Christmas Paradoxes https://youtu.be/DPGfFuR7p0A In this episode, the Pugsters talk about the Christmas sermons preached by St. Augustine, focusing particularly on his descriptions of all of the paradoxes of the Incarnation. Christ’s Incarnation combines the infinite and the finite, the transcendent and the immanent, and so provides lots of fodder for discussion and especially for wonder. …
That Hideous Strength, the Most Accurate Dystopia of Them All? https://youtu.be/cvZvhShFoW8 The 20th century might go down as the most horrific century of them all with hundreds of millions killed by their own governments. But there were authors who predicted that things would get even worse. There was George Orwell, of course, and 1984, and …
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Christmas Realism: Fully Supernatural, Partially Apocalyptic, Not Utopian https://youtu.be/OaH8pCwTQ-k On today’s show Tom introduces a timely topic about the birth of Christ and some of its historical consequences. Chris and Glenn jump in with a host of insights and reflections. What exactly did the angelic announcement of ‘peace on earth and goodwill towards men’ mean …
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Biblical Cryptids https://youtu.be/5uNc8rMiHb4 Kemper Crabb joins the Pugsters once again for a conversation about mysterious creatures mentioned in the Bible, including particularly satyrs (Hebrew sa’iyr) and dragons (Hebrew taninim or leviathan), with cameos by behemoth and Lilith. The conversation then turns to how Christians can recover a supernatural worldview and the necessity to do so, …
Techno-Realism and Bioengineered Babies https://youtu.be/XQohsOsjyrQ Today Chris reflects on an OpEd he wrote for World Magazine responding to an article in the Wall Street Journal: “What if Men Could Make Their Own Egg Cells?” While the title seemed entirely speculative the article revealed that some scientists are actually making “progress” when it comes to this. …
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Away with Humanity! The Rising Embrace of Anti-Humanism https://youtu.be/qI-3KkrDRqw On today’s show Tom introduces the topic through a few articles written in response to Adam Kirsch’s new book: The Revolt Against Humanity, where Kirsch unpacks and positively promotes the case for welcoming ‘the end of humanity’s reign’. Two writers from a symposium respond to this …
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Where Did Evangelicalism Go Wrong? Part 2—An Interview with Garrett Craw https://youtu.be/pSce-c4Qgkc Two themes swept through evangelicalism in the 1980s and 90s–they were “Church Growth” and “Contextualization.” Both were the promoted by Fuller Theological Seminary. The Church Growth faculty at Fuller drew on social science, and research on what was successful in foreign mission fields. …
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Where Did Evangelicalism Go Wrong? Part 1—An Interview with Michael Clary https://youtu.be/MMrvu5HSwRU Do you have the feeling that something has gone terribly wrong with evangelicalism? Today the Pugs talk with Michael Clary author of, God’s Good Design. The topic is the drift into approval of sexual sin by a growing number of Pastors and Christians …
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Israel, Hamas, and the Laws of War https://youtu.be/-1pkXhXQAVI Working off a Breakpoint article written by Glenn, the guys discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza. Glenn begins with a brief overview of Zionism and the history of modern Israel before the discussion moves to the conduct of war, terrorism, and the worldview ideas that connect …
Regime Change! Patrick Deneen on the Post-Liberal Future https://youtu.be/OCGGHCi-eMc Increasingly many people think the world we live in is unsustainable. When that is said in some circles climate change comes to mind. But at a social level, with the continued erosion of social life, healthy families, and a loss of local control at a community …
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