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This is the seventh lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton's Reformed Academy course, The Theology of Heaven in the Book of Hebrews. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 Author of Hebrews Is Not a Premillennialist
02:40 Author of Hebrews Is Not Postmillennialist
19:18 Gaffin on the Usefulness of the Cross
25:58 Amillennialism on Suffering in Christ as Redemptive Blessing
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Dr. Robert Letham joins Lane Tipton and Camden Bucey to discuss Dr. Letham's recent book The Eternal Son (P&R Publishing). Their conversation presses into a simple but urgent claim: Christology is not a side department of theology—it is the living center. When the church loses clarity about who the Son is, the gospel itself becomes unclear, because salvation depends on the identity of the Savior. They also explore why the church must listen carefully to the whole ecumenical tradition, especially the often-neglected debates after Chalcedon. Letham explains why it matters that the acting subject in the Gospels is the eternal Son, who assumes a true human nature without change in his divine person. From there, they engage contemporary confusions—especially biblicism that isolates Scripture from the church's confession—and they address the claim that Christ was "adopted" at the resurrection, showing how such proposals unravel both orthodox Christology and the gracious character of adoption for believers.
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Chapters
00:07 Introduction
02:04 This Book within the Trilogy
04:36 Christ and the Center of Christianity
11:05 Reading the Bible in Isolation
16:44 The Ecumenical Councils After Chalcedon
26:44 The Pre-Existent Son
30:24 Christology from Below
35:54 The Doctrine of Adoption
44:48 Twin Errors of Christology and Soteriology
53:15 An Exhortation to Re-Examine the Historical Confession of the Church
56:19 Conclusion
Participants: Camden Bucey, Lane G. Tipton, Robert Letham

On today's episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. In chapter 5, we see the handwriting on the wall, Daniel's interpretation of what is written, and King Belshazzar's response.

This is the sixth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton's Reformed Academy course, The Theology of Heaven in the Book of Hebrews. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 Wilderness-Testing and Land-Resting Paradigm
05:50 Analogical Application to the Church
09:23 The Church as Wilderness Community of Strangers and Exiles
17:13 Contrast between Typical and Eschatological Rest
23:16 The Seventh Day of Sabbath Rest
26:17 Bringing Many Sons to Glory
28:22 The High Priestly Work of Christ in Hebrews 4:14–16
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In this episode, Dan Ragusa speaks about Letters from America (Reformed Forum) Between 1935 and 1940, Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987) wrote twenty-four letters from America for the Dutch magazine De Reformatie at the invitation of its editor Klaas Schilder (1890–1952). Daniel Ragusa's translation presents these letters in English for the first time. Letters from America opens a window into a critical moment in Reformed history—when orthodox and confessional Presbyterianism in America was under siege from both modernism and the rising influence of Barthianism, which Van Til labeled "the new modernism." Ragusa introduces these letters by situating them within the broader relationship between the Dutch Reformed in the Netherlands and the orthodox Presbyterians in America—a relationship that reaches back to the seventeenth century. Van Til's wartime-like correspondences—written in the heat of theological conflict—offer a firsthand account of the spiritual and ecclesiastical upheavals of the era. Through Van Til's eyes, fixed steadfastly on his risen and reigning Lord, readers witness pivotal moments in American Presbyterian history, among them J. Gresham Machen's trial, deposition, and sudden death; the founding of Westminster Theological Seminary and the evangelistic work of its graduates; and the formation of the Presbyterian Church of America and its subsequent renaming as the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Far more than museum pieces, these letters bring to life a pivotal chapter in the defense and development of the Reformed faith that helps us to make sense of our present ecclesiastical and theological landscape.
Chapters
00:00:07 Introduction    
00:06:13 Upcoming Seminar in Raleigh, NC        
00:09:29 Dr. Ragusa's Introduction to Van Til's Dutch Letters
00:20:54 Van Til's Concern for the Church
00:29:16 Highlights of the Letters            
00:36:19 Van Til's Hope for the Church            
00:42:38 The Afscheiding (Secession) of 1834
00:57:46 A Vision for the Future of the Church
01:06:05 Remaining Faithful Today
01:12:15 Conclusion
This is Christ the Center episode 947 (https://www.reformedforum.org/ctc947)