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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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J. C. Ryle on Holiness
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss the subject of holiness with portions of J. C. Ryle’s classic book, Holiness: Its Nature…
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Hebrew Discourse Analysis
Matthew Patton speaks about his book, Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Hebrew Prose and Poetry (Zondervan Academic, 2019). Dr. Patton is…
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The Wonderful Tree
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob begins reading the 1922 edition of Grace and Glory, a collection of sermons delivered at Princeton Theological…
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The Wonderful Works of God
Carlton Wynne and Charles Williams speak about the new edition of Herman Bavinck’s The Wonderful Works of God published by Westminster Seminary Press…
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A Christian View of Economics
Shawn Ritenour, Professor of Economics at Grove City College, speaks about the basics of economics and the Christian principles upon which the study must be…
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Exodus 2:1–10 — The Birth, Burial, and Resurrection of a Savior
In episode 81, Joel Fick leads us in a study of the birth of Moses. He demonstrates a model of preaching Christ not based upon merely noting a few parallels…
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Vos Group #60 — The Intra-Mental State of the Prophet
We turn to pages 224–229 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to speak about the intra-mental state of the prophet, by which Vos means to inquire into “how the…
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Highlights from 2019
Since Christ the Center began nearly twelve years ago, we have taken time to look back on the highlights of the year. Given that we now post highlights from…
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Christmas Traditions!
Welcome to the Fourth Annual Theology Simply Profound Christmas Special where Rob and Bob discuss Christmas traditions and everything silly that popped into…
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Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God
David Woollin of Reformation Heritage Books and Matthew Robinson of Media Gratiae discuss Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God. Centered around a…
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Expectations of the Messiah
While Rob and Bob finished up their discussion of the book of Malachi, on this week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, they discuss some of the…
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Vos Group #59 — Revelation through Showing and Seeing
In this episode, we turn to pages 220–223 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to discuss the reception of divine revelation through showing and seeing. The…
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The Christian’s True Identity
Jonathan Landry Cruse, Pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, speaks with Rob and Bob about his new book, The Christian’s True…
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Karl Rahner
Jeff Waddington, Glen Clary, and Lane Tipton speak with Camden Bucey about his book, Karl Rahner, and contemporary issues regarding Rahner, modern Roman…
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Christianity and Liberalism — Chapter 7
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from his 1923 edition of J. Gresham Machen’s classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 7, The Church…
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Bavinck’s Christian Worldview
James Eglinton, Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, and Cory Brock speak about Herman Bavinck’s book, Christian Worldview. Sutanto, Eglinton, and Brock together have…
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Socinianism
Carl Trueman joins us to speak about Socinianism, a non-Trinitarian system of doctrine that arose out of the Radical Reformation and developed in Poland during…
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Faithful and Fruitful Ordained Ministry
Healthy churches have healthy elders and deacons. When a local congregation is blessed with faithful officers the results are bountiful (Acts 6:7). William…
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Christianity and Liberalism — Chapter 6
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from his 1923 edition of J. Gresham Machen’s classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 6, Salvation…
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Kuyper's Collected Works in Public Theology and Challenging the Spirit of Modernity: A Study of Groen van Prinsterer’s Unbelief and Revolution
Jim Cassidy discusses two recent publications from Lexham Press. In Challenging the Spirit of Modernity: A Study of Groen van Prinsterer’s Unbelief and…
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History and the Life of the Church
Christianity is based in history. Contrary to the teaching of classic liberalism, without the historical fact of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection…
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The Faithfulness of God
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of Malachi at chapter 3:7-18. Here we engage Malachi in his denunciation of those…
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Hosea 6:1–3 — Returning to the Lord
Knowledge is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end that we might know the new world of God. When we understand that we are citizens of the age to come…
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The History of Heaven
Lane Tipton speaks about his recent conference addresses and his newly available video course, Foundations of Covenant Theology. In this conversation, we seek…
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Christianity and Liberalism – Chapter 5
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from his 1923 edition of J. Gresham Machen’s classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 5…
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The Law and the Spirit in Old and New Covenants
Glen Clary and Camden Bucey speak about their addresses at the recent theology conference. Glen covered the topic of ascending the mountain of the Lord and the…
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The Imputation of Active Obedience in the Westminster Standards
Dr. Alan Strange discusses the Westminster Assembly and the Westminster Standards and whether they affirmed the imputation of Christ’s active obedience…
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The Day of His Coming
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob pick up their discussion of Malachi 2:17–3:6 where they discuss Malachi’s presentation of the coming…
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Petrus Van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology
Todd M. Rester speaks about the theology of Petrus Van Mastricht (1630–1706). Dr. Rester has served as a translator of Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical…
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Christianity and Liberalism – Chapter 4
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from J. Gresham Machen’s 1923 classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 4, The Bible…
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Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting
Dr. Bracy V. Hill, senior lecturer in history at Baylor University, speaks about Christian perspectives on sport hunting. While hunting isn’t the first…
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Genesis 25:22–34 — A Conflict for the Ages
The conflict between Jacob and Esau serves as a paradigm for the redemptive conflict of the ages. God uses what the world would consider weak to accomplish his…
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Christianity and Liberalism – Chapter 3
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from J. Gresham Machen’s 1923 classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 3, God and Man…
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Schools of Biblical Criticism
Will Wood discusses various approaches to higher criticism, including source, form, and redaction criticism. This conversation dives into a topic that was…
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The Mountain of the Lord
Mountains appear throughout the Bible as an important symbol of God meeting with man. In this episode, we trace the biblical-theological theme of mountains in…
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Genesis 25:1–21 — Epilogue to Abraham
In Episode 78 the panel discusses how the story of redemption shifts focus from Abraham to his descendants, and particularly to Isaac and Jacob. Employing a…
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Christianity and Liberalism – Chapter 2
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Bob reads from J. Gresham Machen’s 1923 classic work, Christianity and Liberalism, Chapter 2, Doctrine…
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Vos Group #58 — Revelation through Speech and Hearing
In this episode, we turn to pages 216–220 of Vos’s book, Biblical Theology, to discuss the reception of divine revelation through speech and hearing. Vos…
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What the Lord Expects Us to Know
The Book of Malachi speaks to the people of God after their return from exile in Babylon. They and their leaders are being called to account for offering their…
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Theology in the Life of the Church
Doctrine is not optional for the body of Christ. Yet, neither is it to be pursued in abstraction. Christians must speak the truth in love, applying that truth…
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Offering Our Worst to the Lord
In this episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss the first chapter of Malachi and the concern he has for the cold worship offered by his people…
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Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism
Darryl G. Hart speaks about J. Gresham Machen’s classic work, Christianity and Liberalism. In becoming familiar the content and historical context of…
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Christianity and Liberalism – Chapter 1
This week on Theology Simply Profound, we begin a series of readings of J. Gresham Machen’s 1923 classic book, Christianity and Liberalism. Participants…
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Archibald Alexander and Princeton Seminary
Travis Fentiman and James M. Garretson speak about the new book, God, Creation, and Human Rebellion: Lecture Notes of Archibald Alexander from the Hand of…
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The Authorship of Isaiah
The New Testament cites the book of Isaiah more than any other Old Testament book. Scripture itself treats the book as a literary work by a single author. In…
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Introduction to Malachi
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob begin to discuss the Book of Malachi. Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo Mentioned in this episode…
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Vos Group #57 — Objective Revelation to the Prophets
We turn to pages 214–216 of Geerhardus Vos’s book, Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments, to discuss the kernel and divination theories of the…
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Genesis 24 — A Bride for Isaac
In this 67-verse chapter we examine some of the patterns and themes in this narrative full of intrigue. We discuss the transition of the covenant promises to…
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The Song of Persecution
On this episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob talks with the Zecharias Weldeyesus and Christopher Cashen, ministers in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church…
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Cain and Abel
Glen Clary leads us in a consideration of the biblical-theological themes in the Cain and Abel narrative of Genesis 4. Much more than a mere commentary on…
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The Gospel and Self-Conception
Daniel Schrock speaks about self-conception in light of the Revoice movement and the Nashville Statement. Looking to the believers’ union with Christ in…
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An Interview with Stephen J. Nichols
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob sits down with Dr. Stephen J. Nichols to discuss Reformation Bible College, some recent writing projects including a…
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The Doctrine of Election
Dr. Cornelis Venema speaks about the doctrine of election. His book, Chosen in Christ: Revisiting the Contours of Predestination, is available in…
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: the Final Journey to the Celestial City
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob bring their discussion of John Bunyan’s, The Pilgrim’s Progress, to a close. Here Christian…
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Evangelicals and Post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism
Leonardo De Chirico speaks about evangelical responses and assessments of Roman Catholicism post-Vatican II. Vatican II was an ecumenical council of the Roman…
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Ignorance, Fear, and Back-sliding
This week’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to discuss John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. We discuss Christian…
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Vos Group #56 — The Mode of Reception of the Prophetic Revelation
We turn to pages 212–213 of Vos’ book Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments to discuss the mode of reception of the prophetic revelation. In the fourth…
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: the Flatterers
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob discuss John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. In this episode, Christian and Hopeful find…
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Cessationism
Glen Clary and Camden Bucey speak about the ministry of the Holy Spirit and cessationism. We discuss how the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is a…
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Little-faith
This week on Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to discuss The Pilgrim’s Progress. Christian recounts the story of Little-faith robbed by…