Does God need to be a Trinity in order to love? This popular argument is one of the most emotionally compelling cases for the Trinity — but is it biblical, historical, or logically sound? In this video, I take a deep dive into the so-called “Love Argument for the Trinity.” I mention Wes Huff ( @WesHuff ), Billy Carson, Joe Rogan, Gavin Ortlund ( @TruthUnites ), CS Lewis, Tim Keller, Bishop Barron ( @BishopBarron ), Richard of St Victor, Richard Swinburne, Dale Tuggy ( @khanpadawan ), Basil the G...
Jun 30, 2025•42 min
Nate Hile ( @grailcountry ) joins Sam to discuss the historical and philosophical roots of liberalism. They explore how Christian personalism, rather than radical individualism, forms the true basis of liberal thought and why this tradition is worth defending against illiberal threats from both the left and the right.Names Mentioned:Paul Vanderklay ( @PaulVanderKlay ), Luke Thompson ( @WhiteStoneName ) , Dr. Jim, Caiaphas, David Walsh, Jordan Hall, John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ), Jonathan Pagea...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 29 min
In this episode of Transfigured, I sit down with Dr. Jim to delve into a range of pressing intellectual and spiritual topics. We explore his recent writings on his Substack, "Around the Corner," his perspective on the "re-enchantment" narrative currently popular in some online spaces, and a critical engagement with modernism. Using Carlos Eire's book "They Flew" (about the levitating St. Joseph of Cupertino) as a springboard, we discuss the nature of evidence, the moral responsibilities tied to ...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 29 min
10 Things to Do if you are being excommunicated from your church or are in fear that you might be soon.My email - transfiguredchannel@gmail.com My StoryOn @PaulVanderKlay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuoqGzIu5Wc&t=3636sOn @restitutio8765 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egnRBuStE1A&t=2s
Jun 13, 2025•20 min
In this episode, I talk with Kale Zelden ( @thekalezelden ) and Hank Kruse about the current state and future of the Catholic Church. We explore how Vatican II reshaped the Church, why many young Catholics are embracing orthodoxy, and what role tradition, mysticism, and “weirdness” might play in revitalizing the faith.We mention: Kale Zelden, Hank Cruz, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Jonathan Pageau, John Vervaeke, Paul VanderKlay, Elizabeth Oldfield, Rod Dreher, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Augustine, ...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ) & John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ) have a conversation about the nature of Spirit and the importance of fellowship. We mention Paul Vanderklay ( @PaulVanderKlay ), Elizabeth Oldfield ( @thesacredpodcast ), Kale Zelden, Rod Dreer, James Filler, William Desmond, Iamblichus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Johannes Hoffken, Greg Enriqueus, Eric Hull, Dan Chappie, Mike Levin, Jordan Peterson, Jacques Derrida, Hilary Putnam, Willard Van Orman Quine, Catherine Pickstoc...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Ross Douthat is a columnist at the New York Times. In this episode we discuss his book "Believe : Why Everyone Should be Religious". We mention Bret Weinstein, Tucker Carlson, JRR Tolkien, Rod Dreher, St Paul the Apostle, Justin Brierly, Carlos M. N. Eire, and more. Believe : https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Why-Everyone-Should-Religious/dp/0310367581 @InterestingTimesNYT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJJ9QUabkA&t=1s Tucker Carlson ( @TuckerCarlson ) and Bret Weinstein ( @DarkHorsePo...
May 22, 2025•47 min
This is part two of a series about Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ) and John Verkvaeke ( @johnvervaeke ) and their respective views on Spirit and pneumatology. I mention Jonathan Pageau, John Vervaeke, Paul Vander Klay, Elizabeth Oldfield, Kale Zelden, Rod Dreher, Grim Grizz, , Ed Hutchins, Tucker Carlson, St. Anthony of the Desert, Athanasius, David Sloan Wilson, John Calvin, Tanya Luhrmann, Charles Taylor, Chuck Colson, Will Barlow, Scott Alexander, Robert Falconer, Richard Schwarz, Chris M...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 15 min
This video discusses the Council of Nicaea in 325AD and seeks to explore what it meant to those who were there. I mention Constantine the Great, Constantius II, Alexander of Alexandria, Athanasius of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Eusebius of Caesarea, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Marcellus of Ancyra, Eustathius of Antioch, Michael Servetus, Arius, Kegan Chandler, RPC Hanson, Richard Rubenstein, Rowan Williams, Timothy Barnes, and more. Richard Rubenstein - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6c0lEZAh...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 14 min
This conversation discusses the similarities between Jonathan Pageau and John Vervaeke with regards to ontology, teleology, and epistemology. This is in preparation for a conversation in preparation for the midwestuary conference. I mention John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ), Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ), Mary Harrington, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Meno's Paradox, Gregory of Nyssa, Father John Behr, Hank, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, George Cybenko, Kurt Hornik, Charles Darwin, Jonathan Losos...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min
This episode is a response to a tweet from @redeemedzoomer6053 regarding the question "Do Christians worship the same God as the Jews?". I mentioned Jacob @faturechi , Paul Vanderklay @PaulVanderKlay , Tripp Parker, Bethel McGrew, Rabbi Tovia Singer @ToviaSinger1 , Dale Tuggy, Beau Branson, William Hasker, William Lane Craig, Marcion, Michael Heiser, James McGrath, Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Fred Sanders, and more. Redeemed Zoomer on Paul Van...
Apr 30, 2025•39 min
Jordan Hall and I discuss he exploration and reflections about the doctrine of the Trinity. We mention John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ), Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ), Paul Vanderklay ( @PaulVanderKlay ), Kale Zelden ( @thekalezelden ), Jim Rutt ( @jimruttshow8596 ), Elizabeth Oldfield ( @thesacredpodcast ), Rod Dreher, Polycarp, Ignatius of Antioch, The Cappadocian Fathers, Jordan Peterson ( @JordanBPeterson ), Forrest Landry, Iain McGilchrist, Immanuel Kant, David Bentley Hart, James Fill...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Sean is the host of @restitutio8765 . He is the pastor of Living Hope Ministries Internal ( @livinghopelatham ) He is also on the board of the Unitarian Christian Alliance ( @UnitarianChristianAlliance ). In this video we discuss his recent series on the history of Corinth the city and what that informs us about the epistles to the Corinthian church and early christianity more broadly. We mention Aquila, Augustus, Bacchus, Bruce Winter, Cayla Mayo, Claudius, Crispus, Cybele, Dale Martin, Dionysu...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Rabbi Tovia Singer is an Orthodox Rabbi living in Jerusalem. He is the founder and director of Outreach Judaism. William Lane Craig, Ignatius of Antioch, Tertullian, Origen of Alexandria, Constantine the Great, John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Martin Luther, Philo of Alexandria, Maimonides, Michael Heiser, Tim Mackie ( @bibleproject ), Lee Strobel, John Nelson Darby, Paul of Samosata, Athanasius of Alexandria, Arius of Alexandria, William Hasker, Beau Branson, Dale Tuggy ( @khanpadawan ) , Gavin O...
Apr 07, 2025•2 hr 8 min
This is my message to the Jews. It follows up on my video about Christian/Muslim relations. I mention Elon Musk, Philo of Alexandria, Caligula, Suetonius, Claudius, Prescilla, Aquila, Gallio, Sosthenes, Jusitn Martyr, Trypho, Simon Bar Kokhba, Polycarp, Constantine, Athanasius of Alexandria, Caiaphas, Paul of Samosata, Photinus of Galatia, Arius, Constantius II, Gregory of Nyssa, Hank Kruse, Theodosius the Great, Ambrose of Milan, Julian the Apostate, Aphrahat the Persian Sage, Nestorius of Cons...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 50 min
Elizabeth Oldfield is the host of the sacred ( @thesacredpodcast ), an author, and . Paul Vanderklay is the host of @PaulVanderKlay ) and the head pastor of living stones. We mention John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ), Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ) , Rod Dreher, Kale Zelden ( @thekalezelden ) , Chris Pratt, Mark Walhberg, Jenny Odell, Renes Decartes, Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Francis Collins, Jordan Peterson, Pete Seeger, Taylor Swift, Love is Blind, Shane Claiborne, Emile Durkheim, Jonathan...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 40 min
This video is a quick TLDR summary on David Bentley Hart's ( @leavesinthewind7441 ) lecture series at Cambridge entitled "The Light of Tabor : Towards a Monistic Chrisology". I mention Origen of Alexandria, Sergei Bulgakov, and more. DBH Commentary Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bh6_p2a6U&t=1806sDBH Commentary Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irRxu7E4W4&t=0sDBH Commentary Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84jBq2yTPXg&t=4104sDBH Commentary Part 4 - https://...
Mar 28, 2025•14 min
Fr Stephen DeYoung is an Eastern Orthodox Priest at Archangel Gabriel in Lafayette, LA. He is also the cohost of "Lord of Spirits" podcast ( @AncientFaithMinistries ). He is also the author of many books. We discuss his new book "Saint Paul the Pharisee : Jewish Apostle to All Nations". We mention Gamaliel, Yosef Razin, Jacob Faturechi ( @faturechi ), St Jerome, Fr Andrew Dammick, and more. St. Paul the Pharisee book - https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Paul-Pharisee-Apostle-Nations/dp/1955890706Our F...
Mar 26, 2025•2 hr 15 min
In this video Sean Finnegan talks about the current state of Biblical Unitarianism across the world, its recent growth, it's challenges, and his vision for the future. Sean is the host of @restitutio8765 . He is the pastor of Living Hope Ministries Internal ( @livinghopelatham ) He is also on the board of the Unitarian Christian Alliance ( @UnitarianChristianAlliance ). We mention Compass Christian Church ( @compasschurchlou ). Unitarian Christian Alliance - https://www.unitarianchristia...
Mar 25, 2025•19 min
Malcolm Collins and his wife Simone are the hosts are ( @SimoneandMalcolm ). Malcolm is a leading pronatalist, entreprenuer, and a new right intellectual and thought leader. We talk about the birth rate collapse and crisis, artificial intelligence, how to build cultures and religions that can resist this crisis, how to save civilization and whether victory might be possible. We mention Elon Musk, JK Rowling, JD Vance, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Ayan Hirsi Ali, Grimes, Mike Solana, Aaron Renn, Scott Al...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 12 min
This video is the fourth in a series of commentary videos on David Bentley Hart's ( @leavesinthewind7441 ) lecture series at Cambridge entitled "The Light of Tabor : Towards a Monistic Chrisology". I mention Origen of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Sergei Bulgakov, Gregory of Nyssa, Meister Eckhart, Maximus the Confessor, Irenaeus of Lyon, and more. DBH Commentary Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bh6_p2a6U&t=1806sDBH Commentary Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irRxu7E4W4&t...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Jordan Hall and I discuss he exploration and reflections about the doctrine of the Trinity. We mention John Vervaeke ( @johnvervaeke ), Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ), Paul Vanderklay ( @PaulVanderKlay ), Kale Zelden ( @thekalezelden ), Jim Rutt ( @jimruttshow8596 ), Elizabeth Oldfield ( @thesacredpodcast ), Rod Dreher, Polycarp, Ignatius of Antioch, The Cappadocian Fathers, Jordan Peterson ( @JordanBPeterson ), Forrest Landry, Iain McGilchrist, Immanuel Kant, David Bentley Hart, James Fill...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Dr. Kegan Chandler ( @Dr_Kegan_Chandler ) has a PhD in religious studies from the University of Cape Town. He specialized in the study of Asian religions. We talk about religion, Christianity, and Unitarianism in Japan. We mention Elisabetta Porcu, Shintoism, Buddhism, Tom Holland, Martin Scorsese, Ogyu Sorai, Commodore Matthew Perry, John Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin, Leroy Lansing Janes, Ebina Danjo, Kanamori Michitomo, Harada Tasuku, Arthur Knapp, Origen of AlexandriaKegan's youtube channel - ...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 32 min
This video is the first in a series of commentary videos on David Bentley Hart's ( @leavesinthewind7441 ) lecture series at Cambridge entitled "The Light of Tabor : Towards a Monistic Chrisology". I mention Mark Parker, Dr. Andrew Perriman, Rowan Williams, Jordan Daniel Wood, Origen of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Fr John Behr, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Paul of Samosata, Athanasius of Alexandria, Sergei Bulgakov, John Vervaeke, Meister Eckhart, Maximus the Confessor, and more.
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 36 min
I think video I give a presentation titled "Participation in the Perfected Humanity of Christ : A Unitarian Atonement Theory". I discuss the idea of whether or not Jesus needed to be God in order to save us. I mention Dr. Andrew Perriman, William Ellery Channing, Dale Tuggy, Paul of Samosata, David Bentley Hart, Athanasius of Alexandria, Arius of Alexandria, Photinus of Sirmium, and more. Andrew Perriman on Philippians 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTHSASs47YWilliam Ellery Channing 'Liken...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Aaron Renn ( @TheAaronRennShow ) in the host of the Aaron Renn show. We mention Dan Wagenmaker, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Donald Trump, Stephen Wolfe, James Davison Hunter, Jerry Falwell, Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, JD Vance, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Chris Jones, Rod Dreher, Eric Kaufmann, and more. Aaron Renn's blog - https://www.aaronrenn.com/Life in the Negative World - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Aaron-M.-Renn/author/B00T9WEPBK?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPor...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min
This video is the first in a series of commentary videos on David Bentley Hart's ( @leavesinthewind7441 ) lecture series at Cambridge entitled "The Light of Tabor : Towards a Monistic Chrisology". I mention Rowan Williams, Nestorius, Arius of Alexandria, the Ascension of Isaiah, Origen of Alexandria, Thomas Aquinas, Gregory Palamas, Karl Barth, Aristotle, Fr John Behr, Herbert McCabe, Paul of Samosata, Robert Jensen, Justin Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, Maximus the Confessor and more. DBH's Lecture 1 ...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 23 min
In this episode I interview Dr. Gabriel Reynolds. He has a PhD from Yale and is a Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss the religious setting of 6th and 7th century Arabia, how that might have influenced Mohammad, interactions between Christians and Muslims, and where the Quran's specific views on Jesus came from. We mention Ahmad Al-Jallad, Bishop Jacob of Serugh, Beryllus of Bostra, Paul of Samosata, Aphrahat the Persian Sage, David Bertaina, Sidney H. Griffith, Jac...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 16 min
This video discusses the ancient text, "The Ascension of Isaiah", and early Christian cosmology, Christology, theology and philosopher. I ask the question "Can we still ascend to heaven?". I mention the Ascension of Isaiah, The Book of Enoch, The Shepherd of Hermas, Protoevangelium of James, King Hezekiah, Jim Morrison, Oliver Stone, Andy Warhol, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Toll Houses, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jonathan Pageau ( @JonathanPageau ), Elon Musk, The Apostle Paul, the Book of R...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 34 min