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Protodeacon Patrick Mitchell returns to the show to discuss his new book, Christ as Truth and Truth as Christ. In this conversation, we explore what it truly means that Christ is Truth—not as a concept, not as a feeling, but as a living Person. Protodeacon Patrick helps us unpack the difference between objective truth and the modern world’s obsession with “personal truth,” showing how our understanding of Truth shapes everything from our love for others to our view of the world.
We then examine the five great enemies of Truth—Gnosticism, Romanticism, Anarchism, Nihilism, and Tribalism—each of which distorts the human mind and heart in its own way. Along the way, we discuss the God of Israel, and the temptation to make the self the measure of all things.
This is a deep dive into how Truth, rightly understood, leads us not into ideology or isolation, but into the life of Christ Himself.
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The Counterflow Podcast is a weekly show featuring discussions and interviews with people who are outside of and critical toward mainstream liberal and conservative politics. Counterflow challenges the conventional right/left binary and is concerned with the more important distinction of free vs unfree. The show will feature thinkers from all backgrounds, who do not fit into the narrow framework of fashionable opinion. The show will address cultural and lifestyle issues as well as philosophy and politics. Host Buck Johnson (formerly of The Death To Tyrants Podcast) is a musician and firefighter and has always had an interest and drive to go one way while everyone else runs the other direction.
Protodeacon Patrick Mitchell returns to the show to discuss his new book, Christ as Truth and Truth as Christ. In this conversation, we explore what it truly means that Christ is Truth—not as a concept, not as a feeling, but as a living Person. Protodeacon Patrick helps us unpack the difference between objective truth and the modern world’s obsession with “personal truth,” showing how our understanding of Truth shapes everything from our love for others to our view of the world.
We then examine the five great enemies of Truth—Gnosticism, Romanticism, Anarchism, Nihilism, and Tribalism—each of which distorts the human mind and heart in its own way. Along the way, we discuss the God of Israel, and the temptation to make the self the measure of all things.
This is a deep dive into how Truth, rightly understood, leads us not into ideology or isolation, but into the life of Christ Himself.
Sponsors:
Fox n Sons Coffee: foxnsons.com
Code: BUCK15
Podsworth App: podsworth.com
Code: BUCK50 for HALF off your first order!
Clean up your recordings, sound like a pro, and support the Counterflow Podcast!
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For the official CounterFlow T-shirt, send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address, or order online: counterflowpodcast.com/store
Please consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/counterflow
Visit my website: counterflowpodcast.com
Audio Production by Podsworth Media: podsworth.com
Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!
The Counterflow Podcast is a weekly show featuring discussions and interviews with people who are outside of and critical toward mainstream liberal and conservative politics. Counterflow challenges the conventional right/left binary and is concerned with the more important distinction of free vs unfree. The show will feature thinkers from all backgrounds, who do not fit into the narrow framework of fashionable opinion. The show will address cultural and lifestyle issues as well as philosophy and politics. Host Buck Johnson (formerly of The Death To Tyrants Podcast) is a musician and firefighter and has always had an interest and drive to go one way while everyone else runs the other direction.
