When he’s not making videos, Austin works in content marketing and public relations.
Austin is married to his best friend and all around better half, Eliza.
After working full-time at a large non-denominational church, Austin Suggs fell in love with teaching people about the beauty, truth, and goodness of this gospel, and this drove him to attend Moody Bible Institute where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Theology degree, graduating summa cum laude. His undergraduate research thesis focused on Catherine of Siena and Union with God.
This love for teaching also led to the start of his YouTube channel, Gospel Simplicity, where he explores the depths of theology with people from across the Christian tradition. His channel is known for its ecumenical outlook and the diversity of views represented. Gospel Simplicity is centered around the conviction that the gospel is really good news, and the goal is that through interviews, church tours, Bible studies and more people would encounter and experience the beautiful simplicity and transformative power of the gospel.
Currently, Austin is pursuing a master’s degree at St. John’s College where he is studying the liberal arts with a focus in theology and philosophy.
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Research Interests
Historical Theology
The bulk of my research activity relates to historical theology. During my undergraduate years, I did fairly intensive work on St. Catherine of Siena both in a theological and historical sense. At a more popular level, I’ve devoted significant attention to the history of doctrinal developments, especially those at the forefront of Protestant/Catholic disagreements.
Ecumenism
My commitment to ecumenism is both subject and object of research. As subject, it is a driving force that shapes the types of questions I’m interested in pursuing. As object, it is a topic to which I frequently return as I investigate the nature and history of ecumenical engagements.
Philosophy of Religion
The longer I’ve spent studying the history of theological disagreements, the more interested I’ve become in how we form our religious beliefs. This has led to fruitful inquiries in theories of interpretation and religious epistemology. I’m particularly interested in existentialist thought, focusing a good deal of my philosophical reflection on figures like Albert Camus, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Nikolai Berdyaev.