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Christ the Center — 954 episodes

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Heaven Opened: Biblical Theology in the Gospels and Acts with Adam York

2

Global Theological Education and Faith-Centered Finance with Randy Lee and Adam York

3

Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution with D. G. Hart

4

Act Like a Man: Biblical Masculinity with Matthew Adams

5

The Nature of the Church with Matthew Vogan

6

John Calvin as Counselor: Pastoral Wisdom from His Letters

7

Confessional Reformed Renewal in Germany

8

Cornelius W. Grafton: "Mississippi's Greatest Minister" (with David T. Irving)

9

Vos Group #108 — Kingdom and Church (The Finale)

10

The Theology and Theologians of Scotland (w/Donald John MacLean)

11

Why Pastors Need Deep Theology and Real Friendship

12

Planting Ordinary Means of Grace Churches: Trusting Christ to Build His Church

13

Vos Group #107 — Kingdom and Church

14

John L. Girardeau on Adoption: The Forgotten Glory of the Gospel | Jonathan Master and Matt Holst

15

What Is a Presbyterian—and Why Does Presbyterian Government Matter?

16

Jonathan Master | The History of Special Revelation: Geerhardus Vos and Reformed Biblical Theology

17

Justin Poythress | Who You Are in Christ—Identity, Purpose, and the Christian Life

18

The Eternal Son

19

Vos Group #106 — Repentance

20

Thy Word Is Truth: Scripture's Authority, God's Character, and Worship That Follows

21

Irenaeus of Lyons

22

Vos Group #105 — Our Lord’s Critique of Jewish Ethics

23

William Whitaker and the Reformed Doctrine of Scripture

24

Recovering John L. Girardeau: A Giant of Southern Presbyterianism

25

The Shorter Catechism and Confessional Revision

26

Vos Group #104 — Divine Sovereignty and the Sphere of Righteousness

27

Understanding the Doctrine of Repentance

28

Vos Group #103 — Faith in the Gospel of John

29

The Shape of Faithful Ministry: Doctrine and Confessional Integrity

30

Meredith G. Kline’s Biblical-Theological Reading of the Book of Revelation

31

Christ of the Consummation: Acts and Paul

32

Vos Group #102 — Faith as Related to the Kingdom’s Power

33

Reformed Confessionalism

34

Paradox People: Learning to Live the Beatitudes

35

Vos Group #101 — The Essence of the Kingdom

36

Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life

37

Vos Group #100 — The Two-Sided Conception of the Kingdom

38

Christ in All of Scripture — Previewing the 2025 Theology Conference

39

Biblical Meditation: God’s Battle Plan for the Mind

40

Faith in Exile (Psalm 119)

41

One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

42

Vos Group #99 — Millennial Views and Modern Theories of the Kingdom

43

The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Exploring the Heart of Numbers

44

The Nicene Creed and the Nature of Christian Unity

45

Samuel Miller’s Thoughts on Public Prayer

46

Vos Group #98 — The Kingdom in the Gospels

47

Righteous by Design and Created for Communion

48

The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials

49

The Swiss Reformation: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

50

Vos Group #97 — The Kingdom of God in the Old Testament

51

The Special Commission of 1925

52

Engaging with Thomas Aquinas

53

The Biblical Theme of Exile and Return

54

Vos Group #96 — The Divine Majesty, Greatness, and Righteousness

55

300 Years of the Reformed Church in the United States

56

The Three-Office View

57

The Genevan Réveil

58

Vos Group #95 — Jesus's Teaching on Divine Fatherhood

59

Marcus Mininger | Redemptive-Historical Interpretation

60

Brian DeVries | You Will Be My Witnesses

61

Vos Group #94 — Jesus's View of the Old Testament and Doctrine of God

62

Van Til Group #15 — A Critique of Keith Mathison's Toward a Reformed Apologetics

63

Michael Seufert and Dan Svendsen | Ancient Near Eastern Hero Culture

64

Robert Letham | The Holy Spirit

65

Greg Beale | The Use of the Old Testament in Colossians

66

Vos Group #93 — Truth in the Fourth Gospel and Jesus' View of the Bible

67

Highlights from 2024

68

The 2024 Christmas Extravaganza

69

Dan Ragusa | Biblical-Theological Aspects of the Nativity

70

Chad Vegas | Engaging Missions Through the Life of John G. Paton

71

Ben Gladd | The Carson Center and the Future of Biblical-Theological Studies

72

Jim Cassidy and Camden Bucey | Listener Questions

73

Hart, Muether, and Olinger | The Early Machen

74

Fullness of Joy: A Biblical Theology of God with Us

75

Vos Group #92 — Parables and Allegories

76

Missions, Culture, and Online Education

77

Van Til Group #14 — Ethics and the Christian Philosophy of Reality

78

Christian Education and the US Supreme Court

79

Vos Group #91 — The Development and Method of Jesus’s Teaching

80

The Roots, Legacy, and Influence of the Reformed Church in the United States

81

The Church’s Mission in Global Perspective

82

Embracing the Imprecatory Psalms

83

Vos Group — The Christian’s Hope (1 Pet. 1:3–5)

84

Reclaiming the “Dark Ages”

85

Church Planting and the Ordinary Means of Grace

86

The Reformed Dutch Influence upon American Presbyterianism

87

Expository Reflections on Mark

88

Arrowsmith’s Plans for Holy War

89

Union with the Resurrected Christ

90

The Great Commission and God’s Unfolding Plan for the Nations

91

Reformation Studies, Latin, and the H. Henry Meeter Center

92

Exploring the Doctrine of Inseparable Operations

93

Vos Group #90 — Four Divisions of Revelation by Christ

94

The Reformed Church in the Philippines

95

Global Theological Education

96

Church Membership

97

Vos Group #89 — The Various Aspects of Christ’s Revealing Function

98

The Auburn Affirmation at 100

99

Van Til Group #13 — Roman Catholic and Evangelical Views of Sin and Human Consciousness

100

The Reformation in the French-Speaking World

101

Reformed Evangelism

102

Vos Group #88 — Temptability and Peccability

103

Van Til and the Foundation of Christian Ethics

104

Ministering to Those Affected by Sexual Sin

105

Training and Equipping Missionaries

106

Vos Group #87 — Deuteronomy and the Temptation of Jesus

107

The History of the PCA Standing Judicial Commission

108

Consciences and the Reformation

109

A Devotional Guide to the Westminster Shorter Catechism

110

Life in the Negative World

111

Van Til Group #12 — The Christian Philosophy of Behavior

112

Irony and the Presbyterian Church in America

113

Understanding Family Worship

114

Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old

115

In the Beginning: Considering the Historicity of Genesis 1 and 2

116

Vos Group #86 — The Lord’s Temptation and Our Own

117

Church Order and Parliamentary Procedure

118

The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God

119

The Servant of the Lord and His Servant People

120

Highlights from 2023

121

Natural Revelation, Religious Liberty, and the First Amendment

122

Introduction to the Pentateuch / Year-End Update

123

Vos Group #85 — The Temptation in the Wilderness

124

Discussing Jesus’ Mediation, the Lord’s Supper, and Flags in Worship

125

Covenant Theology and Cultural Engagement in the Thought of Meredith G. Kline

126

Vos Group #84 — John the Baptist’s Testimony of Jesus

127

Robert Boyle, Christianity, and Science

128

Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion

129

Elect Exiles in 1 Peter 1:1–2 | Reformed Forum Update

130

Machen’s Enduring Significance | Unfolding Redemption

131

William Jennings Bryan, the Round Table Club, and Religious Freedom

132

The Importance of Cornelius Van Til for Today

133

The Roots of Reformed Moral Theology

134

The Aaronic Blessing of Numbers 6

135

Vos Group #83 — John’s Baptism of Jesus

136

Christianity and Liberalism: The Church

137

Exitus and Reditus in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas

138

The Communion of the Saints

139

Christianity and Liberalism: Salvation

140

The Upside-Down Kingdom

141

Vos Group #82 — More on John the Baptist

142

The Living Hope Revealed in 1 Peter

143

New Courses and Upcoming Events

144

The Character of Christ

145

Vos Group #81 — Revelation Connected with John the Baptist

146

John Knox and Pastoral Theology

147

Reformed Theology

148

Standing against Tyranny: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Perkins

149

Christianity and Liberalism: Christ

150

Artificial Intelligence in Scholarship and Pastoral Ministry: An Exploration of Possibilities and Perils

151

Van Til Group #11 — Sin and Its Curse

152

Presbyterians, Assemblies, and Semicolons

153

Paul the Disciple in Acts

154

Van Til Group #10 — Man’s Knowledge of the World

155

Hermeneutics and Homiletics

156

Christianity and Liberalism: The Bible

157

Evangelism and Apologetics on the Boardwalk

158

Ecumenism and Church Discipline

159

Vos Group #80 — Aspects of the Nativity

160

The New Testament Use of the Old Testament

161

Preterism and 2 Peter 3

162

Christianity and Liberalism: God and Man

163

Christianity and Liberalism: Doctrine

164

Van Til, Barth and Bridging Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy

165

Running the Race

166

A Theology of Luke

167

A History of Presbyterianism in Wisconsin

168

A Theological Introduction to Neo-Calvinism

169

Christianity and Liberalism: Introduction

170

Vos Group #79 — Aspects of Revelation at the Nativity

171

Introducing and Interpreting Karl Barth

172

Highlights from 2022

173

Vos Group #78 — Revelation Connected with the Nativity

174

The History of Presbyterianism and Evangelicalism

175

1689 Federalism and the Old Covenant

176

Gospel-Shaped Marriage

177

Christology, Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics, and Apologetics

178

The Christ of the Consummation Is Revealed in the Gospels

179

Melvin Grove Kyle, J. Gresham Machen, and the League of Evangelical Students

180

Van Til Group #9 — God’s Knowledge of the World and Man’s Knowledge of God

181

Perichoresis, Encoronation, and Ascension: Christology in (the) Light of Endoxation

182

The Biblical Theology of Vos-Kline-Gaffin: Meredith G. Kline on the Book of Revelation, Christ and His Spirit-Filled Church, and Missions

183

A Tale of Two Trees

184

The Relevance of Meredith G. Kline

185

Vos Group #77 — The Nature of New Testament Revelation

186

Henrietta Mears: Mother of Modern Evangelicalism

187

Samuel Miller on Presbyterian History, Government, and Worship

188

The Person of Christ and the Deeper Protestant Conception

189

Catechetical Preaching

190

Bavinck and a Christian View of Science

191

A God-Centered Approach to History

192

Vos Group #76 — The Structure of New Testament Revelation

193

The Extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy

194

Van Til Group #8 — The Christian Philosophy of Knowledge

195

Research Methods and Tools

196

The Usefulness of the Doctrine of Scripture

197

Zephaniah’s Protology in Eschatology

198

Heavenly Mindedness

199

The Perils of Naming a Denomination

200

Van Mastricht: The Works of God and the Fall of Man

201

The Ecclesiastical and Theological Contributions of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.

202

Vos Group #75 — The Eschatological View of the Prophets

203

The Two Ages in Scripture

204

Shall the Fundamentalists Win? 100 Years Later

205

The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation

206

The Practical Import of Ecclesiology

207

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

208

A History of Presbyterian Publications

209

Natural Theology and the Effects of Sin

210

Van Til, Aquinas, and the Natural Knowledge of God

211

The Text of Kuyper’s Stone Lectures on Calvinism

212

Questions and Answers

213

Ruling Elders and General Assembly

214

Machen and the Era of Tragedy

215

Vos Group #74 — Social Sin

216

Catechesis, Education, and the Church

217

The Value of Studying B. B. Warfield

218

Reformed Ministry in Bogotá, Colombia

219

John Owen, Jeremiah 31, and the Relationship between the Old and New Covenants

220

The Exile of Adam in Romans

221

Persistent Prayer

222

Vos Group Excursus: The More Excellent Ministry

223

Reformed Missions and Evangelism

224

Highlights from 2021

225

Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict

226

Perichoresis, Endoxation, and the Glory-Spirit

227

The Life and Ministry of Thomas Chalmers

228

Van Til Group #6 — The Christian Philosophy of Reality

229

Girolamo Zanchi and Spiritual Marriage

230

“This is a Myth”: Barth’s Rejection of the Covenant of Works

231

Vos Group #73 — The Corruption of Ritual Worship (continued)

232

Roman Catholicism and American Politics during the Cold War

233

Geerhardus Vos and the Covenant of Works

234

Nature, Grace, and Covenant: The Deeper Protestant Conception and Twentieth-Century Roman Catholicism

235

Theological Education in Foreign Missions

236

Handbook on the Gospels

237

Vos Group #72 — Collective National Sin and the Corruption of Ritual Worship

238

Supporting Diaconal Ministry

239

Reformed Academy Update / Union with Christ and Sanctification

240

The Influence of Modernism on Catholicism and Presbyterianism

241

Vos Group #71 — The Rupture of the Bond

242

The Committee of Nine and Evangelicalism

243

Van Til Group #5 — The Doctrine of Salvation, the Church, and the Last Things

244

Encountering the Westminster Shorter Catechism

245

Vos Group #70 — The Bond between Jehovah and Israel

246

Listener Questions

247

The Liturgy of the Apocalypse

248

The Work of Christ

249

General Assembly Discussion / The Covenant of Works

250

Van Til Group #4 — The Doctrine of Christ

251

Caring for Ministers

252

Seeker’s Progress

253

The Life and Legacy of R. C. Sproul

254

Vos Group — Seeking and Saving the Lost

255

Redemption Accomplished and Applied

256

The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament

257

Vos Group #69 — Emotions and Affections

258

The Sufferings and Glory of Jesus the Messiah in Acts 2–3

259

Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest

260

Christology and Christocentrism in Herman Bavinck

261

The Diet of Worms

262

Typology and Covenant Membership in Hebrews

263

Vos Group #68 — The Nature and Attributes of Jehovah: Righteousness

264

Trends in Christian Education

265

New Course: Van Til’s Trinitarian Theology

266

Michel Foucault

267

Vos Group Excursus: Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness

268

From Adam and Israel to the Church

269

J. Gresham Machen’s Theological Method

270

What Happens When We Worship

271

Van Til Group #3 — Anthropology and the God-man Relation

272

God or Baal: Calvin’s Letters on Worship

273

David Dickson’s Sermons on Lamentations

274

Vos Group #67: The Holiness of God in the Prophets

275

The Spirituality of the Church

276

Highlights from 2020

277

The Nativity Hymns in the Gospel of Luke

278

James Ussher and the Covenant of Works

279

Herman Bavinck’s Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher

280

The Use of Irony in Redemptive-History

281

Covenant Theology in Hebrews

282

Vos Group Excursus: The Wonderful Tree

283

Constitution and Covenant in 1 Corinthians 1–4

284

Van Til Group #2 — The Doctrine of God

285

The Sexual Revolution and the Rise of the Modern Self

286

A Critical Edition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

287

Vos Group #66 — God’s Relation to Time and Eternity

288

A Critical Biography of Herman Bavinck

289

A History of Dispensationalism

290

A Diaconal Ministry “Proportioned in Number”

291

The Resurrection in Acts

292

History and Theology in the Thought of John Witherspoon

293

Van Til Group #1 — The Defense of the Faith

294

The Shape and Shaping of the Book of the Twelve

295

Vos Group Excursus — Grace and Glory: Sermons of Geerhardus Vos

296

Karl Barth and Idealism

297

Vos Group #65 — The Nature and Attributes of God

298

The Call to Worship and Benediction

299

Discussing a New Course: Introduction to the Theology and Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til

300

Covenant Theology in Hebrews

301

Justification in James

302

Vos Group #64 — The Prophets and Monotheism

303

The Covenant of Works

304

Romans 13 and Protestant Resistance Theory

305

Vos Group #63 — The Prophets and the Nature of God

306

The Philosophy of David Hume

307

Voetius on God’s Single, Absolutely Simple Essence

308

The Theology of Benedict XVI

309

Vos Group #62 — The Content of the Prophetic Revelation

310

Divine Simplicity and the Old Testament

311

Catholic Theology and the Novels of Graham Greene

312

The Distance between God and the Creature

313

Justin Martyr on the Eucharist and Lord’s Day Worship

314

Justin Martyr and Worship in the Ancient Church

315

Pliny the Younger and Worship in the Ancient Church

316

Warfield’s Doctrine of Inspiration

317

All That Is in God

318

Echoes of Exodus

319

Vos Group #61: The Mode of Communication of the Prophecy

320

The Kingdom of God

321

With All Your Heart

322

Politics after Christendom

323

Vos Group Excursus: John 20:1–18 — Rabboni

324

Abraham Kuyper’s Public Theology

325

Hebrew Discourse Analysis

326

The Wonderful Works of God

327

A Christian View of Economics

328

Vos Group #60 — The Intra-Mental State of the Prophet

329

Highlights from 2019

330

Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God

331

Vos Group #59 — Revelation through Showing and Seeing

332

Karl Rahner

333

Bavinck’s Christian Worldview

334

Socinianism

335

Faithful and Fruitful Ordained Ministry

336

History and the Life of the Church

337

The History of Heaven

338

The Law and the Spirit in Old and New Covenants

339

The Imputation of Active Obedience in the Westminster Standards

340

Petrus Van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology

341

Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting

342

Schools of Biblical Criticism

343

The Mountain of the Lord

344

Vos Group #58 — Revelation through Speech and Hearing

345

Theology in the Life of the Church

346

Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism

347

Archibald Alexander and Princeton Seminary

348

The Authorship of Isaiah

349

Vos Group #57 — Objective Revelation to the Prophets

350

Cain and Abel

351

The Gospel and Self-Conception

352

The Doctrine of Election

353

Evangelicals and Post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism

354

Vos Group #56 — The Mode of Reception of the Prophetic Revelation

355

Cessationism

356

John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism

357

Thinking through Creation

358

Vos Group #55 — Did the Later Prophets Create an Ethical Monotheism?

359

Reformed Apologetics

360

Reformed Forum, the Church, and the Great Commission

361

All Israel Shall be Saved: Interpretations of Romans 11

362

The Battle Hymn of the Republic and Civil Religion

363

The Role of Surveys in Biblical Studies

364

The Creator-creature Distinction in the Hypostatic Union

365

Vos Group #54 — The Origin of “Nabhi-ism” in Israel

366

Sabbath Rest in Genesis 2:1–3

367

Divine Authority Displayed in Covenant

368

Predictive Prophecy in Isaiah 44:24–45:7

369

The Blessings and Promises of the New Covenant in Deuteronomy 30:1–10

370

The Usefulness of the Cross

371

Vos Group #53 — The Influence of Geerhardus Vos

372

The Future of Everything

373

Interpreting Genesis 1–3

374

Vos Group #52 — Prophets and Sons of Prophets

375

Van Til in Colombia

376

On Richard Dawkins

377

The Marburg Colloquy

378

The Deacon

379

Justification Accomplished and Applied

380

Highlights from 2018

381

Vos Group #51 — The History of Prophetism: Critical Theories

382

The Mutual Interrelation of Natural and Special Revelation

383

William Perkins on Predestination

384

Bavinck’s Philosophy of Revelation

385

Geerhardus Vos: Reformed Biblical Theologian, Confessional Presbyterian

386

Ezekiel 9–10 and the Man in Linen

387

Vos Group #50 — Biblical and Greek Conceptions of Prophetism

388

The Ordinary Means of Grace and the Local Church

389

The Liturgies of Bucer, Calvin, and Knox

390

The Goodness and Glory of God in Romans 8:28–30

391

The Trinitarian Christology of Thomas Aquinas

392

Antinomianism at the Westminster Assembly

393

Vos Group #49 — The Conception of a Prophet: Names and Etymologies

394

Entering God’s Rest

395

The Beatific Vision and the Eucharist in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas

396

Previewing Karl Barth and Thomas Aquinas on Analogy

397

Petrus van Mastricht’s Polemic against Balthasar Bekker

398

A Brief Introduction to the Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius

399

The Deeper Protestant Conception

400

Still Protesting

401

Vos Group #48 — The Word as the Instrument of Prophetism

402

Effectual Calling and Regeneration

403

Moses and Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews

404

The Impeccability of Jesus Christ

405

Buswell and Van Til

406

Vos Group #47 — The Place of Prophetism in Old Testament Revelation

407

The Trinity, Language, and Human Behavior

408

The Free Offer of the Gospel

409

The Purposes of the Lord’s Supper

410

Vos Group #46 — Summary of Revelation in the Period of Moses

411

The Theology of Ebenezer Erskine

412

Pastoral Care During the Reformation

413

Karl Marx

414

Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present

415

The Nature of Apostasy in Hebrews 6

416

Lamentations, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah

417

The Spirituality of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Charles Hodge

418

Vos Group #45 — Excursus: Reformed Dogmatics

419

Reading Van Til, Evangelicals & Catholicism, and African Ontology & Epistemology

420

Eden, Canaan, and the Heavenly Temple Dwelling of God

421

Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing

422

How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church

423

Karl Barth and the Incarnation

424

Vos Group #44 — Totemism

425

The Drama of Preaching

426

A Revelation-Historical Interpretation of Romans 3:21–26

427

The Life of E. J. Young

428

Vos Group #43 — Uncleanness and Purification

429

A Revelation-Historical Interpretation of Romans 3:1–20

430

A Revelation-Historical Interpretation of Romans 2:1–29

431

Uncovering the Theme of Revelation in Romans 1:16–3:26

432

Vos Group #42 — The Variety of Offerings

433

Highlights from 2017

434

Epistemology, Antithesis, and Revelation in the Book of Proverbs

435

Warfield and True Church Unity

436

Hermeneutics in Light of Christ’s Relationship to His Body

437

Vos Group #41 — The Meaning of Covering

438

Jonathan Edwards on God’s Involvement in Creation

439

The Tree of Life and the Covenant of Works

440

The Eschatology of the Image of God

441

Vos Group #40 — Vicariousness Defined

442

Van Til and Scholasticism

443

Herman Bavinck’s Trinitarian Theology and Organic Apologetic

444

Apologetics and the Five Solas

445

The Westminster Assembly and the Reformation of the English Pulpit, 1643–1653

446

Vos Group #39 — The Stages of the Sacrificial Ritual

447

The Image of God: Then and Now

448

Studying the Confession of Faith

449

The Work of Prayer: An Exercise in Helplessness

450

The Prophet Hosea

451

Reason, Revelation, and Calvin’s View of Natural Theology

452

Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul

453

Vos Group #38 — The Relation between the Offerer and His Sacrifice

454

Live Q&A Session

455

Episode 500: Doctrine for Life

456

Vos Group #37 — Offerings, Gifts, and Sacrifices

457

Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Henry Newman on Justification

458

Dutch Neo-Calvinism and the Roots for Transformation

459

Fulfillment in Matthew as Eschatological Reversal

460

Isaiah and God’s Kingdom

461

Discontent in the Ministry

462

Machen and the Media

463

Vos Group #36 — The Sacrificial System of the Law

464

The Role of Ephraim in Judges

465

Prison Ministry

466

The Life and Theology of Augustine

467

Reformed Spirituality

468

Vos Group #35 — Christ, the Tabernacle, and the Church

469

Man’s Freedom within the Sovereign Plan of God

470

The Gospel: A Matter of First Importance

471

TGC Followup, Evangelical Worship, and Oecolampadius

472

T. F. Torrance and Apostolic Succession

473

The Majesty of Mystery

474

The Last Adam: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels

475

Vos Group #34 — The Majesty and Holiness of God and the Place of Worship

476

The Attestation of Scripture

477

A Biblical Theology of Culture

478

Vos Group #33 — The Tabernacle

479

The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method

480

Karl Barth and Lapsarian Theology

481

John Owen and Reformed Orthodox Trinitarian Theology

482

The Theological Interpretation of Scripture

483

Bible Reading as a Discipline and a Means of Grace

484

Vos Group #32 — Symbols and Types

485

Highlights from 2016

486

Worship and the Birth of Christ, Part 2

487

Worship and the Birth of Christ, Part 1

488

Choosing the Good Portion: Women of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church

489

Vos Group #31 — The Third and Fourth Words

490

Christ and Culture: Marriage as a Biblical Test-Case

491

The Reformed Church in Latvia

492

By His Spirit and Word: How Christ Builds His Church

493

Vos Group #30 — The Decalogue: The Second Word

494

The Unfinished Reformation

495

Ulrich Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation

496

The Image of God: Historical and Contemporary Challenges

497

The Second Commandment and Images in Worship

498

Biblical Theology and Joshua

499

Catechetical Preaching

500

Calvin and the Sabbath

501

Vos Group #29 — The Prologue and First Commandment of the Decalogue

502

Walking with Jesus through His Word

503

A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament

504

The Mosaic Covenant as a Republication of the Adamic Covenant

505

The Synod of Dort’s Deliverance on the Sabbath

506

Dispensationalism

507

Pilgrims in a Foreign Land

508

Vos Group #28 — The Decalogue

509

A New Perspective on Arminius

510

The Life and Ministry of J. C. Ryle

511

Charles Hodge and the Spirituality of the Church

512

Trinity, Processions, and Missions: Gaining Clarity in the Current Debate

513

The Trinity and Christian Paradox

514

The Life and Ministry of Rev. John P. Galbraith

515

Vos Group #27 — The Function of Law

516

Seeing Christ in All of Scripture

517

Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God

518

Creation and Covenant

519

Nature and the Means of Grace

520

The New Testament Foundations of Trinitarian Theology

521

God’s Word in Our World: 2016 Austin Conference Preview

522

Presbytopia: What it Means to be Presbyterian

523

Vos Group #26 — The Organization of Israel: Theocracy

524

Ephesians 6:10–17 and a Biblical Theology of Clothing

525

Outreach and the Local Church

526

Christian-Theistic Evidences

527

Vos Group #25 — The Berith Made between Jehovah and Israel

528

The Miracles of Jesus

529

Family Worship

530

Soli Deo Gloria: God’s Glory Alone

531

Listener Q&A: Culture, the Soul, and Inclusivism

532

Vos Group #24 — Redemption from Egypt, Part 3

533

The Confessional Presbyterian Journal, Volume 11

534

Excommunication, Dissociation, and 1 Corinthians 5

535

Vos Group #23 — Redemption from Egypt, Part 2

536

Thoughts for the New Year

537

Highlights from 2015

538

A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

539

A Theological Account of Logic

540

Bavinck on the Christian Life

541

Vos Group #22 — Redemption from Egypt, Part 1

542

In Defense of the Eschaton

543

Revivalism and Reformed Piety

544

A Theology of Religions

545

Vos Group #21 — The Form of Revelation in the Mosaic Period

546

Workflow Tips and Tricks for Ministry and the Academy

547

The Eschatological Aspect of the Pauline Conception of the Spirit

548

Issues in Biblical Theology

549

The Church in the Old Testament

550

Vos Group #20 — The Place of Moses in the Organism of Old Testament Revelation

551

Listener Questions

552

The Unassumed Is the Unhealed

553

Narrative Analogies among Israel’s and Judah’s Kings

554

Vos Group #19 — The Patriarch Jacob at Bethel and Peniel

555

Polemical Theology

556

Van Til’s Common Grace and the Gospel

557

The History and Legacy of the Huguenots

558

Vos Group #18 — Jacob and Election

559

The Pastor Theologian

560

Jesus Christ as Apologist

561

The Incarnation of God

562

Newton on the Christian Life

563

Vos Group #17: The Patriarch Isaac

564

Talking with Catholics about the Gospel

565

The Message of the General Epistles

566

The Things of Earth

567

Vos Group #16: The Ethical Dimension of Circumcision

568

The Order of Worship

569

The Message of Leviticus

570

The Regulative Principle of Worship

571

Edwards on the Christian Life

572

God without Passions

573

Vos Group #15 — Revelation in the Patriarchal Period, Part 4

574

TGC 2015: Coming Home

575

Which Comes First, the Intellect or the Will?

576

Disciplines of the Christian Mind

577

Luther on the Christian Life

578

The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg

579

Redeeming Mathematics

580

Vos Group #14 — Revelation in the Patriarchal Period, Part 3: The Patriarch Abraham

581

Reformed Catholicity

582

The Sons of God and Daughters of Man in Genesis 6

583

The Confessional Presbyterian Journal, Volume 10

584

Vos Group #13 — Revelation in the Patriarchal Period, Part 2: The Angel of Jehovah

585

Understanding the Atonement

586

Planting Reformed Churches

587

Covenantal Apologetics and Common-Sense Realism

588

Pneumatology and Eschatology in the Light of 1 Corinthians 15:45 and 2 Corinthians 3:6–18

589

Vos Group #12 — Revelation in the Patriarchal Period, Part 1

590

Highlights from 2014

591

China’s Reforming Churches

592

Roman Catholic Theology and Practice

593

The Bible, History, and Literary Genre

594

The Book of Hebrews

595

Redeeming Philosophy

596

Vos Group #11 — Between Noah and the Patriarchs, Part 2

597

Machen’s Lost Work on the Presbyterian Conflict

598

Zwingli, Sola Scriptura, and the Reformation of Christian Worship

599

Hermeneutics in Light of the Divine Author of Scripture

600

Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics, Divine Authorship, and the Christotelism Debate

601

The Reformation: Now and Then

602

Vos Group #10 – Between Noah and the Patriarchs, Part 1

603

Calvinism Today

604

How God Became Jesus

605

Vos Group #9 – The Noachian Revelation, Part 2

606

Calvin’s Vision and Legacy for Missions

607

The Origin of the Suffering Servant Idea

608

The Practice of Ecclesiology

609

Union with Christ and the Body of Christ

610

Union with Christ and the Incarnation

611

Vos Group #8: The Development Leading Up to the Noachian Revelation, Part 1

612

Listener Feedback: Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics, Preaching, and Apologetic Arguments

613

Confessing the Faith

614

Vos Group #7: The Content of the First Redemptive Special Revelation

615

Seeing Jesus in the Prophets

616

Dutch Immigration and American Presbyterianism

617

Ecumenical and Inter-Church Relations

618

Confessional Subscription and the Animus Imponentis

619

Vos Group #6: The Content of Pre-Redemptive Special Revelation, Part 2

620

Lyrical Theology: Doxology

621

How Did Evil Come Into the World?

622

How Can I Know For Sure?

623

Chance and the Sovereignty of God

624

Vos Group #5: The Content of Pre-Redemptive Special Revelation, Part 1

625

The Ancient Church Observance of the Lord’s Supper

626

The Puritan Family Resemblance

627

Who Raised Up Jesus?

628

Vos Group #4: The Mapping Out of the Field of Revelation

629

The Practical Theology of Productivity and Stewardship

630

The Old and New Calvinisms

631

Warfield on the Mode of Inspiration

632

The Final Days of Jesus

633

What’s Your Worldview?

634

Being Reformed, and Staying Christian in Seminary

635

Vos Group #3: The Nature and Method of Biblical Theology, Part 2

636

By Faith, Not by Sight

637

The Question of Canon

638

Listener Feedback: National Israel, Republication, and Single-Volume Systematic Theologies

639

J. Oliver Buswell and Cornelius Van Til

640

Vos Group #2: The Nature and Method of Biblical Theology, Part 1

641

Highlights from 2013

642

The Peniel Bible Conference and the OPC

643

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief

644

An Introduction to Geerhardus Vos’ Biblical Theology

645

The Scottish Commissioners and the Westminster Assembly

646

The Virgin Birth of Christ

647

Antinomianism and Reformed Theology

648

Definite Atonement in Perspective

649

Imitating God in Christ

650

Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat

651

Biblical Psychology and the New Perspective on Paul

652

The History of Calvinism

653

Crazy Busy

654

John Newton on Grace in Sanctification

655

Communicating Reformed Theology through Hip Hop

656

Jesus on Every Page

657

Gray Matters: Navigating the Space Between Legalism and Liberty

658

Housewife Theologian

659

Seeing Jesus in Old Testament History

660

The Aseity of the Son

661

Judges and Redemptive History

662

When the Stars Disappear: Why Christians Suffer

663

A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home

664

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

665

Ruth and Redemptive History

666

Covenantal Apologetics

667

The Nature and Use of Apologetic Evidences

668

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

669

Preparing for Seminary

670

Vatican II Inclusivism

671

Typology and Jehoiachin

672

The Early Text of the New Testament

673

Covenant Solidarity

674

The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament

675

Jonathan Edwards on Adam Before the Fall

676

Approaches to Christology

677

Aspects of Presbyterian Government

678

What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an

679

The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World

680

Bavinck on Marriage and the Family

681

The Plan of Salvation

682

Francis Schaeffer’s Christian Spirituality

683

Regeneration in John 3

684

Family-Integrated Churches

685

Calvin’s Company of Pastors

686

Johannes Oecolampadius

687

Regeneration and Redemptive-History

688

The Reorganization of Princeton Seminary

689

Old Princeton and Right Reason

690

Harmonizing the Gospels

691

Reasons for Faith

692

Insider Movements

693

Highlights from 2012

694

The Trinitarian Controversy in Early Modern England

695

Proclaiming Christ

696

The Life and Ministry of B.B. Warfield

697

Ministerial Fellowship

698

Justification Sola Fide

699

An Interview with Desiring God

700

Anthony Burgess on the Law

701

God’s Love Throughout the Biblical Story

702

Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms in Dutch Theology

703

Eschatology and the Christian Life

704

The Transfiguration

705

The Headship of Christ

706

English Puritan Theology

707

Creeds and Confessions in the Contemporary Church

708

Dynamics of Church Planting

709

John Flavel and Union with Christ

710

The Eternal Generation of the Son

711

Nature/Grace Dualism

712

Dualities in Epistemology, Eschatology, and Citizenship

713

Preaching and Sermon Preparation

714

The Theology of John Bunyan’s Holy War

715

Nature and Scripture

716

Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew

717

Machen During World War I

718

Divine Impassibility

719

The Regulative Principle of Worship

720

Inerrancy and Worldview

721

By Good and Necessary Consequence

722

Did God Really Say?

723

Writing Christian Fiction

724

The Theology and Preaching of Jonathan Edwards

725

Trinitarian Personality in the Theologies of Barth and Rahner

726

Celebrity, Authority, and Authenticity in the Church

727

Why Baptize Children?

728

Speaking about the Gospel

729

The Gospel and its Implications

730

The Word of God and Inerrancy

731

Christ in the Old Testament

732

Baptism, Covenant, and Election

733

How Jesus Runs the Church

734

Theology and Ministry in Light of Union with Christ

735

The Law and Redemptive-History

736

The State and Religious Liberty

737

Debates in 17th Century British Puritanism

738

The Theology and History of the Canon

739

The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor

740

Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton

741

The History of the Heidelberg Catechism

742

The Historical Adam

743

Justification and Union with Christ

744

Sanctification

745

Church Planting

746

Highlights from 2011

747

Suffering and the Christian Life

748

Union with Christ, A Response

749

Holiness and the Christian Life

750

God… With Us

751

The King James Bible

752

The Critics of Van Til’s Take on Barth

753

The Theology of Karl Barth

754

The Greatness and Love of God

755

Union with Christ

756

Van Til, Barth, and American Evangelicalism

757

Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism

758

Our Great God

759

La théologie Réformée en France

760

Theologizing in a Connected Culture

761

The Significance of the Resurrection

762

Evangelicals and Political Conservatism

763

The Founders of the Free Church of Scotland

764

Issues in Systematic Theology

765

Perspectives on the Sabbath

766

The Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

767

Redeeming Sociology

768

Zephaniah: Protology in Eschatology

769

Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics

770

God without Parts: The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity

771

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church from 1945 to 1990

772

Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament

773

Jonathan Edwards’s Apologetic

774

Edwards on the Infinite Merit of Christ

775

Transformationalism and Christian Higher Education

776

The Ethics of Bankruptcy

777

R. L. Dabney

778

The Right to Become Children of God

779

Children of God

780

Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

781

Urban Churches, Christian Education, and Ecclesiology

782

Business Ethics, Pastoral Searches, and Van Til as Biblical Counselor

783

Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer

784

Biblical Counseling and TGC2011

785

The Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference

786

These Last Days

787

Universalism and Deification

788

Christ in Leviticus

789

The Practice of Law and the Christian

790

The Role of the Seminary in Today’s World

791

The Creation Covenant

792

The Clark/Van Til Controversy

793

The Justification Landscape

794

Christ and Marriage

795

Historical Methodology

796

The Gospel Coalition

797

The Life and Thought of Herman Bavinck

798

Sister Aimee

799

Machen’s Warrior Children

800

Highlights from 2010

801

Liberating Black Theology

802

Jonathan Edwards and the Image of God

803

Trinitarian Personality

804

The Philosophy of Science

805

Contemporary Issues in Ecclesiology

806

Amillennialism

807

Formulating a Christian Epistemology

808

Machen and Bultmann at Marburg

809

Christianity and Politics

810

Word, Water and Spirit

811

Modern Roman Catholicism

812

The Point of a Sermon

813

Van Til, Barth and Liberalism

814

The Pilgrim’s Progress

815

Natural Theology

816

The Theology of B.B. Warfield

817

Christian Education

818

The Atonement

819

Technology and the Christian Life

820

The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards

821

The Westminster Assembly

822

The Preaching of the Scriptures

823

Paradox in Christian Theology

824

Thoughts on Preaching

825

Presbyterian and Reformed Family Trees

826

Christ and Culture Roundup

827

Christ and Culture, Round 3: Darryl Hart

828

Christ and Culture, Round 3: Bill Dennison

829

Christ and Culture, Round 3: Nelson Kloosterman

830

Christ and Culture, Round 3: Doug Wilson

831

Kloosterman’s and Hart’s Responses

832

Wilson’s Response

833

Dennison’s Response

834

Kingship and First Samuel

835

Common Grace, Natural Law and Eschatology

836

Vocation, Education and Fine Arts

837

Christ and Culture: Politics

838

Christ and Culture: Introductory Remarks

839

Welcome to a Reformed Church

840

The Historical Adam

841

The Challenges of Urban Ministry

842

Perspectives on Pentecost

843

Counseling Difficult Cases

844

Theological Prayer

845

The Christian Lover

846

Shepherding Ministry

847

The Task of the Preacher

848

Caspar Olevianus and the Apostle’s Creed

849

Meet the Puritans

850

Pastoral Ministry: Learning or Doing?

851

Listener Co-Hosts

852

Highlights from 2009

853

Galatians

854

Counterfeit Gods

855

The 100th Episode

856

Bioethics

857

A God-Centered Approach to Language

858

Christian Essentialism

859

Credo-Baptism During the Reformation

860

Sacrifices and Festivals in the Old Testament

861

Luther and Media

862

Church Membership

863

Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics

864

William Perkins and the Development of Puritan Preaching

865

Restoration Prophecy in Ezra-Nehemiah

866

The Doctrine of Assurance

867

New Testament Theology

868

The Masculine Mandate

869

Loving the Church

870

The New Shape of World Christianity

871

Truth and Error in the Church

872

The Theology of Samuel Rutherford

873

The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes

874

Foreign Missions and Special Office

875

The Regulative Principle of Worship

876

The Importance of the Original Languages

877

The Rule of Love

878

God’s Mighty Acts in the Old Testament

879

Thomas Aquinas

880

Calvin as a Servant of the Word of God

881

A Comparison of Rahnerian to Reformed Apologetics

882

Apologetics and Pastoral Ministry

883

Scripture and Doctrine in the Church

884

The Relationship of Philosophy to Theology

885

New Testament Textual Criticism in the 21st Century

886

A Life in the Preaching Ministry

887

Reformed Worship

888

The Song of David’s Son

889

The God Who Is

890

Christless Christianity

891

The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology

892

Geerhardus Vos

893

Puritan Theology

894

The Church Fathers

895

Why Johnny Can’t Preach

896

N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 2

897

N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 1

898

Sanctification and the Gospel

899

Paedocommunion

900

The Eschatology of Adoption

901

The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism

902

The Young Bultmann

903

Redeeming Science

904

Reformed Catechesis and the Ordinary Means of Grace

905

Highlights from 2008

906

Van Til’s Trinitarian Theology

907

Made in the USA

908

Deconstructing Evangelicalism

909

Thomas Boston: Preacher of the Fourfold State

910

Calvin and the Development of Covenant Theology

911

Apologetics and Islam

912

Getting the Blues

913

A Brief History of Trinitarian Thought

914

Cornelius Van Til: A Life

915

Christ’s Kingdom: Gospel Priorities and Politics

916

The Preaching of Jonathan Edwards

917

The Reformed Doctrine of Justification

918

Herman Bavinck

919

The Defense of the Faith

920

The Calvin Quincentenary

921

Preaching in an Electronic Age

922

The Emerging Church and Cultural Captivity

923

J. Gresham Machen

924

The Eschatological Views of the Westminster Divines

925

Cultural Relevance, Mercy Ministry and the Social Gospel

926

The Pastor and the Academy

927

The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century

928

Recovering the Reformed Confession

929

Union with Christ and Twofold Grace

930

Reformed Church Growth

931

Reforming or Conforming?

932

The Federal Vision

933

The Theological Contribution of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.

934

The Atonement as Propitiation

935

The Atonement as Reconciliation

936

The Atonement as Ransom and Substitution

937

The Atonement and Covenant Theology, Part 2

938

The Atonement and Covenant Theology, Part 1

939

Doctrinal Confusion in the Church

940

The Attributes of God

941

Preliminary Issues Regarding the Attributes of God

942

Augustine

943

The Theology of Jonathan Edwards

944

Building Old School Churches

945

Van Til and Barth

946

Cornelius Van Til

947

Redemptive-Historical Preaching

948

Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth

949

Biblical Theology and the Westminster Standards

950

The Spirituality of the Church

951

Choosing a Commentary

952

Building a Theological Library, Part 2

953

Building a Theological Library, Part 1

954

The New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament