The Perspectivalist

Jason’s booklet, Paul and the Head Covering: A Biblical Reassessment , argues that the passage is not as obvious as many assume. Paul is writing into the confusion of Corinth, where questions of worship, culture, male headship, female dignity, and church unity all come together. This is a brief but thoughtful conversation on exegesis, history, and pastoral wisdom. Thanks for tuning in to The Persp...

In this episode of The Perspectivalist , we enter a long-standing and often contested conversation within the church: the nature of the sacraments and, more specifically, the place of children at the Lord’s Table. Amid ongoing movements between Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodoxy, sacramental theology has once again taken center stage. Pastor Uri Brito offers a robust defense of paedoc...

Welcome to the Perspectivalist. Our aim is to offer a perspective of the world shaped by the normativity of Scripture. In this episode, we explore a simple but profound question: time is never neutral, so who is ordering yours? As we enter Holy Week, we consider how the Church Calendar forms our loves, shapes our imagination, and anchors us in the story of Christ. Rather than beginning with argume...

In this episode of The Perspectivalist , we explore how the Bible teaches us to see the world rightly by beginning with Scripture rather than modern assumptions. While modern man looks at the heavens and sees only physics and expanding galaxies, the Bible invites us to see purpose, meaning, and authority. Drawing from Genesis 1 and insights from James Jordan’s Through New Eyes , we consider how th...

In this episode of The Perspectivalist , Uri Brito sits down with Jordan Bush to explore a deeper question behind today’s financial debates: What should money be? This conversation moves beyond investing strategy and into theology, ethics, and anthropology. Money, they argue, is not neutral. It shapes trust, power, authority, and social structures. Throughout Scripture, honest scales, just weights...

Perspectivalist Podcast — Season 7, Episode 2 In this episode, Uri Brito speaks with Pastor Levi Secord about the modern crisis of authority and why Christians instinctively sense that something is wrong when the state claims jurisdiction over education, family, morality, and worship. Drawing from the historic doctrine of sphere sovereignty , Secord argues that God has established distinct spheres...

We live in an age drowning in words but starving for meaning. The modern world treats speech as a tool for power, outrage, and self-promotion. Scripture presents something radically different: words as covenantal acts before the living God. The Perspectivalist Podcast exists to recover a distinctly Christian vision of language, culture, and public life. If Christ is Lord, then rhetoric is not mere...

In this episode of The Perspectivalist , we examine a viral controversy that exposed a growing fracture within American Christianity. When Buddhist monks walked through central Louisiana promoting a “walk for peace,” many Christians applauded the gesture. Christ Fellowship pastor Jeff Mercer did not. In a brief, two-minute video, he stated a basic Christian claim: true peace comes not through mind...

In this Advent episode of The Perspectivalist , Uri Brito is joined by Canadian pastors Dave Forsythe and Matt Hallick to discuss the growing threat to religious liberty in Canada, focusing on the proposed Bill C-9 , known as the Combating Hate Speech Act . While presented as a measure to protect vulnerable groups, the bill increasingly places historic Christian teaching—and even specific biblical...

🎙️ The Perspectivalist Podcast Episode Title: Canon, Clarity, and Claims of Certainty: Protestantism vs. Orthodoxy Summary: In this episode, Austin and Uri continue their series on the psychology of conversion, diving deeper into the claims of Eastern Orthodoxy—particularly on canonical authority and private judgment—as well as the nature of biblical interpretation within the wider Christian tradi...

Welcome back to The Perspectivalist . I’m your host, Uri Brito, joined again by my good friend Austin Brown. Our goal is simple: to think more clearly as Christians with Scripture as our starting point. In today’s episode, we continue our series on the psychology of conversion, turning our focus to Eastern Orthodoxy. We’ll discuss the challenges of tradition, liturgy, and continuity, and interact...

In this episode, Pastor Uri Brito welcomes Austin Brown for a thoughtful conversation on the psychology of conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in the age of social media. They explore the rise of “Twitter conversions,” where personality-driven online voices attract seekers who are weary of shallow evangelicalism and searching for depth, antiquity, or beauty. Together, they wrestle with the despair and...

In this episode, we’re talking about the Lordship of Jesus—not as some abstract, future hope, but as a present, concrete reality. Too often, modern evangelicalism has reduced Christ’s Lordship to the realm of private salvation, personal piety, and quiet devotion. But the Bible paints a much bigger picture. Paul tells us in Romans that Abraham was promised the world as his inheritance. Salvation is...

Welcome to The Perspectivalist Today, I’m honored to host Reverend Grant Castleberry—Marine officer turned pastor, currently finishing his dissertation on Martin Lloyd-Jones. We gather to reflect on John MacArthur, a towering figure in pastoral longevity and biblical faithfulness. Grant’s personal encounters with MacArthur go beyond admiration—they shaped his call to ministry and introduced him to...

Welcome to The Perspectivalist , where we help you think more clearly as a Christian by grounding all of life in the normativity of Scripture. In this episode, host Uri Brito sits down with Ryan Lauterio, studio artist, theologian, and founder of the Maker Institute—an initiative dedicated to rethinking art, design, and creativity from a distinctly Christian and Kuyperian perspective. They explore...

🎙️ Episode Overview Podcast : Perspectivalist S6 E3 Host : Uri Brito Guest : Dr. Scott Aniol, Executive VP at G3 Ministries Location : Church of the Redeemer, Monroe, LA Occasion : 12th year of Jubilate Deo Music Camp 🔗 G3 Ministries Website 🔗 Scott Aniol's Author Page 🔗 Jubilate Deo Music Camp Dr. Aniol shares his long-term involvement with Jubilate Deo and the shift from traditional VBS t...

In this episode of The Perspectivalist , Pastor Uri Brito welcomes Rev. Benjamin Glaser of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) to talk all things ARP—from its rich confessional heritage to its present role in the American ecclesiastical landscape. 🔹 Topics include: 📜 The history of the ARP — How a 1782 merger formed one of the oldest continually operating Reformed denominations in N...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Season 6 of the Perspectivalist! Today, I’m joined by Mr. Jarrod Richey, Director of Music at Church of the Redeemer in West Monroe, Louisiana, and Academic Dean of the Redeemer School of the Arts. This past year, RSA launched its first-ever Arts Certificate Program , designed to equip students in the creative arts through a distinctly Christ-centered lens. In o...

The CREC has been growing significantly in the last few years. As a result, some have been striving to ensure that our signals align and that our work is not lost among the plethora of online options. Dr. Jeffery and others have worked to streamline our resources, making it easier for people to find us in the U.S. I hope this episode will enlarge this vision and that many will have a better sense...

Chase Davis returns to the podcast to discuss the identity of the newly minted Evangelicals for Harris. Every election cycle gives us a new elite of evangelicals who support the pro-abortion candidate because they are tired of partisan politics. ⁠Chase names these individuals as well as notes their backgrounds and damaging contributions to this movement.⁠ From the article: "Thus, we see these Evan...

Pastoral ministry has gone through hard times. The fall of many pastors has only exacerbated the epidemic in our culture. In this interview, Pastor Michael Clary elaborates on his excellent piece at Sola Ecclesia where he defines the problem in pastoral ministry: Unfortunately, many neutral-world churches built with neutral-world tools have been thoroughly leavened with destructive unbiblical idea...

My interview with Lutheran theologian Dr. Jordan Cooper touches on fundamental pillars of Western civilization. Jordan has been a great resource to me personally, and I know you will enjoy our discussion of the restoration of the three transcendentals of goodness, beauty, and truth. You can purchase Jordan's book. You can follow Jordan on X. The modern Western world is full of confusion. Divid...

Thousands of Christians are moving away from contemporary-style praise music and are reviving hymn and psalm singing. However, many people are not equipped with musical training, and this can make learning and singing traditional worship music extremely difficult. So, what do we do? I spoke with Isaiah Holt about their app called Sing Your Part. The app facilitates singing, especially in parts in...

As our society declines morally, trust in institutions also declines. But should we view this as an unaltered reality? Should we cease to work for a trusting society? I contend there is no institutional longevity unless trust is inherent to its mission. In this episode, I offer five recommendations for restoring a high-trust culture. Post Script: The article mentioned by Aaron Renn is here.

Our guests are Pastor Steve Wilkins and Mr. Jarrod Richey from Church of the Redeemer in Monroe, LA. We discuss the place of the arts in modern culture, especially within the Church. Steve Wilkins is the  President  of the RSA Board of Governors. Jarrod Richey is  Academic Dean  of RSA and Board member.  Students can pursue a one —or two-year Arts certificate at the Redeemer School of the Arts (RS...