
The London Lyceum
The London Lyceum seeks to encourage serious thinking for a serious church by creating an intellectual culture of charity, curiosity, and critical thinking. Find out more about us at our website: www.thelondonlyceum.com
Latest episodes

Aug 2, 2023 • 56min
Senses of Holy Scripture with Ryan Hurd
Jordan talks with Ryan Hurd about the senses of Holy Scripture. They cover topics like: What is the quadriga? How prevalent has this interpretive paradigm been? Did Reformed thinkers use it? Do evangelicals use it? Why is there commonly a reticence to use methods like these among Reformed evangelicals? What are the literal and spiritual sense; what are the proper and improper literal sense; what are the allegorical, anagogical, and moral spiritual sense; what is accommodative or applicational sense? How might the quadriga benefit Pastors and laymen as careful readers of Holy Scripture? And more!Register for Ryan's Davenant Hall course to learn more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 26, 2023 • 57min
The Doctrine of Analogy with Joshua Lee Harris
Jordan and Matt talk with Joshua Lee Harris about analogy and univocity. They cover topics like: What is analogy? Univocity? Etc? What is ontological pluralism? Why do you think pluralism is preferable to monism? What are some of the main historical views such as Scotus, Thomas, and Henry of Ghent? What has the contemporary reception been of them? Where have the debates gone off the rails? And more!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 21, 2023 • 54min
You Shall Not Pass: Samuel Richardson and Religious Toleration - Generally Particular Ep. 11
Jake and Jesse examine Samuel Richardson's thoughts on religious toleration and how Baptists should think about civil religion.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 19, 2023 • 54min
The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction with Joshua Schendel
Jordan and Jacob talk with Joshua Schendel about the necessity of Christ's death. They cover topics like: Is Christ's death necessary? How did this question become so important? What are the various reformed views? What is the medieval background to the debate? How are medieval sources used? And more!Resources:1) The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction: A Study of the Reformed Scholastic Theologians William Twisse (1578-1646) and John Owen (1616-1683)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 12, 2023 • 1h 28min
Free Choice in Early Modern Reformed Thought with Layne Hancock and Michael Lynch
Jordan discusses free choice in early modern Reformed thought with Layne Hancock and Michael Lynch. They cover topics like: Does early modern thought on free choice map onto how most think about free will today in any sense? What cautions might be appropriate for contemporary students (and even pastors) to be conscious of as they read older sources? Are the early moderns drawing on similar sources or are they being original/creative in any sense? What are the basic senses of freedom, contingency, possibility, and necessity? What is diachronic and synchronic contingency? And more!Resources:1) Beyond Dordt and De Auxiliis: The Dynamics of Protestant and Catholic Soteriology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries2) Reformed Thought on Freedom: The Concept of Free Choice in Early Modern Reformed Theology3) The Marrow of TheologySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 5, 2023 • 1h 13min
Free Will and Determinism with Taylor Cyr and W. Matthews Grant
Jordan and Joel talk with Taylor Cyr and Matthews Grant about determinism, libertarian free will, and more.Resources:1) Free Will and God's Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, W. Matthews GrantSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 28, 2023 • 52min
Divine Timelessness with Doug Blount
Jordan and Matt talk with Doug Blount about the doctrine of divine timelessness. They cover topics like: What is the doctrine of divine timelessness? Does it differ from saying God is atemporal, eternal, or the like? How do theories of time relate to divine timelessness and God's relation to time? Does divine timelessness fit best with a particular theory of time? Why shouldn’t we be swayed by those that argue against timelessness?Resources:1) Blountlystated.com2) God and Time: Essays on the Divine NatureSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 21, 2023 • 42min
Reformed Two Kingdom Theology with Jonathon Beeke
Jordan talks with Jonathon Beeke about the duplex regnum Christi and related topics in Reformed theology. They cover topics like: What did the early magisterial reformers think about it? Did they have any shared understanding of the two kingdoms or of political theology in general? How did the patristic and medieval thinkers influence the Reformers in their views here? What did Luther, Bucer, and Calvin think? Were they similar? What were the views of the Reformed Orthodox? And more!Resources:1) Duplex Regnum Christi, Jonathon Beeke2) Politics After Christendom, David VanDrunen3) Theonomy: A Theological Critique, David VanDrunenSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 14, 2023 • 52min
Emergent Dualism with Tim O'Connor
Jordan and Matt talk with Tim O'Connor about emergent dualism. They cover topics like: What is emergentism (broadly speaking)? What is it about persons and personhood? How do you understand the nature of emergence? What is its relation to other concepts such as grounding and reduction? How do you distinguish your view from emergent dualism on the one hand and non-reductive materialism on the other? How do you avoid it collapsing into one or the other? What is the nature of the unity of the emergent individual, and how does it arise? Are emergent individuals composed of separable parts? What accounts for their unity? And more!Resources:1) Dance to the Tune of Life, Denis Noble2) TOConnor.orgSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 7, 2023 • 49min
T.F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology with Luke Stamps and Chris Woznicki
Jordan talks with Chris Woznicki and Luke Stamps about T.F. Torrance and evangelical theology. They cover topics like: Why don’t evangelicals know him? How does Torrance relate to evangelical theology? Differences? Similarities? What does Torrance think about the atonement? What does Torrance think about theosis? And much more!Resources:1) T.F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology, Edited by Myk Habets and Luke Stamps2) Theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance, Myk Habets3) 40 Questions on the Trinity, Matt Emerson and Luke StampsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy