Into Theology

In this episode, Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham discuss Book 9 of Augustine's Confessions. Here, Augustine finally receives the waters of Baptism. But on the way to Africa, tragedy hits. His mother Monica dies.

Under the fig free in Milan, God answers Augustine's prayer. Finally, as Augustine turns to Scripture, he can find rest for his weary soul in the unchanging God of the Bible. In today's episode, we discuss Book 8 of Augustine's Confessions.

Ian and Wyatt do their first in-person episode of Into Theology in this episode! And we plan to start up regular recording starting next week. We cover Book 7 of Augustine's Confessions, discussing Augustine's view of God and the origin of evil.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt cover book 6 of Augustine's Confessions. In this book, Augustine speaks about how temptations and enticements to honour and sex enslaved him. But in Milan, he hears Ambrose preach. And he begins to know God as he ought to know him.

We asked Dr. Coleman Ford to talk to us for a special episode on Augustine and friendship. While we dip our feet into the Confessions, we primarily talk about what friendship is like and how Augustine understood it. This episode is for anyone but especially those who yearn for deeper and better friendships.

In this episode, Drs. Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham continue their discussion of Augustine's Confessions. They talk through Book 5 of the Confessions in this episode. They speak of the limits of what we can know apart from the Bible, the nature of evil, and more! In the Book of the Confessions, Augustine goes to teach in Carthage and then Rome before getting to Milan. On the way to Rome, he abandoned...

In this episode, we talk about Augustine's view of friendship as well as how God illumines our minds. The episode focuses on Book IV of the Confessions.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt discuss Augustine's understanding of God through his engagement with philosophy and Manichaeism. He came to learn how to follow the signs of God in his created order to come to know God who is, as Jesus said, Spirit (John 4:24). This episode covers Book 3 of Augustine's Confessions.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt discuss Augustine's view of love (and more!) from Book II of Augustine's Confessions. We all come from God and return to him. But due to our sin and ignorance, we miss the mark. We turn what should be good into evil, our love is disordered.

Augustine famously tells us that the human heart is restless until it finds rest in God. Doctors Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham discuss this important reality and how we can find rest in God by their study of the first book of Augustine's Confessions. They also introduce the whole work.

In this episode, Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham discuss Calvin's view of the civil government and the church. We contrast Calvin's view, often called the two-kingdom view, with Theonomy, Roman Catholicism, and Anabaptism. We also discuss whether or not Christians should submit to unjust or even wicked rulers. Possibly, this might be one of the most practical episodes that we have recorded, given our c...

Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham give an introduction to the life of Augustine of Hippo, as well as a discussion about his great work of theology—the Confessions. Join us as we spend the next weeks studying Augustine's Confessions.

In this episode, Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham discuss John Calvin's view of Baptism and the Lord's Supper from his Institutes 4.15.

In this episode, we discuss John Calvin's view of the sacraments. Calvin follows Augustine's view of sign and thing signified when it comes to the sacraments, namely, the Lord's Supper and baptism.

In this episode, Wyatt and Ian discuss John Calvin's view of the conscience. In sum, Calvin argues that governments cannot bind our consciences because they do not require us to believe things that would prevent our salvation. On the other hand, religious tyranny can bind our consciences by adding requirements to the free Gospel. Calvin here balances Christian freedom, conscience, and tyranny with...

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt discuss John Calvin's view of the ancient church, the pope, and Calvin's argument that the Pope fits the biblical characteristics of the antichrist.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt talk about Calvin's view of the early church. Calvin sees the early church as adhering to Scripture as well as human customs that accord with Scripture such as the development of bishops.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt return from a summer break to talk theology. Before heading back to Calvin, we decided to talk about a whole set of theological issues. The conversation ranges from Augustine and Pelagius, Nature and Grace, Thomas Aquinas and Protestants to vaccine passports and why Amillennialism makes sense of the pandemic. Here is a link to Ian's new book: https://www.amazon.ca/Go...

Ian and Wyatt discuss podcasting for one year and what we've learned.

Ian returns to Canada! We talk about Calvin, the Roman Catholic Church, and Church Officers.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt discuss John Calvin's view of the true church. We also talk about his charitable judgment of other Christians and how allergic he was to schism. The Calvin we find here differs from our impressions of him (perhaps). Here, he advises against an "ill-advised zeal for righteousness" and advocates for charitably judging each other.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt talk about the final resurrection in Calvin. And so much more. the body, the soul, philosophy, and glory.

We talk about how John Calvin sees reprobation as a mystery that we cannot comprehend in contrast to election which is a grace that we can comprehend in Christ.

In this episode, Ian and Wyatt tackle Calvin's view of predestination. We affirm that Calvin maintains double predestination, and show a little bit about how he understands the doctrine. Apologies for the bad audio at parts. We are working on fixing Ian's audio!

In this episode, Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham talk about John Calvin and prayer. They also talk about predestination.