The Wannabe Theologian Podcast: Recent Episodes
Isaiah Hess
The Wannabe Theologian Podcast is dedicated to equipping the saints in the knowledge of God by providing biblical, confessionally-based discussion of the doctrine of God and the Trinity.
In this episode of "Verses and Catechisms", we’ll continue our discussion of Genesis 1:1 and its impact on our doctrine of God, including monotheism, omnipotence, and the Creator-creature distinction.
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Reading of Psalm 136 to celebrate Thanksgiving Day 2022!
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In this episode, we launch our introductory "Verses and Catechisms" episode as part of "The Wannabe Theologian Podcast"! In each episode of "Verses and Catechisms", we’ll be briefly discussing a verse or a catechism question and its impact on our doctrine of God.
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In celebration of the 505th anniversary of the Reformation, we have a little longer episode discussing the importance of a biblical, classical doctrine of God to the theology of the Reformation.
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In this "Hot Take", we talk about the 2022 State of Theology poll results, conducted by Ligonier Ministries and LifeWay Research. Full results can be found at thestateoftheology.com/.
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In this episode, I briefly discuss good resources for those interested in learning more about Christian Theism:
Creeds and Confessions
- The Apostles’ Creed
- Nicene-Constantinople Creed
- Athanasian Creed
- Chalcedonian Definition
- Westminster Confession of Faith, 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, or the Savoy Declaration
Books
- Matthew Barrett, “None Greater”
- Matthew Barrett, “Simply Trinity”
- St. Gregory of Nazianzus, “On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius”
- Sam Renihan, “Deity and Decree”
- James Dolezal, “All That Is In God”
- John Piper, “Providence”
- Joel Beeke, “Reformed Systematic Theology”
- John Calvin, “The Institutes”
- Herman Bavinck, “The Wonderful Works of God”
- Francis Turretin, “Institutes of Elenctic Theology”
- Stephen Charnock, “The Existence and Attributes of God”
- Richard Barcellos, “Trinity and Creation”
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In this episode, I briefly discuss the background for why the podcast was created and my goals for the show.
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In this episode, we explore whether we can fully know God and discuss what we mean by God's attribute of incomprehensibility. We also try a video podcast for the first time!
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In this episode, we explore four core tenets of Christian theism, which will ground our discussion of the doctrine of God throughout this podcast. What does Star Wars have to do with this? Listen and find out!
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In this episode, we take a short detour to discuss a prolegomena to Christian doctrine of God, covering topics including general revelation, special revelation, and creeds and confessions.
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In this episode, we discuss some foundational topics for a Christian doctrine of God, including why the doctrine of God matters, the Creator-creature distinction, analogical language, what attributes are, and the two categories of divine attributes.
Who is God? What is He like? What does the Bible reveal to us about God?
In The Wannabe Theologian Podcast, we will explore what the Bible has to say about who and what God is, the nature of the Trinity, and other vital aspects of our faith, and look at how the church has understood what the Bible has to say about God. To put it simply, we will look at a Christian doctrine of God.