RTS Washington Faculty Podcast

Episode 63: The faculty welcome Dr. Lloyd Kim as a guest to the podcast. Dr. Kim serves as the Coordinator for Mission to the World (MTW), the mission-sending agency for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). They talk about his calling to and experience in the mission field, his work at MTW, and what the work of global missions looks like these days. Enjoy! Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 62: Today the profs tackle the last line in the Apostles’ Creed. What is the “life everlasting” and what will it be like? Perhaps the most important question, will our favorite pillows, our home-made swords, Tommy’s kitchen floors, and Disney World be in the new heavens and the new earth? Enjoy! Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 61: Today the profs tackle the penultimate line in the Apostles’ Creed, i.e. we believe in “the resurrection of the body.” Listen as the profs discuss why our bodily resurrection is good news for us and for all of creation, even now. Also, don’t worry, Peter Lee has a wonderful plan for your life. Enjoy! Ask a question: https://rts.edu/washington/podcast/

Episode 60: Continuing on the Apostles’ Creed series, the profs talk about belief on “the forgiveness of sins.” Topics include sin’s power and pervasiveness, our need to be delivered from it, how Jesus redeems us from sin, what the forgiveness of sins means pastorally, why forgiveness is scandalous, the wonder of God’s forgiveness, and more. Blessed is the man whose sins are forgiven, whose sins are covered (Psalm 32:1). Enjoy the episode! Submit your questions: https://rts.edu/campuses/washington-dc/faculty/podcast/

Episode 59: Today’s guest is Dr. Michael J. Kruger, president and Samuel C. Patterson professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at RTS Charlotte. Dr. Kruger addresses the question of the New Testament canon—why these 27 books? He answers five common misconceptions about the origins of the NT canon, and several related questions from the profs. He also tell us he knows who wrote Hebrews and then he tells us it’s a joke. Enjoy the episode! Canon Revisited. https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Revisited-Establishing-Authority-Testament/dp/1433505002/ Surviving Religion 101. https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Religion-101-Letters-Christian/dp/1433572079/ More books by Dr. Michael J. Kruger: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-J-Kruger/e/B001JRX244/

Episode 58: Today’s guest is Dr. Vern Poythress, distinguished professor of New Testament, biblical interpretation, and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, PA, and author of books on pretty much every topic under the sun. Dr. Poythress and the faculty talk about the relationship between science and faith, particularly a Christian approach to science. Topics discussed include science and the interpretation of Scripture, the Bible and sociology, philosophy, history, and computer science; and how doctrine should inform our love for one another. Enjoy the conversation! https://frame-poythress.org Vern Poythress’s books. https://www.amazon.com/Vern-S-Poythress/e/B001HD38BM/ Ramm, Bernard. Christian View of Science and Scripture. https://www.amazon.com/Christian-View-Science-Scripture-Bernard/dp/0802814298/ Frame, John. The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Knowledge-God-Theology-Lordship/dp/0875522629/ Frame, John. The Doctrine of the Christian Life. https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Christian-Life-Theology-Lordship/dp/0875527965/

Episode 57: Today the profs tackle the Apostles’ Creed article on “the communion of saints”—its meaning, distinction from belief in “the catholic church,” and implications for the Christian life and ministry. Also, Dr. Keene explains why Christians aren’t special snowflakes. Vanhoozer, Kevin. Biblical Authority After Babel. https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Authority-after-Babel-Christianity/dp/1587433931/ Gaffin, Richard. By Faith, Not By Sight. https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Not-Sight-Order-Salvation/dp/1596384433/ Gaffin, Richard. “The Mystery of Union with Christ.” https://www.monergism.com/legacy/mt/mp3/mystery-union-christ-mp3-series-richard-b-gaffin-jr Gaffin, Richard. Perspectives on Pentecost. https://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Pentecost-Richard-Gaffin-Jr/dp/0875522696/

Episode 56: Is the church an epilogue to the gospel? A club for people of similar faith? A corporation? Today’s conversation centers on the Apostles’ Creed article on “the holy catholic church.” Topics include church vs. kingdom, catholicity, universality, de-churched spirituality, ethnic and theological diversity, the maturing/becoming of the church, and more. Enjoy the episode! Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics: Prolegomena, Vol. I, p. 85. https://www.amazon.com/Reformed-Dogmatics-Vol-1-Prolegomena/dp/0801026326/ Hurtado, Larry. Destroyer of The Gods, https://www.amazon.com/Destroyer-gods-Early-Christian-Distinctiveness/dp/1481304747 Bavinck, Herman. The Catholicity of Christianity and The Church, https://bavinck.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bavinck-catholicity.pdf Trueman, Carl. The Creedal Imperative, https://www.amazon.com/Creedal-Imperative-Carl-R-Trueman/dp/1433521903/ Allen, Michael. Reformed Catholicity, https://www.amazon.com/Reformed-Catholicity-Retrieval-Theology-Interpretation/dp/0801049792/ Clowney, Edmund. The Church, https://www.amazon.com/Church-Contours-Christian-Theology/dp/0830815341/ Robert’s Rules of Order, https://www.amazon.com/Roberts-Rules-Order-Newly-Revised/dp/1541736699/ Ferguson, Sinclair. The Holy Spirit, https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Spirit-Contours-Christian-Theology/dp/0830815368/

Today the profs have extended and very technical conversation on hesitation forms from a biblical, theological, systematic, and covenantal perspective. Enjoy!

Today’s guest is Dr. Joshua Ralston, Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh and director and co-founder of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network. Dr. Ralston and the profs talk about diversity within Islam, conceptions and misconceptions of shari’a, anti-secularist discourse in Islam, Muslim critiques of Christianity and its relation to the state, as well as friendships and constructive approaches to dialogue with Muslims. Ralston, Law and the Rule of God: A Christian Engagement with Shari’a, https://www.amazon.com/Law-Rule-God-Christian-Engagement-dp-1108489826/dp/1108489826/ Siddiqui, Christians, Muslims, and Jesus, https://www.amazon.com/Law-Rule-God-Christian-Engagement-dp-1108489826/dp/1108489826/ Ayoub, A Muslim View of Christianity: Essays on Dialogue, https://www.amazon.com/Muslim-View-Christianity-Essays-Dialogue/dp/1570756902 Goddard, A History of Christian-Muslim Relations, https://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Muslim-Relations-Hugh-Goddard/dp/1566633400/ Accad, Reynolds, Sacred Misinterpretation: Reaching across the Christian-Muslim Divide, https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Misinterpretation-Reaching-across-Christian-Muslim-ebook/dp/B07SW8HZ5B/ Ralston, Islam as a Christian Trope: The Place and Function of Islam in Reformed Dogmatic Theology, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/muwo.12220