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The Akedah, the command by God to sacrifice Isaac. Is God good? Is God evil? How can we wrestle and understand this nigh impossible task? 
Central to the Torah in Genesis 22, is God's Elohim's command to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as a test of Abraham's faith. Many thinkers have wrestled with this idea, ranging from Kant, to Kierkegaard, and to Joshua Yen himself.
In this episode, me and Laurance analyse Genesis 22, what it means and how it is applicable to our understanding of God, faith, and morality. 

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The Christian church was emerging out of a time of persecution but their troubles were not over. Shifting from threats from without […]

Emperor Constantine was Great, but was he good? If you were talk to many Christians today, they might suggest that much of […]

This episode was recorded on April 1st, 2022

Tammy Peterson welcomes guest, Jonathan Pageau, once again to have their last serial discussion on matters of Catholicism. They speak on the significance of Christ’s wounds and how the glory there can be applied to the lives of spirit-led believers. They also touch on the nature of conversion (metanoia), joy found in suffering, and more.

Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian symbolic thinker, YouTuber, editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, an eastern orthodox icon carver extraordinaire, and explorer of how (underlying) symbolic patterns emerge, develop, and finally manifest in religion, art, pop culture, etc.

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The Christian Church existed within and was growing inside the Roman Empire. What was happening in the Roman Empire during the third […]

By the third century, the church had been growing rapidly. They were facing threats both internal and external. In this episode, we […]

Two of the brightest, most influential, and most prolific church fathers were Origen of Alexandria and Tertullian of Carthage. They were both […]

Pope Pius XII was the pope during the Second World War. There is controversy over how he responded to the crisis. Should […]

Since the time before Jesus, the Jews were a part of the Roman Empire. Not a willing part, but a part nonetheless. […]

Back in episode 27, we looked at the Roman Emperors of the first century (or most of them). Now we take a […]

One of the most important leaders in the Church today is that of the Pope. But where did the popes come from? […]

Clement of Alexandria may not be the most well known of the Church Fathers but he was influential. Clement helped to develop […]

Hannah teaches Colleen about the origins of the Chaldean Church in this, the first episode of THREE episodes on the history and beliefs of the Chaldean Church. The splits, lines, and practices help illustrate how the Christian community in Iraq came to be there and their long history in the area.

Justin Martyr was an important church father and pioneering Christian apologist. He had the courage to not just write a defence of […]

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Gordon Heath of McMaster Divinity College. We have an interesting chat on the nature of […]

In this episode, we finish up the collection of writings known as the Apostolic Fathers. While not as well known as some […]

We continue to look at documents of the early church with a look at the Shepherd of Hermas and the Epistle of […]

It has been a while since the last episode but I have not given up on the podcast. I am busy with […]

Once we get out of the New Testament era, we move into the period of the Apostolic Fathers. These are some early […]

This is a continuation of my lectures on Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels as taught at Tyndale University College. In this episode, […]