The ETS 2019 Special

Matt and Derek — in person together at ETS 2019! — do three short interviews with notable scholars.

Fred Sanders Gavin Ortlund Matthew Emerson

Matt and Derek are at ETS in San Diego and are joined by friends of the show, Dr. Fred Sanders, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, and Dr. Matthew Emerson. Banter aside, this episode gives a great look at what kind of fun and rich conversations take place at ETS. Today’s episode ranges from discussions on John Webster’s trinitarian theology, evangelical theological retrieval, and Jesus’ descent to the dead.

Resources Mentioned:

Talbot’s ‘Master of Arts – Classical Theology‘ Program

Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals: Why We Need Our Past to Have a Future by Gavin Ortlund

“He Descended to the Dead”: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday by Matthew Y. Emerson

Timestamps

0:00
Intro + Overview of ETS
2:08
Fred Sanders joins Matt and Derek to talk Netflix, podcasts, John Webster’s Trinitarian theology, the struggle of classical trinitarian theology in evangelicalism today, and Talbot’s ‘Master of Arts in Classical Theology‘ Program
18:29
Gavin Ortlund comes on to talk about his recent book, Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals: Why We Need Our Past to Have a Future, his love for the Mere Fidelity podcast, the two doctrines his book focuses on, and the authority of the patristics and Medieval theologians for evangelicals today
35:26
Matthew Emerson joins Matt and Derek to talk about his new book, “He Descended to the Dead”: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday.

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

Trinitarianism Evangelicalism Historical Theology Holy Week
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