-Gravestones-Imaginative-Montanists-Christians/dp/0801047811

This is the third episode in Sam and Hank's series of dialogues on the Church Fathers. In this episode we discuss the 3 Apostolic Fathers: Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, and Polycarp of Smyrna. Sam is a Biblical Unitarian and Hank is a recent convert from evangelicalism to Roman Catholicism. We bring our different perspectives and background to this discussion to talk about the life, theology, importance and relevance of these three revered early church figures.

Isaiah's podcast, Depends on How You Look at It: https://dependsonyou.buzzsprout.com/  Isaiah shares his amazing story of health, healing, miracles, and God's providence. He also talks about his theological exploration and development. We cover many subjects from eschatology, to dispensationalism, covenantalism, infant baptism, the eucharist, premillenialism, and soteriology.

Sean Finnegan is a pastor, podcaster, and scholar who has a very similar background to me. We talk about what it is like to grow up "in the shadow of the Way International" and make sense of it's mixed inheritance. Some of the names mentioned are E.W. Bullinger, B.J. Leonard, Anthony Buzzard, Vince Finnegan, and Victor Gluckin.   You can find Sean's podcast, "Restitutio" here: https://restitutio.org/ You can find Sean's interview of me here: https://restitutio.org/2020/11/27/367-excommunicated-for-my-beliefs-sam/

This is the second episode of our monthly series where Sam and Hank discuss the church fathers. This episode is about Irenaeus of Lyon. He was the Bishop of Lyon in southern France but he had grown up in Smyrna. We discuss his biography, his importance in church history, his writings, his views on gnosticism, his Christology, and other facets of his theology. We also draw parallels and applications of his life and message for Christians today. We also mention Paul Vanderklay, Jonathan Pageau, John Vervaeke, Jordan Peterson, Bishop Barron, James Lindsay, Polycarp, Valentinus, Ignatius of Antioch, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and many more. I hope you enjoy and learn from our discussion. 

Parker is a theology student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the host of "Parker's Pensees" youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbT...​  I ask him about his theological background. We talk about the importance of the doctrine of the trinity to salvation, how a church defines itself and he shares with me his argument for the Trinity based on our knowledge of concepts. We also discuss William Hasker, Paul Vanderklay, Jordan Peterson, Fred Sanders, Paul Gould, Chad McIntosh, Steven Nemish, John Vervaeke, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine and more.

JP Marceau comes back for his second appearance on my channel. This conversation was spurred on by the recent conversation between Paul Vanderklay, John Vervaeke and JP regarding miracles and the logos. JP and I talk about that topic other how we can understand immanence, emergence, the logos together with a focus on Christ. We mention Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Keiji Nishitani, Plotinus, Bishop Barron, Jordan Peterson, CS Lewis, John Scotus Eriugena and more.    You will benefit most from watching this recent conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGoil4zuQPc&t=84s  This is the first conversation between Vervaeke, Vanderklay, and Marceau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCeHJtdQ0fg&t=0s  Check out JP's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZzlvx0HHYiPOJTEOU399WA

Jonathan Stewart is a Deacon in The Apostolic Johannite Church in Montreal. The Apostolic Johannite Church is a modern day church in the gnostic and esoteric christian tradition. Jonathan also is the host of "Talk Gnosis" on the Gnostic Wisdom Network youtube channel.   We talk about the history and emergence of Christian Gnostic. It's connections to the orthodox Christian tradition, it's beliefs and teachings, it's various historical manifestations and the state of Christian Gnosticism today. We mention Khalil Andani, Manichaeism, Valentinus, Marcion, The Apostle Paul, Paul Magnus, Philo of Alexandria, Irenaeus of Lyon, Justin Martyr, Paul the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Baptist, Hermeticism, The Nag Hammadi Library, The Cathars, Meister Eckhart, Theosophy, Carl Jung, and more.    Gnostic Wisdom Network youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GnosticNYC  The Apostolic Johannite Church: https://www.johannite.org/

Dr. Chad McIntosh has a PhD in Philosophy from Cornell University. He has developed a model of social trinitarianism complimented by a deeper understanding of group personhood. I feel like his model is one of the best and most compelling articulations of social trinitarianism that many people could learn from.  He also challenges me with arguments against Biblical Unitarianism. We mention Dale Tuggy, William Lane Craig, Augustine, Larry Hurtado, and more.

Luke Thompson comes on my channel for his fourth appearance. We talk about how we agree and disagree on the trinity. We talk about Beau Branson, John Piper, Owen Barfield, Nathan Ormand, Neoplatonism, John Vervaeke, Paul Vanderklay, Jonathan Pageau, Richard Rohr, Jordan Peterson, Nathan Jacobs, Douglas Harding, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Ross Douthat, Charles Taylor, Alisa Childers, Jacob Faturechi, John Behr, Stephen Freeman, Byrne Powers, Bishop Barron, and Preston Sprinkle.