There’s only one game in town for Bible-believing pastors—the truth game. While faithful pastors happily reject pragmatism, relativism, standpoint epistemology, and the like, the modern world’s war on truth has devastating effects in the church. This week, the profs discuss the nature of objective truth and how pastors can stand as men of conviction.

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In this inaugural episode of The Grimké Review of Books, we discuss a few important works foundational to our modern complementarian debates. Most notably, we engage with Gregg Allison’s recent book, Complementarity (2025), and Stephen B. Clark’s Man and Woman in Christ (1980).

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Allison, Gregg R. Complementarity: Dignity, Difference, and Interdependence. Brentwood: B&H Academic, 2025.

Pierce, Ronald W., Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, and Gordon D. Fee eds. Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. Second edition. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2005.

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It's 2026, and there’s certainly a lot going on in the world (with surely more to come). While there are many pressing theological issues to consider, the profs have put together 11 things that every pastor should work hard to accomplish this year.

Liberals pervert it. Conservatives won’t talk about it. It’s no surprise that many evangelicals can’t answer the question, “What is love?” This week, the profs discuss “feeling loved,” the relationship between God’s love and wrath, gospel-centered pitfalls, and much more.

Jesus isn't the happy medium between the culture's left/right impulses. “Third Way” thinking, while often well-intended, boasts a Christ constrained by the cultural moment and a gospel that seeks to appease everyone. This week, the profs discuss Third Way (ism), cultural postures, the Unconverted Right, the offense of the gospel, and much more — Welcome to the Third Way Wars.

How exactly do men get into ministry? Some churches operate as if pastors are manufactured, packaged, and shipped from seminaries, eager to answer their church’s latest job posting. This week, we discuss how faithful men are made for ministry, the challenges churches face in finding good help, and the pastor’s role in raising and training the next pastoral crop.

No one accepts the call of the pastoral office thinking, “One day I’m going to tap out.” Every pastor wants to finish well, completing his ministry with joy, fruitfulness, and a lasting legacy. This week, the profs discuss the challenges of complacency, entitlement, drift, and more that lead to pastors failing to finish well. 

What does it mean for a man to be “called” to the elder’s office? Who ordains men for ministry? What do you do when you feel called to pastoral ministry? This week, the profs answer these questions (and more) about ordination. Listen to our personal stories as well as the role the seminary plays in the process.

Let’s settle this one for good—Is Jesus a Democrat or a Republican? Or—“How, then, shall we vote?” In these increasingly turbulent political times, Christians can’t afford to shy away from the question with platitudes. This week, the profs discuss the Reformed view of political engagement and whether or not one party is closer to the mark.

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The Grimke Podcast is back for Season 2 with a special episode featuring Michael Foster, author of It’s Good to Be a Man and senior pastor of East River Church in Batavia, OH. Profs Joe Holland and Bryan Laughlin interview Pastor Michael on hope for churches and young men amid the decades-long war on masculinity.