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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.

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This lecture is an excerpt from Matthew Mason's Pastors' Academy study day on the doctrine of concupiscence. The study day covers historical and doctrinal questions, engages in exegesis of key biblical texts, and then treats the pastoral and practical implications of what we believe and teach about the doctrine.

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This is the second of two talks given by our Assistant Director, Matthew Mason, at Emmanuel Church, North London, at their 2023 Raising Expectations Conference – ‘Hope: Now and Forever’. It explores the blessed hope of all Christian believers – that we shall see God face to face.

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This is the first of two talks given by our Assistant Director, Matthew Mason, at Emmanuel Church, North London, at their 2023 Raising Expectations Conference – ‘Hope: Now and Forever’. It considers the nature of Christian hope among the ruins of a fallen world.

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Dr. James Eglinton, (Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology New College, University of Edinburgh and Author of Bavinck: A Critical Biography) delivered our Annual Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial Lecture 2023 on persuasion in preaching, as understood by Herman and J.H. Bavinck.

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Jonny Gibson, Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, spoke from 1 Timothy 4, emphasising particularly the need for consistency of lifestyle and doctrine in Christian ministry.

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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In October 2022 London Seminary had the privileged to have Dr Greg Beale from Reformed Theological Seminary with us for a week of lectures. He explored the subject “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” These podcasts are the recordings of the lectures. 

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Garry Williams the director of Pastors' Academy sits down with Neil Martin to discuss his new book Galatians Reconsidered: Jews, Gentiles, and Justification in the First and the Twenty-First Centuries 

"Galatians Reconsidered is a provocative and practical study of Paul the Apostle and justification, in which Neil Martin examines how both the old and new perspective on Paul are right about some things and wrong about others."

The book is available here https://ivpbooks.com/galatians-reconsidered

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Dr Peter Williams, author of Can We Trust the Gospels? and Principal of Tyndale House, delivered our Annual Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial Lecture 2022 on the greatest preacher of all: the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The second of two lectures for the South West Gospel Partnership by our Tutor in Ethics, Matthew Mason. This lecture explains some of the central features of a Christian sexual ethics.

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The second of two lectures for the South West Gospel Partnership by our Tutor in Ethics, Matthew Mason. This lecture explains some of the central features of a Christian sexual ethics.

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The first of two lectures for the South West Gospel Partnership by our Tutor in Ethics, Matthew Mason. This lecture looks at the chaos and damage of contemporary sexual attitudes, and why the Christian sexual ethic is so badly needed.

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A lecture given by Matthew Mason for some churches in South London explaining why Christians gather for worship

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Are we ambitious to live godly lives for the glory of God? How can we love and serve the Lord with our whole being - mind, will, and emotions? We will look at the example and teaching of John Calvin. We will also see how our piety works out in the context of our covenant relationship with God, and how it relates to our own Christian experience. 

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How Evangelical is the Pope? The Theology of Francis – Dr Leonardo De Chirico

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This is the last in a series of five posts seeking to encourage pastors to engage in serious theological study beyond the commentary work required for preaching. The posts are by Garry Williams, with input from the Pastors’ Academy team

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Sinclair Ferguson's lecture from our 2009 Conference on Calvin. 

Sinclair touches on some of the more controversial aspects of Calvin's theology on the Holy Spirit.  

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Here is ‘True pragmatism’, the 4th in a series of 5 posts on the importance of theological study beyond the commentary work required for preaching.

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Here is ‘Are you the finished product?’, the third in a series of five posts on the importance of theological study beyond the commentary work required for preaching. Have you already arrived at the final state of your theology, fully formed and in need of no repentance or reformation?

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Here is ‘Preaching demands life-long learning’, the second in a series of five posts seeking to encourage pastors to engage in serious theological study beyond the commentary work required for preaching. ‘In pastoral ministry the pulpit’s demand is perpetual and relentless…

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This is the first in a series of five posts seeking to encourage pastors to engage in serious theological study beyond the commentary work required for preaching. The posts are by Garry Williams, with input from the Pastors’ Academy team.

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On 19-22 October, Professor Craig Carter, author of Contemplating Scripture with the Great Tradition and Contemplating God with the Great Tradition, delivered a week of Special Lectures at London Seminary. 

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On 19-22 October, Professor Craig Carter, author of Contemplating Scripture with the Great Tradition and Contemplating God with the Great Tradition, delivered a week of Special Lectures at London Seminary. 

In this lecture, professor Carter looks at the theme of the transcendent God in Isaiah 40, 45, and 48. 

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Jason Rampelt, lecturer in Philosophy and Science at the University of Pittsburgh, gave a lecture at our conference on Creation on the Authority of the Bible in relation to Science. 

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On 19-22 October, Professor Craig Carter, author of Contemplating Scripture with the Great Tradition and Contemplating God with the Great Tradition, delivered a week of Special Lectures at London Seminary. 

In this second lecture, Professor Carter shows how liberal Christianity has shifted towards mythology and argues evangelical Christianity has an ally in metaphysics.

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On 19-22 October, Professor Craig Carter, author of Contemplating Scripture with the Great Tradition and Contemplating God with the Great Tradition, delivered a week of Special Lectures at London Seminary. 

In this first lecture, Professor Carter critiques relational theism and biblicism, and introduces classical theism.

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John Benton distils some of his recent Study Day on Rebuilding the Church After Lockdown for this special Coffee Time Conversations episode. 

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Rico Tice delivered a challenging and heartfelt plea for more and better evangelism at our Annual Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial Lecture 2021. 

He also stressed the importance of one-on-one evangelism and states this is the new paradigm for evangelism in the 21st century. 

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Paul Helm's paper on Design arguments from our 2008 Conference on Creation. 

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John and Malcolm discuss the important topic of rebuilding churches that have struggled over lockdown. 

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In this special episode of Coffee Time Conversations, John Benton and Steven Bowers get together to discuss Carl Trueman's latest book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. 

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John and Malcolm are back with another Coffee Time Conversation. This time out two seasoned pastoral support workers are discussing how to counter and avoid cynicism when coming out of lockdown

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The final lecture from Jonathan Leeman in our special lecture series touches on topics such as the mission of the church, and straight line and jagged line ethical issues. 

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As we enter a new phase of the pandemic with most restrictions removed, pastors are faced with new challenges on how and when to make church more normal again with some arguing for a swift return and others advocating for caution.

John and Malcolm, with their years of pastoral experience, discuss this vital topic for these times. 

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Johnathan Leeman delivered our special lectures this year. 

Here is a summary of the lecture series provided by Jonathan: The Church in the World: What is a church and where does it fit onto the landscape of a nation? What’s the relationship between religion and politics, and is that the same thing as the relationship between church and state? What’s the church’s mission and how do Christians live individually and corporately as citizens of heaven here and now? What is justice and are a Christian’s responsibilities for doing justice different than a church’s? These are the kinds of questions to be tackled in this course, which brings together the two fields of ecclesiology and political theology.

Dr Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director for 9Marks. He is the author of a number of books, including Political Church: The Local Church As Embassy Of Christ’s Rule and How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided

We aim to upload one lecture a week (4 in total). 

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Johnathan Leeman delivered our special lectures this year. 

Here is a summary of the lecture series provided by Jonathan: The Church in the World: What is a church and where does it fit onto the landscape of a nation? What’s the relationship between religion and politics, and is that the same thing as the relationship between church and state? What’s the church’s mission and how do Christians live individually and corporately as citizens of heaven here and now? What is justice and are a Christian’s responsibilities for doing justice different than a church’s? These are the kinds of questions to be tackled in this course, which brings together the two fields of ecclesiology and political theology.

Dr Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director for 9Marks. He is the author of a number of books, including Political Church: The Local Church As Embassy Of Christ’s Rule and How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided

We aim to upload one lecture a week (4 in total). 

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Johnathan Leeman delivered our special lectures this year. 

Here is a summary of the lecture series provided by Jonathan: The Church in the World: What is a church and where does it fit onto the landscape of a nation? What’s the relationship between religion and politics, and is that the same thing as the relationship between church and state? What’s the church’s mission and how do Christians live individually and corporately as citizens of heaven here and now? What is justice and are a Christian’s responsibilities for doing justice different than a church’s? These are the kinds of questions to be tackled in this course, which brings together the two fields of ecclesiology and political theology.

Dr Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director for 9Marks. He is the author of a number of books, including Political Church: The Local Church As Embassy Of Christ’s Rule and How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided

We aim to upload one lecture a week (4 in total). 

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Philip Eveson, former Principal of London Seminary, delivered the Annual Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial lecture in 2009 on the importance of a doctrine of creation for preaching. 

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Come and listen to John and Malcolm as they discuss how to be organised for church post-lockdown. 

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Stuart Burgess gives a scientists perspective on Genesis 1 & 2. Stuart is Professor of Engineering Design at Bristol University

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John Benton offers some thoughts about coming out of lockdown for churches

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How has Genesis 1 and 2 been interpreted throughout the ages of the Church? Bob Letham explains how. A lecture from our 2008 conference. 

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All four of our Pastoral Support Workers have come together to discuss this very important topic 

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John Currid, Chancellor's Professor of Old Testament at RTS, gave a lecture at our 2008 conference on Creation on interpreting Genesis 1 & 2. 

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Joel Beeke's second and final lecture from our 2009 Calvin Conference. 

A book was published containing all the talks from this conference https://www.jamesdicksonbooks.com/shop/new-books/calvin-theologian-reformer-edited-joel-beeke-garry-williams/

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Sinclair Ferguson gave the Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial Lecture at our 2009 Calvin Conference. 

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Garry Williams' paper on Adam and the Covenant of works. 

Garry makes the claim what we think about Adam will catch up with what we think about Christ and he explores differing views of Adam in reformed theology and in the conservative evangelical world more generally. Specifically, Garry looks at the issue of whether God's covenant with Adam was a gracious covenant, and whether Adam had faith. 

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John Benton is joined this week by Phil Raine who is our lastest appointee to the Pastors' Academy team as our Pastoral Support Worker for the Midlands. Phil has experience in the past as a GP.                            

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Join John Benton and Steven Bowers as they discuss the vitally important topic of pastoral visitation. 

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Paul Wells delivers a paper on union with Christ in the writings of John Calvin at our 2009 conference on Calvin. Paul aptly demonstrates how the doctrine of Union with Christ goes right to the core of Christianity. 

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Tony Lane of London School of Theology and a lifelong researcher on Calvin delivered this paper at our 2009 Conference on Calvin. 

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Join John and Malcolm, two of our growing number of Pastoral Support Workers as they discuss the topic of 'Lockdown Brain'. Curious? Have a listen! 

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Joel Beeke's lecture at our popular 2009 conference on Calvin. We apologise the first few minutes of the lecture were missed. 

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Listen to Hywel Jones former principal of London Seminary give a lecture at our 2011 conference. Hywel looks at the term the 'cure of souls' and the pastors role to the flock under his care. 

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In this episode, John and Malcolm discuss the question that is on the minds of many pastors, what should we do with church livestreams once the lockdowns are over? 

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Graham Beynon delivers a paper at our 2011 conference Reaching the Human Heart on the centrality of love for the Christian Life. 

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The Pastors' Academy is pleased to welcome and introduce the latest addition to the Pastors' Academy team, Phil Raine, formerly a pastor in Leicester and Bristol for over 30 years. Phil joins as our Pastoral Support Worker for the Midlands. 

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Garry Williams lecture at our 2011 conference, Reaching the Human Heart. 

Garry focuses on John Owen and Jonathan Edwards' view of the human person. 

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In this episode of Coffee Time Conversations, we welcome John's son Matt to the show who is discussing with Malcolm the challenges of homeschooling and being a pastor in lockdown. 

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Robert Strivens lecture at the 2011 Pastors' Academy Conference. 

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Garry Millar, author of Now Choose Life (NSBT), looks at how the OT sheds light on the fundamental questions of who we are, how we function, and more. 

https://www.qtc.edu.au/staff/gary-millar/  

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Michael Haykin's lecture at the 2011 Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial Lecture. 

Haykin looks at Andrew Fuller's defence of religious affections and engages with the doctrine of Sandemanianism . 

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Listen to Michael McClenahan's classic lecture at our 2012 conference. 

We are very grateful to Stephen Steele for providing the recording. 

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Handling a pastorate alone can be difficult in the best of times. The current pandemic and the increased isolation that lockdown brings can make this worse. Listen to John and Malcolm as they provide some advice on how to handle these difficult times.

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Listen to Steve Jeffrey lecture on Original Sin at our 2012 conference on Adam.

Steve starts his lecture looking at Jonathan Edwards and original sin and Edwards' defence of Original Sin against the teachings of John Taylor.  

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John and Malcolm welcome and introduce the latest addition to the Pastors' Academy team, Steve Bowers, formerly director of the European Mission Fellowship. Steven joins as our Pastoral Support worker for the North https://pastorsacademy.org/blog/new-pastoral-support-worker-for-the-north/

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Listen to Lane Tipton deliver a systematic theology paper on Adam from our 2012 conference. 

In this paper, Lane engages with Peter Enns book The Evolution of Adam. 

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Join John and Malcolm as they discuss how to respond when church members move churches during lockdown.

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Lane Tipton's first lecture on Adam from our 2012 conference. Lane seeks to show in this lecture the 'theological and redemptive-historical significance of the concrete, historical, formed-from-the-dust Adam found in the Scriptures.'

He bases his lecture primarily on 1 Corinthians 15: 42-49.

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David Green explores how the Old Testament views Adam and asks the question 'what did it mean for an Israelite to be a Son of Adam?'. He also explores and interacts with current debates concerning Adam in Theology. 

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Listen to Geoff Gobbett's paper from our 2013 Conference on Noah. 

In this paper, Geoff shows how Noah was a faithful committed servant of the Lord- an apt description for what a pastor should be.

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Come and listen to Ian Hamilton deliver a lecture on Noah and his faith from our 2013 Conference. 

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Come and listen to Stephen Clark give the MLJ memorial lecture in 2013 on Noah and the future, looking at God's justice. 

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The second lecture in Garry Williams' two part lecture on Noah and Covenant Theology from our 2013 Conference. 

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This is part one of a two part lecture series by Garry Williams on Noah and Covenant Theology from our 2013 Conference. 

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Come and listen to Steffen Jenkins (now lecturer at Union) give a paper on Noah in Genesis. Steffen intentionally doesn't deal with historicity, rather he focuses on what the text is saying to us. 

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Join John and Malcolm as they discuss the often neglected aspect of friendships for pastors and the issue of mentoring. 

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Come and listen to the previous principal of London Seminary, Robert Strivens give a lecture on Abraham, Paul, and Genesis 12 at our 2014 Pastors' Academy conference. 

Robert argues in this lecture that Genesis 12 is foundational to Paul's ministry to the Gentiles. 

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Listen to a debate on paedo- vs credo- baptism between David Gibson and Martin Salter at our 2014 conference. 

You can find links to the Themelios articles here:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/fathers-of-faith-my-fathers-now-on-abraham-covenant-theology-paedobaptism/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/the-abrahamic-covenant-in-reformed-baptist-perspective/ 

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Join John and Malcolm as they discuss the topic of moving churches during lockdown. 

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Come and listen to David Shaw give a paper on justification at our 2014 conference. David explores recent views on the doctrine of justification and engages with the New Perspective on Paul. 

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Come and listen to Peter Law giving the 2014 Martyn Lloyd-Jones Memorial lecture. 

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We are in lockdown again... But you can still tune in and listen to John and Malcolm as they discuss what is different this time round. 

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Genesis 22 may seem difficult to understand for the first time reader, and can leave many questions in the mind of many Christians in light of the strict commands against child sacrifice in the Bible. 

James Mulroney at our 2014 conference, shows us how this passage points us ultimately to Christ and thus demonstraites how this can help our interpretation of this passage.  

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Listen to David Green's lecture on Abraham and revelation from our 2014 conference

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Listen to Philip Eveson, the former principal of London Seminary give a lecture on Abraham at our 2014 Conference. 

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Gerard Hemmings lecture at our 2015 conference, on how to grow Conservative churches. 

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John and Malcolm continue their podcast discussing issues related to ministry during coronavirus times. This time they are discussing, what should we be preaching on during lockdown? 

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Garry Williams asks Matthew Mason about his role as Tutor in Ethics at the Pastors' Academy and about his study day 'The Wounded It Heals: The Gospel and the Ethics of Transgender'.  

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Bill James' lecture at our 2015 conference on Putting Theology Back into Practice. 

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John and Malcolm continue their coffee time conversations. This time they are discussing how to avoid being overly critical in lockdown times. 

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Ian Hamilton's lecture at our 2015 Conference Putting Theology Back into Practice

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Come and listen to Alistair Wilson talk about Paul and pragmatism from our 2016 conference. 

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John and Malcolm discuss a topic that can be challenging in normal times let alone in lockdown, church meetings and decision making. Listen to what they have to say on our Coffee Time Conversations podcast. 

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The first episode in our series from the 2015 Pastors' Academy conference: Putting Theology Back into Practice. 

Colin Burcombe delivered a paper on Pragmatic Patriarchs: Principle and Pragmatism in the Old Testament. 

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Jeremy Walker - pastor of Maidenbower Baptist Church gives a 'sermonic paper' on Hebrews 7 from our 2016 Conference. 

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Andrew Kerr on the Kingship of Christ and His Kingly office. From our 2016 Conference. 

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Benedict Bird's lecture on John Owen at our 2016 conference. Benedict is currently working on a PhD dissertation in Cambridge on John Owen's Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance.

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Garry Williams lecture on Hebrews 7 from our 2016 Conference ' Through the Lens of Melchizedek'. 

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After a brief break, John and Malcolm are back with a new episode of their podcast for ministry during coronavirus times. In this episode, they are discussing why pastors need to take opportunities to visit their members during lockdown. 

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Flavien Pardigon's second lecture on Melchizedek from our 2016 conference

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Flavien Pardigon's talk on Melchizedek from our 2016 conference: Through the Lens of Melchizedek. 

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John Benton's lecture from our 2017 Conference on how God's elective purposes are the foundation of a pastor's work. 

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John Benton's talk at our 2017 conference, on God's Control over Human Sin

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Stephen Clark's lecture at our 2017 Conference The Two Brothers of Genesis.

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Garry Williams' lecture on Galatians 4 at our 2017 Conference, a passage he says is 'very hard to understand'. 

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Garry's talk on the murder of Abel in Genesis 4 from our 2017 conference on the Two Brothers of Genesis. 

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Listen to David Green's lecture on Birth Narratives in Genesis at our 2017 Pastors' Academy Conference: The Two Brothers of Genesis. 

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to ministry in lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'How can we help those made redundant because of lockdown?'

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to ministry in lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'What can we do about exhaustion in lockdown?'

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to the lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'What are the pros and cons for churches coming out of lockdown?'

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to the lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'How can we encourage our church team during lockdown?'

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to the lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'How can we sustain lockdown ministry long-term?'

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Join the Pastors' Academy Pastoral Support workers John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor as they discuss issues relating to the lockdown.

This week they are discussing 'What are the opportunities for families during lockdown?'

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The third in our series of interviews by our Tutor in Christian Ethics Matthew Mason. 

This time, Matthew is interviewing Dave Brennan of Brephos on matters concerting abortion.

Dave is the Director of Brephos, a ministry that helps churches to respond to abortion brephos.org

Please note: there are slight technical problems with the first minute or so of the recording, but it’s fine after that.

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Join John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor of the Pastors' Academy as they discuss matters relating to ministry during Coronavirus times in our new podcast series. 

This time round they are discussing the topic: What can we be thankful for in lockdown?

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Join John Benton and Malcolm MacGregor of the Pastors' Academy as they discuss matters relating to ministry during Coronavirus times in our new podcast series. 

This time round they are discussing the topic "what might we learn about ourselves in lockdown?"

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The second conversation podcast by our Tutor in Christian Ethics, Matthew Mason. This time he is interviewing Joel Lawrence on Christians and technology.

In addition to the resources mentioned in the podcast, Joel also recommends the Jacques Ellul Companion as a helpful resource.

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Matthew Mason's lecture at the Chalmers Institute in St Andrews, as part of their Graduate Learning Exchange, on Friday 3 April.

With thanks to the Chalmers Institute for use of the recording. 

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A new series of interviews by our Tutor in Ethics Matthew Mason kicks off with an interview with Dr. Mike Allen of RTS on the Theology of John Webster. We are delighted to have Mike Allen teaching an online class in June for our ThM course as part of our partnership with Greystone Theological institute. It is open to our own stduents and to others for credit or audit. Details here: https://www.greystoneinstitute.org/course-schedule.  

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A talk By Garry Williams at the 2005 EMA. With thanks to the Proclamation Trust for use of the Audio. 

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A talk by Garry Williams on History at the 2005 EMA. 

With thanks to the Proclamation trust for use of the Audio