Doctor John Patrick

With a history that spans three continents, and over 50 years experience in the medical community John Patrick speaks to Christian and secular groups around the world, communicating effectively on medical ethics, culture, public policy, and the integration of faith and science.

Doctor John Patrick is a religion podcast hosted by John Patrick, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

John Patrick hosts Doctor John Patrick, a religion show with 100 episodes published.

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  Peter Thiel on Pope Benedict and the Antichrist

  Sep 30, 202639 min

  Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick reflects on a First Things article by Peter Thiel titled 'The Pope and the Antichrist,' which reveals that Pope Benedict XVI took seriously the theological concept of the Antichrist and the end times. Dr. John Patrick connects this to Oliver O'Donovan's 'The Disappearance of Ethics,' arguing that ethics depends on theology rather than philosophy, and traces how Western culture has drifted from its Judeo-Christian foundations. He also discusses Peter Thiel's views on education and entrepreneurship, the erosion of trust and free speech, and shares a detour into World War II history involving Air Marshal Hugh Dowding and the Battle of Britain. The episode closes with a call to recover deep reading and moral formation, especially through children's literature, as an antidote to cultural drift. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/1hNScdwffzQ // 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/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

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  What Happened to Feminism?

  Sep 23, 202641 min

  Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick examines the growing number of women publicly criticizing the outcomes of modern feminism, drawing on the work of Helen Andrews, Kate Willett, and Roni Falk. He traces how feminism, wokeness, and critical theory have combined to produce what he calls the loneliest generation on record, and revisits the 1850s philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, whose utilitarian defense of traditional male-female roles Kate Willett has recently popularized. Dr. John Patrick discusses observed differences between boys and girls, the decline of statistical literacy in the social sciences, and the collapse of trust and honor codes in relationships since the sexual revolution. He also connects these themes to broader cultural failures, including the Cambridge academic scandal and the handling of the George Floyd case, arguing that without God, objective moral truth disappears and society is left with power struggles and cancel culture. The episode opens, as always, with a brief reflection on the Sermon on the Mount and meekness. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/2cFp3QrJtYg // 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/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

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  Why Ethics Class Can’t Make You Good

  Sep 9, 202641 min

  Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick returns to the Beatitude 'blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,' arguing that true ethics cannot be taught through philosophy but only through a theological encounter with God. He draws on O'Donovan's claim that ethics lectures produce ethicists, not ethical people, and critiques a recent Canadian military directive removing references to God from enlistment procedures. Dr. John Patrick traces the failure of secular philosophy's 'physics envy' and reflects on figures such as James Clerk Maxwell, Malcolm Muggeridge, Thomas Sowell, Annie Dillard, and legal philosopher Leff to show why justice and morality require transcendence. He also shares personal reflections from his medical career, including his early support for abortion, to illustrate how empathy divorced from truth leads societies astray. The episode closes with a call to recognize that repentance, not mere sentiment, is the path to the righteousness Christ both demands and provides. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/V4Gy3yH4ar4 // 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/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

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  Why Ethics Is Really Theology

  Sep 2, 202652 min

  Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick explains why he came to believe, through the work of Oliver O'Donovan, that ethics is not fundamentally a branch of philosophy but of theology, and why Aristotle's brilliant system was built on a flawed foundation. Dr. John Patrick reflects on his own upbringing, the preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and Augustine's Confessions to argue that culture and character, not mere technical knowledge, determine whether societies flourish. He draws on decades of medical work in the Caribbean and Africa to show how cultural and spiritual foundations shape everything from nutrition science to national development, and he critiques modern scientism, climate alarmism, and the collapse of classical education. The episode closes with an extended reflection on Psalm 73 as a model for wrestling honestly with doubt while holding onto faith. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/l26QvD7BICM // 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/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

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  Why Bureaucrats Don’t Understand Farms

  Aug 26, 202649 min

  Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick reflects on rural education, drawing on a true story of city officials misjudging a farmer's land to illustrate the tacit, hard-won knowledge that farmers possess and bureaucrats lack. He argues that modern education, shaped by academics and faculties of education, fails rural boys who long to work rather than sit in class absorbing what he calls propaganda. Dr. John Patrick discusses Mangal Wadi's book The Third Education Revolution, the Judeo-Christian foundations of Western science through figures like Faraday and Newton, and the erosion of trust and moral culture in modern society. He closes with a case for memorization, poetry, and reading George Herbert, urging a return to church-based education grounded in Scripture and character rather than bureaucratic procedure. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/h3bMsgz_R5I // 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/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick

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