Reforming Apologetics

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

John V. Fesko is the current Academic Dean and professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary California…but, he’s packing up and getting ready to move to Jackson, MS where he’ll be teaching at Reformed Theological Seminary. The team rolls up its proverbial sleeves and gives Fesko a hand with the boxes, while carrying out a conversation about his latest, “Reforming Apologetics”.The professor addresses his exploration of classical reformed theology, and some of the views held by Cornelius Van Til that distanced him from the confessional tradition. Is God the starting point for all knowledge? How do the Reformed confessions approach the topic? Is Fesko going back to the “vomit of Rome”, as some would say, or is the light of nature an important truth to be considered?Register for an opportunity to win a free copy of Reforming Apologetics: Retrieving the Classic Approach to Defending the Faith. The books are a complimentary gift of Baker Academics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count.
0:21.9	With Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird, Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.8	Let's join this week's conversation. Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:45.8	The usual teams are all here.
0:47.6	Amy Bird, the token woman.
0:50.2	Todd Pruitt, the token PCA pastor, and me, Carl Truman, the token cultured and intelligent
0:56.0	individual on the podcast. Today, we're very privileged to have a special guest, also a personal
1:02.1	friend. This man actually was, I first encountered him as his internal doctoral examiner at the
1:10.2	University of Aberdeen in 1998, where myself and the late
1:15.0	David Wright examined his PhD dissertation on infrolaps and superlapsarianism in the
1:22.2	reformed tradition.
1:23.9	Interesting.
1:24.7	He's since gone on to great things.
1:26.4	He's the author of many books,
1:27.9	including most recently, a book we want to talk to him about today, Reforming Apologetics,
1:33.8	retrieving the classic reformed approach to defending the faith, published by Baker Academic Press.
1:40.8	In a sense, he probably needs no introduction to many of our listeners. He is, of course,
1:44.8	John Fesco, academic dean and professor of systematic theology and historical theology
1:49.7	at Westminster Seminary in California, transitioning to being Professor of Systematic
1:55.6	theology and historical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary at their Jackson, Mississippi campus.
2:02.3	Great to have you with us, John.
2:04.1	It's fantastic to be with you guys.
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