RTS Washington Faculty Podcast

Episode 94: Today the profs discuss the eighth commandment and its breath of application. What does this commandment imply for our public ethic? Topics include disadvantaging ourselves for our neighbors’ advantage, money as seed, rights and duties, stewardship, frugality, and more. Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 92: Today the profs discuss the seventh commandment. Topics include the scope of this commandment, the effects of sexual sin, helpful and unhelpful approaches to dealing with sexual immorality, questions of identity, and more. Resources: Keller, Tim & Kathy. The Meaning of Marriage. https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Marriage-Facing-Complexities-Commitment/dp/1594631875/ Trueman, Carl. The Rise and Triumph of The Modern Self. https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Triumph-Modern-Self-Individualism/dp/1433556332/ Butterfield, Rosaria. The Secrets of an Unlikely Convert. https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Thoughts-Unlikely-Convert-Professors/dp/1884527388/ Hersh, Sharon. Mom, Sex Is No Big Deal. https://www.amazon.com/Mom-sex-big-deal-developing-ebook/dp/B003FCVDOC/ Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 91: Today the profs interview Michael Allen. Dr. Allen is the John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology and Academic Dean at RTS Orlando. They talk about the Paideia Center, theological discipleship, and the book groups are currently working through, Augustine’s City of God. They also discuss Dr. Allen’s forthcoming books. Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 90: The profs talk with Greg Lanier and Will Ross about the Septuagint—what it is and why it matters. Dr. Lanier is associate professor of New Testament at RTS Orlando. Dr. Ross is assistant professor of Old Testament at RTS Charlotte. Enjoy! The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T6FJHRV/ Septuaginta: A Readers Edition, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1619708434/ A Book-By-Book Guide to Septuagint Vocabulary, https://www.amazon.com/gp/ product/1683071964/ Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 89: The profs discuss the sixth commandment. What’s forbidden in it, what’s required in it, and how do we get there hermeneutically? What are some of its practical applications in situations of abuse and bullying, the academy, pastoral ministry, social justice, and social media? Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 88: Today the profs discuss the fifth commandment. What does this commandment teach us about God’s design for human relationships? What might obeying it look like in various cultural contexts? What should human authority look like in light of divine authority? Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 87: In this shoRTS episode, Scott and Tommy ask Gray about affect theory—what it is, and what some of its insights and implications are for theological and religious studies. Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 86: Today the profs sit down with Dave Silvernail to talk about church polity. Dr. Silvernail serves as senior pastor at Potomac Hills Presbyterian in Leesburg, VA, and as visiting lecturer in practical and pastoral theology at our campus. Topics include models of polity, church membership and discipline, Reformed ecclesiology, Robert’s rules of order, and more. Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 85: Continuing our series on the Ten Commandments, today’s discussion is on the fourth: the Sabbath day. What are the biblical, theological, and pastoral reasons for this commandment? What does it look like to keep the Sabbath holy? Enjoy the conversation! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 84: Today the profs welcome Oliver Crisp as a guest to the podcast. Dr. Crisp is the Professor of Analytic Theology and Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St. Andrews. Topics: Are analytic theology and Reformed theology incompatible? Is analytic theology a top-down, deductive method? How does it intersect with Bavinck studies? What are some of its implications for seminary and pastoral contexts? How should we think about theological retrieval? Enjoy the episode! Publications by Oliver Crisp: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/oliver-daniel-crisp(523eee7c-13c1-4807-b5c7-3a46bc453fd0)/researchoutput.html Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/