Ep. 46

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If the God confessed by the Church is real, then it is not merely ill advised but an act of rebellion against that God to attempt to approach Holy Scripture in order to demonstrate that He is and has revealed himself, rather than because He is and because he has revealed himself.

Ep. 45

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Does God sometimes unravel the ordinary recognizable form of the Church in times of great suffering, weakness, or judgment in order to re-weave her strands into a new form?

Ep. 44

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Alongside the important place of training, encouragement, and counsel or advice, is there also a need, not only for pastors but for all thoughtful Christians, for being pastored intellectually and theologically?

Ep. 43

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In today’s episode, Michael Sacasas and Dr. Mark A. Garcia conclude their conversation from last week on the life and work of Ivan Illich.

Ep. 42

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How do we better understand the way things should be and how we ought to be by reflecting wisely on how and why things are the way they are? To recover our humanity in an increasingly inhuman world, we must recover tools of conviviality.

Ep. 41

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Is there an order to reality and does Holy Scripture commend that reality to us to believe now or does it only record the way the ancients saw things? Today we are pleased to make available to you the opening lecture in one of the most portent of Greystone's full-course module offerings.

Ep. 40

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Is the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son of God evidence of the church's departure from the simplicity and straight-forwardness of the scriptures?

Ep. 39

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If the church is facing a multifaceted and complex challenge in theology, hermeneutics, and liturgy what does this challenge look like on the ground in the context of actual and continuing church ministry?

Ep. 38

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Who am I if I lose my memory of others--and even myself--as a consequence of dementia? Can I still be who I am at all if I do? If so, how?

Ep. 36

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As we turn our attention to possible remedies for the current situation, does our concern for ideas suggest a new kind of Gnosticism or is there another way to think about the rehabilitation of the theological life of the church in relationship to Scripture and the ministry?

Ep. 35

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How long can the Christian faith survive in recognizable form in a church context where the work of theology is held in suspicion and the priority of divine authorship of Holy Scripture plays little to no role in Biblical interpretation? Is there not a true sense in which the frontlines of the Church's spiritual warfare today is in the library?

Ep. 31

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What do the Westminster Catechisms mean by speaking of our chief end as glorifying God and enjoying him forever?

Ep. 30

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Today's Greystone Conversation episode explores the nature of the conscience and the ways that the very idea of the conscience underwent a major shift in keeping with changes in theological anthropology.

Ep. 28

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It is that time of year when many evangelicals and protestants have Mary very much on the mind, and so we thought it would be a good time to explore Mary and the Old Testament together.

Ep. 24

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What difference might it make to reformed systematic theology if we were to recover and deploy the fundamental importance of the Trinity, the incarnation, the ascension, and especially the church, rather than expend all our energy only on the certainly indispensable doctrines of justification by faith alone, epistemology and revelation, theological method, the cross, and the atonement?

Ep. 22

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What is it about wine that has for so long captivated us and which in its own way seems to put on display the very vulnerability and vitality of the human condition?

Ep. 20

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What does the exodus event have to do with contemporary concerns with divorce, domestic violence, biblical law, and the identity of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ?

Ep. 19

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An often and routinely overlooked part of Anselm's genius was his expression of the fervency and final satisfaction of our desire—our holiest desires—and the consequent shape, dynamic, and nature of perfected love.

Ep. 18

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What does the Sacramental table have to do with the confession of Lord Jesus Christ, and the Reformed catholicity?

Ep. 17

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Is Paul's famous Areopagus speech in Acts 17 a model for the Church's engagement with other religions? How so, or how not?