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Gospel Simplicity Podcast

56 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings

The Gospel Simplicity Podcast is centered around the conviction that the gospel is really good news. Here you will find conversations with Christians from various traditions as we seek to unpack the beautiful simplicity and transformative power of the gospel. Gospel Simplicity is known for ecumenical dialogue that is charitable and open to learning from people with whom you might disagree. We believe that God desires for his Church to be one, united in love for God and neighbor, and on mission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people.

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Ulrich Zwingli: The most misunderstood reformer? (w/ Dr. Bruce Gordon)

November 18, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Ulrich Zwingli, born January 1, 1484 in Switzerland, would go on to become a leading figure of the Reformation. However, just as quick was his rise to prominence as his fall from grace. After dying in battle, many of his contemporaries distanced themselves from him, and despite being contemporary with Luther, he receives only a small fraction of the ...

An Introduction to the Apocrypha (Fr. Stephen De Young)

October 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity From giants to tours of the underworld, the apocryphal books are full of intrigue. But what are their use for the church today? In this wide ranging interview, Fr. Stephen De Young guides us through the books of Enoch, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Protoevangelium of James. In addition, we discuss the Orthodox approach to t...

Dialogue: Orthodox Priest and Catholic Apologist Discuss the Papacy and Ecclesiology

September 23, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

In this video, Orthodox priest, Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck, and Catholic Apologist, Erick Ybarra, discuss the papacy. However, this isn't your usual battle of proof texts. Instead, we dive deep into questions of ecclesiology which get to the root of the disagreement between Catholics and Orthodox. Throughout the course of the discussion, Fr. Laurent and Erick tackle questions like: 1. Did Catholics and Orthodox EVER agree on the papacy?  2. What does Roman primacy mean? 3. What can we learn fro...

The Pillars of Orthodox Spirituality: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving (Fr. Evan Armatas)

September 21, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity It's one thing to read books about Orthodox theology, but how does one actually live an Orthodox spiritual life? That's what Fr. Evan Armatas shares in this video, based on his book Toolkit for Spiritual Growth: Prayer, Almsgiving, and Fasting.  Fr. Evan's book: https://amzn.to/44nofMR St. Nektarios Fund: https://www.stnektariosfund.org/ Panaghias M...

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rosary (w/ Keith Nester)

August 26, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... The rosary is perhaps the most famous Catholic devotional practice. But is there more to it than just muttering the same words over and over again? In this video, Keith Nester breaks down the mysteries of the Rosary and the spiritual fruit that accompany them. For me, this has totally changed how I see the Rosary, and it just might do the same for you, too. ...

Catholic vs. Protestant Canon (w/ Gary Michuta)

August 10, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Catholics and Protestants have a different canon. But why? In this episode, I'm joined by Gary Michuta to discuss the Old Testament Canon, and specifically, why Catholics have seven more books in their Bibles than Protestants.  Find Gary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCO-lc_oipf900w6792AiywA  Gary's book: https://amzn.to/44Yn8EA Support Gos...

The Formation of the New Testament Canon (w/ Dr. Benjamin Laird)

August 02, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity There has been no shortage of debate over how the NT canon was formed. Was it an organic process, finished by the mid-second century? Was it an ecclesial process, formalized at 4th century councils? Or was it a conspiracy of power hungry bishops seeking to quell rival Christianities (shoutout to Barth Ehrman)? IN this interview, Dr. Benjamin Laird g...

Read the Bible like a Medieval Monk (w/ Dr. Hans Boersma)

July 28, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity In his book, Pierced by Love: Divine Reading with the Christian Tradition, Dr. Hans Boersma puts forth a seemingly simple argument: we should read Scripture according to its purpose. But, as it turns out, not everyone is in agreement with the purpose of Scripture. Is it a theological textbook, an ancient history, a workbook for life, or perhaps a liv...

The Catholic Vision for Work, Money, and Community (w/ Dr. Jacob Imam)

June 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... Our relationship with work, money, and community is deeply flawed. At least, that's the hypothesis we're testing in this interview. Specifically, we're exploring what a Christian, or more specifically, Catholic, alternative to our prevailing approaches to work, money, and community would look like. We talk about everything from reviving blue collar work, getti...

The most DETAILED interview I've done on the papacy (w/ Erick Ybarra)

June 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... This video is also brought to you by Fox N Sons coffee. For 15% off your oder of $25 or more, use the promo code "Gospel Simplicity" at http://www.foxnsons.com Perhaps no doctrine is more divisive than the papacy. As such, no matter where you find yourself in the Christian tradition, developing a better understanding of the papacy will help you interact with ...

The Centrality of Theosis in Eastern Orthodox Theology (w/ Seraphim Hamilton)

April 10, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... Theosis, or divinization/deification is a core Orthodox doctrine. But what does it really mean? In this video, Seraphim Hamilton breaks down the significance of theosis, showing how it affects doctrines from the veneration of icons and the communion of saints to its impact on the spiritual life. Crucially, he also unpacks how theosis is woven through the narra...

Biblical roots of Eastern Orthodox Liturgy (w/ Dr. Edith Humphrey)

March 08, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Worship wars have been dividing churches for years. From debates over contemporary worship versus hymns or vernacular versus Latin, everyone seems to have an opinion on what a worship service/mass/liturgy should look like. But in this video we get to the heart of the matter, exploring what the Bible says about worship, and how that shaped early Chris...

What happens when Pentecostals recover the Great Tradition? (w/ Dr. Emilio Alvarez)

March 04, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Sacraments and Pentecostals might sound like oil and water to you, but in this video, Dr. Emilio Alvarez unpacks a movement of Pentecostals towards the Great Tradition to form Pentecostal Orthodoxy. In this video, we talk about what it means to be Pentecostal, and whether that can fall within the bounds of classical consensual orthodoxy. Whether you ...

Humility and Joy (w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund)

February 25, 2023 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Humility is often praised and rarely practiced. Recently, Dr. Gavin Ortlund took on the unenviable job of attempting to write about humility, something he confesses leaves him only able to make jokes about. After all, how do you promote a book you wrote on humility? If anyone can do it, it's Gavin.  In this video, Gavin and I explore his thoughts on...

An Introduction to the Anglo-Catholic Church (w/ Fr. Wesley Walker)

February 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... Is it Catholic? Protestant? Neither? If you're wondering what Anglo-Catholicism is, you're not alone. In this video, I'm joined by Fr. Wesley Walker to bring you all an introduction to Anglo-Catholicism. We discuss the Protestant and Catholic influences of Anglo-Catholicism, the history and devotional practices of the Anglo-Catholic Church, and much more. Of s...

The Real History of St. Nicholas, and how he became Santa Claus (w/ Dr. Adam C. English)

December 03, 2022 19:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity St. Nicholas of Myra was born in the 3rd century, in what is now Turkey. He rose to some prominence as a bishop, held a low profile at the Council of Nicaea, and was known locally as a great man. But none of that explains how he became associated around the world with the legendary figure who, with his flying reindeer, brings kids all around the worl...

The Theology of the Lord of the Rings (w/ Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick)

October 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular series (epics?) of all time. With unforgettable characters and an enthralling heroes journey, its popularity is well-deserved. But is it nothing more than guilty pleasure? Should Christians busy themselves with more important things than reading about Hobbits? In this video, I'm joined by Orthodox prie...

Transubstantiation, Sacrifice, and the Metaphysics of the Eucharist (w/ Cody Warta)

September 13, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

Sponsors: This video is sponsored in part by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity This video is also sponsored by ChristianMinistryEDU.org. Learn more about how you can gain the tools to pursue your faith-inspired future today at http://www.christianministryedu.org Let's be honest, the presence of Christ in the eucharist can be hard to wrap your mind around. How can the host be the flesh and blood of Christ whil...

Orthodoxy: The Fulfillment of African American Spirituality? (w/ Fr. Paul Abernathy)

August 06, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity When people think of Eastern Orthodoxy, they often think of ancient traditions, incense, Greek culture, and so forth. Rarely is "African American Spirituality" on the list. That's why, when I heard of Fr. Paul Abernathy's book, The Prayer of a Broken Heart: An Orthodox Christian Reflection on African American Spirituality, I was instantly intrigued. ...

The Context and Meaning of the Cross: An Orthodox Perspective (w/ Dr. Eugenia Constantinou)

April 19, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... Sometimes familiarity can be the enemy of understanding. So it is, often times, with the crucifixion of Jesus. For so many of us, we've grown up hearing the story of Jesus' death on the cross, and we have an answer in our back pocket from Sunday school about why Jesus needed to die on the cross, but beyond that, we may not really understand all that much about...

What Vatican II REALLY Teaches (w/ Fr. Blake Britton)

February 11, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Few things spark more internet controversy among Catholics than Vatican II. As many seek to be faithful to the tradition of the church, they wonder what to do with Vatican II, this council that seems to be the source of so many problems in the Church today. Whether it's irreverent liturgies or heterodox theology, Vatican II is seen by many to be the ...

The Medieval Mind of CS Lewis (w/ Dr. Jason Baxter)

February 02, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity CS Lewis is beloved by Christians from across the spectrum of the Christian tradition for his erudite yet accessible apologetics and his winsome fiction writing. However, most people aren't familiar with a "third Lewis" which he himself saw foundational to his identity: Lewis the Medievalist. A celebrated scholar and Oxford Don, Lewis spent most of h...

Ancient Spiritual Disciplines for the Modern World (w/ John Mark Comer)

January 30, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity In this video I'm joined by pastor and best-selling author, John Mark Comer, to discuss his brand new book, Live No Lies. In doing so, we talk about the spiritual battles that face Christians today and draw on ancient wisdom from the desert fathers as well as modern psychology to understand how we can find victory in Jesus in our battles against the ...

Orthodox views on Non-Orthodox Christians (w/ Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick)

October 27, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity What do Orthodox Christians think of non-Orthodox Christians? In my investigation of Orthodoxy, I've received varied answers to this question, and in this video I talk with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick about this question as well as the larger question, why be Orthodox? Fr. Andrew shares his thoughts on Protestants, Catholics, as well as opening up abou...

The Remarkable Life and Theology of Julian of Norwich (w/ Veronica Mary Rolf)

October 06, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Julian of Norwich is admired by theologians, feminists, historians, and everyone in between. She's a figure that's hard to pin down and whose influence can be seen from bumper stickers to Ph.D. dissertations. In this interview, Veronica Mary Rolf explains how Julian is both the most and least well-known Medieval woman. In doing so, she brings the the...

An Anabaptist Perspective on Church History (w/ David Bercot)

September 29, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity In this video I'm joined by David Bercot, an Anabaptist Church Historian, pastor, and writer who seeks to share the teachings, and even more so, the lifestyle, of the Early Church. After investigating church history, David went on a long journey from his Bible church, through the Anglican Church, and eventually into Anabaptist churches. While many st...

Orthodoxy, the Early Church, and Second Temple Judaism (w/ Fr. Stephen De Young)

August 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... Most Christians I know want to, in some way at least, model their faith off the faith of the Early Church. The problem, we struggle to get clarity on what exactly that means and would look like in real life. Something that exacerbates this problem is that many of us are unfamiliar with Second Temple Judaism; that is, we don't know much about the world from whi...

The HEART of Protestant Theology (w/ Dr. Philip Cary)

August 05, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity What is the core of Protestantism? In this video, I'm joined by Dr. Phillip Cary, author of the fantastic book, The Meaning of Protestant Theology: Luther, Augustine, and the Gospel that Gives Us Christ. In it he dives deeply into the theology of Martin Luther, St. Augustine, and their philosophical influences. In doing so, he shows how the heart of ...

Iconography, Symbolism, and Meaning (w/ Jonathan Pageau)

July 26, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity In this video I'm joined by Orthodox Iconographer, podcaster, and public intellectual, Jonathan Pageau to explore iconography, symbolism, and meaning. We tackle questions about how to interpret ancient texts, avoiding chronological snobbery, and how to move past our time's crisis of meaning. We also explore some of Jonathan's personal story, how he g...

What Does the Catholic Church Teach about Justification? (w/ Jimmy Akin)

July 09, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity What does the Catholic church teach when it comes to the topic of Justification? If you're familiar with a bit of church history, you know that justification, and specifically the doctrine of justification by faith alone, sola fide, was at the heart of the Reformation. Churches have split, anathemas have been pronounced, and no small amount of ink ha...

What Transubstantiation ACTUALLY Is (w/ Dr. Brett Salkeld)

June 24, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... What do Protestants and Catholics have in common when it comes to Transubstantiation? Well, for starters, most of each group tends to not fully understand what it means, even if they think it's really important. In this video, Dr. Brett Salkeld dives into the the true meaning of transubstantiation as well as the history of the doctrine with the hope of showing...

Moving Beyond Doubt and Disenchantment (w/ Dr. Richard Beck)

June 18, 2021 02:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity Do you struggle with doubt? Or maybe, do you believe in God, but do you feel like this doesn't really change how you see the world? Even many Christians, according to Dr. Beck, live like atheists because we don't really expect God to show up in our lives. Gone are the days of seeing God at work all around us. Instead, now many of us, whether religiou...

How to be HOLY... and what that means (w/ Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)

June 12, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, https://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity In our busy and distracted age, how can we cultivate a meaningful spiritual life? In this video I sit down with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal to talk about the spiritual life, specifically from a Catholic perspective. Furthermore, Fr. Mark-Mary shares not only a Catholic perspective on the spiritual life, but also a dis...

What Did Paul Mean by "Works of the Law?" Old, New, and Early Perspectives (w/ Dr. Matthew J. Thomas)

June 03, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos... What did Paul mean when he talked about "works of the law?" This question has divided interpreters for centuries, specifically in the Protestant discussion of sola fide. When Paul talks about being saved apart from works of the law, does he mean apart from ANY works, or apart from ceremonial works? This question not only caused division in the Reformation, but...

History of the Filioque Controversy (w/ Dr. Ed Siecienski)

May 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link: https://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gospelsimplicity If you're like me, when you first heard about the filioque controversy, you might've been a bit perplexed as to how one Latin word could split the church in half. In this interview, I talk with Dr. Ed Siecienski, a leading expert on the history of the filioque to discuss the history of the controversy between Catholics and Orthodox on the procession...

Orthodox Ecclesiology and What that Means for Orthodox and Catholic Reunion (w/ Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck)

May 12, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos​... What is Orthodox Ecclesiology? For outsiders, it may seem that the Orthodox Church is structured the same way as the Catholic Church, just without a pope. However, in this video, Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck, author of His Broken Body, walks us through the Eucharistic Ecclesiology of the Orthodox Church. He contrasts this with the more institutional model of the C...

Learning to Love the Lord's Prayer (w/ Dr. Wesley Hill)

May 05, 2021 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos...​ For many of us, the Lord's Prayer was the first prayer we ever learned. Some people have been praying it every day since they were young. However, sometimes familiarity can lead to boredom. Maybe for you the Lord's Prayer has just become dull. Maybe it's nothing more than mindless repetition. In this video, I talk with Dr. Wesley Hill about what we can learn ...

What the Bible ACTUALLY Teaches about Demons (w/ Dr. Michael Heiser)

April 28, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos...​ When you hear the word demons, you most likely think of red, supernatural figures with horns and pitch forks, or at least, if you do, you're not alone. Here's the thing: nowhere does the Bible describe demons like that. Furthermore, we often talk of demons as fallen angels, but (spoiler alert), you're going to be hard-pressed to find that idea in the Bible as...

An Introduction to Divine Simplicity (w/ Fr. Gregory Pine)

April 26, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

What does it mean for God to be simple, and could someone please explain it to me in a simple way? These are questions that have been on my mind, and if you watch my videos, they might be things you're interested in as well. In this video, I talk with Fr. Gregory Pine, a Dominican priest and Ph. D. candidate as well as a frequent guest of both Pints with Aquinas and Godsplaining, about what the Catholic church means when it claims that God is simple and why the dogma of Divine Simplicity mat...

An Introduction to the Jesus Prayer (w/ Frederica Mathewes-Green)

April 14, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos...​. At the heart of the Orthodox spiritual life is the Jesus Prayer. However, despite it's popularization through books like The Way of the Pilgrim, the Jesus Prayer remains unknown to many Christians in the West. In this video, Orthodox convert and writer Frederica Mathewes-Green shares what the Jesus Prayer is, where the Jesus Prayer comes from, and how you c...

Learning to Pray the Ignatian Examen (w/ Fr. Mark Thibodeaux)

April 07, 2021 21:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MB

This video is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For 10% off your first month, use the link, http://www.faithfulcounseling.com/gos...​. In this video, we continue our series on prayer by diving into a classic Catholic prayer: the Ignatian Prayer of Examen. It's one thing to investigate Christian traditions on a theological level, but I think it's equally important to look into the spiritual practices of Christian groups. After all, there's a link between how we pray and how we believe: lex ...

What the Bible Is and ISN'T with Tim Mackie (Co-founder of Bible Project)

March 31, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

In this video, Dr. Tim Mackie and I explore the question of what is the Bible, what isn't the Bible, where did the Bible come from, and how should we read the Bible? Tim is the co-founder of Bible Project, one of the world's most popular theology channels. In this video, Tim shares how Bible Project started, what the journey has been like, and what the future holds for Bible Project. Of special interest to my audience, Tim and I discuss what Bible Project has to offer for Catholics and Ortho...

An Introduction to Theosis (w/ Jay Dyer)

March 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46 MB

Hold up, did someone say we become GOD?? If you're like me, the first time you heard this, you were a bit concerned. As an evangelical, the concept of theosis can seem more than a bit foreign. In this video with Orthodox apologist Jay Dyer, we talk about what theosis is (and isn't) and in doing so we explore differences between Eastern and Western approaches to theology. The conversation includes discussion of the essence-energies distinction, monasticism, ways in which Protestants and Ortho...

Don't Just Read the Bible, PRAY the Bible (w/ Dr. Don Whitney)

March 17, 2021 21:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB

In this video, Dr. Don Whitney shares insights from years of teaching biblical spirituality about how you can have a more meaningful prayer life through praying the Bible. You read that right. Reading the Bible is great, but have you ever prayed the Bible? After seeing this transform his own prayer life and the lives of countless students at seminary, Dr. Don Whitney decided it was time to write a book on this spiritual discipline to share it with the world. In this interview, we discuss how...

Defining and DEFENDING Sola Scriptura (w/ Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer)

March 11, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MB

At the heart of the Protestant Reformation is the conviction that Scripture alone is the infallible source for the Christian faith. Perhaps no doctrine is more fundamental to the divide between Protestants and Catholics/Orthodox than sola scriptura. No small amount of ink has been used, not to mention the blood shed, in the debate over this Protestant principle. In this episode, I'm joined by prolific Evangelical scholar Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer who is well known for his influential works on herm...

Why the Essence-Energies Distinction is CRUCIAL to Orthodox Theology (w/ Dr. David Bradshaw)

March 04, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

The first time I heard about the debate between Absolute Divine Simplicity and the Essence-Energies distinction, I must confess, it all seemed a bit like something that only theologians with WAY too much time on their hands debate. I figured I'd leave the philosophical theology to the scholastics and be on my merry way. However, the more I learned, the more I thought I should at least have a cursory understanding of the issue. Then I sat down with Dr. Bradshaw. In this interview, he showed j...

INTENSE Discussion on the Papacy (Cordial Catholic x Gospel Simplicity Crossover)

February 24, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 77 MB

Do Catholic arguments for the papacy hold up under scrutiny? In this passionate yet cordial dialogue between Dr. Gavin Ortlund and Joe Heschmeyer, the arguments for the papacy are examined in detail, including was there was a bishop in Rome in the first century? Is apostolic succession valid? What evidence is there for a three-fold office in the church? Was Peter head of the apostles? And so much more. These two were able to go back and forth, delving into Scripture, the Church Fathers, and ...

Has Christianity Gotten Too EASY? (w/ Fr. Dwight Longenecker)

February 19, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB

Can a Catholic Priest and an Evangelical theology student agree on the gospel? In this video, Fr. Dwight Longenecker and I discuss the question of why so many Christians are leaving the faith, and Fr. Dwight gives the intriguing idea that it's not because Christianity has become too difficult, but rather that Christianity has become too weak, too easy, and that the true Gospel has been replaced with a gospel of Moral Therapeutic Deism. Learn more about Fr. Dwight: https://dwightlongenecker...

Life of a Married Catholic Priest (w/ Fr. Dwight Longenecker)

February 12, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

For many people, "married Catholic priest" is going to sound like a bit of an oxymoron. After all, don't Catholic priests have to take a vow of celibacy? In this video, I talk with Fr. Dwight Longenecker, a former Anglican who converted to Roman Catholicism and was ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood, all while being a husband and father. In this video we explore why the Catholic church allows some married priests, whether the Catholic church will ever reverse their discipline of cel...

An Evangelical Theology Professor's Thoughts on Catholicism

February 04, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MB

Do Evangelicals think Catholics are Christians? Today I'm joined by Dr. Gregg R. Allison of Southern Seminary to discuss his thoughts on Catholicism.  Support Gospel Simplicity: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/gospelsimplicity​ Merch: http://www.teespring.com/stores/gospe...​ Follow Gospel Simplicity on Social Media: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gospelsimplicity​ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gospelsimpli...​ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gsplsimplicity​ About Gospel Sim...

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