Bavcast: Recent Episodes
Bavcast
A podcast exploring Reformed Theology through the works of Herman Bavinck.Hosts Caleb Castro and Andrew SmythNew episodes each Tuesday
Caleb returns, and he and Andrew talk about recent developments surrounding Donald Trump. Part 2 will look at analysis and conclusions.
Don’t forget to enter the Summer Delivaway 2024 by the end of July!
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Pastor Marc Scaturro (the original third Bavcast co-host) returns and joins Andrew to talk about family worship. What is it, how should it be done, and how does it benefit God’s people?
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Andrew is joined by fellow OPC minister Shawn Mathis, author of Is the Church Pro-Gay? How to Respond to a Moral Crisis with God’s Love. They discuss the book and how to navigate these troubled times in which we live.
Buy the book at Amazon or other booksellers.
Pastor Mathis is on Twitter at @ShawnMathis1972
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Caleb and Andrew get into the biblical and theological issues and implications of Pride Month. Also, an important announcement.
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We do this every year, it seems.
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Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion of women in church office and other places in society. Also, the mystery of the attempted murder of Hate-Bad is solved.
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Andrew and Caleb start a new series looking at common questions around our Christian and Reformed world. One that always comes back is the question of whether women can hold office in the church (hint: no). They discuss this question, as well as an attempt on the life of Hate-Bad
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Caleb and Andrew continue to look at Q&A 32 of the Heidelberg Catechism and Q&A 75 and 76 of the Westminster Larger Catechism. What do repentance and sanctification do in us and for us? How do they affect how we engage the world?
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Catholic Answers has an A.I. chatbot, Father Justin. Well, Caleb and Andrew can’t let that stand, so they bring their own Puritan A.I. abomination Hate-Bad Hostilius (Twitter @H8BadHostilius) and put the recently created then laicized/defrocked Justin to the test.
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Andrew and Caleb return from their ecclesiastical assembly break to compare more catechisms. This time they begin to look at the doctrine of the Christian life and sanctification.
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Caleb continue their look at Christ’s threefold office, looking at how He is our high priest and eternal king.
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Caleb and Andrew return to their occasional series on the Heidelberg and Westminster Catechisms looking at Christ’s anointing and His threefold office of prophet, priest, and king
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Andrew and Caleb do one more round of updates. First, they look at some legislative actions in red states to try to push back against abortion and LGBT madness. Then they turn to a recent Heidelblog review of Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian Nationalism
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I mean, it’s all in the title.
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Exploring Faith Through Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour
Protesters pour red powder on US Constitution enclosure, prompting evacuation of National Archives
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Caleb and Andrew (not as quickly as intended) revisit some prior topics and provide some updates and expansion on them. This time: Academia and DEI; RBG, abortion, and Satanic statues; and the papacy is so back is so back is so back.
Detailed show notes and references available at onceforalldelivered.com
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Caleb and Andrew turn to Lord’s Day 11 from the Heidelberg and Q41 of the Westminster Larger to look at Jesus and His mediation
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Caleb and Andrew talked with Pastor Michael Bowman on the Restless podcast about an often neglected and maligned topic—Sabbath (or blue) laws. What happened to Sabbath laws, and what does this tell us about society? Can they be recovered?
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Andrew and Caleb continue their discussion of the Father, creation, and providence from the Apostles’ Creed.
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Caleb and Andrew look at the answer to life, the universe, and everything—God. They look at the Westminster and Heidelberg’s treatment of God’s works of creation and providence.
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This is an audio reading for the podcast feed of Andrew Smyth’s January 22, 2024 article titled “Westminster Seminary California Misrepresented its Receipt of Federal Funds,” published at onceforalldelivered.com. Please visit the article for notes and references
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Caleb and Andrew welcome back a past guest from the Bavcast days - the Rev. Aaron Van der Heiden, now minister at Immanuel Covenant United Reformed Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The three pastors talk about a biblical theology of God’s command to His people to not fear.
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This is an audio recording of Andrew’s article “Machen’s Indebted Children: Reformed Seminaries and Federal Student Loans.” It can be found with full notes and citations at onceforalldelivered.com.
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The Satanists are back! This time they targeted Iowa. Caleb (Iowa resident) and Andrew (neighboring state resident) weigh in the Satanic statue at the capital and the various reactions and responses to it.
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NOTES:
“The Pope and the Black Hole,” Dan Hitchens, First Things, Dec. 19, 2023.
Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex, 15.03.2021
James Martin, S.J. responds to declaration on Twitter (Part 1) (Part 2)
“As a married gay Catholic just blessed by a Catholic priest, I welcome the church’s openness,” Outreach, December 21, 2023.
“‘Fiducia supplicans’: Who’s saying what?” Luke Coppen, The Pillar, Dec. 19, 2023.
Is the Church Pro-Gay? How to Respond to a Moral Crisis with God’s Love by Shawn C. Mathis - Amazon
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After last week’s historical survey, Caleb and Andrew turn to modern developments with the papacy and the Roman Catholic church.
Referenced Articles:
Pope Francis has challenged theologians. But are we bold enough to respond?
Pope asks theologians to help 'de-masculinize' the church
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Andrew and Caleb take you higher, looking at the ontological and economic Trinity.
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Andrew and Caleb look at how liberal and godless ideologies are infiltrating rural, red America. They look at several cases where CRT, LGBT, etc. are showing up in the most unlikely of places, and how Christians can think about and respond to these things.
See Andrew’s letter to Ed Seidel, president of the University of Wyoming.
Video on YouTube
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Andrew and Caleb return to the Heidelberg and Westminster Larger to talk about faith. What is it? What distinguishes true from false faith? Why must faith have an object? What does it mean that faith is the instrument of justification?
Video on YouTube
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Caleb and Andrew were interviewed last week by Real Talk, a Canadian podcast with similar interests. It's a good primer on where OFAD has been and where it's going, and also a good introduction to Real Talk for our listeners. For more Real Talk, visit realtalkpodcast.ca
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Seminaries seem to inevitably slide towards theological and political liberalism, yet no one seems to know why. On this week's OFAD, Andrew (solo) explores a possible reason that doesn't get much attention.
Documents referenced include the ATS Standards of Accreditation and Association Policy Guidelines.
Video on YouTube
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Caleb and Andrew are joined by Dr. Cornelis Van Dam, professor emeritus of Old Testament at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, to talk about issues, errors, and controversies surrounding Genesis 1 and 2 and the biblical creation narrative. Why has this become such a controversy, and is it really a problem? Why is the view of six days of ordinary length still to be preferred? Also, the Summer Delivaway 2023 has begun!
Video on YouTube
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Andrew and Caleb continue their look at texts from Lord’s Day 6 of the Heidelberg Catechism and parallels in the Westminster Larger Catechism. Why was it necessary for Christ to be divine? How does the mediator we have inform our covenant theology?
Video on Youtube
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Caleb and Andrew return from technical difficulties to look at Q. 17 of the Heidelberg Catechism and Q. 39 of the Westminster Larger Catechism. Why was it necessary for Christ to take on a human nature?
Video on YouTube
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Caleb and Andrew continue their look at Lord’s Day 5 of the Heidelberg and parallel texts in the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
Video on YouTube
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Andrew and Caleb continue their look at climate change by looking at some present-day examples, stories, and clips, and the theological and worldview significance behind them.
Video on YouTube
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Caleb and Andrew emit carbon while talking about climate change. What do Scripture and Reformed theology have to say about stewardship of the earth and the dominion mandate? Then next time we'll dive into some of the current issues.
Video on YouTube
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Caleb and Andrew return to Comparing Catechisms to look at Heidelberg Q&A 12 and 13, Westminster Shorter Q&A 25, 82, and 84, and Westminster Larger Q&A 152. What do our sins deserve and what must be done to save us?
Originally livestreamed with video on YouTube.
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OFAD kicks off June looking at Pride Month and its related developments in business, politics and the church. Where are we seeing compromise? How should we as Christians think and respond?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/fWtjHeC9cFQ?feature=share
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Caleb and Andrew discuss advances and issues in artificial intelligence, and their possible implications for Christians.
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Andrew and Caleb return to their occasional series for tonight’s livestream, looking at Lord’s Day 4 of the Heidelberg Catechism and questions 17-19 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
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In the longest and live-est OFAD yet, Caleb and Andrew share some quick personal updates before diving into the issue of transgenderism. What do current events tell us about this ideology and how far it has advanced in society? How has the church responded in the past, and how should it respond going forward? How does this connect to our previous live show on public displays of Satanism.
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Last summer, after an extended hiatus, Caleb and Andrew sat down to start a new Bavcast series on Bavinck’s work on political theology, The Kingdom of God, the Highest Good. After this session, they decided to rework and rebrand the show, which returned in fall of 2022 as Once for All Delivered. In many ways, this episode was a preview of things to come.
OFAD will be back next week, Lord-willing, with a live show.
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In November 2020, Caleb and Andrew interviewed Dr. Alan Strange, professor of church history at Mid-America Reformed Seminary, on the subject of beauty and aesthetics. Plus some 2023 host updates.
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With pure unmitigated craziness coming in the month of April, we are diving into the back catalog of Bavcast for The Best of Bav, a mini-series looking back at some of our best work on Bavcast from 2020-2022. In the summer of 2020, we sat down with our friend Rudy Manrique to talk about worship.Rudy is now planting a church in Riverside, CA. Message him at https://www.instagram.com/the_shepherds_church to learn more.
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Caleb and Andrew continue their parallel march through the Heidelberg and Westminster looking at sin and misery. What are the consequences of the Fall and sin? What about “born this way”?
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Andrew and Caleb return to their occasional series on the Reformed catechisms by looking at Lord’s Day 3 of the Heidelberg and parallel questions from the Westminster Shorter.
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Andrew looks at what the David & Bathsheba rape controversy, Colin Kaepernick’s new graphic novel, and James Kessler’s recent polity tweets share in common.
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Caleb and Andrew continue their introduction to Sphere Sovereignty. How is this view distinct from others? How does it help against the totalitarian state? Will we ever get a pithy sign-off phrase?
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After much anticipation and build-up, Andrew and Caleb present their positive view of Christianity and culture. What is Sphere Sovereignty and how is it distinguished from other views surveyed thus far?
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This week’s OFAD looks at Lord’s Day 2 of the Heidelberg Catechism and related teachings from the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms. What does the law do for Christians? What are common errors and misconceptions regarding the law and sin?
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Caleb and Andrew begin a new occasional series looking at the catechisms of their churches—Andrew (OPC) at Questions 1-3 the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and Caleb (URCNA) with Lord’s Day 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism.
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In their first-ever live show, Caleb and Andrew talk about the recent display of public Satanism at the Grammy Awards, and the myths of cultural neutrality and opting-out from the culture wars. Then, a brief look at He Gets Us. Watch the video replay on YouTube
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Andrew (between intermittent power outages) and Caleb continue their discussion with David Visser and Kyle Vasas of Faith to Film. They talk about Second Commandment issues, other potential Faith to Film projects, and a bit of behind the scenes discussion of OFAD.
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Caleb and Andrew talk to some friends from north of the border, David Visser and Kyle Vasas of Faith to Film. They discuss their origin story in Christian media production (you also get to hear a little of the Bavcast/OFAD origin story) and discuss the use of media for Christian ends. Learn more about Faith to Film at faithtofilm.ca
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Andrew and Caleb next take a look at the modern Two Kingdoms view that has emerged from Meredith Kline and Westminster Seminary California.
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Caleb and Andrew talk southern-fried classic rock for a moment before turning to the issue of theonomy. What is theonomy? What is general equity, and is general equity theonomic? How does theonomy relate to historic Reformed establishmentarianism? (A little shorter episode this week, but we’ll have a longer one next week).
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Andrew and Caleb lose the support of Great Britian before diving into some of the key biblical texts surrounding church and state issues. What are these texts, and how have they been interpreted (or misinterpreted)?
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No regular episode this week because of the holidays, but Andrew provides instead an audio reading of his article which appeared today on onceforalldelivered.com titled "Reformed Seminaries Took Millions in Federal COVID-19 Aid."
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Caleb and Andrew continue their look at church and state issues. How should Christians respond to the present crisis? Is the way out backward, forward, or something else? Plus, we announce the winner of the OFAD Christmas Delivaway!
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What does man lose in the Fall? What is retained? What is the role of common grace, natural theology, and natural law (and how does Bavinck help?) What biblical evidence supports the view that grace renews nature?
Enter the OFAD Christmas Delivaway! OFAD Christmas Delivaway 2022 (kingsumo.com)
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Once for All Delivered (re)launches with a discussion of some of the foundations of Christian cultural engagement. What is the distinction between nature and grace, and what are the popular historic views? Which one do we think is correct, and why?"Nature and Grace in Bavinck" by Jan Veenhof (dordt.edu)
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On November 29th, Bavcast will be rebranded and relaunched as Once for All Delivered, with an expanded focus on teaching and applying biblical, confessional, Reformed theology to today's world.
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How should we interpret the days of creation? Do Andrew and Caleb disagree with Bavinck here? What is the relationship between creation and kingdom? What is the purpose of creation?
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Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion of creation from chapter 11 of Wonderful Works of God. What is God’s purposes in creation? How are the days of creation best understood and categorized?
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Andrew and Caleb (in person!) delve into chapter 11 of Wonderful Works of God, beginning a discussion of creation. What is God’s counsel, and how does it relate to creation? What is the proper relationship between creation and science? Matter and energy? Being and becoming?
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Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion with Restless about 5 things YRRs should know about Bavinck. What is the relationship between church life and public life? How should we engage our theological opponents? What role should confession and catechesis play in our lives?
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With Caleb experiencing death by midterms, Bavcast runs back the first part of their interview on the Restless podcast, explaining the 5 things the Young, Restless, and Reformed should know about Herman Bavinck. What did the terms "Calvinism" and "Reformed" mean for Bavinck? What is the relationship between theology and the church?
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Caleb and Andrew wrap up chapter 10 of The Wonderful Works of God talking about the Trinity. What is double procession and what is the history of that debate in the church? What are the heresies of Arianism and Sabellianism? What terminology helps us to get the doctrine of the Trinity right?
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Caleb and Andrew get their kicks on Bavcast 66, looking once again at the Trinity. How is the Trinity more clearly revealed in the New Testament? How do we distinguish the being of God and the three Persons? Are there any good books in the MARS book closet? This and other burning questions answered, on this week's Bavcast!
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As things are a bit crazy in the Bav-verse right now, we take a break from regularly scheduled programming and share a catechism message Andrew recently gave on Lord's Day 2 and Romans 3:1-20.
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Andrew and Caleb introduce Bavinck’s teaching on the Trinity in chapter 10 of Wonderful Works of God. What is the doctrine of the Trinity? Where did it come from? How was the doctrine of the Trinity revealed in the Old Testament?
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Caleb and Andrew speak more on God’s incommunicable and communicable attributes. What are these attributes? How do these attributes relate to each other? How are the communicable attributes shared with us, and how are they different?
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Caleb and Andrew continue their look at Chapter 9 in The Wonderful Works of God. What is analogical or ectypal knowledge? How does the knowledge of God differ from other kinds of knowledge we have? What is the difference between incommunicable and communicable attributes, and what are some of these attributes?
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After a looooong time away, Andrew and Caleb dive back into The Wonderful Works of God, looking at the Being of God. Can God be known by man? What does it mean that God is immanent and transcendent? What kind of language does God uses to reveal himself to man? What happens when immanence or transcendence are neglected?
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Caleb and Andrew wrap up their discussion of the Mosaic Covenant by looking at an issue closely related to the republication debate--the law/gospel distinction. How has Reformed theology historically understood this distinction? What are the three uses of the law, and how do they help us understand these issues? Plus, some final notes on republication on typology.
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Caleb and Andrew return from a long hiatus to continue discussing the Mosaic Covenant--specifically, the republication debate. Does Galatians teach republication? What can Calvin tell us about these issues?
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Andrew and Caleb take up the Mosaic Covenant. Why is this a covenant of grace? What is the role of the law in this covenant? What about the republication thesis - is the covenant in some sense a covenant of works? How does redemption occur under this covenant? What role do merit and reward play?
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This one is all about baptism. Caleb and Andrew tackle the connection between the covenant sign given to Abraham in Genesis 17 and baptism as explained in other biblical texts and explain why this supports infant baptism.
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Andrew and Caleb repeatedly confuse Abraham/Abram and Sarah/Sarai. They also continue their discussion of the Covenant of Grace, looking at the promise to Abraham. How does this relate to what came before in the garden and with Noah? What do the key passages in Genesis 12, 15, and 17 teach us about this covenant?
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Caleb and Andrew discuss the unfolding of the Covenant of Grace after Genesis 3. What do we see in the two lines of Adam's descendants? What in the world is going on in Genesis 6:1-4? Why is the earth destroyed in flood, and Noah and his family spared?
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Where does the Covenant of Grace begin? What is its relationship to the Covenant of Works? What role does the law have in the Covenant of Grace? What is the goal of the Covenant of Grace?
Caleb quotes Vos from “The Doctrine of the Covenant in Reformed Theology” in Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation: The Shorter Writings of Geerhardus Vos, pp. 234-268.
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Caleb and Andrew wrap up their discussion of the Covenant of Works. What is the relationship between law, creation, and covenant? What role does merit play in the Covenant of Works? What is the danger of denying the covenant of works? What are some objections that have been raised to this doctrine?
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Andrew and Caleb roll out of bed too early in the morning to discuss the covenant with Adam before the fall. What names do theologians offer for this covenant and why? What is the relationship between this covenant and creation? What were the terms?
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Andrew and Caleb press on with their study of Covenant Theology. What biblical texts support the doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption? What is the relationship between this covenant and election? Do we see the Covenant of Redemption in the Reformed confessions? Why do some object to the Covenant of Redemption?
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What is the Covenant of Redemption? Where does it fit into our understanding of systematic theology? How does methodology perhaps inform objections to the Covenant of Redemption? How does Jesus’ prayer in John 17 inform us about this covenant?
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Caleb and Andrew continue their new series on covenant theology by doing a quick historical survey of covenant theology since the Reformation. What definitions have been offered for covenant? How did Casper Olevianus approach the issue? What about others? Who signed up Bavcast for Match.com?
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Caleb and Andrew are back with a new series on Covenant Theology. They distinguish covenant theology from alternatives such as dispensationalism, and provide some of the biblical basis for a covenantal reading of scripture.
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What biblical words relate to the Day of the Lord? What is “prophetic telescoping”? What does Bavinck tell us about the Day? How does this help us to understand the book of Revelation? How does it inform this life?
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While Andrew takes a break, Caleb is joined by Aaron van der Heiden, graduating senior at Mid-America Reformed Seminary, to discuss the Day of the Lord. How should we understand this day as it is presented to us in Scripture? What is the "double-dual" nature of the Day? How does this give us hope?
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To celebrate one year on the air, Caleb and Andrew go behind the scenes of Bavcast. They reflect on how Bavcast came to be, talk about favorite discussions, and are joined by producer (and Andrew's wife) Heidi Smyth to talk about how Bavcast gets made.
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Caleb and Andrew finish up chapter 8 of WWG. Do we need more confessions? What is the relationship between confessions and creeds? How does Roman Catholicism err in its use of tradition?
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Andrew and Caleb begin chapter 8 looking at Scripture and Confession. What are the Reformed confessions? What purpose do they serve in the church? How do they relate to Scripture? What should one do if he disagrees with his confession?
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After a discursus on candy, Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion on Scripture. How do we deal with textual variants in the Bible? Does this affect our confidence in the text? What about continuing revelation?
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Andrew and Caleb talk about the canon of Scripture (no, not cannon). Why do we have the 66 books of the Bible we have and not others? How did we get them? What do we do with the Apocrypha?
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Caleb and Andrew continue chapter 7 of WWG talking about Scripture. Where does scripture derive its authority? How are its books organized? What role does genre play in scripture?
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Caleb and Andrew return to chapter 7 of WWG. How does God use human agency in the authoring of scripture? What do higher criticism and Ancient Near East studies teach us about scripture? How much should we claim to know about scriptural authorship?
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Andrew and Caleb return to WWG this week looking at chapter 7 on the Holy Scriptures. How did we get the Bible we have? What did the human authors have to do with the process? What misconceptions do people have about Scripture?
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Andrew and Caleb continue their interview with Dr. Bruce Pass, Director of Postgraduate Studies and Lecturer in Christian Thought and History at the Brisbane School of Theology. What was the relationship between Bavinck's theology and his confessional commitments? How did he attempt to synthesize orthodoxy and post-Enlightenment theology? Was he successful? What is Bavinck's enduring value to the church today?
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Caleb and Andrew kick off Season 2 by talking with Dr. Bruce Pass, the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Lecturer in Christian Thought and History at the Brisbane School of Theology in Australia. Dr. Pass talks about his work in translating Bavinck's works as well as his dissertation, The Heart of Dogmatics, exploring Bavinck's Christology.
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In the season finale of Bavcast, Andrew and Caleb wrap up chapter 6 of The Wonderful Works of God, talking about the law and the promise. Was Israel to be a light to nations? How did God preserve a people even through exile? How are the old and new covenants continuous? Plus, thank-yous and shout-outs.
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Caleb and Andrew return to Wonderful Works of God, picking up on page 69, continuing their discussion of the law and the Mosaic Covenant, talking about social responsibility, the pitfalls of theonomy, the relationship of law and sin, liberty under the law, and the family.
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Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion with Dr. Alan Strange, Professor of Church History at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. What does beauty have to do with God’s attributes? What are some examples from culture that reflect God’s attributes to us (even if they don’t mean to)? How does art and beauty glorify God? How should Christians seek out and engage with culture and the arts?
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Caleb and Andrew are joined by Dr. Alan Strange, Professor of Church History at Mid-America Reformed Seminary to talk about beauty and aesthetics. What are aesthetics? Is beauty subjective, objective, or a little of both? What did Bavinck have to say about this? What has Dr. Strange learned about rap music?
Bavinck's Essay "On Beauty and Aesthetics" is published in English on pages 245-260 of his Essays on Religion, Science, and Society.
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Andrew and Caleb return to The Wonderful Works of God this week, looking at the Mosaic Covenant. How was God fulfilling the promise to Abraham through the law? How is the law covenantal? How is it moral? How do we apply the law in our day?
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Caleb and Andrew continue their interview with Dr. James Eglinton, Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology at the University of Edinburgh. What kind of (Neo-)Calvinism was Bavinck seeking to bring to America? What did Bavinck think of American education? What was his relationship with American Presbyterianism? What was the difference between “Reformed” and “Calvinistic” for Bavinck? How might Bavinck have viewed the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” movement? Why should YOU read Bavinck?
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Caleb and Andrew are joined by Dr. James Eglinton, the Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology at the University of Edinburgh and author of Bavinck: A Critical Biography. Dr. Eglinton talks about why and how he wrote the biography, what surprised him in his research, and what didn't make the cut. Then, they begin a discussion of Bavinck's experience and perspective on America. What were Bavinck's two visits to America like? What were his thoughts on Dutch immigration? What happened when Bavinck met a Bull Moose?
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Caleb forgets his name. Then, he and Andrew continue chapter 6 of The Wonderful Works of God by looking at the relationship between law and promise. Why did God give the law? How is it different from the promise to Abraham? How is it similar and related? What does the law tell us about justification? Finally, some concluding reflections on carrier pigeons.
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Caleb and Andrew begin chapter 6 of Wonderful Works of God, looking at God's covenant with Abraham. Why is it a covenant of grace? Why is it limited to one man's descendants? What does it tell us about the relationship between law and gospel?
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Caleb and Andrew finish chapter 5 of the Wonderful Works of God with an excursus about miracles. How do many churches and movements misunderstand them? What is their true purpose? Do they continue today? Caleb provides some stories from his time inside Bethel Redding, and the guys compare this and other problematic developments with Bavinck's doctrine of special revelation. You won't want to miss this one.
And, as if that wasn't enough excitement, we announce the winner of BavStakes II!
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Andrew and Caleb continue their discussion of the conscience. What is the relationship between the conscience and the law for believers? Who is lord of the conscience and who can bind it? Should we ever disobey our consciences? How does the conscience relate to the church and state?
Plus, announcing Bavstakes II! We're giving away Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton.
Works Cited:
Bavinck, "Conscience," Bavinck Review No 6 (available online)
Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, vol. 1, Chapter 5: Human Conscience (book)
Cory C. Brock, Orthodox yet Modern: Herman Bavinck’s Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher (book)
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Andrew and Caleb continue in chapter 5. What are examples and characteristics of special revelation? What is the relationship between special revelation and the composition of Scripture? Are prophecy and miracles for today?
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The guys embark on a discussion of a fascinating topic--the conscience. Where does it come from and why do we have it? How has the conscience been understood through history? What does the Bible tell us about the conscience, and how has modern philosophy twisted this?
Works Cited:
Bavinck, "Conscience," Bavinck Review No 6 (available online)
Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, vol. 1, Chapter 5: Human Conscience (book)
Cory C. Brock, Orthodox yet Modern: Herman Bavinck’s Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher (book)
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Caleb and Andrew roll on into chapter 5 of The Wonderful Works of God. What is the relationship between revelation and grace? In what ways does special revelation occur?
References:
The Wonderful Works of God, pages 45-50
Reformed Dogmatics, Volumes 2 and 4
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Caleb and Andrew continue their discussion with Rudy Manrique on worship. They talk about Bavinck's doctrine of the means of grace and the Word in worship. Has contemporary worship tried to make music another sacrament? Why do churches use the music they do, and how should they decide which music to use? What should one do if he finds himself at odds with his church about its approach to worship?
References:
Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 4
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Punk rocker turned contemporary worship leader turned PCA pastoral intern Rudy Manrique joins Andrew and Caleb to discuss worship. They talk about Rudy's long, strange path to Reformed worship, whether or not music is a means of grace, and whether or not exclusive psalmody is the way. Part 1 of 2.
Further Reading:
Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 4
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Caleb and Andrew talk about rapture fiction, then dive into the rest of chapter 4 of WWG. They talk about the Tower of Babel, how God revealed himself to the nations outside of Israel in the Old Testament, and set the stage for Bavinck's exploration of special revelation.
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Andrew and Caleb return to WWG and open chapter 4 looking at the value of general revelation. How have general and specialrevelation related to each other throughout redemptive history? What distinguishes the city of God from the city of man? What about the blessing and the curse? What hath Bavinck to do with Hegel? How does this help us navigate present discussions of history, oppression, and injustice?
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Caleb and Andrew launch a new series, Bavinck On: by taking a leisurely stroll through Bavinck's doctrine of the church. What is the church? What are its marks? What does it mean that the church is "one," "holy," "catholic," and "apostolic" as we confess in the Nicene Creed?
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Marc, Caleb, and Andrew conclude chapter 3 of The Wonderful Works of God discussing the sensus divinitatus (man's sense of the divine). Also, an important announcement from Marc.
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The guys talk about Bavinck's use of Scripture and Biblical Theology, general revelation through history, and evidences for God.
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What is the relationship of general revelation and Scripture? How does God reveal himself in his acts of creation and providence? What happens when proper praise and worship is not rendered to God?
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Are Christians biased? What about separation of church and state? How are general revelation and special revelation distinguished? How are they related? What is common grace?
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The guys talk about a recent article by Bavinck scholar James Eglinton dealing with Bavinck's perspective on American racism (https://jameseglinton.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/bavinck-on-racism-in-america/) and look at some of Bavinck's arguments regarding the unity of the human race in Reformed Dogmatics.
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What is the purpose of God's revelation? What does general revelation reveal to us about God? How is God revealed to us in Christ? How will revelation be made full in eternity? How does creation point us to God?
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The guys continue their discussion of chapter 3 of WWOG talking about "spiritual, not religious," providence, process theology, and the attributes of general revelation. Also, an exciting announcement about the first BavStakes giveaway!
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Caleb, Marc, and Andrew begin Chapter 3 of The Wonderful Works of God, discussing general revelation.
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The guys conclude their discussion of chapter 2 of WWOG looking at knowledge as the basis of eternal life and theology as a science/discipline. Also, new developments at the Society of Reformed Podcasters, and some information about our first BavStakes!
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Caleb, Marc, and Andrew continue their discussion of the knowledge of God in chapter 2 of The Wonderful Works of God. What kind of knowledge do we have of God? How do we cultivate and grow that knowledge? How does knowledge relate to faith? This and more, on this week's Bavcast.
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We continue our discussion of Chapter 2 of The Wonderful Works of God, looking at the knowledge of God through its origin (Christ) and its object (God himself).
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We take up the names of God, the doctrine of analogy, the nature of our personal relationship with God, and some basic Christology.
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We finally come to chapter 2 with a big question: How do we know God? We are introduced to Christ, to covenant, and how God makes himself known to us.
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We conclude chapter 1 of WWG with a discussion of art and beauty. Can art be man's highest good? What does art and culture today tell us about the state of our world? How should we properly understand virtue and love of neighbor?
This and more on this week's Bavcast.
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On today's episode, an exciting announcement!
Then, Marc, Caleb, and Andrew continue their discussion of Chapter 1 of WWG, looking at the knowledge of God as it relates to philosophy and science.
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NOTE FROM ANDREW, October 19, 2021:
Some have asked me since the original publication of this episode about the stance on COVID-19 restrictions that I took in this episode. The short answer is, no, I do not. Bear in mind that this episode was recorded within mere days of the beginning of the global outbreak of COVID-19, and the prospects for the virus' impact were far more grim at the time than ever came to realization. As time went by, as restrictions became more strict, and as the virus' impact was far less than initially intended, much of my opinions on the matter changed, and I do share grave concerns about continued restrictions and their implications on the church and religious liberty in the U.S. and elsewhere. In hindsight, this was a rush to judgment based on early information. I have decided, in the interest of transparency and continuity, to not edit or delete the episode as I do believe it still contains useful content and also shows that I am willing to learn from mistakes and accept correction. You can contact me at bavcast@gmail.com if you wish to know more.
Caleb, Marc, and Andrew continue Chapter 1 of The Wonderful Works of God, discussing the positive aspects of Bavinck's teaching on God being man's highest good. They apply Bavinck's thoughts and Psalm 49 to the present COVID-19 crisis.
Also in this episode, information about other editions of The Wonderful Works of God available in English.
Definitions and clarifications:
Naturalistic Materialism:Naturalism holds that everything can be explained by natural causes and laws. Materialism believes that everything that exists is material. These are significant and treated together for our purposes as both deny the supernatural and spiritual.
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Andrew provides a brief biography of Herman Bavinck.
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Three seminary students, Caleb, Marc, and Andrew, begin their discussion of Herman Bavinck's The Wonderful Works of God. The first few pages of this book confront us with a difficult question: What is man's highest good? What is he created for? Also, attempts at speaking Dutch.
A. Craig Troxel's new book, With All Your Heart (referenced by Marc): https://www.amazon.com/All-Your-Heart-Orienting-Desires/dp/143353553X
Andrew referenced a Ligonier panel where Sinclair Ferguson made comments about WWG. They are at the 1:45 mark here:
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/conferences/made-in-the-image-of-god/ask-ligonier-with-ferguson-nichols-parsons-and-thomas/?fbclid=IwAR2yGFj-iI8Q5vkS5ytBJQGz9Pb-Xk-agCUHxGPW3RylGyK8pTGaRJue0ns
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