Parker's Pensées

On this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Firestone to talk about Immanuel Kant. Dr. Firestone is a first-rate Kant scholar and he regularly helps me understand what Kant was getting at. In this episode we get into Kant's moral arguments for God and immortality. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and...

On this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Thomas Morris came on to discuss his work of teaching philosophy in and outside of the academy. Dr. Morris has been a pioneer in bringing wisdom to the business world. I hope many more of us can follow in the path he's blazed.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you g...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Dru Johnson to discuss his new book, Biblical Philosophy: A Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments.  Grab his book here: https://amzn.to/3s3IXhC If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the e...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. JT Turner to talk about his work on personal eschatology and his view of human personhood (animalism). It's another good one!  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them in...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ryan Mullins to discuss another one of his papers. This time we are discussing his paper "The Difficulty with Demarcating Panentheism" from Sophia 2016. Initially Dr. Mullins gave his own criteria for how the panentheists might go about demarcating themselves from theism and pantheism, but after a few years he's come to...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Pierce Taylor Hibbs to discuss his book The Speaking Trinity & His Worded World: Why Language is at the Center of Everything. Pierce and I are pretty well aligned when it comes to the Trinity and language as we've both benefitted greatly from the work of Poythress, Frame, and Van Til. This was another really fun episode!  Grab...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Jim Slagle joined me once again to discuss his epistemological skyhook but this time we focused on Plantinga's skyhook, also known as EAAN. Slagle's book, the first full book-length treatment of EAAN comes out soon and you can grab it here:https://amzn.to/2QSa9CWCheck out our previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-0RhoCJgoY&t=16...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I talk with Dr. Chad McIntosh about our shared love of alligator snapping turtles, his particular Social Trinitarian model (which is the best model out there) and his argument for the Trinity from the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR). We discuss a possible defeater to his view often called the "heresy" of "partialism", discuss different types of...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by pastor Paul VanderKlay to discuss his project, the meaning crisis, and how Jordan B. Peterson and C.S. Lewis address the meaning crisis.  Check out Paul's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/paulvanderklay If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parke...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Chase Davis comes on to school me on his new book Trinitarian Formation: A Theology of Discipleship in Light of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Grab the book here: https://amzn.to/2PwEgPI If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Jonathan Pennington to discuss his fascinating new book, Jesus the Great Philosopher. It's a really fun conversation!  Grab Dr. Pennington's book here: https://amzn.to/3bZQFEw If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and inst...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by 2x Greco-Roman wrestling olympian, Jim Gruenwald to talk about his career, the state of the U.S. Greco team, what it means to be a man, a Christian athlete, and Jesus as the perfect example of manhood.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's P...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by philosophy PhD student, Mike DeVito, to talk about a co-authored paper he and Dr. Tyler McNabb just published on the apparent paradox between God's foreknowledge and libertarian free will. They employ James Anderson's MACRUE model in order to explain that even if the two doctrines appear paradoxical we can still be rational in affirmin...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I discuss Dr. Barrett's new book, Simply Trinity, with him and we discuss why eternal generation of the Son does not entail eternal functional subordination of the Son to the Father.  Grab the book here: https://amzn.to/2QeM1KB If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by the hosts of the Free Will Show podcast to discuss the philosophy at play in the Disney+ show, WandaVision. We focus especially on the manipulation and coercion that Wanda exerts and Vision's treatment of the Ship of Theseus paradox.  For more from Matt and Taylor check out their podcast: https://thefreewillshow.com/ If you like t...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I have an awesome conversation with Drs. Thomas Crisp and Tyler McNabb to talk the best version of the evolutionary argument against naturalism first developed by Alvin Plantinga. As many have told me, the best formulation of EAAN is actually Tom Crisp's. He limits the scope of his argument to higher metaphysical beliefs and the cognitive faculties...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I talk with Joe Schmid about one of his recently accepted papers on Edward Feser's Aristotelian proof for God's existence. Joe takes aim at the first half of Dr. Feser's arg and he schools me on potency, actuality, and types of causal chains and regress. We also discuss his favorite reasons for and against God and what it might take for him to move...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once more by my friend, mentor, and C.S. Lewis scholar, Dr. Jerry Root. Jerry gives us the full story of Mere Christianity, its origins and what Lewis intended by it. Jerry is the man. If you like this episode then check out our previous episode on his book, the Neglected C.S. Lewis.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6q6afsDUA&t...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I talk with Dr. James Anderson about two of my favorite concepts: the Simulation Hypothesis and the Authorial Analogy for the God-world relation. Dr. Anderson has been a huge influence on the way I think about these two concepts and I have sought to advance his ideas in several ways. I cannot say enough about him, he is the man and has largely shape...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by my former pastor, Joe Thorn, to discuss theology outside of the academy.  For more from Joe, check out http://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity to discuss his awesome YouTube channel/podcast. We go into the history of it, what he's learned along the way, and what's next for it. We also discuss his favorite apologetic argument and the method which he most closely fits in.  For more from cameron check out https://www.youtube.com/c/...

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Liz Jackson to discuss her recent work on Pascal's Wager. Liz is an absolute beast, but she's also kind and funny. You're going to love this episode.  Check out Liz's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtQ8f0Ws8uZ2mWaI2vFr6Yg If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you g...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Oliver Crisp joins me to discuss two chapters from his book, Analyzing Doctrine. We discuss his particular takes on simplicity and the Trinity and we discuss how they can coherently fit together.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker a...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Robert Covolo to discuss his new book, Fashion Theology. Covolo and I discuss various theologians' takes on fashion throughout the centuries and a bit about what we as modern Christians should think about fashion.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast I'm joined by the executive director of the Reformed Forum, Dr. Camden Bucey. We start off light but then go in deep on the theology of Karl Rahner and Cornelius Van Til as we discuss their significantly different approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity.  Camden mentioned this video of Lane Tipton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vJenzylyJ8 F...