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We welcome Matthew Adams, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Dillon, South Carolina, to discuss his book Act Like a Man: Understanding the Biblical Call to Masculinity, published by Christian Focus. Adams argues for a vision of manhood grounded in Scripture and formed by the Holy Spirit rather than by cultural capitulation, reactionary posturing, or online personality-driven models of masculinity.
The conversation considers why the doctrine of Scripture and the work of the Spirit must come before any faithful account of biblical masculinity. Adams unfolds five marks of manhood—righteous living, sacrificial love, dependent leadership, courageous zeal, and humble servanthood—using David's life as both a positive and negative example that ultimately points to Christ. The episode also addresses contemporary challenges in the church, the need for fathers and elders to disciple younger men, and the importance of presence, faithfulness, and generational responsibility in the home and covenant community.
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Resources mentioned
Act Like a Man: Understanding the Biblical Call to Masculinity by Matthew Adams
Christian Focus Publications
Reformed Forum Events
Reformed Academy
Participants: Camden Bucey, Matthew Adams

This is the sixth lesson in Dr. James J. Cassidy's Reformed Academy course, The Gospel of John: A Study in the Truth. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 Faithful Witness under Persecution
03:24 The Disciples' Sorrow and Jesus's Provision
08:01 Pentecost and the Giving of the Spirit
11:13 The Church's Witness and the Spirit's Work of Conviction
18:28 The Inspired and Infallible Word of God
23:49 Sorrow Turned to Joy
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Camden Bucey and Ryan Noha sit down at Reformed Forum headquarters in Libertyville, Illinois, for a special ministry update. They discuss upcoming events, new and forthcoming Reformed Academy courses, publishing projects, international translation efforts, and ways listeners can pray for and partner with Reformed Forum.
This update includes information about the OPC General Assembly, the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, the PCA General Assembly meetup in Louisville, the Greenville Seminary summer seminar on apologetics and evangelism, the Birmingham seminar on discovering Christ in all of Scripture, the 2026 Reformed Forum Theology Conference, and the Christ the Center 1000th episode celebration in Austin, Texas.
Chapters
0:00 Welcome and purpose for this update
1:14 Upcoming events and the OPC General Assembly
2:48 Christian identity and OPC history course
4:05 Rome Scholars and Leaders Network
5:55 PCA General Assembly meetup in Louisville
7:18 Greenville Seminary seminar and Defending Our Hope
10:08 Birmingham seminar on Christ in all of Scripture
11:43 2026 Reformed Forum Theology Conference
14:23 Christ the Center 1000th episode celebration
25:37 Reformed Academy: 39 free courses and active students
27:52 Reader's guides from international cohort courses
30:13 Why guided reading matters
33:32 Reformed Academy community and group study
35:20 Courses in production and the need for support
38:07 Upcoming Reformed Academy recordings
40:02 Companion books and translated resources
41:40 Partnership, prayer, and Reformed Forum's mission
44:02 Closing and how to stay connected
Participants: Camden Bucey, Ryan Noha

We welcome Matthew Vogan to discuss The Nature of the Church by John Brown of Wamphray, a concise seventeenth-century work on Presbyterian ecclesiology republished by Grange Press. Brown, a Scottish Covenanter exiled to the Netherlands, wrote with deep conviction about Christ's headship over the church, the visible and invisible church, church government, discipline, unity, and the distinction between church and state.
This conversation explores why Brown's work remains timely for pastors, elders, seminarians, and church members today. Rather than treating church government as a secondary or merely practical matter, Brown presents the church as a visible spiritual society established by Christ, governed by his Word, and ordered for the edification of his people.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:15 The Nature of the Church by John Brown of Wamphray
4:30 John Brown's life, ministry, exile, and Covenanter context
8:40 Matthew Vogan's introduction to John Brown
9:36 Brown's 32 theses and the Westminster Confession
10:54 A majestic view of Christ's church
12:33 The scope of Brown's ecclesiology
15:12 The church as a visible spiritual society
21:43 Church and state under Christ's authority
27:08 Scripture and Presbyterian church government
30:53 Brown's polemics against Erastianism, prelacy, and independency
35:00 Ministerial authority and edification
39:17 The church's spiritual government
42:14 The spirituality of the church
44:59 Key insights from Brown's work
46:06 Communion within the visible catholic church
52:21 Further reading: Durham, Gillespie, Rutherford, and Bannerman
53:55 Final thoughts on The Nature of the Church
55:00 Scottish football and closing conversation
56:57 Reformed Forum resources and conclusion
Participants
Camden Bucey
Matthew Vogan
Resources mentioned
Grange Press
The Nature of the Church by John Brown of Wamphray
Trinitarian Bible Society
Christ the Center 682: David Dickson's Sermons on Lamentations