In the early 6th century, darkness was falling on the Rome’s Western Empire. Old Rome was waning, barbarians sat on the imperial throne, and smouldering tension with the Byzantine Eastern Empire threatened to explode at[…]
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Author: David Grubbs
Christian Humanist Profiles 134: Fred Sanders
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father[…]
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Christian Humanist Podcast, #237: Leo the Great’s Easter Homilies
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about three Easter homilies from the fifth-century Pope Leo I.
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Christian Humanist Podcast, #235: The Nature of Doctrine, Part 3
Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about chapters five and six of George Lindbeck’s book “The Nature of Doctrine.”
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Christian Humanist Podcast, #234: The Nature of Doctrine, Part 2
David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about chapters three and four of George Lindbeck’s book “The Nature of Doctrine.”
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Christian Humanist Podcast, #234: The Nature of Doctrine, Part 1
Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the first two chapters of George Lindbeck’s book “The Nature of Doctrine.”
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Christian Humanist Profiles 132: Philip Ryken
In his introduction to Beowulf, the scholar Friedrich Klaeber explains the great Geatish warrior’s resemblances to Christ by concluding that “the narrative derived a superior dignity from suggesting the most exalted hero-life known to Christians”[…]
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Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #231: Wisdom of Solomon
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about the deuterocanonical book “The Wisdom of Solomon.”
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Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #230: Galatians
Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the New Testament book Galatians.
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Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #229: Non-Violence and Pacifism
Michial Farmer talks with Todd Pedlar and Nathan Gilmour about the long tradition of non-violent resistance to the world’s powers, starting with Jesus and wrapping up with a conversation on Antifa.
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