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Can the Saints Hear Our Prayers? | What Early Christians Believed
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- Can the Saints Hear Our Prayers? | What Early Christians Believed · 33 λεπ.How can departed saints hear our prayers, and how could they possibly manage thousands of requests at once? While many assume prayer to the saints is an unbiblical or late…
- Are Ghosts Real? | What the Eastern Church Fathers Teach · 24 λεπ.Are ghosts real, or are apparitions simply demonic deceptions? While Western Christianity and Catholicism traditionally view postmortem souls as immediately departing to…
- Are the Oriental Orthodox Monophysite? | An Orthodox Assessment · 35 λεπ.Are the Oriental Orthodox and non-Chalcedonian churches actually Monophysite heretics? While many assume the Oriental Orthodox heresy is a settled matter of church history…
- The Hidden Truth About Miracles | What the Church Fathers Taught · 37 λεπ.Description Do miracles actually violate the laws of physics or suspend the order of nature? In modern philosophy—from David Hume and Baruch Spinoza to Gottfried Leibniz—a…
- Can You Perceive God? | How We Encounter the Divine Daily · 34 λεπ.Is God imperceptible, accessible only through a blind leap of faith or complex logical inferences?In this episode, Dr. Nathan Jacobs challenges the modern presumption that God is…
- Why Is Mary Called "Mother of God"? | An Orthodox Explanation · 33 λεπ.Why does the Eastern Orthodox Church give the Virgin Mary titles like Theotokos, Ever-Virgin, and Panagia?While these titles can often sound surprising—or even troubling—to…
- Why Realism Contradicts Evolution | Creationism & The Eastern Church Fathers (Part 2) | ft. Nathan Jacobs & Chris Firestone · 1 ώ. 31 λεπ.Are the theories of modern science and Christian theology fundamentally incompatible, or are both sides missing the bigger picture? In part two of his conversation with Dr. Chris…
- How Could the Angels Fall? | Why Satan Turned Against God · 29 λεπ.If the angels existed in the presence of God and beheld His divine glory, how could Satan—or any angel—possibly choose to turn away from Him?We explore what the Eastern Church…
- Does Science Contradict Genesis? | ft. Drs. Nathan Jacobs & Chris Firestone (Part 1) · 1 ώ. 40 λεπ.Must a Christian reject modern science to hold a faithful view of Genesis? In Part 1 of this two-part collaborative episode, Dr. Chris Firestone (The Firestone Files) sits down…
- Why Would God Create Someone He Knows Will Be Damned? · 31 λεπ.If God knows the future, why would He create someone who will ultimately reject Him? This is one of the deepest questions in Christian theology, and one that was asked by a 15…
- Can the Devil Be Saved? | What the Church Fathers Actually Taught · 35 λεπ.Can the devil be saved? While many Christians assume the answer is obvious, the Eastern Church Fathers offer a far more nuanced discussion than most people realize. In this…
- The REAL Reason Movies Go Wrong · 1 ώ. 46 λεπ.Thomas Thorogood interviews Dr Nathan Jacobs about his work on the Amazon series 'House of David', the principles of writing a good story, the role of storytelling in theology…
- Why I Reject Evolution | An Orthodox Christian Perspective · 54 λεπ.In my previous episode, I explored whether the Eastern Church Fathers actually reject the theory of evolution. In this follow-up, I answer a different question entirely: Do I…
- Can You Trust Your Mind | Thomas Thorogood Clip · 27 λεπ.Can we trust our minds to know reality? This clip is taken from Nathan Jacobs' most recent interview with Thomas Thorogood and features a reaction to a discussion between…
- Why I Became Orthodox (Part 2) | Discovering the Church Fathers · 32 λεπ.Part 2 of Nathan Jacobs’ journey into Eastern Orthodoxy. After years of studying philosophy and theology, Nathan began reading the Eastern Church Fathers for the first time. What…
- He Was Making a Horror Film... Until THIS Happened · 2 ώ. 54 λεπ.In this special collaboration episode, Thomas Thorogood sits down with Nathan Jacobs for an in-depth conversation. They dive into Nathan's experience making a horror film, the…
- From Heretic to Orthodox: Everything I Thought About Christianity Was Wrong · 37 λεπ.Why would a philosopher become Orthodox? In this deeply personal episode, Nathan Jacobs shares the story of his journey from a Lutheran upbringing, through philosophy…
- Do the Church Fathers Reject Evolution? · 43 λεπ.Is the theory of evolution truly incompatible with Christianity? Many assume the Church Fathers rejected evolution outright — but is that what they actually taught? In this…
- Are Icons Idolatry? · 38 λεπ.Are the icons actually idols that violate the biblical prohibition on images? In this episode, Jacobs explores the historical debate surrounding this practice, highlighting how…
- From LSD to Orthodoxy: From Artist to Scholar to Filmmaker | ft. Nathan Jacobs & Chris Firestone · 2 ώ. 14 λεπ.What happens when a profound, perspective-shifting experience forces a young artist to completely re-evaluate everything? In this deep-dive, long-form interview, Dr. Nathan…
