Jordan, a landscaper from Florida, guest hosts this episode and he dives deep into how Rene Girard changed the outlook on his relationships with those close to him. How can we learn to breathe life in times of stress? How can we create art and live joyfully through suffering? How do we renew ourselves daily […]
The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky; it was initially serialized in 1879 by Russkiy Vestnik magazine. The story of this novel, set in 19th-century Russia, details the contradictory brothers of Alexei, Ivan, and Dmitri Karamazov. Though the majority of the novel deals with the elder brother Dmitri’s attempt to clear himself of parricide, Dostoevsky […]
What does it mean when the Bible says “God is love?” Are we islands unto ourselves or are we rooted in a transcendental source of community? Join David Gornoski as he reflects on these questions while also commenting on the need for empathy whilst navigating through the hate-filled news cycle of our time. Is unconditional […]
David Gornoski continues his critique of the ridiculous popularity contests that are politics. One of our biggest mistakes, David says, is how we have let the political establishment influence and shape things like science, medicine, and nutrition. Are we letting ourselves revert to the ancient practice of witch hunt? How can we exorcise the spirit […]
Our fixation on identity politics, David Gornoski says, is driving our society towards blame games. “We need to continue to encourage people in thinking for themselves rather than groupthink.” David takes us through the idea of original sin–the concept that sin exists universally–and how filtering that idea through group identities is a recipe for conflict. […]
Christian anthropology stems from theology. That is why it is important to note that the Christian God is a Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And it is also important to know that there exists within the Trinity, between the three persons of the Godhead, mutual glorification, submission and love. ‘God is love’, says […]