Jordan and Ryan talk with Lydia Jaeger about her new book on the doctrine of creation. They cover topics like: What are we saying when we declare that the world is created? Why is studying the doctrine of creation often limited to more scientific theories about the universe? Is this good or bad? What does it mean to say that creation is a gift? What does it mean for woman to be second and man to be first? And more!

Resources:

1) Ordinary Splendor, Lydia Jaeger

Jordan and Garrett discuss the value of publishing books and introduce Hanover Press. They also review the first release from Hanover Press, Andrew Fuller's classic text, the Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation.

Resources:

1) Hanover Press

2) The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation, Andrew Fuller

Jordan talks with Daniel Pedersen about Friedrich Schleiermacher. They cover topics like: Who is he? Have later Protestants appraised him fairly? What were his distinctive ideas? What were the general motives for his thought compared to what else was being taught during his time? Why would someone find his ideas desirable/appealing/convincing? And more!

Resources:

1) Schleiermacher’s Theology of Sin and Nature: Agency, Value, and Modern Theology, Daniel Pedersen

2) The Christian Faith, Friedrich Schleiermacher 

Cody and Hunter return to discuss the image of God.

Jordan talks with Philip Bunn about technological threats to liberty. They cover a wide range of topics like: What is automated technology? Is this synonymous with AI? In what ways is automated technology itself a potential threat to liberty? Why do most assume it is actual a creator of liberty? Should we think of efficiency and productivity as the golden standards of liberty? Does efficiency and productivity harm our soul? And more!

Resources:

1) Technology and Empire, George Grant

2) The Common Rule, Justin Early

3) Dedicated, Pete Davis

4) The Digital Public Square, Edited by Jason Thacker

5) Technology and the Virtues, Shannon Vallor

Jordan talks with Andrew Balltich about Owen and the Holy Spirit. They cover topics like: Why does Owen devote such time to the Holy Spirit? Do his contemporaries do the same? Is his pneumatology a doctrine he develops for its own sake, or is it to undergird another doctrine, like a particular debate about soteriology? What does Owen mean by the Spirit being the efficient cause of biblical interpretation? What role does infused virtue play in Owen’s biblical interpretation? What would Owen think about natural theology? Especially our contemporary conversations about it? And more!

Resources:

1) The Holy Spirit - the Helper, John Owen, Edited by Andrew Ballitch

Jordan talks with D. G. Hart and Miles Smith IV about the terminology of post-war liberalism and whether it means anything or has any value. They cover a lot of topics like how Wilsonian idealism might compare, how the events of the 1960's might impact the rise of so-called post-war liberalism, how evangelicals make political judgments, and more!

Resources:

1) American Catholic: The Politics of Faith During the Cold War, D. G. Hart

2) Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant, D. G. Hart

3) John Williamson Nevin: High-Church Calvinist, D. G. Hart

Jordan talks with Daniel Pedersen about divine simplicity and the supposed problem of modal collapse. They cover topics like: What is the problem of modal collapse? What is the distinction between hypothetical and absolute necessity? Do such accounts of necessity entail fatalism? What accounts of freedom are in the background to this discussion? What is the necessity of compulsion or immutability? And more!

Jordan talks with Andrew Hollingsworth about social trinitarianism. They cover topics like: What is social trinitarianism? What is a mere social trinitarianism? What are the most common and most problematic accounts? What are the eternal relations of origin? And more!

Resources:

1) Mere Social Trinitarianism, Andrew Hollingsworth

2) Analytic Christology and the Theological Interpretation of the New Testament, Tom McCall

Jake and Jesse return and discuss a range of topics, including Jake's terrible coffee takes.

Jordan talks with David Mahfood about Anselm and the atonement and covers a wide range of topics like: What is the most common way to think of the atonement today? Does Anselm fit this paradigm? Why would anyone think the incarnation and the cross are necessary for redemption? What is unique about Anselm here? How does Aquinas on the atonement compare to Anselm? Does the necessity of atonement minimize God's freedom and the gratuity of grace? Why must there be satisfaction for sin? Why couldn’t God overlook sin? What does friendship have to do with atonement? And more!

Resources:

1) Aquinas on Friendship, Daniel Schwartz

Jordan talks with David Moffitt about the atonement. They cover topics like: What have views of the atonement traditionally focused on? Should they consider more than the cross? How does atonement involve things besides the cross like the resurrection, ascension, offering, and exaltation? How does the view presented in Hebrews fit with the other books of the Bible? For example, how should we understand Isaiah 53? How does Jesus's death relate to Moses? And more!

Resources:

1) Rethinking the Atonement: New Perspectives on Jesus's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, David Moffitt