Red River Reformed

The Ten Commandments: Episode Ten In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the eighth commandment. The eighth commandment, "You shall not steal," God protects the material gifts and goods that he has given to persons for their sustenance and enjoyment. We are called to be content with what God provides for us as we work diligently and seek to give to others. We are being conformed to the image of Christ, who was rich beyond measure but became poor for us. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is stealing? How should we think about ownership of material goods and wealth as biblical Christians How is this commandment specifically applied throughout Old Testament case law? Where does this apply today? What underlying idolatry is addressed in the eighth commandment? What is the biblical pattern for addressing theft? Why is the principal of restitution an appropriate and useful response to the sin and crime of theft? What are the positive implications of this commandment? How does Christ and his Gospel reframe the way we think about money, wealth, and power as Christians? How is work related to this commandment? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

In this episode of After Hours we try to trace the spiritual, theological, and intellectual movements behind the sexual revolution which continues to reshape and redefine define contemporary western culture and societies. Our goal in this conversation is to understand the dominant beliefs and values of our time and place and to equip Christians to confidently and joyfully embrace God's design for our lives and for the lives of our friends and neighbours. We release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Nine In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the seventh commandment. The seventh commandment, "You shall not commit adultery," protects the covenant of marriage and orders human sexuality. Marriage–the exclusive, lifelong, and covenantal union between one man and one woman–is an icon of God's covenantal relationship to his people in Christ, who perfectly and faithfully loves his bride, the Church. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is adultery? How does the covenant of marriage relate to or image God's relationship to his people? What is the relationship between adultery and idolatry? What was God's design for marriage in creation? How should we understand the widespread practice of polygamy in the Old Testament historical books? How does Jesus expand and intensify our understanding of the seventh commandment? How does Jesus love his bride, the Church? What is required to obey this commandment at a time when pornography is so readily accessible and consent is the only ethical norm governing sexual expression? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Eight In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the sixth commandment. The sixth commandment sets the basis for our relationship and obligation to other persons, who are made in the image of God and whose lives are given and preserved by God. Murder, the willful and unjust taking of human life, bears serious consequences because the person who violates this command sets themselves up as God and destroys his image in the world. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is prohibited in the sixth commandment? What is the creational basis for this commandment? Is it ever just to take the life of another person? How does the sixth commandment establish the ethical basis for our life toward our neighbours? What is murder? Is murder the right way to translate the sixth commandment? Are all sins equal in their weight and consequence? Where do we see this commandment being regularly broken in our social and cultural context? What are the positive implications for this commandment in how we honour, protect, and cultivate life? How has the Church kept this commandment in the past? What can the Church in our time learn from this? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Seven In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the fifth commandment. In the fifth commandment, God instructs us to honour our father and mother as those whom he has given to lead, care for, and nurture us in the Lord. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What does it mean to honour our father and mother? How does this commandment relate to the right worship of God and the flourishing of human society? What are the obligations of children to their parents and parents to their children? How do we honour our parents when they sin? What are the limits of parental authority? How can we honour our parents without condoning sin or abuse? How does the New Testament expand and deepen our understanding of this commandment? Why is it important for churches to be intergenerational? What is the role of spiritual fathers and mothers in the Church, the family of God? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Six In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the fourth commandment. The fourth commandment is rooted in creation and orders the life and time of God's people around the worship and enjoyment of God in a way that points ahead to the day of resurrection and the eternal rest that God will gives his people in the new creation. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is the Sabbath day in the context of the seven-day creation narrative of Genesis 1 and 2? What is the significance of remembering the Sabbath as a positive commandment? How does the Sabbath relate to the rest of creation and God's work of forming his people? What is the eschatological significance of the Sabbath? How did Jesus keep the Sabbath? Why did the earliest Christians begin meeting on the first day of the week? How does this relate to the Sabbath? What does the Sabbath prophetically point to? What should characterize worship on the Lord's Day? What are some contemporary applications of the fourth commandment? How should we strive to enter the rest of God? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

We are taking break from our series on the Ten Commandments to introduce a new and recurring episode called Agree to Disagree, where we critically engage with an influential book, thinker, or movement in the Church and society. This week we are tackling the topic of Christian Universalism, as it is argued for in David Bentley Hart's book: That All Shall Be Saved. If you have follow up questions or suggestions for future episodes of Agree to Disagree, you can comment or email us at redriverreformed@gmail.com In this conversation we discuss: What is Christian Universalism? Who is David Bentley Hart? And, what arguments does he make for Christian Universalism? How do these arguments fall short biblically, theologically, and philosophically? Does justice have to be restorative to be just? Is the human will completely free? How does this relate to moral responsibility and God's judgment? How should we approach from the apocalyptic literature in Scripture? What God teach us in these texts? How does biblical anthropology relate to God's work of judgement and salvation in Jesus Christ? What can we learn from David Bentley Hart? How should we live in light of God's judgement? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

The Ten Commandments: Episode Five In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the third commandment. The third commandment reveals how God's people are to bear his name in their thoughts, words, deeds, and worship as his covenant people. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is the significance of God's name in Scripture? What does it mean to bear God's name? How do God's covenant people bear his name in the Old Testament? What is vanity? How do we bear God's name in vain? How does the worship and communal life of God's people affect God's reputation in the sight of the world? Why does God give his personal name to his people? How do the New Testament authors apply the name of the Lord to the person and work of Jesus? What is baptism? And, how is baptism an essential part of Christian life and discipleship? What are the blessings and obligations of bearing God's name in the world as his covenant people? What are some contemporary applications of the third commandment? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Four In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the second commandment, which protects the right worship of God by forbidding the worship of images that represent God or anything else in creation. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: How are the first two commandments related? Can you have good intentions and still worship God in a way that is sinful and destructive? What is not forbidden by the second commandment? What is forbidden by the second commandment? Why does God give his people this law? How has this law been applied (or misapplied) in the history of the Church and its worship? If we are not to worship God using images, how does God intend his people to grow and receive his revelation? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Three In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the first commandment, which requires us to worship the one true God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength and to not give our worship and allegiance to any other gods or idols. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What is the context for the first commandment? What God require of us in the first commandment? What is God's jealousy? Why is this a good thing? How can we love God with an undivided heart? What is the biblical relationship between love and allegiance? How does the New Testament expand our understanding of the first commandment? How does the revelation of the Trinity inform our worship? What is idolatry? What does idolatry do to us as humans? How can we repent of idolatry and grow in undivided worship of the one true God? What are the contemporary applications of this passage? Why should we critically approach visual and artistic depictions of Jesus Christ? How should we evaluate these works? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode Two Welcome to the second season of Red River Reformed! In this season, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we finish introducing the Ten Commandments by discussing the different types of Law in Scripture and the ways that God's Law functions in Christian life and theology. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What are the two "tables" of the Law? How does God's Law relate to the great commandments to love God and to love our neighbour as ourselves? What are the types of law within the Old Testament? How did Jesus and the Apostles read and apply the Law? How does the Law function in Christian life and theology? What is antinomianism? Why is it such a problem and how can it be addressed in the life of the Church? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

The Ten Commandments: Episode One Welcome to the second season of Red River Reformed! In this season, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we begin introducing the Ten Commandments by discussing the nature of God's Law in the biblical story and its relevance for Christian life and theology. We will release episodes weekly on Tuesdays. If you have questions comment or email us! (redriverreformed@gmail.com) We will do a mailbag episode at the end of the season. Here are some questions we discuss in this episode: What comes to mind when we think about the Law? Why do we need to pay attention to God's Law? How does God's Law relate to our nature and to our relationships within God's creation order? How does God's Law function to protect and preserve the freedom that God's gives to his people? What is the relationship between God's redemptive work and the giving of his Law to his people? How does God form his covenant people through his Law? Why is the Law a gift to us, his people? What is the danger of antinomianism (a rejection of the Law) in the Church and in the world? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/daniel-robinson/ride-or-die

We decided to wrap up Season One of Red River Reformed by discussing some fantastic listener questions. Season Two of Red River Reformed will focus on the Ten Commandments. Make sure to subscribe so that you get notified when we begin posting new episodes. Here are the questions we discuss in this episode: What does it mean when we say God “condescends”? How does The Fall impact the dominion we are to hold over the whole earth? Does dominion over the earth mean all of creation or just this planet? In S1.E2 we discussed “subduing”. Subduing implies a struggle against an undesired state of being for that which we subdue. What state of being is being subdued? And why is this state being resisted? In S1.E3 we discussed how God didn’t “need” Creation. Human motivation is often defined by needs fulfilled and unfulfilled. How do we possibly understand the motivations of God who needs nothing? Do you think general revelation makes worship obligatory? what of the “un-elect”? Are they obliged to worship? Would not their praise be meaningless? Aside from His unbound sovereignty, is it God’s unblemished righteousness that makes Him the only being fit to judge all things? Would pre-Fall Adam have been fit to judge things? In Anglican liturgy, why are we encouraged to “boldly” say the Lord’s Prayer? In our discussions about art, beauty, and subcreation we talked a lot about beauty in our lives as Christians. What is the role of beauty in the life of the Church? Should our churches and our worship be beautiful? Why? What do we think about penal substitution? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Eight On this episode we discuss the Sabbath as the culmination of the biblical creation narrative, the purpose of the Sabbath within the creation order, and the ongoing significance of the Sabbath for our life and witness as Christians and as the Church. Here are some questions we discuss: What is the Sabbath? How does the Sabbath help us understand and live in time as the people of God? What kinds of work can and should be done on the Sabbath? What should be avoided on the Sabbath? Why is Sabbath keeping both a joy and a duty for us as the people of God? What is the Sabbath meant to teach us about God's providence and our place in the world? How can Sabbath reform us as Christians and strengthen our prophetic witness to the world? This wraps up Season One of Red River Reformed. Thanks for listening! Next week we will do a mailbag question, responding to listener questions, before getting to work on Season Two where we will discuss the Ten Commandments. If you have found these discussions interesting or helpful, please subscribe, leave a 5-star rating, and share the podcast with others who are interested in having honest conversations about God, his Word, his Church, and his world, as we work together to build up the Church in Winnipeg and beyond. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

On this after hours episode, we have a little fun. Nic curated a list of 20 theologians from various Christian traditions for Will and Jerome to sort into a trendy-tier list from "S" to "F" and everything in between. This is one of the first episodes we recorded together. We hope you have some laughs while learning something about the history of Christian theology and its theologians. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Seven On this episode we discuss God's providence, his work of sustaining and governing all things in creation. Here are some questions we discuss: How does God relate to creation? Does God continue to actively work in the world that he has made? Why is this question important? Why does God care about the details of our lives? What is the doctrine of God's providence? Is there a limit to God's governing and sustaining work? What kinds of attitudes, dispositions, and actions should a knowledge of God's providence create? Our series on the doctrine of creation is almost finished! We have one more episode of the Sabbath and may do a special mailbag episode to wrap things up. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Six On this episode we discuss a Christian understand of art that is grounded in a biblical understanding of creation. Here are some questions we discuss: Why should Christians care about art? How does God use beauty to teach and form us? What makes a work of art objectively beautiful? How can the Church reclaim the pursuit of excellence in art that glorifies God? How does art shape our desires? How does art in a particular time and place reflect the cultural and philosophical movements of its time? How should we seek to find a create beautiful art as followers of Jesus? Our series on the doctrine of creation will continue in future episodes. We will cover topics like the creation and providence, and the Sabbath. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

After hours is the time that we take a break from our series to chat about something we find interesting. In this After Hours episode, we talk about the doctrine of creation in the literature of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, particularly Tolkien's Legendarium, including the Silmarillion and Lord of the Rings, and the Chronicles of Narnia. If you have not read these books before, what are you waiting for? They could change your life and kindle your imagination to see God's world and read his Word in a much richer way. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Five We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing the theme of sub-creation. This is how we, as human beings, participate in God's creative work by shaping and forming what God has made in a way that ennobles creation by drawing out greater truth, goodness, and beauty to the glory of God. Here are some questions we discuss: What is sub-creation? What do we learn about sub-creation in Genesis 2? What makes a human creation good? Will there be continuity between this world and God's new creation? What does this mean for our creative work? How does our creative work relate to our identity and vocation as God's image bearers? How can we help our families and churches appreciate and create true, good, and beautiful things? What makes a creative work last for generations? Our series on the doctrine of creation will continue in future episodes. We will cover topics like the sabbath, creation and art, and eschatology in relation to creation. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Four We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing the essence of the image of God, the history of how the image of God has been interpreted in the Church, the vocation of humanity as God's image bearers in creation, and the ethical implications of the universal image of God in humanity. Here are some questions we discuss: What is the essence of the image of God in humanity? How has the image of God been understood? And, what are the implications of these approaches? Can a human being lose the image of God? What does it mean to be conformed to the image of Christ? What is Christian humanism? How does the image of God relate to our human vocation? What are the ethical and relational implications of the image of God in humanity? Why is biblical anthropology good news for us and for contemporary western culture? Our series on the doctrine of creation will continue in future episodes. We will cover topics like the sub-creation, sabbath, and eschatology in relation to creation. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/hit-the-road License code: GK64UVIEP6WBBIJD