RTS Washington Faculty Podcast

Episode 83: What does it mean to take name of the Lord in vain? Is this commandment kept by simply avoiding using God’s name as an expletive? In sum, no. Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 82: Today the profs talk about evangelism with Randy Newman. Dr. Newman is the Senior Teaching Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism at The C. S. Lewis Institute in the Washington, DC area, and a guest lecturer at RTS Washington. Enjoy! Books by Randy Newman: https://www.amazon.com/Randy-Newman/e/B001KI1W0S Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 81: In this installment, profs talk about the second commandment. Does the Lord care about how we worship him? What does it mean that God is jealous? Are representations of Christ okay? Do images enhance or diminish our worship? Why is the regulative principle so freeing? And don’t miss the excursus on demons. Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 80: Today the profs talk about the first commandment. What does it mean to have no other gods but the Lord? Can we obey this commandment? How? Are “other gods“ even real? What does idolatry look like in our lives and in the church? Enjoy the conversation.

Episode 79: Today we begin a series on the Ten Commandments. Why are they important? What role ought they play in the Christian life? Topics include Law & Gospel, the three uses of the Law, the law of Christ v. legalism, delighting in the law of the Lord, and more. Enjoy! Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 78: Yet another bonus Summer ShoRTS! Our executive producer asks Tommy about corporate prayer—how we can do it better. Also, next week we’re getting the whole Washington faculty back together to start a new episode series on the Ten Commandments. Learn more about RTS Washington: https://rts.edu/washington Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 77: A bonus ShoRTS episode! Did Jesus and Paul preach the same message? How did we get from Jesus’s teaching to Paul’s preaching? Is it legitimate to read Paul’s theology and terminology into the Gospel accounts? Listen as Tommy Keene answers these questions. Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/ Learn more about our campus: https://rts.edu/washington

Episode 76: Scott Redd and Tommy Keene talk with Dr. Michael Horton about the Holy Spirit. Dr. Horton is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California, and a guest lecturer at the RTS Washington campus. Resources: Horton. Rediscovering the Holy Spirit. https://www.amazon.com/Rediscovering-Holy-Spirit-Perfecting-Redemption/dp/0310534062/ Horton. “Lord and Giver of Life: Rediscovering The Holy Spirit.” Video lecture at RTS Washington, 2019. https://youtu.be/Bu-ATgqNJrc

Episode 75: Scott Redd sits down with Rev. Dr. Rufus T. Burton, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Martinsburg, WV, and instructor in church history at RTS Washington. Dr. Burton talks about his calling to pastoral ministry and doctoral studies, his dissertation on the holiness of God as a communicable attribute, dogmatic and Trinitarian theology, the role of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life, and more. Dr. Burton will be teaching the History of Christianity II course starting Friday, August 17. There’s still time to sign up as a student or auditor. Learn more about upcoming classes: https://rts.edu/campuses/washington-dc/students/upcoming-classes/#FALL2021 Request auditor registration: https://rts.edu/campuses/washington-dc/admissions/audit/ Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 74: Scott Redd offers reasons to study theology at a graduate level. This is the last episode in our Summer ShoRTS series of 2021. Redd, Scott. “7 Reasons to Study Theology.” http://sunergoi.com/?p=1194#.YRMmBi1h1pQ Submit your questions. https://rts.edu/campuses/washington-dc/faculty/podcast/