The Perspectivalist
The Perspectivalist is a podcast that seeks to interpret the culture, cantus, and cultus from a Biblical perspective. Join us each week for commentary and interviews.
Episodes
Season 7, Episode 7: The Quotation Theory of Head-Covering in I Corinthians 11
Jason’s booklet, Paul and the Head Covering: A Biblical Reassessment, argues that the passage is not as obvious as many assume. Paul is writing into the confusion of Corinth, where questions of worship, culture, male headship, female dignity, and church unity all come together.This is a brief but thoughtful conversation on exegesis, history, and pastoral wisdom. Thanks for tuning in to The Perspec
Season 7, Episode 6: Children at the Table
In this episode of The Perspectivalist, we enter a long-standing and often contested conversation within the church: the nature of the sacraments and, more specifically, the place of children at the Lord’s Table. Amid ongoing movements between Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodoxy, sacramental theology has once again taken center stage. Pastor Uri Brito offers a robust defense of paedoco
Season 7, Episode 5: A Brief Case for the Church Calendar
Welcome to the Perspectivalist. Our aim is to offer a perspective of the world shaped by the normativity of Scripture.In this episode, we explore a simple but profound question: time is never neutral, so who is ordering yours? As we enter Holy Week, we consider how the Church Calendar forms our loves, shapes our imagination, and anchors us in the story of Christ.Rather than beginning with argument
Season 7, Episode 4: Heavenly Lights and Earthly Rule (Review of "Through New Eyes")
In this episode of The Perspectivalist, we explore how the Bible teaches us to see the world rightly by beginning with Scripture rather than modern assumptions. While modern man looks at the heavens and sees only physics and expanding galaxies, the Bible invites us to see purpose, meaning, and authority.Drawing from Genesis 1 and insights from James Jordan’s Through New Eyes, we consider how the s
Season 7, Episode 3: Bitcoin, Ethics, and the Theology of Money with Jordan Bush
In this episode of The Perspectivalist, Uri Brito sits down with Jordan Bush to explore a deeper question behind today’s financial debates: What should money be?This conversation moves beyond investing strategy and into theology, ethics, and anthropology. Money, they argue, is not neutral. It shapes trust, power, authority, and social structures. Throughout Scripture, honest scales, just weights,
Season 7, Episode 2: Christ Over Every Crown: Sphere Sovereignty and the Limits of the State
Perspectivalist Podcast — Season 7, Episode 2In this episode, Uri Brito speaks with Pastor Levi Secord about the modern crisis of authority and why Christians instinctively sense that something is wrong when the state claims jurisdiction over education, family, morality, and worship.Drawing from the historic doctrine of sphere sovereignty, Secord argues that God has established distinct spheres —
Season 7, Episode 1: Eloquence Under the Lordship of Christ with Lennox Kalifungwa
We live in an age drowning in words but starving for meaning. The modern world treats speech as a tool for power, outrage, and self-promotion. Scripture presents something radically different: words as covenantal acts before the living God.The Perspectivalist Podcast exists to recover a distinctly Christian vision of language, culture, and public life. If Christ is Lord, then rhetoric is not merel
Season 6, Episode 11: When Vanilla Christianity Offends Everyone with Jeff Mercer
In this episode of The Perspectivalist, we examine a viral controversy that exposed a growing fracture within American Christianity. When Buddhist monks walked through central Louisiana promoting a “walk for peace,” many Christians applauded the gesture. Christ Fellowship pastor Jeff Mercer did not. In a brief, two-minute video, he stated a basic Christian claim: true peace comes not through mindf
Season 6, Episode 10: Hate Speech or Holy Writ? The Gospel on Trial in Canada
In this Advent episode of The Perspectivalist, Uri Brito is joined by Canadian pastors Dave Forsythe and Matt Hallick to discuss the growing threat to religious liberty in Canada, focusing on the proposed Bill C-9, known as the Combating Hate Speech Act. While presented as a measure to protect vulnerable groups, the bill increasingly places historic Christian teaching—and even specific biblical te
Season 6, Episode 9: Canon, Clarity, and Claims of Certainty: Protestantism vs. Orthodoxy
🎙️ The Perspectivalist PodcastEpisode Title: Canon, Clarity, and Claims of Certainty: Protestantism vs. OrthodoxySummary:In this episode, Austin and Uri continue their series on the psychology of conversion, diving deeper into the claims of Eastern Orthodoxy—particularly on canonical authority and private judgment—as well as the nature of biblical interpretation within the wider Christian traditio
Season 6, Episode 8: The Mirage of the Ancient: Eastern Orthodoxy and Tradition with Austin Brown
Welcome back to The Perspectivalist. I’m your host, Uri Brito, joined again by my good friend Austin Brown. Our goal is simple: to think more clearly as Christians with Scripture as our starting point.In today’s episode, we continue our series on the psychology of conversion, turning our focus to Eastern Orthodoxy. We’ll discuss the challenges of tradition, liturgy, and continuity, and interact wi
Season 6, Episode 7: “The Psychology of Conversion in the Age of OrthoBros” A Conversation with Austin Brown
In this episode, Pastor Uri Brito welcomes Austin Brown for a thoughtful conversation on the psychology of conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in the age of social media. They explore the rise of “Twitter conversions,” where personality-driven online voices attract seekers who are weary of shallow evangelicalism and searching for depth, antiquity, or beauty.Together, they wrestle with the despair and
Season 6, Episode 6: From Private Piety to Cosmic Lordship
In this episode, we’re talking about the Lordship of Jesus—not as some abstract, future hope, but as a present, concrete reality. Too often, modern evangelicalism has reduced Christ’s Lordship to the realm of private salvation, personal piety, and quiet devotion. But the Bible paints a much bigger picture.Paul tells us in Romans that Abraham was promised the world as his inheritance. Salvation is
Episode 6, Season 5: Remembering John MacArthur • featuring Rev. Grant Castleberry
Welcome to The PerspectivalistToday, I’m honored to host Reverend Grant Castleberry—Marine officer turned pastor, currently finishing his dissertation on Martin Lloyd-Jones. We gather to reflect on John MacArthur, a towering figure in pastoral longevity and biblical faithfulness.Grant’s personal encounters with MacArthur go beyond admiration—they shaped his call to ministry and introduced him to R
Season 6, Episode 4: "Reclaiming Art and Design: Imagination and Kingdom Building" with Ryan Lauterio
Welcome to The Perspectivalist, where we help you think more clearly as a Christian by grounding all of life in the normativity of Scripture. In this episode, host Uri Brito sits down with Ryan Lauterio, studio artist, theologian, and founder of the Maker Institute—an initiative dedicated to rethinking art, design, and creativity from a distinctly Christian and Kuyperian perspective.They explore t
Season 6, Episode 3: "The Future of G3: Beauty, Bible, and Bold Transitions" with Dr. Scott Aniol
🎙️ Episode OverviewPodcast: Perspectivalist S6 E3Host: Uri BritoGuest: Dr. Scott Aniol, Executive VP at G3 MinistriesLocation: Church of the Redeemer, Monroe, LAOccasion: 12th year of Jubilate Deo Music Camp🔗 G3 Ministries Website🔗 Scott Aniol's Author Page🔗 Jubilate Deo Music Camp Dr. Aniol shares his long-term involvement with Jubilate Deo and the shift from traditional VBS to Bible and Musi
Season 6, Episode 2: “Recovering the Visible Church: The ARP, Polity, and the Path of Confessional Renewal” with Benjamin Glaser
In this episode of The Perspectivalist, Pastor Uri Brito welcomes Rev. Benjamin Glaser of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) to talk all things ARP—from its rich confessional heritage to its present role in the American ecclesiastical landscape.🔹 Topics include:📜 The history of the ARP — How a 1782 merger formed one of the oldest continually operating Reformed denominations in North
Season 6, Episode 1: An Introduction to Redeemer School of the Arts (RSA) with Mr. Jarrod Richey
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Season 6 of the Perspectivalist! Today, I’m joined by Mr. Jarrod Richey, Director of Music at Church of the Redeemer in West Monroe, Louisiana, and Academic Dean of the Redeemer School of the Arts. This past year, RSA launched its first-ever Arts Certificate Program, designed to equip students in the creative arts through a distinctly Christ-centered lens.In our
Season 5, Episode 15: The CREC HotSpot Project with Steve Jeffery
The CREC has been growing significantly in the last few years. As a result, some have been striving to ensure that our signals align and that our work is not lost among the plethora of online options.
Dr. Jeffery and others have worked to streamline our resources, making it easier for people to find us in the U.S.
I hope this episode will enlarge this vision and that many will have a better se
Season 5, Episode 14: "Who are the Evangelicals for Harris?" An Interview with Chase Davis
Chase Davis returns to the podcast to discuss the identity of the newly minted Evangelicals for Harris. Every election cycle gives us a new elite of evangelicals who support the pro-abortion candidate because they are tired of partisan politics.
Chase names these individuals as well as notes their backgrounds and damaging contributions to this movement.
From the article:
"Thus, we see these Ev
Season 5, Episode 13: Pastoring in the Negative World with Michael Clary
Pastoral ministry has gone through hard times. The fall of many pastors has only exacerbated the epidemic in our culture.
In this interview, Pastor Michael Clary elaborates on his excellent piece at Sola Ecclesia where he defines the problem in pastoral ministry:
Unfortunately, many neutral-world churches built with neutral-world tools have been thoroughly leavened with destructive unbiblical idea
Season 5, Episode 12: The Case for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty with Dr. Jordan Cooper
My interview with Lutheran theologian Dr. Jordan Cooper touches on fundamental pillars of Western civilization. Jordan has been a great resource to me personally, and I know you will enjoy our discussion of the restoration of the three transcendentals of goodness, beauty, and truth.
You can purchase Jordan's book.
You can follow Jordan on X.
The modern Western world is full of confusion. Divid
Season 5, Episode 11: Sing Your Part with Isaiah Holt
Thousands of Christians are moving away from contemporary-style praise music and are reviving hymn and psalm singing. However, many people are not equipped with musical training, and this can make learning and singing traditional worship music extremely difficult.
So, what do we do?
I spoke with Isaiah Holt about their app called Sing Your Part. The app facilitates singing, especially in parts in
Season 5, Episode 10: How to Build a Culture of Trust
As our society declines morally, trust in institutions also declines. But should we view this as an unaltered reality? Should we cease to work for a trusting society?
I contend there is no institutional longevity unless trust is inherent to its mission.
In this episode, I offer five recommendations for restoring a high-trust culture.
Post Script: The article mentioned by Aaron Renn is here.
Season 5, Episode 9: Redeemer School of the Arts with Steve Wilkins and Jarrod Richey
Our guests are Pastor Steve Wilkins and Mr. Jarrod Richey from Church of the Redeemer in Monroe, LA. We discuss the place of the arts in modern culture, especially within the Church.
Steve Wilkins is the President of the RSA Board of Governors. Jarrod Richey is Academic Dean of RSA and Board member.
Students can pursue a one —or two-year Arts certificate at the Redeemer School of the Arts (RSA) i
Season 5, Episode 8, The Place of Kenya in Christendom with Kip Chelashaw
Pastor Kip Chelashaw summarizes the place of Animism and Christianity in Kenya's history. He articulates how Nairobi is deeply diverse culturally and religiously. Kenya is a Christian place unashamed of following Jesus, though the faith is not deeply theological.
We also discuss the CREC's place in Nairobi and his labors in planting our first CREC body in Africa. You can follow Kip on X he
Season 5, Episode 7: A Beginner's Guide to Preterism with Ephraim Brito
What happens when you take your son to the office during the first days of Summer? You record an episode on the end of the old world. Seems reasonable, right?
We discuss what is preterism and answer some questions on the role of time-clues in Revelation.
Season 5, Episode 6: Pastoral Theology and the Anti-Jewishness
The Perspectivalist welcomes Toby Sumpter to discuss the philosophy behind some recent declarations from Columbia rioters and the overreaction among some on the right. There is a pendulum swing from Gnosticism to materialism, and this is reflected in many of the anti-Jewish sentiments expressed by those on our side of the aisle.
Read Toby's article:
"The hatred of “whiteness” is not real
Season 5, Episode 5: ACTS 29 and the Antisemitism Awareness Bill with Chase Davis
Dr. Chase Davis returns to the Perpsectivalist to discuss what is taking place at ACTS 29 as well as the bill that passed overwhelmingly by the House of Representatives called the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which puts serious limitations on free speech as well as hinders Christians from speaking clearly on the role of the Jewish leaders in the death of Jesus.
You can follow Chase on X
Chase is t
Season 5, Episode 4: 10 Ways to Keep Eastertide
For so many people, Easter Sunday is a one-day event. However glorious it may be for the church's life, it ceases when the day ends. But what if Easter were this 50-day extravaganza meant to mock evil and increase the Christian's joy?
In this episode, I offer ten practical ways to keep Easter alive in the home for the next 40 days of Eastertide. This is especially helpful for moms out th
Season 5, Episode 3: Life in the Negative World with Aaron Renn
We discuss Aaron's new book, Life in the Negative World. We walk through his taxonomy of positive, neutral, and negative world. Then, we speak about the role of the Church in an age antagonistic to the Gospel and how Christians can respond to our present discourse.
Resources:
Life in the Negative World by Aaron Renn
The Aaron Renn Show
Aaron Renn's Substack
Season 5, Episode 2: The Place of Comedy in the Christian Life with Keith Foskey
Keith is an example of someone who takes himself lightly and takes denominational differences as a reason for good dialogues but also an opportunity to comedically address our theological idiosyncracies. I have benefited from his YouTube channel and had the joy of hosting him in Pensacola for a talk to our men. This interview will solidify Chesterton's theme that we should be more like angels
Season 5, Episode 1: How to Sing Church Music Like you Mean It, with guest, Jarrod Richey
Welcome to our inaugural episode of Season 5!
I love talking to good friends, and Jarrod is among the best of them all. I have known him for a long time and receive a double-portion of musical inspiration every time we are together. I cannot recommend his Substack enough to be filled with musical gems. You will also get an intro to RSA, one of the coolest things in the market.
In this episode, we
Season 4, Episode 20: Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life with David Bahnsen
In Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life, David Bahnsen makes the case that our understanding of work and its role in our lives is deeply flawed – we are unmoored from what he calls “created purpose.” He argues that the time has come to stop tiptoeing around the issues that matter, that separating one’s identity from what they do is demonstrably false, and that this era of alienation is for many
Season 4, Episode 19: Beauty and the Arts in the Church with Magnus Gautestad
Magnus Gautestad is a composer and entrepreneur from Norway, committed to the revival of beauty in Western arts and church life. Through his podcasts Beauty and the Faith and SDG Music Radio, Magnus hopes to unite the voices ready to transcend the dehumanizing aspects of modernism to deepen worship and empower evangelism. He is starting a chain of cinema and arts centers called Beauty and the Fait
Season 4, Episode 18: Politics and Liturgy in the CREC with Steve Jeffery
I joined Dr. Steve Jeffery on this episode to discuss the growth of the CREC and our expectations for the years to come. Steve is an accomplished debater and lecturer, and it was a joy to chat and encourage his congregation in Fort Worth, TX.
Steve contributed to a wonderful book on the atonement.
For more on the CREC, visit our website.
Season 4, Episode 17: The Case for Gold with Jim Hunter
I had Jim Hunter come on the show to discuss gold. Jim has been a strong proponent of gold and views its role as fundamental in the current market.
This will be a highly informative discussion, and even if you approach the entire subject from a different angle, you learn a significant amount about its history and has happened since gold was divorced from the modern economic conversation.
You can
Season 4, Episode 16: The Generosity of Advent with Dustin Messer
It is always a delight to talk with my friend, Dustin Messer. Dr. Messer is vicar of All Saints Dallas and visiting professor at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas. Messer has contributed dozens of articles at Kuyperian Commentary and has co-hosted dozens of podcasts with me over the years. We re-gather the band to talk about Advent: its practices and meaning and generosity.
Subscriber-Only Episode: The Case for Church Membership with Dr. Mitch Chase
I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Mitch Chase, Professor at Southern Theological Seminary, on a recent substack making the case for Church Membership. You can subscribe to Dr. Chase's excellent substack and support his writing.
Subscriber-Only Episode: Did Samson Go to Heaven?
I interacted with a TikTok bible teacher who raised the question and offered a response to his analysis, as well as considered the phrasing of the question itself.
For more details, see my summary of the life of Samson in this episode.
Season 4, Episode 15: How the Grinch Stole Advent
My old friend, Alastair Roberts, joins me to discuss the Advent Calendar and its relation to Christmas. This is a really important conversation about the calendar and biblical chronology.
This episode looks at the Season of Advent with new eyes; contemplating its place in the Calendar of the Church. Advent precedes Christmas because the emotional and normative demands the meditation of promise bef
Subscriber-Only Episode: My Response to Lecrae's View of the Church
In this video, I answer Lecrae's most recent monologue against the institutional church.
Season 4, Episode 14: Giving Thanks Like a Christian
This episode offers a quick overview of Thanksgiving and the distinctive nature of giving thanks. Tomorrow, we celebrate a more sacred, religious holiday than Christmas in the U.S. Even unbelievers sit around sharing their reasons for gratitude, but they have to borrow the Christian language of Thanksgiving in order to give thanks.
Gratitude has always been a Christian virtue, and it is articulat
Season 4, Episode 13: Samson: God's Misunderstood Hero
What if I provided a dummies' guide to the life of Samson in 15 minutes? Would you listen to it?
Judges 13-16 is fraught with misunderstandings because people want to treat Samson like a 21st-century monk. But Samson is a Nazarite/Priest chosen from his mother's womb. His covenantal context and calling are radically different than just about anything in the Old Testament Scriptures, which
Season 4, Episode 12: A Culture of Coffee
I had a great time chatting with Brandon Lansdown from Reformation Coffee. We met at the Grace Agenda in Moscow, ID and I was really pleased with the coffee beans and the robust quality of their coffee.
This was a back porch conversation about coffee experiences and how to move our culture to a more mature coffee-drinking corpus.
Type SUBFREE with any subscription to get the first 12oz bag for fre
Review of TNE, Chapter 4 on HEAVEN as TYPOLOGY
Welcome to this subscriber-only episode, where I continue to offer a chapter-by-chapter review of Through New Eyes.As James Jordan summarizes it: “The highest heaven is invisible to us, but the firmament-heaven gives us a visible blueprint.” So, when we look at the firmament, we see God’s blueprint; we see his heavenly creation and should think about how that reflects the highest heaven. Birds are
Season 4, Episode 11: Loor.TV - The Next Netflix Nemesis
The rise of Oliver Anthony with his hit song, "Rich Men of North Richmond," was a prime example of the anger of the average American with what goes by the mainstream. It is evident that such tyrannical attempts to shape our imagination are not bringing in the ratings they thought they would. Thus, alternative voices have risen from the music, media, and movie industries. Netflix no longe
Season 4, Episode 10: The Case for a Hilarious God
If you are not listening to or watching The Wade Show With Wade, you are missing out on five exhilarating minutes of humor and insight. Wade has brought a unique flavor to comedy. He's Trinitarian and he is embarrassed about the God who made a funny world. So, he looks at the world and ponders, "What's Stupid About it?" then he navigates the news through those lenses. Truly, the
Season 4, Episode 9: A Dialogue on Worship and Christian Nationalism
Dr. Scott Aniol is a Reformed Baptist scholar working at G3. His works on worship are essential for anyone interested in developing a rich Psalmic community.
On this episode, I sat down with Scott in Monroe, LA, to discuss the richness of worship and why the evangelical church must recapture a mature perspective on God's requirements for the worship of his Church.
We then discuss our differen
Season 4, Episode 8: Typology and Literature
This week's guest is Rev. Zach Parker, Assistant Pastor and Athanasius Press Managing Editor in Monroe, LA. Zach is an award-winning journalist, gifted writer, and thinker. We sat down in his office to discuss the role of typology in biblical interpretation and how typology strengthens our reading of good literature.
Zach shares some of his unique insights into Moby Dick and other pieces from
Season 4, Episode 7: ACTS 29 and the BIG SORT
The ACTS 29 Network, once the undeniable powerhouse in the Church Planting universe, has significantly declined in the last ten years. Pastors Chase Davis and Matt Patrick speak openly in this American Reformer piece about the root causes of this abysmal failure among the leadership and what eventually led them to leave the Network.
Chase and Matt exposed the video interaction where they were off
Season 4, Episode 6: Infant Baptism and Circumcision
Adam McIntosh, the pastor of St. David's Reformed, published a great article at Theopolis with a provocative title, "Christians Should Baptize Their Children, but Not Because of Circumcision." Adam builds on the biblical theology of the Old Testament and argues that the infant baptism argument, which equates circumcision and baptism, can be confusing and unhelpful at times. Instead,
Season 4, Episode 5: The Trinity and Covenant Theology
In light of Trinity Sunday, I wanted to describe the Trinitarian union as a paradigm for historical relations. This episode was designed for those new to covenant theology. I am hoping to offer a few more episodes on the topic.
Also, my gratitude to those who read my short essay on History and Headcovering. It's now the second-most-read substack in 2023.
Resources:
On Biblical Theology by Jam
Season 4, Episode 4: Image-Bearing Poetry
Getting Joffree on the podcast is always a blast of fresh insights. This giant Brazilian has just published a gem of a work! It's brief, but its brevity encompasses the longevity of the human experience. Poetry on pipes and martyrdom, food and manly churchmen.
I think this is just in time for Father's Day. Ladies get two joys in purchasing this for their husbands/sons:
a) Men fully in tou
Season 4, Episode 3: The Devil's Diet: An Exposition of the Seven Deadly Sins
We are quite pleased to see this work available for purchase. The book is entitled "The Devil's Diet: The Seven Deadly Sins Revisited." I speak with my friend and editor, Rev. Jack Phelps, about the nature of the book. We especially talk about the two contributions from the late R.J. Rushdoony. These are unpublished works, and we are honored to see these essays published for the firs
Season 4, Episode 2: A Theology of BITCOIN
I sat down with Mr. Jordan Bush, a contributor to Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption, and Redemption of Money.
We had a good conversation on the nature of Bitcoin and why it offers a dramatic shift in how to think about money in our day. We discuss the favorability of it among missionaries and its future among evangelical ministries. In an age of devaluation of values and morals by o
Season 4, Episode 1b (Subscriber-Only Episode): Gary DeMar and the Heretical Appeal of Hyper-Preterism
In this subscriber-only episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Samuel Frost on full preterism. We delve into the Gary Demar controversy and offer our continued concerns with his trajectory, especially his affiliation with notable Hyper-Preterist thinkers. Gary's language today reflects much of the language used by full-preterists at the height of their movement, which is even more trou
Season 4, Episode 1: Why I Left Full Preterism
Welcome to this new season of The Perspectivalist!
Episode 1 of Season 4 begins with an interview with one of the world's foremost scholars on full-preterism, Dr. Samuel Frost. This movement has gained some notoriety recently due to controversies that erupted on social media. Sam was deeply invested in the movement speaking at their main conferences and engaging their main leaders. Still, he r
Season 3, Episode 8: The Death of Death in the Death of the Devil (Rev. 20)
In our last episode of the season, I argue that the devil is finally vanquished at the end of history, which is at the end of 1,000 years. His death is narrated in three themes:
a) The Devil Descends from Misery to Misery: His life is a history of failures and head-crushing.
b) The Devil Cannot Keep the Gospel From Going to the Ends of the Earth: While he had much liberty in deceiving the nations
Season 3, Episode 7: The Progressive Defeat of Satan-A Response to Full Preterism (Part 3)
The letter sent to Gary DeMar a few weeks ago carries immense repercussions for the life of the Church. Anyone who cherishes the ecclesia for whom Christ died must find refuge in the hope of the resurrection. To deviate from such hope is to lose hope.
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
In this episode, I offer a brief sketch of Satan's progressive de
Season 3, Episode 6: The Priesthood of the Believer and the Gary DeMar Controversy
In the last episode, I argued that DeMar was playing with historical fire. His interest in re-considering the CREEDs carry far more repercussions than he may assume. To deny a physical, glorious Second Coming is to deny the very life of the Church in its liturgical and organizational form.
I do not believe that the issue is to ask the question, "What does the Bible say?" through the lens of interp
Season 3, Episode 5: Gary DeMar, the Second Coming, and the Gravity of the Matter
Andrew Sandlin and many others (myself included) sent an open letter to Gary Demar concerning his theological transitions. We posed a few straightforward questions for him to consider. Gary offered an initial podcast response today.
In this episode, I begin by addressing the gravity of the matter and whether this is simply a topic for dialogue or whether this trespasses historical boundaries
Season 3, Episode 4: The Psalter Spirit Songs
Church music is generally relegated to some preference. We are at ease with musical segregation. After all, why would children appreciate great hymns? But does God ordain a certain kind of music for congregational worship that encompasses young and old? Should the Psalms saturate our worship or is it merely a matter of taste? What is Paul's wisdom for singing?
We discuss these questions in this ep
Season 3, The Mode of Baptism (Subscriber-only episode)
While there is a lot of debate on the recipients of baptism, what does the Bible say about the mode? Does the Old Testament play a role in shaping how we apply water? Is the case for immersion so clear that any alternative is irrelevant?
In this subscriber episode, I offer a vision for a mode of baptism rooted in the language of the Old and New Testament.
Resources:
Essay:
The Biblical Mode
Season 3, Episode 3: Gnosticism for Dummies, or, "Why the Gnostic Monster is Coming out to Play."
This is the longest episode I have done so far! I wanted to offer an accessible episode focusing on the nature of Gnosticism and how it has crept into the Church today. The episode delves into its origin, its leader, Marcion, and the evangelical absorption of gnostic thought in worship and practice. I conclude the episode by discussing ways to rid ourselves of this monster.
Resources:
Subsc
Season 3, Episode 2: The Case Against Mr. Collins, or, "Why High-Churchism Sucks!"
What happens when you explore Mr. Collins' character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice?" The answer is that you gain an accurate critique of high-churchism; a Collins syndrome that offers the epitome of boredom to those in attendance.
In this episode, I explore the nature of high-churchism and how to criticize your own people with a dose of mockery.
"There is plenty to mock in the pasto
Season 3, Episode 1: Ten Theses on the Church, Family, and State
Welcome to season 3!
I wanted to begin this season with an overview of crucial relational components that help us think more clearly about how spheres interact. Here are the first five:
a) Each sphere possesses distinct responsibilities and hierarchies (Church, Family, and State).
b) The Church is the headquarters since it is fundamentally Edenic in symbols and types.
c) Roles may overlap, but the
Overview of Chapter Three of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan
Chapter three is perhaps the most succinct vision of biblical symbolism in TNE. In this chapter, James B. Jordan elaborates on the primary and secondary symbols of the Bible but then focuses attention on the three special symbols that God uses to communicate himself to his people. This is the rosetta stone of chapters on symbolism, and it's hard to grasp the rest of the book without this gem.
Season 2, Episode 6: National Conservatism and Moving Forward as Christian Nationalists
I offer my observations as a participant in the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Fl. The #natcon was a considerable success primarily because of the Protestant conservative voices. This episode summarizes the three days of lectures and fellowship and is also a bit of a case for why such movements need to blossom. This is my subtle attempt to bring Moscow, ID, Theopolis, and #natcon toget
Book Review & Overview of Chapter Two of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan
My 11-year-old son is a voracious reader. His community stirs him to absorb good literature and cherish good things. In some ways, I am still playing catch up with my reading world. But I am grateful that he carries a love of learning. In this episode, I asked him to start us off with a review of a massive biography of George Washington by the president of Westminster Theological Seminary, Peter L
Season 2, Episode 5: Culture Wars and the Massive Roe v. Wade Migration
In this episode, I read an essay that I wrote in the last edition of the "Fight, Laugh, Feast" edition. My essay is entitled: "Culture Wars and the Land God Promised." I argue that the church needs to be prepared to fight the greater battles to win the lesser ones. Further, I offer five suggestions as the Church in conservative states begins to receive folks from leftist parts of the country.
The
Review of Chapter One of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan
I do not believe there has been a more theologically impactful book on the interpretive biblical sphere than James B. Jordan's "Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World." This book has shaped much of my own thinking, and it has forced me to see and develop a more biblicized approach to the Bible itself. The reason I say "forced" is because at times, it is easier to bring foreign h
Season 2, Episode 4: Introduction to Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan
This is the first of many podcasts offering an overview of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan. In this episode, we discuss the nature of symbols and types and how creational language serves as patterns throughout the Scriptures. This is a quick-and-dirty intro to stir your appetite for more content.
My Interview with Canon Calls on "Who is James B. Jordan" is here.
Even though many free episodes
Season 2, Episode 3: The Purpose of Food
This is a follow-up episode to the primer on food. These ten delicious minutes communicate the three purposes of food: a) Dependence, b) Dominion, and Divine Worship. I argue, among other things, that the eucharist is not an appendix to our worship, it is the response to our worship. Christians are theological gastronomers. Further, I make the point that only Christians have the intellectual and e
Season 2, Episode 2, A Primer on Food
In seven minutes, I discuss the role of food in the creation account and I try to lay an outline for a future episode on the purpose of food for Christian consumption. This should be a quick meal, but a delicious primer.
Music theme: Wake Up
by George Reed
SUBSCRIBER ONLY: The Legacy of Gary North and the Preterist Debate: A Special Interview with Gary Demar
Gary Demar is one of those iconic figures in the eschatological world. He has been writing, debating, and persuading for almost 40 years. He has a host of interests, but the one that has garnered the most attention is his sophisticated, yet, simple approach to eschatology. Gary holds to a position called "preterism," which affirms that most prophesy in the New Testament was speaking to something t
Season 2, Episode 1, The Case Against Weird Christianity
In this episode, I argue against weird Christendom. This expression adds strange practices to their lives in order to show their different-ness from others in the Christian community. It's a form of exalted separationism. The case against weird Christendom can only find a solution in mere Christendom: mere creeds, mere lives, mere wine, and mere merriment.
P.S. I play a rendition of "religious man
Episode 14, The Case for Weekly Communion
Thanks for tuning in! I am really grateful for the increase in listeners these last couple of weeks.
In this episode, we offer a few crumbs from the rich table of weekly communion for your consideration.
Resource: Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin's View of the Lord's Supper by Keith Mathison
Episode 13, How to be a Liturgy of Life?
In this episode, we talk about three kinds of liturgies: a liturgy of life, a nominal liturgy, and a dead liturgy. I offer a description of each and conclude with a few practical applications, and there is the expected Nacho quote.
The theme music is "Exuberance" by George Reed.
Episode 12, Remembering Gregg Strawbridge
This episode shares two tributes to the late Rev. Dr. Gregg Strawbridge. The first one is a moving tribute by his daughter Joy, and the second is by a pastor trained under Gregg for Gospel ministry. Both offer a powerful glimpse into the life of this image-bearer who now stands before the presence of God. The episode concludes with the sermon I delivered at the Memorial Service.
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