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We welcome Eli Ayala, host of Revealed Apologetics, to discuss Christian apologetics in the digital public square. Drawing an analogy to the Areopagus of Acts 17, Camden Bucey and Ayala consider YouTube’s remarkable reach, its dangers, the spiritual dimension of apologetics, the union of biblical content and method, current movements in online apologetics, and the pastoral task of guiding young people who encounter theology online.
Ayala recounts his path from a Spanish Pentecostal upbringing to Reformed theology and presuppositional apologetics, including the decisive influence of the Greg Bahnsen–Gordon Stein debate. He also explains the origins of Revealed Apologetics and reflects on the opportunities and distortions created by algorithmic media.
Links
Episode page
Revealed Apologetics
Revealed Apologetics on YouTube
Defending Our Hope

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:03 YouTube as the Modern Areopagus
3:43 Eli Ayala’s Background and Work
8:39 Spiritual Warfare and Apologetics
12:47 An Apologetic Awakening
17:06 The Bahnsen–Stein Debate and Presuppositionalism
20:42 The Origins of Revealed Apologetics
25:35 YouTube’s Promise and Peril
36:31 Biblical Content, Method, and Character
43:13 The Online Apologetics Landscape
47:33 Eastern Orthodoxy and Presuppositionalism
49:32 Islam and Christian Apologetics Online
50:52 Roman Catholic Apologetics Online
54:11 Guiding Young People through Online Theology
1:01:13 Conclusion

On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss Daniel's corporate prayer of confession in chapter 9.
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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 fifth 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 Modern Christological Errors
00:57 Liberal Historicism and Schleiermacher
11:24 Karl Barth’s Higher-Order Historicism
27:05 Traditional Kenotic Christology
38:35 Bruce McCormack’s Actualized Kenotic Christology
51:47 Charles Hartshorne and Process Christology
1:00:59 A Taxonomy of Modern Departures
1:03:20 The Christological Crisis and the Gospel
1:05:42 The Confessional Christ of Scripture
1:07:10 Recovering Reformed Christology

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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We welcome Andrea Ferrari to discuss his book The Fall and Redemption of Conscience: A Reformed Biblical Theology. Ferrari, pastor of the Chiesa Riformata di Perugia in Italy, explains why conscience has received comparatively little attention in modern Protestant theology and considers the influence of psychology, Karl Barth, John Webster, and John Calvin on contemporary accounts of conscience.
The conversation develops a biblical and theological account of conscience from creation to new creation. Ferrari addresses whether Adam possessed a conscience before the fall, the Old Testament vocabulary of heart, kidneys, and clean hands, Calvin’s sensus divini judicii, the Trinitarian basis of human self-awareness, and the effects of justification and sanctification upon a guilty conscience. The episode concludes with practical implications for preaching, counseling, and the Christian life, along with an update on Ferrari’s ministry in Perugia.
Links
Episode page
The Fall and Redemption of Conscience
Chiesa Riformata di Perugia

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:12 Andrea Ferrari’s Ministry in Perugia
12:43 A New Study Center near the University
19:11 The Fall and Redemption of Conscience
24:33 Why Conscience Disappeared from Modern Theology
28:41 Karl Barth and General Revelation
32:12 Did Adam Have a Conscience before the Fall?
49:27 Conscience in the Old Testament
58:53 Defining Conscience as Perceptual Awareness
64:23 Calvin’s Sensus Divini Judicii
65:27 The Trinitarian Context of Conscience
74:23 The Fallen Conscience and the Imagination
80:10 Training the Senses in Hebrews 5:14
81:47 The Justified Conscience
86:43 Sanctification and the Healing of Conscience
93:23 Pastoral Counseling and Preaching to the Conscience
100:02 Ministry Reflections and Conclusion

This is the fourth 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 Orthodox Christology
02:19 Westminster Confession of Faith 8.2
06:27 The Son’s Assumption of a True Human Nature
13:55 The Hypostatic Union
17:30 Ancient Christological Errors
18:17 Arianism
25:13 Docetism
28:29 Nestorianism
35:41 Apollinarianism
40:12 Eutychianism
45:22 Ebionitism and Adoptionism
48:04 Chalcedon and Its Refinements
50:42 The Enhypostatic Humanity of Christ
52:53 Christ’s Two Wills and Two Operations

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/
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