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We welcome Andrea Ferrari to discuss his book The Fall and Redemption of Conscience: A Reformed Biblical Theology. Ferrari, pastor of the Chiesa Riformata di Perugia in Italy, explains why conscience has received comparatively little attention in modern Protestant theology and considers the influence of psychology, Karl Barth, John Webster, and John Calvin on contemporary accounts of conscience. The conversation develops a biblical and theological account of conscience from creation to new creation. Ferrari addresses whether Adam possessed a conscience before the fall, the Old Testament vocabulary of heart, kidneys, and clean hands, Calvin’s sensus divini judicii, the Trinitarian basis of human self-awareness, and the effects of justification and sanctification upon a guilty conscience. The episode concludes with practical implications for preaching, counseling, and the Christian life, along with an update on Ferrari’s ministry in Perugia. Links Episode page The Fall and Redemption of Conscience Chiesa Riformata di Perugia Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:12 Andrea Ferrari’s Ministry in Perugia 12:43 A New Study Center near the University 19:11 The Fall and Redemption of Conscience 24:33 Why Conscience Disappeared from Modern Theology 28:41 Karl Barth and General Revelation 32:12 Did Adam Have a Conscience before the Fall? 49:27 Conscience in the Old Testament 58:53 Defining Conscience as Perceptual Awareness 64:23 Calvin’s Sensus Divini Judicii 65:27 The Trinitarian Context of Conscience 74:23 The Fallen Conscience and the Imagination 80:10 Training the Senses in Hebrews 5:14 81:47 The Justified Conscience 86:43 Sanctification and the Healing of Conscience 93:23 Pastoral Counseling and Preaching to the Conscience 100:02 Ministry Reflections and Conclusion

This is the fourth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics: 00:00 Introduction to Orthodox Christology 07:15 The Two Orders of Subsistence in Christ 15:00 Ancient Christological Heresies Explained 24:30 The Council of Chalcedon and the Hypostatic Union 34:00 Reformed Confessional Christology 43:30 Why Orthodox Christology Matters for Salvation 52:00 Final Summary and Theological Implications Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ Your donations help us provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #christology #systematictheology #reformedtheology

Recorded before a live audience at Cahaba Park Church during Discovering Christ in All of Scripture, a Reformed Forum seminar hosted in conjunction with Birmingham Theological Seminary, Camden Bucey moderates a panel with Dan Ragusa, Derrick Brite, and Lane G. Tipton on the importance of biblical theology for the life of the church. The panel defines biblical theology in the tradition of Geerhardus Vos, explains its organic and progressive character, and shows how the whole history of special revelation reaches its center and goal in Jesus Christ. The conversation turns to preaching, discipleship, the unity of the covenant of grace, Christ-centered interpretation, practical resources for reading the Old Testament, and the need for churches to recover the accomplishment of redemption as the great context for every biblical passage. In the audience Q&A, the panel also addresses ministry in small and struggling churches, church revitalization, and the pilgrim ethic needed for faithful pastoral service. Links Episode page Birmingham Theological Seminary Reformed Academy Chapters 00:00 Introduction and panel 03:55 Why biblical theology matters 09:28 Defining biblical theology 15:39 Derrick Brite’s formation and pastoral ministry 22:20 Dan Ragusa and the Dutch Reformed tradition 26:09 Biblical theology in a diverse congregation 30:09 Avoiding moralism and subjectivism 31:27 Hermeneutical foundations 35:56 The trans-testamental gospel 40:24 Christianity, liberalism, and supernatural history 43:54 God’s redemptive words and deeds 48:37 Christ, the one mediator 51:11 One gospel for Abraham and the church 52:56 Audience questions 53:23 Lane Tipton’s conversion and call to ministry 58:40 Teaching people to see Christ in the Old Testament 63:25 The exodus at the Transfiguration 67:16 Reading passages within the history of salvation 73:56 Christocentrism and Christotelism 77:11 Biblical theology and small-church ministry 82:58 The pastoral shortage and a pilgrim ethic 88:10 Conclusion

On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss Daniel's vision and interpretation of it in chapter 8. Mentioned in this episode: Join Us In Person: Four Upcoming Reformed Forum Events Before today's episode, Camden Bucey shares four opportunities to gather with Reformed Forum in person over the coming months: Apologetics and Evangelism Seminar — August 4–5, 2026, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taylors, SC. Camden Bucey and Carlton Wynne lecture on apologetics and evangelism for the pastor at the GPTS Summer Seminar. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/apologetics-and-evangelism-seminar-greenville-sc/ Discovering Christ in All of Scripture — August 28–29, 2026, Cahaba Park Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL. A Friday evening and Saturday morning seminar exploring how every part of Scripture reveals God's redemptive plan in Jesus Christ. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/birmingham-alabama-seminar/ 2026 Annual Theology Conference — September 25–26, 2026, Lakeland Church, Gurnee, IL. The Covenant of Grace: One Savior, One People, One Purpose, featuring Dr. G. K. Beale. Early-bird pricing ends August 31. Register: https://rf26.reformedforum.org/ Christ the Center 1000th Episode Celebration — February 19–20, 2027, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX. A live recording of episode 1,000, a shared dinner, and conversations with longtime friends of the ministry. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/christ-the-center-1000th-episode-celebration/ Seats are limited — register today at https://reformedforum.org/events

This is the third lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics: 09:15 Creation, the Image of God, and the Covenant of Works 18:45 Christ as the Last Adam and the Fulfillment of God’s Purpose 29:00 The Incarnation in God’s Eternal Decree 39:15 The Covenant of Grace and the Work of the Mediator 50:00 The Glory of Christ and the Restoration of Humanity 1:00:00 Concluding Theological Reflections Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ Your donations help us provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #christology #systematictheology #reformedtheology

Artificial intelligence does more than raise technical questions; it presses the deeper question of what it means to be human. Camden Bucey speaks with Jason Thacker, author of The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, about human dignity, the image of God, and the crucial distinction between a human person and a machine. They consider how Christians can receive technology as a tool under God’s providence without confusing imitation with intelligence, convenience with communion, or productivity with personal worth. The conversation also explores how technology forms its users, why embodied life and genuine relationships matter, and how transhumanism redirects the human longing for life beyond death toward technological self-salvation. Against both utopian promises and dystopian fear, Thacker points to the sufficiency of Scripture and the hope of the risen Christ. Christians can engage emerging technologies wisely because human identity is given by the Creator, human dignity cannot be earned or erased, and Christ remains Lord over every age. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Meet Jason Thacker 03:24 From public policy to AI ethics 06:05 Teaching ethics, philosophy, and technology 09:53 AI’s anthropological challenge 12:58 What has changed since The Age of AI? 14:55 Humanizing machines and dehumanizing people 19:55 The image of God and human dignity 25:39 AI companionship and simulated relationships 28:11 How technology forms and disciples us 34:00 Embodiment, materialism, and personal identity 42:20 Transhumanism and the longing for immortality 48:35 Engaging Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical 53:22 Technology as ecological change 54:43 Scripture, Christian hope, and the future Learn more: https://reformedforum.org/ctc975

This is the second lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics: 00:00 Introduction to the Logos Incarnandus 08:30 Eternal Generation and the Incarnation 17:30 The Eternal Decree and the Covenant of Redemption 27:00 The Son as Mediator in God’s Redemptive Plan 37:30 Scripture’s Witness to the Pre-Incarnate Christ 47:30 Theological Implications for Christology 56:00 Summary and Concluding Reflections Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ Your donations help us provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #christology #systematictheology #reformedtheology

Camden Bucey speaks with economist Shawn Ritenour about what makes an account of economics distinctly Christian. They discuss economic law as part of God’s created order and the biblical principles shaping stewardship, private property, labor, capital, exchange, and care for those in need. Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas provides the occasion for a searching conversation about the universal destination of goods, Big Tech, data, subsidiarity, sphere sovereignty, GDP, and human dignity. The conversation presses beneath policy to theology. Neither markets nor governments escape the effects of sin, and material prosperity must never be confused with sanctification. Christians seek just and prudent arrangements in this age while recognizing that scarcity, exploitation, and disordered desire will not finally be overcome by human construction. The church’s hope rests in the crucified and risen Christ and the consummation of his kingdom. Topics Discussed Economic law, creation, and Christian stewardship Private property, labor, capital, exchange, and human dignity Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas and Catholic social teaching GDP, inequality, and the common good The universal destination of goods Data, privacy, Big Tech, and non-rivalrous goods Subsidiarity and Kuyperian sphere sovereignty Universal basic income and the economic disruption of AI Sin, scarcity, eschatology, and Christian hope Learn more: https://reformedforum.org/ctc974 Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:09 What makes economics Christian? 09:52 Economics at Grove City College 14:01 Introducing Magnifica Humanitas 19:23 GDP and the dignity of the human person 23:46 The common good, inequality, and economic law 29:36 Private property, markets, and solidarity 35:12 The universal destination of goods 43:20 Data, privacy, and non-rivalrous goods 50:21 Subsidiarity and sphere sovereignty 55:04 Big Tech, state privilege, and central banking 58:02 Labor, capital, and human worth 63:26 Universal basic income in the age of AI 72:33 Economics between the fall and the consummation 80:03 Resources and conclusion

This is the first lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics: 00:00 Introduction to Christology: The Person of Christ 05:30 Why Christology Is Central to Christian Theology 13:30 The Three Dogmatic Aspects of the Person of Christ 22:00 Christology Throughout Scripture and Redemptive History 32:30 Ancient and Modern Christological Errors 44:00 The Course Framework and Theological Method 55:30 Why the Doctrine of Christ Matters Today Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ Your donations help us provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/ #christology #systematictheology #reformedtheology

What does it mean to cultivate a life of Reformed piety? Camden Bucey speaks with Joel Beeke about the ordinary practices by which God forms reverential love for himself in Christian homes: Scripture reading, prayer, singing, biblical meditation, family worship, and faithful participation in the church’s public worship. Dr. Beeke explains why meditation serves as a “halfway house” between Bible reading and prayer, how deliberate meditation gives rise to spontaneous reflection throughout the day, and why small, repeated habits often bear their richest fruit over decades. The conversation offers practical encouragement for parents, spouses, pastors, and every believer who desires an integrated life of devotion—one in which home, church, and daily vocation are oriented toward the glory of God and maturity in Christ. Topics Discussed Reformed piety as reverential love for God Building durable habits of family worship Reading Scripture, praying, singing, and instructing children Praying with one’s spouse Deliberate and spontaneous biblical meditation Carrying the ministry of the Word from church into the home Preparing the family for the Lord’s Day The long-term fruit of ordinary spiritual disciplines Learn more: https://reformedforum.org/ctc973 Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Puritan Reformed Seminary, Reformation Heritage Books, and current ministry 06:24 Recent and forthcoming books 15:05 Cultivating Reformed piety in the home 16:22 Family worship and the Family Worship Bible Guide 24:46 Prayer with one’s spouse and family 27:22 Biblical meditation between reading and prayer 34:03 Recommended writers on Reformed piety 40:04 Connecting church, home, and school 45:51 The Lord’s Day as an uninterrupted exercise of piety 51:13 Beginning family worship simply 53:58 Cultivating spontaneous prayer and spiritual conversation 55:50 Conclusion