Wondering if you are making headway with the second part of "Are the Eastern Fathers Panentheists". I hugely enjoyed the first episode, but it's a bit of a cliff hanger.
Yep, that one is in the queue. There are a number of cliff hangers that I need to finish up after my Leibniz book -- the panentheism piece, Calvin on apostasy, the Mariology one, and the predestination series. All in good time.
I’d like to hear you address more our “passions.” I’m a little confused, how are our passions different from our desires? Are our passions inherently and necessarily wrong, do they lead us to sin by definition? Or, are they like our desires in that the same desire can be used for good or bad depending on what we do with them? How do our desires fit with the Eastern creation narrative? It seems like I’ve heard you (maybe others?) refer to them as our “animal passions.” Do non-human animals have desires and passions or passions only? It’s my understanding that our passions are outside of us and act upon us, is that what differentiates them from our desires? Are we bound to obey our passions but not our sinful desires? It seems to me that my capacity for theosis depends at least partially on my control over my passions and desires, is that correct? How does one achieve this lofty goal? I bet you can get at least three podcast episodes out of all these questions!
Wondering if you are making headway with the second part of "Are the Eastern Fathers Panentheists". I hugely enjoyed the first episode, but it's a bit of a cliff hanger.
Yep, that one is in the queue. There are a number of cliff hangers that I need to finish up after my Leibniz book -- the panentheism piece, Calvin on apostasy, the Mariology one, and the predestination series. All in good time.
I’d like to hear you address more our “passions.” I’m a little confused, how are our passions different from our desires? Are our passions inherently and necessarily wrong, do they lead us to sin by definition? Or, are they like our desires in that the same desire can be used for good or bad depending on what we do with them? How do our desires fit with the Eastern creation narrative? It seems like I’ve heard you (maybe others?) refer to them as our “animal passions.” Do non-human animals have desires and passions or passions only? It’s my understanding that our passions are outside of us and act upon us, is that what differentiates them from our desires? Are we bound to obey our passions but not our sinful desires? It seems to me that my capacity for theosis depends at least partially on my control over my passions and desires, is that correct? How does one achieve this lofty goal? I bet you can get at least three podcast episodes out of all these questions!