Hank and I continue our Church Fathers series with Paul of Samosata. Paul is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures from before the Council of Nicaea. He was the Bishop of Antioch but was excommunicated by a Synod of other Bishops and was even deposed by Roman troops. He is most famous for his Christology which viewed Jesus as a human who began to exist in Mary and was elevated to divinity through his obedience to God. Hank and I tell his fascinating story.
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Dr. James McGrath is a Professor of Religion at Bulter University. He is a widely respected expert on Early Christian History, Christology, and the New Testament. In this conversation we discuss the Gospel of John and it's Christology. We focus mostly on the contents of his book "John's Apologetic Christology". We mention James Dunn, NT Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, The Mandaeans, Lydia McGrew, Justin Martyr, Arius of Alexandria, Fr Stephen DeYoung, Philo of Alexandria, Origen of Alex...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 60
This is another episode in our Church Fathers series. We look at Hippolytus and Novatian. These are two important figures from the early and mid 3rd century. We look at how the early church operated, how they view baptism, how they viewed eschatology, and of course Christology.
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Fr. John Behr is the Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He has a long and prestigious career in early Christian theology and is one of the leading scholars on the Patristics. He has done many translations of the early church fathers. In this conversation we specifically talk about Origen. We mention Karl Barth, Jaroslav Peliko, Metropolitan John Zizioulas, Diodorus of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Gregory of Nyssa, and more. Fr. Behr's translation of "On First Principl...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Fr. Stephen DeYoung is an Eastern Orthodox Priest at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. He is also the author of multiple books and the host of the "Lord of Spirits" podcast and the "Whole Counsel of God" podcast. In this conversation we talk about the dangers of materialism, the nature of worship, Christology, and seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. Lord of Spirits podcast: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits Whole Counsel of God: https://www.ancientfaith....
Mar 03, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 57
This is my second conversation with Dr Lydia McGrew. She is a analytic philosopher and an expert on the historicity of the gospels. In this episode we focus specifically on her book "The Eye of the Beholder" which is about the Gospel of John. Our First Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPDqacoxzKA Lydia's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwhBk0vUSg_6prKkR82IDQ Lydia's playlist on the temple cleansings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4TzGiFCeLE&list=PLe1tMOs8AR...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This is the last of 4 episodes with Sam and Hank on Origen in our Church Fathers series. In this episode we specifically focus on the Origenist Controversies after his life, "The Commentary of the Gospel of John", "The Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew", and "Dialogue with Heraclides". We hope you enjoy. We mention Jordan Peterson, The Emperor Justinian, John Chrysostom, Father John Behr, Jerome, Bishop Barron, Nestorius, Athanasius, Arius, Pope Dyonysius of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Salamis, ...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 55
John Vervaeke and Paul VanderKlay come together for a dialogue on neoplatonism, evolution, and Christianity. This is my third dialogue with John Vervaeke and the first appearance of Paul on my channel. We mention Adam Friended, David Sloan Wilson, Bret Weinstein, Thomas Aquinas, the Apostle Paul, Jacob Faturechi, Origen of Alexandria, Plotinus, Philo of Alexandria, John Scotus Eriugena, Proclus, Maximus the Confessor, Porphyry, Noam Chomsky, Northrop Frye, CS Lewis, Iamblichus, Gregory Shaw, Pse...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Fr. John Strickland is an Orthodox Priest, Podcast host, and author. We discuss the history of Christianity as viewed from an Eastern Orthodox Perspective. We focus on themes of Paradise and Utopia and how that can help us understand our contemporary culture and context. We mention Ignatius of Antioch, Augustine of Hippo, Basil the Great, Constantine, Athanasius, Charlemagne, Pope Leo the Third, Dante, Ivan the Terrible, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, Thomas Aquinas, Brett Salkheld,...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Sam and Hank continue the church fathers dialogue series with our third episode on Origen of Alexandria. We look at his book "Against Celsus". We particularly focus on the topics of Celsus's attacks on Christianity, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, the relationship between Paganism and Christianity, and more insights into Origen's theology. We mention Tertullian, Justin Martyr, Augustine, Martin Luther, Jordan Peterson, Edmund Husserl, C.S. Lewis, and more. Jacob on Supercessio...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 52
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.
Dec 16, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 51
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 ...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 50
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 pu...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 49
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, P...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 48
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 Josh...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 47
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 Bauc...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 46
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
Sep 29, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 45
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 ab...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 44
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&...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 43
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 ...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Dr. David Capes is the Senior Research Fellow at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, TX and distinguished New Testament Scholar. He is an expert on the Apostle Paul and New Testament study. His specific area of interest is how the Apostle Paul uses the Old Testament in the New Testament. In particular he focuses on how Paul will use OT passages about God and reapply them to be about Jesus in the NT and what the Christological implications of the hermeneutics are. He has written a book on ...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Beau Branson, Isaiah Burridge, and I have a wide ranging discussion focused around the questions of "what is worship?", "who should be worshiped?", and "Is Jesus worshiped?". Beau Branson is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brescia University. Beau represents an Eastern Orthodox on these questions. Isaiah Burridge is the host of the "Depends on how you look at it" podcast. Isaiah represents a Reformed Baptist take on these questions and I represent the Biblical Unitarian perspective. Beau...
Aug 23, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Brandon Duke is on the board of the Unitarian Christian Alliance. He comes on to share his story and to plug the upcoming UCA Conference. We also talk about the nature and purpose of the UCA. We talk about the benefits of Unitarian Christian theology and what we see coming for the future and what we hope will happen. UCA Conference Link: https://www.unitarianchristianalliance.org/conference/ UCA Main Page: https://www.unitarianchristianalliance.org/ UCA Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 39
This is our second video on Tertullian and the latest video in our Church Fathers dialogue series between Sam and Hank. In this episode we focus on other aspects of Tertullian's theology. We discuss his sexual ethics, political ethics, his views on baptism, eschatology and much more.
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Parker Settecase returns to Transfigured for a discussion on his recent paper about Jordan Peterson's philosophy and theology and how he has problems raised by the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN) first posed by Alvin Plantinga and developed by Thomas Crisp. We also mention Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Bret Weinstein, Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Kevin Vanhoozer, CS Lewis, Soren Kierkegaard, John Walton, Alfred Balfour, Jonathan Haidt, Jonathan Pageau, John Vervaeke, Aristotle, P...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Byrne Power is the host of the Anadromist youtube channel. We met through Paul Vanderklay. Byrne and I talk about the Jesus Movement, Jesus People, the history of the '60s and '70s and how that has shaped America and Christianity. Byrne is one of the most interesting people in the world and I hope you enjoy our conversation. The Anadromist Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIAt... The Anadromist Blog: https://theanadromist.wordpress.com/...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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-Montanist...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 37
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.
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 36
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.
Jun 10, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 35
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...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 34
