Reformed Forum

Recorded before a live audience at Cahaba Park Church during Discovering Christ in All of Scripture, a Reformed Forum seminar hosted in conjunction with Birmingham Theological Seminary, Camden Bucey moderates a panel with Dan Ragusa, Derrick Brite, and Lane G. Tipton on the importance of biblical theology for the life of the church. The panel defines biblical theology in the tradition of Geerhardus Vos, explains its organic and progressive character, and shows how the whole history of special revelation reaches its center and goal in Jesus Christ.
The conversation turns to preaching, discipleship, the unity of the covenant of grace, Christ-centered interpretation, practical resources for reading the Old Testament, and the need for churches to recover the accomplishment of redemption as the great context for every biblical passage. In the audience Q&A, the panel also addresses ministry in small and struggling churches, church revitalization, and the pilgrim ethic needed for faithful pastoral service.
Links
Episode page
Birmingham Theological Seminary
Reformed Academy

Chapters
00:00 Introduction and panel
03:55 Why biblical theology matters
09:28 Defining biblical theology
15:39 Derrick Brite’s formation and pastoral ministry
22:20 Dan Ragusa and the Dutch Reformed tradition
26:09 Biblical theology in a diverse congregation
30:09 Avoiding moralism and subjectivism
31:27 Hermeneutical foundations
35:56 The trans-testamental gospel
40:24 Christianity, liberalism, and supernatural history
43:54 God’s redemptive words and deeds
48:37 Christ, the one mediator
51:11 One gospel for Abraham and the church
52:56 Audience questions
53:23 Lane Tipton’s conversion and call to ministry
58:40 Teaching people to see Christ in the Old Testament
63:25 The exodus at the Transfiguration
67:16 Reading passages within the history of salvation
73:56 Christocentrism and Christotelism
77:11 Biblical theology and small-church ministry
82:58 The pastoral shortage and a pilgrim ethic
88:10 Conclusion

On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss Daniel's vision and interpretation of it in chapter 8.
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Join Us In Person: Four Upcoming Reformed Forum Events
Before today's episode, Camden Bucey shares four opportunities to gather with Reformed Forum in person over the coming months:
Apologetics and Evangelism Seminar — August 4–5, 2026, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taylors, SC. Camden Bucey and Carlton Wynne lecture on apologetics and evangelism for the pastor at the GPTS Summer Seminar. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/apologetics-and-evangelism-seminar-greenville-sc/
Discovering Christ in All of Scripture — August 28–29, 2026, Cahaba Park Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL. A Friday evening and Saturday morning seminar exploring how every part of Scripture reveals God's redemptive plan in Jesus Christ. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/birmingham-alabama-seminar/
2026 Annual Theology Conference — September 25–26, 2026, Lakeland Church, Gurnee, IL. The Covenant of Grace: One Savior, One People, One Purpose, featuring Dr. G. K. Beale. Early-bird pricing ends August 31. Register: https://rf26.reformedforum.org/
Christ the Center 1000th Episode Celebration — February 19–20, 2027, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX. A live recording of episode 1,000, a shared dinner, and conversations with longtime friends of the ministry. Details: https://reformedforum.org/event/christ-the-center-1000th-episode-celebration/
Seats are limited — register today at https://reformedforum.org/events

This is the third lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics:



09:15 Creation, the Image of God, and the Covenant of Works

18:45 Christ as the Last Adam and the Fulfillment of God’s Purpose

29:00 The Incarnation in God’s Eternal Decree

39:15 The Covenant of Grace and the Work of the Mediator

50:00 The Glory of Christ and the Restoration of Humanity

1:00:00 Concluding Theological Reflections




Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ


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Artificial intelligence does more than raise technical questions; it presses the deeper question of what it means to be human. Camden Bucey speaks with Jason Thacker, author of The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, about human dignity, the image of God, and the crucial distinction between a human person and a machine.
They consider how Christians can receive technology as a tool under God’s providence without confusing imitation with intelligence, convenience with communion, or productivity with personal worth. The conversation also explores how technology forms its users, why embodied life and genuine relationships matter, and how transhumanism redirects the human longing for life beyond death toward technological self-salvation.
Against both utopian promises and dystopian fear, Thacker points to the sufficiency of Scripture and the hope of the risen Christ. Christians can engage emerging technologies wisely because human identity is given by the Creator, human dignity cannot be earned or erased, and Christ remains Lord over every age.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Meet Jason Thacker
03:24 From public policy to AI ethics
06:05 Teaching ethics, philosophy, and technology
09:53 AI’s anthropological challenge
12:58 What has changed since The Age of AI?
14:55 Humanizing machines and dehumanizing people
19:55 The image of God and human dignity
25:39 AI companionship and simulated relationships
28:11 How technology forms and disciples us
34:00 Embodiment, materialism, and personal identity
42:20 Transhumanism and the longing for immortality
48:35 Engaging Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical
53:22 Technology as ecological change
54:43 Scripture, Christian hope, and the future
Learn more: https://reformedforum.org/ctc975

This is the second lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, Christology I: The Person of Christ. This lesson covers the following topics:



00:00 Introduction to the Logos Incarnandus

08:30 Eternal Generation and the Incarnation

17:30 The Eternal Decree and the Covenant of Redemption

27:00 The Son as Mediator in God’s Redemptive Plan

37:30 Scripture’s Witness to the Pre-Incarnate Christ

47:30 Theological Implications for Christology

56:00 Summary and Concluding Reflections




Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in systematic theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/christology-1-the-person-of-christ


Your donations help us provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: https://reformedforum.org/donate/


#christology #systematictheology #reformedtheology