Latest Systematictheology Podcast Episodes
Mark Sanders | Ministering to Those Affected by Sexual Sin
Reformed Forum - April 19, 2024 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsWe welcome Mark Sanders, President of Harvest USA, for an enriching dialogue on confronting and healing from sexual brokenness within the church. As our society grapples with rapidly evolving norms around gender and sexuality, the church is called to respond with both theological depth and compa...
Chad Vegas and Jonathan Master | Training and Equipping Missionaries
Reformed Forum - April 12, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsChrist the Center is on the road as Camden Bucey speaks with two guest from the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Conference. This episode explores Reformed theology and its profound impact on missions. Camden is joined by Chad Vegas, founding pastor of Sovereign Grace Church and foun...
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Summary of Christian Doctrine: The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace
Reformed Forum - April 09, 2024 11:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThis week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. We continue our discussion of chapter XXIII, “The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace.” In this episode, we get into various aspects of the church: the visible and invi...
Vos Group #87 — Deuteronomy and the Temptation of Jesus
Reformed Forum - April 05, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this installment of Vos Group, we turn to p. 336 of Vos’s book Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments, focusing on the temptations of Jesus Christ. This discussion ventures into the heart of Jesus’s wilderness temptations, offering a rich, theological analysis that challenges and enlighten...
Zack Groff and Scott Cook | The History of the PCA Standing Judicial Commission
Reformed Forum - March 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsReformed Forum exhibited at the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary conference in Greer, SC. This episode offers a deep dive into the Confessional Presbyterian Journal's latest issue, with a special focus on the 50th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the histor...
Summary of Christian Doctrine: The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace
Reformed Forum - March 27, 2024 12:14 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThis week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. We begin a discussion of chapter XXIII, "The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace." We'll spend a few episodes discussing this chapter to dig a little deeper into the n...
Tim Scheuers | Consciences and the Reformation
Reformed Forum - March 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this enlightening episode, we discuss the nuances of conscience and confessional identity during the Reformation. Joined by Dr. Timothy Scheuers, we turn our attention to the transformative period of the 16th century, exploring how conscience acted not only as a catalyst for reform but also a...
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Sanctification and Perseverance
Reformed Forum - March 19, 2024 16:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThis week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. We turn to chapter XXII, "Sanctification and Perseverance." After too long of a break from recording, Rob and Bob were able to sit down together to discuss God's work of sanctify...
A Devotional Guide to the Westminster Shorter Catechism
Reformed Forum - March 15, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with William Boekestein, Jonathan Landry Cruse, and Andrew J. Miller, the authors behind a new book, Glorifying and Enjoying God: 52 Devotions through the Westminster Shorter Catechism. These three pastors and theologians share their insights and experiences from their...
Missions and the Gospel of God: Romans 1:8–15 and the Power of Preaching
Reformed Forum - March 09, 2024 22:54 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsDr. James Cassidy speaks at the Reformed Forum pre-conference in advance of the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary 2024 Spring Theology Conference.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Commission and God's Plan for the Nations
Reformed Forum - March 09, 2024 22:10 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsCamden Bucey presents a biblical theology of the nations during the Reformed Forum pre-conference in advance of the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary 2024 Spring Theology Conference.
Life in the Negative World
Reformed Forum - March 08, 2024 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we welcome Aaron Renn, author of Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture, to explore the profound shifts in cultural attitudes towards Christianity and the broader implications for faith in the modern era. Renn, with a diverse background ...
Strange, Willborn, Hart, and Cline — Panel Discussion on Empowered Witness
Reformed Forum - March 01, 2024 17:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsReformed Forum hosted an online symposium on February 29, 2024, featuring a series of thought-provoking sessions designed to explore the intersections of theology, history, and the contemporary challenges facing the church. This panel discussion featured Alan Strange’s insightful book, Empower...
Owen Anderson — Old Princeton and Secularism
Reformed Forum - March 01, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsReformed Forum hosted an online symposium on February 29, 2024, featuring a series of thought-provoking sessions designed to explore the intersections of theology, history, and the contemporary challenges facing the church. In this session Owen Anderson explored the phenomenon of secularizatio...
Joseph Minich — Bulwarks of Unbelief
Reformed Forum - March 01, 2024 17:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsReformed Forum hosted an online symposium on February 29, 2024, featuring a series of thought-provoking sessions designed to explore the intersections of theology, history, and the contemporary challenges facing the church. In this session, Joseph Minich presented the primary thesis of his boo...
Van Til Group #12 — The Christian View of Behavior
Reformed Forum - March 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this installment of Van Til Group, we turn to the section of Defense of the Faith (pp. 69–72), which begins the chapter titled “The Christian Philosophy of Behavior.” This section outlines the Christian perspective on ethics, drawing from the Reformed confessions to emphasize that human actio...
Genesis 33 — Reconciled with God and Man
Reformed Forum - February 28, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsMoses brings us to the height of the conflict between Jacob and Esau. We look at the need to preserve the tension in the story while connecting it to the larger narrative. Here we learn how Jacob’s humility leads to a resolution of conflict. We see also the high point of the story — the building...
Irony and the Presbyterian Church in America
Reformed Forum - February 23, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we sit down with David Hall, Senior Pastor of Midway Presbyterian Church in Powder Springs, GA, and a prolific author, to discuss his latest book, Irony and the Presbyterian Church in America: The First Fifty Years. Hall’s work, a historical and analytical exploration of the Pre...
Ephesians 2:1–10 — The Bad News (Part One)
Reformed Forum - February 21, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we consider the reality that mankind, apart from God’s glorious grace, is completely and totally lost in sin. Before Paul moves to extol the riches of God’s grace in Eph 2:4–10, he first digs down deep to expose the reality of sinful man’s helpless estate. The more we understan...
Understanding Family Worship
Reformed Forum - February 16, 2024 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, Camden Bucey engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Terry Johnson, Senior Minister of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia and the author of Understanding Family Worship: Its History, Theology, and Practice (Christian Focus). This book provides a timely...
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Justification, Part 2
Reformed Forum - February 14, 2024 16:53 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThis week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. We turn to chapter XXI, “Justification.”
Psalm 18 — David's Profession of Righteousness
Reformed Forum - February 14, 2024 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we explain the meaning of David's profession of righteousness. How can David speak about himself as being without guilt, relative to God's law, when we know he was a sinner? If our salvation is by grace alone, then how can David say that God rewarded him for his righteousness by...
Town Hall Meeting (Livestreamed 2/9/24)
Reformed Forum - February 12, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsCamden Bucey and Ryan Noha cover a wide range of topics important to our community, including an in-depth review of the Reformed Academy’s progress, what we've accomplished, the valuable lessons we've learned, and what we have planned for the upcoming year, including new ideas and a proposed sch...
Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old
Reformed Forum - February 09, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this episode, we welcome Drs. Benjamin Gladd and G. K. Beale, co-editors of The Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Baker Academic) along with D. A. Carson and Andrew Naselli. We explore various theological and biblical topics, particularly focusing on the intricate rela...
Ephesians 1:18–23 — Paul's Prayer (Part Two)
Reformed Forum - February 07, 2024 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn part two of Paul’s Prayer we return to consider Paul's prayer for the Ephesian believers. Yes, Paul's burden is that the Ephesian believers would know the Lord. But what specifically does he pray for them? What specifically, in this passage, does he want them to know? Join us as we reflect...
In the Beginning: Considering the Historicity of Genesis 1 and 2
Reformed Forum - February 02, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsDr. Cornelis Van Dam joins us to speak about his book In the Beginning: Listening to Genesis 1 and 2, in which he argues that reading Genesis 1 and 2 as history is not only justified but necessary. Van Dam clarifies the different roles that ancient Near Eastern literature and scientific theories...
Summary of Christian Doctrine: Justification, Part 1
Reformed Forum - January 31, 2024 17:35 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThis week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss Louis Berkhof’s little book, Summary of Christian Doctrine. We turn to chapter XXI, “Justification.”
Vos Group #86 — The Lord's Temptation and Our Own
Reformed Forum - January 26, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn this installment of our Vos Group, we turn to pp. 335–336 of Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments to explore the uniquely messianic nature of these temptations, examining how Christ’s experiences differ significantly from human temptations. A key theme of this passage is the comparison o...
Church Order and Parliamentary Procedure
Reformed Forum - January 19, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsJoin us on this week’s episode as we speak with Fred Greco, pastor of Christ Church in Katy, Texas. He is a trusted authority on parliamentary procedure and church polity and moderator of the PCA’s 50th General Assembly. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, alongside his wife, Deb, Fred’s acade...
Ephesians 1:15–18 — Paul's Prayer (Part One)
Reformed Forum - January 17, 2024 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsIn part one of Paul’s Prayer, we will examine how the apostle Paul prays for the Spirit to be at work so that Christians can know God more. Paul’s thankfulness for the believers at Ephesus moves him to constant prayer that God would soften their hearts and open their eyes to hear and believe the...
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