Paul VanderKlay's Podcast
1,384 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsI am a minister in the Christian Reformed Church. I have a YouTube channel where I do commentary on religion, theology, belief, and thought leaders like Jordan Peterson, Eric and Bret Weinstein, the IDW and anything else I find interesting. I also have conversations with many in my audience.
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You can't believe in God because of suffering you see on TV? Hogwash!
August 09, 2019 15:48 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn what has become a political liturgy an Emory philosopher talks about his struggles to believe in God because his political expectations of what God should be doing are unfulfilled. In other words, because of Trump there is no God. If the politics of the world were more to his liking his it likely wouldn't change his ability to "believe in God". There are other things at play in this dynamic. Click here to meetup with other channel viewers for conversation https://discordapp.com/invite/aB...
Why You Treat the God (#2) of the Void at the Foot of your Bed as a Person
August 08, 2019 15:26 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBJordan Peterson tells a story of prayer that "works" to Sam Harris and they both agree they don't know where the answer comes from. This is God #2 (after he explained God #1). The "spirit" we must use in times like that is Pascal's "spirit of finesse". This is why psychologically speaking the God who is "holy holy holy" is not treated as impersonal but as a person and we are best to do so. Lots of material here from John Vervaeke on Kant and Jung, https://youtu.be/Noc1OH0CUBc Greg Sadler o...
Why I Take Viewer Conversations and New Guidelines for Signing Up
August 07, 2019 16:20 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBLink to new guidelines https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ I love having conversations (or converZations as people tease me) with people you watch my YouTube channel. I’ve had so many requests I need to establish some structure to it. Here is the structure. 1. If you’ve had two conversations with me then be gracious and let some first timers have a chance at the queue. Think about finding one to three others who you’ve seen on the channel to do a group with. When y...
Sylvan Bear tells his story, dreams, Kant, Hegel and Jung
August 06, 2019 16:21 - 53 minutes - 20.8 MBYou know him as Sylvan Bear in the comments. We had a lovely conversation where he shares his story and we get into some of his favorite philosophers and ideas. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ To support this channel/podcast on Paypal: htt...
Jonathan Pageau, God #1 & God #2 and the Protestant Crisis
August 05, 2019 16:42 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBSame conversation as on Jonathan's Channel https://youtu.be/8or_MOFXwF0 We catch up with each other on his flood, the strangeness of our lives since Jordan Peterson and YouTube. The Meaning Crisis and John Vervaeke's work and Jonathan's observation on my God #1 and God #2 observation. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need...
Lutheran to TULIP to Atheist to Doomer to Jung to Orthodoxy and Kierkegaard
August 03, 2019 14:30 - 27 minutes - 10.7 MBMatt Allison shares his story and his thoughts of his journey of faith Raised Lutheran TULIP in College Then atheist. Became a Doomer WoJack: tabula rosa Disenchanted, darkness and giving up of hope Bloomer: other side of the coin Resurrected into a Jungian archetype Internet folklore Paradox in Christian apologetics Psychologizing fidelity Orthodoxy Kierkegaard Fear and Trembling Christianity wasn’t ornate metaphysics There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtu...
Can Woke Religion Stabilize or is it merely unstable idolatry? Conversation with Benjamin Boyce
August 02, 2019 16:22 - 1 hour - 126 MBBenjamin Boyce grew his YouTube channel revealing the Evergreen College mayhem that led to the departure of Bret Weinstein. He sits down with me to explore some of the dynamics of critical theory turned religion (Woke Religion or as I call it Progressive Liberationism). At various points I'll refer to his conversation with James Lindsay https://youtu.be/TFBWyCcwZK4 This is the same conversation recorded on a different camera angle on Benjamin's channel. https://youtu.be/lN3u2B769nI There i...
Consciousness, Physical pain, emotional pain, transcendental Gratitude
August 01, 2019 14:59 - 23 minutes - 9.07 MBThis was just a half hour conversation but it was packed with a bunch of good observations from Anthonio. Physical pain and emotional pain Evidences for God, consciousness Transcendental Gratitude Is it more psychologically advantageous to thank someone else for the good things in your life There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If yo...
12 Rules for Life is to Jordan Peterson as Screwtape Letters is to CS Lewis.
July 30, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBI gave 2 lectures to the CS Lewis Society of California about JBP's 12 Rules for Life. In this first one I do some comparisons with Lewis' Screwtape Letters. This is the same video that is on the Lewis Society Channel. https://youtu.be/yL-j1Tnn67Y Order the book: "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos," by Jordan B. Peterson https://amzn.to/2FIjswT C.S. Lewis Society of California https://www.lewissociety.org/ Become a Member of the C.S. Lewis Society of California and receive a FREE gi...
Julian asks "Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?"
July 29, 2019 13:00 - 52 minutes - 20.4 MBJulian has read James KA Smith has a book by this title and wants to discuss it. He gives some brief chapter summaries and off we go! Notes James KA Smith Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism What is a metanarrative? “Not just a grand story but legitimate the story by an appeal to universal reason” Through faith you live into the story. The role of faith in knowing Derrida: there is nothing outside of the text There is no seeing that isn’t interpretation Always seeing the text through your lenses...
The Persian Prosperity Gospel meets the Culture War
July 27, 2019 18:01 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBThe book of Ezra ends with Ezra invested with imperial power to apply the God of Heaven's rules to the exile community. Front and center are the wives taken from the non-remnant community. What to do? You have issues of church and state and marriage between different communities. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the R...
Nathan Jacobs, Nones, LIfe Itself, Stranger than Fiction, Karma, Life after Death, the Trinity
July 26, 2019 16:03 - 2 hours - 50.6 MBIn my second talk with Nathan we start to get into the shape of unbelief of post-Christian Nones. The movies "Life Itself" and "Stranger than Fiction" illustrate two aspects the conflict between the impersonality of their weakened Karma, their desire for justice and meaning. I want to know what a "person" is which leads to a very long explanation of the difference between Augustine, Boethius, and the Eastern Fathers on the Trinity and why it matters. Lots of analysis of contemporary post-Chr...
Jordan Peterson Convention? Being a Christian without knowing?
July 25, 2019 15:41 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBJob asks (through Jeff) when are we going to have Lobstercon? (There already is one apparently but not involving JBP). Can you be a Christian and not know Christ? Lots more CS Lewis. My first talk with Jeff https://youtu.be/JoAHv6_LG_w Jeff in the 4 Way Conversation https://youtu.be/mHBVLEthbgk Lobstercom Job’s challenge God and evil When can someone call themself a christian Secretly influenced Christian Can someone be a Christian without knowing it Can Christ flow through non-Christ...
Jem Works to Sort Himself Out
July 24, 2019 15:55 - 41 minutes - 16.2 MBMy second conversation with Jem. Here was the first. https://youtu.be/M9Pt255ngTg Notes Something in common with Zizek Failed that course by default Ended up going to a dark place, 39 and unskilled Struggling a lot now Quite a long time to get over the disappointment It did get him studying the knowledge his parents would never had wanted him to read Self-medicate, isolated, friendships weakened Trying to self-isolate because friends self-medicate Arriving at a point when he’s not sure he s...
Men without Chests, Women without Breasts, Too Many Boobs, not enough Breasts
July 22, 2019 16:11 - 52 minutes - 20.3 MBMary is back to riff on CS Lewis, John Vervaeke, A Quality Existence, Byrne Powers and others. Stanley Hauerwas The Content of Character Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft Men and women JBP GQ Interview. Encouraging his daughter to be a mother Breasts as organs of perception Hooters: eyes of an owl with breasts Owl is a sacred bird for the goddess Athena, purity and domestic arts Men without chests, women without breasts Too many boobs, not enough breasts Sevilla, A Quality Existence Joh...
Bring your Jesus Voice
July 20, 2019 18:08 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBZerubbabel won't let the others participate in the rebuilding of the Hebrew temple. Weren't the nations supposed to stream to the temple? The rivalry and enmity between the Jews and the Samaritans would last for hundreds of years, maybe longer. What should we think of all this. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS...
Can Jordan Peterson's Church Goal be the same as Bishop Barron's Right Praise?
July 19, 2019 15:51 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBSecond dive into the Peterson/Barron conversation. JBP criticizes the church for failing to hold forth a noble goal for people to follow. Bishop Barron jumps in with "right praise". At first I didn't see the connection but later I did. Can this work to address the church's decline? What's getting in the way? JBP and Bishop Barron on YT now https://youtu.be/cXllaoNQmZY There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes ...
Who is John Vervaeke and What is "The Meaning Crisis"?
July 18, 2019 16:32 - 1 hour - 37.7 MBJohn Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto. He has a YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis which I've been following. This is the first of hopefully more conversations on his work. John's Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ Zombies https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Western-Culture-Twenty-First-Century-ebook/dp/B072KS2PGB There is a video versio...
Jordan Peterson, Owen Barfield: Meaning, Truth, Lying and Charisma
July 17, 2019 14:53 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBMichael is in for his second chat. He's been reading a lot of Barfield and pondering his work in connection with that of Jordan Peterson. How does truth telling impact charisma? Notes When I lie I fell like I’m being pulled apart When you lie you slice the world up into smaller pieces, even yourself Life was compartmentalized in different areas Default was nihilism We think we can slice the world up and cut it into little pieces Idolization of the intellect The imagination that what it is p...
From Hippie-Prepper to Christian Artist, Love and Suffering and the Body of Christ
July 15, 2019 14:59 - 52 minutes - 20.5 MBKaren shares some of her story. Structure the basement first. There's something about the individual that's important to the universe. Notes Love and suffering Structure the basement first before you come out with an idea History of evangelicalism since 1980 and politics The music scene. Became a Christian in 1980 Bottom line first: there’s something about the individual that’s important in the way the universe is structured God works with each individual in a unique way Suffering is a ver...
Climate Change Apocalypse Induced Depression
July 14, 2019 14:20 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBA Mother Jones Magazine article talks about how the election of Trump impacts climate change scientists, making them despondent and depressed. Why does this happen? Is this just about climate change? What are some of the causes of depression? https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/07/weight-of-the-world-climate-change-scientist-grief/ https://www.vox.com/2019/6/26/18693259/2020-presidential-election-calendar-primaries There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www...
A Millennial Life, Work, Friendship and the rise of Jordan Peterson
July 12, 2019 15:21 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBJoey is a core member of the Sacramento Jordan Peterson Meetup. I've learned a lot from him about how life has changed since I was coming up. We get into some biography, talk about work-life, friendship, the generational hand-off, and the need for community. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podca...
Khemit Bailey, The Character Arc, Self and Future Authoring
July 11, 2019 15:08 - 48 minutes - 19.1 MBKhemit is a lover of fiction and fantasy and sees its role in developing our own stories. He runs a Facebook group supporting people working through Jordan Peterson's self-authoring program and has his own course on The Character Arc. I think you'll enjoy this conversation. Self Authoring Collaboration Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1807580879352690 The Character Arc Podcast (on iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-character-arc-podcast/id1353842891 The Character Arc r...
Everyday Magical Thinking Modern People Can't Live Without
July 10, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBNick is back and we get deeper into how normal people must use something like magical thinking to navigate a very complex world. The Internet exacerbates the challenge because it creates a nearly perfectly flat salience landscape. I enjoyed this conversation and I hope you will too. Notes below DDT so safe... https://youtu.be/gtcXXbuR244 how the internet flattens salience thru contradiction, how pattern finding in our frame of reference always directly implies a metalayer (how this relates...
What Would Jesus do in a Zombie Apocalypse? PanPsychism against Meaning Crisis
July 09, 2019 13:43 - 51 minutes - 20 MBJP is a Canadian graduate student in philosophy and sees panpsychism as the answer to Vervaeke's physicalism and the meaning crisis. JP from Quebec Raised RC, fell away from the faith Had interest in questions of ethics Does good exist, what is it? Math and computer science At least making progress in math and science Philosophy didn’t seem to be going anywhere Godel’s incompleteness theorems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems Then moved into Philosophy Th...
Working with Men - Jesus as Archetype, An Interview
July 08, 2019 15:29 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBCan we understand Jesus Christ as an archetype with relevance for understanding the role of men in society today? Organizer of the European Men's Gathering, Paul Lloyd Robson speaks to Pastor and Jordan Peterson commentator Paul VanderKlay about the aspects of Jesus as an archetype. Particularly we explore his relevance in helping men to find their contributive role and take responsibility, while balancing their identity between masculine and feminine virtues. Find more information about th...
Can we employ transactional religion?
July 07, 2019 14:04 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBZechariah tells the people that the promises of God are conditional upon their capacity to fulfill their side of the bargain, and Israel keeps failing. This is why Jesus comes. There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ To support this channel/podcas...
Is God the Father a Structure? Jordan Peterson, Bishop Barron, God #1, Bib Ser 1 Commentary
July 06, 2019 16:05 - 2 hours - 132 MBJBP lays out God #1 when he says to Bishop Barron "that structure (consciousness) is God the Father". Bishop Barron lets it go without comment. I also return to the Biblical Series because I think I can comment on it better after looking at Peterson intensively for over a year. Conversation in Audio Form https://www.wordonfire.org/peterson/ Biblical Series 1 https://youtu.be/f-wWBGo6a2w JBP/SH/BW Vancouver 1 https://youtu.be/d-Z9EZE8kpo There is a video version of this podcast on YouTub...
Why the New York Times Doesn't Understand Religion,
July 05, 2019 14:11 - 55 minutes - 21.5 MBWhy the NY Times doesn’t understand why people would be interested in Religion. Can generosity be commanded? People want no rules in church Church as a voluntary organization I don’t know anybody who believes in the resurrection of the body who didn’t go to seminary You have this toolbox that you are constantly adding to You use different ideas in church People’s positions on stuff are revealed by how they act, write or speak passively than actively If everything is expressive, there should...
Owen Barfield's Meaning Crisis and the Evolution of Consciousness
July 03, 2019 15:47 - 1 hour - 109 MBJohn Vervaeke teaches that the meaning crisis is a result of our long story into modernity. Human beings find themselves alone in a sea of dead, unconscious matter and it is causes us a crisis of meaning. We deconstructed everything down to ourselves. We dissect the world, dissect ourselves but wonder who holds the knife. Owen Barfield had some incredibly important insights into this process that need far more attention. Malcolm Guite, an Anglican Priest has given some fine lectures on this....
Jeff, Job, Luke, Salvation is a successive elimination of what we have to what we are
July 02, 2019 14:46 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBThis is our first four way conversation, a meetup online of sorts. The conversation ranges of course. Job in his quest to find God, Luke in his escape from evangelicalism to orthodoxy, Jeff in his continuous exploration of CS Lewis. Hallmark of a good community Why do we watch? Salience Gabriel Marcel, Searching. People who are honest seekers Committed to the truth outside of the truth they currently apprehend There’s a whole new existence in which life is worth living Maybe there will be ...
Idolized Intellect, Disembodiment and Technological Babel
July 01, 2019 15:00 - 44 minutes - 17.4 MBLuke comes in for his second chat. He's off Twitter but active in the comments. He continues to promote Orthodoxy as a retreat from his experience in the evangelical church. Notes Interconnectedness of all things Woundedness The modernist West has idolized the intellect and is on the way towards complete disembodiment via technologies, tools and transactionalism towards technological Babel. https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/ Technological Babel: Individualism Pro...
Haggai's Failure to Fulfill
June 30, 2019 14:29 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBHaggai the Prophet looks like a failure. Zerubbabel didn't shake the world. They didn't stream to the rebuilt temple. Why is this book in the Bible? There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ To support this channel/podcast on Paypal: https://paypal....
Democratic Debates, CS Lewis and the Cult of Kindness
June 29, 2019 15:46 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBKindness is a fruit of the Spirit but it does not belong at the top of our value hierarchy. The US currently has one party that values kindness, and the other strength, and what we need is integration. I'll focus on CS Lewis' differentiation of Love and kindness as applied to Western culture today. CS Lewis on Love and Kindness https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/06/28/cs-lewis-love-vs-kindness/ Andrew Sullivan Dems on Immigration and declining acceptance http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06...