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In this wide-ranging and reflective episode, Dr. John Patrick explores the deep connections between trust, wisdom, culture, and the Judeo-Christian foundations of Western civilization. He reflects on family life, aging, and the quiet satisfaction of generational continuity, contrasting this with modern narratives that separate pleasure from responsibility.

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In this reflective and wide-ranging Christmas episode, Dr. John Patrick explores one of the most urgent yet misunderstood issues of our time: the role of culture, fear, wisdom, and trust in sustaining civilization.

From biblical economics and the Year of Jubilee to the modern crisis of debt and regulation, Dr. Patrick shows how trust is the invisible infrastructure of civilization and why its erosion threatens everything we depend on.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

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In this episode, Dr. John Patrick reflects on the role of curiosity, narrative, and careful thinking in education and how modern systems have quietly undermined all three.

The episode concludes with reflections on reading scripture aloud, musical interpretation, and the deep difference between recognizing words and understanding meaning offering a powerful reminder that education, like faith, is about formation, not mere information.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

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Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/

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In this episode, Dr. John Patrick contrasts Christianity and Islam on questions of trust, sacrificial love, and moral consequence, highlighting the centrality of the cross in shaping Western civilization. Referencing thinkers such as Tristan Harris, John Lennox, and Tom Holland, Dr. Patrick warns that a society without metaphysics without an understanding of truth, holiness, and moral accountability cannot sustain justice, trust, or human dignity.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/

Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/

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In this reflective and wide-ranging episode, Dr. John Patrick begins with the beauty and symbolism of the Christmas season and Psalm 85’s powerful vision of mercy and truth meeting together. From this biblical foundation, he explores how modern culture has sentimentalized Christmas while losing its moral and spiritual center.

This episode challenges listeners to think deeply about what it truly means to be human in a technological age—and why mercy, truth, and wisdom must never be separated.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/

Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/

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In this episode, Dr. John Patrick reflects on how Christianity is often presented today and why this approach fails to persuade thoughtful people. Drawing on poetry, Scripture, history, and lived experience, he argues that faith must be spoken with clarity, beauty, and intellectual seriousness if it is to be heard.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/

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In this episode of the Doctor John Patrick Podcast, Dr. Patrick explores the profound importance of wisdom at the end of life—wisdom in medical decision-making, in reconciliation, and in discerning truth in a culture that often rejects it.

He begins by addressing the realities of aging, medical interventions, and the crucial role of having a power of attorney who shares your moral and spiritual framework.

Dr. Patrick emphasizes that the final weeks of life are a sacred window for reconciliation—where grudges must give way to forgiveness, a principle deeply embedded in the Christian tradition.

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Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/

Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/

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In this episode, Dr. John Patrick explores one of the most urgent issues facing modern society: the collapse of wisdom in an age drowning in information. Drawing from T.S. Eliot, Leo Strauss, Lord Acton, and Michael Polanyi, he outlines how Western culture has replaced deep, lived knowledge with shallow data and why this shift is leaving institutions, families, and churches without the foundations they once relied on. // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/

Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/

Biblical Literacy Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/

Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/

Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/

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