In this podcast, we interview Carl Teichrib, an expert researcher in New-Age Spirituality, Neopaganism, the Occult and Witchcraft, who visits one of the most infamous new-age event in the world, Burning Man, every year. What is Burning Man? What is taught or experienced there? And how can Christians engage with those at Burning Man or other festivals like it?

Carl Teichrib is a Canadian-based researcher, writer, and lecturer focusing on the paradigm shift sweeping the Western world, including the challenges and opportunities faced by Christians. Over the years he has attended a range of internationally significant political, religious, and social events in his quest to understand the historical and contemporary forces of transformation – including the 2015 and 2018 Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Burning Man, and the United Nations Millennium Forum.

Since the mid-1990s, Carl’s research has been utilized by authors, media hosts and documentary producers, pastors, professors and students, and interested lay people. From 2007 until the end of 2015, he edited a monthly web-based magazine, Forcing Change, documenting and detailing the worldview revolution underway – points of pressure, forces of change.

#burningman #spiritualism #paganism #witchcraft #occult #transhumanism

Game of Gods: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Gods-Temple-Man-Re-Enchantment/dp/1999492900/ref=sr_1_2?crid=D17QUDC06PO6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Cwj6ewQnLWI4mvjYJeLT3rQSC-BzHLdst8NyKpboPzIoPY2Vyb1Fvo2I2msMkc8_qNMVrUvDs3E5EhSzDzrE_9jbN4eX2dIsG-f4PuBF8KQ76qqIxwFnXzua0L-1AYzSC2YIv1JRY97K2Z87QdHw8T-ql7twWA5uY74MK3LqJqSe25Fi2H8KHGnSaBDfnfvtGJeo7Kga96MrCSDEEOrUVHwEA2sHZDhWlNYv80ECzbc.Y9iy9_CsV3y5-nZbkJkCbxqsTT3QtD6As9A0rLTIxIg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Game+of+Gods&qid=1732646029&sprefix=game+of+gods%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2

Forcing Change: https://www.forcingchange.org

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:03:43-What is Burning Man?

00:08:29-The Connection between Burning Man and Big Tech

00:10:58-The Global Scope of Burning Man

00:12:14-The Normalizing and Legalizing of Burning Man Culture

00:22:07-The Elites That Gather At Burning Man

00:27:00-What is the Worldview of Burning Man?

00:31:22-How are Christians Perceived at Burning Man?

00:36:23-Engaging with Burners at Burning Man

00:41:04-Using Reason to Challenge Burners

00:49:19-Bad Encounters at the Burn

00:52:20-How Burning Man Culture is affecting the Church

00:55:30-Burning Man as “The Cult of Experience”

01:03:14-The Gospel, Personal Experience and Evangelism at Burning Man

01:10:19-Outro

In this episode we talk to CR Wiley about his upcoming book "St. Antony's Guide to Your Best Life Now," which looks at the life of St. Antony the desert father as a way for Christians to be faithful in a world dominated by Artificial Intelligence.

Bio: C. R. Wiley is a minister living in the Pacific Northwest. He has written for Touchstone Magazine, Modern Reformation, Sacred Architecture, The Imaginative Conservative, Front Porch Republic, Scenes Media, and National Review. His short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle (published by the Mythopoeic Society) and elsewhere, and he has published young adult fiction. He has been a commercial real estate investor, a building contractor, and a college professor. He is a member of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters.

Books by CR Wiley:

In the House of Tom Bombadil:

https://www.amazon.com/House-Tom-Bombadil-C-R-Wiley-ebook/dp/B09LSCR7LT/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=Fuiqf&content-id=amzn1.sym.e5c4b41c-5fcc-40aa-ba1a-d4f042d962e8&pf_rd_p=e5c4b41c-5fcc-40aa-ba1a-d4f042d962e8&pf_rd_r=144-9031752-5433267&pd_rd_wg=lWf2l&pd_rd_r=c6d6bc76-965b-46dc-99c0-edcca2350c42&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

The Household and the War for the Cosmos:

https://www.amazon.com/Household-War-Cosmos-Recovering-Christian-ebook/dp/B07SZB38CY/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=2Hdcy&content-id=amzn1.sym.e5c4b41c-5fcc-40aa-ba1a-d4f042d962e8&pf_rd_p=e5c4b41c-5fcc-40aa-ba1a-d4f042d962e8&pf_rd_r=144-9031752-5433267&pd_rd_wg=rruek&pd_rd_r=eb1cf2da-c2ce-485f-99c8-20ec07f3a933&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

#AI #Christianity #paganism #materialism #technology #transhumanism #kurzweil #harari

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:05:20-Kurzweil’s Vision of Transhumanism and AI Totalitarianism

00:11:07-The AI Threat to Religious Freedom

00:19:28-The All-Encompassing Power of AI

00:27:09-How Technology Debilitates Our Creative Powers

00:34:55-Is There an Upside to AI?

00:36:57-Who are the Conditioners?

00:40:21-St. Antony vs. AI?

00:45:46-AI and the Aesthetic World

00:54:48-Why We Can’t Ignore the Threat of AI

01:05:31-AI Demonic?

01:08:32-Living Faithfully in the AI World

01:13:34-Outro

In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, the Kirkwood Center team breaks down what's ahead for a second term of Trump's presidency. What does a second Trump term mean for America, for conservatives and for Evangelicals? We talk about six positives of a Trump victory, and four negatives.

#MAGA #election2024 #americanpolitics #USA #politics #evangelicals #trump #trumpvance #kirkwoodcenter #church #christianity #theology #ethics #bible

Chapters:

00:00:00-The Surprise of Trump Victory

00:07:20-The Repudiation of the Cultural Elite

00:23:11 Curbing Democrat Totalitarianism under Trump

00:37:33-Validating the Experience of Legal Immigrants

00:47:49-Stopping Trans-Insanity under Trump

00:52:41-Trump Better for Israel and for Jewish People

00:58:37-The End of Cancel Culture under Trump

01:05:15-Trump is a Liberal President

01:10:24-Trump is a Pro-Choice President (in A Pro-Choice Country)

01:12:01-Trump is a Same-Sex Marriage President

01:16:53-Trump’s Horrible Speaking Ability

01:24:26-Trump, Political Idolatry and the World

In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, the Kirkwood Center team (Dr. Darren Guerra, professor of Political Science at Biola University, Logan Zeppieri, Claremont Institute, and Lenny Esposito, Come Reason Ministries) discuss the incredible comeback of Donald Trump and what it means for America and American Evangelicalism.

#MAGA #election2024 #americanpolitics #USA #politics #evangelicals #trump #trumpvance #kirkwoodcenter #church #christianity #theology #ethics #bible

Chapters:

00:00:00-The Historic Comeback of Donald Trump

00:05:23-The Biggest Loser: The Mainstream Media

00:09:02-The Role of Alternative Media Platforms

00:12:00-The Reasons for Trump’s Victory

00:26:28-The Evangelical Christian Vote

00:37:22-How Should We View The Morality of Candidates?

00:41:49-What About The Pro-Life Issue

00:58:05-Some Predictions for Trump 47

In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, we sit down with Bethel McGrew (formerly “Esther O’Reily”) to talk about Megan Basham’s bombshell book: Shepherds for Sale, and give some theological and philosophical reflection about the current state of politics in the Church and how Christians should vote their conscience.

Bethel McGrew is a freelance writer, teacher, maths Ph.D., cultural critic, bad Anglican. You might have spotted her at World, National Review, First Things, The Spectator, The Critic, Plough, or someplace else.

Bethel’s Substack: https://substack.com/@bethelmcgrew

Bethel’s Review of Shepherd’s for Sale at First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/08/how-the-evangelical-elite-failed-their-flock

#shepherdsforsale #bethelmcgrew #politics #election2024 #meganbasham #MAGA

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:00:17-Trump and True Conservatism

00:14:11-Trump & Harris: Egoists or Ideologues?

00:21:48-Leftist Totalitarianism, The Liberal Trump Voter and a bit about NAR

00:28:09-The Degradation of Culture and Politics

00:34:34-Outro

In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, we sit down with Bethel McGrew (formerly “Esther O’Reily”) to talk about Megan Basham’s bombshell book: Shepherds for Sale, and give some theological and philosophical reflection about the current state of politics in the Church and how Christians should vote their conscience.

Bethel McGrew is a freelance writer, teacher, maths Ph.D., cultural critic, bad Anglican. You might have spotted her at World, National Review, First Things, The Spectator, The Critic, Plough, or someplace else.

Bethel’s Substack: https://substack.com/@bethelmcgrew

Bethel’s Review of Shepherd’s for Sale at First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/08/how-the-evangelical-elite-failed-their-flock

#shepherdsforsale #bethelmcgrew #politics #election2024 #meganbasham #MAGA

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro and Megan's Book

00:09:14-Mission Drift and the Christian Elite

00:14:25-How The Left Made Political Stances into Religious Commands

00:21:48-The Crisis of Pastoral Authority in the Culture

00:25:27-Is Basham Unfair to Those She’s Criticizing?

00:37:29-Basham vs. Ortlund

00:45:42-Is There Any Accountability for The Shepherds For Sale?

00:52:03-Are Basham’s Critics Being Disingenuous?

00:57:18-Basham Doing The Same as Those She Criticizes

01:07:52-Responding to Basham’s Reviewers

01:17:47-Outro

In this episode, the Kirkwood Center team discusses the role of Halloween and Horror in our culture. Is Halloween too pagan for Christians to celebrate, or does it still have a place in the Church?

#halloween #Christianity #horror #paganism

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:01:45-The Origins of Halloween

00:05:38-How the Early Church Approached Paganism

00:11:23-Halloween in the Modern Sense

00:20:33-Evangelicals, Halloween and Horror

00:28:34-Redeeming the Liminal Spaces of the Psycho-Spiritual

00:37:12-Has Death Become Too Unfamiliar to Us?

00:42:02-Shock and Pushing the Limits of Horror

00:45:30-Honoring God By Redeeming Halloween

00:48:16-Outro

In this Roundtable, Lenny Esposito (Come Reason Ministries), Logan Zeppieri (Claremont Institute) and Tony Costello (Kirkwood Center) discuss the role of politics in contemporary American life. Is Politics now the realm in which we define what is real, true and good? Has Politics replaced Religion as the way human beings figure out what they are, and what they are supposed to do? If so, then what is the Church for?

#politcs #religion #Christianity #christiannationalism #naturallaw

Links:

Matthew Burdette’s Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-148096086

Why Millennials Aren’t Having Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2797yoiotOE&t=1783s

Come Reason Ministries: http://www.comereason.org/

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:01:35-The Ice Cream Cone Experiment

00:07:33-The Crisis of Christianity and Its Effect on Politics

00:12:57-Different Metaphysical Worlds and The Role of the Politics

00:19:07-Have We Lost the Vision of the American Project?

00:22:38-When Everything Becomes Religious

00:38:00-When the Church Fails, the State Will Take Over

00:41:54-Not Having Children and the Coming Crisis

00:53:17-Outro

In part 2 of this podcast, Dr. Carl Mosser, an expert in Mormon theology discusses the Mormon doctrine of God and how Mormons tries to answer the Problem of Evil and Suffering.

Carl Mosser (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is the pastor of House of God Lutheran Church in Highland, California. He previously served as Professor of Christian Theology at Gateway Seminary, Visiting Research Professor and Analytic Theology Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University.

#mormonism #theology #God #atheism #polytheism #monotheism #problemofevil #kirkwoodcenter #theology #ethics #apologetics #bible #church #christianity

Links:

Carl’s Academia Page: https://independent.academia.edu/CarlMosser

Classifying Mormon Theism: https://www.academia.edu/219780/_Classifying_Mormon_Theism_

Exaltation and Gods Who Can Fall: https://www.academia.edu/185243/_Exaltation_and_Gods_Who_Can_Fall_Some_Problems_for_Mormon_Theodicies_

Podcast on Theosis with Carl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4rV8cxWnU&t=949s

Chapters:

00:00:00-Intro

00:00:14-Intro to the Mormon Problem of Evil

00:10:17-Joseph Smith's Evolving Views on God and Evil

00:14:51-The God Who Can Sin and Lucifer's Plan of Redemption

00:18:44-Evil World = Evil God?

00:26:33-Is Evil Ever Overcome in Mormonism?

00:32:09-Mormon Piety and the Problem of Evil

00:39:32-Outro

In part 1 of this podcast, Dr. Carl Mosser, an expert in Mormon theology, discusses the Mormon doctrine of God and how Christians can respond to Mormon claims.

Carl Mosser (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is the pastor of House of God Lutheran Church in Highland, California. He previously served as Professor of Christian Theology at Gateway Seminary, Visiting Research Professor and Analytic Theology Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University.

Links:

Carl’s Academia Page: https://independent.academia.edu/CarlMosser

Classifying Mormon Theism: https://www.academia.edu/219780/_Classifying_Mormon_Theism_

Exaltation and Gods Who Can Fall: https://www.academia.edu/185243/_Exaltation_and_Gods_Who_Can_Fall_Some_Problems_for_Mormon_Theodicies_

Podcast on Theosis with Carl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4rV8cxWnU&t=949s

Chapters:

00:00:00-Introduction

00:03:23-Engaging with Mormon Scholarship

00:09:58-Engaging Charitably with Mormon Scholars

00:13:34-What is the Mormon Doctrine of God?

00:17:36-What are Mormonism's Sacred Texts?

00:21:49-Problems in the Book of Mormon

00:23:30-Views of God in Mormon history

00:30:57-The Many Theologies of Joseph Smith

00:35:27-The Mormon Ontology of God and the World

00:45:40-How Can God Evolve, and Us Along with Him?

00:50:29-The Four Characteristics of the Mormon God

00:59:21-Of "God" and "gods"

01:07:28-What about the Trinity in Mormonism?

01:13:47-The "Ad Hoc" Holy Ghost

01:18:27-Outro