Theology on the Go

One Sunday morning, after the church service ended, the late Professor John Murray of Westminster Seminary was approached by a student. “Graded our papers yet, Professor Murray?” the student asked. Murray was silent, almost certainly leaving the student bewildered and embarrassed. The next...

We all know Martin Luther. Correction – We all know something about Luther. Perhaps we know the story about the ninety-five thesis, or his great “here I stand” speech, or the perhaps apocryphal knife incident at the colloquy of Marburg. But there are some lesser known things about Luther’s life...

Join Theology on the Go host Jonathan Master as he talks with Jonty Rhodes about biblical covenants. Jonty is Minister of Christ Church Derby (International Presbyterian Church) in the United Kingdom. Pastor Rhodes is the author of a new book published with P...

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Although Whitefield’s style moderated in the years after the height of his Great Awakening preaching, his basic Calvinist convictions did not change. In the late summer of 1762 Whitefield made his annual journey to Scotland, giving his departing sermon at Edinburgh on Aaron’s blessing to the...

On this episode of Theology on the Go, Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. Carl Trueman, Paul Woolley Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary and pastor of Conerstone Presbyterian Church. Dr. Trueman is the author of many books, the most recent of which is called Luther on the...

Befitting his far-flung travels and correspondence, Whitefield’s Reformed influences ranged widely. He sought out a wider Anglo-American Calvinist network in travel, correspondence, and reading. In a letter to Ralph Erskine, Whitefield noted that he “exceedingly” liked the Scottish Presbyterian...

Whitefield’s Calvinism precipitated recurring theological feuds in his career with evangelical associates who believed in free will and the possibility of sinless perfection. By June 1739, as Whitefield was preparing for his return to America, his relationship with John Wesley – his onetime “...

At the outset of the Anglican baptismal liturgy, an eighteenth-century rector would say “Dearly beloved, for as much as all men are conceived and born in sin. . .I beseech you to call upon God.” Ask God, he urged, to show the infant mercy, and to make him part of the divine kingdom. Here the...

This week’s Theology on the Go interview is with Bruce Gordon . Dr. Gordon holds a chair in Ecclesiastical History at Yale. He is an eminent historian with many interesting insights and experiences. The topic of our conversation was simple: “Why Study Church History?” Dr. Gordon provides his own...