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Responding to Ligon Duncan on Theonomy & Cultural Engagement

by Joe Boot and Michael Thiessen

March 27, 2024

In this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot respond to the recent controversial interview by Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, Ligon Duncan, on the Room for Nuance podcast where he answers questions on theonomy, postmillennialism, and faithful cultural contextualization all while throwing barbs at unnamed parties and mixing up Scripture. YOU’RE NOT GOING…

 

Ten Commandments Q&A

by Joe Boot and Ryan Eras

June 14, 2023

Thanks to our listeners, we have some terrific questions emerging out of the Ten Commandments series. In this episode Joe Boot answers questions about Paul and Christ and their relationship to the law, what it means to ‘fulfill’ the law, and how believers kept the law before Christ and the giving of the Holy Spirit.

 

Writing His Law on Our Hearts

by Joe Boot and Ryan Eras

January 18, 2023

In this episode Joe Boot pulls illustrations from throughout Scripture to demonstrate the enduring validity of God’s law in the era of Christ’s resurrection. If Christ took the law seriously, and if we are to be imitators of Him, then it behooves us to take the law seriously as well.

 

And Such Were Some of You

by Joe Boot and Nathan Oblak and Ryan Eras

December 15, 2021

This week’s episode deals with the recent hustle of Bill C4 through the Canadian senate, to become law early in the new year, describing how Christian counselling has effectively and explicitly been made a criminal offense. We also get a chance to respond to some listener questions on the relationship between law and gospel.

 

What is Theonomy?

by Joe Boot and Nathan Oblak and Ryan Eras

March 17, 2021 | Hebrews 

All law requires an agreed-upon standard of authority; to speak of theonomy is to speak literally of ‘God’s law.’ But how has that law been applied in different societies throughout history? And how, if at all, does the law of God apply to contemporary society?

 

The Banished One Will Not Remain an Outcast

by David Robinson

June 28, 2020 | 2 Samuel 14

This chapter in 2 Samuel about the exile and return of Absalom, King David’s son, reflects the perennial theme of Exile and Return found throughout the Bible.

 

True and False Religion

by David Robinson

October 14, 2018 | Colossians 2:16-23

The Apostle Paul exhorts us to avoid false religion, which is mystical and legalistic, and which judges people based on man-made regulations.

 

God the Lawgiver

by Peter Jones

November 16, 2016 | Romans 1:1-6

As Creator and Redeemer, God shows Himself to be a God of order and principle – in short, of law. The law of God is not in conflict with the gospel, rather they are both gifts to mankind.

 

Destroying the Works of the Devil

by Joe Boot

July 10, 2016 | 1 John 3:4-10

First announced in Eden, God in Christ has a cosmic program to destroy the works of the Devil; we are to take part in Christ’s work to defeat all His enemies.

 

Destroying the Works of the Devil

by Joe Boot

July 10, 2016 | 1 John 3:4-10

First announced in Eden, God in Christ has a cosmic program to destroy the works of the Devil; we are to take part in Christ's work to defeat all His enemies.

 

Sarah and Hagar

by Joe Boot

October 25, 2015 | Galatians 4:21-31

Since Christ has set us free, we cannot return to humanistic slavery and pagan gods made in man's image.

 

Sarah and Hagar

by Joe Boot

October 25, 2015 | Galatians 4:21-31

Since Christ has set us free, we cannot return to humanistic slavery and pagan gods made in man's image.