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Mastricht begins with a discussion of the decrees of God and how they establish His eternal purpose for everything. He then shows how the decrees are carried out in creation and in God’s continual providence. The volume concludes with Mastricht’s treatment of the apostacy of Adam from his original estate and the devastating effects of sin that followed. This is an important volume for learning how God governs all things, even the rebellious actions of those good things He created.
Jeff Waddington, Dan Ragusa, and Camden Bucey speak about several of the unique positions Van Mastricht held, including his somewhat mediating view between infra- and supralapsarianism, his argument against Copernicanism, his view of the third heaven, and his view of angelic and demonic activity.
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Scripture
Jun 14, 2022
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This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob begin a discussion of Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. Within the first section, Introduction, the third chapter on “Scripture,” serves to help us to understand Revelation and Scripture, the nature and extent of inspiration, and the perfections of Scripture.
The Ecclesiastical and Theological Contributions of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
Jun 10, 2022
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In this episode, we speak about the ecclesiastical and theological contributions of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Gaffin having been elected the chairman of the OPC’s Committee on Foreign Missions. Crossway has also published his latest book, In the Fullness of Time, a revision of his lecture notes from his course, Acts and Paul.
Dr. Gaffin’s history is inextricably linked with two institutions closely identified with J. Gresham Machen: Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Taking this opportunity to reflect on the life and works of Dr. Gaffin, the panel comments on his unique contributions.
Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:08:41 Dr. Gaffin’s 50+ Years of Service to OPC Foreign Missions
00:14:21 Meeting Dr. Gaffin
00:27:54 Dr. Gaffin’s Bibliography
00:32:13 Gaffin and Vos
00:37:11 Resurrection and Eschatology: A Festschrift for Dr. Gaffin
00:43:12 Gaffin’s Theological Contributions
00:57:31 1 Corinthians 15:45 and 2 Corinthians 3:17–18
01:00:35 Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. and Charlie Dennison
Gaffin, Jr., Richard B. By Faith Not By Sight. Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster Press, 2006.
———. God’s Word in Servant-Form. Reformed Academic Press, n.d.
———. “‘Life-Giving Spirit’: Probing the Center of Paul’s Pneumatology.” JETS 41 (1998): 573–89.
———. “Old Amsterdam and Inerrancy.” Westminster Theological Journal 44, no. 2 (Fall 1982): p 250-289.
———. Perspectives on Pentecost. P & R Publishing, 1979.
———. Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology. 2nd ed. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1987.
———. “The Place and Importance of Introduction to the New Testament.” In Studying the New Testament Today, 143–51. Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, n.d.
———. “The Redemptive-Historical View.” In Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views, edited by Stanley E Porter and Beth M Stovell. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, 2012.
Tipton, Lane G., and Jeffrey C. Waddington. Resurrection and Eschatology: Theology in Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Phillipsburg N.J.: P&R Pub., 2008.
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Revelation
Jun 07, 2022
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This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue a discussion of Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. Within the first section, Introduction, the second chapter on “Revelation,” serves to help us to understands the revelation in general, general revelation, and special revelation.
Vos Group #75 — The Eschatological View of the Prophets
Jun 03, 2022
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Lane Tipton and Camden Bucey turn to pages 289–296 of Geerhardus Vos’ book, Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments. In this section, Vos introduces several significant interpretive practices which are critical for a proper understanding of the eschatology of the prophets. These are the principles of (1) finality and consummation, (2) prophetic idiom, and (3) the coming of the Messiah as the “gift of God.”
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:48 Finality and Consummation
13:53 The Forshortening of Prophetic Insight
22:54 Prophetic Idiom and the Future Glory of Isaiah
Adam York joins Camden Bucey to speak about the two age construction found throughout Scripture and especially in the Pauline epistles. Scripture frequently speaks of “this age” and “the age to come.” These categories have a significant effect upon how Christians should understand their place in the world.
Jesus, the second Adam, has entered into “the age to come.” Through union with Christ, believers not only experience the victory in anticipation of Christ’s second coming, they also are already raised with him and seated with him in heavenly places (Eph. 2:6).
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:22 Preaching from Ephesians
00:05:12 Encountering the Two-Age Construction
00:11:17 Jesus Speaks of the Two Ages
00:19:41 The Two Ages and Christian Identity
00:30:53 Living in the Overlap of the Ages
00:45:18 The Coming Ages in Ephesians 2:7
00:56:16 The Practicality of the Two-Age Construction
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Religion
May 24, 2022
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This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob begin a discussion of Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. Within the first section, Introduction, the first chapter on “Religion,” serves to help us to understand the nature, seat, and origin of religion.
Shall the Fundamentalists Win? 100 Years Later
May 20, 2022
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On May 21, 1922, Harry Emerson Fosdick preached a sermon titled “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” that helped spark the modernist-fundamentalist controversy.
Fosdick was a Baptist minister serving as an associate at First Presbyterian Church in New York and a faculty member at Union Theological Seminary. He was well-known and had published several popular religious books. Ned B. Stonehouse remarked, “the fact that a minister not even subject to the authority of Presbytery and General Assembly should have used a Presbyterian pulpit to make what was widely regarded as an attack upon the constitution disclosed a situation bordering on lawlessness” (Stonehouse, J. Gresham Machen: A Biographical Memoir, 302).
Dr. Darryl G. Hart joins Camden Bucey to speak about this infamous sermon and a new course on Machen that Dr. Hart recorded last week for Reformed Academy.
Chapters
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:03 Dr. Hart’s Forthcoming Course on Machen
0:09:54 Harry Emerson Fosdick in Context
0:20:49 Presbyterians and Broad Ecumenism
0:23:53 New York and Philadelphia in Presbyterian History
Listen as we explore the covenant of works, the atonement, the nature of Christ’s obedience, his resurrection, and the doctrine of justification.
Brandon D. Crowe (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary and author of The Last Adam and The Hope of Israel.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:04 Thinking about Righteousness and Obedience
06:47 Changes in Theological Disciplines
13:21 Perfect Obedience Is Necessary for Salvation
Signature Psalms: Psalm 69, Part 3
May 10, 2022
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In this episode, Rob and Bob continue a series on familiar psalms that we are drawn to more than others for one reason or another. This week we bring our discussion of Psalm 69 to a close.
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