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An Interview with Graeme Goldsworthy

(RS – 26) Broadcast Date Aug. 29, 2010 (WHI - 1012)

According to Australian theologian Graeme Goldsworthy

the gospel of Christ is the central story of the entire Bible.

But if this is the case, how then do we interpret various

Old and New Testament texts in light of that fact? On this

program, Michael Horton talks with Graeme about this

question.

Surprised by Grace

(RS – 27) Broadcast Date Sept. 5, 2010 (WHI - 1013)

On this edition, Michael Horton talks with Tullian

Tchividjian about his book Surprised by Grace: God’s

Relentless Pursuit of Rebels. The book walks readers

through the story of Jonah and provides a good example

of how to read an Old Testament text with Christ at

the center. Mike and Tullian also discuss the value of

employing a redemptive historical method of biblical

interpretation.

Almost Christian

(RS – 28) Broadcast Date Oct. 3, 2010 (WHI - 1017)

On this edition, Michael Horton talks with Princeton

Seminary professor Kenda Creasy Dean about her new

book Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers

is Telling the American Church. In her new book she

observes, “If churches practice moralistic therapeutic

deism in the name of Christianity, then getting teenag-

ers to church more often is not the solution (conceivably

it could make things worse). A more faithful church is

the solution.”

The Parables of Jesus, Part 1


Some say that Jesus taught in parables because this

mode of communication is the most effective for large

audiences. But is this really what Jesus was up to? What is

a parable, and why did Jesus use this particular method

of teaching? The hosts answer these questions and more

as they begin a new six-part series on the Parables of

Jesus.



What is the point of Jesus’ many parables? For example, is

the message of the parable of the wicked tenants that we

should all try to pay our rent on time, or is the text about

something more important? On this broadcast, the hosts

will discuss these questions as they unpack this parable

and others related to it.



On this program the hosts discuss the parable of the

Prodigal Son and other similar narratives. Jesus taught

that his mission was “to seek and save that which was

lost.” But in the prodigal son story, we find that Jesus’

primary point is to show that the religious leaders of his

day, represented by the older brother in the parable, were

the ones who were truly lost.



What is the basic point of the parable of the Good

Samaritan? Most people would probably say that it’s a

nice story that teaches us to be helpful to those in

need. But as we’ve been seeing in this series, there is a

deeper meaning that many overlook. On this program

the hosts walk through this and other similar parables

relating to the theme of sin and grace.


(RS – 33) Broadcast Date Nov. 7, 2010 (WHI - 1022)

Jesus taught that a person is not worthy of being his

disciple unless he hates his father and mother. On this

program, the hosts will take a look at texts such as these

as they discuss parables of costly discipleship in their

continuing series through the Parables of Jesus.



When Jesus returns will he separate the sheep and the

goats based upon good works? What about the parable

of the wedding banquet; how does this story relate to

our view of last things? On this edition, the hosts wrap up

their series on the Parables of Jesus.

The Sufficiency of Scripture


According to sixteenth century Roman Catholics, the

Bible was a dark and obscure book that required an infal-

lible interpreter. The Protestants were unconvinced

and began to argue for Sola Scriptura. But what are the

implications of this view? Does it mean that each of us

has the right to private interpretation? That’s what’s on

tap this week at White Horse Inn.

Textual Narcissism


On this special program recorded live at the Desiring God

Conference, the hosts discuss the predominance of me-

centered Bible interpretation. The hosts argue that most

Christians today are not engaging in proper biblical

exegesis but rather are reading themselves and their own

stories into the text of Scripture. Sitting in on this program

is Stephen Nichols, author of Ancient Word, Changing

Worlds and Jesus: Made in America.

A Survey of Biblical Literacy

(RS – 37) Broadcast Date Dec. 12, 2010 (WHI - 1027)

On this program the hosts interact with the results of a

recent survey of general Bible knowledge taken at a

Christian convention. In this survey, Christians were asked

whether or not they agreed with various ideas such as,

“There is no one who does good, not even one, there is no

one who seeks God.” Though this is a famous Bible verse

from Romans chapter 3, half the people we surveyed

failed to recognize it and ended up disagreeing with the

theology that it puts forth.

An Interview with Christian Smith

(RS – 38) Broadcast Date Dec. 26, 2010 (WHI - 1029)

Michael Horton recently had the opportunity to talk with

Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, author of Soul

Searching and Souls in Transition. Dr. Smith coined the

phrase “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism” to describe the

faith of most religious teens and the religions he fears of

their parents as well.

Bonus Modern reforMation articles(MR – 01) Horton, Michael“When Your ‘Testimony’ Is Boring”MR Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 1992)

(MR – 01) Nienhuis, David R. “The Problem of Evangelical Biblical Illiteracy: A View from the Classroom” MR Vol.: 19, Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 2010)

(MR – 02) Horton, Michael “Hearing is Believing: Sound Advice” MR Vol. 19, Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 2010)

(MR – 03) Horton, Michael “God’s Word in Human Words: The Inspiration of Scripture” MR Vol. 19, Issue 2 (Mar/Apr 2010)

(MR – 04) Horton, Michael “The Truthfulness of Scripture: Inerrancy” MR Vol. 19, Issue 2 (Mar/Apr 2010)

(MR – 05) Kruger, Michael J. “Textual Criticism: The Achilles Heel of Inerrancy?” MR Vol. 19, Issue 2 (Mar/Apr 2010)

(MR – 06) Horton, Michael “Sufficient for Faith and Practice: Covenant and Canon” MR Vol. 19, Issue 3 (May/Jun 2010)

(MR – 07) Horton, Michael “Interpreting Scripture by Scripture” MR Vol. 19, Issue 4 (Jul/Aug 2010)

(MR – 08) Editors “Why Can’t We Just Read the Bible?: An Interview with D. A. Carson” MR Vol. 19, Issue 4 (Jul/Aug 2010)

(MR – 09) Norris, Sean “An Introduction to the Law and the Gospel” MR Vol. 19, Issue 5 (Sep/Oct 2010)

(MR – 10) Horton, Michael “Rightly Dividing the Word: Negotiating Continuity and Discontinuity” MR Vol. 19, Issue 5 (Sep/Oct 2010)

(MR – 11) Rosenthal, Shane “Reflecting Upon Scripture: ‘You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Text is About You’” MR Vol. 19, Issue 5 (Sep/Oct 2010)

(MR – 12) George, Christian “Sola Scriptura, Etc: Younger Evangelicals, Emergents, and Additional Sources of Authority” MR Vol. 19, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2010)

(MR – 13) Horton, Michael “The Gospel and the Sufficiency of Scripture: Church of the Word or Word of the Church?” MR Vol. 19, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2010)

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(DTF – Bonus 01) R.C. Sproul on

The Existence of God

Broadcast Date May 12, 2002

(RS - Bonus 01) Michael Horton on

Law & Gospel (WHI - 1117)

(RS - Bonus 02) Rod Rosenbladt

on The Sufficiency of Scripture

(Chicago 2010)

(RS - Bonus 03) Kim Riddlebarger

on The Sufficiency of Scripture for

Worship (Chicago 2010)

(RS - Bonus 04) Difficult Texts of

Scripture (WHI - 0816)

(RS - Bonus 05) Christ’s View of

Scripture (WHI - 0838)

(RS - Bonus 06) Exploring Covenant

Theology (WHI - 1127)

(RS - Bonus 07) Has Jesus Been

Misquoted? (WHI - 1153)

Recovering Scripture

(RS – 01) Broadcast Date Jan. 17, 2010 (WHI - 980)

George Gallop has commented that Americans revere

the Bible but don’t read it. In fact, poll after poll reveals

an increasing trend toward biblical illiteracy. On this

edition, the hosts discuss the implications of this

disturbing trend as they introduce their new series,

Recovering Scripture.

The Book of Galatians, Part 1


What is the book of Galatians about, and what doc-

trines does it address? We recently put questions like

these to students at an evangelical Bible college,

and their answers reveal once again that Christians

themselves need to recover Scripture. On this edition,

the hosts interact with these on-the-street interviews

and explain why Galatians is such a crucially important

book to read and study.



On this program the hosts explain why Galatians is a

good place to begin in order to understand the basic

message of Scripture. At the heart of this discussion is

whether our eternal destiny is determined by our own

efforts and law keeping, or by God’s promise to save his

people “by grace alone through faith alone on account

of Christ alone.”


(RS – 04) Broadcast Date Feb. 7, 2010 (WHI - 983)

How does one qualify for God’s heavenly inheritance?

Does it come by obedience to the law, or by trusting the

promise? In their continuing survey of Galatians, the

hosts further outline the distinctions between the Abra-

hamic and Mosaic covenants and point to Christ alone

as the ground of our acceptance before a righteous and

holy God.



On this edition, the hosts discuss Paul’s allegory of two

mountains and two mothers in Galatians chapter 4. Why

does the apostle argue that the present city of Jerusa-

lem corresponds with Hagar rather than with Sarah?

Though it may take a little work, understanding this

allegory may be one of the best ways to understand the

entire Bible.



What does it mean to walk by the Spirit? How does our

sanctification relate to our freedom in Christ and with

justification? The hosts discuss these issues and more as

they conclude their five-part series through Paul’s letter

to the Galatians.

Grounded in the Gospel


Throughout the history of the church, young believers

and new converts to the faith went through a teaching

process called “catechizing.” What are the roots of

this ancient practice, and why has it fallen out of use

in contemporary Christianity? On this edition, Michael

Horton talks with J.I. Packer and Gary Parrett, authors of

an important new book on this subject titled, Grounded

in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old Fashioned Way.

How Does God Reveal Himself?

(RS – 08) Broadcast Date Mar. 7, 2010 (WHI - 987)

Can we discover truth about God outside of the Bible, or

is Scripture the only true source of heavenly knowledge?

On this edition the hosts will outline the distinction

between general and special revelation. Though we

can know many things about God by the things he has

made, only Scripture reveals his good will toward us in

the Gospel.

The Cross & Resurrection

(RS – 09) Broadcast Date Apr. 4, 2010 (WHI - 991)

On this edition, the hosts walk through the significance

of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. In particular,

they focus on the importance of his resurrection from

the dead, which vindicates his truth claims and provides

a ground for belief in his sacrificial death on our behalf.

The Inspiration of Scripture


What does it mean to assert that the Bible is an inspired

text? Did this holy book fall out of Heaven? Did the bibli-

cal writers dictate word for word what God wanted them

to say? On this program the hosts unpack the meaning

of the biblical doctrine of inspiration and also take a look

at some of the challenges that this doctrine is facing in

our time.

Inspiration & Inerrancy


Some who believe that the Bible is an inspired book go

on to reject the idea that it is inerrant. How can sinful

men produce a holy text without errors? What are we to

do with some of the alleged contradictions in Scripture?

Joining the panel for this discussion is Dr. R.C. Sproul,

one of the founding leaders of the International Council

on Biblical Inerrancy.

Contending for the Faith, Part 1

(RS – 12) Broadcast Date May 2, 2010 (WHI - 995)

How did the apostles contend for the faith throughout

the book of Acts? Did they share their testimonies or

inner experiences? Did they encourage blind faith?

On this special live edition, the hosts walk through

the apologetic sermons in Acts in order to discover

how to “contend for the faith once delivered to the

saints” (Jude 3).

Contending for the Faith, Part 2


On this edition, the hosts continue to explore the topic

of Contending for the Faith as they take questions from a

live audience in Southern California. Questions include:

are we simply assuming the truthfulness of Scripture

since we can’t interview the eyewitnesses of Christ’s

resurrection; what should churches do to encourage

evangelism in our time; and can our testimonies be seen

as evidence of the gospel’s truthfulness?

The Spirituality of Emerging Adults


What is an emerging adult, and how have the beliefs

and religious practices of this group changed in recent

decades? What effect does our contemporary culture

have on the religious lives of young people in our day?

Joining the panel to discuss this topic is University of

Notre Dame professor Christian Smith, author of Souls

in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of

Emerging Adults.

The Origin of Scripture


Why is the Old Testament arranged the way it is, and

how do the various books relate to each other? Is it likely

that these documents were edited and amended over

time? On this edition, the hosts examine the covenant

origins of the Old Testament Scriptures.

The Formation of the Canon


Why were some books chosen as part of the biblical

canon while others were rejected? Was the selection

process primarily about the exercise of power in

determining what ultimately became Scripture, or a sub-

mission to the inherent authority of sacred texts? These

questions and more will be addressed on this edition of

White Horse Inn.

Religion on Trial

(RS – 17) Broadcast Date June 6, 2010 (WHI - 1000)

How is a person to know whether or not Christianity is

the true religion? Aren’t all religious claims subjective

attempts to grasp the ungraspable? And if so, why

choose one faith over the other? On this edition, the

hosts inquire into these questions with special guest

Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial and The De-

fense Never Rests: A Lawyer’s Quest for the Gospel.

Understanding Biblical Criticism


Some today are arguing that the New Testament is so

full of transmission errors and scribal additions that it

cannot be trusted. But is this really the case? On

this edition, the hosts discuss this issue with New

Testament textual critic Philip W. Comfort, author of

Encountering the Manuscripts and editor of The Origin

of the Bible.

Jesus in Modern Scholarship


Can we trust the New Testament portrait of Jesus, or is

the Jesus of history radically different from the Jesus of

faith? What are we to think of scholars like Bart Ehrman

who suggest that Jesus has been “misquoted” and that

the Bible has significantly changed over time? Joining

the panel for this discussion is New Testament scholar

Craig A. Evans, author of Reinventing Jesus: How Mod-

ern Scholars Distort the Gospels.

Corroborating Evidence


If Jesus was a real historical individual, then do we have

any evidence for his life and ministry from sources

outside the New Testament? Some point to the writings

of Josephus, but isn’t it true that his famous passage

about Jesus was proven to be a fabrication? Interacting

with the hosts on this topic is historian Paul L. Maier,

editor of Josephus: The Essential Works.

Distracting Ourselves to Death

(RS – 21) Broadcast Date July 11, 2010 (WHI - 1005)

We live in a world of constant distraction. Not only are we

constantly being interrupted by cellphones, email, and

text messages, but also we’re also distracted from think-

ing and contemplating in a culture of constant entertain-

ment. Joining the panel to discuss this topic is media

ecologist T. David Gordon, author of Why Johnny Can’t

Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers.

Interpreting Scripture


How should we interpret the Bible? Literally?

Figuratively? Allegorically? On this edition, the hosts

take up the subject of hermeneutics, the term for the

study of the principles of textual interpretation. They

argue that the Bible is not one book with a single inter-

pretive rule but rather is a library of numerous ancient

texts that need to be interpreted according to the rules

of their respective genres.

How NOT to Interpret the Bible


As they continue to discuss the subject of hermeneutics,

the hosts take a look at frequent errors in biblical interpre-

tation. Mistakes include problems such as moralism, at-

omism, relativism, taking things out of context, and more.

Christ the Key to Scripture


All great books are difficult to master and, according to

classicist Mortimer Adler, the Bible is the most challeng-

ing of all the great books. But when we begin to see

the scarlet thread of redemption running from Genesis

to Revelation, the Bible’s central message becomes

unmistakably clear.

American Spirituality


What is the nature of American spirituality, and how does

it differ from classical Christian conceptions of God,

revelation, and redemption? On this edition, Michael

Horton walks through various popular views of American

religion and contrasts them with the biblical gospel of

free grace in Jesus Christ.

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