Reformed Forum » K. Scott Oliphint http://reformedforum.org Reformed Theology Podcasts, Videos, Blogs and More Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:23:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 no Reformed Forum mail@reformedforum.org 2011 Highlights http://reformedforum.org/ctc209/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc209/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:38 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1790 Read more→]]> We celebrate another year of Christ the Center by bringing to you a number of highlights from 2011.

  • Episode 156 – Darryl Hart on Machen, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and the OPC
  • Episode 160 – Carl Trueman on historiography
  • Episode 161 – Winston Smith on marriage as a picture of Christ’s relation to the Church
  • Episode 162 – Mark A. Garcia on the justification landscape
  • Episode 163 – K. Scott Oliphint on Gordon Clark, Cornelius Van Til, the Trinity, and logic
  • Episode 185 – James Dolezal on the doctrine of divine simplicity
  • Episode 192 – Sandy Finlayson on the founding of the Free Church of Scotland
  • Episode 200 – Lane Tipton on various Lutheran theologies of justification
  • Episode 203 – Jim Cassidy on Van Til’s criticism of Barth
  • Episode 206 – Kevin DeYoung on holiness, antinomianism, and neo-nomianism
]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc209/feed/ 0 59:56We celebrate another year of Christ the Center by bringing to you a number of highlights from 2011. Episode 156 - Darryl Hart on Machen, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and the OPC Episode 160 - Carl Trueman on historiography We celebrate another year of Christ the Center by bringing to you a number of highlights from 2011. Episode 156 - Darryl Hart on Machen, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and the OPC Episode 160 - Carl Trueman on historiography Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Christ the Center, Darryl G. Hart, Featured, James Dolezal, Jim Cassidy, K. Scott Oliphint, Lane G. Tipton, Mark Garcia, Sandy Finlayson, Winston SmithReformed Forumnono Carl Trueman and Darryl G. Hart and K. Scott Oliphint and Lane G. Tipton and Mark Garcia and Sandy Finlayson and Winston Smith God… With Us http://reformedforum.org/ctc205/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc205/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:03 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1779 Read more→]]> Dr. K. Scott Oliphint speaks about the doctrine of God and his book God with Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, PA. In this episode, he entertains several general questions about the doctrine of God before moving to a more pointed discussion of how an infinite, eternal, and immutable God can create and then relate to that creation.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc205/feed/ 77 52:20Dr. K. Scott Oliphint speaks about the doctrine of God and his book God with Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, PA. In this Dr. K. Scott Oliphint speaks about the doctrine of God and his book God with Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, PA. In this Attributes, Camden Bucey, Christ the Center, Jared Oliphint, Jonathan Brack, K. Scott Oliphint, Systematic Theology, Theology (Proper)Reformed Forumnono K. Scott Oliphint The Clark/Van Til Controversy http://reformedforum.org/ctc163/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc163/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:51 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1531 Read more→]]> K. Scott Oliphint explores the issue of divine and human knowledge as it relates to the Clark/Van Til controversy. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary and is the author of several books on apologetics including Reasons for Faith and The Battle Belongs to the Lord.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc163/feed/ 188 56:02K. Scott Oliphint explores the issue of divine and human knowledge as it relates to the Clark/Van Til controversy. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary and is the author of several books on aK. Scott Oliphint explores the issue of divine and human knowledge as it relates to the Clark/Van Til controversy. Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary and is the author of several books on aApologetic Method, Apologetics, Camden Bucey, Christ the Center, Church History, Epistemology, Featured, Jared Oliphint, K. Scott OliphintReformed Forumnono K. Scott Oliphint Highlights from 2010 http://reformedforum.org/ctc155/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc155/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:00:54 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1488 Read more→]]>
Today we finish our third full year of Christ the Center episodes. And to date we’ve been able to bring you a new episode every Friday since we began three years ago. It has become our tradition to close each year with a brief selection of highlights from the year’s episodes. And so today we’re bringing you clips from eight different episodes that we think provide a decent representation of the types of discussions we have on Christ the Center.
]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc155/feed/ 0 1:06:10 Today we finish our third full year of Christ the Center episodes. And to date we've been able to bring you a new episode every Friday since we began three years ago. It has become our tradition to close each year with a brief selection of highlights Today we finish our third full year of Christ the Center episodes. And to date we've been able to bring you a new episode every Friday since we began three years ago. It has become our tradition to close each year with a brief selection of highlights Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Chad Van Dixhoorn, Christ the Center, Daniel Kunkle, Danny Olinger, Darryl G. Hart, Featured, Jared Oliphint, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, Jonathan Brack, K. Scott Oliphint, Nick Batzig, Peter A. LillbackReformed Forumnono Carl Trueman and Chad Van Dixhoorn and Daniel Kunkle and Danny Olinger and Darryl G. Hart and K. Scott Oliphint and Peter A. Lillback and Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Natural Theology http://reformedforum.org/ctc140/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc140/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:00:11 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1395 Read more→]]> The idea of natural theology has been much debated.  One’s understanding regarding the project of natural theology will inevitably impact substantially one’s apologetic methodology and epistemology.

K. Scott Oliphint and James Dolezal visit the Reformed Forum studio to discuss natural theology.  Michael Sudduth’s book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology (Burlington: Ashgate, 2009) will act as the foil of the discussion.  The book is in the Ashgate “Philosophy of Religion” series edited by Paul Helm and Linda Zagzebski.

In The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology Sudduth identifies three main categories in the world of Reformed objections to natural theology: objections from the immediacy of our knowledge of God, the noetic effects of sin, and the logic of theistic arguments.  While recognizing various forms of natural theology, Sudduth argues that none of the main Reformed objections are successful against the project of natural theology itself.

The foundation for Sudduth’s book was laid in his 1996 D.Phil. dissertation at the University of Oxford.  In that work, Sudduth attempted “to synthesize the Reformed epistemology of Alvin Plantinga and features of the evidentialist tradition with its emphasis on natural theology – rational arguments for the existence and nature of God.” (Sudduth, Preface)  The book is even titled after Plantinga’s 1980 paper of the same title.

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]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc140/feed/ 19 54:24The idea of natural theology has been much debated.  One's understanding regarding the project of natural theology will inevitably impact substantially one's apologetic methodology and epistemology. K. Scott Oliphint and James Dolezal visit the ReformThe idea of natural theology has been much debated.  One's understanding regarding the project of natural theology will inevitably impact substantially one's apologetic methodology and epistemology. K. Scott Oliphint and James Dolezal visit the ReformApologetics, Camden Bucey, Christ the Center, Featured, James Dolezal, K. Scott Oliphint, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Systematic Theology, Theology (Proper)Reformed Forumnono K. Scott Oliphint Apologetics and Systematic Theology in the Thought of Van Til http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-systematic-theology-in-thought-of-van-til/ http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-systematic-theology-in-thought-of-van-til/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:06 +0000 Kipton Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1358 Read more→]]> The Christ the Center panelists engage Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, in a wide-ranging discussion about Cornelius Van Til and the recent publication of th fourth edition of his The Defense of the Faith .  Dr. Oliphint, who is arguably the most authoritative expert on Van Til, shares about the historical context which gave rise to this book, including disputes with individuals connected with Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, and what is now Kuyper College, in the 1950s concerning common grace and philosophical idealism.  Much of the material in the original edition of the book that evinced this debate was removed in subsequent editions and has now been restored and amply expanded with a helpful introduction and explanatory notes.  Of special interest is the discussion of Van Til’s connection with Reformed Scholasticism and Herman Bavinck through his doctrine of analogy.  When all is said and done, it comes down to this: Van Til was simply applying orthodox Reformed theology to apologetics.

Panel

  • K. Scott Oliphint
  • Jeff Waddington
  • Jim Cassidy
  • James Dolezal
  • Camden Bucey

Bibliography

Bahnsen, Greg L. Van Til’s Apologetic: Readings and Analysis . P & R Publishing, 1998.

Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 1: Prolegomena . Baker Academic, 2003.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation . Vol. 2. Reformed Dogmatics. Baker Academic, 2004.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ . Baker Academic, 2006.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation . Baker Academic, 2008.

Bristley, Eric D. A Guide to the Writings of Cornelius Van Til, 1895-1987 . Chicago: Olive Tree Communications, 1995.

Johnson, Gary L. W., and Ronald N. Gleason. Reforming or Conforming? : Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church . Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2008.

Kim, Seyoon. Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke . Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.

Letham, Robert. The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology And Worship . P & R Publishing, 2005.

Muether, John. Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman . Phillipsburg N.J.: P&R Pub., 2007.

Muller, Richard A. Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725 . 2nd ed. Baker Academic, 2003.

Rehnman, Sebastian. Divine Discourse: The Theological Methodology of John Owen . Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.

Sproul, R. C., John H. Gerstner, and Arthur. Lindsley. Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics . Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1984.

Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology 3 vol. set . P & R Publishing, 1997.

Van Til, Cornelius. A Survey of Christian Epistemology . 2nd ed. Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1980.

—. Christian Apologetics . 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2003.

—. Christian-Theistic Evidences . Philadelphia: Westminster Theological Seminary, 1961.

—. Common Grace and the Gospel . Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1973.

—. Defense of the Faith . P & R Publishing, 1967.

—. “God and the Absolute,” 1927.

—. Introduction to Systematic Theology: Prolegomena and the Doctrines of Revelation, Scripture, and God . 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2007.

—. The Defense of the Faith . 4th ed. Phillipsburg N.J.: P & R Pub., 2008.

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]]> http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-systematic-theology-in-thought-of-van-til/feed/ 2 4:45The Christ the Center panelists engage Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, in a wide-ranging discussion about Cornelius Van Til and the recent publication of th fourtThe Christ the Center panelists engage Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, in a wide-ranging discussion about Cornelius Van Til and the recent publication of th fourtApologetics, James Dolezal, K. Scott Oliphint, Reformed Forum Express, Systematic TheologyReformed Forumnono K. Scott Oliphint Youth and Campus Ministry http://reformedforum.org/youth-and-campus-ministry/ http://reformedforum.org/youth-and-campus-ministry/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:23 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=1008 Dr. Scott Oliphint explains his own experience in youth ministry and the practicality of a seminary education for youth and campus ministers.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/youth-and-campus-ministry/feed/ 0 K. Scott Oliphint Apologetics and Doctrine of Scripture, Part 3 of 3 http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-3-of-3/ http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-3-of-3/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:00:49 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=952 Read more→]]> Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, talks about how we are to relate philosophy, apologetics, and doctrine of Scripture to each other.  This is the third of three parts.  Parts one and two are also available.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-3-of-3/feed/ 0 K. Scott Oliphint Apologetics and Doctrine of Scripture, Part 2 of 3 http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-2-of-3/ http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-2-of-3/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:01:21 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=951 Read more→]]> Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, talks about how we are to relate philosophy, apologetics, and doctrine of Scripture to each other.  This is part two of three.  Part one is also available.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-2-of-3/feed/ 1 K. Scott Oliphint Apologetics and Doctrine of Scripture, Part 1 of 3 http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-1-of-3/ http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-1-of-3/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:28:28 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=938 Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, talks about how we are to relate philosophy, apologetics, and doctrine of Scripture to each other.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/apologetics-and-doctrine-of-scripture-part-1-of-3/feed/ 2 K. Scott Oliphint Christian Essentialism http://reformedforum.org/ctc97/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc97/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:37 +0000 Camden Bucey http://reformedforum.org/?p=861 Read more→]]> K. Scott Oliphint returns to Christ the Center to discuss God’s attributes.  Understanding God as He is related to creation is no doubt a complicated task.  Traditionally, theologians have spoken of God’s attributes using the communicable/incommunicable distinction.  While this remains a helpful distinction, Oliphint presents another distinction more closely tied to covenantal theology.  Dr. Oliphint is Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westmister Theological Seminary and is the author of Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology.

]]> http://reformedforum.org/ctc97/feed/ 15 48:00K. Scott Oliphint returns to Christ the Center to discuss God's attributes.  Understanding God as He is related to creation is no doubt a complicated task.  Traditionally, theologians have spoken of God's attributes using the communicable/incommunicableK. Scott Oliphint returns to Christ the Center to discuss God's attributes.  Understanding God as He is related to creation is no doubt a complicated task.  Traditionally, theologians have spoken of God's attributes using the communicable/incommunicableApologetics, Camden Bucey, Christ the Center, Featured, K. Scott Oliphint, Metaphysics, Nick Batzig, Philosophy, Systematic TheologyReformed Forumnono K. Scott Oliphint The Defense of the Faith http://reformedforum.org/ctc36/ http://reformedforum.org/ctc36/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:01 +0000 Camden Bucey http://www.castlechurch.org/?p=371 Read more→]]> The Christ the Center panelists engage Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, in a wide-ranging discussion about Cornelius Van Til and the recent publication of th fourth edition of his The Defense of the Faith .  Dr. Oliphint, who is arguably the most authoritative expert on Van Til, shares about the historical context which gave rise to this book, including disputes with individuals connected with Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, and what is now Kuyper College, in the 1950s concerning common grace and philosophical idealism.  Much of the material in the original edition of the book that evinced this debate was removed in subsequent editions and has now been restored and amply expanded with a helpful introduction and explanatory notes.  Of special interest is the discussion of Van Til’s connection with Reformed Scholasticism and Herman Bavinck through his doctrine of analogy.  When all is said and done, it comes down to this: Van Til was simply applying orthodox Reformed theology to apologetics.
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Panel

  • K. Scott Oliphint
  • Jeff Waddington
  • Jim Cassidy
  • James Dolezal
  • Camden Bucey

Bibliography

Bahnsen, Greg L. Van Til’s Apologetic: Readings and Analysis . P & R Publishing, 1998.

Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 1: Prolegomena . Baker Academic, 2003.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation . Vol. 2. Reformed Dogmatics. Baker Academic, 2004.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ . Baker Academic, 2006.

—. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation . Baker Academic, 2008.

Bristley, Eric D. A Guide to the Writings of Cornelius Van Til, 1895-1987 . Chicago: Olive Tree Communications, 1995.

Johnson, Gary L. W., and Ronald N. Gleason. Reforming or Conforming? : Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church . Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2008.

Kim, Seyoon. Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke . Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.

Letham, Robert. The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology And Worship . P & R Publishing, 2005.

Muether, John. Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman . Phillipsburg N.J.: P&R Pub., 2007.

Muller, Richard A. Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725 . 2nd ed. Baker Academic, 2003.

Rehnman, Sebastian. Divine Discourse: The Theological Methodology of John Owen . Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.

Sproul, R. C., John H. Gerstner, and Arthur. Lindsley. Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics . Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1984.

Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology 3 vol. set . P & R Publishing, 1997.

Van Til, Cornelius. A Survey of Christian Epistemology . 2nd ed. Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1980.

—. Christian Apologetics . 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2003.

—. Christian-Theistic Evidences . Philadelphia: Westminster Theological Seminary, 1961.

—. Common Grace and the Gospel . Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1973.

—. Defense of the Faith . P & R Publishing, 1967.

—. “God and the Absolute,” 1927.

—. Introduction to Systematic Theology: Prolegomena and the Doctrines of Revelation, Scripture, and God . 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2007.

—. The Defense of the Faith . 4th ed. Phillipsburg N.J.: P & R Pub., 2008.

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