
Transfigured
Long form discussions on the identity of Jesus
Latest episodes

Jul 29, 2024 • 2h 7min
Is the Doctrine of the Incarnation Coherent? debate - Dr. Joshua Sijuwade and Dr. Steven Nemes

Jun 26, 2024 • 2h 12min
Jake Brancatella, The Muslim Metaphysician - Can Islam participate in Liberalism?
Jake Brancatella, the Muslim Metaphysician (. @JakeBrancatella ), and I have a discussion about Islam, Liberalism, Secularism, Democracy, and the West. We talk about the strengths, problems, and history of liberal democracy and whether or not Muslims can, or should, want to fit in.
Jake's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCcGQRfTPNyHlXMqckvz2uqQ
Our First Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wxT_FYRbs&t=4s
Our Second Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqP4EB8zzk&t=4084s
My appearance on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLZVVsfdG8&t=2562sJake on Secularism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NVZe8_XTU&t=951s

Jun 18, 2024 • 2h 15min
The Stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari and the future of Muslim/Christian relations and the Freedom of Religion
I mention Aphrahat the Persian Sage, the Apostle Paul, Constantine the Great, King Sharpur II, Yazdegerd I, Nestorius of Constantinople, Bishop Mar Mari Immanuel, Mohammad, Genghis Kahn, Tamerlane, Aristotle, Plato, the Ming Dynasty, Doubting Thomas, Patrick Bets-David, Jacob Faturechi ( @faturechi ), James McGrath, the Mandaeans, Mar Awa III, Bishop Barron, Robert Shlimon, Andrew Tate, Jake Brancatella the Muslim Metaphysician ( @TheMuslimMetaphysician ), Daniel Haqiqatjou, @ReasonandTheology , Trent Horn, Elon Musk, Michael Servetus, John Calvin, Marian Hillar, Fausto Sozzini, Lelio Sozzini, Socinianism, John Locke, Benedict Spinoza, Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, David Hume, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Justinian, Theodosius the Great, Khalil Andani, Shabir Ally, Robert Spencer, Paul Vanderklay ( @PaulVanderKlay ), Tim Keller, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, ( @triggerpod ), Tom Holland, Louis Perry, ( @maidenmothermatriarch ),
Aphrahat the Persian Sage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mH3BDSMIbg
PBD ( @PBDPodcast ) religious roundtable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzjoHtYN05k
Jake on Transfigured - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wxT_FYRbs
Jake on Mar Mari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHH-tP-RmXc&t=127s
Tim Keller on secularism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n7BDf9KK-s&t=328s
Ayaan Hirsi Ali - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4VJofC_PFA&t=443s

May 31, 2024 • 1h 26min
Basil - Part 2 : Biography, Commentary on Genesis 1, and letters
This is our second episode about Basil the Great. We cover his biography in more detail and talk about his commentary on the creation account in Genesis. We mention John Calvin, Origen of Alexandria, Michael Servetus, Russel Brand, Bret Weinstein, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Constantine, Constantius, Theodosius the Great, Athanasius, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Mani, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Naziuanzus, and more.

May 24, 2024 • 1h 34min
In Biblical Unitarianism what is the relationship between the divine and the human?
The podcast explores the nature of Jesus in Biblical Unitarianism, his role in atonement, and the relationship between the divine and the human. It contrasts differing views on the nature of God and delves into the connection between the divine and non-divine elements. The discussion also touches on creation's goodness, unity, and human understanding of the divine, as well as explores the divine-human connection across various belief systems.

May 20, 2024 • 1h 9min
Tertullian's Christology - Jesus as a demigod in training
This video helps explain Tertullian's Christology on its own terms in its historical context and in response to polemical arguments with Gnostics and Modalists. It also shows that Tertullian was not an orthodox trinitarian by the later standard definitions. This video mentions @InspiringPhilosophy , @JayDyer , @TheMuslimMetaphysician , @shamounian , @m.davidlitwa , @MythVisionPodcast others.

May 14, 2024 • 1h 53min
Dr. Dustin Smith - Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John
Dr. Dustin Smith is the host of the @BiblicalUnitarianPodcast and a New Testament scholar at Spartanburg Methodist College. In this episode we discuss his new book about Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John. We mention James Dunn, Michael Servetus, the Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, Philo of Alexandria, and more.
Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John: https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Christology-Gospel-Dustin-Smith/dp/B0D248VGC5

May 10, 2024 • 1h 15min
Dr. Thomas Gaston - Historical Evidence that Biblical Unitarianism is the Original Christology
Dr. Thomas Gaston has a PhD in Theology from The University of Oxford and a Masters in the History of Christianity from the University of Birmingham. He is the author of a new book "Dynamic Monarchianism: The Earliest Christology?" which argues that Dynamic Monarchianism, often called 'Biblical Unitarianism' in today's parlance, has strong historical evidence for being the earliest Christology. We mention Theodotus of Byzantium, Paul of Samosata, ARtemon, Pope Victor I, Justin Martyr, Ignatius of Antioch, the Epistle of Barnabas, the Shepherd of Hermas, Beryllus of Bostra, Origen of Alexandria, Irenaeus of Lyon, Tatian, Clement of Alexandria, Athenagoras, Melito of Sardis, Constantine, Plato, Numenius of Apamea, Plotinus of Alexandria, Eusebius, Photinus of Galatia, Athanasius of Alexandria, Hipploytus, Tertullian, and more.
Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Monarchianism-Thomas-Edmund-Gaston/dp/1793256721

May 7, 2024 • 54min
Dr. Ann Jervis - How the Apostle Paul understood time
Dr. Ann Jervis is a Professor Emertia of New Testament at the University of Toronto and a Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. She is a unique proposal for understanding how the Apostle Paul conceptualizes time, and what implications that has for understanding the rest of his theology. We discuss these ideas mentioning NT Wright, James Dunn, David Bentley Hart, Dale Martin, and more.
Paul and Time : https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Time-Life-Temporality-Christ-ebook/dp/B0BW13WS6D

May 2, 2024 • 1h 29min
St. Basil the Great - Part 1: On the Holy Spirit
This video continues the church fathers series with Sam and Hank. This is our first episode about St. Basil the Great, the Cappadocian Father. We mention Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Eunomius, Aetius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, John Calvin, William Lane Craig, John McArthur, Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Theodosius the Great, Constantine, Tom Holland, Paul Vanderklay, Julian the Apostate, and more.