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Matthew's Gospel on the cosmic significance of Christ's coming

A podcast on the theology of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.

Van Til continues to show the Kantian roots of Barth's theology, arguing that Barth's use of language does not make him orthodox, since he means something entirely different by the common terms he uses.

Van Til introduces G.C. Berkouwer and his relation to neo-orthodox thinkers such as Barth and Von Balthasar. He also provides behind-the-scenes details about Westminster's split from Princeton and the ensuing aftermath.

Van Til continues his discussion of the Creator-creature distinction in contrast to the Greek form-matter scheme, as well as the thought of Clement and Origen. For Van Til, we must continue to challenge the fundamental assumptions of unbelieving thought, including assumptions about God and the nature of man.

Van Til lectures on the genius of St. Augustine and how he continued to struggle with platonic influence, even though his biblical faith was sincere and won out over Platonism.

Van Til begins exploring the church fathers (Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Tertullian), showing how they contributed to apologetis but also did not challenge the deeper assumptions of unbelieving thought.

Van Til explores Greek thought in more detail, showing the tendency for philosophers to reject the Creator-creature distinction and assume autonomy and neutrality in thinking.

Van Til responds to the popular "God is dead" claim in mainstream media, along with its liberal theological supporters. He affirms the biblical response of man's creaturehood and his submission to God's authority. He shows again how prevalent the notion of autonomy is to ancient and modern thought.

Continuing his critique of Barth, Van Til develops a response to Emil Brunner. He focuses here on the neo-orthodox understanding of God's Word and the subject-object relationship of orthodox faith, which Brunner criticises.

Van Til goes further in his critique of Emil Brunner and Karl Barth's view of revelation and Scripture. He shows that neo-orthodox theologians identify God as only his act, that who God is must only be what God does, especially what God does for us in Christ. This undermines the doctrine of Scripture and all traditional teachings of orthodoxy.

Van Til explores the thought of Immanuel Kant and his approach to knowledge through the mind imposing categories on the raw material of reality. He once again points out how this approach presupposes man's autonomy and the rebellion against God's revelation of himself.

Van Til compares Christian philosophy to the ancient Greek idea that man and God are on the same level, each related to general concepts such as "being" or "the good."

Van Til dives into volumes 1-3 of Barth's Church Dogmatics, exploring how Barth uses orthodox language with an entirely different meaning.

Van Til delves deeper into the thought of Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato, showing how important it is to maintain the Creator-creature distinction.

Van Til gets into volumes 4 and 5 of Barth's Church Dogmatics and explores election in Christ and universalism in Barth's thought.

Van Til contrasts the Christian position with the "monisms" of Greek and modern thought, arguing that only Christianity has a way forward.

Van Til continues his lecture on Augustine, showing how his thought was still based on a Greek notion of being. He also discusses Christian ethics based on the Westminster Confession and how they reveal the problems with Greek ethics.

Van Til launches into modern philosophy after finishing comments on Aquinas. The theme of the Creator-creature distinction continues to show the problems with rationalism and empiricism.

Van Til explains the thought of Immanual Kant once again and shows how it ignores the Creator-creature distinction at every turn.

Van Til sets out the Christian position rooted in the Trinity and contrasts this with the modern approaches to God of using bare reason.

Van Til once again discusses the thought of Kant and its relation to Karl Barth, highlighting the prevalence of autonomy in modern theology.

Van Til moves on from Kant to talk about those who built on his thought, especially Karl Barth. He offers a critique of those who, as Barth, use traditional language but mean something entirely different by it.

Van Til calls on Christians to wage war against Satan in the realm of culture by reclaiming Christian education for Christ.

Van Til lectures on the genius of St. Augustine and how he continued to struggle with platonic influence, even though his biblical faith was sincere and won out over Platonism.

Van Til begins a discussion of Thomas Aquinas and his importance to Roman Catholic thought. He also shows how Reformed thought and apologetics differs fundamentally in terms of its starting point.

Van Til makes a passionate plea for Calvinism in America to start engaging more with culture and the public square, in the spirit of Abraham Kuyper.

Van Til compares Calvin's understanding of God, sin, and grace to Roman Catholicism and Aristotle. He also explores common grace according to Scripture and the honest offer of the gospel.

Van Til contrasts New Protestantism with biblical Christianity, showing the assumptions of modern theology, and critiquing probabilistic apologetics and theology.

Van Til discusses the point of contact, autonomy, the antithesis between belief and unbelief, the roles of faith and reason, and the theistic proofs.

Van Til discusses the foundational difference between biblical faith and unbelieving philosophy as expressed in Roman Catholicism, Joseph Butler, Aquinas, and Aristotle. The Creator-creature distinction, he argues, requires humans to submit to the incomprehensibility of God in their thinking.

History and Nature of Apologetics: Patterns of Thinking and the Gospel (Part 2)

Van Til offers reflections on the importance of singing about Jesus's victory over sin and death.

Creeds and confessions are the banner of the church militant. They contain statements of doctrine that are to be believed, for knowledge unto godliness; and are to be confessed, for the ministry of the church unto the world. In this way, creeds and confessions are for each member of Christ’s body, and for the body as a whole. In this podcast Nathan Nocchi chats with Dr. Peter Lillback about a project that he has been working for close to fifty years.

Van Til explains the biblical and pauline basis for apologetics and evangelism before contrasting it with Greek philosophy and ethics. He also engages with Plotinus and Augustine as they were appropriated in the Middle Ages in pursuit of natural and negative theology.

Van Til explores medieval theology and the concept of the "analogy of being" that underlies the thought of Greek philosophy and Thomas Aquinas. Once again, this contrasts with the biblical notion of the Creator-creature distinction.

Van Til continues discussing the widespread embrace of Karl Barth and his theology built on the foundation of Immanual Kant.

Van Til paints with a broader brush in this lecture, moving from Greek philosophy, to medieval, to modern. Throughout, he argues that man's autonomy and brute rationality have been unable to account for truth or certainty in any coherent way.

Van Til applies three points of Kantian philosophy to Post-Kantian thought, grounding them in Genesis 3. These include (1) the principle of autonomy, (2) the pure contingency of the world, and (3) man's rational capacity. These points are addressed fully only in Christ.

Van Til contrasts biblical Christianity with modernity's "practical atheism," which tries to substitute science for prayerful worship of the true God.

Van Til unpacks Paul's message in 2 Corinthians 2 concerning true wisdom and the glorious triumph of the cross.

Van Til revisits the Christian philosophy of life and situates humans as creatures in covenant, making all people either covenant keepers or covenant breakers.

This second lecture that Dr. John Murray gives on the doctrine of man considers the effects of sin on man as body and spirit.

This first lecture that Dr. John Murray gives on the doctrine of man considers the creation of man.

Listen in as Cornelius Van Til speaks on the victory of Jesus over Satan in the salvation of sinners.

Listen in to this second lecture as Cornelius Van Til continues to speak on the victory of Jesus.

Introduction to Dr. Edmund P Clowney's course "Christ in All of Scripture".

The Aitken Bible to this day represents the fact that Congress [during colonial times] said, ‘Americans need to have the Bible. We recommend it to you, and you can tell all the people that Congress is behind it being shared with the people.'” –Dr. Peter Lillback Listen to Dr. Lillback discuss the creation of the Aitken Bible, in the first of a series of podcasts about the faith of America’s founding fathers. This podcast was recorded by Jerry Newcombe Radio.

Understand the times, then preach the Word at all times.” –Dr. Jonathan Gibson Listen to Dr. Gibson deliver a two part exploration of biblical ministry. This brace of lectures were delivered at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, during The Mind of a Minister Conference.

Leading a Scriptural study with clarity

A discussion on the Insider Movement

The meaning of covenant

A sermon by Dr. Joel Beeke on Hebrews 12:1–2.