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The Practical Import of Ecclesiology May 06, 2022

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Jim Cassidy and Camden Bucey discuss ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church) and the significant ways it informs our daily lives. Dr. Cassidy is studying R. B. Kuiper’s The Glorious Body of Christ with his congregation, and we take the opportunity to speak about the nature and limits of church authority, the distinction between the church as organism and the church as organization, and the church’s relation to the government and culture.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
05:21 R. B. Kuiper and the Doctrine of the Church
10:09 Ecclesiology and Other Disciplines
17:38 The Spirituality of the Church
33:33 The Exercise of Church Authority
39:20 Church Authority and the Regulative Principle of Worship
47:53 Conclusion

Participants: Camden Bucey, Jim Cassidy

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Signature Psalms: Psalm 69, Part 2 May 03, 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 continue our discussion of Psalm 69.

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

Van Til Group #7 — Creation, Sin, and its Curse Apr 29, 2022

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Carlton Wynne, Lane Tipton, and Camden Bucey open Cornelius Van Til’s book, The Defense of the Faith to pages 43–47. Van Til addresses the unity and diversity within creation before covering the fall into sin and the curse.

Throughout this chapter, Van Til reminds his readers of the categorical difference between God and creation while maintaining creation’s dependence upon God for its very existence. The answers to these fundamental questions distinguish orthodox Christianity from all other philosophies and religions.

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:52 Thoughts on Learning Van Til
00:12:32 Temporal Unity and Plurality
00:24:30 Non-Being
00:36:56 Reformed vs. Roman Catholic Conceptions of Nature and Sin
00:49:58 The Mystery of the Fall into Sin
00:56:49 Created Laws and Facts
01:03:42 Van Til the Evangelist and Van Til the Theologian
01:06:33 Conclusion

Participants: Camden Bucey, Carlton Wynne, Lane G. Tipton

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Signature Psalms: Psalm 69, Part 1 Apr 26, 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 begin a discussion of Psalm 69.

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

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A History of Presbyterian Publications Apr 22, 2022

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Dr. Dominic Aquila joins Camden Bucey to speak about the history of Presbyterian publications. While they focus primarily on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Dr. Aquila connects this storied history to the recent past and the dramatic shifts in communication that have come about with the introduction of the Internet and technologies such as social media.

Dominic Aquila is the President of New Geneva Seminary, and editor of The Aquila Report. He has pastored churches in Virginia, California, Colorado, and Florida. Dr. Aquila has served on a number of Committees in the Presbyterian Church in America, including Mission to the World (MTW) and the Standing Judicial Commission.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
02:06 New Geneva Seminary in Egypt
09:01 The Aquila Report
14:27 Presbyterian Publications Past and Present
20:06 Christianity Today and The Presbyterian Guardian
25:03 The Christian Century et al
31:36 Princeton Seminary’s Publications
33:52 Technological and Industrial Changes
39:29 Other Publications of the 19th and 20th Centuries
52:35 Considering What Has Been Gained and Lost
55:42 Conclusion

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Lewis G. Vander Velde, The Presbyterian Churches and the Federal Union, 1861-1869.

Participants: Camden Bucey, Dominic Aquila

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Revelation 21 Apr 19, 2022

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This week on Theology Simply Profound, an exhortation from Rob on Revelation 21.

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

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Natural Theology and the Effects of Sin Apr 15, 2022

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Lane Tipton, Ryan Noha, Rob McKenzie, and Camden Bucey pull up to a table for the first podcast recording at the new Reformed Forum headquarters in Libertyville, Illinois. We discuss the new facility, the new course we recording in our Fellowship in Reformed Apologetics, and the current interest in natural theology.

For those watching the video, one of the cameras ceased recording after a few minutes. This led to a lack of visual coverage for Ryan and Lane and cinematography reminiscent of that capturing Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
02:39 The New Reformed Forum HQ
13:46 Van Til’s Doctrine of Natural Theology
24:22 The Current Interest in Natural Theology
31:53 Natural Arguments in the Public Square
36:55 Natural Theology and the Doctrine of Sin
41:41 The Need for a Renewed Calvinist Militancy
48:31 Conclusion

Participants: Camden Bucey, Lane G. Tipton, Rob McKenzie, Ryan Noha

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Signature Psalms: Psalm 2 Apr 12, 2022

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In this episode, Rob and Bob continue a series on familiar psalms that we tend to be drawn to more than others for one reason or another. Psalm 2 is one such psalm.

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

Van Til, Aquinas, and the Natural Knowledge of God Apr 08, 2022

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Lane Tipton speaks about his new course on Van Til’s doctrine of revelation, which is the third course in our Fellowship in Reformed Apologetics. In this course, Dr. Tipton covers:

The implications of the self-contained and immutable Trinity for a doctrine of revelation in the work of creation and in the special act of providence in covenantal condescension
The distinctive character of natural revelation and the natural knowledge of God in Reformed theology, set in comparison and contrast to the views of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth
The relation between natural and supernatural, or general and special revelation, giving special attention to Van Til’s key essay, “Nature and Scripture”
The Vosian doctrine of eschatology as it bears upon the distinction and the relation of God’s revelation in nature and God’s revelation in covenant (and in Scripture).

The course gives sustained attention to a close reading of central primary sources in Van Til’s corpus that bear on his doctrine of the revelation of the self-contained Trinity in nature and in covenant.

Before sharing one of the lectures from the course, Lane and Camden compare and contrast Cornelius Van Til’s theology with that of Thomas Aquinas on the natural knowledge of God as well as man’s religious fellowship with God.

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:23 The Fellowship in Reformed Apologetics
00:17:51 Van Til and Thomas Aquinas on the Natural Knowledge of God
00:23:33 Differences between Roman Catholic and Reformed Natural Theology
00:31:15 Thomas Aquinas on the Natural Knowledge of God
00:38:10 Aquinas on Ontological Re-Proportioning to Participate in the Essence of God
00:44:35 Preview Lecture on Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Knowledge of God
01:11:24 Conclusion

Participants: Camden Bucey, Lane G. Tipton

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Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TX

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Preaching Post-Covid Apr 05, 2022

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This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss the church, worship, and preaching in a post-covid society. Has the pandemic changed the fundamental nature of society such that church leaders should rethink worship and preaching?

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

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