Did worldly empire coopt the Church? Join David Gornoski and Surit Dasgupta as they discuss how modern-day culture seems to be incompatible with earnestness, why Dracula is more haunted by Christ than most conservative personalities, why the 21 Coptic martyrs are more effective than any “right thinking” Christian, how most Orthodox Christians are driven by […]
What would a trinitarian philosophy of science look like? Dr Paul Axton joins David Gornoski to talk about William Desmond’s reading of Hegel, the tension between body and mind, the Trinitarian principle in creation, how matter has always existed, and more. Check out Forging Ploughshares podcast here. Watch more episodes of THINGS HIDDEN here.
Pastor Jim Fitzgerald joins David Gornoski to talk about the rivalrous nature of Christian nationalism, the origin of nation states, how Christian worship is a protest against statism, Romans 13, ecumenism vs authentic unity, the price Charlie Kirk paid, and more. Read Jim Fitzgerald’s article on Christian Nationalism here. Watch more interviews of Jim Fitzgerald […]
Why do Japanese adults read comic books? Dr Paul Axton joins David Gornoski and Surit Dasgupta to talk about Japan’s encounter with Christianity, why Western philosophical approaches don’t work in Japan, Nihonjinron identity, the psychology of Amae, extraordinary life of Yukio Mishima, and more. Check out Forging Ploughshares podcast here. Watch more episodes of THINGS […]
Physicists Avi Loeb and Dr Weiping Yu join David Gornoski to discuss Professor Loeb’s latest book “Interstellar,” why colonizing Mars is not enough, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, the dangers of AI, free will, and more. Buy “Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future Beyond Earth” on Amazon here. Watch more episodes of […]
Can we defeat the culture of divorce with creativity? David Gornoski and Surit Dasgupta open this wide-ranging conversation with a deep dive into the thought of Nikolai Berdyaev and the radical witness of Mother Maria of Paris, highlighting why creative, sacrificial action is essential to the life of the Church today. From there, the discussion […]
David Gornoski sits down with Pastor Chuck Baldwin for a conversation on Christian Zionism and how it has radically changed America’s foreign policy over the years. Is there any precedent in the Bible for what the state of Israel is doing in Gaza? Is believing in Israel as God’s chosen nation a matter of salvation? […]
Nikolai Berdyaev’s philosophy of spirit, freedom, and creativity stands as one of the most striking attempts of the twentieth century to imagine a renewed Christianity. His religious existentialism is not an abandonment of the Christian tradition, nor is it a program to replace the Church with human self-assertion. Instead, it is an appeal to recover […]
How to Heal Your Soil and restore life to the land from the ground up. 🌱 David Gornoski sits down with regenerative farmers Dennis and Dana Venrick to explore how soil health can be revived by feeding microbes, correcting calcium deficiencies, and detoxifying damaged ground. This conversation dives deep into the principles of regenerative agriculture […]
The Christian faith often invites us to hold together texts and events that seem to resist harmony. Nowhere is this tension felt more sharply than in the contrast between the Old Testament’s harsh legal judgments and the New Testament’s radical call to non-violence. As we approach the Christmas season and contemplate the Nativity of Christ, […]