ReformedCast

This week, we have on the program Dr. Michael G. Brown, author of A Sacred Bond: Covenant Theology Explored. Dr. Brown has served as pastor of Christ United Reformed Church in Santee since it began in 2003. He is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California, holding a Master of Divinity degree and an MA in Historical Theology. He has authored and contributed to five books, including Christ and the Condition: The Covenant Theology of Samuel Petto. He has also published numerous essays on historical theology in academic journals, as well as articles in popular magazines such as Modern Reformation, Banner of Truth, and Tabletalk.

This week, we welcome back to the program Ryan McGraw, author of the book Christ?s Glory, Your Good: Salvation Planned, Promised, Accomplished, and Applied. Ryan is Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Conway, SC. Ryan holds a a BA in history from California State University Fullerton, a MDiv and a ThM (in Reformed worship) fromGreenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and is working on a PhD through the University of the Free State (South Africa). He is the recent-past president of the GPTS Alumni Association, and is also the author of the book By Good and Necessary Consequence.

This week, we welcome Dr. Jay Budziszewski, author of the book The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man. Dr. Budziszewski is professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, where he has taught since 1981. He specializes in ethics, political philosophy and the interaction of these two fields with religion and theology. Budziszewski has written widely, in both scholarly and popular venues, about a variety of moral and political issues including abortion, marriage, sexuality, capital punishment, and the role of judges in a constitutional republic. His principal area of publication is the theory of natural law. J. Budziszewski received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1981, and is also author of the books Evangelicals in the Public Square, What We Can?t Not Know: A Guide, and Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law.

This week, we welcome back to ReformedCast Dr. James R. White, and we?ll be discussing his new book What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur?an. Dr White is Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, and is an Elder at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. White has authored many books, including Pulpit Crimes: The Criminal Mishandling of God?s Word and The Potter?s Freedom.

We welcome John Samson this week for a continuation of our discussion in November 2012 on his book Twelve What Abouts ? Answering Common Objections Concerning God?s Sovereignty In Election. John serves as the pastor of King?s Church in Phoenix, AZ. John is a graduate of Elim Bible College (now re-named Regents Theological College). His written articles have been included in three new E-Books: The Work of the Trinity in Salvation (The Spirit?s Effectual Application of Christ?s Redemption to All the Father Has Given Him), Intro to Reformed Theology ? A Calvinist Survival Guide, and The Doctrine of Regeneration.

We welcome David Clark on a special Saturday edition of the program, author of You, Your Family and the Internet. David Clark was born and brought up in a missionary family working in France. A Bible believing Christian since the age of 15, he is active in his local Evangelical and Reformed church in England, where he lives after spending a number of years in the USA. He has worked with computer technology for over 30 years, has a degree in Computer Science and Electronics, and carried out Postgraduate research into the uses of Artificial Intelligence in the design of silicon chips. He owns and runs a consultancy company that carries out technology related work for the UK and US governments. He has published a number of technical papers at various conferences, ranging from the use of Artificial Intelligence, to Risk Analysis. He has also served on the boards of Evangelical Times and Evangelical Press, as well as working in publishing in the Russian and Chinese languages.

This week, we welcome back to the broadcast Brian H. Cosby. This time, we will discuss his book ?Rebel?s Rescued: A Student?s Guide to Reformed Theology? Brian is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He serves as Lead Pastor of Wayside Presbyterian Churchon Signal Mountain, TN and teaches historical theology at Metro Atlanta Seminary. He holds degrees from Samford University (B.A.), Beeson Divinity School (M.Div.), and The North American Reformed Seminary (D.Min.). He is also the author of David Brainerd: A Love for the Lost (Trail Blazers), Be Still & Know: Meditations on the Character of God, Trinitarian Theology: A Patristic and Reformed Overview, and Giving Up Gimmicks: Reclaiming Youth Ministry from an Entertainment Culture.

This week we welcome Dr. David Bourgeois, author of the book Ministry in the Digital Age: Strategies and Best Practices for the Post-Website World. Dr. Bourgeois has worked in information systems at Fortune 500 companies in such roles as systems analyst, programmer, project leader, trainer and consultant, and is director of innovation and associate professor of information systems at Crowell School of Business at Biola University. Dr. Bourgeois earned his PhD at Claremont Graduate University.

We welcome back Dr. Joel Beeke to the broadcast, this time to discuss his new book, co-authored with Mr Jones, A Puritan Theology: Doctrine For Life. Dr. Beeke serves asPresident and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics. at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, as well as Academic Dean for students from the Heritage Reformed Congregations. He is currently a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a position he has held for 20 years. He has been in the ministry for 28 years. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have 3 children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.

This week, we will have on the program Dr. Wayne Grudem, author of Politics According to the Bible. Dr. Grudem is Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary after teaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for 20 years. He has served as the President of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, as President of the Evangelical Theological Society (1999), and as a member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible. He also served as the General Editor for the ESV Study Bible (Crossway Bibles, 2008). Dr. Grudem holds a PhD from University of Cambridge, an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a BA from Harvard University.