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Trinity Forum Conversations

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  • Trinity Forum Conversations is a podcast exploring the big questions in life by looking to the best of the Christian intellectual tradition and elevating the voices, both ancient and modern, who grapple with these questions and direct our hearts to the Author of the answers. We invite you to join us in one of the great joys of life: a conversation among friends on the things that matter most.
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  • Towards a Better Christian Politics

    Towards a Better Christian Politics
    May 14 2024
    The relentless pull and pressure of partisan antagonisms and tribalism have fractured friendships, families, communities — and churches. In a time of conflict over what is good and confusion over what is true, what can church leaders do to cultivate a more faithful form of civic engagement? How can we learn to discern the call to love and justice amidst the clamor of political wars?On our latest podcast, three wise men, as Cherie affectionately calls them, address these pressing questions. Curtis Chang, David French, and Russell Moore are each writers, scholars, and thinkers who have made courageous and insightful contributions towards a better Christian politics and we’re delighted to share their comments from an evening conversation in 2023 with you:“Be of great hope. Because the after party is coming…It's the wedding feast of the lamb when Jesus returns to cleanse his church, made spotless. And in that moment, the restoration not of the church, but of the world at war where the swords are beaten into plowshares, the spears into pruning hooks. That's the after party that's coming. So if you know how the story ends, how can we not have great hope? - Curtis ChangThis podcast is an edited version of an evening conversation recorded in early 2023. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Curtis Chang, David French, and Russell Moore.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:Divided We Fall, by David FrenchThe Courage to Stand, Facing Your Fear Without Losing Your Soul, by Russell MooreOnward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel, by Russell MooreThe Storm Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home, by Russell MooreLosing our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical Christians, by Russell MooreThe Anxiety Opportunity, by Curtis ChangErnest HemmingwayThe Big Sort, by Bill BishopCass SunsteinConstitution of Knowledge, by Jonathan RauchThe Moviegoer, by Walker PercyThe Righteous Mind, by Jonathan HaidtHigh Conflict, by Amanda RipleyRelated Trinity Forum Readings:The Federalist PapersCity of God, by Augustine of Hippo
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • A Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf

    A Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf
    Apr 30 2024
    A Life Worth LivingWhat makes a good life? What habits of attention, reflection, and action orient us towards knowing, desiring, and doing what is good, true, and beautiful? Such “big questions” may seem unanswerable and intimidating — but their exploration is at the heart of the human quest for meaning.Drawing on his popular Yale course, theologian Miroslav Volf joined us to reflect on what makes for a flourishing life in our times:“You realize that there are things that are much more important. I mean this is the life of fullness. This is his life of weight. [It is the] arduous life that is, in fact, the truly happy life.Despite the real challenge of human suffering and pain, Volf argues that happiness is possible and that an examined life that grapples with the good in our emotions, circumstances, and actions is a life worth living.This podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in early 2024. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Miroslav Volf.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:Exclusion and Embrace, by Miroslav VolfLife Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most, by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-LinzFriedrich NietzscheRelated Trinity Forum Readings:Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor FranklOn Happiness, by Thomas AquinasBrave New World, by Aldous HuxleyHow Much Land Does a Man Need, by Leo TolstoyWrestling with God, by Simone WeilRelated Conversations:A New Year With The Word with Malcolm GuiteMusic, Creativity & Justice with Ruth Naomi FloydPursuing Humility with Richard Foster and Brenda QuinnReading as a Spiritual Practice with Jessica Hooten WilsonWalking as a Spiritual Practice with Mark BuchananMaking as a Spiritual Practice with Makoto FujimuraConnecting Spiritual Formation & Public Life with Michael WearThe Kingdom, the Power & The Glory with Tim AlbertaTo listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum SocietySpecial thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.
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    33 mins
  • The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory with Tim Alberta

    The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory with Tim Alberta
    Apr 16 2024

    The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory with Tim Alberta


    American Christians are certainly not immune to the anger, division, and fear that characterize our political moment. For many, the prospect of another election year is a source of dread or of numb exhaustion; others have responded with aggression or defensiveness.

    On our podcast, author and journalist Tim Alberta encourages us toward a better media diet, and to remember where our true allegiance lies:

    “I would pray alongside of you that in our political and civic engagement, no matter who it is that we ultimately vote for, no matter what policies we support, that our allegiance is never to the Donkeys or to the Republicans. Our allegiance is never to a political figure.

    “We have a king, we have a kingdom, and the best way for us to retain our saltiness is to prioritize that allegiance and that allegiance alone.”

    We hope this conversation, coming in a heated election year and at a time of great political import for our nation, is, in fact, a kind of spiritual balm to you. May Tim’s guidance help us to retain our distinctiveness as we engage in the public square for the common good.


    This podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in early 2024. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Tim Alberta.


    Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:

    American Carnage, by Tim Alberta

    The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta

    Rush Limbaugh

    Robert Jeffress


    Related Trinity Forum Readings:

    Children of Light and The Children of Darkness, by Reinhold Niebuhr

    City of God, by Augustine

    Politics, Morality and Civility, by Václav Havel


    Related Conversations:
    A New Year With The Word with Malcolm Guite
    Music, Creativity & Justice with Ruth Naomi Floyd
    Pursuing Humility with Richard Foster and Brenda Quinn
    Reading as a Spiritual Practice with Jessica Hooten Wilson
    Walking as a Spiritual Practice with Mark Buchanan
    Making as a Spiritual Practice with Makoto Fujimura
    Connecting Spiritual Formation & Public Life with Michael Wear


    To listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum Society


    Special thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.
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    42 mins
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