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The story of the healing of the paralytic is a picture of God's work of redemption through Jesus Christ. We are healed—saved—not because we merit favor, but because of the grace of God. Their faith is demonstrated by their works, but their works do not save them. True saving faith is an instrument of justification.

This is the first 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 Vos on the Relation and Distinction Between Heaven and Earth
10:32 Vos on Heaven as the Supreme Reality
14:21 Kline on the Endoxation of the Holy Spirit
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In this episode of Christ the Center, we welcome Josiah Leinbach to discuss William Whitaker's A Disputation on Holy Scripture—a monumental sixteenth-century defense of sola Scriptura, newly edited and republished by Prolego Press. Written in 1588 against leading Roman Catholic theologians such as Robert Bellarmine, Whitaker's work offers a comprehensive treatment of Scripture's authority, canon, clarity, and sufficiency. Leinbach explains how Whitaker combined Renaissance humanism with scholastic rigor, engaging Scripture, church history, and patristic sources to show that Protestant convictions about Scripture were neither novel nor reactionary, but deeply rooted in the catholic tradition of the church.
The conversation also explores the modern relevance of Whitaker's work—especially amid contemporary debates over authority, tradition, and ecumenism. Leinbach reflects on how advances in historical and textual scholarship have confirmed many of the Reformers' arguments, while Rome's own positions have shifted over time. Whitaker's insistence on the perspicuity of Scripture, the singular infallibility of God's Word, and the Spirit's inward testimony offers not only apologetic clarity but deep pastoral comfort. This episode invites listeners to recover confidence in Scripture as God's clear and sufficient means of revealing Christ to his people.
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Chapters
00:07 Introduction
01:08 William Whitaker's A Disputation on Holy Scripture
07:25 Leinbach's Transition from History to Machine Learning
18:10 Whitaker's Polemical Approach
22:03 The Canon of Scripture
25:50 The Perspicuity of Scripture
28:29 Biblical Authority
32:02 The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
35:27 Ecumenical Dialogue Yesterday and Today
48:10 Future Works
52:25 Conclusion
Participants: Camden Bucey, Josiah Leinbach

This is the seventh and final lesson in Dr. James Cassidy's Reformed Academy course, The Doctrine of the Church. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 On Gender and Church Office
08:50 The Connected Church
15:33 Areas of Jurisdiction: Governing Doctrine
25:04 Areas of Jurisdiction: Governing Worship
31:10 Areas of Jurisdiction: Government and Discipline
33:58 Conclusion
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In this episode, Camden Bucey and Marcus Mininger reflect together on Resurrection and Redemption by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.—a work that has profoundly shaped Reformed biblical theology over the past half century. Rather than offering a technical review, the conversation unfolds as a guided meditation on the book's central claim: that Christ's resurrection is not a theological afterthought but the controlling center of Paul's soteriology and eschatology. Gaffin's careful exegesis helps readers see how redemption is inseparable from resurrection life in union with the risen Christ.
This discussion is part of Reformed Forum's broader effort to offer conversational commentaries on formative Reformed texts—books that have formed us as pastors and theologians. Bucey and Mininger highlight why Resurrection and Redemption remains so enduringly fruitful: it teaches the church to think biblically about salvation, not as a static transaction, but as participation in the resurrected life of Christ. The result is theology that serves the pulpit, strengthens assurance, and orients the Christian life toward the hope of glory already secured in the risen Lord.
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Chapters
00:00:07 Introduction
00:01:56 International Cohorts and Reading Guides
00:10:31 Encountering Resurrection and Redemption
00:16:15 The Title and Purpose of the Book
00:26:18 The Discipline of Biblical Theology
00:32:56 Paul as Theologian
00:51:23 Redemptive-Historical Epochs
00:59:44 The Occasional Nature of Paul's Writings
01:08:27 Conclusion