RTS Washington Faculty Podcast

In this Episode, Dr. Gayle Doornbos examines how theology shapes the Christian life as seen in Bavinck. Want to continue conversations like these in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  ⁠www.instagram.com/rts.washington/⁠ Facebook:  ⁠www.facebook.com/RTS...

In this special episode, Gray Sutanto and Gayle Doornbas, associate professor of theology at Dordt University, introduce their new Herman Bavinck reader and commentary. Get it here: https://a.co/d/02CiF9jB Want to dive deeper into Bavinck's writings? Our curricula will expose you to plenty of his corpus. Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington....

In this episode we're digging in to chapter 15 of the Confession. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  ⁠www.instagram.com/rts.washington/⁠ Facebook:  ⁠www.facebook.com/RTSWashingtonDC⁠ X:  ⁠x.com/rtswashington⁠

In this episode, we're looking at what it means to have saving faith, along with whether assurance of salvation is essential to faith. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  ⁠www.instagram.com/rts.washington/⁠ Face...

We're back! And we're picking up right where we left off in the Westminster Confession of Faith. This week, we're examining what the Divines had to say about the contentiously debated yet deeply relevant doctrine of sanctification. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admiss...

In this summer archive episode with Nancy and Dr. Richard Gaffin, Tommy Keene discusses the significance of Pentecost within the narrative of Acts, in Redemptive History, and in the life of the church.  Want to continue conversations like these in the classroom? There's still time to register for fall classes! Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washi...

We're finishing up our summer road trip through the RTS Washington Faculty Podcast archives. Today, the profs welcome Oliver Crisp as a guest. Dr. Crisp is the Professor of Analytic Theology and Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St. Andrews. Topics: Are analytic theology and Reformed theology incompatible? Is analytic theology a top-down,...

As we continue our summer road trip through the faculty podcast archives, we've arrived at another one of our favorite episodes. In this week's episode, the profs sit down with Dr. Richard Gaffin, Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. They talk about Pauline theology, Gaffin’s influences, work, career, and more. Want to continue convers...

We're continuing our summer road trip through the archives! This week, we've pulled one of our favorites, featuring our very own Dr. Mike Park. Ready to take the next step? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  ⁠www.instagram.com/rts.washington/⁠ Facebook:  ⁠www...

We're continuing our summer road trip through the Faculty Podcast archives, and have encountered one of our favorite episodes. This week, we're asking, "who were the Nephilim?" Genesis 6 tells us that these creatures are somehow associated with the "sons of God" marrying the "daughters of men." Is this a reference to angelic beings? Or is there a more ordinary...

We're continuing our summer vacation through the archives with a rejoinder to last week's episode on preaching without notes. In this episode, Scott Redd and Peter Lee make a case for using notes in the pulpit. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu t...

This summer, we'll be periodically dipping back into our archives to resurrect an episode you may not have heard yet. In this episode, Tommy Keene and Paul Jeon recommend preaching without notes. Next week, Scott Redd and Peter Lee respond with a case for using notes. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts...

In this episode, Dr. Ligon Duncan addresses RTS Washington's recent graduates, exhorting them from Ezra 7:10 to study, practice, and teach the law of the Lord. With this year's graduates, you too can be equipped and charged to study, practice, and teach God's law. Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get start...

What does it mean to be accredited? Why is it important? In this episode, Tommy Keene sits down with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor & CEO of RTS, and Bob Cara, Provost of RTS, to talk about why accreditation is so vital to theological education, as well as the benefits that accreditation affords students.  Interested in benefitting from accredited theological education? Explore our degree programs a...

In this week's episode, Tommy Keene sits down with Michael Kruger, Chancellor's Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at RTS, to discuss the contributions of early church historian Eusebius to the church's recognition of the canon of scripture. If you enjoyed this conversation, why not register for a class at RTS to dive deeper into church history? You can find our full ros...

We're kicking off our summer ShoRTS with a listener question: If you want to start reading Turretin, where can you start? Tommy, Gray, and Peter give some helpful guidance for accessing this titan of Reformed Orthodoxy. There's still time to register for one of our upcoming summer intensive classes! Take a look at what's on offer at www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@r...

We're wrapping up our sprint through the confession (for now) with a meditation on God's adoption of his children. We'll pick the Confession back up after the summer months! In the meantime, why don't you consider enrolling in one of our summer intensives? Visit www.rts.edu/washington for the full catalog. You can email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Ins...

We're returning to our sprint through the confession this week, zeroing in on the doctrine of justification. We're spending some time examining the historic Reformed understanding of the doctrine and comparing it to other views, including Catholicism and the New Perspective. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for y...

We've got a treat for you this week. In this episode, Tommy and Peter shed light on the Dead Sea Scrolls, covering both their discovery and their contents. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/rts.washi...

This week, we’re looking at Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling. We’re looking at what it means for God to call someone, along with answering some common objections like, “what happens to the remote tribesman who never heard the gospel,“ and, “what about those with special needs?” Be sure to check out the intensives we're offering this summer at https://rts.edu/ca...

In this week's episode, we're getting into one of the most hotly contested points of doctrine in the Christian tradition: Do we have free will? Also, Tommy settles the age-old debate: Does listening to audiobooks count as reading?  Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions...

We're continuing our sprint through the Confession this week with chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/rts.washington/ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/RTSWashingto...

We've arrived in our sprint through the Confession to chapter 7: Of God's Covenant with Man, one of the Reformed tradition's most cherished doctrines. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  www.instagram.co...

We're continuing our sprint through the Westminster Confession of Faith, landing this week in chapter 6: Of the fall of man, of sin, and of the punishment thereof. Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get started. Follow us on Instagram:  www.instagr...

We're continuing our sprint through the Confession, this week exploring the doctrine of God's providence, specifically in relation to creatures' wills. How do the two relate? Is God the author of evil? Want to continue this conversation in the classroom? Explore our degree programs and find one that's right for you: www.rts.edu/washington. Email admissions.washington@rts.edu to get...