The Westminster Podcast

How can Christians affirm a fundamental antithesis between belief and unbelief while also recognizing the genuine truth, goodness, and cultural achievements found among unbelievers?

In this archival lecture from his History and Nature of Apologetics course, Cornelius Van Til explores the Reformed doctrine of common grace and its importance for Christian apologetics. Van Til explains how God's restraint of sin allows believers and unbelievers to live and work together even while their fundamental interpretations of reality remain radically opposed. Along the way, he contrasts the Reformed position with Roman Catholicism, Arminianism, hyper-Calvinism, and neo-orthodoxy, arguing that a consistently Christian apologetic must begin with the triune God revealed in Scripture.

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What does it mean to be united to Christ? Nate Shannon is joined by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson to discuss John Murray's climactic chapter on union with Christ, the fountain from which every saving benefit flows. Along the way, Dr. Ferguson reflects on Murray's remarkable influence as a theologian and teacher, the relationship between doctrine and piety, the Christian's union with the triune God, and the transforming power of communion with Christ from eternity past to everlasting glory. If you've followed this series from the beginning, this conversation brings Murray's vision of salvation to its fitting conclusion: every blessing of redemption is ours because we are in Christ.

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Can theology ever be merely academic? In this classic lecture from 2000, David Powlison argues that every doctrine is meant to shape the way Christians live. Far from being abstract speculation, theology answers the deepest questions of the human heart, directing our hopes, confronting our fears, and teaching us to interpret life through the lens of God's Word.

Drawing from passages including Habakkuk, Romans, Hebrews, 2 Thessalonians, and especially Psalm 131, Powlison explores what it means to live by faith, quiet the restless soul, and hope in the Lord. Along the way, he demonstrates that Scripture is not just a collection of theological propositions to be mastered, but God's living Word, given to transform His people.

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Can a Christian lose his salvation? In this episode of our Redemption Accomplished and Applied series, Nate Shannon is joined by Westminster alumnus and pastor Gabe Fluhrer to explore John Murray's treatment of the perseverance of the saints. Together they examine why perseverance rests not on human resolve but on God's unchanging grace, discuss the relationship between justification and assurance, and consider how the ordinary means of grace sustain believers through seasons of doubt, temptation, and suffering. Above all, this conversation points listeners to Christ, the One who preserves His people and will surely raise them up on the last day.

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What gives the Bible its authority? In this episode we return to the Westminster archives for the opening lectures of E. J. Young's course, The Authority of Scripture. Expounding 2 Timothy 3:16, Young explains why the church's confidence in Scripture rests not on human opinion, but on the God who has breathed out his Word, offering a timeless defense of biblical authority that continues to speak with impressive clarity today.

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