§Blake T. Ostler

§Podcast

Exploring Mormon Thought

31 episodes · 27 interviews and talks

Corey Ostler interviews his father chapter by chapter, from the meaning of God in Mormon thought through sin and the uncircumcised heart. Start at episode one, follow a volume you are reading, or go on to the conversations Blake has had on other people’s shows.

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The series — chapter by chapter

  1. 1

    Interview with Blake Ostler

    SoundCloud/April 15, 2017

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  2. 2

    The Attributes of God-Ch 1: The Meaning of God in Mormon Thought (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/April 15, 2017

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    The Attributes of God-Ch 1: The Meaning of God in Mormon Thought (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/April 16, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 2 - Apostasy and Concepts of Perfection (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/April 24, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 2 - Apostasy and Concepts of Perfection (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/May 1, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 3 - The Restoration and Systematic Theologies (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/May 8, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 3 - The Restoration and Systematic Theologies (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/May 15, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 4 - Maximal Divine Power

    SoundCloud/May 22 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 5 - Models of Divine Knowledge (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/May 29, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 5 - Models of Divine Knowledge (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/June 2, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 6 - The Incompatibility of Free Will and Infallible Foreknowledge

    SoundCloud/June 11, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 7 - Divine Foreknowledge and the Mormon Concept of Free Agency (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/June 18, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 7 - Divine Foreknowledge and the Mormon Concept of Free Agency (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/June 26, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 8 - Denying Entailment

    SoundCloud/July 3, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 9 - Denying that God’s Past Knowledge is Fixe

    SoundCloud/July 9, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 10 - God’s Contingent Knowledge

    SoundCloud/July 17, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 11 - Time, Timelessness, and Omnitemporality

    SoundCloud/July 23, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 12 - Immutability and Impassibility

    SoundCloud/August 6, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 13 - The Problems of Conventional Christology

    SoundCloud/August 13, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 14 - A Mormon Christology (Part 1)

    SoundCloud/August 21, 2017

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    The Attributes of God Ch 14 - A Mormon Christology (Part 2)

    SoundCloud/September 4, 2017

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    The Attributes of God - A Critique

    SoundCloud/September 10, 2017

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    The Book of Mormon as a Modern Expansion of an Ancient Source

    SoundCloud/September 17, 2017

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    Mormonism and the Nature of Divine Love - The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 1

    SoundCloud/September 24, 2017

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    Providence & Prayer (Part 1) - The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 2

    SoundCloud/October 1, 2017

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    Providence & Prayer (Part 2) - The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 2

    SoundCloud/October 8, 2017

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    The Relation of Moral Obligation and God in LDS Thought (Pt 1) - Ch 3

    SoundCloud/October 15, 2017

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    The Relation of Moral Obligation and God in LDS Thought (Pt 2) - Ch 3

    SoundCloud/October 22, 2017

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    The Implausibility of Original Sin - The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 4

    SoundCloud/November 5, 2017

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    Sin and the Uncircumcised Heart (Pt 1)- The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 5

    SoundCloud/November 12, 2017

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    Sin and the Uncircumcised Heart (Pt 2)- The Problems of Theism & The Love of God Ch 5

    SoundCloud/November 19, 2017

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Interviews and talks on other shows

Guest appearances on podcasts and at conferences, newest first. All of these are on YouTube.

  1. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Responding to The Problem of Evil Part 2 w/ Blake Ostler | Ep. 31

    Sword & Spirit/50 min/August 16/2026

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  2. Podcast InterviewTheologyAncient studies

    Blake Ostler Explains Why Christians Keep Misreading Paul

    Thoughtful Faith/79 min/August 14/2026

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  3. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Responding to The Problem of Evil part 1 w/ Blake Ostler | Ep. 30

    Sword & Spirit/74 min/August 9/2026

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  4. Podcast InterviewTheologyApologetics

    Why This Type of Protestantism Is Evil | Ft Blake Ostler

    Thoughtful Faith/50 min/April 4/2026

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  5. Podcast InterviewTheologyApologetics

    The “Mormon” God In The Bible | Taking On Sam Shamoun’s Challenge (Ft. Blake Ostler)

    Thoughtful Faith/94 min/March 26/2026

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  6. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Mormon Philosopher Blake Ostler Explains Why The Trinity Makes NO Sense

    Thoughtful Faith/73 min/March 6/2026

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  7. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Episode 92: Blake Ostler on the “Worshipworthiness” God in Latter-day Saint Theology

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/81 min/January 28/2026

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  8. Podcast InterviewTheology

    The existence of God, theism and LDS theology with Blake Ostler

    Mormonism with the Murph/130 min/November 28/2025

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  9. Video Presentation Posted OnlineApologetics

    The Fallacy of Fundamentalist Assumptions

    The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR)/56 min/May 28/2025

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  10. Podcast InterviewTheology

    #8 Blake Ostler — Christ’s Atonement in LDS Theology (Compassion Theory of the Atonement)

    Rational Theology/64 min/April 8/2025

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  11. Podcast InterviewTheologyApologetics

    Episode 69: A Critique of “A Catholic Engagement with Latter-day Saints” (with Blake Ostler)

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/112 min/January 15/2025

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  12. Podcast InterviewMormon culture

    Blake Ostler on Interfaith Voices (2007)

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/53 min/January 5/2025

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  13. Podcast InterviewMormon culture

    Blake Ostler: Wise Pearls [Mormon Discussion 164]

    Mormon Discussion Inc./72 min/June 25/2024

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  14. Podcast InterviewMormon historyMormon culture

    DON’T BE DUMB: Allowing Gay Marriage IS NOT like changes to Polygamy and the Priesthood Ban

    Thoughtful Faith/27 min/February 14/2024

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  15. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Episode 51: Blake Ostler on the Math of Infinity and Infinite Pasts

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/79 min/February 10/2024

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  16. Podcast InterviewTheologyAncient studies

    A Conversation w/ Blake Ostler: Adam and Eve & Self-Deception

    Covenant Origins/66 min/June 22/2023

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  17. Podcast InterviewMormon culture

    A Conversation w/ Blake Ostler: Alive From the Neck Up & the Neck Down (part 2)

    Covenant Origins/66 min/June 19/2023

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  18. Podcast InterviewMormon culture

    A Conversation with Blake Ostler: Philosophy & Motorcycles

    Covenant Origins/49 min/June 16/2023

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  19. Podcast InterviewAncient studiesMormon culture

    Homosexual Behavior — What Does The Bible REALLY Say? (Full Conversation)

    Thoughtful Faith/129 min/June 5/2023

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  20. Podcast InterviewAncient studiesMormon culture

    Homosexual Behavior — What Does The Bible REALLY Say? (Excerpt)

    Thoughtful Faith/65 min/June 3/2023

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  21. Podcast InterviewAncient studiesMormon history

    The composition and translation of the Book of Mormon with Scholar Blake Ostler

    Mormonism with the Murph/132 min/March 19/2023

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  22. Podcast InterviewTheologyMormon history

    Episode 25: Blake Ostler on Kingship Monotheism, the King Follett Discourse, and Sermon in the Grove

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/102 min/September 15/2022

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  23. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Theology Talk Ep 2: The Logical Contradiction Of Foreknowledge And Agency?

    Thoughtful Faith/66 min/July 24/2022

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  24. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Theology Talk Ep 1: Has God Always Been God? Blake Ostler Says Yes

    Thoughtful Faith/75 min/July 23/2022

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  25. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Scriptural Mormonism Podcast Episode 1: Discussing “Open Theism” with Blake Ostler

    Scriptural Mormonism (Robert Boylan)/58 min/January 25/2022

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  26. Podcast InterviewTheology

    Blake Ostler: The Problem of Evil

    Thoughtful Faith/80 min/March 19/2021

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  27. Video Presentation Posted OnlineApologetics

    Spiritual Experiences as the Basis for Belief and Commitment

    The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR)/61 min/September 11/2012

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