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Last Bastion of Love
by John Berglund
From quantum mechanics to synchronicity to biblical prophecy to uber-modernism to universal wave collapse... Knowing truth is out there.
Episodes
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August 7 2018
John speaks on songs he has written while part of a Christian group that focused on the Trinity and the "process" of the two "becomings" of John 1:14 and 1 Corinthians 15:45. He talks of the many depictions of the Spirit in the NT (Spirit of Christ, Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead…
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July 11 2013
Having the church in one's heart as it is in God's.
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May 3 2026
On the current flurry of UFO "disclosure" documentaries on streaming services, and the warning of some, such as Whitley Strieber, of a coming "ontological shock" when people find out "the truth." One of the groups he claims will experience it the most are scientists. John wonders what sort of…
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April 26 2026
TBA
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April 19 2026
John talks about the development of AlphaGo/DeepMind and how it defeated Lee SeDol based on the book The Maniac about John von Neumann. What will the impact of AI be (and already is)? Roger Penrose argues that AI cannot reach self-awareness outside quantum computing in his book The Emperor's New...
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April 19 2026
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March 8 2026
TBA
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March 15 2026
John begins by remarking on Alice Cooper's "Caught in a Dream," the first song on the first album he heard of his, on how he would like to get Alice Cooper on the show to ask whether Cooper felt that way upon his meteoric rise, and how difficult a thing solipsism is to overcome, without faith.…
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March 15 2026
John begins by remarking on Alice Cooper's "Caught in a Dream," the first song on the first album he heard of his, on how he would like to get Alice Cooper on the show to ask whether Cooper felt that way upon his meteoric rise, and how difficult a thing solipsism is to overcome, without faith.…
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March 8 2026
How is it I am so OK when others are suffering; why is it I only really feel for me and my own? (John sings "Settled on My Lees," a song he wrote... the title from a King James Bible phrase for those who have not been "poured from bottle to bottle"...see Zephaniah 1:12 and Jeremiah 48:11.) On his...
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February 22 2026
CUT
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October 8 2017
TBA
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January 17 2015
TBA
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February 22 2026
A coincidence leading John to speculate on eugenics of the early 20th century (Hitler, Margaret Sanger), the apparent modern desire for non- (anti-?) genic clans (as seen in The Predator and the Badlands) vs. science (?) and... John's seeking the Church as the clan of all believers regardless of...
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October 12 2025
On the difficulty Boomers face in selling their homes, despite sitting on most of the equity in the country. On searching for the church life in the homes in Oberlin. On reading The Gentle Radical: A Biography of Roger Williams by Cyclone Covey. and on his being a seeker and a separatist. A…
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November 24 2024
Living in the past... from my life. What it was like living as a kid in the sixties compared to today!
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November 10 2024
On the recent documentary series "Investigation Alien" by George Knapp and cleaving to love in the midst of uncertainty.
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February 11 2018
John sings his testimony song. On Alan Jacobs' book "How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds" and its mention of the Long Now Foundation's form of debate. Why shouldn't we endeavor to understand the perspective of those who differ? Shouldn't we want the best for ALL people, instead of...
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February 25 2018
On being understanding towards those who believe strongly that what they have is of more profit to you than what they think you have. The issue of conflicting beliefs (i.e., the place of a woman in Amish society vs. feminism). Reading an Oberlin Review article re: missionaries of "the Mother God"...
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May 6 2018
In a form of audio palimpsest, John talks over a recording of himself playing songs. He wonders why rock bands are given a pass in the "Me Too" era when other celebrities are held feet to the fire, even with a shrine built to them in Cleveland. On an article re: friction between men and women in...
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May 7 2017
On the All Saved Freak Band and its times (the Jesus Movement). On the case from scientific evidence for mind being above matter from quantum mechanics.
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February 12 2017
On multiculturalism/pluralism and the freedom of speech and of association. How can one hold all cultures in equal value if one believes in an ultimate truth? How does the Darwinist (of natural selection) square such with one sub-group ceding power to another group in the name of justice? John's...
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February 19 2017
Finding videos on youtube abuot people who claimed to have gone to hell upon death and coming back. On various significant spans (i.e. 70 years) as in Jesus' parable of the fig tree, and the 6000 years based on geneologies in the Old Testament. "Easy believism." How we can have assurance based on...
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March 12 2017
On the impact of forces within and without and a controversy about multiculturalism. On believers being "outsiders."
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March 26 2017
John on the saga of getting his wedding ring "back," and Myron T. Herrick. John discusses "The Islamic Jesus" by Mustafa Akyol and the relationship between Islam and Jesus.
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April 26 2015
Based on Psalm 42, John attempts to summon the Kraken. John meets a woman praying for revival at Tappan Square. On Charles Finney's impact on Calivinism, based on a book by Matthew P. Turner. The shift of Malcolm X from Garveyism to the multiculturalistic embrace of Islam. How do we get along as…
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January 17 2015
The "Uncertainty Principle" of immersion vs. analyzation. John's appreciation for books and what goes into writing one. The spiritual progression in Clarke's "Childhood's End" and the fate of the Overlord/Watchers. Analysis should lead to ... proper experience! Instead, scientists head away from...
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January 24 2015
Saga of John's daughter's 1999 Subaru Outback. Anti-scientism, to John, equals pro-logic. Is the universe we live in both participatory and anticipatory? John thinks yes. The 1972 movie "Thief in the Night". The Elephant in the room of scientific investigation... the CREATOR? Are we more...
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February 15 2015
On the comparative simplicity of the 1970s and its Jesus Movement era music. John's struggle with solipsism and his appreciation of Bishop Berkeley. On a universe knowing it is (and in the past that it would be) observed. The multiverse and Boltzmann Brains. Why not simply design? We see what we...
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February 22 2015
Alarmist weather reporting. The treasure trove of Jesus Movement era music to be found on youtube. On an editorial written in the current Oberlin Review and John's dream of having a "No Fear" dialogue platform. On passing out tracts and on Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. Going out in...
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March 15 2015
John's being out of sorts and being brought back to his joy in Christ. On books he "scored" at the Wellington Library Books Sale, including a recent biography of Erwin Schrodinger!!! On meeting Jimmy Saville (yikes!). On the cult of the Church of the Risen Christ Farm and the All Saved Freak…
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April 5 2015
With Dora! On Dora's Christian experience, and John gives his testimony. On not celebrating holidays (Easter, for instance). On John's research into the All Saved Freak Band and relating some of Joe Markko's tragic life experience. Some of Dora's experiences while caring for her husband in the...
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April 12 2015
Remembering a brother, Tom McNaughton, who had recently passed. On the Greek New Testament. John's appreciation of the many kinds of music, including reggae, that he had discovered doing the show. On the KJV term "settled on his lees." Rez Band and All Saved Freak Band. On "Joe the Turk" of the...
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April 19 2015
With Dora! Suffering in the world and Corrie Ten Boom's testimony when meeting the prison guard after many years. On God's grace as a tremendous resource. God's expectation/requirement that we trust in Him. The gift of God's Son. God's standard being as high as it ever was, for else our salvation...
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May 3 2015
Morgellons Disease and chemtrails, the movie "Boyhood," on newspaper article on how fathers want their daughters to be independent, but not their wives. Feminism and motherhood. A tongue-in-cheek (?) consideration that mothers should have say in whether their children live or not both after AND...
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May 16 2015
Richard Rothstein on NPR on how unfair housing practices blocked African-Americans from the wealth-building of owning a home in the suburbs. The Maccabean revolt. The Christian and social justice. Paul on remaining in our circumstances "with God" (1 Cor 7). Joseph's statement "You meant it for...
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November 22 2015
With Dave and Olvin. The Tabernacle in the wilderness and Christ being Emanuel. The Israelites in the wilderness. Presenting our members (Romans 6). Identifying with what culture? Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. The blending in the church life.
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November 16 2014
How does one work love into the materialistic worldview science asks us to work from? On Hollywood's common mischaracterization of those from rural areas.
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October 26 2014
"Crossing over" a la Sam Cooke. Phillip E Johnson and claims of apologists who state experts themselves don't really understand macroevolution. Scientists preference for naturalistic explanations over all else giving appearance that truth must be naturalistic... to John a kind of "Animal Farm"...
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October 5 2014
The acceptance or nonacceptance of different kinds of music for use in the congregation. The Original Gospel Gangstaz. Paul becoming all things to all men for the sake of the gospel. Romans 14 instruction on how to get along. Black metal's attack on Christian buildings in Norway, and John's own...
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September 28 2014
Features of end-time prophecies of Matthew 24, Daniel 9 and Revelation. Science's tragic attempt to reason away design and purpose. On being a mystic at war with the scientists. Identifying with other's concerns. CS Lewis' debate with Elizabeth Anscombe. On Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode...
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September 21 2014
Friction between evangelical Christians and the culture of "inclusion," Tufts University finding flatworms don't retain memories in their brains, resurgence of interest in deBroglie/Bohm pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics, black vs. unblack metal bands.
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August 3 2014
Interview with a friend who is a high-energy particle physicist.
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July 7 2014
Interview with someone who grew up knowing Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
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May 4 2014
Multiculturalism and the possibility of coexistence. Are all cultures of equal value (truthwise)? Chang Kai-Shek and Mao Tze-Dong. Constantine, Athanasius and the Arians. Forrest Mims III. On the purpose of suffering.
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April 20 2014
Liberal vs. Conservative Christians. "Who do men say that I am?" and Peter's answer. An opposing entity whom we should be aware of. The claim of the Receiver of Christ.
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April 13 2014
Our citizenship is... of the heavens! Wellington being the capital of the cheese industry. The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Luther vs. Erasmus on the will.
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March 2 2014
Groups awaiting the Lord's return, the Jesus Movement, pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music, how John became a believer.
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February 16 2014
On elders and deacons, and the rise of the clergy. On Antioch, Paul's "home church." On John the apostle. On Jerusalem as a type of oneness, James (the brother of Jesus), and how God is trying to fit all his people together.
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January 11 2014
Uniqueness of microbes in our gut vs. the neurons in our brain... which has more meaning? How scientific materialism attempts to strip away meaning from our existence. The double-slit experiment. On quantum loop gravity's attempt to get "behind" the Big Bang. Is consciousness to be explained by...
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From quantum mechanics to synchronicity to biblical prophecy to uber-modernism to universal wave collapse... Knowing truth is out there.
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John Berglund
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