Cantus Firmus
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsKingdom theology for Christians without a country.
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Interacting with Bertrand Russell’s Critiques of the Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence
February 12, 2018 00:59 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MBI was recently invited to come in and give a short presentation on the cosmological argument for God’s existence to a college apologetics class and […]
Awakening the Gnostic Redeemer – Decoding Twin Peaks The Return w/ Dr. Robert M. Price
January 31, 2018 02:07 - 51 minutes - 41.2 MBI was excited to have Dr. Robert M. Price back on as a guest to discuss Gnostic themes in last year’s hit television series Twin […]
A quick thank you and an announcement about getting my books for free on Kindle!
January 13, 2018 19:34 - 1 minute - 2.39 MBTranscript: Greetings, everyone. This is Cody from Cantus Firmus. I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to listen to the podcast. I love dealing with the kinds of topics that I get to discuss here, particularly with the fascinating and engaging guests who have been so gracious to take time out of … Continue reading A quick thank you and an announcement about getting my books for free on Kindle! →
Cantus Firmus At the Movies Ep. 9 – The Matrix (w/ Dr. Robert M. Price)
January 09, 2018 03:04 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBI invited atheist New Testament scholar and all-around fascinating person Dr. Robert M. Price to discuss the 1999 film The Matrix. We highlighted its Gnostic […]
The Incarnation Is Redemptive (a special Christmas episode w/ Dr. Myk Habets)
December 18, 2017 23:58 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBFor this special Christmas episode, I asked Dr. Myk Habets on to discuss how God taking on flesh in Jesus Christ (also known as the incarnation) […]
Interview with an Exorcist (w/ guest Scott Johnson)
December 09, 2017 02:43 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBMy guest was Scott Johnson, a demonologist, exorcist, and minister. We talked about his experiences with the demonic, the danger of mistaking mental illness for […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 8 – Arrival (w/ Joseph Cox)
December 03, 2017 00:48 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBMy special guest was director and producer Joseph Cox. We talked about 2016’s Arrival, a science fiction film which explores issues of time and determinism. Joseph Cox […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 7 – Crimes and Misdemeanors (w/ Bridget Nelson)
November 05, 2017 00:10 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBMy special guest was Bridget Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax fame. The film we discussed was Woody Allen’s 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors, […]
Cantus Firmus Book Club Ep. 2 – Movies Are Prayers (w/ the author Josh Larsen)
October 05, 2017 16:20 - 31 minutes - 27.2 MBI had the opportunity to speak with Josh Larsen about his thought-provoking new book Movies Are Prayers. Josh’s career began in the newspaper business, where he started out […]
Fight the Powers – What the Bible Says About the Relationship Between Demonic and Political Power
September 20, 2017 23:33 - 11 minutes - 13.5 MBMusic: “The Itis” by Polyrhythmics. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 http://www.needledrop.co/wp/artists/polyrhythmics/ Notes: In a recent podcast which I titled “Make Christianity Weak Again,” I talked […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 6 – The Shack and Silence (w/ Lenny Esposito)
August 27, 2017 01:05 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBIn this episode my special guest Lenny Esposito and I talk about two movies made in the last year that deal with issues of God […]
Jesus-Centric vs. Flat Bible: a conversation with Keith Giles
July 08, 2017 01:59 - 1 hour - 48 MBKeith Giles, author of Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb, was my guest to discuss two approaches that he sees […]
Cantus Firmus Book Club Ep. 1 – Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind (w/ Tim the Atheist)
July 04, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBMy guest “Tim the Atheist” and I discussed Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. The topics discussed […]
Cantus Firmus at the Movies Ep. 5 – Batman V Superman (w/ Ben Doublett and Jackson Ferrell)
June 16, 2017 17:08 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBIn this episode I and special guests Ben Doublett and Jackson Ferrell watched Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and talked about its examination […]
Senator Sanders and the Religious Litmus Test – Should Christians Be Excluded from Public Office?
June 13, 2017 00:34 - 7 minutes - 6.04 MBA few comments in regard to Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments about whether a Christian who believes in salvation in Christ alone should serve in political […]
Cantus Firmus At the Movies Ep. 4 – The Mission (w/ Keith Giles)
May 27, 2017 23:32 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIn this episode we talked about the 1986 film The Mission, and particularly dissected its themes of love, forgiveness, violence, and the corrupting entanglement of […]
Bridging the Gap w/ special guest David Lapp
May 06, 2017 15:01 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBI was pleased to have David Lapp as my guest to discuss the growing divide between groups of people along political and religious lines. […]
Cantus Firmus At the Movies Ep. 3 – What Dreams May Come (w/ Chris Date)
April 27, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBIn this episode we talked about the 1998 film What Dreams May Come, which sparked some great discussion about heaven, hell, love, the physicality of […]
Finding Jesus in the Jewish Feasts
April 21, 2017 04:51 - 29 minutes - 22.6 MBDiscussion of the biblical feasts, (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles) their spiritual lessons, and how they point forward to […]
Cantus Firmus At the Movies Ep. 2 – Noah (w/ Mike Schellman)
April 04, 2017 01:49 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBIn this episode we looked at Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (2014) and talked about its themes of judgment and mercy, misguided piety, and stewardship/environmentalism. We also examined its […]
Cantus Firmus At the Movies Ep. 1 – Sin City (w/ Nick Quient)
April 02, 2017 01:59 - 59 minutes - 87.9 MBThe first episode in a new series on theological and philosophical analysis of films looks at Sin City (2005)–the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s comic […]
Sean Spicer and The Stranger
March 14, 2017 02:15 - 4 minutes - 5.32 MBA story of two strangers… Audio: http://www.cantus-firmus.com/Audio/20170313-SeanSpicerandtheStranger.mp3 Video available on Youtube.
Make Christianity Weak Again – Toward a Biblical Worldview of Political Involvement
March 08, 2017 14:00 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBI examine biblical data on the origin and purpose of government and contrast it with the traditional right and left wing outlooks as classically formulated […]
Daniel Was a Man – the Historicity of the Prophet Daniel
December 26, 2016 16:59 - 11 minutes - 9.58 MBA brief look at the Old Testament book of Daniel, its late date by critical scholars, and arguments for the early date which it claims […]
For Three Redactions, Even for Four — Amos and the Documentary Hypothesis
November 22, 2016 14:43 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBAs an addendum to the previous podcast discussing the Documentary Hypothesis and the Pentateuch, I recorded this brief excursus on the book of Amos to […]
A Priest and a Deuteronomist Walk Into a Bar – the Documentary Hypothesis
October 17, 2016 13:34 - 35 minutes - 31.6 MBWe examine the Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch–the idea that the first five books of the Bible did not originate with Moses but were originally […]
The Transcendence Argument – The Self-Disclosure of the God of Israel
September 19, 2016 14:31 - 25 minutes - 37.6 MBPiggybacking on the ideas of Yehezkel Kaufmann and John Oswalt, this argument builds on the uniqueness of the ancient Israelite claims about the divine to […]
Interview with Dr. Bill Ury – Social Trinitarianism
November 17, 2014 19:18 - 39.2 MBThis podcast features an interview with Dr. Bill Ury. Dr. Ury received his doctorate from Drew Univeristy and is an adjunct professor at Wesley Biblical […]
Can Christians Own Possessions and Still Love the Poor?
October 10, 2014 21:13 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MBIn reflecting on my recent debate regarding who had the better moral philosophy, Jesus or Ayn Rand, I thought about a question my debate opponent […]
Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?
October 06, 2014 20:43 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBThis is a debate I took part in with an Objectivist named Ben Doublett. I emphasized the relational nature of humanity since we are made […]
An Interview With Jehovah’s Witnesses Part 2
October 06, 2014 20:41 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBI had the opportunity of interviewing an older Jehovah’s Witness couple regarding some of the central JW teachings. They were both quite knowledgeable and the […]
An Interview With Jehovah’s Witnesses Part 1
October 06, 2014 20:35 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBI had the opportunity of interviewing an older Jehovah’s Witness couple regarding some of the central JW teachings. They were both quite knowledgeable and the […]