

The London Lyceum
Jordan Steffaniak and Brandon Ayscue
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
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Nov 6, 2019 • 37min
The Ordinary Means of Grace with J. Ryan Davidson
Jordan and Brandon discuss the ordinary means of grace with J. Ryan Davidson. What is ordinary means spirituality? How does it differ from contemporary spirituality? What role do the sacraments play?Check out Ryan's work on the ordinary means:1) A Covenant Feast: Reflections on the Lord's Table (https://www.amazon.com/Covenant-Feast-Reflections-Lords-Table-ebook/dp/B01MA1DVRC/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=j+ryan+davidson&qid=1570218168&sr=8-5)2) Green Pastures: A Primer on the Ordinary Means of Grace (http://www.rbap.net/our-books/green-pastures-by-j-ryan-davidson/)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 30, 2019 • 26min
Prayer (and some objections to Penal Substitution!) with Chris Woznicki
Jordan and Brandon continue their discussion with Chris Woznicki on the atonement before discussing prayer. What is it? Does it change God's mind? How can you believe in predestination and prayer?Check out Chris's work on prayer:1) “Are We Free to Pray? On the Freedom Necessary for Petitionary Prayer” in Evangelical Review of Theology (Forthcoming, 2019)2) “What are we Doing When We Pray? Rekindling a Reformation Theology of Petitionary Prayer” in Calvin Theological Journal 53.2 (2018)3) “Peter Martyr Vermigli’s Account of Petitionary Prayer: A Reformation Alternative to Contemporary Two-Way Contingency Accounts” in Philosophia Christi 20.1 (2018)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 23, 2019 • 35min
The Atonement with Chris Woznicki
Jordan and Brandon discuss the nature of the atonement, competing theories of the atonement, and Baptist understandings of the atonement with Chris Woznicki.Check out Chris's work on the atonement: 1) “The Coherence of Penal Substitution: An Edwardsean Defense” in Tyndale Bulletin 70.1 (2019)2) “’One Can’t Believe Impossible Things’: A New Defense of Penal Substitutionary Atonement in Light of the Legal Concepts of Vicarious Liability and Respondeat Superior” in The Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 37.2 (2019)3) “Atonement and Anthropology: T.F. Torrance’s Doctrine of Atonement as a Test Case” in Evangelical Philosophical Society Web Articles: The Philosophy of Theological Anthropology (2018)4) “Do we Believe in Consequences? Revisiting the “Incoherence Objection’ to Penal Substitution” in Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 60.2 (2018)5) “The Son in the Hands of a Violent God: Assessing Trinitarian Violence in Jonathan Edwards’s Covenant of Redemption” in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58.3 (2015)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 16, 2019 • 33min
Analytic Theology Revisited
*We apologize for the low audio quality on this episode. We have since learned and fixed the problems with this!Jordan and Brandon walk through what analytic theology is once again, answering questions posed by listeners and defending its use and worth.Recommended reading:1) Thomas McCall, An Invitation to Analytic Christian Theology (https://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Analytic-Christian-Theology/dp/0830840958/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=thomas+mccal+invitation+to+analytic+theology&qid=1570495159&sr=8-1-spell)2) Oliver Crisp and Michael Rae (eds.), Analytic Theology (https://www.amazon.com/Analytic-Theology-New-Essays-Philosophy/dp/0199203563/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=michael+ray+analytic+theology&qid=1570495192&sr=8-1-fkmr1)3) William Wood, Analytic Theology as a Way of Life (https://journals.tdl.org/jat/index.php/jat/article/view/jat.2014-1.220812221403a/225)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 9, 2019 • 33min
The New Hampshire Confession with Jake Stone
Jordan and Brandon interview Jake Stone on the New Hampshire Confession. What is it? How does it differ from other confessions? How is it useful? Should we use it today?Check out Jake's recommendations:1) By His Grace and For His Glory: A Historical, Theological and Practical Study of the Doctrines of Grace in Baptist Life, Tom Nettles (https://press.founders.org/shop/by-his-grace-and-for-his-glory/)2) The Armies of the Lamb: The Spirituality of Andrew Fuller, Michael Haykin (https://www.amazon.com/Armies-Lamb-Spirituality-Classics-Reformed/dp/1894400135/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=armies+of+the+lamb+haykin&qid=1570639091&sr=8-1)3) Ardent Love for Jesus: English Baptists and the Experience of Revival in the Long Eighteenth Century, Michael Haykin (https://www.amazon.com/Ardent-Love-Jesus-Experience-Eighteenth/dp/1850492484/ref=sr_1_22?qid=1570639138&refinements=p_27%3AMichael+A.+G.+Haykin&s=books&sr=1-22&text=Michael+A.+G.+Haykin)4) Manual of Theology, John Dagg (https://founders.org/library/manual-of-theology-john-dagg/)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oct 2, 2019 • 32min
From IFB to Confessional Baptist with Jake Stone
Brandon and Jordan interview Jake Stone on his personal journey from an independent fundamentalist KJV only Baptist to a 1689 confessional Baptist.Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 25, 2019 • 39min
Confessions, Catechisms, and Hercules Collins with Steve Weaver
Jordan and Brandon discuss confessions, catechisms, and Hercules Collins with Dr. Steve Weaver. They even learn about the SBC and its own confessional journey.Check out Steve's work:1) Teaching Truths, Training Hearts (https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Training-Hearts-Thomas-Nettles/dp/1943539030/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=steve+weaver+teaching+truths&qid=1570218559&sr=8-3)2) An Orthodox Catechism (https://www.amazon.com/Orthodox-Catechism-Hercules-Collins-ebook/dp/B00L6KPISC/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=steve+weaver+hercules+collins&qid=1570218574&sr=8-2)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 18, 2019 • 35min
Expositional Preaching with Tyler Scarlett
Brandon and Jordan interview Dr. Tyler Scarlett about expositional preaching. They find out what it is, what it isn't, why it's important, how to become better, and how to listen well.Check out Tyler's Preaching recommendations here:1) Haddon Robinson, Biblical Preaching (https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Preaching-Development-Delivery-Expository-ebook/dp/B00IGDKNI2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SXURZ2JA2RAU&keywords=haddon+robinson+biblical+preaching&qid=1570218414&sprefix=haddon+rob%2Caps%2C287&sr=8-1)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 11, 2019 • 38min
The Trinity with Corby Amos
Jordan and Brandon discuss the Trinity, the Monarchy of the Father, and hermeneutics with guest Corby Amos.Check out Corby's Trinity recommendations:1) John Behr, The Way to Nicaea (https://www.amazon.com/Way-Nicaea-Formation-Christian-Theology/dp/0881412244/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=john+behr+nicaea&qid=1570218306&sr=8-1)2) John Behr, Formation of Christian Theology (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088141266X/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sep 4, 2019 • 34min
Introducing Confessional Theology
Brandon and Jordan introduce confessional theology. What is it? Why is it relevant? Why should anyone practice it?Check out these Confessional book recommendations:1) R. Scott Clark, Recovering the Reformed Confession (https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Reformed-Confession-Scott-Clark/dp/1596381108/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=scott+clark+recovering+the+reformed&qid=1570218474&sr=8-1)2) Carl Trueman, The Creedal Imperative (https://www.amazon.com/Creedal-Imperative-Carl-R-Trueman/dp/1433521903/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=trueman+the+creedal&qid=1570218503&sr=8-1)Support the showSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-london-lyceum4672/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy