THE CHARGE with Dennis Metzler

Simon Podmore discusses Kierkegaard's personal background, his relationships with his father, Regine, and the church, his thought on the individual before God, God's attitude towards humanity, Hegel's theology, truth as subjectivity, and nationalism. Podmore also considers Kierkegaard's understanding of Christology, the Incarnation, despair, sin, faith, reason, ecclesiology, spiritual struggle, God as totally other, and the fluence of Kierkegaard on Barth.
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Check out Dr. Podmore's books: Kierkegaard and the Self Before God: Anatomy of the Abyss
https://www.amazon.com/Kierkegaard-Self-before-God-Philosophy/dp/0253222826/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3813X701LQEXC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IiiVI2eXmXh02LmsoFNa-g.BLFRUrE-IniPBe1x1l3SUGwglGVqj7ct6aREzwbHNhM&dib_tag=se&keywords=Kierkegaard+and+the+Self+Before+God%3A+Anatomy+of+the+Abyss&qid=1750303452&s=books&sprefix=kierkegaard+and+the+self+before+god+anatomy+of+the+abyss%2Cstripbooks%2C162&sr=1-1
Struggling with God: Kierkegaard and the Temptation of Spiritual Trial
https://www.amazon.com/Struggling-God-Kierkegaard-Temptation-Spiritual-ebook/dp/B0DYZVRRK2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=67BQIW8H6Z49&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8VDHmILJIPCCHj0e7oHMRw.B8F0PtATqsXc6HeImSu6nj02cTzmh-4RCfnpfmE8hkA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Struggling+with+God%3A+Kierkegaard+and+the+Temptation+of+Spiritual+Trial&qid=1750303500&s=books&sprefix=struggling+with+god+kierkegaard+and+the+temptation+of+spiritual+trial%2Cstripbooks%2C119&sr=1-1
 

Dr. Gregory Boyd offers his original interpretation of passages in the Old Testament attributing violence to Yahweh. We cover the centrality of Christ and the cross, different approaches to OT violence, literary crucifixes, divine accommodation, the masks of God, Scripture as God-breathed, the face-value interpretation vs. deeper meaning, the cleansing of the temple, 'buy a sword', and cruciformity.
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Dr. Greg Boyd is Senior Pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and the author of many books including The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament's Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross
https://www.amazon.com/Crucifixion-Warrior-God-Volumes/dp/1506420753/ref=sr_1_1?crid=315FWNITGJTJU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.O5lW2yFsYE45RfD3N_C1cTNVlFpKxJtTr38JnFDlrUOOQ2XG7uh5UcCm-fetAtvXp90K5ha4nhbZ__y88bypKjQItAX3lMyBpPJLs0BopGKr0zccr4Rv4vyRZu2ZL-A0B202vR4u8WeD3zW_BiGLt2i1EAnhB2HmvFUFFC60PzUGb0bW98VMAwvDrNMr3xw2pCNjgsrgWj38GCrWj1vSprbsIkyD0XLSR75XvoYNuDA.Ib8yiL9QreVWs5YawK8lTPuOJYdxzFVmpt3VW_Shkho&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+crucifixion+of+the+warrior+god&qid=1747690287&sprefix=the+crucifixion+of+the+warrior+god%2Caps%2C379&sr=8-1
He also authored a condensed version called Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of old Testament Violence
https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Vision-Gregory-A-Boyd-audiobook/dp/B074P7RCZX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TZECN6WZBEA3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hwycbo9g-M9f_yjmN4d1YE_x2fT46-748oHrXZ_Tl3NSJUTT6Tx6Hjt7H0wudv1q.bX9-_SEkI6bWw98grcGnkose2vHS7TWHEA0VMwNB5CQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Cross+Vision+boyd&qid=1747690349&sprefix=cross+vision+boyd%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-1
 

Dr. John Armstrong considers divine love in relation to Scripture, biblical narrative, theology, justice, incarnation, the cross, resurrection, and various misconceptions. We finish up with a look at how to experiencing God's love.
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You can order The Transforming Fire of Divine Love: My Long, Slow Journey into the Love of God by John H. Armstrong 
https://wipfandstock.com/9798385227419/the-transforming-fire-of-divine-love/  

Dr. Matthew Bates challenges the soteriology (salvation) of Protestants and Catholics alike as he considers the definition of faith, different stages of salvation, the gospel, the content vs. the benefit of the gospel, Catholic and Protestant understandings of salvation, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, election, regeneration, justification, the place of works, and the order of salvation.
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Dr. Matthew Bates is Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary He is the author of many books including the following:
Beyond the Salvation Wars: Why Both Protestants and Catholics Must Reimagine How We Are Saved
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Salvation-Wars-Protestants-Catholics-ebook/dp/B0DH5P1BXS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3W29TMA24SDMZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bA_aMC5JbBDl4LRH_2HpsOb5r690LR_aHEJox-xCmFGOiYJ6kcUJeMAzSeZmVjlAzH9TML0htW6BxSdTPVwDR89xiHJSTplAozAYFeQTPd2mEwSsauOiR7ZIAUBYFui6b915dHCrZDrUkI5fS22oJWFmm-TQ92Cp_8r5mgkJS_cj1FKNxO8XzteS0_1pPXcmAdxQyMcgcw_wdPWcThI7D7YAUDFuB-YV_cnL2Xv7tZ8.ixum1f7QIP1YnNozX3am1ZREIh9dOp9wgRqQV4v96WE&dib_tag=se&keywords=Matthew+bates&qid=1742680373&s=books&sprefix=matthew+bates+%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1
Salvation by Allegiance Alone
https://www.amazon.com/Salvation-Allegiance-Alone-Rethinking-Gospel/dp/0801097975/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KNEKXNT48W0D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JkTIuV7CoUK2i-aUgOALD6e2AvE4gcqcK7KDSMkC6dlB4CQVghPMAh094HLVKp3_.ZJNV37C0KtNG54YhWAjhNjIUcyabkqA4XwOvbmywtqU&dib_tag=se&keywords=Matthew+bates+saved+by+allegiance+alone&qid=1742680290&s=books&sprefix=matthew+bates+saved+by+allegiance+alone%2Cstripbooks%2C166&sr=1-1

Jonathon Wilson-Hartgrove is a spiritual writer, preacher, and community cultivator. He serves as Assistant Director for Partnerships and Fellowships at Yale University's Center for Public Theology and Public Policy. Jonathon lives with his family at the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham, North Carolina.
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Jonathon is the author of several books including "Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion"
https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-Gospel-Finding-Slaveholder-Religion/dp/0830847979/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=AUTHOR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Uxa4j91BRSTS7QGI2YlT5Z1RITf4OApwhFmJipF8VAzIUQlZVblPiA56dOePB_t-vCkOlH1g3yUvi823EDZn6EqB_joF6RR_UmbdwCFhCLi12oMTlkYGIAVupmPMtwQ9M_B3m6J45ugwXpCC92tAwQcrppIRaQGSwsX8OfONc3nyoEvLxfVoLmRNTTxSXqI-UHgqvXXf7PVpu2wOeBbsQgYtlrD6Xlga89X_LIxyQ_g.SoTXraGQPDDhtH-6MUGfFA1TfBSAfnDkxQu9wqUfQPs&sr=
"Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good"
https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Values-Reclaiming-Public-Common/dp/1514013649/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BoIeP9yEIQpxGE-DG8BmPZ9DLw9IRhjWBMJ-MijgIhF3K89e5ceVkkRSOYztc2Zue7QDd75X7pg1GS9nc1mj2A.h3Nzf-mAZNpevMLn3VuOkj7GvIQgr1FT-lofB67VEIU&qid=1740230888&sr=8-1

Denis Lamoureux discusses biblical objections to evolutionary creation as well as scientific objections, particularly the fossil record and intermediate species. Dr. Lamoureux considers Genesis 1-3, young earth creation, progressive creation, deistic evolution, teleological and dysteleological evolution, personal interventionism, personal providentialism, cosmological interventionism, cosmological providentialism, intelligent design, the anthropic principle, natural selection by random mutation, and relational concerns around the conflict concerning creation and evolution.
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Check out Dr. Lamoureux's book, "Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution"
https://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Creation-Christian-Approach-Evolution/dp/1556355815/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ba_hcYXjOZSRj8qPDm6hngnrU-0HsxZFVZ7OxQJ4F0jwhecGJTb1xaShkM_mrlPgZBnbQNd_RsBIQQGN9aPzafdXtw3JxCeg933QnamMpffs5FjBJVSU4xQHfQnpJDZYavuti9eq6DXulHMB6u50XmZIsi1GbjcZ76PB1YXI7hV-mhs54wt4HxP-SRBMzc9E.W5XBxXbUaGeXsS05FR3OqpSH2m7oWn1gkfHYIUBaXHI&qid=1738376304&sr=8-4
Check out his autobiography, "Struggling with God & Origins: A Personal Story"
https://www.amazon.com/Struggling-God-Origins-Personal-Story-ebook/dp/B0BY38WMF3/ref=sr_1_6?crid=25IU1RL7YHAEQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ba_hcYXjOZSRj8qPDm6hngnrU-0HsxZFVZ7OxQJ4F0jwhecGJTb1xaShkM_mrlPgZBnbQNd_RsBIQQGN9aPzafdXtw3JxCeg933QnamMpffs5FjBJVSU4xQHfQnpJDZYavuti9eq6DXulHMB6u50XmZIsi1GbjcZ76PB1YXI7hV-mhs54wt4HxP-SRBMzc9E.W5XBxXbUaGeXsS05FR3OqpSH2m7oWn1gkfHYIUBaXHI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Denis+Lamoureux&qid=1738376304&sprefix=denis+lamoureux%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-6

Dr. Paul Molnar considers such topics as homoousion, perichoresis, the filioque, immanent and economic trinity, Karl Barth, patriology, Christology, pneumatology, incarnation, logos asarkos, grace, nature, and Karl Rahner, liberation theology, and Chalcedonian Christology.
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Check out Paul Molnar's books that are the basis for this interview: "The Centrality of Christ in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance: Some Dogmatic Implications"
https://www.amazon.com/Centrality-Christ-Theology-Thomas-Torrance/dp/056771795X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21NEF9O00RL3M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rIx11X4eDo21DTcynNgNQHavfJnb7-moYUG5PenxLJuiwyJboedqb70iKLBAkIpvMVqnQ3ThfceTz_otYXFArXTXzDGEeSL2Paao4ituVC4lwPNAL2r1t1T5RhQRjDRi7iYmiSUx2O7Y2mZqe4iPM-8B1q2sgkfx9Gx9xp0XxzH0LMYlHJ5oTKsmUi_f1VAJrIUFIWlseSMgB3Ga99hc7B4t3kPY2fskxQhknkGLMNk.fAoom6RmnAQx24Q8fg_UHvWJfGiFZXDWhomuDUzJzJs&dib_tag=se&keywords=Paul+Molnar&qid=1736530730&s=books&sprefix=paul+molnar%2Cstripbooks%2C161&sr=1-1
"Thomas F. Torrance: Theologian of the Trinity"
https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-F-Torrance-Theologian-Theologians/dp/0754652297/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CW45GUOGUO2T&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Xeg8V713bxvgiIZLl2OKM2d0EAQZIYu8wOVJRyZzGc29yGUI9MKGPauYN3tjhD4z.fsJgnG22CAhn0AqTuRUlgebpeqbJwn_TH8LuAwnclps&dib_tag=se&keywords=paul+molnar+Thomas+f.+torrance+theologian+of+the+Trinity&qid=1736530868&sprefix=paul+molnar+thomas+f.+torrance+theologian+of+the+trinity%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1
"Freedom, Necessity, and the Knowledge of God: In Conversation with Karl Barth and Thomas F. Torrance"
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Necessity-Knowledge-God-Conversation-ebook/dp/B09KKYCFXV/ref=sr_1_3?crid=6X7UVW2T57FZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MMvrlPGTLr_8MggrLHfEzEDTPSFbFM4XF_Ivj7PC5hsOBKxf_ceRYCuV4KtlPGqg.McFlIrph5xSlwtMUS0gjgi8R1jk9-Au0o2Lt7maFjT8&dib_tag=se&keywords=paul+molnar+t.+f.+torrance&qid=1736530814&sprefix=Paul+Molnar+T.+F.+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-3

Dr. Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga discusses sin as the "vandalism of shalom", corruption, perversion, and pollution in his book "Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin". We cover the cumulative effects of sin as well as its parasitic, deceptive, and hypocritical nature--especially as it relates to societal norms. Next, we dive into "Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being" as we consider a grateful disposition, gratitude density, obstacles to gratitude, benefits of gratitude, biblical themes and theological rationale, practices, and the relationship of suffering to gratitude.
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Check out Dr. Plantinga's books: "Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin"
https://www.amazon.com/Not-Way-Its-Supposed-Be/dp/0802842186?crid=2GZ93ED6WIHMO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CyQYuOO3eFm-PpdP5jDXNxRXt6Himo8pltkJnY0t0rM.P_GoV1LsLlamDprOQmDffpWBKdrF1k-sMFXnCejnbrU&dib_tag=se&keywords=%22Not+the+Way+It%27s+Supposed+to+Be%3A+A+Breviary+of+Sin%22&qid=1734560754&sprefix=not+the+way+it%27s+supposed+to+be+a+breviary+of+sin+%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1
"Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being"
https://www.amazon.com/Gratitude-Why-Giving-Thanks-Well-Being/dp/1587436221?crid=DX29D4OC9Y1I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0srXN_zgmI07fnkI0L-I-_krUn3X4U_B_PRRQVgJijrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.hL_Y63zqxBn7wuYb3g43vSteFh_yjDsU0jelrV6Oj3k&dib_tag=se&keywords=Gratitude%3A+Why+Giving+Thanks+Is+the+Key+to+Our+Well-Being%22&qid=1734560809&sprefix=gratitude+why+giving+thanks+is+the+key+to+our+well-being+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1

Dr. A.J. 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 best practices as they relate to desire.
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Dr. A.J. Swoboda is professor of Biblical Studies and World Christianity at Bushnell University in Eugene, Oregon and the author of several books. Check out "The Gift of Thorns: Jesus, the Flesh, and the War for Our Wants"
https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Thorns-Jesus-Flesh-Wants-ebook/dp/B0CKMSW3G3?crid=DR8MTKNGBKFN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.20h19l532WbYg7EmmGjF1m0vPSF-K9ln14Vto-L_oHuYLpQHduBD9eLq0PQ07tgbJlmFlcDxUQCvy9E8xXuJfbOt0GVF5Oml2zFoAoeW95yiNtMXVSnTN8iH9W3SiT04G5sWv2ODiDCicFtJPG7RIkboFy23tbs9Dk5_AkCZXUERMygg0RM3IxDf47SN3bLYdPaNwvoMwBUC4gELZsYg6hWc3v2UtK733wTXuEoqcMI.9RV7eddk6uJFtzQq38zzsmBJ8wwYE7Il07pKj5f95XU&dib_tag=se&keywords=aj+swoboda&qid=1732740452&sprefix=%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-1

Dr. Katherine 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, meticulous providence, sovereignty, God’s attributes, holiness, humility, weakness, the cross, the supernatural, “acts of God”, subjectivity and objectivity, the Trinity, and God’s mutable immutability.
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Dr. Katherine Sonderegger is Professor of Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary and the author of many books including “Systematic Theology: Volume 1, The Doctrine of God” Follow the link to check out the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Systematic-Theology-Doctrine-God-1/dp/1451482841?crid=2TSNL0NAOWBS7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.EM66sPwuipw57MtMuxIHbVlmQiwrU3imBUFkUhhzzrIbOpjDc-tANuwvqN8LWqjG3R2K7V9aQvytADqaTEh45RuE6PAKq10r8EE_Kz5JlM7NiKItFMjJd7UByThIBVrrNrmvNVqONjaOD4SUMP09-Q.1gmT9YN1A_p7A9O4xQ0IJO9iI024fXrALcp0FZjTLPo&dib_tag=se&keywords=sonderegger+systematic+theology&qid=1730928043&sprefix=sonderegger+%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1