THE CHARGE with Dennis Metzler Podcast
1) Desire and the Christian Life--A Theological Approach: "The Gift of Thorns" with Dr. A.J. Swoboda
Dr. Swoboda looks at desire from a theological perspective. Our discussion covers God's desire, human desire, Satan's desire, fleshly desire, undesired desire, ordering desire, duty and desire, and be...Show More
2) The Question of Divine Omnipotence: Dr. Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology
Dr. Sonderegger discusses divine omnipotence in light of Scripture, Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Barth, and process theologians. We look at omnipotence as it relates to God’s benevolence, theodicy, met...Show More
3) Christian Personalist Ethics: More Than Things with Dr. Paul Louis Metzger
Dr. Metzger explains the nature and place of personalist ethics from a Christian perspective. We discuss his understanding of a person, his categories of faith and entangled ethics, hope and eschatolo...Show More
4) Michael J. Gorman's Big NT Theological Ideas: Resurrectional Cruciformity, Missional Theosis, & More
New Testament Scholar Dr. Michael J. Gorman explains his views on significant theological concepts: Paul's narrative spirituality and narrative soteriology, kenosis, justification by co-crucifixion, p...Show More
5) Atonement Theology, Theories, and Models with Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Dr. Kärkkäinen discusses the atonement in relation to soteriology and reconciliation as well as the concepts of theory, model, and metaphor. We cover Christus Victor, recapitulation, ransom, satisfact...Show More
6) Dr. Alister McGrath--Christian Apologetics: An Introduction--Why Believe in God?
With three doctorates from Oxford and over 50 books to his credit, Dr. Alister McGrath is well-equipped to discuss apologetics including core elements, the inference to the best explanation, Dawkins' ...Show More
Dr. Alister McGrath--Christian Apologetics: An Introduction--Why Believe in God?
57:13 | Oct 10th, 2024
7) Liberating Those on the Margins: "The Beautiful Gate" with Dr. Bob Ekblad
Bob Ekblad discusses the nature of his ministry to the marginalized, his philosophy of ministry, the theology of the cross, the "outside the gate" concept, the biblical "powers", the church as resisti...Show More
Liberating Those on the Margins: "The Beautiful Gate" with Dr. Bob Ekblad
1:37:55 | Oct 10th, 2024
8) Bonhoeffer: Pacifist or Conspirator Against Hitler? Discipleship in a World of Nazis w/ Mark Nation
Historical orthodoxy has it that Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer participated in some way at some level in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Dr. Mark Thiessen challenges this reading of...Show More
9) What Should I Believe? ----Curveball: God and the Journey of Faith with Dr. Peter Enns
Dr. Peter Enns discusses his personal story, Wesley's quadrilateral, Rohr's tricycle, orthodoxy, OT biblical stories as something other than history, his critique of conservative biblical interpretati...Show More
What Should I Believe? ----Curveball: God and the Journey of Faith with Dr. Peter Enns
1:01:00 | Oct 5th, 2024
10) Persons: Nature, Thought, Feeling, Perception, Will, Origin: Joshua Rasmussen: Who Are You, Really?
Dr. Joshua Rasmussen discusses various lines of thought related to understanding the nature and origin of the human person. We look at inquiry in terms of introspection, reason, and the scientific met...Show More