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Mysterion
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Two friends. Two pastors. Two theologians explore the greatest questions of life and the mystery of God. In each episode, Dr. Wes Arblaster and Dr. Ethan Smith probe a question of spiritual life in conversation with Scripture and figures from the first 1000 years of the church. In the process they discover that the God Christians worship is more mysterious and compelling than we ever imagined.
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Ignatius: My Love is Crucified
Nov 1, 202100:52:18Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan explore the famous line of Ignatius's and discuss the relationship between worldly desire and the love of God.
Transcribe →Psalms and Commandments: The Unity of Scripture
Oct 18, 202100:27:39Tap to summarizeEthan reflects on the practical and spiritual use of the Psalms and divine commandments in spiritual life. He ends with a brief theological exposition on the unity of Scripture.
Transcribe →Ignatius of Antioch on the Sound of Silence
Oct 11, 202100:39:20Tap to summarizeWes explores the relationship between sound and silence in the spiritual theology of Ignatius of Antioch.
Transcribe →Love in a Time of Apocalypse
Oct 4, 202100:45:52Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan explore Ignatius's teaching on silence and stillness in the face of death and the end of the world. Ignatius points us to Christ's silence as manifest in the Gospels and urges us to be temples of this silence so that we might be capable of love.
Transcribe →Ignatius of Antioch Beyond the Authority of Death
Sep 27, 202100:53:26Tap to summarizeEthan and Wes discuss Ignatius of Antioch as a living exposition of the teachings of Paul the Apostle. That is to say, Ignatius writes as one living beyond the fear of death. This he accomplishes through actively taking up his cross in his journey to martyrdom.
Transcribe →St. Ignatius of Antioch: An Introduction
Sep 20, 202100:36:57Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan introduce the new season and St. Ignatius of Antioch. They discuss how Ignatius can provide a hopeful posture towards our own mortality.
Transcribe →When You Don't Love God
May 24, 202100:49:32Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan end the season by exploring what Origen has to say about the love of Christ and our struggle with it.
Transcribe →The Fragrance of Holiness
May 17, 202100:48:05Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan explore Origen's account the fragrance of the Holy Spirit in the Song of Songs.
Transcribe →The Experience of Spiritual Reading
May 10, 202100:46:42Tap to summarizeWes and Ethan examine Origen's reading of the first verses of the Song of Songs as a guide to spiritual reading.
Transcribe →Singing the Songs of Scripture with Origen
May 3, 202100:30:21Tap to summarizeWes explores Origen's treatment of the 7 songs of Scripture as marking our spiritual journey toward God.
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