We continue talking about the romance of Christian orthodoxy by looking at some of the ideas and figures that challenged it. This episode deals with one of Augustine's most famous opponents: Pelagius. They debated the nature of original sin and the capacity of human beings to choose the ultimate good, God.

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Episode 288: To Be Free Or Not To Be

In this episode, our first one in the "new bunker", we discuss an article from Commonweal Magazine. In it David Albertson, a religion professor at USC, argues that many conservative intellectuals justify supporting Trump in the name of defending Christianity and fighting a new kind of American paganism. But what is paganism? What if it's not what we think it is? You can find the article here: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/american-paganism.

Episode 287: American Paganism

In this episode, joined by our friend Adam Morton, we discuss a controversial tweet that Tim Keller posted about the Trinity and the Cross. You can find the tweet and a host of replies and comments to it here: https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1221485536415768576?s=20. Special Guest: Adam Morton.

Episode 286: Infinite Love?

In this episode we talk about the recently released Netflix film The Two Popes.

Episode 285: The Two Popes

This is our annual Christmas episode. Have a great holiday!

Episode 284: Merry Christmas

In this episode, joined by Matthew Milliner, we talk about iconoclasm. The Iconoclastic Controversy, was a dispute over the use of religious images (icons) in the Byzantine Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Iconoclasts (those who rejected images) objected to icon veneration for several reasons, including the Old Testament prohibition against images in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:4) and the possibility of idolatry. The defenders of the use of icons insisted on the symbolic nature of images and on the dignity of created matter. You can download Matt Milliner's review essay "Everything you know about Byzantine art is wrong" here. (https://www.academia.edu/12082058/Everything_you_know_about_Byzantine_art_is_wrong) Special Guest: Matt Milliner.

Episode 283: Iconoclasm

We continue our "Romance of Orthodoxy" series. We've been considering the development of Christian orthodoxy and some of the major challenges and debates that helped formulate the heart of the Christian faith. In this episode we consider the Fourth Century controversies that led to the Chalcedonian Council, which declared that Christ had two natures in one person, and the relationship between the natures.

Episode 282: Fully Human, Fully Divine

In this episode we continue talking about the Romance of Christian Orthodoxy, considering what many consider to be the grandest heresy of them all: Arianism.

Episode 281: Arianism

In this episode we continue our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy. We consider the heresy that seems to have perennial appeal in Christian history: Gnosticism.

Episode 280: No Gnosis is Good Gnosis...

Continuing our series about the Romance of Orthodoxy, we consider the modalist heresy, which holds that Father, Son, and Spirit are really not persons but more like masks or roles God puts on in relationship to the world.

Episode 279: Modalism: The Clark Kent/Superman Trinity

In this episode we continue to talk about the Romance of Orthodoxy. We talk about Marcionism, a heresy that claims the God of the Hebrew Bible is fundamentally different than the God revealed in Jesus Christ. We find a surprising modern example of the position in renowned theologian David Bentley Hart. We consider a recent exchange he had with First Things contributor Peter Leithart.

Episode 278: Marcion, Thor and YHWH

Continuing our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy, we discuss the "docetic" heresy, which claims that Jesus Christ was divine, but not really human.

Episode 277: Docetism

Continuing our discussion of the romance of orthodoxy, we consider controversies in the history of the church. In this episode we discuss the early church's struggle with the role of Torah observance and the inclusion of Gentiles. We reference an atonement chart put together by Brad East. You can find it here (http://resident-theologian.blogspot.com/2019/09/an-atonement-typology.html).

Episode 276: Jesus, Judaism and the Early Church

Fresh off of our summer vacations, we talk about how Christian orthodoxy has romanced us both and continues to do so. We reference two podcast interviews in this episode. You can find them below. https://giveandtake.fireside.fm/175 https://giveandtake.fireside.fm/174

Episode 275: The Romance of Orthodoxy

We're both looking toward summer vacation! In this episode we mix it up, like the Jeoprady Potpourri category. You never know what's coming next.

Episode 274: Summer Potpourri

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