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Cincy Reformed Podcast is a podcast of Westside Reformed Church (URCNA) in Cincinnati, OH. Pastors Zac (Mdiv, Westminster Seminary California) and Brandon (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) discuss matters of theology, history, apologetics, contemporary issues, and more.
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
In this episode, Pastors Zac and Brandon were interviewed by Rev. Matthew Joyner for his podcast, Taproot Faith. The theme of the interview was Sola Scriptura.
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The Belgic Confession, Art. 7 (c.f., Art. 3-7)
Reformed Dogmatics (Vol.1, ch.11-14) by Herman Bavinck
God's Word Alone: The Authority of Scripture by Matthew Barrett
The Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books by Michael Kruger
Did God Really Say?: Affirming the Truthfulness and Trustworthiness of Scripture ed. by David Garner
Thy Word is Still Truth: Essential Writings on the Doctrine of Scripture from the Reformation to Today ed. by Peter Lillback
The Lordship of Christ: Serving Our Savior All of the Time, in All of Life, with All of Our Heart by Vern S. Poythress
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
In this episode, Pastor Zac discusses three styles of church architecture - the Meeting House, the Classical style, and the Gothic style - and why church architecture matters.
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
In this episode, Pastor Zac discusses three styles of church architecture - the Meeting House, the Classical style, and the Gothic style - and why church architecture matters.
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
When Paul says that a person is "Justified by faith apart from works," what does he mean? Can works play some sort of foundational role in our justification? Where do good works come in? Is faith a work? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac unpack the pillars of the Protestant Doctrine of Justification.
For more information, see:
Belgic Confession, Art. 22-23
Heidelberg Catechism, Q. 60-65
Canons of Dort, Rejection of Errors
Reformed Catholic vs. Roman Catholic - Part 2: Justification and Sola Fide by Cincy Reformed
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
Justified In Christ ed. by Scott Oliphint
How Can Justification Make Me Joyful? by Daniel Hyde
By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson
Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion (ch. 16) by Herman Bavinck
Reformed Dogmatics (vol. 4, ch. 5) by Geerhardus Vos
Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation (ch. 7, 21) by Geerhardus Vos
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
When Paul says that a person is "Justified by faith apart from works," what does he mean? Can works play some sort of foundational role in our justification? Where do good works come in? Is faith a work? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac unpack the pillars of the Protestant Doctrine of Justification.
For more information, see:
Belgic Confession, Art. 22-23
Heidelberg Catechism, Q. 60-65
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
Justified In Christ ed. by Scott Oliphint
How Can Justification Make Me Joyful? by Daniel Hyde
By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson
Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion (ch. 16) by Herman Bavinck
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Should ministers wear preaching robes and clerical collars? Well, this is certainly in the realm of adiaphora (i.e., things "indifferent" or "non-essential"). The Bible doesn't require someone to wear a robe or a collar, but why might some pastors choose to wear them? What is the reasoning behind wearing them?
For more information, see:
A Pulpit Is Not A Platform (article) by R. Scott Clark
A Short History of the Wearing of Clerical Collars in the Presbyterian Tradition (article) by Tim LeCroy
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Should ministers wear preaching robes and clerical collars? Well, this is certainly in the realm of adiaphora (i.e., things "indifferent" or "non-essential"). The Bible doesn't require someone to wear a robe or a collar, but why might some pastors choose to wear them? What is the reasoning behind wearing them?
For more information, see:
A Pulpit Is Not A Platform (article) by R. Scott Clark
A Short History of the Wearing of Clerical Collars in the Presbyterian Tradition (article) by Tim LeCroy
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
What is the Christian identity? In today's cultural climate the issue of identity is being debated, with those who seek to spin an identity from their feelings, and with those who look outside of themselves for their identity. The question "What defines us?" gets to the point of contention. Do things like gender, sexual orientation, careers, sinful proclivities, or, more religiously, God, give shape to who we are? Do we look within us, or do we look to our Creator? Even Christians have been confused, sometimes using the title: "Gay Christian." How do we sift through the competing ideas of identity? In a word: we go back to God's Word.
For more information, see:
Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher
About Being a Boy or a Girl: Discussing Gender and Marriage with Little Ones in Light of God’s Word by Lisa Updike
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by David Menton
Are You Born Gay? (discussion)
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
What is the Christian identity? In today's cultural climate the issue of identity is being debated, with those who seek to spin an identity from their feelings, and with those who look outside of themselves for their identity. The question "What defines us?" gets to the point of contention. Do things like gender, sexual orientation, careers, sinful proclivities, or, more religiously, God, give shape to who we are? Do we look within us, or do we look to our Creator? Even Christian have been confused, sometimes using the title: "Gay Christian." How do we sift through the competing ideas of identity? In a word: we go back to God's Word.
For more information, see:
Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher
About Being a Boy or a Girl: Discussing Gender and Marriage with Little Ones in Light of God’s Word by Lisa Updike
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by David Menton
Are You Born Gay? (discussion)
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
What happens when New Testament manuscripts disagree? For example, should John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20 be considered "Scripture"? Should Mark 9:29 say, "prayer and fasting" or just "prayer"? What do we do when some manuscripts of the New Testament have one reading, and other manuscripts have a different reading? How do scholars determine which was the original reading? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac give a basic overview into textual criticism.
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Podcasts
The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method by Reformed Forum
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism by Museum of the Bible
What is New Testament Textual Criticism? by The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
From Scrolls to Scrolling: Scripture, Technology, and the Word of God by Museum of the Bible
Articles
Textual Criticism: What It Is And Why You Need It by Brandon Crowe
On The King James Only Movement, The Majority Text, And Text Criticism by R. Scott Clark
Nestle-Aland 28: The New Standard in Critical Texts of the Greek New Testament by Daniel Wallace
Can We Still Believe the Bible? by Daniel Wallace
Doing Internal Evidence First in Textual Criticism by Daniel Wallace
Do We Have the Original Text? Some Optimism in Textual Criticism by Michael Kruger
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: Was the NT Text Reliably Transmitted? by Michel Kruger
Books
The Early Text of the New Testament by Michael Kruger
Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books by Michael Kruger
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration by Bruce Metzger
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament by Bruce Metzger
The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, (Volume 1-2) by Philip Comfort and David Barrett
A Commentary on the Manuscripts and Text of the New Testament by Philip Comfort
"The Greek Language and Textual Criticism" in Going Deeper With New Testament Greek by Andreas Kostenberger, Benjamin Merkle, and Robert Plummer
The Heresy of Orthodoxy by Andreas Kostenberger and Michael Kruger