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S2:E3—The 20th Century Captivity of the Church
We sit down for an interview and discussion with Matt Marino—pastor in the ARP, PhD candidate at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, professor at New Aberdeen College, and proponent of Reformed Classicalism. You can find his content on his blog, on his youtube, at SermonAudio, and via podcast. Highly recommended.
In particular, we discuss and parse through the confusion of the 20th century surrounding Thomas Aquinas vs. Cornelius Van Til, Classical vs. Presuppositional Apologetics, Natural Theology & Natural Law vs. Theonomy, Worldview, Ethics, and more.
Various questions touched on:
- Did Greek thought poison Christian thought, or is that a liberal thesis?
- Is Cornelius Van Til historically Reformed or historically novel?
- Is theology imperiled by denying natural revelation?
- What critiques do Van Tillians leave themselves open to?
- What is Fideism? Why is it a major problem?
- Is there a fad surrounding Thomas Aquinas?
- Why was R. C. Sproul concerned about Presuppositionalism?
- Can Inigo Montoya teach us anything about John Frame, Greg Bahnsen, R. J. Rushdoony, and Gary North?
- If natural law was embraced not only by Aquinas, but by Franciscus Junius, Richard Hooker, and the Reformed and Puritan tradition, why is it often rejected today?
- What can we learn from Pietists, Boomers, Moderates, Progressives, & Baptists?
- What is Reformed Classicalism, and why is it the answer to our 20th Century Captivity?
- What is the expositional evasion of ethics? Why is it bad? What are its effects upon the sheep?
- Do we need to build new institutions in order to address our declension and confusion?
- In what ways do seminaries today fail to uphold historic Christian thought?
Recommended Resources for Reformed Classicalism:
- Classical Apologetics by Sproul, Gerstner, & Lindsley
- R. C. Sproul vs. Greg Bahnsen Apologetics Debate
- The Reformation As Renewal by Matthew Barrett
- Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism by Willem Van Asselt
- Theoretical-Practical Theology by Petrus van Mastricht
- Institutes of Elenctic Theology by Francis Turretin
- All That Is in God by James Dolezal
- Aquinas Among the Protestants by Svensson & VanDrunen
- Augustine: A Very Short Introduction by Henry Chadwick
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