Author

  1. The death of God and loss of human dignity

    book
    07/03/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam talk about Friedrich Nietzsche's parable of the madman and its implications for thinking about morality and ethics.
    The death of God and loss of human dignity

  2. Thursday, June 27, 2024

    book
    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.
    Thursday, June 27, 2024

  3. Evidence and belief

    book
    06/26/24
    5 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    Do we have an obligation to find and furnish evidence for our beliefs?
    Evidence and belief

  4. The bed of Procrustes

    book
    06/19/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam use an old Greek myth as the starting point for a conversation about confirmation bias and other shortcomings to understand and make sense of things.
    The bed of Procrustes

  5. Friday, June 14, 2024

    book
    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.”
    Friday, June 14, 2024

  6. God and God-talk

    book
    06/12/24
    5 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam reflect on the parable of the invisible gardener, which John Wisdom (1904-1993) and Antony Flew (1923-2010) developed to illustrate epistemological and linguistic issues associated with theology.
    God and God-talk

  7. F&R: Epistemology and apologetics

    book
    06/05/24
    4 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam talk about the epistemologies and apologetics of Mormonism, Islam, and Christianity.
    F&R: Epistemology and apologetics

  8. 354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the Modern World

    book
    05/30/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John’s gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul.
    354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the Modern World

  9. Some resources for thinking about faith and reason

    book
    05/29/24
    3 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    Some resources for thinking about faith and reason
    Some resources for thinking about faith and reason

  10. 353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

    book
    05/25/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Too Shall Pass. In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and the music of the spheres.
    353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

  11. Realism and nominalism through the ages

    book
    05/22/24
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    This episode covers realism, nominalism, and much more in under 40 minutes.
    Realism and nominalism through the ages

  12. 352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

    book
    05/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death.
    352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil