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David Filson reviews Matthew Levering’s recent book, The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works . For thoughtful students of Church History and Historical Theology, who may find the sheer bulk of Augustine’s corpus daunting, and don’t know quite where to begin, this accessible, substantive, and crisply written volume offers a historically context...

Jonathan Brack reviews The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology by Pascal Denault and published by Solid Ground Christian Books. This is a helpful treatment of historic Reformed credo-baptist arguments. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jonathan Brack

Jonathan Brack reviews Popologetics: Popular Culture in Christian Perspective by Ted Turnau, a book on apologetics in the midst of pop culture. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jonathan Brack

Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy review Chris Brauns’ book Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices   published by Zondervan. This book is a welcome and accessible introduction to the biblical conception of corporate solidarity. Brauns introduces the “principle of the rope” to explain how humans are connected with one another, a fundamental concept at the hea...

Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy speak about William Edgar’s book Schaeffer on the Christian Life: Countercultural Spirituality  published by Crossway. William Edgar, Professor of Apologetics at  Westminster Theological Seminary , draws from his extensive personal experience with Francis Schaeffer to offer a portrait of the theoretical and practical sides of Schaeffer’s approach to the Chr...

Jim Cassidy speaks about  Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective , edited by Ryan C. McIlhenny. In this collection of essays, Neo-Calvinist scholars address issues on which they differ with R2K advocates, such as the nature and extent of Christ’s kingdom, the idea of Christian culture, cosmic redemption, the cultural mandate, natural law, and common grace. Participants: Camden...

Jim Cassidy and Camden Bucey introduce several recent titles worth mentioning. Stephen R. Holmes, Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History and Modernity G. R. Evans,  Roots of the Reformation: Tradition, Emergence and Rupture , 2nd edition Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., The Kingdom of God (Theology in Community) Wayne Grudem,  Evangelical Feminism and B...

In this episode, we review Christosis: Pauline Soteriology in Light of Deification in Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria by Ben C. Blackwell and published by Mohr Siebeck. Dr. Blackwell is Assistant Professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University. He also studied at Durham University and was a research assistant for N.T. Wright. This monograph is a revised version of Blackwell’s thesis...

Listen as Jeff Waddington reviews B. B. Warfield’s Scientifically Constructive Theological Scholarship by David P. Smith and published by Pickwick. Smith seeks to correct the perception that Warfield relies upon a faulty epistemology. Instead, he strives to demonstrate that Warfield overcomes many of the issues embedded in Western approaches to epistemology. Reformed apologists will certainl...

In this episode, Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy discuss the 2012 issue of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal . The issue contains two highlights. The first is the articles section which consists of some of the lectures given at the 2012 Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary conference celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Princeton Seminary. The second is a give-and-take dia...

In this episode Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy discuss the Fall 2012 issue of the Westminster Theological Journal . Of special interest is the article by Jim Scott on Machen and Edwin Rian’s book, The Presbyterian Conflict . Nathan Shannon’s piece on Van Til’s understanding of evidences in the apologetic task and Vern Poythress’ review of Kevin Vanhoozer’s book Remythol...

Jonathan Brack reviews  Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants  by Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum. Jonathan has also  written a review of the book for Reformation21.org. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jonathan Brack

R. C. Sproul,  Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism published by Reformation Trust, 130 pages, hardcover. Publisher’s Description: In recent years, some evangelical Protestant leaders have signed statements pledging themselves to joint social action with Roman Catholics. Others have refused to participate, declaring that, in their view, the statements went too far, touchi...

In this episode, we review Sam Allberry’s  Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life published by P&R Publishing. Publisher’s Description: For many people the resurrection is a nice thing to believe in; a handy subject to return to at Easter time or when discussing apologetics. Otherwise we treat it as an event that happened long ago and far away—a “happy ending” to the gospel, af...

Jazz pianist Pamela York speaks about her new album,  Lay Down This World: Hymns and Spirituals . Pamela discusses the tracks on the album, the relationship of traditional structure to creativity, and worship. The album is available for download through iTunes and Amazon . Compact discs can be ordered through CD Baby . You can listen to a previous discussion we had with Pamela or find out more inf...

In this episode, we review James E. McGoldrick’s  Presbyterian and Reformed Churches: A Global History   published by Reformation Heritage Books. Publisher’s Description: In 1905, Westminster Press published History of the Presbyterian Churches of the World by church historian Richard Clark Reed (1851–1925). Reed’s book, intended as a textbook for college and seminary students, covered...

Mark Jones and Jared Oliphint speak about Tullian Tchividjian’s Jesus + Nothing = Everything . Rev. Tchividjian is pastor of  Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church  in Fort Lauderdale and blogs at the Gospel Coalition . Dr. Jones published a review of the book at MeetThePuritans.com. Jared Oliphint’s review will appear soon at Reformation21 . Participants: Camden Bucey , Jared Oliphint , Mar...

Nathan Shannon reviews Merold Westphal’s book Whose Christianity? Which Interpretation? Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church . Participants: Camden Bucey , Nate Shannon

Reformed Media Review returns for a brief discussion of some of the best reformed books of 2010. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jeff Waddington , Jim Cassidy

Chris Bolt from Choosing Hats discusses presuppositional apologetics. Participants: Chris Bolt , Jared Oliphint , Jonathan Brack

The Church stands at the beginning of a new technological frontier. Along with great opportunities come new challenges. Today the panel discusses mobile applications, intellectual property, and exciting news regarding Reformed Forum. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jared Oliphint , Jonathan Brack

Reformed Media Review had the privilege of interviewing Don Reid , former lead singer of the award winning country music group the Statler Brothers, about his involvement in that group and his more recent work as an author. Especially of interest was Don’s insights into the relationship of country and gospel music. Our listeners will be especially interested to learn that Don Reid is also a...

Carl Trueman visits the program to discuss his much anticipated book Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative . Relishing the outsider role, Englishman Trueman provides a helpful critique regarding the current state of American politics. With sections devoted to the lost liberal cause, personality cults, and FoxNews, to name a few, this book is as enjoyable as it is insightful. The forew...

Accomplished jazz pianist Pamela York visits the program to discuss jazz music and its relation to Christianity. Pamela’s two albums, The Way of Time and Blue York are currently available at Amazon and in the iTunes music store. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jared Oliphint , Jonathan Brack , Nate Shannon , Pamela York

Christian portraiture artist Mike Mahon joins the panel to discuss a Christian view of the arts. Mike is a southwest artist and elder in the Rio Rancho Orthodox Presbyterian Church . Mike shares his many years of thought reflecting on how Christian’s should approach the arts. Participants: Camden Bucey , Jared Oliphint , Jonathan Brack , Nate Shannon