Steel Creed

Ian and Nate discuss Christ’s conception by the Holy Spirit and biblical typology of the Ark of the Covenant. Here are the Show Notes.

Ian and Nate complete the discussion about Jesus’s Sonship by arguing for the plausibility of the co-eternality of the Son along with the Father. Here are the show notes.

Ian and Nate complete the discussion about Jesus’s Sonship by arguing for the plausibility of the co-eternality of the Son along with the Father. Here are the show notes.

Ian and Nate begin the conversation about Jesus's Sonship by focusing on the necessity of the doctrine of the Trinity. Here are the show notes.

(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:04:55) The Meaning of Belief

(0:18:12) The Disclosure of Will

(0:23:46) Deconstruction

(0:29:32) The Expansion of the Law

(0:45:24) The Trinity

(1:11:19) Development of Trinitarian Theology

(1:27:49) Conclusion

Ian and Nate discuss the reality of God as Creator and its effects on the modern debates surrounding faith and science. Here are the show notes.

(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:03:20) Philosophy of Creation

(0:41:55) Four Competing Views

Ian and Nate finish the discussion on the first clause of the Apostle's Creed and what it means to view God as a father. Here are the show notes.

(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:03:11) Addressing David Hume’s Is / Ought Contention

(0:15:19) Perelandra Passage by CS Lewis

(0:29:38) History of God as Father in the Creed

(0:39:39) Lewis' Priestesses in the Church

(1:01:57) Modernity’s disdain for receiving

(1:07:09) The Gender War?

(1:09:19) Men as feminine in relation to God

(1:13:08) Conclusion

Ian and Nate begin discussing the first clause of the Apostle's Creed and what it means to view God as a father. Here are the show notes.

(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:05:54) The Existance of the Gender Binary

(0:11:40) Gender Stereotypes

(0:17:35) Manifestations of Gender in Human Culture

(0:34:30) Statistical Gender

(0:51:11) Gender for the Continuation of Society

(1:01:50) Categorical Behavior

(1:09:40) Importance of Gender in Creation Narrative

(1:12:55) Conclusion

Ian and Nate discuss the evolution and purpose of creeds in the Christian religion. Here are the show notes.(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:06:00) Purpose of Systemization

(0:12:58) Human Struggles with Memory

(0:35:00) Dangers of Human Forgetfulness

(0:41:08) Importance of Simplicity in Communication

(0:58:38) Importance of Religious Ritual

(1:07:47) Historical Context of the Creeds

(1:23:13) Conclusion

Ian and Nate discuss the contents and canonization of the Christian Old Testament in this second episode on Holy Scripture. ⁠Here⁠ are the show notes.

(0:00:00) Introduction
(0:03:20) The status of the Jewish Canon in the First Century
(0:10:30) Christian Disagreement on OT Canon
(0:15:05) The Old Testament Deuterocanon
(0:21:27) Rejection of OT Deuterocanon in Judaism
(0:40:35) Contents of the OT Deuterocanon
(0:44:30) Back to status of the Jewish Canon in the First Century
(0:57:00) Old Testament Canon in the Early Church
(1:05:45) Christian Codification of the Old Testament and Vulgate Controversy
(1:26:30) Rejection of OT Deuterocanon during the Reformation
(1:32:00) Expulsion of the Deuterocanon by the English and Scottish Bible Societies
(1:38:43) Conclusion

Ian and Nate discuss the uses, contents and canonization of