Interview with Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.

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Watch Dr. John Currie and Dr. Scott Oliphint interview Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., who shares memories of WTS faculty (such as Cornelius Van Til and John Murray) and speaks about his draw to Geerhardus Vos's theological work; historia salutis; significant events of Westminster that took place in his time at the seminary; and more.
● 0:04 - Introduction from John Currie
● 0:44 - Richard Gaffin’s introduction to Westminster
● 8:12 - College years at the University of Southern California and Calvin College
● 11:33 - Deciding to go to WTS
● 16:16 - Gaffin’s memories of his father’s experience at WTS
● 19:07 - Memories of WTS faculty
● 26:21 - The decision to continue theological education at WTS
● 32:21 - The draw to Geerhardus Vos and eschatology
● 36:30 - Theological methodology and the WTS curriculum
● 41:48 - Doctoral work
● 55:52 - The importance of the historia salutis
● 1:00:04 - WTS’s relation to controversy
● 1:32:03 - WTS’s decision to offer the MAR degree
● 1:41:48 - The legacy of Van Til
● 1:48:30 - Gaffin’s magnum opus, "In the Fullness of Time"
● 2:03:27 - Recalling Moisés Silva and Sinclair Ferguson joining the WTS faculty
● 2:16:04 - The state of systematic theology
● 2:22:04 - Westminster’s legacy and future generations
● 2:30:43 - Closing from John Currie

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@drroberts5172 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to see and hear Dr Gaffin. He was one of my favorite teachers at WTS and a good friend. Those who had the privilege to be his students were blessed indeed.

@UriesouBrito 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome and let's also pause and admire Scott's boots.

@jgeph2.4 2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping I wasn’t the only one …

@joelolenga 2 жыл бұрын

Great Interview. Thank you for the content !

@everlynejerosia4711 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful information God bless u all

@Johncalvinn 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive!!

@reformational Жыл бұрын

per remark at 11:00 , If you count the several historical Presbyterian colleges and German Reformed colleges, Calvin College was certainly not the only Reformed undergraduate institution in the U.S. at the time. Geneva College, for example, was founded in 1848. But perhaps he meant that rhetorically as in "the only one worth attending, according to those advising him".

@jmisc 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to ask him if he voted for Trump and how he felt about his vote. I am aghast at the lack of courage for Reformed theologians to speak against all the evil things that have been done to justify ‘winning’ and to turn the country into a theocratic one. Van Til, to my knowledge, would speak against GOP principles and he would have been attacked and accused being a socialist.