Best The Henry Center For Theological Understanding Podcasts (2024)

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Why Should We Reconcile | Ralph West 37:15

4h ago37:15

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Sermon Title - Looking Up and Looking Out: A Theology of ReconciliationThere is something about the verticality of life. Whether telephone poles or sky scrapers. But we don’t simply look up; we also look out. There is also something horizontal. In our embodied existence, we see the two dimensions. Even on the cross, there is a vertical and a horizo…

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How to Be Useful to God | Interviewing Alistair Begg 45:25

9d ago45:25

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Post-Lecture Interview with the Speaker Lecture Title - Inadequacy: The Surprising Secret to Being Useful to God The NBA champions this year was a team made up of fewer stars and less glitz than their opponents. We might say that humility triumphed over hubris. There are lessons-a-plenty in this for an evangelical church that routinely produces all…

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Debating Social Justice & Mission | Albert Mohler & Jim Wallis 2:03:56

12d ago2:03:56

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Debate Question - Is Social Justice an Essential Part of the Mission of the Church?North American Evangelicals have recently experienced a revival of interest in issues of social justice. The growing sentiment among many today is that Jesus preached "good news to the poor," and was indeed among the poor and marginalized. These Christians believe th…

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What Does Jesus Tell Us about Friendship | Jonathan Pennington 59:04

16d ago59:04

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Lecture Title - A Kingdom of Friends: Matthew’s Vision for the “We” of Discipleship Matthew’s Gospel presents a profound and nuanced vision of what it means to flourish as humans through becoming disciples of King Jesus. Flourishing in the kingdom of heaven requires a proper relationship to God, to other believers, and to the world outside of the c…

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Debating Justification & Liberation | Douglas Campbell & Douglas Moo 1:48:08

20d ago1:48:08

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Debate Question: Is the Lutheran Approach to Pauline Justification "Justified"? Martin Luther and other reformers viewed Pauline justification as primarily, if not exclusively, a forensic matter between us and God. We are justified before God, through faith in Jesus Christ, according to his finished work on the cross. If one believes the gospel mes…

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How Do We Finish Well | Bryan Loritts 33:42

23d ago33:42

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Sermon Title - Finishing Well (1 Cor. 9:24-27)Bryan Loritts comes from a long legacy of faithful men and women extending from his great, great grandfather Peter, an illiterate slave who loved the Word, to his father, Dr. Crawford Loritts. He celebrates this legacy in his sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. In this passage, Paul urges his readers to ru…

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How Is the Gospel Multi-Ethnic | Bryan Loritts 31:23

26d ago31:23

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Sermon Title - The Multi-Ethnic Church (Eph. 2:11-22) In a sermon on Ephesians 2:11-22, Brian Loritts makes a passionate appeal to Bible believing Christians to note the Gospel's vertical and horizontal dimensions. The Gospel addresses both reconciliation between God and sinners and reconciliation of all peoples in Christ. Loritts laments the fact …

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How Is the Mind Renewed | Interviewing Dallas Willard 49:10

28d ago49:10

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Lecture Title - Transformed by the Renewing of the Mind: The Use of Scripture in "Spiritual Formation" The Apostle Paul tells us to "not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Rom. 12:2). But how are we to go about renewing our mind? We will explain the role of scripture in the renewing of the mind, and the rol…

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How Is the Mind Renewed | Dallas Willard 1:00:49

26d ago1:00:49

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Lecture Title - Transformed by the Renewing of the Mind: The Use of Scripture in "Spiritual Formation" The Apostle Paul tells us to "not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Rom. 12:2). But how are we to go about renewing our mind? We will explain the role of scripture in the renewing of the mind, and the rol…

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Why Should We Forgive | Ralph West 32:16

28d ago32:16

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Sermon Title - Gracing & Disgracing Grace: Forgiveness and Reconciliation Preaching on Jesus’ famous parable of forgiveness (Matthew 18), Rev. Ralph West warns us against Disgracing Grace, in a manner similar to the Unforgiving Servant. This doesn’t mean that forgiveness is easy. It wasn’t easy for Jesus, and it isn’t easy for us. Whenever evil is …

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How Does Christ Satisfy Us Fully | Henri Blocher 24:22

1M ago24:22

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Sermon Title - The Final Christ In John 4:7-14 and 6:27-40, Jesus uses the universal symbols of bread and water to draw people to himself, awakening in them a sense of their deeper hunger and thirst. He is the greater Jacob and the greater Moses, offering people the living water and bread of life - eternal life - that will satisfy them forever with…

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How Is Salvation Possible | Henri Blocher 58:17

2M ago58:17

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2015 Kantzer Lecture #6 - Possibility and SalvationIn the final lecture Blocher concludes by accounting for the place of possibility in God’s response to the intrusion of evil, contending that the truth about evil can only be known through God’s response of salvation. Blocher maintains that in the biblical portrait that evil is an intruder, precedi…

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Was Evil Always Possible | Henri Blocher 1:01:16

2M ago1:01:16

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2015 Kantzer Lecture #5 - Was Evil "Possible" Before it Arose?The fifth lecture explores the question of whether evil was possible before it arose, either ontologically or logically, as related to God and to humanity. Accordingly to Blocher, evil is neither ontologically nor logically possible with God. That God who is sovereign should permit decre…

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What Does the Bible Say about Possibility | Henri Blocher 1:00:04

2M ago1:00:04

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2015 Kantzer Lecture #4 - "Possibility" in Biblical PerspectiveBlocher’s fourth of six lectures is an attempt to discern through Scripture the contours of possibility. Blocher first analyzes possibility with respect to God. He argues that Scripture associates various notions of possibility with God. For example, things can be possible without actua…

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What Is Possibility | Henri Blocher 58:52

2M ago58:52

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015 Kantzer Lecture #3 - Thinkers on "Possibility"Whereas in the first of his Kantzer lectures, Blocher introduced the function of possibility in explanation of evil in the thought of many important theologians and philosophers, in this his third lecture, he considers various philosophers’ concept of possibility itself. After Leibniz, Blocher argue…

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What Is Evil | Henri Blocher 1:06:17

2M ago1:06:17

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2015 Kantzer Lecture #2 - Exploring the Quasi-Concept and the Area of EvilContinuing his analysis of the idea of evil, lecture two provides some “impressionistic” starting points to the idea of evil, before giving an analysis of Leibniz’s threefold articulation of evil as metaphysical, physical, and moral. We often apply the idea of evil in at leas…

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Why Is Evil Possible | Henri Blocher 1:07:33

3M ago1:07:33

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2015 Kantzer Lecture #1 - Introduction: Evil Possible—A Misleading FacilityAt the outset of his 2015 Kantzer Lectures, Henri Blocher recognizes three central questions that arise from the fact of evil: Whence does evil come? What is evil? How long, O Lord? Blocher admits there is legitimacy of the human search for a rational explanation of the evil…

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When Can We Experience Intimacy with God | Nicholas Wolterstorff 1:00:32

3M ago1:00:32

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #8 - The Understanding of God Implicit in the EucharistIn the final Kantzer lecture of the series, Nicholas Wolterstorff turns to conclude his exploration by unpacking the theological implications of the Eucharist for his project. Noting that this is not the place to adjudicate between competing understandings of the act, Wolte…

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How Does God Respond | Nicholas Wolterstorff 1:05:18

3M ago1:05:18

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #7 - God as One Who SpeaksHaving completed his exploration of God as one who listens, Wolterstorff now turns to the understanding of God implicit in the belief that God is one who speaks. He begins by pointing out that in a good many of our liturgical acts we are listening to what God says by way of what humans say. Wolterstorf…

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When Does God Hear Favorably | Nicholas Wolterstorff 56:39

3M ago56:39

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #6 - God as One Who Hears FavorablyWolterstorff begins his sixth lecture by unpacking the understanding of God implicit in the liturgical act of requesting that God would hear our addresses favorably. What view of God is implied by the participant’s refrain, “Hear our prayer oh Lord”? After surveying the possible moods or stanc…

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How Does God Listen to Us | Nicholas Wolterstorff 1:02:32

3M ago1:02:32

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #5 - What Are We Saying When We Say that God Listens?Wolterstorff responds to questions raised by portraying God as the God who listens and speaks. After responding to potential objections that “listening” and “speaking” are anthropomorphisms not properly predicted upon God, he proposes an alternative reading of Thomas Aquinas …

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What Is Healthy Discipleship | Kelly Kapic 1:27:46

3M ago1:27:46

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Lecture Title - Go Therefore and Make Humans: Discipleship in an Inhumane World We live in a frenetic age of unrealistic expectations, fostered by unrelenting voices both outside and inside of us. Through subtle and not so subtle forces we are constantly expected to do more and be more. Exhaustion, shame, and anxiety pervade, and all too often they…

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When Does God Listen to Us | Nicholas Wolterstorff 47:51

3M ago47:51

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #4 - God as Listener Wolterstorff breaks new theological ground by considering the reality that God is a listener. Employing the concepts of speech-act theory and an analogy of social structure, he distills what making such a predicate of God entails. Often people are in alienated relationships, which in some way prevent them f…

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Why Do We Speak to God | Nicholas Wolterstorff 52:02

3M ago52:02

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #3 - God as One Who Listens and SpeaksIn his third lecture, Wolterstorff considers the understanding of God implicit in some of the fundamental types of Christian liturgy. He submits that the address of God is the most common type of action that occurs in the enactment of Christian liturgy. In addressing someone. In the act of …

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Why Is God Worthy of Worship | Nicholas Wolterstorff 52:45

3M ago52:45

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #2 - God as Worthy of WorshipIn the second lecture, Wolterstorff explicates what he calls the implicit understanding of God within the Christian liturgy as a whole (or as it accords with the convergence of the five traditions he is considering), the third and highest level of implicitness (see lecture 1). The highest level of i…

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How Should God Be Worshipped | Nicholas Wolterstorff 58:00

3M ago58:00

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2013 Kantzer Lecture #1 - The God We Worship: A Liturgical TheologyIn this first Kantzer lecture, Nicholas Wolterstorff provides the overarching structure to his liturgical project. Using as his main interlocutors liturgical theologians Schmemann and von Allmen, and working at the convergence of Orthodox, Episcopal, Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed…

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How to Be Useful to God | Alistair Begg 53:16

3M ago53:16

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Lecture Title: Inadequacy: The Surprising Secret to Being Useful to God In this lecture, Alistair Begg considers God's pattern of using unlikely and ordinary characters and addresses the possibility that what we regard as a hindrance may be the key to usefulness in God's service. Alistair Begg (DDiv Westminster Theological Seminary) is Senior Pasto…

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How Is God Free | Bruce McCormack 1:31:12

3M ago1:31:12

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #7 - The Being of God as Gift and Grace: On Freedom and Necessity, Aseity and the Divine AttributesIn his seventh and final lecture, Professor McCormack concludes with a treatment of God’s being and attributes. Of particular interest is his notion of Freedom. Freedom, he suggests, is not freedom in the face of options. Rather, …

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How Does the Trinity Act in the World | Bruce McCormack 45:18

3M ago45:18

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #6 - The Processions Contain the Missions: Reconstructing the Doctrine of anImmanent TrinityIn this sixth lecture, Professor McCormack develops his doctrine of the immanent trinity by grounding his conclusions in the teaching of the New Testament as expounded in the fourth lecture, and in line with the Christology he constructe…

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What Should We Think about Christ | Bruce McCormack 1:29:51

3M ago1:29:51

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #5 - Which Christology? Refining the Economic Basis of the Christian Doctrine of GodIn this fifth Lecture, Professor McCormack begins the constructive work of his project. His goal is to develop a thoroughly post-metaphysical doctrine of God. For McCormack, this means that everything said about God must be founded on what can b…

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What Does the New Testament Say about God | Bruce McCormack 1:38:53

3M ago1:38:53

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #4 - The God Who Reveals Himself: The Mystery of the Trinity in the New TestamentIn the fourth lecture, Professor McCormack provides dense exegesis of the relevant biblical material regarding the problem of the trinity in the New Testament. This pertains in particular to the biblical witness to deity of the Son, His relationshi…

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What Does Modern Theology Say about God | Bruce McCormack 1:35:25

3M ago1:35:25

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #3 - The Great Reversal: From the Economy of God to the Trinity in Modern TheologyIn this survey of the Doctrine of God in the modern world, professor McCormack narrates the rise of modern theology from Spinoza, through Kant’s critique of classical metaphysics and on to the philosophical theology of Hegel, all of which engender…

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How Did the Doctrine of the Trinity Develop | Bruce McCormack 1:34:47

3M ago1:34:47

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #2 - From the One God to the Trinity: The Creation of the Orthodox Understanding of GodBruce McCormack inaugurated his Kantzer Lectures by surveying the contemporary theological and ecclesiological landscape in America, including denominational transformation and doctrinal erosion in the evangelical church. In particular, McCor…

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What Do Evangelicals Think about God | Bruce McCormack 1:34:44

3M ago1:34:44

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2011 Kantzer Lecture #1 - Is the Reformation Over? Reflections on the Place of the Doctrine of God in Evangelical Theology TodayBruce McCormack inaugurates his Kantzer Lectures (the first of seven) by surveying the contemporary theological and ecclesiological landscape in America, including denominational transformation and doctrinal erosion in the…

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Where Can We Find Assurance | Stephen Williams 1:35:01

4M ago1:35:01

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #6 - An Exposition of Romans 9-11 with a Positive Proposal Professor Williams' sixth and final lecture dwells on the relation of election to several key themes: universalism, justification, perseverance and above all, assurance. Though he insists that election grounds assurance, nevertheless, all must heed both the promises reg…

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What Is the Paradox of Election & Agency | Stephen Williams 1:22:53

4M ago1:22:53

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #5 - Election, Regeneration, and Faith The fifth lecture turns more explicitly toward systematic theological formulation. Williams’s primary questions here include the paradox of man’s freedom and God’s call, and the question of God’s justice and mercy in the decision to elect some but not all. In keeping with much of Williams …

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How Is Election Particular | Stephen Williams 1:01:59

4M ago1:01:59

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #4 - The Question of Election and Particular Atonement In his fourth lecture, Professor Williams turns to election in the New Testament. He is particularly concerned here with predestination and election statements and the proper deployment of such statements in systematic formulation. Williams himself advocates reading these s…

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How Is Election Both Privilege & Responsibility | Stephen Williams 1:19:56

4M ago1:19:56

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #3 - The Question of Election as a Determination of Destiny This third lecture begins the biblical consideration of the doctrine of election with a consideration of election in the Old Testament. The primary trajectory of Williams lecture is towards evaluating the dichotomy of election as privilege and election as responsibilit…

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How Did Barth Understand Election | Stephen Williams 1:00:15

4M ago1:00:15

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #2 - Barth on Election Integrated with Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms In this lecture, Williams takes account of the enduring influence of Barth’s doctrine of election. He briefly lays out the major contours of Barth’s construction before going on to evaluate its merits. The lecture, however, becomes as much about instruction in …

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How Should We Understand Election | Stephen Williams 52:43

4M ago52:43

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2009 Kantzer Lecture #1 - The Election of Grace: A Riddle without Resolution? Stephen Williams brings a discussion of the issues that arise in debates about election. In subsequent days, Dr. Williams details Karl Barth’s view on the topic of election and the related topics of Christian perseverance and particular atonement, including an exposition …

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How Is the Church Dependent upon Christ | John Webster 1:15:51

4M ago1:15:51

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #6 - He Will Be With Them In his sixth and final lecture, Professor Webster turns to the Church. Webster begins by appraising the recent trend of elevating Ecclesiology to a sort of first theology. Ultimately his remarks are critical, especially regarding the movements ontological re-ordering of Christ and the Church. Webster’s…

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How Is Christ Exalted Present to Us | John Webster 1:20:01

4M ago1:20:01

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #5 - The Presence of Christ Exalted The primary focus of Professor Webster’s fifth lecture is upon the presence of the exalted Christ as the Church’s head. The task of filling out the presence of the exalted Christ entails developing Christ’s fulfillment as Prophet, Priest and King. The location of the exalted Christ’s presence…

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Why Did the Word Become Flesh | John Webster 58:02

4M ago58:02

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #4 - Immanuel In the fourth lecture of the series, Professor Webster carefully explicates each word of the all-important phrase, “The Word became flesh.” In so doing, Webster’s discussion spans an impressive breadth of theological relationships, including the relationships of immanence and transcendence, created and uncreated, …

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How Is God Present Everywhere | John Webster 1:18:12

4M ago1:18:12

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #3 - God Is Everywhere but Not Only Everywhere In this third lecture, Professor Webster addresses three primary subjects relating to God’s presence with God’s creatures: the omnipresence of God to creaturely reality, divine providence, and the covenant between God and creatures. With respect to the omnipresence of God, Webster …

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What Are the Divine Perfections | John Webster 1:20:38

4M ago1:20:38

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #2 - God’s Perfect Life Webster second lecture is composed of three sections. First, Webster offers an initial orientation to God’s perfections, most notably, the notion of God’s aseity. Second, he moves to a description of God’s perfections in God’s own life, namely, in God’s Trinitarian life. Third and finally, Webster moves …

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How Is God Present with Us | John Webster 56:11

4M ago56:11

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2007 Kantzer Lecture #1 - Immanuel, God's Presence With Us In this first lecture, John Webster introduces the project at hand. Webster first reviews several proposals for the nature of Christ’s presence to us that have been offered in the last half-century, he then goes on to outline his own proposal. Webster indicates that in the coming lectures, …

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How Does Love Lead to Right Knowing | James K. A. Smith 25:00

5M ago25:00

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Sermon Title - Love's Knowledge: A Sermon on Philippians 1 In this chapel message, James K. A. Smith speaks to life in theological education with the Augustinian insight that in order to know rightly, our loves must be healed, particularly through the Spirit-charged practices of corporate worship and spiritual discipline. James K. A. Smith (PhD Vil…

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What Is the Secular | Interviewing Craig Carter 34:20

5M ago34:20

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Lecture Title - Augustine and the Secular in Christendom and Modernity This lecture addressed the growing relevance of Augustine in debates concerning secular space. Particular attention is given to how Augustine's City of God delineates a positive conception of secular space and its role in civil society. A distinction between Augustinianism and T…

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How to Define a Human Person | Kevin Vanhoozer 50:18

5M ago50:18

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Lecture Title - The Human Person: A Grammatical Subject TEDS professor Kevin Vanhoozer raises the question of how one can define a human person. The first step is to differentiate between a person and a non-person. A person is someone, not something. Vanhoozer traces the history of "person" in the Trinity. "Person" comes from the Latin "persona," m…

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How Should a Christian Pursue Justice | John Perkins 1:31:26

5M ago1:31:26

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Lecture Title - Love is the Final Fight Dr. Perkins, born in rural Mississippi in 1930, will share an autobiographical journey of pursuing justice in a world overwhelmed by oppression & brokenness. His perseverance through the Civil Rights Movement and his voice within the Evangelical Church continue to shape how Christians understand justice, reco…

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