4.38 Nicholas Piotrowski, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Gospel Scholarship Pell-Mell: A Critical Review of Jordan Peterson’s The Gospels”

Episode 178
60 Min
August 25, 2025
ABOUT THE EPISODE
This is what happens when the gospels are ripped out of their contexts, psychologized, and discussed by one of the most famous cultural commentators of the day.
Timestamps
  • 00:36 – Intro
  • 03:15 – Any Connection to Jordan Peterson?
  • 06:35 – What Was the Daily Wire Trying to do With These Panel Discussions?
  • 09:11 – Was Something Like This Even Possible a Decade Ago?
  • 11:47 – Is It Helpful to Have All These Scholars?
  • 14:30 – Peterson’s Hermeneutics
  • 17:12 – Allegorical Approaches to Scripture
  • 21:52 – Comparison/Contrast to the Jesus Seminar
  • 24:20 – Defining “Liberal” Readings of Scripture
  • 27:02 – Peterson as a Cautionary Tale
  • 29:33 – Warning of Allegorical Readings and Four-fold Exegesis
  • 31:42 – How Would Dr. Piotrowski Engage in The Panel?
  • 34:22 – How Does the Book Peterson Uses Misdirect the Conversation?
  • 38:09 – Constructively, How Should One Start Approaching the Gospels?
  • 40:51 – What Happens if We Only Read the Gospels and Not the Rest of the Bible?
  • 46:27 – The Gospels are Leading Towards a Purpose in the World
  • 49:15 – The West Tied to Augustine’s ‘City of Man’ & Promotion of Scripture
  • 54:31 – What Would Dr’s. Wellum & Piotrowski Say to Jordan Peterson?
  • 58:28 – Outro
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