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In this episode, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps are joined by special guest Matthew Barrett to discuss John Gill and his work The Doctrine of the Trinity Stated and Defended (1731). This episode is the sixth of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

In this episode, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps are joined by special guest Jesse Owens to discuss Thomas Monck and his work A Cure for the Cankering Error of the New Eutychians (1673). This episode is the fifth of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

In this episode, Matt Emerson is Joined by special guest Jonathan Arnold to discuss Benjamin Keach and his work Gold Refined (1689). This episode is the fourth of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

In this episode, Luke Stamps is joined by special guest Sam Renihan to discuss Nehemiah Coxe and the contribution of his work A Discourse of the Covenants (1681) to Baptist theology. This episode is the third of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

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In this episode, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps discuss Roger Williams and his work The Bloody Tenent of Persecution (1644). This episode is the second of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

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In this episode, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps discuss Baptist Confessions of Faith, a collection of the most important Baptist (and Anabaptist) confessions of faith in history. This episode is the first of the CBR Baptist Classics Reading Challenge.

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In this episode, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps summarize and discuss several classic Baptist and Reformed works from the CBR Theology Classics Reading Challenge, including: Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin), 1689 Confession, Orthodox Creed, Catechism (Keach), Our Reasonable Faith (Bavinck), and Church Dogmatics (Barth).

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Book II), 1559: The touchstone of Reformed theology, this book is grounded in the conviction that to truly know ourselves we must know God. Book II lays out Calvin’s biblical theology from the fall of humanity to our redemption in Christ. Buy here.

Baptist Confessions of Faith, 1689 Confession, Orthodox Creed, Keach’s Catechism, 17th Century: Contrary to popular opinion, early Baptists were deeply rooted in the Great Tradition of the church while maintaining a commitment to the supreme authority of the Bible. These early confessions highlight the orthodox pedigree and unique features of Baptist life and teaching.

Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God, 1921: Also published as Our Reasonable Faith, this work is one of the greatest single-volume systematic theologies of all time. In it, Bavinck scripturally and methodically unpacks the fundamental doctrines of the Reformed tradition while guided by the principle of his opening sentence: “God, and God alone, is man’s highest good.” Buy here.

Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics (a selection), 1932-67: Compiled from lectures delivered over the course of his career, Church Dogmatics represents Barth’s crowning achievement. The work builds on the thought of the Fathers and Reformers to call Christians back to the Trinitarian faith of the Scriptures. Buy here.

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In this episode, Luke Stamps and Channing Crisler summarize and discuss the main points of Luther’s Large Catechism, the eighth recommended read for the CBR Theology Classics Reading Challenge.

Large Catechism

Martin Luther, Large Catechism, 1529: Organized around the Ten Commandments, Apostle’s Creed, and Lord’s Prayer, along with an extended treatment of the sacraments, this work was created to help churches and families faithfully hand down Christian doctrine and moral teaching. It represents one of Luther’s most enduring contributions. Buy here.

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In this episode, Matt Emerson, Luke Stamps, and Tyler Wittman summarize and discuss the main points of Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae, the seventh recommended read for the CBR Theology Classics Reading Challenge.

Summa Theologiae

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (a selection), 1265-74: The magnum opus of the “Angelic Doctor,” this work leaves almost no topic relevant to theology untouched. This massive summary of Christian learning is one of the most important works of theology in the Western church. Buy here.

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In this episode, Brandon Smith, Winston Hottman, and Gavin Ortlund summarize and discuss the main points of Anslem’s Why God Became Man, the sixth recommended read for the CBR Theology Classics Reading Challenge.

Why God Became Man

Anselm of Canterbury, Why God Became Man, c. 1098: One of the most influential treatments of the doctrine of the atonement in Christian history, Anselm’s thesis is just as compelling today as it was almost a millennium ago: only God can satisfy God but only a human can be a substitute for humans; therefore, the Christ, the God-Man, is the only means of repairing the breach. Buy here.

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