The Parrhesians
by The Parrhesians: Nathanael Devlin and Peter Chace
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The "Scary" CREC with Douglas Wilson
The "Scary" CREC with Douglas Wilson
About this podcast
The Greek word parrhesia means “forthright truth-telling.” One who speaks with parrhesia doesn’t flatter, manipulate, or use rhetorical tricks. He doesn’t massage or bend the truth, and he doesn’t hedge. He’s confident truth is on his side, and he takes moral responsibility for speaking it. Join Nate Devlin and Peter Chace, with their guests, as they offer bold truth and discuss how to be the church in a world possessed by lies.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 37 episodes
- The "Scary" CREC with Douglas Wilson · 1 h 28 min · Season 2 Episode 11Doug Wilson is kinda cool. He knows what it’s like to be the most conservative kid at camp and he’s okay with it. He also knows when it’s time to shout at culture, and when it’s…
- We Are Not the Same: Musings on "The Great Feminization" of Culture (Part 2 of 2) · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 10What's the nature of a witch? To take that which she cannot have and prevent creatures from becoming who they were meant to be. An indispensable moral lesson drawn from the fairy…
- We Are Not the Same: Musings on "The Great Feminization" of Culture (Part 1 of 2) · 1 h 13 min · Season 2 Episode 9Imagine a woman critiquing women who believe women can do everything men can do? Now imagine a woman asserting that women shouldn’t be in every courtroom, graduate seminar, and…
- Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism? · 1 h 32 min · Season 2 Episode 8Martin Bucer was a sixteenth century German Dominican monk who converted to Protestantism. He was a mentor to John Calvin and helped Calvin in his efforts to reform the city of…
- Dr. John Gerstner on John 3:16 | Part 3 · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 8“This is a perishing world. Your neighbors are perishing. Maybe some of you I’m looking at right now are perishing. […] Everyone is either on their way to heaven or on their way…
- Speech, Sight, Sacrifice: Signs of a Healthy Church · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 7In a previous episode, Peter, Pastor Nate, and Kyle discussed how we measure church health and vitality. What does it mean that a church is healthy? What does it look like for it…
- Dr. John Gerstner on John 3:16 | Part 2 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 6This is part two of a three-part series Dr. John Gerstner, long-time professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, gave at Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church in 1984 on the…
- No, You're Unhealthy: Taking Stock of Church Vitality and Effectiveness · 1 h 23 min · Season 2 Episode 5“I told my doctor he was counting my heart rate incorrectly.” You ever heard that before? Yeah, me neither. People who know, know, and we trust them. “It’s all about perception.”…
- Dr. John Gerstner on John 3:16 | Part 1 · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this three-part series, recorded at Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church in 1984, Dr. John Gerstner explores the depths of the riches of John 3:16. But, Dr. Gerstner asserts…
- Who's In Charge Here? · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 3He’s got the whole world in His hands. Your mother. Your girlfriend. Even Kamala. He is the true "Govenator." And He shares His power. He raises His people up and gives them…
- Overseeing Souls in Negative World: An Interview with Joe Rigney on Eldership · 1 h 21 min · Season 2 Episode 2Three rogue elders walk into a Session meeting and slap a folder down. “We have concerns.” They leave it to Session to deal with it. Time passes, and they grow impatient. They…
- Membership in Negative World · 1 h 32 min · Season 2 Episode 1You can’t claim to be a Christian if you don't go to church. Likewise, you can't claim to be a member of Christ's Body if you don't read your Bible. Just call yourself a "pagan,"…
- Special Edition VII - The Finale Part 1 · 1 h 15 minIt's been 18 months since the Presbytery of the Alleghenies formed an Administrative Commission to "help" our church secure the peace, unity, and purity of the congregation. But…
- Special Edition VII - The Finale Part 2 · 1 h 17 minIt's been 18 months since the Presbytery of the Alleghenies formed an Administrative Commission to "help" our church secure the peace, unity, and purity of the congregation. But…
- Resisting Tyranny · 1 h 26 min · Season 1In this special edition of the Parhessian Podcast, Peter, Kyle, and Nate take on the mantle of The Layman as they discuss the recent Presbytery of the Alleghenies meeting held on…
- Conformation · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 12Baptizing babies in the church always leads to the necessity for confirmation. Confirmation is a process by which young men and women learn what it means to be a believer in the…
- Infant Baptism and American Revival · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode of The Parrhedsian Podcast, Peter, Kyle and Nate discuss how a return to the practice of infant baptism may actually be the key to Christian revival, not only in…
- Practice · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 10As Coach Herm Edwards once said (famously)...“You play to win the game.” But you can’t win the game (with all due respect to Allen Iverson) if you don’t practice. Practice is…
- The Sin of Sameness · 1 h 37 min · Season 1 Episode 9When it comes to the church today there is too much sameness. Sameness is a real problem. But what does that mean? What is too much sameness? First, we need to clarify that…
- Freedom · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 8We just recently celebrated the 4th of July, and our country finds itself in an election year where everyone seems to be saying that the fate of democracy is on the line. What…
