Welcome to Negative World: An Interview with Aaron Renn https://youtu.be/7lSh1hrtdZ0 Aaron Renn joins the show once again, this time to discuss an article he wrote for First Things entitled, The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism. It’s hard to miss that the social climate in which Christian ministry is conducted in the western world has become more …
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Ukraine and Russia: History and the Theology of Nationalism https://youtu.be/DBSu98115sM With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Glenn thought it a good time for a history lesson on Ukraine and Russia. As you might expect, he started over 1000 years ago, but noted especially more recent history and why the Ukrainians want to get out from …
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Philip Rieff and His Life Among the Deathworks https://youtu.be/Zb4KHxGDLGg Philip Rieff was one of the most incisive critics of the postmodern turn in western culture of the last 50 years. A secular Jew, he longed for a world that reflected a sacred order. His insights were as penetrating as those of Charles Taylor, but with …
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Fine Art and Cancel Culture: An Interview with Award-Winning Painter Arthur Kwon Lee https://youtu.be/gv_9zeu5s88 What does it take to make it in the highly competitive world of New York City art? Arthur Kwon Lee knows, he’s a young painter who won awards and was featured in prestigious galleries. He worked hard and developed his skills, …
Talking About God Improperly https://youtu.be/voHe7rxUlYQ Tom adds to his previous topic of speaking properly about God and takes it into the other direction. He notes that shifts in ideas of God led to shifts in ideas about Creation, the Human, and language in particular. By making God part of the same chain of ‘being’, language …
Sacred Architecture and the New Urbanism https://youtu.be/3Uwvn9KpwFs Today the Pugcast is joined by David Stocker, architect, and one of the principals of SHM Architects in Dallas, Texas. David is a great friend of the show, and a long-time friend of Chris. Today David will help the Pugsters reflect on the ways in which architecture speaks …
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Bonus Q&A: The Fairy Tale Wars https://youtu.be/6LHu7OL5Os0 What about science fiction? Why do many cultures share similar myths? Listen in for a question and answer session following yesterday’s episode on The Fairy Tale Wars.
The Fairy Tale Wars https://youtu.be/3xEpM-ofAHA This weeks Pugcast was recorded live (for Chris) at Fractal Brewing in Huntsville, Alabama, with Glenn and Tom coming in virtually. The topic, “The Fairy Tale Wars,” was based on an article from Touchstone by Vigen Guroian (see the link below). Glenn walked the guys through some of the key …
Talking About God Properly https://youtu.be/oJVp5QjPP7E Analogous talk of God and its importance is the topic of the day. Christians have a reality vision that allows us to use creaturely ways of talking about God. But today many talk of God in fundamentally idolatrous ways. The guys address reality issues as they pertain to God-talk and …
Stoics, and Epicureans, and Cynics, Oh, My! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erc5OR-50OQ&lc=Ugyt-lnC6H1IRoGUEX14AaABAg Who were the philosophers that Paul addressed at Mars Hill in Acts 17? Today the Pugsters examine the outlooks of two schools of philosophy in antiquity–stoicism and epicureanism. And they look at how these schools of thought are making a come back today.