Lewis House Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Ben Meyers is here with the Lewis House crew to dive in to three topics: Literature, Tradition, and Bluey.
Dr. Felicia Wu Song on Restless Devices and Technological Exhaustion: Trying to Think and Live Christianly in Our Digital Ecology
Dr. Bradshaw is a Philosophy Professor here at UK. He closes out the 2023 year for us by talking about some of the books he wrote and Why We Need Faith
Nick and Brian sit down with Dr. Patrick Deneen and talk about the shortcomings of Liberalism and the Modern University.
Nick and Brian sit down with Dr James K. A. Smith to talk in depth about two of his books. You are what you love and How (Not) to Be Secular.
Sports betting has become an enormous issue in our culture, including going live in Kentucky just this week. Some of the Lewis House staff and one of our students sit down for a conversation with thoughts about how to begin to think about these matters. This isn't meant as any sort of final word on the subject but hopefully helps you begin to think about this growing phenomenon in our culture.
Here's an article we mentioned in the talk. It's not meant as an exact statement of what we believe or think in our ministry. It's written by a former student of ours who is now a pastor. We offer it here as an interesting voice worth considering but does not represent our official position in any way.
https://firebrandmag.com/articles/against-sports-betting-resisting-a-materialist-worldview
Brian Marshall and Nick Grounds sit down with Dr. Kevin Brown, the president of Asbury University….Dr. Kevin Brown is the President of Asbury University In this talk, he suggests that while the popular aphorism “be true to yourself” is frequently used and ubiquitously advertised—the advice is difficult, if not impossible, to follow. Alternatively, he wants to suggest a more faithful and fruitful aim for followers of Christ.
Kate and Nick Grounds sit down with Dr. Swallow Prior and dive deep into her book on Evangelical Imagination
Brian Marshall sits down with Dr. Jerry Walls who is the Professor of Philosophy and Scholar-in-Residence at Houston Baptist University. Drawing from several academic and popular works on the topic, he examines the topic of hell.
Brian Marshall sits down with Dr. Carl Trueman to talk about the cultural currents beneath the sexual ideology of today’s culture.
Brian Marshall sits down with Dr. Pennington to talk more about the claim that Jesus himself is a philosopher. Christianity, he argues, is a kind of philosophy by which we must shape our lives.
In this Lewis House Lecture, N. T. “Tom” Wright is interviewed about his book Broken Signposts: How Christianity Makes Sense of the World. Through the lens of the Gospel of John, Wright discusses the “signposts” of Justice, Love, Spirituality, Beauty, Freedom, Truth, and Power. The lecture was attended by 875 people on Monday, November 14th, 2022.
N. T. Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. His former posts include Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Bishop of Durham in the Anglican Church. He is one of the most influential Biblical scholars and theologians in the world.
Science and Scientism: Science is great until it oversteps boundaries.
He explores the perils of “scientism,” or a philosophy that incorrectly elevates science beyond science’s own intentions and aims.
Brian sits down with Dr. Frey to talk further about friendship and practical applications from her lecture.