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Closer To TruthHow is God the Creator?Support Closer To Truth this season with a tax-deductible donation. Your contributions directly fuels a new year of exploring life's biggest questions.
If God exists, did God create everything? Did God create out of literally "nothing"? Suppose there was no beginning to the cosmos, just the universe going through endless cycles, what then? And what about "abstract objects" like logic and numbers, which seem to exist without any cause and no creator?
Featuring interviews with William Craig, Robert Russell, John Polkinghorne, and Brian Leftow.
2024-12-2527 min
TransfiguredChad McIntosh - Four views on the TrinityDr. Chad McIntosh has a PhD in Philosophy from Cornell University. He is the editor of the recent "One God, Three Persons, Four Views" book featuring four different scholars' view on the Trinity. The contributors are Dr. William Hasker, Dr. Dale Tuggy, Dr. William Lane Craig, and Dr. Beau Branson. We talk about the process of editing the book as well as some of his reflections on the book now that it is done. We mention James Anderson, Phillip Carey, Ryan Mullins, Scott Williams, Henry of Ghent, Brian Leftow, Larry Hurtado, Origen of Alexandria, Paul of Samosata, Richard of...2024-11-1853 minTransfiguredDale Tuggy - Why Unitarianism fits the Bible betterDr. Dale Tuggy ( @khanpadawan ) talks about his contribution to a new book "One God, Three Persons, Four Views". We mention Dr. Chad McIntosh, Dr. Beau Branson, Dr. Bill Hasker, and Dr. William Lane Craig, Henry Ware, Bayesian probability, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Naziunzus, Origen of Alexandria, Julius Caesar, Brian Leftow, and many more.
4 Views Book - https://www.amazon.com/Three-Persons-Four-Views-Philosophical/dp/1666719056/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dtm8nghdVI86pfuYVIwb93wDfWGKN70OnrxH9ker8pehE6HNEI3W8gUM3zwA69mn7cUKCBDz3hKHqwx7YbSolOMs5o4gck1duaSHIc2RnBnbABgei_74VE277Qt...2024-11-131h 31
Unitarian Christian AllianceThe Making of a Trinity Nerd - Dale TuggyA philosophy professor is an uncommon career path. How Dale turned curiosity into a prolific and specialized body of work. OPENING REMARKS Avoiding "popular" guests, upcoming release of first session of the UCA conference, nerd DNA, and a trip to the zoo. CLOSING REMARKS Q&A experiment (UCA podcast style), practical questions, Brandon Duke trapped atop the ivory tower, The UCA Podcast email list, note from Beth in Ohio, and a single word from my adorable cohost. RESOURCES Dale Tuggy - What John 1 Meant (UCA Conference 2021) Dale's entry...2021-11-1040 min
The London LyceumReviews and Resources - April 2020Jordan and Brandon review resources for the month of April.Resources:1) One Assembly, Jonathan Leeman2) God and Necessity, Brian Leftow3) Canon, Covenant, and Christology, Matthew Barrett4) Philosophia Christi, vol. 21, no. 25) A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson6) To Follow the Lame Wheresoever He Goeth, Ian Birch7) Love Without Measure?, Kevin Vanhoozer8) Omnipresence and the Location of the Immaterial, Ross Inman 9) Reforming God, Carl Trueman10) The Law's of Nature and Natures God, James AndersonSupport the showSupport this podcast at — https://re...2020-04-2415 min
The Poiein PodcastAnselm and the Certainty UrgeIn this episode, we’ll consider two ideas that Anselm developed using both the tools of theology and of philosophy. But to understand exactly how reason is being handled during this time, we need to look not only to Anselm’s arguments themselves, but also to his attitude about them.Anselm provides an in-depth look at the medieval impulse to reconcile reason and faith. We also see the tendency to communicate truths in the form of certainty and necessity.Sources used in this episode include:-L...2019-04-1916 min
Trinitiespodcast 102 – Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theologyIf we accept that God is the greatest being there could possibly be, this will guide our theorizing about God. As Dr. Leftow explains, the method can be uncertain and hazardous. Still, it seems an indispensable tool in Christian thinking about God.2015-08-3143 minTrinitiespodcast 101 – Dr. Brian Leftow: from Jerusalem to AthensSince 2002, Dr. Brian Leftow has been the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford University. He taught for many years at Fordham University in New York City before moving to Oxford. Dr. Leftow has written over 90 professional articles and book chapters on metaphysics, medieval philosophy, and philosophical theology.2015-08-2435 min
Reformed Media ReviewGod and NecessityJared Oliphint and Nathan Shannon discuss Brian Leftow’s God and Necessity (Oxford University Press). In this volume, Leftow seeks to offer a metaphysic of modality. This leads him into a discussion of necessity and possibility, truth making, God’s nature, and divine simplicity. It’s a wide-ranging title, but one that offers many important themes for consideration. Dr. Shannon has written a review of the book that will appear soon in the Westminster Theological Journal.
Participants: Jared Oliphint, Nate Shannon
2015-03-2541 min
Jared OliphintGod and NecessityJared Oliphint and Nathan Shannon discuss Brian Leftow’s God and Necessity (Oxford University Press). In this volume, Leftow seeks to offer a metaphysic of modality. This leads him into a discussion of necessity and possibility, truth making, God’s nature, and divine simplicity. It’s a wide-ranging title, but one that offers many important themes for consideration. Dr. Shannon […]2015-03-2541 min
Oriel College Chapel ServicesThe BibleSermon delivered by Professor Brian Leftow (Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion) on 28th October 2012, in Oriel College Chapel, for Bible Sunday.2012-12-2108 min