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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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Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics
Bill Dennison returns to Christ the Center to bring the fire about the eschatological structure of Paul’s thought and its relation to apologetics. Dr…
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William Perkins and the Development of Puritan Preaching
Dr. Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. visits Christ the Center to speak about William Perkins’ role in the development of Puritan preaching. Pipa argues that…
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Restoration Prophecy in Ezra-Nehemiah
The Christ the Center corporal’s guard spoke with Matthew Patton, PhD student in biblical studies at Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton, IL about…
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Reformed Media Review #15
Nick Batzig, Jeff Waddington and Camden Bucey discuss the usual book news. Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Nick Batzig
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The Doctrine of Assurance
Burk Parsons visits Christ the Center to discuss two books he has edited. A majority of the discussion centers on Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of…
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Reformed Media Review #14
Jeff Waddington and Camden Bucey play clips of Keith Olberman, R.C. Sproul and The Onion. The clips provide fodder for a discussion that touches on…
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New Testament Theology
Christ the Center was pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas R. Schreiner to discuss New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ. Dr. Schreiner’s book has…
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The Masculine Mandate
Richard D. Phillips visits Christ the Center to discuss his new book The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men. The book is a reaction to recent…
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Loving the Church
Christ the Center had the pleasure of interviewing Ted Kluck, author and athlete, about his recent publication, Why We Love the Church: In Praise of…
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The New Shape of World Christianity
Mark A. Noll discusses his latest book The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. Dr. Noll is Francis A. McAnaney…
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Presuppositional Apologetics and Southern Seminary (1859-2009)
Jeff and Camden discuss new books including The Betrayal by Douglas Bond, the 1541 French edition of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Greg…
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Truth and Error in the Church
The Christ the Center panelists revisit with Rev. Martin Downes, minister of Christ Church Deeside in north Wales, about his new book Risking the Truth…
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The Theology of Samuel Rutherford
The panelists of Christ the Center recently talked with Rev. Dr. Guy Richard, senior minister of First Presbyterian Church (PCA) of Gulfport, MS, about his new…
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The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes
Thabiti Anyabwile, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman joins the panel to discuss Lemuel Haynes and black theology. Anyabwile has edited May…
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Foreign Missions and Special Office
Divergent approaches to foreign missions have been employed for centuries. Disagreements over various approaches have been at the heart of many historic events…
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The Regulative Principle of Worship
Derek Thomas joins Josh Walker and Nick Batzig to discuss the regulative principle of worship. Derek Thomas is the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and…
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The Importance of the Original Languages
Miles Van Pelt, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS speaks about the importance of the…
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Galileo Against the Church & Nichols on Luther
We discuss several new and forthcoming books and comment on two audio clips. The first comes from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA and touches on…
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The Rule of Love
The Christ the Center panel had the pleasure of revisiting Rev. Dr. John Fesko, now the academic dean and associate professor of systematic theology at…
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God’s Mighty Acts in the Old Testament
Christ the Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Richard C. Gamble to talk about volume one of his systematic theology. Many people have looked forward to The Whole…
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Thomas Aquinas
Christ the Center discusses some aspects of the life and thought of Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas. Specifically Thomas’ doctrine of God and the…
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Calvin as a Servant of the Word of God
In honor of John Calvin’s 500th anniversary, the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church held a pre-Assembly conference on the subject of…
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A Comparison of Rahnerian to Reformed Apologetics
Christ the Center discusses the theology of the influential Roman Catholic Karl Rahner. Rahner’s theology is a composite of Kantian, Hegelian and…
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Books on Doctrine of God
James, Jeff and Camden discuss various books dealing with the doctrine of God, sometimes called theology proper. Participants: Camden Bucey, James Dolezal…
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Apologetics and Pastoral Ministry
Nick Batzig sat down with David Robertson pastor of St. Peters Free Church in Dundee, Scotland recently at Twin Lakes Fellowship where he lectured on Emergent…
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Scripture and Doctrine in the Church
Our doctrine of Scripture is extremely important and drives the discussion of practically all other topics. Since we hold Scripture to be our principium…
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The Relationship of Philosophy to Theology
The Christ the Center panel discussed the nature of philosophy and theology and how they relate to each other. Among the topics discussed were whether theology…
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New Testament Textual Criticism in the 21st Century
Daniel B. Wallace discusses the challenges facing New Testament textual criticism in the 21st century. Join us for this interesting discussion of this…
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A Life in the Preaching Ministry
We had the pleasure to discuss the preaching ministry with noted Scottish minister Eric Alexander. Rev. Alexander has spent his adult life serving Jesus…
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Reformed Worship
Nick Batzig sat down with Jon Payne at the Twin Lakes Fellowship to talk about the subject of Reformed Worship. Jon deals with the various aspects of this…
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The Song of David’s Son
We are pleased to welcome Iain D Campbell to speak about a covenantal approach to interpreting the Song of Solomon. Dr. Campbell wrote a wonderful article in…
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The God Who Is
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Douglas Kelly to speak about his Systematic Theology, Volume 1. Nick Batzig caught up with Dr. Kelly at the recent Twin Lakes…
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What Got You Started in Reformed Theology?
Today we take calls on the subject of “What got you started in reformed theology?” We speak with several guests on the phone and in the chat room…
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Christless Christianity
Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California and host of the White Horse Inn radio…
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Natural Law
Jeff, Nick and Camden discuss new books from Steve Nichols, Eric Brandt and J. Todd Billings and get into a discussion of natural law. View the wiki entry for…
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The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology
Did you know that the last things come first? If that sounds confusing, then you are in for a treat as the Christ the Center panel interviews Dr. R. Fowler…
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Geerhardus Vos
The Christ the Center panel had a fascinating conversation with Rev. Danny Olinger, general secretary for the Committee on Christian Education for the Orthodox…
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Puritan Theology
Rev. James O’Brien, pastor of Reedy River PCA, joins with the Christ the Center panel for a discussion of all things Puritan. Rev. O’Brien shares…
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The Church Fathers
The Christ the Center panel had the distinct privilege of recently interviewing Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin, professor of church history and Biblical spirituality…
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A Primer and Bibliography on Union with Christ
We have the usual book news and then provide an overview of the union with Christ discussion complete with a bibliography for those interested in reading more…
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Why Johnny Can’t Preach
Why Can’t Johnny Preach? That is a good question. And it is a troubling question too. To try to get at an answer, the Christ the Center panel interviewed…
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N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 2
This is part 2 of a 2 part discussion with Guy Prentiss Waters. Part 1 is also available for download. The Christ the Center panel had the distinct privilege…
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N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 1
The Christ the Center panel had the distinct privilege of discussing N. T. Wright’s new book Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision with…
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Sanctification and the Gospel
Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, joined the Christ the…
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Paedocommunion
The Christ the Center panel had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Cornelis P. Venema, president of Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana, and…
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Concise Reformed Dogmatics
Today James reviews Concise Reformed Dogmatics by Van Genderen and Velema. In addition the panel mentions several new books. Bibliography Berkhof, Louis…
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The Eschatology of Adoption
Christ the Center had the honor to interview the newest faculty member of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. David Garner, who also…
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The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism
The Christ the Center panel, ably augmented by Dr. Carl R. Trueman of Westminster Theological Seminary, interacts with Dr. Greg K. Beale, the Kenneth T…
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Reformed Media Review #6
On this episode Jeff and Camden touch on John Selderhuis’ John Calvin: A Pilgrim’s Life and T. David Gordon’s Why Johnny Can’t Preach…
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The Young Bultmann
In this episode of Christ the Center the panel interviews Dr. William Dennison, professor of interdisciplinary studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain…
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Reformed Media Review #5
The panel discusses Douglas Kelly’s Systematic Theology: Grounded in Holy Scripture and Understood in the Light of the Church , Soul searching: The…
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Redeeming Science
Science and faith are often pitted against each other. Many have felt they must make a choice between either being a person of science or a person of faith…
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Reformed Media Review #4
In this episode of the Reformed Media Review, Jim reviews Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth by Bruce McCormack. We also look at the…
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Reformed Catechesis and the Ordinary Means of Grace
The Christ the Center panel tackled the importance of an ordinary means of grace ministry and the place of catechism within that overall approach. First, it…
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The Reformed Media Review #3
On this episode of the Reformed Media Review, Nick talks about T. Desmond Alexander’s From Eden to the New Jerusalem: Exploring God’s Plan for Life…
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Highlights from 2008
On this episode of Christ the Center we brought together a collection of highlights from 2008. We started Christ the Center in January of 2008 and…
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Van Til’s Trinitarian Theology
Lane G. Tipton joins the panel again to discuss Cornelius Van Til’s particular formulation of Trinitarian theology. Dr. Tipton is Associate Professor of…
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Made in the USA
The Christ the Center panel once again had the privilege of meeting with Dr. Stephen Nichols, Research Professor of Christianity and Culture at Lancaster Bible…
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Deconstructing Evangelicalism
Christ the Center was pleased to have Darryl G. Hart back to talk about his book Deconstructing Evangelicalism. Hart points out that Evangelicalism actually is…
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Thomas Boston: Preacher of the Fourfold State
The panel of Christ the Center had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Philip Graham Ryken, Senior Minister of historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in…