Matt, Tom and Paul discuss the Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer, and the book which serves as the basis of the film, American Prometheus, setting it in the context of the dropping of the Bomb on Hiroshima (August 6th) and Nagasaki (August 9th), and the theological and moral implications.
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Oct 17
Sermon: The Victory of Christ Through the Rule of Faith
Paul Axton preaches: Paul's version of Christus Victor is not focused on either the law or the devil, but the defeat of the dynamic of sin, or a way of seeing all things through the mind of Christ or what he calls the rule of faith. (Sign up for the course, Sin and Salvation, tou ... Show More
35m 7s
Oct 12
Jonathan Heaps Describes Chad Pecknold's New Job and the Rise of Catholic Integralism
Jonathan Heaps describes to Paul and Brad the rise among Catholics attempting to take control of government and governmental institutions and like Chad Pecknold, to be the voice for violence in this administration. (Sign up for the course, Sin and Salvation, touching upon the apo ... Show More
1h 25m
Oct 10
Sermon: Paul's Version of Christus Victor
Paul Axton preaches: Romans 7:7ff presents Paul's version of the defeat of sin, which is a deconstruction of the serpent or the devil and the law, and a victory over the dynamics of a deception. (Sign up for the course, Sin and Salvation, touching upon the apocalyptic new hermene ... Show More
33m 36s
Jul 2023
Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”
When the atom bomb was dropped in 1945, how did its inventor, J Robert Oppenheimer, feel? To mark the release of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster Oppenheimer, biographer Kai Bird joins Elinor Evans to discuss the man behind the creation of nuclear weaponry, and the difficult m ... Show More
37m 56s
Sep 2023
Oppenheimer: Birth of the Atomic Age with Kai Bird
<p>If someone else led the Manhattan Project, would it have gone differently? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s film, and the creation of the atomic bomb with biographer Kai Bird.</p><p>For more information about the ne ... Show More
52m 22s
Sep 2024
First-Hand Account of Hiroshima: Before, During, and After the Atomic Bomb Drop
Over the past few years, much has been written and created around Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, but little attention is paid to those whose lives were ended or forever changed when the bombs dropped in Japan.<br><br>In this episode, we delve into the experiences of the < ... Show More
39m 42s