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What does it mean to look at prophetic literature in HiDef? In today’s episode Rev. Andrew Compton (Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies) gives us some pointers on reading prophecy properly, that we might have a better understanding as we read the Bible. 

Dr. Venema describes the conditions of the Millennium and what exactly is taking place during these thousand years.

In our final section on tough topics in Eschatology, Dr. Cornelis Venema explores Revelation chapter 20 and the question of The Millennium. In this episode, he lays a contextual foundation for the structure of the book of Revelation, and how chapter 20 functions literarily in that structure. 

Who is the Antichrist, the Man of Lawlessness? Will we know who he is when he shows up? Is the Antichrist even a person?  Dr. Venema answers these questions and more in our series of tough theological topics on Round Table. 

It’s a new year for the podcast, and we are glad to be back with some exciting content planned for you. As we move along, Director of Marketing, Jared Luttjeboer, will be sitting down with our faculty members, discussing some tough theological topics. He began with Dr. Cornelis Venema (President of the Seminary and Professor of Doctrinal studies). They sat down to discuss aspects of eschatology (t...

Amidst the tumultuous times we’ve found ourselves in, turning to our Lord and Savior is really the only shelter in the storm. We hope that’s where your ultimate focus has been; not only in this past Christmas season, but as we look forward to tomorrow, a new year, 2021. Although Christmas has passed, Old Testament Professors Andrew Compton and Mark Vander Hart reflect once more on the coming Chris...

In our advent series, Old Testament Professors Andrew Compton and Mark Vander Hart spoke last week on the coming Savior in Genesis. Now they turn their attention to Isaiah and the Prophets. 

Next week is Christmas, and we find ourselves in the season of Advent. Joining the podcast for the next 3 episodes are Old Testament Professors, Rev. Andrew Compton and Rev. Mark Vander Hart, who sit down to talk about Advent and the coming Savior, focusing today on Genesis and other Old Testament texts.

Wrapping up round 2 of chapel messages from our faculty, Instructor of Ministerial Studies Dr. Eric Watkins addresses us today with a message on Mark 1:40-45, speaking on Christ healing the leper, and the messianic secret. What can we learn from this account? After his healing, Jesus sternly charges him not to tell anyone what has taken place – but he does anyway. What do we make of the leper’s di...

Continuing today in our series of chapel messages from the Faculty, adjunct professor and OPC pastor Rev. Danny Patterson from Second Parish OPC will speak on Psalm 124 and how it speaks against self-congratulating ourselves in the context of our salvation.

Continuing today in our series of chapel messages from the Faculty, Dr. Alan Strange will speak on 2 Samuel 24 and the census of David.

Beginning today and for the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing more chapel messages from our Faculty, beginning with Rev. Mark Vander Hart, Associate Professor of Old Testament, delivering a sermon Joshua 2, Rahab and the spies, and the beauty of the gospel message contained therein.

We’re rounding out our series on Reformed and Presbyterian Confessions today, which started way back with the Belgic Confession. Our Dutch Reformed brethren tackled the Three Forms of Unity, with Dr. Alan Strange and Dr. Marcus Mininger reflecting on the Westminster Standards, wrapping up today with some thoughts on the Westminster Catechisms.

Back with us on the podcast today is Dr. Alan Strange and Dr. Marcus Mininger to open up and explore the *content* of the Westminster Confession of Faith, one of the documents crafted at the Westminster Assembly in the 17th century.

We’re going to move away from Continental Europe and into English territory to Westminster Abbey, where we find the creation of the Westminster Standards in Presbyterian circles. On the podcast today is Dr. Alan Strange and Dr. Marcus Mininger to talk a little bit about the background of one of these documents, the Westminster Confession of Faith.

In our final installment of the Three Forms of Unity, Rev. Mark Vander Hart, Dr. Cornelis Venema, and Dr. J. Mark Beach look at the Canons of Dort, no doubt a difficult confessional document to understand. Good thing our professors are here to help us out.

“What is your only comfort in life and in death?”  “That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.”  Thus begins a beautiful conversation between teacher and catechumen on guilt, grace, and gratitude. This is the Heidelberg Catechism, a remarkable confession that we find in the Three Forms of Unity. Once again, Rev. Mark Vander H...

If you’ve been in the Reformed camp long enough the month of October should ring a bell for you. Not because of witches and ghouls and pumpkin carving, but something that holds much more significance for our lives as Christians - Protestant and Reformed Christians, specifically. And that’s the season of Reformation, beginning with the epochal work of Martin Luther and his nailing of the 95 theses...

Today we wrap up our series on Christ-Centered Preaching from the Faculty with Rev. Mark Vander Hart bringing us a word from Matthew 2:1-15, a message detailing the flight of Christ as a child to Egypt with his parents as a part of his journey to the cross.

In our continuing series on Christ-Centered Preaching from the Faculty, Dr. Venema brings us a word from Ephesians 2:1-10, perhaps one of the most (as Calvin put it) concise summations of the gospel. His message is titled, “For We Are God’s Poem” and was originally given at Zion United Reformed Church in Ripon, California. May you be blessed by this message.

Continuing our lineup of Christ-Centered Preaching from the Faculty at Mid-America, Rev. Andrew Compton, Professor of Old Testament, brings to us a message from the book of Proverbs titled “Do Not Walk in the Way With Them," a sermon about the enticement of sinners and how Christ enables us to avoid them.

No doubt we would all agree on the importance of Christ-Centered sermons: Christ and him crucified, the good news of salvation, preached through all of Scripture. Over the past many years, our professors have labored in preaching Christ and the gospel in various churches all throughout the U.S. and Canada, but even here on the campus of Mid-America during the Seminary’s time of chapel. Some of the...

You’ll remember last week we had our Director of Enrollment, Brian Blummer, behind the mic. He joins us again this week as he interviews one of our incoming students, a former National Hockey League player turned seminary student, Mr. Michael Wall from British Columbia. Take some time to listen to Michael's journey to seminary. 

Jared sits down with Mid-America's Director of Enrollment Management, Brian Blummer, a 2011 alumnus, as they chat about Brian's years before, during, and after seminary, and how in God's providence, he brought Brian back to seminary - with the purpose of bringing others to Mid-America's campus.

In our concluding episode on Christianity and the Arts , Rev. Compton and Dr. Strange discuss music and how Christians can appreciate listening to it.