In Scotland, Kate Forbes was one of the three candidates for Prime Minister, the highest office. (This podcast was recorded before the election ended.) She is also an orthodox Christian and is open about her views. This has created a controversy in Scotland and put the notion of worldview on the public table. Can you be a Christian and PM? How do personal views relate to a public office? How does christianity relate to a liberal democracy? Are we still truly plural? We approach these questions from a neo-Calvinist perspective and from our the different nations and political systems we represent. Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommon

In this episode, we close season 2 and consider a number of questions from listeners including topics like Two Kingdoms theology, Christian nationalism, the Gospel, missions, and technology.  To support the podcast: https://donorbox.org/graceincommon

Richard Lints is senior consulting theologian for Redeemer City to City and formerly a professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In this episode we talk about his recent book Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division which appeared with Lexham Press recently: https://lexhampress.com/product/224275/uncommon-unity-wisdom-for-the-church-in-an-age-of-division To support our Podcast, click here: https://donorbox.org/graceincommon

Chris Watkin's Biblical Critical Theory is one of most hotly-anticipated pieces of Christian scholarship in recent times. Join us for part 2 of an extended conversation with Chris where we focus on the book itself and it’s implications and possible application for preaching. Christopher Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (Zondervan Academic, 2022). Johan H. Bavinck, Persoonlijkheid en wereldbeschouwing (1924) The English translation, Personality and Worldview is forthcoming with Crossway. To support our Podcast, click here: https://donorbox.org/support-grace-in-common-podcast

Chris Watkin's Biblical Critical Theory is one of most hotly-anticipated pieces of Christian scholarship in recent times. Join us for part 1 of an extended conversation with Chris about his own personal and intellectual formation, the place of neo-Calvinism in his thought, his approach to Christian philosophy, and the practice of cultural critique from a Biblical perspective. Christopher Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (Zondervan Academic, 2022). To support our Podcast, click here: https://donorbox.org/support-grace-in-common-podcast

How does theology relate to the notion of 'science'? Join us for a conversation on how differently that question can be answered in anglophone and Dutch contexts, and on how neo-Calvinism argues that theology is itself a science. Herman Bavinck, Christianity and Science, trans. N. Gray Sutanto, James Eglinton, Cory Brock (Crossway, forthcoming 2023).  James Eglinton, 'Technoethics and the pursuit of human flourishing,' Edinburgh Friends (2019). Joshua Ralston, 'Islam as Christian Trope: The Place and Fucntion of Islam in Reformed Dogmatic Theology' in Muslim World 107.4 (2017), 754-776 Dan Strange, Their Rock is Not Like Our Rock: A Theology of Religions (Zondervan 2017). Marinus de Jong, 'The Heart of the Academy: Herman Bavinck in Debate with Modernity on the Academy, Theology and the Church' in Gordon Graham (ed.), The Kuyper Center Review Volume Five: Church and Academy (Eerdmans 2015), 62-75. To support our Podcast, click here: https://donorbox.org/support-grace-in-common-podcast

Dr Jonathan Chaplin is Honorary Fellow of Wesley House, Cambridge Theological Federation, an expert on political theology, and a contributor to the work of the Centre for Faith in Public Life. See here for his excellent books including Faith in Democracy and Beyond Establishment: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jonathan-Chaplin/e/B003P9BZFC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1667812526&sr=8-1 To support our Podcast, click here: https://donorbox.org/support-grace-in-common-podcast

Koert van Bekkum's publications mentioned in the episode Koert van Bekkum, "De gereformeerde theologie van Klaas Schilder" in: Radix 23 (1997), 123-166.  Koert van Bekkum, "Naar de klaarblijkelijke bedoeling zintuiglijk waarneembaar. De kwestie Geelkerken in theologiehistorisch perspectief." in George Harinck (ed.), De kwestie Geelkerken: een terugblik na 75 jaar (Barneveld: Vuurbaak, 2001), 87-108. Koert van Bekkum, From Conquest to Coexistence: Ideology and Antiquarian Intent in the Historiography of Israel’s Settlement in Canaan (Leiden: Brill, 2011) Neo-Calvinist Biblical scholars mentioned in the episode Maarten Noordtzij (1840-1915), professor of Old Testament, Kampen Theological University Geerhardus Vos (1862-1949), professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological University Arie Noordtzij (1871-1944), professor of Old Testament, Utrecht University Saekle Greijdanus (1871-1948), professor of New Testament, Kampen Theological University Cornelis van Gelderen (1872-1945), professor of Old Testament, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Jan Ridderbos (1879-1960), professor of Old Testament, Kampen Theological University G. Ch. Aalders (1880-1961), professor of Old Testament, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Willem Frederik Grosheide (1881-1972), professor of New Testament, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Herman Ridderbos (1909-2007), professor of New Testament, Kampen Theological University Jakob van Bruggen (1936), professor of New Testament, Kampen Theological University

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In this episode we ask how should theologians use philosophy.