Inspired Human Podcast

Inspired Human

Nick Stavlund and Dairus Barnes team up to meditate on living life for Jesus in the Secular Age. inspiredhuman.substack.com

  1. Dr. Hans Boersma // Seeing God is the Telos

    MAR 5

    Dr. Hans Boersma // Seeing God is the Telos

    Thanks for reading Inspired Human Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. Welcome to Season 4 of the Inspired Human Podcast. This season is all about interviews with Christian thinkers and Christian pastors. We welcome Dr. Hans Boersma! Why did we interview him? * We respect him. He’s a wonderful priest and pastor and a brilliant scholar. * His books on the Beatific Vision and his writings about Scripture have deeply impacted us! Dr. Boersma is an Anglican theologian and priest who holds the Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary and previously taught at Regent College in Vancouver. He is a leading voice in contemporary sacramental theology and patristic studies, engaging theological traditions from East and West to enrich Christian thought and practice. His influential works include Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition, which explores classical Christian understandings of the vision of God; Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church, a study of patristic biblical interpretation; and Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ, which offers a theological approach to preaching informed by tradition. His scholarship has shaped discussions on theological interpretation, ecclesiology, and the recovery of pre-modern theological insights for the church today. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit inspiredhuman.substack.com

    41 min
  2. Love and Marriage in the You Do You Era: Ep7

    12/15/2023

    Love and Marriage in the You Do You Era: Ep7

    Season 3, episode 7: "Love and Marriage in the You Do You Era." When relationships are simply an additional tool for you to be "your best self" or to find who you are...then you know you're living in the You do You Era. Today we chat about how love, and marriage itself, has been influenced by the junk values of the YDYE. But, we don't just whine and complain. We also turn to the New Testament, especially Paul's theology of submission, in order to beckon Christians back to a cross-centered foundation for our most intimate relationships.  ///////// Throughout this season, we  want to remove the cultural scales from our eyes using insight from: Alan Noble (You are Not your Own) Andrew Root (Ministry in the Secular Age series) Alan Ehrenberg (Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age) Charles Taylor (A Secular Age) Andy Crouch (The Tech-Wise Family) Leonard Sax (The Collapse of Parenting) All of Jean Twenge's (SDSU) recent interviews / articles / and her books James K.A. Smith's books and articles N.T. Wright (The Day the Revolution Began among others) Alasdair MacIntyre (After Virtue)  The New and Old Testaments... plus other works that we sprinkle throughout.  [The views presented are those of the speaker or author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its components.]  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit inspiredhuman.substack.com

    34 min
  3. Technology in the You Do You Era: Ep6

    11/20/2023

    Technology in the You Do You Era: Ep6

    Season 3, episode 6: "Technology is Forming You and Failing to Transform You." Your phone is not a tool.  It is not neutral. Your phone is a cash-cow device designed to get you to pick it up, use it,  never put it down, and in the process, make other people lots and lots of money. Friends, we are being formed by an algorithm, created by neuroscientists and computer programmers in California, on full display across all major social media platforms. Our eyes and our minds get pulled into video after video, feed upon feed, all based on what other people perceive we want to look at or consume. We are being formed...or perhaps, de-formed. The You Do You Era  is marked by rampant use of electronic devices: Phones, tablets, computers, watches, and more. Our behaviors have become daily liturgies. Rather than organizing ourselves around time in service to God-in-the-world, most everything we do is orchestrated around or deeply influenced by inputs from our smart devices. In this episode, we pull heavily from James K.A. Smith and Andy Crouch (The Tech Wise Family).  We unashamedly encourage you to be weird, to adopt odd practices and thick boundaries around technology. Why? Because you and your kids are being formed by these practices....or, perhaps, de-formed!  The question to consider is "What image am I being formed into?" ///////// Throughout this season, we  want to remove the cultural scales from our eyes using insight from: Alan Noble (You are Not your Own) Andrew Root (Ministry in the Secular Age series) Alan Ehrenberg (Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age) Charles Taylor (A Secular Age) Andy Crouch (The Tech-Wise Family) Leonard Sax (The Collapse of Parenting) All of Jean Twenge's (SDSU) recent interviews / articles / and her books James K.A. Smith's books and articles N.T. Wright (The Day the Revolution Began among others) Alasdair MacIntyre (After Virtue)  The New and Old Testaments... plus other works that we sprinkle throughout.  [The views presented are those of the speaker or author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its components.]  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit inspiredhuman.substack.com

    34 min
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