RTS Washington Faculty Podcast

We're continuing our summer road trip through the Faculty Podcast archives, and have encountered one of our favorite episodes. This week, we're asking, "who were the Nephilim?" Genesis 6 tells us that these creatures are somehow associated with the "sons of God" marrying the "daughters of men." Is this a reference to angelic beings? Or is there a more ordinary explanation for what's going on? What does this tell us about the historicity of Genesis as a whole?

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We're continuing our summer vacation through the archives with a rejoinder to last week's episode on preaching without notes. In this episode, Scott Redd and Peter Lee make a case for using notes in the pulpit.

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This summer, we'll be periodically dipping back into our archives to resurrect an episode you may not have heard yet. In this episode, Tommy Keene and Paul Jeon recommend preaching without notes. Next week, Scott Redd and Peter Lee respond with a case for using notes.

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In this episode, Dr. Ligon Duncan addresses RTS Washington's recent graduates, exhorting them from Ezra 7:10 to study, practice, and teach the law of the Lord.

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What does it mean to be accredited? Why is it important? In this episode, Tommy Keene sits down with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor & CEO of RTS, and Bob Cara, Provost of RTS, to talk about why accreditation is so vital to theological education, as well as the benefits that accreditation affords students. 

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In this week's episode, Tommy Keene sits down with Michael Kruger, Chancellor's Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at RTS, to discuss the contributions of early church historian Eusebius to the church's recognition of the canon of scripture.

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We're kicking off our summer ShoRTS with a listener question: If you want to start reading Turretin, where can you start? Tommy, Gray, and Peter give some helpful guidance for accessing this titan of Reformed Orthodoxy.

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We're wrapping up our sprint through the confession (for now) with a meditation on God's adoption of his children. We'll pick the Confession back up after the summer months!

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We're returning to our sprint through the confession this week, zeroing in on the doctrine of justification. We're spending some time examining the historic Reformed understanding of the doctrine and comparing it to other views, including Catholicism and the New Perspective.

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We've got a treat for you this week. In this episode, Tommy and Peter shed light on the Dead Sea Scrolls, covering both their discovery and their contents.

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