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The Theology Pugcast

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The Theology Pugcast is three over-educated Reformed guys grumbling about what bugs them, and sometimes even barking about what they like. The show usually is recorded in a pub--that's why there is some background noise on occasion. The topics can vary widely seeing as the Pugsters have different spheres of knowledge and interest, but common themes which appear regularly include the transcendence of God and the meaningfulness of His creation.
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The Roots of Nihilistic Politics

The Theology PugcastNov 28, 2022

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Immodesty and the Image of God
Mar 25, 202401:06:03
How Civilizations Collapse
Mar 18, 202401:04:31
The ‘C. S. Lewis Option’ for Renewing Christendom
Mar 11, 202401:03:25
Begging the Question of Christ and Culture
Mar 04, 202401:01:52
The Diseased Defects and Effects of Popular Culture
Feb 26, 202401:02:28
Antisemitism in the Church
Feb 19, 202401:04:10
Political Theology with Timon Cline!
Feb 12, 202401:03:48
The Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield
Feb 05, 202401:02:21
Everything You Know about Plato is Wrong! (An Interview with David Talcott)
Jan 29, 202401:05:56
Forbidden Knowledge!
Jan 22, 202401:03:30
The Golden Age of Islam?
Jan 15, 202401:02:48
The Betrayal of the Evangelical Elites
Jan 08, 202401:02:31
Contrasting Visions of Glory and Suffering: Augustinian Reflections
Jan 01, 202401:01:29
Christmas Paradoxes
Dec 26, 202301:04:03
That Hideous Strength, the Most Accurate Dystopia of Them All?
Dec 18, 202301:02:35
Christmas Realism: Fully Supernatural, Partially Apocalyptic, Not Utopian
Dec 11, 202301:05:16
Biblical Cryptids
Dec 04, 202301:03:41
Techno-Realism and Bioengineered Babies
Nov 27, 202301:02:11
Away with Humanity! The Rising Embrace of Anti-Humanism
Nov 20, 202301:02:26
Where Did Evangelicalism Go Wrong? Part 2—An Interview with Garrett Craw
Nov 13, 202301:01:46
Where Did Evangelicalism Go Wrong? Part 1—An Interview with Michael Clary
Nov 06, 202301:05:10
Israel, Hamas, and the Laws of War

Israel, Hamas, and the Laws of War

Working off a Breakpoint article written by Glenn, the guys discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza. Glenn begins with a brief overview of Zionism and the history of modern Israel before the discussion moves to the conduct of war, terrorism, and the worldview ideas that connect the woke left and Hamas.


Read Glenn’s Article:https://breakpoint.org/barbaric-norms-hamas-israel-and-just-war/


Conversation with Rev David Paleggi, rector of Christ Church, Jerusalem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVp7IJxtYc


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Oct 30, 202301:06:48
Regime Change! Patrick Deneen on the Post-Liberal Future
Oct 23, 202301:06:53
Joel Salatin and Rogue Food are coming to WPC in Vancouver, Washington!

Joel Salatin and Rogue Food are coming to WPC in Vancouver, Washington!

Here’s a little sample of what’s in store for the Rogue Food Conference at WPC, November 3-4.



Grab your tickets to Joel Goes Rogue: the Bible and Food Freedom on November 3rd:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joel-salatin-goes-rogue-tickets-716483149387?aff=oddtdtcreator


Grab your tickets to The Rogue Food Conference on November 4th:

The Rogue Food Conference is a separate one-day event (not sponsored by Westminster Presbyterian Church). https://roguefoodconference.com/



Check out these books by Joel and John:


Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

https://a.co/d/6iPSbdD


The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs: Respecting and Caring for All God's Creation

https://a.co/d/fQuYSHt


The Frugal Homesteader: Living the Good Life on Less

https://a.co/d/0kgfAqF


The Elderberry Book: Forage, Cultivate, Prepare, Preserve 

https://a.co/d/00QUMQ5

Oct 17, 202313:52
The New Technology of Entertainment--Opportunities for Christian Film Makers and Writers: An Interview with Jason Farley of Loor TV
Oct 16, 202301:03:26
Your Pugs on Everything from Eschatology to the Nature of Rationality
Oct 09, 202301:05:13
The Cluster B Society
Oct 02, 202301:05:54
Christian Stockholm Syndrome? A Conversation with Dr. John West
Sep 25, 202358:02
The Apostle Paul’s School For Tentmaking: Conference Teaser with Dylan Stinson

The Apostle Paul’s School For Tentmaking: Conference Teaser with Dylan Stinson

Register for the conference:

https://trinityreformedkirk.com/tentmaking/


The Apostle Paul was not only the best-educated apostle, and one of the most influential intellectuals in the history of the world, he was a tradesman. He made tents for a living. It was the perfect trade for a man on the road. 


In 1 Corinthians 9 he made the case for making a living from the gospel, yet he didn’t take advantage of his right to do so. He even said, “But I have made no use of (my) rights, nor am I writing these things to you to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.” (1 Cor. 9:15) Could you say that? Would you like to be able to? 


Because Paul was able to support himself financially he enjoyed the sort of freedom that many pastors today can only dream of. But not all pastors. There are a few who even today enjoy the sort of freedom Paul boasted of. And they’ve done it while seeing their ministries actually prosper because of it. Would you like to learn how? Join us, October 17th in Huntsville, Alabama to hear more.

Sep 22, 202309:15
Order and Liberty--Will They Ever Be Seen Together Again?

Order and Liberty--Will They Ever Be Seen Together Again?

Today the Pugs reflect on a short essay by Patrick Deneen published in the Post-Liberal Substack, entitled, In Defense of Order. In the essay Deneen reflects on a book, originally published in 1974 by Russell Kirk, The Roots of American Order. The call to order is hardly heard today over the cacophony of voices praising, and demanding liberty. Yet according to classical thinkers, liberty without order ultimately leads to tyranny. And more and more that seems to be the case in our time. Join the Pugs today as they ruminate on the nature of ordered liberty.


In Defense of Order - Part 1, by Patrick J. Deneen: https://www.postliberalorder.com/p/in-defense-of-order-part-1?fbclid=IwAR182VsBMRYAgHaTk1PB5_G_FAsUuPo8GeDvoZjnQmdwVD1tc2jIKLQ2gGI


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Register for The Apostle Paul’s School For Tentmaking Conference on October 17, 2023:https://trinityreformedkirk.com/tentmaking/


Check out the Got a Minute? Podcast with Rich Lusk and Larson Hicks: https://open.spotify.com/show/4fswVZmNEfSXA1JLZzgPhj


Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Sep 18, 202301:03:32
The Apostle Paul’s School For Tentmaking: Conference Teaser with Troy Albee

The Apostle Paul’s School For Tentmaking: Conference Teaser with Troy Albee

Register for the conference:

https://trinityreformedkirk.com/tentmaking/


The Apostle Paul was not only the best-educated apostle, and one of the most influential intellectuals in the history of the world, he was a tradesman. He made tents for a living. It was the perfect trade for a man on the road. 


In 1 Corinthians 9 he made the case for making a living from the gospel, yet he didn’t take advantage of his right to do so. He even said, “But I have made no use of (my) rights, nor am I writing these things to you to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.” (1 Cor. 9:15) Could you say that? Would you like to be able to? 


Because Paul was able to support himself financially he enjoyed the sort of freedom that many pastors today can only dream of. But not all pastors. There are a few who even today enjoy the sort of freedom Paul boasted of. And they’ve done it while seeing their ministries actually prosper because of it. Would you like to learn how? Join us, October 17th in Huntsville, Alabama to hear more.

Sep 15, 202310:38
Is STEM Beautiful? An Interview with Mitch Stokes
Sep 11, 202301:04:48
Tolkien and Thomism: An Interview with Jonathan McIntosh
Sep 04, 202301:07:35
Chestertonian Calvinism? with Douglas Wilson
Aug 28, 202301:03:03
Identity Politics & Original Sin: An Interview with Dr. Joshua Mitchell
Aug 21, 202301:06:28
Is Our ‘Conscience’ Final in Matters of Truth and Goodness?

Is Our ‘Conscience’ Final in Matters of Truth and Goodness?

Today’s show looks at the theological ramifications of deformed versions of Christian teaching about ‘liberty of conscience’. Tom introduces the topic with some recent examples of Liberty of conscience gone awry. Glenn and Chris move the conversation along with a wealth of insight and perspective.

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Check out The Good Life Podcast with Matt Carpenter: https://mattcarpenter.podbean.com/

Aug 14, 202301:06:16
The Shattered Image of the Thirteenth Century

The Shattered Image of the Thirteenth Century

The Pugsters return to Glenn’s turf this week, discussing the introduction of an article by John Mark Reynolds which modifies Lewis’s idea of a “discarded image” in the loss of the medieval worldview, to a “shattered image,” in which elements of the medieval worldview survive, but in fragmented form. The conversation ranges from plague (another of Glenn’s favorite topics), to the nature of the Renaissance, to the development of science, to the idea of progress, and a host of other related topics.

Article: https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2023/05/shattered-image-thirteenth-century-john-mark-reynolds.html

Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

Order The Making of Evangelical Spirituality by Jason Cherry: https://a.co/d/2SyDFwb

Aug 07, 202301:01:28
The Over Administered Life
Jul 31, 202301:05:03
Fashionable Euthanasia?
Jul 24, 202301:03:21
Bonus Q&A: Atheists Advocating Christianity
Jul 18, 202319:04
Atheists Advocating Christianity
Jul 17, 202301:09:52
The Glory God Is and the Beauty We Make
Jul 10, 202301:02:36
Bonus Q&A: Pursuing Beauty, Goodness, and Truth with George Grant
Jul 04, 202320:44
Pursuing Beauty, Goodness, and Truth with George Grant
Jul 03, 202348:28
An Introduction to The American Reformer: A Short Interview with Ben Dunson
Jun 30, 202311:04
Fire in the Streets: Bonus Q&A
Jun 27, 202314:42
Fire in the Streets
Jun 26, 202358:11
Jonathan Edwards on Preaching, Praying, and Publishing
Jun 19, 202345:04
God and Axiology--or, Why We Value the Things We Do
Jun 12, 202301:06:45
Converting the Vikings
Jun 05, 202301:04:53