The Theology and Ethics Podcast of The Kirkwood Center is a place for those who are committed to thinking theologically about every aspect of life. We engage with Christian scholars on topics of biblical and systematic theology, philosophy of religion, church history, politics and ethics. The Theology and Ethics Podcast is a resource for pastors and church leaders to further their own studies and help the Christian who is committed to engaging fruitfully with the culture around them.
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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:07:14
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Joshua Farris & Carl Teichrib) discuss the essentials of the rising threat of…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:13:10
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Joshua Farris & Carl Teichrib) discuss the essentials of the rising threat of…
Aug 31, 2026 · 39:36
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 7 of a series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris) discuss the…
Aug 26, 2026 · 1:36:18
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Bethel McGrew & Owen Anderson) discuss Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, whether…
Aug 21, 2026 · 1:24:13
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guest Owen Anderson) discuss Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and whether the film…
Jul 1, 2026 · 1:54:41
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this live episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Emily Stevens, Mihretu Guta & Finney Premkumar) discuss what AI is and isn’t,…
Jun 3, 2026 · 1:22:45
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 6 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
May 21, 2026 · 1:10:58
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (and guests Tim Milosch & Keith Pavlischek) discuss the Iran war, and particularly push back…
May 12, 2026 · 1:06:36
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (and guest Doug Axe) discuss the film The Story of Everything, and Axe’s contribution to the…
May 4, 2026 · 1:55:47
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (and guest Stephen Meyer) discuss intelligent design and the many misunderstandings about its…
Apr 13, 2026 · 1:13:20
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center team discusses Phil Vischer’s podcast and the problematic rise of “Creeds-Only Christianity” in…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:40:36
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 5 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
Mar 23, 2026 · 2:43:57
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Tim Milosch & Keith Pavlischek) discuss just war theory, pacifism, and the current…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:20:44
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guest Ryan Mullins) discuss the question of why God created at all, and since he did, why…
Mar 2, 2026 · 2:05:26
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 4 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:00:52
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Owen Anderson & Stacey Skankey) discuss Owen’s legal case against the university…
Feb 16, 2026 · 1:54:27
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 3 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:47:15
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 2 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
Jan 26, 2026 · 1:45:12
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (& guest Chris Date) discuss annihilationism as a view in competition with eternal conscious…
Jan 20, 2026 · 2:03:13
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode (Volume 1 of a 6-part series on modern Paganism) the Kirkwood Center Team (& guests Carl Teichrib & Joshua Farris)…
Jan 12, 2026 · 1:13:12
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team dives deeper into the mind of Peter Thiel via an article he co-authored for First Things. If you’d like to…
Dec 29, 2025 · 1:05:32
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest C.R. Wiley) discuss Peter Thiel’s unique ideology and views regarding armageddon, the…
Dec 15, 2025 · 1:25:27
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the recent phenomenon of a notable rise in Bible sales, and some recent news about Kirk Cameron’s…
Nov 24, 2025 · 1:20:25
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the recent controversy around Biola University, and public discourse expressing concern for…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:46:34
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the true roots of modern transgenderism, a threefold philosophical assumption that has been…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:05:49
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the origins, history, and theological effects of the famous witch trials. If you’d like to get in…
Oct 13, 2025 · 51:40
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team revisits comments from Roger Olson regarding the Trump administration’s cutting of USAID, and the dangerous…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:00:56
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guests Owen Anderson & Corey Miller) discuss the horrifying assassination of Charlie Kirk, the…
Sep 17, 2025 · 1:26:10
PODCAST SHOWNOTES Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the horrifying assassination of Charlie Kirk and his legacy, the political…
Sep 8, 2025 · 1:38:11
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest David Wolcott) discuss Anthony’s back and forth with Randal Rauser, and the many pitfalls of…
Aug 25, 2025 · 51:42
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Mark Saucy) discuss the modern state of Israel, the current conflicts in the region, and the…
Aug 11, 2025 · 50:33
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Mark Saucy) discuss the state of the church in Ukraine. Mark Saucy and his family served as…
Jul 28, 2025 · 1:50:57
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses Superman 2025, a new comic book movie adaptation courtesy of director James Gunn. We’ll discuss…
Jul 14, 2025 · 1:44:19
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Brent Lyons) discuss Kierkegaard’s extraordinary theology of anxiety, and its practical…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:50:21
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guests Dr. Doug Geivett and Holly Pivec discuss the New Apostolic Reformation, its prominent members,…
Jun 16, 2025 · 50:56
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Dr. Casey Luskin) discuss new findings in the world of common ancestry, and what it means for…
Jun 2, 2025 · 1:17:39
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Dr. Ed Echeverria) discuss the new Pope Leo XIV, where he came from, and whether he will carry…
May 19, 2025 · 50:22
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the role of doctrine within Christianity, and the dangers of abandoning it. If you’d like to get…
May 5, 2025 · 1:44:06
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Dr. John West) discuss the “stockholm syndrome Christianity” phenomenon, why it’s happening, and…
Apr 28, 2025 · 1:10:28
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Ed Echeverria) discuss the legacy of Pope Francis, and what’s coming next. Eduardo J. Echeverria…
Apr 21, 2025 · 2:10:25
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guests Doug Geivett & Danny Vargas) discuss deliverance ministries, demonization, and the biblical…
Apr 15, 2025 · 49:30
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the Harry Potter series, revisits the 90s parent panic about it, and dives into the larger…
Apr 7, 2025 · 33:57
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Prashanth Daniel, founder of Reasonable Truth) discuss the return of Paganism in culture, and…
Mar 31, 2025 · 46:50
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Tim Milosch) discuss how we can apply just war theory and biblical thinking to the war in…
Mar 24, 2025 · 41:18
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Tim Milosch) discuss just war theory, and whether Christians have any biblical basis for…
Mar 17, 2025 · 55:20
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Harry Edwards) discuss global missions, how Christianity gets the Great Commission wrong, and…
Mar 10, 2025 · 50:52
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics Podcast from the Kirkwood Center! In this episode, the KC team discuss Christian morality in government policy, sparked by Vice President J.D.…
Mar 3, 2025 · 1:32:19
Greg Ganssle has been thinking about the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary scholarship for over thirty years. He earned his doctorate in philosophy from Syracuse…
Feb 24, 2025 · 1:23:49
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics Podcast from the Kirkwood Center! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Bethel McGrew) discuss accusations that Christian apologists…
Feb 17, 2025 · 42:21
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest J. Michael Thigpen) discuss the Documentary Hypothesis, its implications, and its problems. If…
Feb 10, 2025 · 39:07
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Owen Anderson) discuss the recent controversy around Bishop Budde and its implications for the…
Feb 3, 2025 · 47:24
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics and Podcast, Dr. Michael Thighpen, OT scholar at Phoenix Seminary, discusses the second commandment, the biblical understanding of…
Jan 27, 2025 · 47:39
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics and Podcast, Dr. Michael Thighpen, OT scholar at Phoenix Seminary, discusses the idea of divine retribution in the Old Testament. Does…
Jan 20, 2025 · 1:06:14
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics Podcast from the Kirkwood Center! In this episode, the KC team discusses a recent trend of young men becoming Eastern Orthodox. If you’d like to…
Jan 13, 2025 · 1:11:41
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team discusses the modern definition of evangelical, and how this group is interacting with modern politics,…
Jan 6, 2025 · 1:44:09
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and Dr. Joshua Ryan Farris) talk about a recent book “The Origins of the Soul” which lays out five…
Dec 30, 2024 · 1:18:38
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the KC team (and guest Dr. John Bloom) discuss the nature of science, and how modern science misunderstands its own…
Dec 23, 2024 · 49:13
Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center team discusses the common misconception that the date of Christmas was based on a pagan, Roman…
Dec 16, 2024 · 57:53
In this podcast, we talk with researcher, author and speaker, Carl Teichrib, on the aggressive anti-life MAID laws in Canada. Are western nations like Canada intent on depleting…
Dec 9, 2024 · 1:10:37
In this podcast, we discuss the authorship of the Gospels with PhD candidate and NT scholar Wes Huff. Is the traditional authorship of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John still tenable…
Dec 2, 2024 · 1:11:54
In this podcast, we interview Carl Teichrib, an expert researcher in New-Age Spirituality, Neopaganism, the Occult and Witchcraft, who visits one of the most infamous new-age…
Nov 25, 2024 · 1:14:09
In this episode we talk to CR Wiley about his upcoming book "St. Antony's Guide to Your Best Life Now," which looks at the life of St. Antony the desert father as a way for…
Nov 18, 2024 · 1:27:06
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, the Kirkwood Center team breaks down what's ahead for a second term of Trump's presidency. What does a second Trump term mean…
Nov 9, 2024 · 1:05:05
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, the Kirkwood Center team (Dr. Darren Guerra, professor of Political Science at Biola University, Logan Zeppieri, Claremont…
Nov 4, 2024 · 35:33
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, we sit down with Bethel McGrew (formerly “Esther O’Reily”) to talk about Megan Basham’s bombshell book: Shepherds for Sale ,…
Oct 28, 2024 · 1:18:20
In this episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast, we sit down with Bethel McGrew (formerly “Esther O’Reily”) to talk about Megan Basham’s bombshell book: Shepherds for Sale ,…
Oct 21, 2024 · 48:57
In this episode, the Kirkwood Center team discusses the role of Halloween and Horror in our culture. Is Halloween too pagan for Christians to celebrate, or does it still have a…
Oct 14, 2024 · 54:11
In this Roundtable, Lenny Esposito (Come Reason Ministries), Logan Zeppieri (Claremont Institute) and Tony Costello (Kirkwood Center) discuss the role of politics in contemporary…
Oct 7, 2024 · 40:21
In part 2 of this podcast, Dr. Carl Mosser, an expert in Mormon theology discusses the Mormon doctrine of God and how Mormons tries to answer the Problem of Evil and Suffering.…
Sep 30, 2024 · 1:18:42
In part 1 of this podcast, Dr. Carl Mosser, an expert in Mormon theology, discusses the Mormon doctrine of God and how Christians can respond to Mormon claims. Carl Mosser (PhD,…
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