Christ the Center

Adoption isn’t a footnote to salvation. It addresses the problem of alienation and gives believers a right to all the privileges of the sons of God. New on Christ the Center with @CamdenBucey, Jonathan Master, and Matt Holst from Raleigh, NC: reformedforum.org/ctc952

Why has adoption been neglected? Not because it’s unimportant. This episode argues we lose something precious when adoption is folded into everything else. 🎧 reformedforum.org/ctc952

John L. Girardeau was once called the “Spurgeon of America.” His ministry drew thousands, and his theology was as careful as his preaching was powerful. C.N. Willborn on recovering his legacy: youtu.be/nmRD6hK_fsA

“The judge doesn’t wrap his arms around the acquitted man.” That’s the point. Justification matters enormously—but adoption brings us from the courtroom into the family room. New Christ the Center: reformedforum.org/ctc952

Adoption means more than relationship—it means we have an inheritance. The New Testament emphasizes both: we cry, “Abba, Father,” and we become fellow heirs with Christ. reformedforum.org/ctc952

A neglected doctrine becomes a pastoral deficit. If believers don’t know their privileges as God’s children, they’ll struggle to live as what they are in Christ. New episode: reformedforum.org/ctc952

William Whitaker’s Disputation on Holy Scripture (1588) answered Rome’s challenge directly: Scripture authenticates itself. Josiah Leinbach on Whitaker’s enduring argument: youtu.be/8GtITOltqf0

A Presbyterian church is never meant to be governed by one man. This episode traces the biblical logic of plurality of elders, parity among elders, and accountability through church courts. 🎧 reformedforum.org/ctc951 #Presbyterianism

Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament is how the apostles read Scripture—not just a hermeneutical method. 10 books to help you read it the same way: reformedforum.org/10-books-on-se…

What is a Presbyterian—and why does Presbyterian government matter? @CamdenBucey talks with @MD_Adams90, and @_BenRatliff about Presbyterian identity, church courts, and why polity is more than procedure. 🎧 reformedforum.org/ctc951

Church accountability is not merely restrictive—it is protective even as it encourages. @CamdenBucey, @MD_Adams90, and @_BenRatliff discuss why mutual submission in the courts of the church is a gift, not a burden. reformedforum.org/ctc951 #Ecclesiology

“Grassroots Presbyterianism” is not congregationalism. New on Christ the Center: @CamdenBucey, @MD_Adams90, and @_BenRatliff on why plurality, parity, and connectionalism matter for the church’s peace and purity. reformedforum.org/ctc951

How should ordinary church members participate in Presbyterian life? This conversation gets practical: pray for the courts of the church, learn the process, and take an active interest in the church’s peace and purity. reformedforum.org/ctc951

Vos never liked the label “biblical theology.” He preferred “the history of special revelation.” His point: Scripture is God’s own interpretation of His redemptive acts in history—unfolding from Gen. 3:15 to the consummation. reformedforum.org/ctc950

Repentance is not a work we perform to pry open the kingdom. It is the fitting response to God’s reign and mercy in Christ. Vos Group #106 on repentance: reformedforum.org/ctc946

Why can’t we just read Leviticus and obey it as the Old Testament saints? Biblical theology answers that. The ceremonial law was a tutor—pointing Israel to Christ. You need the line to understand the circle. @CamdenBucey + Jonathan Master on Vos: reformedforum.org/ctc950

Already risen with Christ. Not yet glorified. Vos’s two-age eschatology: the age to come has already broken in—but we still await the consummation. @CamdenBucey and Jonathan Master unpack it on Christ the Center. reformedforum.org/ctc950

Systematic theology reads Scripture in a circle. Biblical theology reads it in a line. Vos needed both—and so do we. New conversation with @CamdenBucey and Jonathan Master on Christ the Center: reformedforum.org/ctc950 #GeerhardusVos

Our adoption is precious precisely because the eternal Son was never adopted—he is Son by nature, not by grace. Dr. Robert Letham and @LaneTipton on the doctrine of adoption and orthodox Christology: 🎧 reformedforum.org/ctc948 #Christology #ReformedTheology

4/ Vos’s two-age eschatology: the age to come has already broken in—we’re seated with Christ (Eph. 2)—but consummation is still future. Already. Not yet. The overlap of the ages. Vos remains the best guide to Paul on this. 🎧 reformedforum.org/ctc950 #GeerhardusVos

3/ This opens up hard texts. Hebrews 6? The author warns Jewish believers not to return to Old Covenant forms—where they can no longer find Christ, because those shadows have passed. Redemptive history gives context systematics alone can’t. reformedforum.org/ctc950

🧵 What is biblical theology? From CTC 950 on Vos. 1/ Systematics draws a circle—gathering all Scripture says on a topic. Biblical theology draws a line—tracing how revelation unfolds through history. Vos: it’s “the history of special revelation.” reformedforum.org/ctc950