
Greystone Conversations
Greystone Conversations is the podcast of Greystone Theological Institute. We invite you to join us as we explore brief Scripture and theology studies, share interviews, discuss texts old and new, and listen in on Greystone special lecture events and selections from full Greystone course modules.
Reformed Symbolics: The Anglican Formularies
Ep. 73
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Once more we ask: how might it affect our perception and appreciation of the Anglican Formularies and the Anglican tradition if we were to ask what contribution that tradition makes to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, instead of thinking of it as a relatively isolated, even insulated church tradition?
Reformed Symbolics: The Three Forms of Unity
Ep. 72
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How might it affect our perception and appreciation of the Continental Reformed tradition if we were to ask what contribution that tradition makes to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, instead of thinking of it as a relatively isolated, even insulated church tradition?
The Westminster Standards among the Reformed Symbols
Ep. 71
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How might it affect our perception and appreciation of Westminster Presbyterianism if we were to ask what contribution Presbyterianism makes to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, instead of thinking of it as a relatively isolated, even insulated church tradition?
On Church Councils with Todd Rester
Ep. 70
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What are the roles of church councils in the overall faith and life of God’s people? Is there more to say than simply to note their importance for the history of theology? Are they infallible or fallible, antiquated or still viable options for resolving disagreements in the church?
The Good Life as the Ordinary Life? A Conversation with Ephraim Radner
Ep. 69
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What would you write to your adult children about the good life? Would it strike the modern notes of making the most of yourself and your abilities, seizing every opportunity, making a difference in the world? Or would it focus on the beauty and goodness of our created and providentially given limits, personally and relationally?
Is a Bloodless Atonement Better? Or How Theology Connects to Life
Ep. 68
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Does a bloody atonement fund or lead to bloody behavior, to various forms of evil conduct? Would a theoretically bloodless atonement really be better?
Augustine, Humility, and Preaching
Ep. 67
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What if preaching is not only to be carried out with humility, but is also itself a humble form of the Word of God in power? Augustine is known mostly for his large and profound theological treatises, but how can this most influential of theologians also teach us about the urgency of humility as a mode of preaching to humble people?
Blue Chip Ministry in a Blue-Collar Context
Ep. 66
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Faithful pastoral ministry is something that requires not only the learned skills of biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, theology and history, and so on, but also patience, listening, and a kind of conformation to the particular people one is called to shepherd.
Domestic Violence in Pastoral Ministry: Challenges and Responsibilities
Ep. 65
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Domestic violence is both a theologically profound and existentially disturbing reality that is no less theological and pastorally necessary to study than any other dogmatic topic.
Luke, Sacred Time, and the Church
Ep. 63
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To an extent which must be amusing to some, surprising to others, and perhaps even a bit unsettling to still others, all year long Greystone seems to be asking the question, what time is it? Is this a question the Scriptures themselves invite us to ask?
Eloquence Wed to Wisdom
Ep. 62
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In today’s episode of Greystone Conversations, we conclude to our conversation regarding craftsmanship and workmanship, and consider what might account for the resurgence of interest in craftmanship and the trades.
Situated Creatures: The Ethics of Skill, Perception, and Habit
Ep. 61
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In today’s episode of Greystone Conversations, we return to our conversation regarding craftsmanship and workmanship, and consider the ethics of workmanship in skill, perception, and habit. This is the fourth episode in our five part series.
Durability, Diversity, and Value of Work: The End(s) in View
Ep. 60
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In today’s episode of Greystone Conversations, we return to our conversation regarding craftsmanship and workmanship, and consider today the ends in view of such a theory of workmanship we have endeavored to express. This is the third episode in our five part series.
Workmanship of Risk vs. Workmanship of Certainty
Ep. 59
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Can craftmanship change how we think about theological education, about ministry in the church, about relationships generally and to one another, and our relationship to God's world?
Forming In and For Wisdom: Introducing the Greystone MAP
Ep. 58
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The Greystone MAP: A fascinating, very old, and yet very timely way of looking at faithfulness, wisdom, and the call that we all have to thoughtful engagement with one another and with the world of God's creation and providence.
The Disruptive Church (and How Greystone Is Helping the Cause)
Ep. 57
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Is there a sense in which the concept and language of disruption may help the Church capture something important about her identity and nature, and how does the answer to this question inform who Greystone is and what Greystone is doing?
Dividing Scripture: Chuck Hill on the First Chapter Divisions
Ep. 56
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The form of the Word belongs to the meaning of the Word, and this includes its providentially ordered literary presentation. How do the Church’s ways of dividing up the Scriptures inform the way the Church has heard and read the Scriptures?
Death, Courage, and Eschatology
Ep. 55
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Today we reflect on death, courage, and eschatology. Death and eschatology are often connected, of course, but courage takes its shape in relation to both of them.
Theological Faithfulness in Difficult Times: Remembering James Ussher
Ep. 54
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What is the form and dynamic of faithful ministry and theology in a contested time? And in what ways might those with Reformed Anglican sympathies appreciate and capitalize upon the very best of that tradition without falling for Anglo-catholicism?
Fantastic Christian Realism: Experiencing Wangerin's The Book of the Dun Cow
Ep. 52
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There is a beautiful mystery in the fact that we often think of certain novels and poems in terms of our experiences at the time we first read them. This is both appropriate and fascinating, especially when second and third readings of the same literature yield further layers of our experiences with them.