Reformed Forum

What does it mean to cultivate a life of Reformed piety? Camden Bucey speaks with Joel Beeke about the ordinary practices by which God forms reverential love for himself in Christian homes: Scripture reading, prayer, singing, biblical meditation, family worship, and faithful participation in the church’s public worship.
Dr. Beeke explains why meditation serves as a “halfway house” between Bible reading and prayer, how deliberate meditation gives rise to spontaneous reflection throughout the day, and why small, repeated habits often bear their richest fruit over decades. The conversation offers practical encouragement for parents, spouses, pastors, and every believer who desires an integrated life of devotion—one in which home, church, and daily vocation are oriented toward the glory of God and maturity in Christ.
Topics Discussed
Reformed piety as reverential love for God
Building durable habits of family worship
Reading Scripture, praying, singing, and instructing children
Praying with one’s spouse
Deliberate and spontaneous biblical meditation
Carrying the ministry of the Word from church into the home
Preparing the family for the Lord’s Day
The long-term fruit of ordinary spiritual disciplines

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Puritan Reformed Seminary, Reformation Heritage Books, and current ministry
06:24 Recent and forthcoming books
15:05 Cultivating Reformed piety in the home
16:22 Family worship and the Family Worship Bible Guide
24:46 Prayer with one’s spouse and family
27:22 Biblical meditation between reading and prayer
34:03 Recommended writers on Reformed piety
40:04 Connecting church, home, and school
45:51 The Lord’s Day as an uninterrupted exercise of piety
51:13 Beginning family worship simply
53:58 Cultivating spontaneous prayer and spiritual conversation
55:50 Conclusion

This is the sixth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton and Rev. Adam York’s Reformed Academy course, The Unfolding Mystery: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers Chapter 9 of Edmund P. Clowney’s The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, addressing the following topics: 00:00 The Servant of the Lord in Isaiah 42 and 53
06:03 Baptism and Temptation
23:12 The Cross as the "Opportune Time"
30:58 Exile as Death
38:56 Isaiah’s Servant Songs and the Christ Hymn (Philippians 2)
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Camden Bucey speaks with Derek C. Schuurman, professor and chair of computer science at Calvin University, about Christian wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence. Drawing upon Shaping a Digital World, Schuurman explains why technology is never neutral: people shape their tools, and those tools in turn reshape habits, institutions, and communities.
The conversation sets contemporary AI within the biblical story of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. Bucey and Schuurman contrast Christian hope with technicism—the belief that technology can solve humanity’s deepest problems and build a technological heaven on earth. They also discuss human nature, transhumanism, responsible design, Christian higher education, autonomous weapons, and the need to keep human moral judgment and accountability in the loop.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:41 Derek C. Schuurman’s path from engineering to Christian higher education
08:29 Technology, cultural change, and the need for wisdom
11:45 Technology is not neutral
14:36 How tools reshape people and societies
18:08 Reading technology through creation, fall, redemption, and new creation
20:18 Two cities, two loves, and the biblical story
22:22 Babel, idolatry, and the temptation to build heaven on earth
23:21 Technicism and the promises of Silicon Valley
26:52 Transhumanism and a Christian account of humanity
29:14 Practical frameworks for responsible technological design
30:36 Dooyeweerd’s non-reductionistic view of creation
33:19 Eight norms for faithful design
37:34 Integrating Christian faith throughout education
41:21 Liberal arts, AI, and well-rounded technical formation
42:29 AI, labor, and the human calling to work
43:42 Autonomous systems, accountability, and just-war questions
45:55 Why moral judgment requires a human in the loop
49:12 Faithful presence and wise Christian vocation
51:41 Resources for engineers, designers, pastors, and parents
53:24 Calvin University’s “Wisdom in the Age of AI” conference
55:36 Conclusion

Resources
Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers
Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference, Calvin University, October 8–10, 2026
Magnifica Humanitas
Episode resources

Join Mark and Andrew as they discuss how to preach Ruth 3:1–10, where Naomi shows signs of new hope, leading to her and Ruth making Boaz a proposal—a proposal which points to the work of Christ himself. There are numerous points of application in this familiar passage.

This is the fifth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton and Rev. Adam York’s Reformed Academy course, The Unfolding Mystery: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers Chapters 7–8 of Edmund P. Clowney’s The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, addressing the following topics:
00:00 Revelation 20–21 and the Final Judgment
07:12 Joshua and the Theocratic Ethic
11:00 Abraham and the Pilgrim Ethic
15:39 Common Grace, Holy War, and Intrusion Ethics
25:03 The Lord's Anointed and Goliath
31:08 The Prince of Peace and the Temple of Rest
40:15 Solomon, Wisdom, and the Temple Filled with Glory
Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/un...
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