Brandon Smith

Jan 20, 2025 | secundumscripturas.com | Brandon Smith

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Scott Williams of the University of North Carolina–Asheville. We discuss divine self-knowledge (3:30), Nicaea and the Trinity in the Sixth Ecumenical Council (36:02), Henry of Ghent’s contribution to trinitarian theology (58:30), and more. Read Scott’s book and visit his website. This episode is sponsored by Logos. Try the newest version for free for two months(!): www.logos.com/cg.

Jan 8, 2025 | secundumscripturas.com | Brandon Smith

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Samuel Emadi of Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church. We discuss Joseph in the history of interpretation (4:44), Joseph in biblical theology and typology (9:59), advice for preaching (48:31), and more. Read Samuel’s books. This episode is sponsored by Logos. Try the newest version for free for two months(!): www.logos.com/cg.

Oct 28, 2024 | credomag.com | Spencer McCorkel |Brandon Smith

The young, newly ordained Catholic priest stood in front of the church, ready to officiate his first mass. These priests were expected to have clean hearts before officiating—no sin unconfessed. No heart of stone unturned. But as Martin Luther began to recite the introductory portion of the mass, with the bread and wine on the altar in front of him, he almost passed out. He later recounted, “I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken.

Oct 17, 2024 | secundumscripturas.com | Brandon Smith

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Ryan Fields of Faith Evangelical Free Church. We discuss becoming a free church pastor (2:14), a definition of catholicity (7:02), a definition of and argument for a free church (11:38), catholicity in the free church (24:43), the local and eschatological implications of catholicity (37:37), and more. Buy Ryan’s book.

Aug 7, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Brandon Smith |Tim Keller |Benjamin L. Gladd |Chris Castaldo

Works like Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor and Charles Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students are commonplace reading recommendations for aspiring pastors. Rightly so. Spurgeon’s book is more than a century old, and Baxter’s dates to the 1600s. While the books may be theologically familiar, their age helps us look beyond the ecclesiology of our cultural moment—or at least keeps us from being too mesmerized by it.