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The 20th Century Captivity of the Church

The 20th Century Captivity of the Church

Update: 2024-02-15
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S2:E3—The 20th Century Captivity of the Church


We sit down for an interview and discussion with Matt Marino—pastor in the ARP, PhD candidate at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, professor at ⁠New Aberdeen College⁠, and proponent of Reformed Classicalism. You can find his content on his ⁠blog⁠, on his ⁠youtube⁠, at ⁠SermonAudio⁠, and via ⁠podcast⁠. Highly recommended.


In particular, we discuss and parse through the confusion of the 20th century surrounding Thomas Aquinas vs. Cornelius Van Til, Classical vs. Presuppositional Apologetics, Natural Theology & Natural Law vs. Theonomy, Worldview, Ethics, and more.


Various questions touched on:



  • Did Greek thought poison Christian thought, or is that a liberal thesis?

  • Is Cornelius Van Til historically Reformed or historically novel?

  • Is theology imperiled by denying natural revelation?

  • What critiques do Van Tillians leave themselves open to?

  • What is Fideism? Why is it a major problem?

  • Is there a fad surrounding Thomas Aquinas?

  • Why was R. C. Sproul concerned about Presuppositionalism?

  • Can Inigo Montoya teach us anything about John Frame, Greg Bahnsen, R. J. Rushdoony, and Gary North?

  • If natural law was embraced not only by Aquinas, but by Franciscus Junius, Richard Hooker, and the Reformed and Puritan tradition, why is it often rejected today?

  • What can we learn from Pietists, Boomers, Moderates, Progressives, & Baptists?

  • What is Reformed Classicalism, and why is it the answer to our 20th Century Captivity?

  • What is the expositional evasion of ethics? Why is it bad? What are its effects upon the sheep?

  • Do we need to build new institutions in order to address our declension and confusion?

  • In what ways do seminaries today fail to uphold historic Christian thought?




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The 20th Century Captivity of the Church

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