Grace in Common

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In this episode, Cory, Gray, and James sit down with Gavin Ortlund to discuss his new bookWhat it Means to Be Protestant. 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Gavin Ortlund,What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Reflective, 2024).

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In this episode, Cory and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper'sLectures on Calvinism.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper,Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt,Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds.,Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).

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In this episode, Cory and James begin a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).

Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).

Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds., Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).

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In this episode, Cory, James, and Gray discuss the recent interview with Joe Rogan and Wesley Huff on the Joe Rogan Experience. This was a unique moment that allowed a scholar of biblical manuscripts to talk about Christianity on the most downloaded podcast in the world. We are interested in apologetics and evangelism, particularly how Dutch theology has deeply affected apologetics over the last half-century. 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

The Joe Rogan Experience #2252 - Wesley Huff

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0alzUZNnXcEL9MJzE9KD9P?si=dacf8411d52b48d8

Apologetics Canada

https://apologeticscanada.com/

Augustine, Confessions, trans. Henry Chadwick, Oxford World’s Classics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Bruce Manning Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, 4. ed (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

Full Unedited Unaltered Wes Huff vs. Billy Carson Debate, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ngjtT43-4.

Wesley Huff Website: https://www.wesleyhuff.com/

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In this episode, Marinus, James, and Gray sit down with Gijsbert van de Brink, Professor of Theology and Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They discuss his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition and his new book Progress in Theology.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Gijsbert van den Brink and Cornelis van der Kooi, Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction, (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017).

Gijsbert van den Brink, Philosophy of Science for Theologians: An Introduction, Contributions to Philosophical Theology, v. 12 (Frankfurt am Main ; New York: Peter Lang, 2009).

Gijsbert van den Brink, Rik Peels, and Bethany N. Sollereder, eds., Progress in Theology, Routledge Science and Religion Series (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2025).

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In this episode, Cory, Gray, James and Marinus sit down with Richard Mouw to discuss his history with the neo-Calvinist tradition. The team also discusses Mouw's new book, Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology.

Richard J. Mouw, Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology (Chicago: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2024).

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In this episode, Cory, Gray, James and Marinus sit down with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. They discuss their many shared connections with Ligon, the history and focus of Reformed Theological Seminary, the role neo-Calvinism has played at RTS, Ligon’s doctoral work on covenant theology in the patristic period, and the challenges of theological education.

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In this episode, Marinus and Gray discuss the legacy of Karl Barth, his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition, and how (and if) he can be a helpful resource.

Sources discussed in this episode:

Matthew Lee Anderson, Confidence in Life: A Barthian Account of Procreation, 1st ed, T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024).

Karl Barth and Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, The Epistle to the Romans (London: Oxford University Press, 1968).

Karl Barth, Nein! Antwort an Emil Brunner, (Germany: C. Kaiser, 1934).

Herman Bavinck, The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics: On Faith, Knowledge, and the Christian Tradition (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2024).

David Fergusson, “Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation: Church‐bells beyond the Stars,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 18, no. 4 (October 2016): 414–31.

George Harinck and D. van Keulen, eds., De receptie van Karl Barth in Nederland (Amersfoort: Uitgeverij De Vuurbaak, 2022).

Paul T. Nimmo, Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision, Library of New Testament Studies (London: T&T Clark, 2007).

Christiane Tietz and Victoria J. Barnett, Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict (Oxford New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press, 2021).

Shao Kai Tseng, “Neo-Calvinism and the Theology of Karl Barth,” in  T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism, Cory Brock and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, eds., 1st ed (London: T&T Clark, 2024).

John Visser, “Karl Barth’s Appreciative Use of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics,” Calvin Theological Journal 45, no. 1 (2010): 79–86.

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In this episode, James and Gray discuss social media and how the neo-Calvinist tradition has some theological resources for wise social media interaction. These resources include the notion of personality, theological anthropology, 

Sources discussed in this episode

J. H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview, ed. James Perman Eglinton (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2023). https://www.crossway.org/books/personality-and-worldview-hcj/

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

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In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and Cory sit down with Henk van den Belt, who is a pastor and Professor of Dogmatics at the Free University of Amsterdam and the Theological University in Apeldoorn. They discuss Henk’s new book Geestspraak, which argues for a pneumatology of the Bible.

https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/henk-van-den-belt

Sources discussed in this episode:

Henk van den Belt, Geestspraak, (Uitgevers/Utrecht: KokBoekencentrum, 2024). https://www.kokboekencentrum.nl/boek/geestspraak/

Herman Bavinck, The Certainty of Faith (St. Catharines, Ont.: Paideia Press, 1980).

Henk van den Belt, The Authority of Scripture in Reformed Theology: Truth and Trust, Studies in Reformed Theology, v. 17 (Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2008).

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