David VanDrunen explained it very well and clearly during his inaugural address yesterday at WSC. In the photo to the left, Bob Strimple, whom David is succeeding as the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, gives a powerful . . . Continue reading →
David VanDrunen
Paul Helm on Natural Law
At Helm’s Deep.
Schreiner-VanDrunen Baptism Debate Audio
Here. Thanks to Vaclav Petrik for letting us know about the online audio.
Godfrey and VanDrunen Reply to Garcia
This post first appeared on the old HB (now defunct) in December, 2007. It re-appears just because the old HB is being phased out entirely. —
Highlights from the Latest Ordained Servant
WSC alumnus, pastor of Pilgrim Presbyterian Church in Dover, NH, and PhD candidate Dave Holmlund reviews a volume by WSC’s incoming Academic Dean, John Fesko in the latest issue of Ordained Servant. The truth is that the “burn-out” rate for pastors is . . . Continue reading →
New Office Hours: David VanDrunen on Bioethics and the Christian Life
There’s an Office Hours special today with Dr David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics. It’s available now online and on iTunes. He has a new book just out Bioethics and the Christian Life. David has written . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Meet Dave VanDrunen
On Today’s episode of Office Hours, the podcast of Westminster Seminary California, David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, talks about upbringing, how he became a minister, his training at WSC, and his research into the biblical, . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Godfrey and VanDrunen on Christ, Kingdom and Culture
In today’s episode of Office Hours, W. Robert Godfrey, President and Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary California and David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics talk about the upcoming WSC Faculty Conference, “Christ, Kingdom, and . . . Continue reading →
Natural Law and Two Kingdoms in Stereo (Updated)
The book is now in the bookstore. You can order your copy from The Bookstore at WSC. If you have been wondering what all the discussion about “two kingdoms” and “natural law” is about, here’s the book for you. To accompany the . . . Continue reading →
It’s Commencement Week 2010 at Westminster Seminary California
The last week of the Spring semester is always chock full of activity at WSC. It’s the last week of final exams. It’s also the week we hold the annual MA (Historical Theology) Thesis Defense, board meetings, and, of course, commencement exercises.
Always Reformed: Essays in Honor of W. Robert Godfrey
UPDATE 6 October 2010 Listen to the audio from yesterday’s presentation of the volume to Bob. Hywel Jones spoke as did Bob. § ORIGINAL POST 5 OCT 2010 It’s been a special day at Westminster Seminary in California. Joel Kim and I . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: VanDrunen on Living in God’s Two Kingdoms
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and RSS. David VanDrunen talks about his new book, Living in God’s Two Kingdoms. Here is the episode. This episode is available now on iTunes. We’re taking calls at 760 480 8477. . . . Continue reading →
Get Justified!
Our friends at Modern Reformation have had a baby, as it were: Justified: Modern Reformation Essays on Justification. This is a collection of outstanding essays on the doctrine of justification by Mike Horton, R. C. Sproul, Simon Gathercole, David VanDrunen, John Fesko, . . . Continue reading →
Horton and VanDrunen on Apostasy
Office Hours Takes on Hebrews 6
Mike Horton and Dave VanDrunen join Office Hours this week to discuss one of the more challenging passages in Hebrews and perhaps in the New Testament: Hebrews 5:11–6:12. I hope you’ll listen and share this episode with others. If you’re just joining the series, . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours Season 4 Thus Far
The Season 4 series of Office Hours entitled “Jesus is Really Better” is past the halfway mark! If you haven’t been tuning in, now is the time to do so! Grab your bible and follow along as we work through the book . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: David VanDrunen on Hebrews 12
Hebrews 12 is a vital chapter in the book. In it we get a clearer sense of the challenges they faced, the persecution they were experiencing for Christ’s sake, and the temptation they had to overcome by God’s grace. The pastor invokes . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours Season 5—New Life In The Shadow Of Death: Defining Sanctification
In season 5 of Office Hours we’re focusing on the biblical, Christian, confessional doctrine and practice of sanctification, the process of being made holy, of being brought into gradual conformity to Christ by the grace of the Spirit through dying to sin . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Divine Covenants And Moral Order
In the 16th and 17th centuries, indeed, from the 2nd century until the 20th century there was little question among Christians whether God has revealed his moral law in nature and in the conscience. In the 20th century, however, that verity came to . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: The Importance Of Wisdom
Foolishness has been a part of the human condition since the fall but it was not that way in the beginning. We were made to be wise by knowing and obeying God. After the fall, by grace alone, through faith alone, we . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Aquinas Among The Protestants
Thomas Aquinas (c.1224–74) was one of the most important Christian teachers in the period and though he was eclipsed in the centuries after, his work returned to prominence in the 16th–19th centuries particularly among Roman theologians, for whom Thomas became the theologian . . . Continue reading →