Best Mount Vigil Podcasts (2024)

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31 | By Love For Love 56:03

9h ago56:03

56:03

The Trinity is the fountainhead of reality and the mystery at the center of all things. And so it should go without saying (but it often doesn't) that the Church only makes sense when it's explored in terms of the triune God. In this episode, Blaine and Anthony start with the Trinity and survey salvation history to put the life of the Church in con…

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30 | How to Love the Church (aka What's Next for the MV Podcast) 54:50

11d ago54:50

54:50

We're back. In this episode, Anthony and Blaine map out the territory ahead and offer their thoughts on constructive engagement with Church history. In brief: be ecumenical, read like it's your job (wasn't it Aquinas who said "Beware the man of one book?") don't treat anyone (ancient or modern) as stupid, and plan to live differently. Division in t…

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29 | An Announcement from Mount Vigil 15:26

7M ago15:26

15:26

Mount Vigil is going on hiatus; we've wrapped up our two year long Story of God series and we'll be taking the next few months to pray into the future. We're living through the end of an age, as we've said before. That means we're facing unique pressures, and so we need to seek the face of the Lord as ask for His wisdom. We're not quite sure what w…

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28 | Palestine, Israel, and Divisions in the Body of Christ 1:01:46

9M ago1:01:46

1:01:46

In this conversation, Blaine and Anthony share a few thoughts on responding to current events in terms of allegiance to Jesus. The crisis involving Israel and Palestine is a divisive issue, if you hadn't noticed. The good news for us is that the Gospel of Jesus applies to situations exactly like this one and the Church is empowered by the Spirit to…

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27 | The Paradise King Part 1 1:02:24

9M ago1:02:24

1:02:24

Blaine's written a book, folks! It's an epic introduction to Jesus in terms of the story of God. If you've been following MV, this book is for you. From night raids and necromancers to witch kings and dragons, Blaine and Anthony talk through the presentation of Jesus in our time. You can find out more and sign up to get notified when it releases at…

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26 | Apocalypse 1:18:12

10M ago1:18:12

1:18:12

We've spent hours contemplating Revelation. Now it's time to hear the text itself. This will be our acid test: Can our long-term engagement with theology, Church history, and culture transform our experience of the scriptures? Can we see Jesus in the Apocalypse? We hope so. But you'll have to listen and see for yourself. Enjoy this dramatic reading…

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25 | His Government and His Peace - Revelation Part 5 1:12:52

10M ago1:12:52

1:12:52

This is it: the finale of the 5-part series on Revelation, as well as the finale of the 19-part series on the Story of God in the Bible. In this episode, Blaine and Anthony draw together the main threads of the podcast so far: God's design for the cosmos as revealed in Scripture, the nature of evil, and the restoration of all things through Jesus o…

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24 | Beasts and Harlots and Virgins Oh My - Revelation Part 4 1:41:41

11M ago1:41:41

1:41:41

In this series, Blaine and Anthony have argued that Revelation is the theological capstone of the Bible. Nevertheless, because its method of doing theology draws upon the Jewish (rather than the Greco-Roman) tradition, many of its claims go right over the head of modern readers. In this show, Blaine and Anthony drill down on some of the most notori…

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23 | Seven Messages - Revelation Part 3 1:16:05

12M ago1:16:05

1:16:05

“While each church receives a message reflecting its own situation, there is one overarching issue: whether or not to compromise. Specifically, will these churches be faithful witnesses both to Jesus and like Jesus (and John!) by refraining from participation in the cultural norm of pagan religion, including the imperial cult, even if it entails se…

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22 | The Capstone of the Bible - Revelation Part 2 1:03:27

1y ago1:03:27

1:03:27

In this episode, Anthony and Blaine continue their Story of God series by returning to the book of Revelation. Questions discussed in this conversation: How does John use the Old Testament? What is the structure of John's Apocalypse? Who is/are the seven spirits in 1:4? What is going in in John's prologue? We hope you enjoy. Get show notes for this…

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21 | Follow the Lamb - Revelation Part 1 1:09:37

1y ago1:09:37

1:09:37

“Revelation is not only one of the finest literary works in the New Testament, but also one of the greatest theological achievements of early Christianity.” So says New Testament Scholar Richard Bauckham, and yet few of us experience it that way. In this episode, Blaine and Anthony begin a conversation on the literary and theological marvel that is…

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20 | Two Questions at the Mount of Olives - The Return of Christ Part 2 1:27:10

1y ago1:27:10

1:27:10

When it comes to anticipating the return of Jesus, two New Testament texts loom especially large: The Olivet Discourse and the Revelation of John. In this episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss the first: The Olivet Discourse from Matthew 24 and 25. On the Mount of Olives, the disciples ask two questions: when will the temple be razed to the ground, a…

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19 | The Lord Himself Will Come - The Return of Christ Part 1 1:05:11

1y ago1:05:11

1:05:11

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony begin a conversation on the culmination of the Story of God: the bodily return of Jesus and the final marriage of heaven and earth. Subscribe to the Mount Vigil Newsletter at https://mountvigil.org/subscribe. You can make a tax-deductible donation to support the work of Mount Vigil at https://mountvigil.org/donat…

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18 | Praxis Makes Perfect 1:06:26

1y ago1:06:26

1:06:26

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss the everyday life of the people of God. The Church is a glorious reality; on the ground, it is also a gritty reality. The practice of dying to self is not abstract. It looks like loving real people. It looks like owning our sin. It looks like repenting. It looks like leaving church gatherings and then lea…

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17 | Flesh of My Flesh - The Church Part 2 47:50

1y ago47:50

47:50

The Church is the Bride of Christ, and that, more than any other dimension of Church life, is an eschatalogical reality. It is a fact that anchors the purpose of the Church in the bodily return of Jesus and the final union of Heaven and Earth. In this episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss Bridal Theology, sexual ethics, covenant, and the culmination …

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16 | Mysteries of the Kyriakon Doma - The Church Part 1 1:10:33

1+ y ago1:10:33

1:10:33

"If the Church is really supposed to be yours, you'll have to make that much more obvious than it is at present." Joseph Ratzinger, aka Pope Benedict XVI, paraphrasing the temptations of Christ The Church is a vital step in the Story of God. It hearkens back to Eden; it picks up the role of Israel. It is military, and it is political. It recalls th…

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15 | Cloud Rider, Tongues of Fire 1:13:03

1+ y ago1:13:03

1:13:03

In this episode, Anthony and Blaine discuss the Ascension and Pentecost, linking those events as two sides of the same coin in the story of God. In the Ascension, Jesus has anchored our humanity in the heavens. At Pentecost, the Sermon on the Mount and the Old Testament promises of covenant renewal have been fulfilled. Also in this episode: ancient…

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14 | The Carnal Solution - Jesus Part 3 1:02:10

1+ y ago1:02:10

1:02:10

In this episode, Anthony and Blaine discuss suffering, surrender, and incarnate spirituality as Jesus’s solution to the World and the Flesh. This is the third installment in a three-part series on Jesus as the crescendo of the Story of God. Also in this conversation: dying to become human, the devil’s counterfeit power, the spiritual life lived in …

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13 | Siege on Hades - Jesus Part 2 56:19

1+ y ago56:19

56:19

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony continue their conversation on the work of Jesus: How, exactly, does Jesus deal with the problem of spiritual oppression? Why does it matter that Jesus reigns supreme over the council? Where is the gate of hades, and what would it mean for Jesus to build a church there? The life and work of Jesus specifically ove…

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12 | Apocalypse Priest - Jesus Part 1 1:07:24

1+ y ago1:07:24

1:07:24

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony continue their series on the Story of God by arriving, at last, at Jesus. In particular, this show addresses the way in which Jesus deals with sin and death so that the story of Israel, with its law and sacrificial system to manage sin and its prophetic promises to manage death, is brought to its climax. This sho…

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11 | Israel 2:07:07

1+ y ago2:07:07

2:07:07

Why did God choose to create the nation of Israel? How was God's decision to create a people where there was no people part of his plan to deal with sin, death, and spiritual oppression? How does the story of YHWH and Israel prepare humanity for the ultimate revelation of Jesus the Anointed? These are the questions we go after in this next installm…

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10 | Examen 1:06:15

1+ y ago1:06:15

1:06:15

In this special episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss self-examination. Self-examination, or Examen, is a practice that followers of Jesus have used for centuries to see their lives as God sees them, and, therefore, as they really are. The 5 steps of the Examen: 1. Center yourself Place yourself in God’s presence. Give thanks for the gift of this day…

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9 | Down From the Mountain of God 3:00:47

2y ago3:00:47

3:00:47

In this episode we continue our Story of God series by talking about the the Fall, or more accurately the Falls. The falls of mankind and the falls of the powers. We explore the origins of evil in the world, including the first human sin, the role of depraved spiritual powers, and the descent into darkness that forms the backdrop for Jesus' salvati…

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8 | Eden Inception 1:40:18

2y ago1:40:18

1:40:18

We're back from hiatus. In this episode we talk about the big questions: What is the meaning of life? Why did God create us? What are we here for? We talk about how babies are like rainbow trout, regenerative agriculture, Edens within Edens, the trees at both ends of the scriptures, why people are idols, and fractal geometry. Get show notes and lin…

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7 | Ukraine, Empire, and the Kingdom of God 2:05:41

2+ y ago2:05:41

2:05:41

We're interrupting our series on the story of God to talk about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the Church's response to it. Some of the things we cover in this episode: What our fleshly responses and our repentance of those responses looks like How Christians can find solid ground in the midst of a powerful media narrative How the concept of the Di…

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6 | The Powers 1:21:45

2+ y ago1:21:45

1:21:45

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss the spiritual powers described in the Bible: the elohim and the Divine Counsel, angels and demons. The Christian worldview this is not selectively supernatural; it embraces the story as we have received it in scripture, and this conversation explores that story. Get show notes and links at https://mountvi…

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5 | Trinity 1:38:00

2+ y ago1:38:00

1:38:00

This is the first in a series of episodes on the story of God. We've talked about seeing reality as a story, we've talked about Apocalypse or spiritual revelation as to the nature of that story, and in our Endgame episode we talked about what it's like at the end of the story. But exactly what story is it that we're in? Where does it begin and how …

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4 | Endgame 2:34:37

2+ y ago2:34:37

2:34:37

Grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca said that to succeed "you must study the endgame before anything else.” In this episode we talk about endgame, an idea from chess that we extrapolate to answer the question, What is it like to be at the end of a great cosmic war? We begin by following up on the question of apocalypse posed in the previous episode: w…

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3 | The Great Unveiling 1:40:17

2+ y ago1:40:17

1:40:17

Subscribe to the Mount Vigil Newsletter at https://mountvigil.org/subscribe. You can donate to Mount Vigil at https://mountvigil.org/donate. In today's episode we talk about Apocalypse: the word, the genre of literature, the spiritual event. We attempt to develop a nuanced, robust, rounded-out sense of Apocalypse, which means "revelation," a sense …

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242 | Finale 1:00:57

2+ y ago1:00:57

1:00:57

This is it. The final AndSons podcast. In this profoundly heartfelt conversation, Sam and Blaine look back at how this podcast came to be, what this journey has meant to each of them, and how their understanding of success has shifted over the years. This episode, originally a livestream, includes past AndSons podcast guests speaking a blessing ove…

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241 | The Journey 56:19

2+ y ago56:19

56:19

How do you know when it's time to end a good thing? As the AndSons podcast nears its final episode, Sam and Blaine reveal how they knew this was the right moment to bring the series to a close. They also share how beautiful and hard it's been knowing this decision may disappoint others, facing the risk of what's next, grappling with the difference …

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2 | Reality is a Revelation 1:54:50

2+ y ago1:54:50

1:54:50

In this episode, Blaine and Anthony discuss a foundational ability, an ability on which the rest of the Mount Vigil work depends: seeing reality. It’s never been easy to see reality well. But it’s especially difficult in our time: the fallout of postmodernism and critical theory, the rise of nihilism, the divisive strategies of social media giants,…

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BONUS: The Mount Vigil Podcast 1:58:20

2+ y ago1:58:20

1:58:20

Blaine Eldredge introduces an episode of his new venture, The Mount Vigil Podcast. www.mountvigil.orgBy And Sons

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240 | What's Next 26:57

2+ y ago26:57

26:57

The AndSons podcast is drawing to a close but AndSons is NOT ending. In this conversation, Sam and Blaine share what's next for each of them. Sam reveals plans for the future print volumes of the magazine as well as a 2022 live AndSons event that will become a long-term video resource for young men. And Blaine introduces his new focus, named Mount …

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239 | Sage Advice for Your Twenties 57:08

2+ y ago57:08

57:08

The Wild at Heart men's team recently gathered for a new mission—to share insights gleaned from the ups and downs of their twenties. To start the conversation, Sam and Blaine invited the guys over forty (John, Bart, Allen, Morgan, Alex, JD, Justin, and Barry) into the podcast studio one at a time and asked them this question: "Looking back, what do…

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238 | God's Will? 38:48

2+ y ago38:48

38:48

In this listener-requested topic, Sam and Blaine enter the deep waters of how to know the will of God. Most arrive at this question through the problem of pain, the desire to make choices that please God, or seeking his seal of approval on an outcome we want. But what if something more is at play that requires us to ask additional questions? Like h…

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237 | All Good Things 22:44

2+ y ago22:44

22:44

This episode features a big announcement about what's ahead for AndSons. You'll want to find some space to be fully present for this recent live stream where Sam and Blaine share what this new season looks like for them and the future of this podcast series.By And Sons

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236 | Do This, Not That 48:30

2+ y ago48:30

48:30

After more than 230 AndSons podcasts—that's around 14,000 minutes—on practically every topic imaginable, how could anyone distill it all down to a few main points? That was the herculean challenge given to Sam and Blaine. They accepted, and the results may surprise you. They each created a list of "3 Do's and 3 Don'ts" they felt was essential for g…

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235 | The Second Age of the Sorcerer 41:10

2+ y ago41:10

41:10

We live at a crazy moment in human history. The veil of modernity has fallen away and the re-spiritualization of the world is occurring. Once again, people are being drawn to the spiritual side of things. But having one's spiritual senses opened up without allegiance to Jesus and the covering of Christianity is disastrous. The good news is we can l…

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234 | Body and Spirit: Christians as Amphibians 41:14

2+ y ago41:14

41:14

John Eldredge joins Sam and Blaine for this episode of the recent AndSons live stream. It's no secret that humanity is hard-pressed and beat up. But if we're going to recover from the current global trauma and understand the spiritual forces in our world, we need to first realize an essential truth. As Christians, we actually live in two worlds—the…

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233 | Sailors and Squirrels 42:18

2+ y ago42:18

42:18

What do you do in seasons where the things that once brought great joy no longer seem possible? The desire is still there, but the time or perhaps the money isn't. Through the doorway of sailing and yeah, even squirrels, Sam and Blaine offer a message of serious hope. Don't ever stop pursuing what brings you joy. Even when the epic seems out of rea…

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232 | The Sam and Blaine Mixtape 56:07

2+ y ago56:07

56:07

Certain songs have the ability to move you like nothing else, bringing you right back to key moments in life. Sometimes you choose the songs; sometimes they choose you. Either way, music's a potent mix of melody, memory, and emotion. Maybe that's why ancient epics often weren't poems or stories...but songs. In this conversation about music, Sam and…

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231 | Know Your Own Heart 47:15

3y ago47:15

47:15

In this recent AndSons livestream, Sam and Blaine explore the high cost of ignoring our hearts. Yes, the heart is messy and complicated, but it's also the epicenter of our emotions, desires, motives, and experiences. When we become untethered from it and mask our feelings, we open the door to shame, despair, and anger. For those willing and brave e…

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230 | Stasi Eldredge: Captivated by Jesus 45:49

3y ago45:49

45:49

Our souls grow weary from the relentless pace of life filled with non-stop demands for more of us than we have to give. In these times it's hard to remember our treasured times with Jesus...much less how to be captivated by him. Stasi Eldredge joins Sam and Blaine with a much-needed reminder that God is in our longings. She tenderly shows how grief…

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229 | Anxious About Everything 47:06

3y ago47:06

47:06

If you struggle with anxiety, you're not alone. More than 40 million adults struggle with anxiety. It's the most common mental illness in America. But we don't really talk about it, probably because it creates a sense of shame or makes us feel like a failure. Luke Eldredge joins Sam for a conversation to address what's really going on and offer som…

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228 | Dan Allender: Surviving Depression 57:53

3y ago57:53

57:53

In this foundational episode, Sam and Blaine are joined by trauma therapist and bestselling author Dan Allender for this candid conversation about depression and suicide. As an entry into this weighty topic, Sam shares his personal story of wrestling with depression during high school and college—and how that tied to his deep desire to be an advoca…

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227 | Breaking Up is Hard to Do 46:18

3y ago46:18

46:18

A listener recently wrote in asking for a conversation on breaks-up. He was going through a difficult season after the end of a relationship and thought this topic was one most guys could benefit from. We agree. Some of you have been broken up with. Others are in an unhealthy relationship that you need to end. But even if you're single and not curr…

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226 | Discipline Is Not Enough - Part 2 23:40

3y ago23:40

23:40

We tend to measure success by what we get from God. We think our resiliency would improve if we only had what we most wanted. But the only thing that can ever truly satisfy the soul is being with God. In the second half of this series, Sam and Blaine discuss the value and the limitations of discipline and hard work, the power of partnering with Jes…

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225 | Discipline Is Not Enough - Part 1 29:06

3y ago29:06

29:06

When life requires more of us, we tend to buckle down, work hard, and get things done. But discipline alone can never create the mature, transformed man that God is after. Nor can the other extreme—a life of no discipline and resignation. Whether we shut down our hearts or numb it, we miss the very moments where we could experience more of God. Wha…

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224 | Establishing Boundaries 47:11

3y ago47:11

47:11

What are the boundaries of your life and kingdom...and how do you protect them in a world that puts no limits on its right to overrule your time, words, and decisions? In this "back to basics" conversation, Sam and Blaine remind us that we have been given a self by God and, because of that, have the fundamental right for our will to be done in our …

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