Dr. Michael Bird is Academic Dean and lecturer at Ridley College and an Anglican Priest. He is the author of multiple books and a well know research in early christianity and the New Testament. We talk about his new book "Jesus Among the gods". We also mention Troels Engberg-Pederson, Bart Ehrman, Andrew Perriman, Richard Bauckham, NT Wright, Larry Hurtado, Jeremiah Coogan, David Litwa, Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, Philo of Alexandria, Plato, Tertullian, Ignatius of Antioch, John Calvin, Marcellus of Ancyra, Athanasius of Alexandria, Paul of Samosata, Theodotus of Byzantium, and many more.   

Dr. Bird's book "Jesus Among the gods": https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-among-gods-Christology-Greco-Roman/dp/1481316753 

Dr. Bird's twitter: https://twitter.com/mbird12

Dr. Bird's substack: https://michaelfbird.substack.com/

Dr. Bird's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC21I7qYVHPsOzL9ujxiRWZA

Dr. Andrew Perriman has a PhD from the London Bible College, He is involved with a missional church in Westbourne Grove, London, and he the author of multiple books. In this interview we mostly talk about his newest book "In the Form of a god: The Pre-Existence of the Exalted Christ in Paul". We mention NT Wright, James Dunn, Richard Bauckham, Gordon Fee, James McGrath, Eusebius of Caesarea, Constantine the Great, and more.   

Andrew's Blog: https://www.postost.net/ 

The Book: https://www.amazon.com/Form-God-Pre-existence-Exalted-Christology/dp/166673067X

This is the second video on the Council of Nicaea in Sam and Hank's ongoing church fathers series. We specifically discuss neoplatonism, Plotinus, Origen of Alexandria, Constantine the Great, Arius of Alexandria, Athanasius of Alexandria, Alexander of Alexandria, Eusebius of Caesarea, Arthur Holmes, Peter Adamson, and Khalil Andani and more.   

Council of Nicaea Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZliU8EYggX4 

Arthur Holmes on Middle Platonism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sic5OdUIkgk&t=4s 

History of Philosophy without any gaps: Plotinus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrWFuMkfHlc 

Khalil Andani on Islamic Neoplatonism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2PHJsn9xQ&t=2041s

Dr Steven Nemes has a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books. He has appeared on many YouTube channels is a prominent public theologian. In this conversation we talk about his views on post-Catholic theology, ecclesiology, and how to talk about the Trinity and the Incarnation. We mention Dale Tuggy, Brett Salkeld, Justin Martyr, Ulrich Zwingli, and many more.   

Dr. Steven Nemes's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrStevenNemes 

Dr. Steven Nemes's website: https://stevennemes.com/ 

Dr. Steven Nemes on Trinities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyi38X0Wku0

Orthodoxy and Heresy: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/orthodoxy-and-heresy/50689A55E19FDEC6B45FF3F3DAE2BBC2

The Council of Nicaea was the first major ecumenical church council. Here we discuss the main people in attendance as the canons issued from the Council. We mention Hosius of Cordoba, Eusebius of Caesarea, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Alexander of Alexandria, Athanasius of Alexandria, Arius of Alexandria, Constantine the Great, Paul of Samosata, Novatian of Rome, and of course Richard Nixon.   

Novatian of Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSIZOjMe2iA&t=1s

Paul of Samosata : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fe4xO6IZRc

Eusebius of Caesarea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVHaxczU_PA&t=4019s

Arius of Alexandria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezeRekmP6ws&t=2982s

Constantine the Great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyL6pFaAuL8

Micah Redding is the Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association. He writes and speaks about transhumanism, technology, artificial intelligence, and Christian theology. We talk about what transhumanism is, how it relates to Christian ideas such as everlasting life and theosis.  We mention Dale Tuggy, Ray Kurzweil, David Pierce, Julian Huxley, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Elon Musk, Max Tegmark, Barton Stone, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Jefferson, Athanasius, William Ellery Channing, and more.

Micah Redding Website: https://www.micahredding.com/

Micah Redding twitter: https://twitter.com/micahtredding

Christian Transhumanism Association: https://www.christiantranshumanism.org/CTA 

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChristianTranshumanistAssociation/

Dr. Robert Kokenyesi is a Professor at Lewis and Clark Community. He runs the website Unitariantorch.com which is a repository of history related to the Transylvanian Unitarian Church. He translates sermons from Hungarian into English and documents their history. He shares his amazing story. We mention Prince John Sigismund Zapolya, Ferenc David, Ronald Reagan, and many others. 

In this video I talk again with my friend Rivers o Feden. We go through the famous Philippians 2 "Christ Hymn" passages verse by verse and word by word to try and understand it and give a plausible interpretative framework.   

Rivers o Feden on John 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFCuSuhPJs&t=207s 

My Debate with Chris Date - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a7tsC_6T80&t=3s

Chris Date Debate Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P62mtDtsq4M&t=878s

This is an episode in the church fathers series with Sam and Hank about Constantine the Great.   

Constantine and the Divine Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Constantine-Divine-Mind-Kegan-Chandler/dp/1532689934 

Sam and Kegan Chandler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXIj5OH40IA&feature=youtu.be

Dr. Troels Engberg-Pedersen is a Professor Emeritus of New Testament exegesis at the University of Copenhagen. In this conversation we talk specifically about the relationship between Christianity and Stoicism as seen specifically in the New Testament authors Paul and John. We look at their understand of the spirit (pneuma) and the logos. We then discuss how this Stoic understanding of the pneuma can help us better understand the Christology of the Gospel of John. We also mention also scholars like Wayne meeks, Ernst Käsemann, and many more. 

Dr. Engberg-Pedersen is the author of many books.

John and Philosophy - https://www.amazon.com/John-Philosophy-Reading-Fourth-Gospel/dp/0198792506/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1665433163&refinements=p_27%3ATROELS+ENGBERG-PEDERSEN&s=books&sr=1-8&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

Stoicism in Early Christianity - https://www.amazon.com/Stoicism-Early-Christianity-Tuomas-Rasimus/dp/0801039517/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1665433163&refinements=p_27%3ATROELS+ENGBERG-PEDERSEN&s=books&sr=1-2