Is the Trinity made of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Bible? Some Christians think so. Plus, our Heretic of the Week is Brad Jersak, author of Her Gates Will Never Be Shut.
Show Notes
- 00:20 – Keith introduces today’s episode
- 01:50 – Heretic of the Week: Special guest, Brad Jersak
- 02:05 – Brad talks about why folks consider him a heretic
- 05:43 – Brad discusses his deconstruction process
- 13:40 – Brad answers the question “Why are you so hopeful?”
- 18:28 – Brad talks about his future projects
- 21:25 – Matt introduces today’s topic: Do we worship Jesus or the Bible?
- 24:35 – What is the Word? The bird is the Word
- 26:45 – Keith talks about how the writers of the Bible disagreed with each other
- 28:45 – The Bible doesn’t point to itself
- 29:31 – Inerrancy can lead to a faith crisis
- 32:31 – Matt plays devil’s advocate
- 36:25 – Keith talks about how everything, including modern movies, can be interpreted through the lens of Christ
- 39:40 – The boys start talking about the Logos of God
- 43:30 – The Logos and String Theory
- 47:00 – Keith mentions how tragic it is to replace Christ with a book
- 50:32 – Jamal doesn’t believe the Bible is “real”
- 52:45 – Does a certain view of the Bible lead to heresy?
- 54:20 – You can’t reconcile inerrancy with the nonviolent Word of God
- 57:04 – God’s ways are higher than our ways, or in other words, God is merciful
- 58:01 – The boys wrap up the show
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4 Comments
Endar Malkovich
You wouldn't know anything about jesus without the bible. You colorado cooks are out to dismantle the bible through your progressive liberal agenda.
Matthew Distefano
*Jesus
*Bible
*Colorado
*kook, unless you really did mean "cook"
*is it a "progressive, liberal" agenda or specifically "progressive liberal?"
Dustin
I'm an inquirer into the Eastern Orthodox Church, and I feel Brad Jersak misrepresents the teachings of the Orthodox Church.
Mr. Jersak speaks as "the" authority on the Eastern Church, but he isn't. Jersak often quotes Origen and Gregory of Nyssa to support his positions, but there are many other Patristic writings besides Origen and Gregory of Nyssa that disagree with Universalism. After all Universalism was condemned by the Church as heresy at the 5th ecemunical council.
Matthew Distefano
Thanks for the comment! Be on the lookout for our interview with EO David Bentley Hart. I think you'll love it :) Cheers!