Ep. 53

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How should we understand the psalmists who teach that God tests the kidneys and the heart? Who make much of our eyes, ears, and more, in an overtly spiritual and theological way? What is the anatomy of the soul according to the Psalms, which, it has been said, provides an organ recital of the ways of God’s relationship with people?

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.

Ep. 51

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One way in which the biblical-theological work of Geerhardus Vos in the late 19th and early 20th century differed from what then and since has been called biblical theology was Vos’s commitment to the vertical dimension of history and revelation in relationship.

Ep. 50

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Is there a Christian reading of Proverbs, and of Proverbs 31 in particular, that is both determined by Christ and also materially relevant, even constitutive, for personal, familial, communal, and ecclesial wisdom? Is that reading coherent with Scripture as a whole in such a way as to be prompted by it?

Ep. 49

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What do Reformed Christians mean today when they refer to limited atonement or particular redemption? Is it the same idea that has prevailed in the Reformed tradition historically and confessionally? Are there different Reformed ways of understanding and affirming the truth that God in Christ saves his people by his obedience and sacrifice?

Ep. 48

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A perhaps surprising amount of Holy Scripture is presented in terms of a dialogue where the identification of the different speakers is important to proper interpretation. Why is Scripture presented this way, and how does the form of Scripture belong to its message?

Ep. 47

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Scripture regularly deploys the imagery of agriculture and farming to describe the nature and dynamics of human faithfulness--or the lack thereof.

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. 37

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What do we mean--or what should we mean--by the term "biblical theology"? Is it the same as the New Testament use of the Old Testament?

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. 34

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The Church's faith is held, confessed, and lived invariably in a friction-full relationship to the world. What then can we learn about Christian identity and faithfulness now by considering such faithfulness in an older era?