New Persuasive Words
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
297 episodes of New Persuasive Words since the first episode, which aired on August 7th, 2015.
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Episode 295: Shall The Fundamentalists Win?
January 14th, 2022 | 28 mins 58 secs
In this episode we reflect on the hundredth anniversary of the sermon that was at the heart of the fundamentalist/modernist controversy. It was preached by Harry Emerson Fosdick in 1922 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It's still discussed because it's still relevant. We'll be revisiting this them throughout 2022 so stay tuned!
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Episode 294: Our Holiday 2021 Wrap Up
December 22nd, 2021 | 43 mins 47 secs
In this episode we give our reflections on 2021 as we head into the New Year.
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Episode 293: Our Rittenhouse Report
November 19th, 2021 | 26 mins 36 secs
In this episode we share our thoughts on the Rittenhouse verdict. It will be an ongoing conversation in public and private life in North America for sure. This is our initial contribution. We offer it with a lot of mixed emotions. We hope it serves the public good.
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Episode 292: 1776: Should We Have Fought The Revolutionary War?
July 8th, 2021 | 35 mins 12 secs
In this episode we pose a historical what if: What if the American colonists didn't fight the Revolutionary War in 1776?
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Episode 291: Illiberal Liberalism?
June 30th, 2021 | 50 mins 46 secs
In this episode we ponder the relationship between classical liberalism and the contemporary left. Is the left illiberal? When does one get cancelled? And we even tell you how you can get us to do a live show in your neighborhood. Happy listening!
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Episode 290: Should We Fear God?
June 25th, 2021 | 41 mins 14 secs
In this episode, after some recap of the news of the week, we ask a question: should we fear God?
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Episode 288: To Be Free Or Not To Be
February 19th, 2020 | 40 mins 41 secs
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 287: American Paganism
February 12th, 2020 | 38 mins 6 secs
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?
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Episode 286: Infinite Love?
January 31st, 2020 | 29 mins 41 secs
In this episode, joined by our friend Adam Morton, we discuss a controversial tweet that Tim Keller posted about the Trinity and the Cross.
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Episode 285: The Two Popes
January 30th, 2020 | 28 mins 9 secs
In this episode we talk about the recently released Netflix film The Two Popes.
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Episode 284: Merry Christmas
December 24th, 2019 | 31 mins 6 secs
This is our annual Christmas episode. Have a great holiday!
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Episode 283: Iconoclasm
December 7th, 2019 | 48 mins 52 secs
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.
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Episode 282: Fully Human, Fully Divine
November 29th, 2019 | 42 mins 35 secs
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.
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Episode 281: Arianism
November 13th, 2019 | 35 mins 54 secs
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.
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Episode 280: No Gnosis is Good Gnosis...
October 23rd, 2019 | 36 mins 28 secs
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.