Gnosticism
233At the Right Hand of the Father
5 Jan 2026
11:12¶ 35
“I mentioned last time, and I did not look it up to see who it was, but there was some weird sect in Christianity…”
11:59¶ 39
“Yes, and that’s the danger here, to think this is a spiritual thing in a Greek Platonic sense – that is, a non-material, non-temporal…”
11:45¶ 37
“For those of you who are new to this, this is the Gnostic bell, which we will ring frequently, it seems, anytime Gnosticism sticks…”
215The Life of John the Baptizer
21 Apr 2025
27:07¶ 96
“The Gnostic gospels speak of Jesus as a child making doves out of clay, then animating them, giving them life. There are other Celtic…”
28:37¶ 98
“You see, he had to be wasting away because of Gnosticism. If he were actually to eat food and get three square meals a…”
212The Best and Worst of Christmas Carols
10 Mar 2025
43:18¶ 145
“There are a couple hymns that are like this where we’re asking Jesus to do what he must have already done if we’re even…”
44:06¶ 149
“When I think of Gnostic Christmas carols, that’s the second one on my list because of not only the words but also the feeling…”
40:54¶ 132
“I went in search of the Gnostic bell on purpose so that we could talk about “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem,” which I actually…”
211It's a Musical
24 Feb 2025
6:02¶ 25
“Compare this or contrast this to something that might come out of a gnostic form of worship. Ladies, I’m going to let you jump…”
6:32¶ 26
“Maybe the first two verses. “My soul is magnifying the Lord. My spirit is rejoicing.” I could see those first two being more focused…”
6:56¶ 28
“No, funny enough. And she as a woman is going to be called blessed for actually physically carrying and bearing a child is very…”
201Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Ethics according to Plato
5 Aug 2024
13:01¶ 37
“Some of the Gnostic heretics later identify the demiurge with the God of the Old Testament. He was allowed to do stuff like that,…”
26:39¶ 77
“I was just listening to a podcast and reading a book that is discussing how all of the modern trends that we’re seeing are…”
28:20¶ 81
“I’m just going to throw out that I feel like my personality is anti-Gnostic. The Gnostics are like, “Oh, we’ve got to preserve the…”
175Be Fruitful and Multiply
11 Jan 2024
10:22¶ 30
“But that of course is what we’re talking about. I mentioned that to my class and they all chimed in, “Gnosticism!” because that’s what…”
10:46¶ 31
“God is spirit and we have spirits, so that’s where it all meets, right? If we bear the image of God, and if we’re…”
11:28¶ 34
“No, just that. We as souls stand in the presence of God and that’s salvation. It’s no wonder that so many young men find…”
135Conspiracy Theory
12 Sep 2022
10:37¶ 38
“Christianity in that sense is not an esoteric secret religion where only a few people know the secret ins and outs, the secret handshakes,…”
92An Unlikely Hero - Fantasy
15 Nov 2021
14:09¶ 54
“It’s also interesting that you get some people and they sort of incidentally accidentally stumble into we hope unintentional Gnosticism and basically say, “Well,…”
15:24¶ 58
“Yeah, so the Greeks created the Demiurge, the lesser God who did all that gross stuff. He looked into the realm of Platonic form…”
15:22¶ 57
“We’re forgetting that’s the Demiurge’s fault.”
79The Promised Land
16 Aug 2021
41:40¶ 147
“No Gnosticism. We’re not emphasizing the Spiritual reality – and Spiritual here is capitalized. We’re emphasizing the work and presence and power of the…”
41:57¶ 148
“We’re not leaving the world behind. We’re not turning the promises into phantom ghostly things. We’re simply grabbing it all for Jesus – not…”
26:43¶ 92
“It is easy, and the Church has sometimes done this, to say, “Well, the Promised Land is heaven, so yeah, he gets heaven.” No,…”
57The Economics of Sacrifice
31 Jan 2021
32:48¶ 107
“A Gnostic theology will not understand this. “These are all worldly things. What matter they to us? They can all perish. All that matters…”
8:24¶ 21
“Wouldn’t that be kind of Gnostic?”
8:29¶ 22
“Yes, but we’re good at Gnosticism in America. Here’s the passage from Isaiah 58:”
52Penitence and Restitution
27 Dec 2020
20:29¶ 71
“Because we’re dealing in outward things. We’re punishing the body so that the soul can rise up and return to the kind of right…”
20:19¶ 69
“But honestly, Bryan, I was expecting you to invoke your famous, “Wait, Gnosticism!” here.”
51Prophecy and the Ten Commandments
20 Dec 2020
22:52¶ 80
“There have been a number of times in church history where theologians or would-be theologians have gotten the idea that the Old Testament doesn’t…”
23:26¶ 81
“There have been various sects within or near-unto Christianity who have tried to reject the Old Testament in total because of that. That was…”
46Faithful Witness
15 Nov 2020
21:38¶ 80
“That whole “do your research thing” also is an interesting bit of – I really hope I don’t become known as the guy on…”
21:58¶ 83
“Because every time you talk with one of those kinds of people online, they’re like, “Uh, I don’t have the time or patience to…”
30Repairing the Timeline
26 Jul 2020
35:32¶ 125
“But then perhaps finally, there is the danger of a latent Gnosticism in Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the heart, the mind, the spirit, the…”
36:16¶ 126
“You can understand why people would go there. I would hope we can also understand why that’s not a good place to go, because…”
44:59¶ 149
“So we’re back to hermeneutics, to the dangers of Gnosticism, the danger of pretending that God can’t, won’t, or doesn’t count, that he won’t…”
25Resurrection and the Cult of the Dead
21 Jun 2020
14:51¶ 41
“Hmm, about that. I’ve been talking recently with several people about just how prevalent Gnostic-like ideas are. This one is less Gnostic than you…”
15:23¶ 42
“It predates Gnosticism, but it’s the same idea.”
15:26¶ 43
“Or it influenced Gnosticism.”
12OOPArts, Social Theory, and Progress
22 Mar 2020
30:26¶ 112
“Exactly. But in terms of social theory and in terms of eschatology in particular, Gnosticism is a dead end because the cosmos, the material…”
30:23¶ 111
“Which is specifically what the Gnostics taught.”
35:44¶ 123
“It’s not something esoteric or gnostic. It’s something very, very practical and real. Even things that aren’t image-bearers will be used for your sanctification,…”