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Camden Bucey speaks with economist Shawn Ritenour about what makes an account of economics distinctly Christian. They discuss economic law as part of God’s created order and the biblical principles shaping stewardship, private property, labor, capital, exchange, and care for those in need. Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas provides the occasion for a searching conversation about the universal destination of goods, Big Tech, data, subsidiarity, sphere sovereignty, GDP, and human dignity.
The conversation presses beneath policy to theology. Neither markets nor governments escape the effects of sin, and material prosperity must never be confused with sanctification. Christians seek just and prudent arrangements in this age while recognizing that scarcity, exploitation, and disordered desire will not finally be overcome by human construction. The church’s hope rests in the crucified and risen Christ and the consummation of his kingdom.
Topics Discussed
Economic law, creation, and Christian stewardship
Private property, labor, capital, exchange, and human dignity
Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas and Catholic social teaching
GDP, inequality, and the common good
The universal destination of goods
Data, privacy, Big Tech, and non-rivalrous goods
Subsidiarity and Kuyperian sphere sovereignty
Universal basic income and the economic disruption of AI
Sin, scarcity, eschatology, and Christian hope

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:09 What makes economics Christian?
09:52 Economics at Grove City College
14:01 Introducing Magnifica Humanitas
19:23 GDP and the dignity of the human person
23:46 The common good, inequality, and economic law
29:36 Private property, markets, and solidarity
35:12 The universal destination of goods
43:20 Data, privacy, and non-rivalrous goods
50:21 Subsidiarity and sphere sovereignty
55:04 Big Tech, state privilege, and central banking
58:02 Labor, capital, and human worth
63:26 Universal basic income in the age of AI
72:33 Economics between the fall and the consummation
80:03 Resources and conclusion

This is the first 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 Christology: The Person of Christ

05:30 Why Christology Is Central to Christian Theology

13:30 The Three Dogmatic Aspects of the Person of Christ

22:00 Christology Throughout Scripture and Redemptive History

32:30 Ancient and Modern Christological Errors

44:00 The Course Framework and Theological Method

55:30 Why the Doctrine of Christ Matters Today




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What does it mean to cultivate a life of Reformed piety? Camden Bucey speaks with Joel Beeke about the ordinary practices by which God forms reverential love for himself in Christian homes: Scripture reading, prayer, singing, biblical meditation, family worship, and faithful participation in the church’s public worship.
Dr. Beeke explains why meditation serves as a “halfway house” between Bible reading and prayer, how deliberate meditation gives rise to spontaneous reflection throughout the day, and why small, repeated habits often bear their richest fruit over decades. The conversation offers practical encouragement for parents, spouses, pastors, and every believer who desires an integrated life of devotion—one in which home, church, and daily vocation are oriented toward the glory of God and maturity in Christ.
Topics Discussed
Reformed piety as reverential love for God
Building durable habits of family worship
Reading Scripture, praying, singing, and instructing children
Praying with one’s spouse
Deliberate and spontaneous biblical meditation
Carrying the ministry of the Word from church into the home
Preparing the family for the Lord’s Day
The long-term fruit of ordinary spiritual disciplines

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Puritan Reformed Seminary, Reformation Heritage Books, and current ministry
06:24 Recent and forthcoming books
15:05 Cultivating Reformed piety in the home
16:22 Family worship and the Family Worship Bible Guide
24:46 Prayer with one’s spouse and family
27:22 Biblical meditation between reading and prayer
34:03 Recommended writers on Reformed piety
40:04 Connecting church, home, and school
45:51 The Lord’s Day as an uninterrupted exercise of piety
51:13 Beginning family worship simply
53:58 Cultivating spontaneous prayer and spiritual conversation
55:50 Conclusion

This is the sixth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton and Rev. Adam York’s Reformed Academy course, The Unfolding Mystery: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers Chapter 9 of Edmund P. Clowney’s The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, addressing the following topics: 00:00 The Servant of the Lord in Isaiah 42 and 53
06:03 Baptism and Temptation
23:12 The Cross as the "Opportune Time"
30:58 Exile as Death
38:56 Isaiah’s Servant Songs and the Christ Hymn (Philippians 2)
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Camden Bucey speaks with Derek C. Schuurman, professor and chair of computer science at Calvin University, about Christian wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence. Drawing upon Shaping a Digital World, Schuurman explains why technology is never neutral: people shape their tools, and those tools in turn reshape habits, institutions, and communities.
The conversation sets contemporary AI within the biblical story of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. Bucey and Schuurman contrast Christian hope with technicism—the belief that technology can solve humanity’s deepest problems and build a technological heaven on earth. They also discuss human nature, transhumanism, responsible design, Christian higher education, autonomous weapons, and the need to keep human moral judgment and accountability in the loop.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:41 Derek C. Schuurman’s path from engineering to Christian higher education
08:29 Technology, cultural change, and the need for wisdom
11:45 Technology is not neutral
14:36 How tools reshape people and societies
18:08 Reading technology through creation, fall, redemption, and new creation
20:18 Two cities, two loves, and the biblical story
22:22 Babel, idolatry, and the temptation to build heaven on earth
23:21 Technicism and the promises of Silicon Valley
26:52 Transhumanism and a Christian account of humanity
29:14 Practical frameworks for responsible technological design
30:36 Dooyeweerd’s non-reductionistic view of creation
33:19 Eight norms for faithful design
37:34 Integrating Christian faith throughout education
41:21 Liberal arts, AI, and well-rounded technical formation
42:29 AI, labor, and the human calling to work
43:42 Autonomous systems, accountability, and just-war questions
45:55 Why moral judgment requires a human in the loop
49:12 Faithful presence and wise Christian vocation
51:41 Resources for engineers, designers, pastors, and parents
53:24 Calvin University’s “Wisdom in the Age of AI” conference
55:36 Conclusion

Resources
Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers
Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference, Calvin University, October 8–10, 2026
Magnifica Humanitas
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