The Perspectivalist

Season 7, Episode 5: A Brief Case for the Church Calendar

Welcome to the Perspectivalist. Our aim is to offer a perspective of the world shaped by the normativity of Scripture. In this episode, we explore a simple but profound question: time is never neutral, so who is ordering yours? As we enter Holy Week, we consider how the Church Calendar forms our loves, shapes our imagination, and anchors us in the story of Christ. Rather than beginning with arguments, we offer a vision, a way of inhabiting time that trains us to wait, repent, feast, and rejoice in the life of Jesus.

Season 7, Episode 4: Heavenly Lights and Earthly Rule (Review of "Through New Eyes")

In this episode of The Perspectivalist, we explore how the Bible teaches us to see the world rightly by beginning with Scripture rather than modern assumptions. While modern man looks at the heavens and sees only physics and expanding galaxies, the Bible invites us to see purpose, meaning, and authority. Drawing from Genesis 1 and insights from James Jordan’s Through New Eyes, we consider how the sun, moon, and stars are not merely physical objects but covenantal signs. They are given to rule, to mark time, and to reflect God’s authority over creation. Throughout Scripture, heavenly bodies symbolize governance, kingship, and divine order, shaping how we understand both worship and politics. We also examine how prophetic language about darkened suns and falling stars is not about the collapse of the physical universe, but about God’s judgment on earthly kingdoms. From Babylon to Israel, this symbolic language reveals how God raises up and tears down rulers according to His purposes. Finally, we reflect on what this means for us as Christians. We are called to recover a biblical vision of the world, one that sees creation not as mere mechanism, but as a theological reality filled with meaning. The heavens declare not only light, but glory. And when we learn to see this way, we begin to understand all of life under the lordship of Christ.

Season 7, Episode 3: Bitcoin, Ethics, and the Theology of Money with Jordan Bush

In this episode of The Perspectivalist, Uri Brito sits down with Jordan Bush to explore a deeper question behind today’s financial debates: What should money be? This conversation moves beyond investing strategy and into theology, ethics, and anthropology. Money, they argue, is not neutral. It shapes trust, power, authority, and social structures. Throughout Scripture, honest scales, just weights, and protection of the vulnerable reveal that how a society structures its money affects how it treats its people. Jordan shares how his time ministering in Uruguay among Venezuelan immigrants exposed him to the devastating effects of currency collapse and hyperinflation. Churches, families, and businesses saw years of savings erased through monetary debasement. That experience led him to study the ethics of money production and eventually Bitcoin. The discussion traces the history of money—from gold and silver to fiat currency—and considers Bitcoin as a digital form of scarcity designed to resist inflation and centralized control. Gold and silver historically functioned as stable money because of their durability, scarcity, and trustworthiness. Fiat currency, by contrast, can be expanded at will, often benefiting governments and financial elites at the expense of ordinary people. Bitcoin attempts to combine the scarcity of precious metals with the portability and digital nature of modern currency. With a fixed supply of 21 million coins, it operates outside direct governmental control, raising important questions for Christians about limits, authority, stewardship, and economic justice. The episode also addresses Bitcoin’s volatility. Jordan explains that price swings are normal in emerging technologies and compares Bitcoin’s market cycles to seasons in agriculture or stages of human maturity. For long-term holders, volatility is not necessarily a sign of failure but part of a developing monetary network. The episode concludes with a brief discussion of Jordan’s children’s book, The Orange Umbrella—a story that introduces the themes behind Bitcoin without ever mentioning it directly. This is not merely a conversation about cryptocurrency. It is a theological reflection on money, trust, power, and the kind of economic systems that best reflect biblical principles.

Season 7, Episode 2: Christ Over Every Crown: Sphere Sovereignty and the Limits of the State

Perspectivalist Podcast — Season 7, Episode 2 In this episode, Uri Brito speaks with Pastor Levi Secord about the modern crisis of authority and why Christians instinctively sense that something is wrong when the state claims jurisdiction over education, family, morality, and worship. Drawing from the historic doctrine of sphere sovereignty, Secord argues that God has established distinct spheres — family, church, and civil government — each with delegated authority under the lordship of Christ. When those boundaries collapse, the state becomes a functional god and citizens become its subjects. The conversation explores: • why statism grows when societies reject God • how Scripture limits civil authority (Rom. 13; Matt. 22:21) • lessons learned from COVID-era overreach • why healthy families and churches restrain tyranny • and what cultural renewal would look like if Christians recovered a biblical doctrine of authority At stake is a basic question: Is the state our savior — or God’s servant? Levi Secord — Article Christ Over Every Crown (Kuyperian Commentary) https://kuyperian.com [https://kuyperian.com] Book Servant Not Savior: An Introduction to the Bible’s Teaching About Civil Government Biblical texts discussed Matthew 22:21 Romans 13 Genesis 1 Deuteronomy 6 1 Corinthians 10:31

Season 7, Episode 1: Eloquence Under the Lordship of Christ with Lennox Kalifungwa

We live in an age drowning in words but starving for meaning. The modern world treats speech as a tool for power, outrage, and self-promotion. Scripture presents something radically different: words as covenantal acts before the living God. The Perspectivalist Podcast exists to recover a distinctly Christian vision of language, culture, and public life. If Christ is Lord, then rhetoric is not merely technique; it is stewardship. The Christian task is not merely to win arguments, but to speak in ways that honor Christ, build neighbors, and cultivate a civilization shaped by truth, goodness, and beauty. Season Seven begins with a simple conviction: culture rises or falls on the words it loves. And therefore, Christians must learn to love words rightly.