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Reformed Forum
This is the home of Reformed Forum’s podcasts—Christ-centered, confessionally Reformed conversations and teaching shaped by redemptive-historical theology. Warm, accessible, and theologically rigorous, our shows aim to equip the global Church toward maturity in Christ—helping listeners trace the unfolding story of redemption in Scripture and find trusted guides along the way.
Episodes
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The Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
On this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the fruit of the Spirit in light of the troubling and confusing…
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History and Theology in the Thought of John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon (1723–1794) was an eighteenth-century Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. In…
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Van Til Group #1 — The Defense of the Faith
In the spirit of our Vos Group episodes, we begin a concurrent venture into Cornelius Van Til’s book, The Defense of the Faith. Carlton Wynne joins Lane…
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Hosea 7 — The Love of God and the Stubbornness of Man
Jim Cassidy shows us how Israel’s folly and sinfulness renders her incapable of obeying God. In order to obey the Lord, she needs the Lord to grant to…
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The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
On this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the fruit of the Spirit in light of the troubling and…
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The Shape and Shaping of the Book of the Twelve
Will Wood, Assistant Professor of Old Testament at RTS Atlanta, discusses the shaping of the book of the twelve, the canonical collection of the minor prophets…
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Vos Group Excursus — Grace and Glory: Sermons of Geerhardus Vos
In 1922, Reformed Press published six sermons by Geerhardus Vos in a volume titled Grace and Glory. In 1994, Banner of Truth published the same collection with…
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The Fruit of the Spirit
On this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss the fruit of the Spirit in light of Paul’s exhortation in Galatians 5 to…
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Karl Barth and Idealism
Jim Cassidy speaks about Karl Barth and his relationship with idealism. On the heels of Lane Tipton’s recent course, Introduction to the Theology and…
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Vos Group #65 — The Nature and Attributes of God
We turn to pp. 238–243 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the Old Testament prophets and their understanding of the nature and attributes of God…
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Life in the Spirit
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss living in this present evil age while living life in the Spirit. How does a Christian live in the…
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The Call to Worship and Benediction
Glen Clary speaks about the biblical basis and covenantal context of the call to worship and benediction. These elements of worship are rooted in…
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J.I. Packer’s “Introductory Essay” to John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads J. I. Packer’s (1926-2020) well known “Introductory Essay” to John Owen’s The Death of…
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Discussing a New Course: Introduction to the Theology and Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til
In this episode, we discuss a new online course wherein Dr. Lane G. Tipton teaches a thorough introduction to the theology and innovative apologetic method of…
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Covenant Theology in Hebrews
Jeremy Boothby speaks about covenant theology through the biblical-theological lens of the book of Hebrews. In so doing, he compares and contrasts 1689…
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Justification in James
Biblical exegetes have long discussed the relationship of justification in James to that of Paul. On the surface, James 2:24 appears even to contradict many of…
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The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church – Chapter 4
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues a reading of Geerhardus Vos’s 1903 book, The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the…
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Vos Group #64 — The Prophets and Monotheism
We turn to pp. 235–238 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the Old Testament prophets and varying views of monotheism. The prophetic era begins…
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The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church – Chapter 3
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues a reading of Geerhardus Vos’s 1903 book, The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the…
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The Covenant of Works
We discuss the doctrine of the covenant of works, including its biblical basis (Gen. 2:15–17 et al) as well as common objections to it. The Reformed tradition…
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The Kingdom of God and Us
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man reflecting on the disciples…
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Romans 13 and Protestant Resistance Theory
William Reddinger speaks about strands of resistance theory in the American Revolution, considering Lockean, Continental, and Anglo interpretations of Romans…
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The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church – Chapters 1 & 2
For the 200th episode of Theology Simply Profound, Bob begins a reading of Geerhardus Vos’s 1903 book, The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of…
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Vos Group #63 — The Prophets and the Nature of God
We turn to pp. 234–235 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the nature and attributes of God as understand by the Old Testament prophets…
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The Philosophy of David Hume
Dr. James N. Anderson speaks about the philosophy of David Hume, one of the foremost thinkers of the Western tradition. Hume is well known for his influential…
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Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory
Danny Olinger and Camden Bucey discuss Graham Greene’s novel, The Power and the Glory, which raises many questions about the nature of faith, ordination, and…
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The Kingdom of God and the Power of Darkness
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man by chatting about the power…
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Voetius on God’s Single, Absolutely Simple Essence
Editor, teacher, and translator, Ryan M. Hurd speaks about the theology of Gisbertus Voetius. Hurd has translated a significant disputation of Voetius’…
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The Kingdom of God and Israel
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man by chatting about Israel and…
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The Theology of Benedict XVI
Dr. Gregg Allison and Dr. Carl Trueman speak about the theology of Benedict XVI, pope emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church. Allison’s article…
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The Kingdom of God and Abraham
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob wanted to pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man with a…
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Vos Group #62 — The Content of the Prophetic Revelation
We turn to page 234 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the understanding of monotheism which the biblical prophets possessed. On pages 206–211 of…
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The Kingdom of God and Noah
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob wanted to pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man with a…
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Divine Simplicity and the Old Testament
James Duguid speaks about the doctrine of divine simplicity and its roots in the Old Testament. While the pages of the Old Testament are not typically the…
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Catholic Theology and the Novels of Graham Greene
Danny Olinger speaks about the theology of Graham Greene, regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the twentieth century. Combining literary…
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Exodus 2:11–15 — The Formation of a Savior
Joel Fick shows us how important it is to bring various passages of Scripture to bear upon one another, particularly where one may fill in the gap for the…
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The Kingdom of God and Enoch
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob wanted to pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man with a…
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The Distance between God and the Creature
After having created Adam in his image and placing him in the Garden of Eden, God entered into a covenant with him (Gen. 2:16–17). In Westminster Confession of…
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Genesis 26 — Compromise, Controversy, and Covenant
Mark Winder shows us how in the story of Isaac which parallels that of Abraham, there is a theological point being made: from a human perspective there is one…
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Justin Martyr on the Eucharist and Lord’s Day Worship
In this episode, we continue our discussion of Justin Martyr’s account of ancient Christian worship, focusing this time on the Lord’s Supper…
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Hosea 6:4–11 — The Covenant Keeper
Jim Cassidy gives us a primer on covenant theology. As Israel, shaped by the law, becomes an analogy of Adam as Adam is in covenant with God in the garden, a…
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The Kingdom of God and Creation
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of the Kingdom of God and the Four-fold Estate of Man with a consideration of the…
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Justin Martyr and Worship in the Ancient Church
In his first apology (ca. 150–155 A.D.), Justin Martyr wrote an early account of ancient Christian worship, describing ancient practices regarding the…
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Heavenly-Mindedness
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob finishes reading from the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton…
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Pliny the Younger and Worship in the Ancient Church
What was worship like in the early church? Did it differ significantly from our present practices? A letter written by a Roman official in 112 AD provides a…
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The More Excellent Ministry
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues reading from the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton…
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Warfield’s Doctrine of Inspiration
In 1894, B. B. Warfield published an article in which he compared the views of the Westminster divines and the Reformers on the mode of inspiration. According…
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Seeking and Saving the Lost
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues reading from the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton…
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All That Is in God
James Dolezal discusses his book All That Is in God: Evangelical Theology and the Challenge of Classical Christian Theism (Reformation Heritage Books, 2017)…
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The Kingdom of God and the Fall
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue discussing the kingdom of God as it unfolds through the four-fold estate of man: the estate of…
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Echoes of Exodus
Dr. Bryan Estelle joins us to speak about Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif (IVP Academic, 2018). Israel’s exodus from Egypt is the Bible’s enduring…
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Vos Group #61: The Mode of Communication of the Prophecy
We turn to pages 230–233 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the mode by which the Lord delivers his message to the prophet. Man is made in the…
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The Kingdom of God
Dr. S. M. Baugh joins us to speak about his book, The Majesty on High: An Introduction to the Kingdom of God in the New Testament. Beginning with a definition…
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Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues reading from the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton…
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With All Your Heart
Dr. A. Craig Troxel speaks about With All Your Heart: Orienting Your Mind, Desires, and Will toward Christ (Crossway, 2020). Whereas contemporary culture…
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The Kingdom of God and the Estate of Innocence
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob begin a new series discussing the kingdom of God as it unfolds through the four-fold estate of man: the…
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Politics after Christendom
David VanDrunen speaks about his forthcoming book, Politics After Christendom (Zondervan Academic), reflecting upon the status and responsibilities of…
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Rabboni!
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob continues reading from the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton…
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Vos Group Excursus: John 20:1–18 — Rabboni
We take a brief break from our regular schedule in Geerhardus Vos’s book, Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments, to discuss Vos’s sermon…
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Abraham Kuyper’s Public Theology
Dr. Jordan J. Ballor, senior research fellow and director of publishing for the Acton Institute, joins us to speak about Abraham Kuyper’s public…