David and Adam talk about the epistemologies and apologetics of Mormonism, Islam, and Christianity.  Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network Fundraiser! 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30...

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This episode covers realism, nominalism, and much more in under 40 minutes. So, put on your rubber boots (or wellies), for it's about to get deep, but not too deep.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube ...

David and Adam talk with Dr. Abigail Favale (of Notre Dame University) about sex, gender, and feminism. You can purchase her outstanding books here. We highly recommend The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad...

David and Adam explore the role that reason plays in a life of faith lived in today's world. (This episode was recorded months ago. S there will be some overlap with more recent ones. Nonetheless, it's still worth a listen.)  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam recall their time as students and professors in higher education and discuss the issues associated with being a Christian in academia today.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My...

David and Adam reflect on the nature of truth in a post-truth age while discussing the controversy concerning Uri Berliner, NPR, and its new CEO. Here's the article that started the controversy: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust.  Katherine Maher's full TED talk is available here: https://youtu.be/r2gsj0EEE3I?si=WZXKmqXS-XG1ez7L.    Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free...

David and Adam reflect on the Christian disposition toward politics in general and American politics in particular.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA...

David and Adam reflect on some recent comments from the leading atheist Richard Dawkins and raise the question: has atheism run its course? (You can watch the full interview with Dawkins on LBC here.) Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by...

David and Adam reflect on the significance of Jesus' resurrection for Christian faith and life.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May...

In this episode, David and Adam conclude their brief overview of the heresies that preceded and led to the ecumenical councils of Nicæa (325) and Constantinople (381).    Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be...

In this episode, David and Adam talk about the Jewish-Christian Ebionites (and their adoptionist Christology) and begin to introduce Arianism.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom ...

David and Adam talk with Dr. Francis Beckwith about faith and reason, natural law, and theology in view of one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the catholic tradition, Thomas Aquinas. Dr. Beckwith's book Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant explores these and other topics in more detail and in a way that is helpful for protestants who wonder about this fascinating medieval theologian. You can find all of Dr. Beckwith's books here.   Show...

In this episode, David and Adam talk about the second-century heresy of Marcionism.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023...

David and Adam begin a new miniseries covering the major Christian heresies that preceded the Council of Nicaea (AD 325). Today's episode looks at Docetism, which is an expression of a Greek spiritualist philosophy known as Gnosticism.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with...

Luke's Acts of the Apostles tells the story of the earliest Christians. The second half of the book centers on the evangelistic (and apologetic) activity of St. Paul. In this episode, David and Adam talk about Paul's trip to the birthplace of philosophy--Athens--and the stoic and epicurean philosophers he spoke to on Mars Hill.  (We encountered some audio issues in this episode. Most of it was rectified in the processing of editing, although we are aware there are a few seconds-worth of...

David and Adam discuss what is often called methodological naturalism and whether or not it is presumes a naturalistic ontology or worldview.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by...

David and Adam finish their series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers the last four chapters.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA...

David and Adam continue their series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers chapters 4 and 5.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA...

David and Adam begin a series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers chapters 1-3.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May...

David and Adam reflect on C.S. Lewis's "The Poison of Subjectivism". You can find the essay at: https://williamwoodall.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/2/10226906/the_poison_of_subjectivism.pdf.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: &...

David and Adam continue the discussion on woke culture and ideology.    Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the...

This episode introduces the topic of our next few episodes, where David and Adam discuss woke culture and ideology.    Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) More...

David and Adam talk about the primary methods of Christian apologetics--focusing on evidentialism and presuppositionism.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) ...

David and Adam finish their conversation about the Regensburg lecture. This time, however, they talk about the concept of logos in the history of Greco-Roman and Christian thought and its culmination in the person and work of Jesus.   Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus...