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A minimal creed, an ample science, and maximal faith--that is our aim. --P.T. Forsyth

Juan C. Torres & Benjamin Nasmith


    • Dec 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 25 EPISODES


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    [S1|E24]: Kenosmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 50:41


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about Christmas via the famous kenosis passage in Philippians 2, instead of using the traditional Christ birth narratives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E23]: Pascal's Night of Fire!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 23:44


    In this episode, Ben and I discuss Blaise Pascal's night of fire, and the Memorial he wrote and carried with him for the rest of his life… https://ccel.org/ccel/pascal/memorial/memorial.i.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E22]: The Book of Job!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 74:45


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about the book of Job and how it relates to the Gospel message of the New Testament. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E21]: Albert Schweitzer!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 68:39


    In this episode we talk about a giant in modern Protestant theology, Albert Schweitzer. Listen and find out why we consider him to be an exemplary experiential theologian! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E20]: God, the World, and Modern Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 67:04


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about God, the World, and Modern Physics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E19]: Paradox and Experience in Theology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 61:16


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about the role of paradox and experience in theology, using Kiekegaard as a starting point. The book we reference in this episode is ::The Moment Before God:: by Martin J. Heinecken. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E18]: A belated Trinity Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 69:39


    In this episode, Ben and Juan finally talk about the doctrine of the Trinity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E17]: The Treasure of the Gospel of the Glory of Christ in Paul's Jar of Clay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 62:42


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about apocalypticism as the background to Paul's theology, and then apply it to 2 Corinthians 4! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E16]: Paul and the Powers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 61:19


    In this episode, Ben and Juan discuss Paul's work in Ephesus, as portrayed in Acts 19. Ben preached a sermon on this text recently. Here's the link: http://nextchurch.sermon.net/21771102 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E15]: Towards a Christology of Divine Pathos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 51:16


    In this episode, Ben and Juan continue their conversation on a theology of divine pathos, applying it now to the realm of Christology. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E14]: Towards a Theology of Divine Pathos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 42:33


    In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about developing a theology of divine pathos using Abraham Heschel's masterful book The Prophets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E13]: Discussion on 1 Corinthians 1-2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 73:55


    In this episode, Ben and Juan read and discuss their way through one of their favorite Pauline texts: 1 Corinthians 1-2. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E12]: Responsibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 68:44


    In this episode, Ben and Juan discuss chapter 3 of Martin Hägglund's This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E11]: Love, Secular and Religious

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 58:02


    In this episode, Ben and Juan continue their discussion of the book This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. This time they focus on the subject of love as dealt with in the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E10]: Time and Eternity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 50:25


    In this episode, Ben and Juan discuss the concepts of time and eternity, in the context of human love and mourning, using chapter one of Martin Hägglund's This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E9]: Secular Faith vs Religious Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 41:51


    In this episode 9, Ben and Juan talk about the introduction to This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom by Martin Hägglund, an excellent book we hope to entice all our readers to pick up and read. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E8]: The Distinctive Thing in Christian Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 35:34


    In this episode Ben and Juan talk about this P.T.Forsyth essay from 1908: https://experientialtheology.hcommons.org/archives/169 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E7]: Religion Private and Public

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 64:38


    In this episode, Ben and Juan loosely discuss the central insights of P.T.Forsyth on the subject of Religion as private and public, as found in the two articles below. https://archive.org/details/PTFConversionGood https://archive.org/details/PTFConversionGood --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E6]: P.T.Forsyth on the Eucharist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 40:27


    In this episode we talk about the central insights we found in P.T.Forsyth's “Sacramentalism the True Remedy for Sacerdotalism.” https://pmoser.sites.luc.edu/ptforsytharchive/ForsythSacramentalismNasmith1898.pdf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E5]: Bible Reading Tips

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 47:20


    In this episode, Juan and Ben share some bible reading tips. A timely episode given the fact that lots and lots of Christians recommit to reading scripture in the new year upon us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E4]: The Atonement in Modern Religious Thought—Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 47:08


    In this episode, Juan and Ben finish their discussion of P.T.Forsyth's observations on the Atonement, using an essay he published in 1907. https://experientialtheology.hcommons.org/archives/category/pt-forsyth/articles-pt-forsyth --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E3]: The Atonement in Modern Religious Thought--Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 52:01


    In this episode, Ben and Juan go over some of P.T.Forsyth's observations on the Atonement, using an essay he published in 1907. https://experientialtheology.hcommons.org/archives/category/pt-forsyth/articles-pt-forsyth --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E2]: Revelation & the Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 33:51


    In this episode, Juan and Ben discuss P.T. Forsyth's “Revelation and the Bible.” PDF/EPub/Kindle available here: https://experientialtheology.hcommons.org/archives/171 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    [S1|E1]: Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 32:48


    In this episode, Ben and Juan introduce themselves and share a few introductory remarks with regard to Experiential Theology. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

    Experiential Theology Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 0:57


    Preview of what is to come in the podcast: “A minimal creed, an ample science, and maximal faith—that is our aim.” —P.T.Forsyth --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

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