Podcast Overview

Author

375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)

01/04/25

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Same Old Story.. In this episode, we read various Christian and non-Christian sources from the first two centuries, discussing their understandings of Jesus Christ, the church, law, and the Gospel, and the effect of the Christian faith on people in Roman society.
Gregory of Nyssa

11/26/24

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman

The Fellows discuss St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Discourse, a series of objections and answers to confessions of the Christian faith.
- Church Fathers
- Catechesis
Christian Experience with Simeon Zahl

11/26/24

10 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

In this episode of Outside Ourselves, Kelsi talks with Theologian Simeon Zahl about his book, The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience.
On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom

11/15/24

6 mins

By Bruce Hillman | Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Adam Francisco

The Thinking Fellows are starting a new series highlighting the history of Christian thought.
- Church Fathers
- Christian History
John Pless has a few notes on the church year

10/18/24

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Seminary professor John Pless joins Craig and Troy for a discussion on the history, mystery, and beauties of the church year.
364: Banned Books Q&A Episode

09/07/24

9 mins

By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie

Love, Rain On Me. In this episode, we answer listener questions about whether baptism has an expiration date, why people avoid joining a church, and comfort for women who’ve suffered a miscarriage.
362: Olson - Putting Second Things Second

08/27/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Do The Thing. In this episode, we discuss liturgy. What is the difference between a sacramental rite and a sacrificial rite? Why are' member berries' so juicy and delicious? Can a priest or the church affect God's actions? Can a church integrate non-Christian rites into its worship?
Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers

08/01/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Lutheranism’s historical approach to the church fathers?
Episode 283: Lutherans and Tradition

07/25/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss how Lutherans have historically approached tradition.
Thursday, June 27, 2024

06/27/24

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man remembered as, “the Pillar of Faith and the Seal of All of the Fathers”: Cyril of Alexandria.
- Christian History
- Church Fathers
357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

06/21/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
Friday, June 14, 2024

06/14/24

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Basil of Caesarea, a Greek Bishop and Monk, one of the few given the title “the Great.”
- Christian History
- Church Fathers