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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.

  1. 3d ago

    The Resurrection of Christ | Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide (Lesson 5)

    This is the fifth lesson in Dr. Camden M. Bucey and Dr. Marcus Mininger’s Reformed Academy course, Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers pages 74–114 of Richard B. Gaffin Jr.’s Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology, addressing the following topics: 00:00 Introduction and Overview06:44 First Corinthians 15:42–49: Natural and Spiritual Bodies09:01 The Corinthian Objection and Greek Dualism15:54 Continuity and Transformation of the Body19:56 Adam’s Original Body and Eschatological Life28:52 The Two Adams and Two Modes of Existence34:06 The Last Adam as Life-Giving Spirit39:53 The Functional Unity of Christ and the Spirit44:32 Romans 1: Son of God in Power55:01 Resurrection as Royal Enthronement58:19 The Gospel’s Two Historical Foci65:05 Conclusion and Preview Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/resurrection-redemption-readers-guide Your donations help us to provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #biblicaltheology #redemption #reformedtheology #biblestudy Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000

  2. 6d ago

    What Is Critical Theory?

    Bradley G. Green joins Camden Bucey to discuss What Is Critical Theory?: A Concise Christian Analysis. They trace the Frankfurt School’s Marxist roots and explain why thinkers such as Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, and Herbert Marcuse turned from a narrowly economic account of oppression toward culture, institutions, authority, family, and religion. The conversation evaluates critical theory as a counterfeit religious vision with its own accounts of creation, sin, redemption, and eschatology. Drawing on Cornelius Van Til, Green shows how unbelieving thought oscillates between rationalism and irrationalism; drawing on Henry Van Til, he explains why culture is “religion externalized.” Resources What Is Critical Theory?: A Concise Christian AnalysisBradley G. Green at Southern SeminaryChrist Overall Chapters 00:00 Introduction 04:30 Introducing What Is Critical Theory? 08:14 Marxism after the failed German revolution 10:43 The major Frankfurt School thinkers 12:35 Culture, oppression, and the long march through the institutions 15:54 Critical theory as a counterfeit religion 19:06 What the critical theorists see—and miss 21:56 Creation, givenness, and the autonomous individual 24:05 Sin relocated from the heart to the system 25:18 Marcuse’s vision of sexual liberation 29:42 Utopian hope and Adorno’s “Grand Hotel Abyss” 33:11 Walter Benjamin and a “messianic rupture” 36:45 Repressive tolerance and the authoritarian personality 42:35 Van Til on rationalism and irrationalism 46:31 Culture as religion externalized 49:22 Pastoral and educational applications 53:55 Using the book for personal and group study 56:20 Conclusion Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000 Summit Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TX Christ the Center 1000 Summit

  3. Oct 19

    The Activity of the Father and the Passivity of the Son | Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide (Lesson 4)

    This is the fourth lesson in Dr. Camden M. Bucey and Dr. Marcus Mininger’s Reformed Academy course, Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers pages 62–74 of Richard B. Gaffin Jr.’s Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology, addressing the following topics: 00:00 Introduction and Overview04:52 The Father’s Activity and the Son’s Passivity13:33 Paul and John on Christ’s Resurrection Agency20:47 The Agency of the Holy Spirit31:22 Spiritual and Physical Resurrection39:40 Spirit, Power, Glory, and Life47:13 The Personhood of the Holy Spirit55:14 Summary and Theological Significance Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/resurrection-redemption-readers-guide Your donations help us to provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #biblicaltheology #redemption #reformedtheology #biblestudy Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000

  4. Oct 16

    Church History for Everyone

    Kevin DeYoung joins Camden Bucey to discuss Church History for Everyone, Volume 1: The Story of Christianity from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Dawn of the Reformation. They consider why Christianity is inseparable from history and how the story of the church testifies to Christ’s promise to build and preserve his people by his Word and Spirit. The conversation explores how Christians can remember faithful men and women without lapsing into hagiography—or reducing the past to a catalogue of failures. Camden and Kevin also discuss monasticism, the preservation of learning and liturgy, Protestant retrieval of medieval theologians such as Bernard of Clairvaux, and the figures who will appear in the forthcoming second volume. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Christ the Center 1000 summit update 12:55 Introducing Church History for Everyone 15:51 Conversation with Kevin DeYoung 17:30 From Sunday school lectures to a two-volume history 20:58 Why Christianity is inseparable from history 23:48 Church history as family history 26:38 Beyond hagiography and “warts only” history 30:57 Choosing characters and telling the church’s story 35:30 What Protestants can learn from monasticism 39:53 Recovering the medieval church 43:59 Previewing volume 2 46:53 Conclusion Resources Church History for Everyone, Volume 1 Clearly Reformed Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TX Christ the Center 1000 Summit Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000 Summit

  5. Oct 12

    The Resurrection of Christ and the Past Resurrection of the Believer | Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide (Lesson 3)

    This is the third lesson in Dr. Camden M. Bucey and Dr. Marcus Mininger’s Reformed Academy course, Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers pages 41–62 of Richard B. Gaffin Jr.’s Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology, addressing the following topics: 00:00 Introduction and Key Pauline Texts04:08 The Believer’s Past Resurrection11:46 Ephesians 2: Raised with Christ18:50 Federal and Experiential Dimensions of Union24:52 The Believer’s Transition from Death to Life29:52 Distinct yet Connected Resurrection Events33:33 Colossians 2–3: Made Alive and Raised with Christ40:18 Romans 6 and Experiential Union44:52 The Likeness of Christ’s Death and Resurrection51:25 Galatians 2: Crucified with Christ55:44 Present Inward and Future Bodily Resurrection57:54 The Union Involved: A Dual Perspective1:01:26 Union with the Heavenly Christ through the Spirit1:03:32 Summary: Accomplishment, Application, and Already–Not Yet1:05:33 The Redemption of Body and Soul1:07:54 Conclusion and Preview Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/resurrection-redemption-readers-guide Your donations help us to provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #biblicaltheology #redemption #reformedtheology #biblestudy Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000

  6. Oct 9

    Van Til’s Influence on Biblical Counseling

    Jared Poulton joins Camden Bucey to discuss Van Til’s Counseling Movement: A Critical Analysis of Jay Adams and Biblical Counseling. They trace how Cornelius Van Til’s presuppositional apologetics supplied key theological instincts for Jay Adams and the modern biblical counseling movement, including the God-relatedness of every human problem, dependence upon divine revelation, and confidence in Scripture’s sufficiency for pastoral ministry. The conversation also examines tensions within contemporary biblical counseling. Camden and Jared consider the antithesis, common grace, the relation of the book of nature to the book of Scripture, and the danger of either rejecting all extra-biblical knowledge or baptizing secular methods without sufficient theological scrutiny. Throughout, they argue that faithful counseling should serve the church’s disciple-making mission and bring every claim about human life under the authoritative framework of God’s Word. ResourcesVan Til’s Counseling MovementInstitute for Reformed Biblical Counseling Chapters00:00 Introduction03:12 Jared Poulton’s path into biblical counseling09:12 What is biblical counseling?17:44 The sufficiency of Scripture and pastoral counsel23:09 CCEF, David Powlison, and Van Til27:29 A Van Tilian foundation and an identity crisis32:48 Competing trajectories in biblical counseling41:02 Robert K. Rudolph and Jay Adams44:02 Three streams that shaped Adams50:57 God is man’s environment55:58 Presuppositions and borrowed terminology61:37 The antithesis and secular psychology67:06 Scripture’s framework for counseling72:59 Common grace and the two-book approach75:56 Counseling in service of the church’s mission77:42 Conclusion Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TX Christ the Center 1000 Summit Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000 Summit

  7. Oct 6

    The Book of Daniel, Part 23

    On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss the Lord's response to his corporate confession of sin in chapter 9:1-19 wherein Gabriel flies in to provide "insight and understanding" in the form of the prophecy of the seventy weeks.

  8. Oct 5

    The Resurrection of Christ and the Future Resurrection of Believers | Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide (Lesson 2)

    This is the second lesson in Dr. Camden M. Bucey and Dr. Marcus Mininger’s Reformed Academy course, Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers pages 31–41 of Richard B. Gaffin Jr.’s Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology, addressing the following topics: 00:00 Introduction and Review08:50 From Paul’s Letters to Paul’s Theology14:06 Christ’s Resurrection and the Resurrection of Believers17:31 First Corinthians 15: Christ the Firstfruits31:58 Head-Body Solidarity and Federal Representation36:06 Colossians 1:18: Firstborn from the Dead44:25 Resurrection and the Dawn of New Creation48:55 Second Corinthians 4:14 and Shared Resurrection53:49 Preview: The Believer’s Past Resurrection Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/resurrection-redemption-readers-guide Your donations help us to provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #biblicaltheology #redemption #reformedtheology #biblestudy Mentioned in this episode: Christ the Center 1000 Christ the Center 1000

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