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Media Gratiae Apr 25, 2018

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While at the Shepherds Conference Rob was able to talk with Matthew Robinson from Media Gratiae. They were able to discuss how Media Gratiae was started as well as a wonderful project centered on Martin Lloyd Jones, and an upcoming project concerning the Puritans.

What is Faith? Apr 24, 2018

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On this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, from Acts 28, Rob and Bob discuss everything from snake handling to saving faith… in reality, the discussion lands primarily on the nature of faith. How does saving faith differ from the belief that UFOs will one day arrive to wisp the faithful away to a better place? Hmm. Essentially, is the faith of a Christian the same kind of faith we find in a cult?

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

The Spirituality of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Charles Hodge Apr 20, 2018

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Alan Strange speaks about the doctrine of the spirituality of the church in the ecclesiology of Charles Hodge and how it was formed in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War. Dr. Strange’s dissertation on the topic has been published in P&R Publishing’s Reformed Academic Dissertations series as The Doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Charles Hodge. Dr. Strange previously addressed the topic in episode 443 of Christ the Center, but in this episode, we focus more on the Presbyterian General Assemblies and how they wrestled with the theological and political issues surrounding the war.

Participants: Alan Strange, Camden Bucey

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Genesis 14:17–24 — Abram and Melchizedek Apr 18, 2018

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On the heels of a tremendous victory, Abram has a choice to make. Not necessarily an easy one if his focus was on earthly things. Here’s Abram’s chance to make it big in Canaan. Or is he looking for some other city? What will he do? What should we do as we follow in his footsteps?

Participants: Jim Cassidy, Mark A. Winder, Mark Jenkins

The Responsibility of the Church in Our New Age Apr 17, 2018

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With Rob on assignment at the T4G conference, this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound provides a reading of J. Gresham Machen’s essay, “The Responsibility of the Church in Our New Age.” This remarkably relevant work originally appeared in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 1933.

Participants: J. Gresham Machen, Robert Tarullo

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Vos Group #45 — Excursus: Reformed Dogmatics Apr 13, 2018

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Vos Group takes an excursus to discuss Vos’s Reformed Dogmatics. In this series, like all of his works, Vos presents the “deeper Protestant conception” of covenantal union and communion with the Triune God. We discuss how the immutable Creator does not change in the freely willed “new relation” to creation—only creation does, and that the Roman Catholic view of the image cannot deliver the “essence” of religion, which is communion with God.

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Lane G. Tipton, “Vos’s Reformed Dogmatics” in New Horizons (April 2018).
Heinrich Joseph Denzinger, Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum

Participants: Camden Bucey, Lane G. Tipton

Ephesians 5:1–14 — The Why and Way of Obedience Apr 12, 2018

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Here are some clear cut commands—not therapeutic suggestions. Paul is not only explicit about the standard to which Christians are called, he is also explicit about why we are to obey that standard.

Participants: Jim Cassidy, Mark A. Winder, Mark Jenkins

Reading Van Til, Evangelicals & Catholicism, and African Ontology & Epistemology Apr 06, 2018

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In this episode, we answer questions from our listeners and discuss a few things we’ve been contemplating recently. We discuss a proposed reading list for the works of Cornelius Van Til, worshiping on Sunday, Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and African worldview and theology. It’s a wide-ranging conversation and one we hope you enjoy.

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Leonardo de Chirico, Evangelical theological perspectives on post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism
Trevor H. G. Smith, Christian Theology Emerging from the Akan Single-Tiered Unitive Perspective on Reality

Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy

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Christ the Center 1000 Summit

Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TX

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Thankful for the Corinthians — 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Apr 04, 2018

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In a book written to a church full of problems, what is there for which to be thankful? Explore the Apostle Paul’s passionate and pastoral tone as he tackles the problems in the Corinthian church.

Participants: Adam York, Mark A. Winder, Robert Arendale

Paul, Agrippa, and the Providence of God Apr 03, 2018

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On this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound Rob and Bob explore the providence of God. Continuing to make our way through the Acts of the Apostles, we are at chapter 23-26 where Paul goes before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa. In what way do we see God working through these various circumstances in the life of Paul in order to bring about the salvation of his people to the ends of the earth.

Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo

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