Cantus Firmus
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsKingdom theology for Christians without a country.
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Fight the Powers Revisited
December 02, 2020 17:14 - 14 minutes - 10.6 MBTwo years after the release of Fight the Powers, my reflections on what it meant for Christians to Fight the Powers under Trump and what […]
Failed Kingdoms – Saying No to God
November 18, 2020 13:00 - 2 hours - 81.9 MBI was recently a guest on the Failed Kingdoms podcast to discuss Matthew J. Korpman’s book Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the […]
Failed Kingdoms – Is Homosexuality Sinful?
November 11, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBI was recently a guest on the Failed Kingdoms podcast to talk with Matthew Distefano about whether or not the Bible treats homosexual behavior as […]
Judge Not?
November 04, 2020 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.68 MBChristians are often told to follow Jesus’ command to not judge, often by non-Christians who perceive us, rightly or wrongly, of being nasty and judgmental. […]
How Should Christians Vote… or should they?
November 02, 2020 19:01 - 46 minutes - 39.7 MBI chat with the Anti-War War Vet John Dangelo III about whether or not Christians ought to be voting, and if so, what should animate […]
The False Gospel of No-Suffering
October 27, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.27 MBA perennial challenge to belief in God is human suffering. If God is all good and all powerful, it is asked, why do the good […]
Should Christians Talk About Race?
October 15, 2020 00:00 - 4 minutes - 3.67 MBI’ve been seeing a lot of folks, especially on the right, saying that we should stop talking about race, that if we did stop talking […]
The Economic Condition of Black America in the Twentieth Century with author Germinal G. Van
October 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBI had the opportunity to talk to Germinal G. Van about his book The Economic Condition of Black America in the Twentieth Century: A Historical […]
The First Presidential Debate
October 02, 2020 13:31 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBI was a guest on The Anti-War War Vet’s Instagram to dissect the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, highlighting the policy […]
The Ballot IS a Bullet
September 20, 2020 14:05 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBIn an election year, especially in a time of intense political polarization like we’re having now, the stakes seem high. We’re always told that “this […]
Cops and Rioters
September 08, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 87.8 MBJohn Dangelo from The Anti-War War Vet and Aree Spivey from Failed Kingdoms were my guests to discuss how political narratives distort how we perceive […]
Everything is on Fire and We All Hate Each Other
August 30, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 5.1 MBA poll conducted by Gallup in 1958 found that about 30% of political partisans wanted to see their daughters marry a man of the same […]
Three Views on Christian Politics
August 25, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBI assembled a politically diverse group to talk about conservative, progressive, and libertarian political models and which one lined up best with core Christian values. […]
What’s Up With Demon Sex?
August 13, 2020 08:45 - 17 minutes - 12.6 MBPresident Trump recently spoke in support of a physician who held a minority view on COVID. She has also stated that gynecological ailments might be […]
Liberty and Virtue During a Pandemic
August 09, 2020 00:10 - 4 minutes - 2.91 MBIn a 1787 letter, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more […]
Render to Caesar – What do Christians owe to the state?
July 16, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBIn this episode, Aree Spivey (artist, Failed Kingdoms) and John A. Dangelo III (writer, antiwarwarvet.com) were my guests to talk about the infamous “render to […]
Breaking Ourselves of Our Breaking Bad Politics
June 27, 2020 17:51 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBMy wife and I recently re-watched the TV show Breaking Bad. If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s about a high school chemistry teacher […]
The Political Common Ground on Racism
June 18, 2020 15:07 - 9 minutes - 7.64 MBIn this short episode, I discuss a recent article by conservative columnist David French that points a way forward for conservatives and moderates to address […]
Why Nonviolence?
June 14, 2020 20:13 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBI’ve spent a lot of time engaging with conservatives about my Christian nonviolence views. Conservatives tend to be big supporters of the military and the […]
Police Brutality & Christian Hope with the Anti-War War Vet
June 11, 2020 14:42 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBIn a recent Instagram Live video chat (video available here: https://www.instagram.com/antiwarwarvet/), the John “The Anti-War War Vet” Dangelo brought me in as part of a […]
Anarchy in the USA: Liberty, Police, and Pandemic
May 30, 2020 15:14 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBIn a conversation sure to agitate both conservatives and progressives, Aree Spivey (artist, Failed Kingdoms) and John A. Dangelo III (writer, antiwarwarvet.com) were my guests […]
How Do I Know if I’m Saved?
May 14, 2020 04:46 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIn this open invitation Zoom chat, I highlighted the thorny question of how a Christian can know if they’re saved (also called “assurance”), gave some […]
Can We Have Church During a Quarantine?
April 05, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 37.3 MBI invited 3 guests to discuss whether or not we can really have church in light of so many Christian communities closing their doors across […]
Reading Lamentations in a Time of Pandemic
March 28, 2020 22:29 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBI took the Corona virus quarantine as an opportunity to create a live video chat on the topic of the biblical book of Lamentations and […]
Unhitching the Old Testament Ep. 4 – Keith Giles
March 19, 2020 00:17 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBMy interview with Keith Giles gave me an opportunity to clarify the arguments made in his book Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from […]
Unhitching the Old Testament Ep. 3 – Dr. A. Philip Brown II
February 22, 2020 13:24 - 46 minutes - 23.2 MBMy interview with Dr. A. Philip Brown II centers around how we should define and understand biblical inspiration, how the New Testament both modifies and […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Film Festival – Monsters & Madmen
February 14, 2020 20:22 - 26 minutes - 27.9 MBSome time back I had started a Patreon and part of the benefits that subscribers got was a Patreon-exclusive podcast. That Patreon has been closed […]
Cantus Firmus Book Club Ep. 5 – The Day the Revolution Began (w/ Ruth Ryder)
December 17, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 19.6 MBI recently had the opportunity to speak with Ruth Ryder about the N.T. Wright book The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Film Festival – Space Is the Place
November 07, 2019 13:00 - 30 minutes - 31.5 MBSome time back I had started a Patreon and part of the benefits that subscribers got was a Patreon-exclusive podcast. That Patreon has been closed […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 16 – Inception (w/ Adam Graham)
September 15, 2019 18:02 - 59 minutes - 29.8 MBAdam Graham was my guest to discuss the 2010 Christopher Nolan film Inception, a movie about a mission to implant an idea in the brain […]
The Anti-War War Vet – A Conversation with John A. Dangelo III
August 22, 2019 20:25 - 42 minutes - 21.7 MBJohn A. Dangelo III was a marine deployed in Afghanistan. Now he’s the man behind AntiWarWarVet.com. In this episode he shares his journey–both political and […]
Unhitching the Old Testament Ep. 2 – Exodus 34’s God Who Is Great in Kindness in the Old and New Testaments
July 05, 2019 23:58 - 19 minutes - 28.2 MBIn Exodus 34:5-8, God revealed His character to Moses in words which would play a central role in directing Jewish discourse about the divine being […]
Unhitching the Old Testament Ep. 1 – Dr. Michael Heiser
April 11, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBThe first episode in a new podcast series, my interview with Dr. Michael Heiser covers the trend of “unhitching” the Old Testament from our Christian […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 15 – Mr. Nobody (w/ Steve Hilliker)
March 04, 2019 04:07 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB“A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 14 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (w/ Latifah Alattas)
February 16, 2019 22:23 - 52 minutes - 27.7 MBMusician Latifah Alattas was my guest to discuss the 2004 Michel Gondry film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, focusing on its themes of grief, […]
Bad Theology Spotlight – Robert Jeffress and Trump’s Border Wall in Heaven
January 11, 2019 04:19 - 12 minutes - 12.2 MBA response to Dr. Robert Jeffress’ recent claim on Fox & Friends that Trump’s border wall proposal is biblical since “even heaven is going to […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 13 – It’s a Wonderful Life (w/ Kevin Peyton)
December 23, 2018 02:15 - 45 minutes - 42.7 MBKevin Peyton was my guest to discuss the 1946 Frank Capra film It’s a Wonderful Life. We highlighted its contrasting views on money, its populist […]
Cantus Firmus Book Club Ep. 4 – Warlike Christians in an Age of Violence (w/ the author Nick Megoran)
December 08, 2018 17:38 - 56 minutes - 45.7 MBI recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Megoran, lecturer in political geography at Newcastle University in Great Britain and specialist in geopolitics, religion, and […]
Romans 13: Is it biblical to enforce the law?
October 11, 2018 04:01 - 17 minutes - 21.8 MBIt’s rare in our current cultural climate that a debate over biblical interpretation becomes a topic of discussion in major media outlets. It was therefore […]
Cantus Firmus Book Club Ep. 3 – The Battle for Bonhoeffer (w/ the author Dr. Stephen R. Haynes)
September 23, 2018 14:32 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBI had the pleasure of talking with author Dr. Stephen R. Haynes about his new book The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating Discipleship in the Age of […]
What Are the Stoicheia? – Unpacking the meaning of an elusive New Testament term
September 10, 2018 19:22 - 47.3 MBJackson Ferrell stops by the podcast to crack open our lexicons and talk with me about the “stoicheia” in the New Testament. Does this elusive […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 12 – Saving Mr. Banks (w/ Dr. Andrew Graham)
July 07, 2018 16:21 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBDr. Andrew Graham was my guest for a discussion about the 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks. Dr. Graham’s background in counseling shed some light on […]
Patreon Exclusive Podcast Preview – Reading the Prodigal Son Through Western Eyes / Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
July 02, 2018 01:21 - 11 minutes - 9.23 MBThis is the eighth Patreon-only podcast I’ve done, and to give some of the free podcast subscribers a taste of what I do on Patreon, […]
Post-Enlightened: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Challenge to Christian Belief
June 17, 2018 13:00 - 24 minutes - 19 MBMy wife Raven joins me for a reading from a chapter in my book Post-Enlightened: Reflections on Two Hundred Years of Anti-Christian Writing from Thomas […]
From Babel to Pentecost: How Jesus Broke Down Racism and Nationalism to Make One New People
June 10, 2018 13:00 - 39 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode I talked with my friend Jackson Ferrell about how the events of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2 point back to the story of […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 11 – Shadowlands (w/ Dr. David Baggett)
June 04, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 42 MBIn this episode, I spoke to Dr. David Baggett about the 1993 Richard Attenborough film Shadowlands. Shadowlands is a film about the Christian thinker C.S. […]
Responding to Heretic Happy Hour’s Shots at the Canon
May 02, 2018 22:00 - 45 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode I respond to claims from the podcast Heretic Happy Hour that the existence of a biblical canon silences God, reflects patriarchal desires […]
Did the Early Church Believe that Jesus Is God? (Youtube)
April 14, 2018 22:45 - 6 minutes - 8.45 MBAudio download: http://www.cantus-firmus.com/Audio/20180414-DidtheEarlyChurchBelievethatJesusIsGod.mp3 This podcast also available on Youtube with video. I’m doing a series right now on early 2nd century church father Ignatius of […]
The Gospel of the Resurrection
April 01, 2018 11:30 - 14 minutes - 12.2 MBFor Easter Sunday I wanted to discuss the significance of the resurrection for how the apostles presented the gospel and contrast that with how most […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 10 – The Night of the Hunter (w/ Bridget Nelson)
March 10, 2018 23:24 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBMy special guest was Bridget Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax fame. We talked about the 1955 Charles Laughton film The Night of […]