Cornelis Venema

2019 Highlights

Since Christ the Center began nearly twelve years ago, we have taken time to look back on the highlights of the year. Given that we now post highlights from each episode every week we have taken an analytic approach. These are this year’s top ten clips from Christ the Center as determined by YouTube views.

Episode 614 — Bracy Hill, Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
Episode 600 — Glen Clary, Praying in Tongues
Episode 580 — Camden Bucey, Liberation Theology
Episode 603 — Cornelis Venema, Karl Barth and the Doctrine of Election
Episode 600 — Glen Clary, What Is Cessationism?
Episode 598 — Christopher Watkin, The Problem of the One and Many
Episode 603 — Cornelis Venema, Augustine and Pelagius
Episode 578 — Carl Trueman, Luther and Zwingli at Marburg
Episode 619 — Alan Strange and Brian DeJong, The Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the United Reformed Churches in North America
Episode 613 — Will Wood, Schools of Biblical Criticism

Participants: Alan Strange, Bracy Hill, Brian DeJong, Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Christopher Watkin, Cornelis Venema, Glen Clary, Will Wood

Camden Bucey - December 27, 2019 - Apologetics, Church History, Practical Theology, Systematic Theology - No Comments

The Doctrine of Election

Dr. Cornelis Venema speaks about the doctrine of election. His book, Chosen in Christ: Revisiting the Contours of Predestination, is available in Mentor’s Reformed, Exegetical, and Doctrinal Studies series. Venema addresses the subject from exegetical, historical, contemporary, and pastoral vantage points. In this conversation, he addresses the doctrine of election in the Old and New Testaments, the relationship between covenant and election, the polemical discourse between Augustine and Pelagius, and the revisionist doctrine of Karl Barth.

Dr. Venema is President and Professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana. He is the author of several books, including Promise of the Future, Christ and Covenant Theology, and Children at the Lord’s Table? Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion.

Participants: Camden Bucey, Cornelis Venema

Camden Bucey - July 19, 2019 - Soteriology - No Comments

Highlights from 2016

As we head into our tenth year of Christ the Center, we look back at some of our favorite guests and moments from 2016.

Episodes

425 — David VanDrunen, God’s Glory Alone
428 — Vern Poythress, The Miracles of Jesus
441 — John Galbraith and Danny Olinger on John Galbraith’s Life and Ministry
443 — Alan Strange, Charles Hodge and the Spirituality of the Church
444 — Iain Murray, J. C. Ryle
445 — Lane Tipton, Trinity, Processions, and Missions: The Pactum Salutis
449 — Rob McKenzie and Bob Tarullo, Dispensationalism
452 — Michael Kruger, A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament
453 — Dennis Johnson, Walking withe Jesus through His Word
455 — Richard Gaffin, Jr., Calvin and the Sabbath
461 — Gregg Allison and Chris Castaldo, The Unfinished Reformation
464 — Mark Vanderhart and Cornelis Venema, The Reformed Church in Latvia
467 — Patricia Clawson and Diane Olinger, Choosing the Good Portion: Women of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church

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Participants: Adam York, Alan Strange, Camden Bucey, Chris Castaldo, Cornelis Venema, Danny Olinger, David VanDrunen, Dennis Johnson, Diane Olinger, Glen Clary, Gregg Allison, Iain Murray, Jared Oliphint, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, John Galbraith, Lane G. Tipton, Mark Vander Hart, Michael Kruger, Patricia Clawson, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo, Vern Poythress

Camden Bucey - December 30, 2016 - Christmas, Church History, Reformed Church - No Comments

The Reformed Church in Latvia

Mark Vander Hart and Cornelis P. Venema join us to speak about the Reformed church in Latvia. Mark Vander Hart is Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. Cornelis Venema is President and Professor of Doctrinal Studies. Both men have taught at Baltic Reformed Seminary in Riga, Latvia.

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Participants: Camden Bucey, Cornelis Venema, Mark Vander Hart

Camden Bucey - November 18, 2016 - Church History, Reformed Church - 5 Comments

By His Spirit and Word: How Christ Builds His Church

Cornelis P. Venema joins us to speak about his book By His Spirit and Word: How Christ Builds His Church (Reformed Fellowship, Inc.). Venema engages in an extended exposition on the doctrine of the church and its ministry as described in the historic confessions and catechisms of the Reformation churches. These confessions emphasize the church’s indispensability to the salvation of believers, for the triune God’s redemptive mission is principally effected through the ministry of the church. Dr. Venema is President and Professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana.

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Participants: Camden Bucey, Cornelis Venema

Camden Bucey - November 11, 2016 - Baptism, Lord's Supper, Preaching, Reformed Church, Sacraments, The Reformation - 3 Comments

Paedocommunion

The Christ the Center panel had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Cornelis P. Venema, president of Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana and professor of doctrinal studies, about his forthcoming book, Children at the Lord’s Table: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion, due out in March from Reformation Heritage Books. Dr. Venema discussed the causes for the rise in interest in the idea that since we baptize infants, children should also be admitted to the Lord’s table without a prior profession of faith. Following the general contours of the book, Dr. Venema addresses the historical, confessional, and biblical arguments for paedocommunion and shows why this practice is ultimately unbiblical. Whether you are for or against the admission of children to the Lord’s supper, you will appreciate both the discussion here and the book. Dr. Venema is also the author of the following books: Christ and the Future, Getting the Gospel Right, Gospel of Free Acceptance in Christ, The Promise of the Future, and Accepted and Renewed in Christ. (more…)

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Participants: Camden Bucey, Cornelis Venema, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, Lane Keister, Nick Batzig

Camden Bucey - February 13, 2009 - Ecclesiology, Practical Theology, Reformed Church, Systematic Theology - 9 Comments

2019 Highlights

The Doctrine of Election

Highlights from 2016

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The Reformed Church in Latvia

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