RTS Washington Faculty 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/

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.