Linda Ervine is a language rights activist from East Belfast. She is an Ulster Irish speaker, a supporter of the Gaelic revival, and is the project leader of the "Turas" Irish language project which aims to connect people from Protestant communities to their own history with the Irish language. Turas is operated through the East Belfast Mission of the Methodist Church in Ireland.For more, see:
In this episode. I'm joined by two former guests: Paul Vander Klay and Alec Ryrie. Paul is a popular YouTuber and pastor in the U.S.A. Alec is an historian, author, and speaker.
In the past, Paul and I have spoken a number of times online and I’ve got to spend wonderful times with Paul in Benburb, Galway, and the USA over the last few years. Alec and I spoke once previously about his work on Protestants and the making of the modern world, his book on doubt, atheism, and more. Here, we looked primarily at Alec’s book, The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.
For more, please see:
Paul VanderKlay - YouTubeThe Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It : Alec Ryrie: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Redeemed Zoomer is an American Presbyterian seminarian and a popular YouTuber. He founded Operation Reconquista in 2023.Check him and his work out, here:
Dr Eoin Lenihan is an independent journalist and researcher. Born in the west of Ireland, he grew up in the Celtic Tiger era which shaped his views on politics, culture, and national identity. As a field archaeologist he witnessed first-hand the vandalisation of Ireland’s archaeological landscapes to make way for economic ‘progress’ and foresaw that Irish identity was in existential danger. Lenihan holds degrees in History and Archaeology from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a doctorate in Pedagogy from the University of Augsburg. Focusing primarily on politics today, he has written for a wide range of international news outlets including The Federalist, The European Conservative, Gript, Daily Caller, Quillette, Post Millennial, and has featured on Al-Jazeera and Fox News among others. His peer-reviewed study of Antifa uncovered damning evidence of how Antifa in the US infiltrated the national media and remains the largest empirical study of the group to date. For more, please see:
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https://x.com/EoinLenihan
https://www.youtube.com/@EoinLenihan/videos
Darrow L. Miller is a Christian author and cofounder of the Disciple Nations Alliance, a ministry dedicated to helping churches integrate biblical truth with culture shaping and community development. For more than 40 years, he has worked in international missions and poverty alleviation, including decades with Food for the Hungry, travelling widely in the Global South.
Miller writes with the zeal of a prophet and the practicality of a farmer, arguing that ideas shape societies like seeds shape harvests. His books explore how the Christian worldview forms the soil for human dignity, creativity, and flourishing. Key works include Discipling Nations, LifeWork, and Nurturing the Nations, along with a YouTube channel, a podcast, several booklets and training resources.
He is known for challenging both secular and Christian assumptions about development, insisting that true transformation requires renewed minds, restored communities, and a vision of God’s Kingdom touching every sphere of life.
For more, see:
https://www.youtube.com/ @DiscipleNationsAlliance https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B001JOY19W/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d751749e-ad4f-4313-b9c4-4625e2c47ac5&ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1
https://open.spotify.com/show/3W0EIoXzypH8g8ssJVPcX1
Dr. Gregg Allison serves as Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the U.S.A.. Dr. Allison joined Southern in 2003 from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he taught theology and church history for nine years.He has 18 years of ministry experience as a staff member of Campus Crusade (Cru), where he worked in campus ministry, as well as serving as a missionary in Italy and Switzerland. He also co-pastored a church in Lugano, Switzerland. Gregg is the secretary of the Evangelical Theological Society and currently serves as the book review editor for theological, historical, and philosophical studies, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. Allison is married to Nora and they have three children and ten grandchildren. He is an elder at Sojourn Carlisle Church in Louisville, Kentucky.For more, please see:Gregg R. Allison - The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Dr John H. Walton is an Old Testament scholar. He is Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College and was a Moody Bible Institute professor previously. He specializes in the relationship between religion and science, and the Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds of the Old Testament.Buy his brilliant books, here:Amazon.co.uk: John H. Walton: books, biography, latest updateSee more at Seedbed:
John Walton: Interpreting the Creation StoryCheck out Inspiring Philosophy too:
Louis Markos is Professor in English at Houston Christian University, where he holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities.At Houston Christian University (where he has taught since 1991), Markos offers courses in poetry, including Victorian Poetry and Prose, 17th-century Poetry and Prose, Mythology, Epic and Film. He also teaches classes on Ancient Greece and Rome for HBU’s Honors College along with courses on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Classics.This wonderful new book is available here:Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education: Amazon.co.uk: Markos, Louis: 9781514011300: Books
In this conversation, I’m honoured to be joined by Dr. Alister McGrath – one of the leading voices in contemporary Christian theology and apologetics. We focus especially on his insightful book Why We Believe, exploring how faith, reason, and imagination come together to illuminate human life, purpose, and truth.Dr. McGrath is a professor at Oxford University, an accomplished scientist-theologian, and a prolific author whose work continues to shape Christian thought worldwide. You can learn more about him and access his writings and talks at:https://alistermcgrath.org
Dr Christina Bieber Lake is an American author. Now retired, she was the Clyde S. Kilby professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where she taught classes in contemporary American literature and literary theory. Her books include Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood (University of Notre Dame Press), a book that draws upon theological resources as it investigates, through fiction, the motivations for human enhancement. Prophets of the Posthuman won the 2014 Aldersgate prize for integrative Christian scholarship. She followed this up with the brilliant Beyond the Story: American Literary Fiction and the Limits of Materialism. Dr Bieber Lake frequently contributes essays on fiction, ethics, and film to Books & Culture, Comment Magazine, and The Cresset, as well as scholarly journals. You can read some of her articles here: Christina Bieber Lake - Comment MagazineShe is a frequent contributor to scholarly work on Flannery O'Connor, and her book The Incarnational Art of Flannery O’Connor (Mercer University Press), describes how O’Connor viewed fiction as an ideal way to fight Gnostic dualisms prevalent in American intellectual and religious life. Her work on teaching as a vocation includes The Flourishing Teacher. Learn more at her website, here:https://christinabieberlake.com/
Dr Kevin Jon Vanhoozer is an American theologian and current research professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) in Deerfield, Illinois. Much of Vanhoozer's work focuses on systematic theology, hermeneutics, and postmodern theology.
I've been a fan of Kevin's for many years and was delighted to finally speak to him. I think his work is of utmost importance.
For more, please see:
https://www.kevinjvanhoozer.com/
Kevin J. Vanhoozer - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS)
On My Shelf: Life and Books with Kevin Vanhoozer
Kevin Vanhoozer (@VanhoozerKevin) / X
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NEW BOOK: Mere Christian Hermeneutics --- Kevin Vanhoozer
I'm delighted to be joined in this episode by my friends, Jonathan Pageau and Jason M. Baxter.
Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian icon carver, public speaker and YouTuber exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture. He's also the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal and host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast. For more information and articles on symbolism check out The Symbolic World website linked: thesymbolicworld.com https://www.youtube.com/c/jonathanpageau Jason M. Baxter is a speaker, author, and college professor. In his books and on his Substack (Beauty Matters), he writes about Dante, C.S. Lewis, and the relevance of ancient and medieval beauty for our digital world. He now serves as the Director for the Center for Beauty and Culture, at Benedictine College, in Kansas, U.S.A. Beauty Matters | Jason M Baxter | Substack
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Welcome to More Christ. In this episode, I'm joined by once again by my friend (and one of favourite podcasters) Dr Spencer Klavan.
With a PhD in Classics, Spencer Klavan is a renowned author, and the assistant editor of The Claremont Review of Books and The American Mind at the Claremont Institute.
His writings include, How to Save the West, and most recently Light of the Mind, Light of the World. We explore this latest book in this episode.
Spencer's literary expertise is aided by his knowledge of many languages, including Ancient Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. As a scholar who enjoys exploring how great works of literature provide valuable insights into today's world, Klavan hosts Young Heretics.
Please see his website, where to buy the new book, and some of his excellent articles, here:
https://youngheretics.com/
Aaron Renn is a writer, speaker, and thought leader exploring the intersection of faith, culture, and society. He publishes on Substack under his name, Aaron Renn, where he delves into topics such as Christianity, urbanism, politics, and cultural trends. He is also the founder of The Masculinist, a newsletter addressing contemporary challenges faced by men and the church, offering critical insights into how believers can navigate the complexities of modern society. Aaron Renn's Substack: aaronrenn.com
George Harrell is a seasoned classical educator and the executive director of the George Buchanan Forum.
Please see:
https://kepler.education/t/george.harrell/?full_description=true
https://www.tgbf.org/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-george-buchanan-forum/id1557574254
Adele and Doug Calhoun have decades of experience in caring for the soul. Adele is an author, speaker, retreat leader, pastor, spiritual director, pilgrimage leader, and a certified enneagram trainer. Adele’s sweet spot is giving people tools to help them make space for God in their lives.
Doug is a pastor, spiritual director, pilgrimage leader, a certified enneagram trainer, and has a doctorate in Male Spirituality. Doug’s sweet spot is resourcing pastors, leaders, and individuals in their spiritual journey. Check out their website, here: https://www.calhounministries.org/
This is the second story in my new series of short stories and is a traditional Irish tale. My wife and I recently completed our storytelling course with Storytellers of Ireland, so I decided to take what I have learned and apply those lessons here. Special thanks to my friend, Fr. Ryan Duns, who has allowed me to use his music for this series. He is offering a great service by keeping traditional Irish music alive and bringing it to a new audience. You can listen to his music and follow him here: Ryan G. Duns (Ryan G. Duns, SJ) - YouTube
As always with More Christ, I hope this is for the glory of God and good of Man. I offer a brief 'theology of storytelling' here:
Introducing More Christ Short Stories: A Brief Theology of Storytelling (youtube.com)
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is an American philosopher. She is the Emerita George Lynn Cross Research Professor, as well as Emerita Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, at the University of Oklahoma. She writes in the areas of epistemology, philosophy of religion, and virtue theory.
Please check out Linda's books, talks, and papers. It's well worth the effort:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Linda-Zagzebski/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ALinda+Zagzebski
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UVXHhZGZRRopfoevC95Lg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qaLOflbdSE54DnurmVs03
https://philpapers.org/rec/ZAGWIK
Connie Marshner is the author of the book Monastery and High Cross: The Forgotten Eastern Roots of Irish Christianity. She holds a Master’s degree in Gaelic Literature from University College Cork.
For more and to buy the book, see her website here:
About the Author – Connie Marshner
Séamus Ó Fianghusa, known as ‘Séamus na Gaeilge’ in the Donegal Gaeltacht, is an author and US Army soldier. He is the author of a book on St Jude, patron saint of lost causes, Gaelic culture, and his Catholic faith.
Fr. Conor McDonough is a Dominican priest and a lecturer at the Dominican House of Studies in Dublin and is originally from County Galway. He is a renowned scholar, with degrees from the Universities of Fribourg, Maynooth, and Cambridge, specialising in Theology and Philosophy.
He has also been involved in an exciting YouTube series called Treasure Ireland, focusing on the hidden gems of the history of the Catholic faith in Ireland.
For more, please see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBFYalO4Ws&t=0s
https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/fire-in-the-head-paganism-in-irish-christianity-fr-conor-mcdonough
https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/christianity-and-nationalism-fr-conor-mcdonough-op