RTS Washington, D.C. Faculty Podcast 2021

You Shall Not Steal

December 29, 2021

Episode 94: Today the profs discuss the eighth commandment and its breath of application. What does this commandment imply for our public ethic? Topics include disadvantaging ourselves for our neighbors’ advantage, money as seed, rights and duties, stewardship, frugality, and more.

Christmas Traditions

December 22, 2021

Episode 93: The profs talk about their Christmas traditions. Topics include chilling with the fam, Harry Potter Lego Advent calendars, Elf On The Shelf, stockings, fake Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and more. Merry Christmas!

You Shall Not Commit Adultery

December 15, 2021

Episode 92: Today the profs discuss the seventh commandment. Topics include the scope of this commandment, the effects of sexual sin, helpful and unhelpful approaches to dealing with sexual immorality, questions of identity, and more.

Theological Discipleship with Augustine

December 8, 2021 • Mike Allen

Episode 91: Today the profs interview Michael Allen. Dr. Allen is the John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology and Academic Dean at RTS Orlando. They talk about the Paideia Center, theological discipleship, and the book groups are currently working through, Augustine’s City of God. They also discuss Dr. Allen’s forthcoming books. Enjoy!

The Septuagint: What it is and Why it Matters

December 1, 2021 • Greg Lanier, Dr. Will Ross

Episode 90: The profs talk with Greg Lanier and Will Ross about the Septuagint—what it is and why it matters. Dr. Lanier is associate professor of New Testament at RTS Orlando. Dr. Ross is assistant professor of Old Testament at RTS Charlotte. Enjoy!

You Shall Not Murder

November 24, 2021

Episode 89: The profs discuss the sixth commandment. What’s forbidden in it, what’s required in it, and how do we get there hermeneutically? What are some of its practical applications in situations of abuse and bullying, the academy, pastoral ministry, social justice, and social media?

Honor Your Father and Your Mother

November 24, 2021

Episode 88: Today the profs discuss the fifth commandment. What does this commandment teach us about God’s design for human relationships? What might obeying it look like in various cultural contexts? What should human authority look like in light of divine authority? Enjoy!

Affect Theory

November 10, 2021

Episode 87: In this shoRTS episode, Scott and Tommy ask Gray about affect theory—what it is, and what some of its insights and implications are for theological and religious studies. Enjoy!

Primer on Polity

November 3, 2021 • David Silvernail

Episode 86: Today the profs sit down with Dave Silvernail to talk about church polity. Dr. Silvernail serves as senior pastor at Potomac Hills Presbyterian in Leesburg, VA, and as visiting lecturer in practical and pastoral theology at our campus. Topics include models of polity, church membership and discipline, Reformed ecclesiology, Robert’s rules of order, and more. Enjoy!

Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy

October 27, 2021

Episode 85: Continuing our series on the Ten Commandments, today’s discussion is on the fourth: the Sabbath day. What are the biblical, theological, and pastoral reasons for this commandment? What does it look like to keep the Sabbath holy? Enjoy the conversation!

Analytic Theology, Bavinck, and Retrieval

October 20, 2021 • Oliver Crisp

Episode 84: Today the profs welcome Oliver Crisp as a guest to the podcast. Dr. Crisp is the Professor of Analytic Theology and Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St. Andrews. Topics: Are analytic theology and Reformed theology incompatible? Is analytic theology a top-down, deductive method? How does it intersect with Bavinck studies? What are some of its implications for seminary and pastoral contexts? How should we think about theological retrieval? Enjoy the episode!

You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord Your God in Vain

October 13, 2021

Episode 83: What does it mean to take name of the Lord in vain? Is this commandment kept by simply avoiding using God’s name as an expletive? In sum, no. Enjoy!

Evangelism

October 7, 2021 • Randy Newman

Episode 82: Today the profs talk about evangelism with Randy Newman. Dr. Newman is the Senior Teaching Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism at The C. S. Lewis Institute in the Washington, DC area, and a guest lecturer at RTS Washington. Enjoy!

You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Carved Image

September 29, 2021

Episode 81: In this installment, profs talk about the second commandment. Does the Lord care about how we worship him? What does it mean that God is jealous? Are representations of Christ okay? Do images enhance or diminish our worship? Why is the regulative principle so freeing? And don’t miss the excursus on demons.

You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me

September 22, 2021

Episode 80: Today the profs talk about the first commandment. What does it mean to have no other gods but the Lord? Can we obey this commandment? How? Are “other gods“ even real? What does idolatry look like in our lives and in the church? Enjoy the conversation.

Reformed Theological Seminary

Dr. Gray Sutanto, Dr. Paul S. Jeon, Dr. Peter Lee, Dr. Scott Redd, Dr. Thomas Keene

You Shall Not Steal

December 29, 2021

Christmas Traditions

December 22, 2021

You Shall Not Commit Adultery

December 15, 2021

Theological Discipleship with Augustine

December 8, 2021 • Mike Allen

The Septuagint: What it is and Why it Matters

December 1, 2021 • Greg Lanier, Dr. Will Ross

You Shall Not Murder

November 24, 2021

Honor Your Father and Your Mother

November 24, 2021

Affect Theory

November 10, 2021

Primer on Polity

November 3, 2021 • David Silvernail

Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy

October 27, 2021

Analytic Theology, Bavinck, and Retrieval

October 20, 2021 • Oliver Crisp

You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord Your God in Vain

October 13, 2021

Evangelism

October 7, 2021 • Randy Newman

You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Carved Image

September 29, 2021

You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me

September 22, 2021