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Christ the Center welcomes Dr. Carl Trueman, vice president for academic affairs and professor of historical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and author of several books including The Claims for Truth: The Trinitarian Theology of John Owen , John Owen: Reformed Catholic and Renaissance Man , Luther’s Legacy , Protestant Scholasticism , The Wages of Spin , and Mino...

John Muether, professor of church history and director of the library at Reformed Theological Seminary/Orlando and historian of the OPC, talks with the Christ the Center panel about his recent book Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman , the latest volume in the American Reformed Biography series published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. Professor Muether discusses various a...

The Christ the Center panel talk with Dr. Russell Moore, senior vice president of academic administration at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, about the relationship of the kingdom of Christ and politics and culture. Dr. Moore, has written a book, The Kingdom of Christ: A New Evangelical Perspective , which served as the basis of the discussion. The already/not yet nat...

The Christ the Center panelists interact with Dr. John Carrick, associate professor of applied and doctrinal theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, about his latest volume The Preaching of Jonathan Edwards published by Banner of Truth within the last few months. Dr. Carrick is also the author of another banner of Truth title, The Imperative of Preaching . Dr. Carrick discusses E...

Dr. John Valero Fesko, pastor of Geneva OPC of Woodstock, GA and adjunct professor of theology at RTS/Atlanta, joins the panel of Christ the Center to discuss his latest book, Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine recently published by our good friends at Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing. Dr. Fesko, is the author of several journal and magazine articles and books, includ...

Rev. Dr. Ron Gleason, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) of Yorba Linda, CA converses with the Christ the Center panel about the forthcoming volume Reforming and Conforming? and his work on a forthcoming biography of Herman Bavinck to be published with Presbyterian & Reformed Publishers. Dr. Gleason discusses his concerns with the emergent church, but the lion’s share of this epis...

The Christ the Center panelists engage Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, in a wide-ranging discussion about Cornelius Van Til and the recent publication of the fourth edition of his The Defense of the Faith . Dr. Oliphint, who is arguably the most authoritative expert on Van Til, shares about the historical...

July 10, 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. In honor of this great theologian, the Calvin 500 Project has produced a blog, two books ( A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes and The Legacy of John Calvin ) and is organizing an historic tour and conference in Paris, Strasborg, Bern, and Geneva’s St. Pierre Cathedral. David W. Hall of the Calvin 500 Project...

Greg Reynolds joins the panel on Christ the Center to speak about media ecology and preaching in the electronic age. Dr. Reynolds is the pastor at Amoskeag Presbyterian Church in Manchester, New Hampshire. He has also written the book The Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Preaching in the Electronic Age . Join us for a fascinating topic that touches upon the very heart of gospel ministry. Panel G...

Christ the Center discusses the ministry of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones and the Emerging Church with Martin Downes, pastor of Christ Church Deeside . Downes, who also is webmaster of the popular Against Heresies , comments on the impact of Martyn Lloyd-Jones within British and worldwide evangelicalism and notes the recent publication of Lloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace . But the bulk of the conversati...

The Christ the Center panelists interact with Dr. Darryl G. Hart about Dr. Fundamentalis , J. Gresham Machen. Machen, erstwhile professor of NT at Princeton Theological Seminary until its reorganization in 1929, was the pioneer of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and the denomination that would become known as the Orthodox Presbyterian Church . Hart explains the historical and cont...

We had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Jue , Associate Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary . Dr. Jue is an expert on the eschatological views of the Westminster Divines and his research is a very stimulating subject. The answer to the question “What were the views of the divines?” may surprise you. Panel Jeff Jue Lane Tipton Jeff Waddington Nick Batzig...

The Christ the Center panelists converse with the Rev. Richard Phillips, Senior Minister at 2 nd Presbyterian Church of Greenville, SC about the importance of a Reformed approach to evangelism and mercy ministry. The tendency can be to remain inside the four walls of the church when the church has been called to proclaim the gospel to a dying world. Phillips points out that it is possible to be so...

Too often, a rift obtains between the work of the church and theological study. Pastors and seminary students often feel the need to choose between one or the other. Derek Thomas, both pastor and professor, joins us to talk about the relationship between the pastor and the academy. Panel Derek Thomas James Dolezal Jeff Waddington Nick Batzig Camden Bucey Bibliography Bahnsen, Greg L. Van Til&#8217...

J. Ligon Duncan, Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS joins us to talk about the Westminster Confession of Faith. Dr. Duncan is the general editor of a series of books titled The Westminster Confession of Faith into the 21 st Century . Panel J. Ligon Duncan Nick Batzig Jeff Waddington Camden Bucey Links First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi Bibliography Bavinck, He...

R. Scott Clark, Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary California , joins us to discuss his forthcoming book Recovering the Reformed Confession . Panel R. Scott Clark Jeff Waddington Jim Cassidy Nick Batzig Camden Bucey Links The Heidelblog Justin Taylor’s roundup of the interaction between Enns, Helm, and Beale Scottish Journal of Theology Report from th...

Join us as we speak with Mark Garcia, author of Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin’s Theology , regarding the theological implications of union with Christ and its prominence in Calvin’s writings. Panel Mark Garcia Jim Cassidy Jeff Waddington Nick Batzig Camden Bucey Links Early English Books Online Rowland Ward’s review of The Divine Spiration of Scrip...

In this episode we speak with Drew Dinardo, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Coral Springs-Margate, FL about the challenges of planting and growing reformed churches. Panel Jim Cassidy Jeff Waddington Lane Keister Nick Batzig Drew Dinardo Camden Bucey Bibliography Anyabwile, Thabiti M. The Decline of African American Theology : From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity . Downers Grove, I...

Gary Johnson joins us to talk about the forthcoming book Reforming or Conforming?: Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church which he co-edited with Ron Gleason. Panel Gary Johnson Lane Keister Jeff Waddington James Dolezal Camden Bucey Bibliography Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 1: Prolegomena . Baker Academic, 2003. —. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation ....

Lane Keister joins us to discuss the Federal Vision, an expression of theology within Reformed circles offering alternative views of the Bible’s covenantal structure, ecclesiology and the sacraments. Lane runs Green Baggins , a blog which has become a popular destination for informed, scholarly discussion of issues in reformed theology. Panel Lane Keister Jim Cassidy Jeff Waddington Nick Bat...

This week we talk to Dr. Lane Tipton, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) to talk about the theological contribution of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. in whose honor a new festschrift has been published entitled Resurrection and Eschatology . Panel Lane Tipton Jeff Waddington Jim Cassidy Camden Bucey Links Bibliography Gaffin, Richard B., Jr. G...

Propitiation means to appease or avert divine wrath. This episode of Christ the Center examines the atonement as propitiation as we discuss the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the propitiation of the wrath of God toward his people. Course Notes Hosts Jeff Waddington Nick Batzig Camden Bucey Links Leon Morris – The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross Greg Bahnsen – Sermon Series, “The...

Reconciliation is the restoration of a broken relationship between God and sinful man. It is the overcoming of our alienation from God because of our disobedience and sin. This episode of Christ the Center examines the atonement as reconciliation. Hosts Jeff Waddington Camden Bucey Bibliography Bavinck, Herman. Essays on religion, science, and society . Grand Rapids MI: Baker Academic, 2008. Beeke...

Several words are used to describe the atonement in the New Testament. As we continue our series on the atonement, we explore the atonement as a ransom and substitution for the redemption of the elect. Course Notes Hosts Jim Cassidy Jeff Waddington Camden Bucey Bibliography Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion . 1559th ed. Westminster John Knox Press, 1960. Tipton, Lane G. and Jeff W...

Join us for the second part of a two part discussion of the atonement and covenant theology. The group discusses the nature of the atonement and its natural and even necessary fit within covenant theology. Christ, as the second Adam, represents his elect and atones for their sins which were committed under the first covenant. Jeff also speaks about the new festschrift for Richard Gaffin which he h...