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- 145Christ and Culture: PoliticsThis is part two of our series entitled Christ and Culture. Four men participate in an engaging discussion on the relationship of Christ to culture. Bill Dennison, Darryl Hart, Doug Wilson and Nelson Kloosterman each speak from their unique perspectives. This series of programs strays from the typical Christ the Center format. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Four Views on… books published by InterVarsity Press. The listener should be aware that this is a debate and should not be seen as an endorsement for any particular speaker. Please be advised that in future episodes each participant will criticize the other views. Today the participants address the subject of politics. Books and other media from the participants Bill Dennison Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics The Young Bultmann: Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925 Darryl Hart A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestant Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham Nelson Kloosterman The Ten Commandments: Manual for the Christian Life by Joachim Douma (Kloosterman trans.) Doug Wilson Collision: Is Christianity Good for the World?: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History The Deluded Atheist: A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion Participants: Bill Dennison, Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart, Doug Wilson, Nelson Kloosterman
- 146Vocation, Education and Fine ArtsThis is part three of our series entitled Christ and Culture. Bill Dennison, Darryl Hart, Doug Wilson and Nelson Kloosterman each speak from their unique perspectives. Today the participants address the issues of vocation, education and engagement in the fine arts. This series of programs strays from the typical Christ the Center format. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Counterpoints series published by InterVarsity Press. In future episodes each participant will have the opportunity to criticize the other views. post photo by Craig Stevens Books and other media from the participants Bill Dennison Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics The Young Bultmann: Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925 Darryl Hart A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestant Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham Nelson Kloosterman The Ten Commandments: Manual for the Christian Life by Joachim Douma (Kloosterman trans.) Doug Wilson Collision: Is Christianity Good for the World?: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History The Deluded Atheist: A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion Participants: Bill Dennison, Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart, Doug Wilson, Nelson Kloosterman
- 147Common Grace, Natural Law and EschatologyThis is part four of our series entitled Christ and Culture and marks the end of our first round. Bill Dennison, Darryl Hart, Doug Wilson and Nelson Kloosterman each speak about their views of common grace, natural law, and eschatology. This series of programs strays from the typical Christ the Center format. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Counterpoints series published by InterVarsity Press. In future episodes each participant will have the opportunity to criticize the other views. post photo by vermin inc Books and other media from the participants Bill Dennison Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics The Young Bultmann: Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925 Darryl Hart A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestant Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham Nelson Kloosterman The Ten Commandments: Manual for the Christian Life by Joachim Douma (Kloosterman trans.) Doug Wilson Collision: Is Christianity Good for the World?: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History The Deluded Atheist: A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion Participants: Bill Dennison, Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart, Doug Wilson, Nelson Kloosterman
- 148Preaching in Our TimeJim Cassidy and Glen Clary cover the week’s book news. Glen mentions The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, vol. 7: Our Own Time as well as a forthcoming title from Hughes Oliphant Old. Jim touches upon several new resources regarding Herman Bavinck. Participants: Glen Clary, Jim Cassidy
- 149Kingship and First SamuelJohn Woodhouse speaks about the important theme of kingship in the books of Samuel. Rev. Dr. Woodhouse is Principal at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia and has written the commentary 1 Samuel: Looking for a Leader in the Preaching the Word Series (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2008). Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy
- 150Survey of Current ResourcesThe crew discusses current audio and video resources, and even software that will prove useful to the student of reformed theology. post photo by swishphotos Participants: Camden Bucey, Jared Oliphint, Jonathan Brack, Nate Shannon
- 151Dennison’s ResponseThis is the first installment of responses in our Christ and Culture series. William Dennison responds to the comments made by Darryl Hart, Nelson Kloosterman and Doug Wilson in the first round. Books by Bill Dennison Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics The Young Bultmann: Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925 Participants: Bill Dennison, Camden Bucey
- 152Francis Chan’s Crazy LoveNick Batzig and Jeff Waddington speak about Francis Chan’s Crazy Love, Augustine’s De Trinitatae and Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo. Participants: Jeff Waddington, Nick Batzig
- 153Wilson’s ResponseToday we continue our second round responses in our Christ and Culture series. Doug Wilson responds to the comments made by Darryl Hart, Nelson Kloosterman and Bill Dennison in the first round. Participants: Camden Bucey
- 154Calvin at the CentrePaul Helm’s latest, Calvin at the Centre, is a fascinating book presenting a fresh look on several key themes in Calvin and his lasting influence upon later theologians. In many ways, the book is a follow-up to Helm’s earlier work John Calvin’s Ideas. Calvin at the Centre focuses on Calvin’s thoughts on epistemology, metaphysics and anthropology. Participants: Camden Bucey, James Dolezal
- 155Kloosterman’s and Hart’s ResponsesToday we continue our second round responses in our Christ and Culture series. Nelson Kloosterman and Darryl Hart respond to the comments made by the other participants during the first round. Participants: Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart, Nelson Kloosterman
- 156Christ and Culture, Round 3: Doug WilsonThis marks the beginning of the third and final round of our Christ and Culture series. We have sought to bring together several different perspectives on the subject and today we share the final remarks from Doug Wilson. Mr. Wilson is pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and faculty member at New Saint Andrews College. Participants: Camden Bucey, Doug Wilson
- 157Manifold Witness: The Plurality of TruthBob LaRocca and Jared Oliphint lead a critical discussion of John Franke’s book Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. Franke argues plurality and diversity are intrinsic elements of Christianity as he develops a corresponding system of truth and meaning. Participants: Bob LaRocca, Camden Bucey, Jared Oliphint, Jonathan Brack
- 158Christ and Culture, Round 3: Nelson KloostermanNelson Kloosterman brings his final remarks to the Christ and culture discussion table. Dr. Kloosterman teaches at Mid-America Seminary, and has translated The Ten Commandments: Manual for the Christian Life by Joachim Douma, a wonderful exposition of the Decalogue. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Four Views on… books published by InterVarsity Press. We recorded each participant independently over the course of three rounds – swapping recordings to the other participants between each round. These are Dr. Kloosterman’s closing remarks. Participants: Camden Bucey, Nelson Kloosterman
- 159Medieval Trinitarian Thought from Aquinas to OckhamJames Dolezal reviews a new book from Russell L. Friedman, Medieval Trinitarian Thought from Aquinas to Ockham. Participants: Camden Bucey, James Dolezal
- 160Christ and Culture, Round 3: Bill DennisonBill Dennison brings his final remarks to the Christ and culture discussion table. Dr. Dennison has authored Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics and The Young Bultmann: Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Four Views on… books published by InterVarsity Press. We recorded each participant independently over the course of three rounds – swapping recordings to the other participants between each round. These are Dr. Dennison’s closing remarks. Participants: Bill Dennison, Camden Bucey
- 161Multi-Site ChurchesJim Cassidy and Jeff Waddington discuss the Ligonier National Conference, resources from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and multi-site churches. post photo by David Kohlmeyer Participants: Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy
- 162Christ and Culture, Round 3: Darryl HartDarryl G. Hart brings his final remarks to the Christ and culture discussion table. Dr. Hart has authored A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State, Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestant, and Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham. This project is an asynchronous debate in the vein of the Four Views on… books published by InterVarsity Press. We recorded each participant independently over the course of three rounds – swapping recordings to the other participants between each round. These are Dr. Hart’s closing remarks. Participants: Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart
- 163Reformation ArtAndrew Moody visits the Reformed Media Review to discuss Reformation Art, a website he runs that gives people access to a variety of reformed artwork. Andrew is a minister in the OPC’s Presbytery of the Southwest and will be planting a church in Houston, TX. Join us for this wide-ranging conversation. Participants: Andrew Moody, Camden Bucey, Jonathan Brack
- 164Christ and Culture RoundupJeff Waddington and Camden Bucey roundup the entire Christ and culture series with a single episode overview of the issues. Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington
- 165Presbyterian and Reformed Family TreesDarryl G. Hart speaks about the storied histories of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches. Participants: Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart
- 166Thinking Christianly About the ArtsChristian 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
- 167Thoughts on PreachingThe Christ the Center panel met with Anthony Selvaggio, a teaching elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Rochester, NY, a visiting professor of New Testament at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA, a practicing attorney and author of many books and articles, about the necessity of remembering that ministers are called to preach to real people. Additionally the panel discussed the relationship of redemptive historical preaching to exemplary and experimental preaching. Finally, the panel discussed the obligation of pastors to avoid plagiarism when citing sources. All in all, this was a fascinating discussion about the central calling of the pastoral ministry. The discussion begins with an article Anthony for Reformation21 titled Preaching to People? Participants: Anthony Selvaggio, Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, Nick Batzig
- 168Jazz and Christian ThoughtAccomplished 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
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