Brian LePort
@brianleport.bsky.social
High School Philosophy and Religious Studies Teacher (in San Antonio, TX) with a Ph.D. in Religion and Theology
This is a wonderful and wild podcast series about priests and nuns on the Catholic left who took on J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI in protesting the Vietnam war. Highly recommend!
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Divine Intervention
History Podcast · Weekly Series · Divine Intervention is the untold story of a ragtag band of radical nuns in combat boots, wild-haired priests and their madcap friends who swiftly became accomplished...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is a wonderful and wild podcast series about priests and nuns on the Catholic left who took on J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI in protesting the Vietnam war. Highly recommend!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Why Religions Survive When Prophecies Fail
YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast
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October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
An enjoyable conversation about the Book of Revelation: open.spotify.com/episode/1A2n...
Revelation and the End Times: Dr. Greg Carey
Spotify video
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October 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
An enjoyable conversation about the Book of Revelation: open.spotify.com/episode/1A2n...
Fascinating topic: the rise of a Silicon Valley-style Christianity:
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open.spotify.com/episode/4VbZ...
Christianity Rising in Silicon Valley (#353)
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October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fascinating topic: the rise of a Silicon Valley-style Christianity:
open.spotify.com/episode/4VbZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/4VbZ...
Pondering images of universal reconciliation in the lyrics of U2:
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U2’s universal reconciliation
Inasmuch as I feel any amount of confidence in my theology as a Christian, I feel confident that if the Christian Gospel contains truth, or at least a truth structure that maps onto reality in ways…
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October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Pondering images of universal reconciliation in the lyrics of U2:
brianleport.home.blog/2025/10/03/u...
brianleport.home.blog/2025/10/03/u...
Nice overview of the Council of Nicaea at its 1700th anniversary:
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The Council of Nicaea at 1700 Years | Bible and Beyond Podcast
1700 years later, the Council of Nicaea still stirs debate. Why did it matter then—and why does it still shape Christianity today?
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October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Nice overview of the Council of Nicaea at its 1700th anniversary:
earlychristiantexts.com/council-of-n...
earlychristiantexts.com/council-of-n...
A good conversation responding to the whole “empathy is a sin” trend happening in some corners of American Christianity:
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Against Empathy: When Christians Declare Compassion a Vice
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September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A good conversation responding to the whole “empathy is a sin” trend happening in some corners of American Christianity:
open.spotify.com/episode/5UAY...
open.spotify.com/episode/5UAY...
If you teach or parent teenagers, you know exactly where in this paragraph you can hear them getting out of control for no apparent reason if it was being read out loud.
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you teach or parent teenagers, you know exactly where in this paragraph you can hear them getting out of control for no apparent reason if it was being read out loud.
Religious, theological, and biblical studies when you can’t go the traditional route:
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brianleport.home.blog/2025/09/13/r...
Religious, theological, and biblical studies when you can’t go the traditional route
I know that there are many people out there who would like to major in something as fun as religious or biblical studies, or go to graduate school to study religion, or seminary to study theology, …
brianleport.home.blog
September 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Religious, theological, and biblical studies when you can’t go the traditional route:
brianleport.home.blog/2025/09/13/r...
brianleport.home.blog/2025/09/13/r...
I’ve been pondering Texas’ influence on how people read the Bible. I’ve listed some *major* figures and institutions below. Am I missing anyone (from let’s say from 1900-present)?
August 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve been pondering Texas’ influence on how people read the Bible. I’ve listed some *major* figures and institutions below. Am I missing anyone (from let’s say from 1900-present)?
Did the Antonine plague lead to Christianity going from about >100,000 people in the second century to over a million in the third?
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The Forgotten Plague of Marcus Aurelius | Bible & Archaeology
YouTube video by Bible & Archaeology
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August 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Did the Antonine plague lead to Christianity going from about >100,000 people in the second century to over a million in the third?
youtu.be/zQY5eVa4toQ?...
youtu.be/zQY5eVa4toQ?...
Coptic Christianity Explained
YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast
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August 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Me: “I need a break from religion and theology. I’ll read some philosophy.”
The philosophy:
The philosophy:
August 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Me: “I need a break from religion and theology. I’ll read some philosophy.”
The philosophy:
The philosophy:
PHILIPPA FOOT By Lesley Brown
YouTube video by Timeline Theological Videos
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July 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“…everyone should be allowed freedom of judgement and the right to interpret the basic tenants of his faith as he sees fit, and that the moral value of a man’s creed should be judged only from his work.”
- Spinoza, “Theological-Political Treatise”
- Spinoza, “Theological-Political Treatise”
July 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“…everyone should be allowed freedom of judgement and the right to interpret the basic tenants of his faith as he sees fit, and that the moral value of a man’s creed should be judged only from his work.”
- Spinoza, “Theological-Political Treatise”
- Spinoza, “Theological-Political Treatise”
How is there not a true crime podcast dedicated to San Francisco? Or am I missing one?
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How is there not a true crime podcast dedicated to San Francisco? Or am I missing one?
New history of California! So far, so good!
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New history of California! So far, so good!
“On the national and neighborhood level, people are being forced to move to places where housing in available and affordable, and those places are often the riskiest ones when it comes to extreme weather.”
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The Real Reason People Move Toward Risk
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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July 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“On the national and neighborhood level, people are being forced to move to places where housing in available and affordable, and those places are often the riskiest ones when it comes to extreme weather.”
youtu.be/7SOFoxXiLEQ?...
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Why San Francisco’s City Planners Hated the Ferry Building
YouTube video by IT'S HISTORY
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July 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reposted by Brian LePort
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
This study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (h/t @greggdcaruso.bsky.social) #philosophy #PhilSky
This study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (h/t @greggdcaruso.bsky.social) #philosophy #PhilSky
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
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July 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
This study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (h/t @greggdcaruso.bsky.social) #philosophy #PhilSky
This study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (h/t @greggdcaruso.bsky.social) #philosophy #PhilSky