Author: David Louis

In this new episode we begin our study of systematic theology. We look at how the study of the Bible is like the study of other things, and how we need to learn to classify and arrange the contents of the Bible. We also talk about branches of systematic theology, like historical, biblical and dogmatic [...]

In this livestreamed episode, Matt Salih comes on the broadcast to discuss the problem of evil and how a Calvinist would handle it. He asks me a hypothetical question about a woman who was abused by her husband...and I give my response. Then we look at a few passages of scripture on the topic. https://youtu.be/fSYOcv8j4Vo [...]

In this episode, I announce the (hopefully) return of regular content on the Apologetics from the Attic broadcast. I go over what's been going on in my world and we return to some foundational things that underlie the approach of this podcast and what we are going to cover moving forward. https://youtu.be/XKT6x6__7KE Audio Link : [...]

In this long episode (over two hours) I record my response to a public challenge issued by Drew and Eric over at the Provisionist Perspective channel, to respond to their exegesis of Ephesians 1:1-14. I play their entire walk through of verses 1-14 and attempt to understand them in their own words and give a [...]

In this episode, I give my opinion of the debate currently happening in reformed Baptist circles surrounding "great tradition exegesis", hermeneutics, divine simplicity, etc… We look at several tweets that I've bookmarked over the last month on this issue, we look at the thought of Henri De Lubac and Robert E. Webber. Overall, I try [...]

In this episode, we look at Dr. Alister McGrath's description of the Pelagian controversy. Then we begin a study of Pelagius himself, by starting to read a letter he wrote in 413. Hopefully this helps us see the benefit of looking at primary sources when we look at a topic like this, instead of depending [...]

In this episode we continue our verse by verse study of the book of Romans. We cover chapter 1, verses 25-32, and show how the apostle Paul is setting up his audience to confront them on their sin of self-righteousness by using the 3rd person plural pronouns. https://youtu.be/l0a6RhFkNSQ

We continue our study of the book of Romans by beginning the section starting with 1:18-3:20. We walk through until 1:24 and then look at the book cam! We read from Herman Hoeksema, Haldane and Karl Barth! https://youtu.be/oC9wAz4RkLo Link mentioned to past episode on Herman Hoeksemahttps://youtu.be/iGJcea2OjG0 Podcast Audio Linkhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/48424654

In this episode we review Dr. Tim Stratton's opening statement from his debate with Dr. James White that occurred February 15, 2022 on the topic "Is Molinism Biblical". We play the entirety of Dr. Stratton's opening statement and see if he made the case that the concept of Middle Knowledge and libertarian free-will is found [...]

In this new episode of AFA, (been a little while) we talk about the evolution of how we find and consume information with a little help from Ben Shapiro. Then I walk through 2 different grids that can be helpful in filtering through and organizing all of the biblical and theological information that is flowing [...]