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The Creator/Creature Distinction

Camden Bucey — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:43:42 +0000

This is the first lesson in a series examining the theological foundations of Reformed and covenantal apologetics. In this video, Camden Bucey looks at the important difference between God and his creation.

Universalism and Deification

Camden Bucey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:19:35 +0000

Jeff Waddington and Camden Bucey analyze popular formulations of universalism and look to related themes in theologies of deification, divinization, and theosis.

Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Part 2

Camden Bucey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:18:17 +0000

Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, and Jim Cassidy speak about the 2011 Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology while at lunch in center city Philadelphia.

What is Sanctification?

reformedforumtv — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:26:45 +0000

In recent weeks several of us at Reformed Forum have noticed a troubling trend in which people promote a forensicized, truncated gospel. In this video, Camden Bucey speaks about sanctification, what it is, and how it fits into God’s comprehensive plan of salvation for those who believe in Christ Jesus.

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church from 1945-1990

Camden Bucey — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:18:22 +0000

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was formed in 1936 out of the modernist-fundamentalist controversy at a time when figures such as J. Gresham Machen were struggling with liberal influences at Princeton Seminary and the mainline Presbyterian Church. Much has been written on those early years, but a significant gap in the history persisted until recently. For the OPC’s 75th anniversary, the Committee for the Historian has commissioned two books. The first is a collection of essays edited by John R. Muether and Danny E. Olinger titled Confident of Better Things. The second is Between the Times: The Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition 1945-1990 written by Darryl. G. Hart. Hart’s book wonderfully chronicles the OPC during the transition beyond the first generation as the young Reformed denomination sought to find its identity in a changing evangelical world. Today Dr. Hart visits Christ the Center to speak about this important period in American Presbyterianism.

Jonathan Edwards’s Apologetic

Camden Bucey — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:59:51 +0000

The Christ the Center panel had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Dr. Robert Davis Smart, senior minister of Christ Church (PCA) in Normal, IL, and author of the recently released Jonathan Edwards’s Apologetic for the Great Awakening. This is an excellent study of Edwards’s moderate defense of the First Great Awakening over against the criticisms of the “Old Brick” and future quasi-Unitarian Charles Chauncy. Smart points out that the big question was: Was the awakening a work of the Holy Spirit? Dr. Smart also discusses the relevance of Edwards and revival for today.

The Infinite Merit of Christ

Camden Bucey — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:41:33 +0000

Dr. Craig Biehl shares his work on Jonathan Edwards’ views pertaining to Christ’s merit. Biehl’s dissertation has been published as a book titled The Infinite Merit of Christ: The Glory of Christ’s Obedience in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards. Biehl and Jeff Waddington speak of the current state of Edwards scholarship and the need for a thorough analysis of Edwards own writings as opposed to studies treating primarily the secondary literature. What a thorough-going study yields is Edwards’s covenant theology and rich understanding of Christ’s work for his people.

The Ethics of Bankruptcy

Camden Bucey — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:31:25 +0000

Dr. David Skeel, professor of corporate law at UPenn, discusses Christians in legal studies in addition to the ethics of bankruptcy.

David Skeel is the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School and the author of The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences (Wiley, 2010), Icarus in the Boardroom (Oxford, 2005), and Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America (Princeton, 2001), as well as numerous articles and other publications.

Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Part 1

admin — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:24:12 +0000

Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, and Camden Bucey speak from the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA.

Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer

Camden Bucey — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:15:24 +0000

Brian Najapfour, pastor from the Philippines and a PhD student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, discusses his book Taking Hold of God: Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer. The book, which Najapfour co-edited with Joel R. Beeke, is a wealth of material on the subject of Christian prayer. The writings of many Reformed and Puritan thinkers on the subject shine through to provide a rich understanding of this means of grace.