Theology & Ethics

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