Blessed be the tie that binds...Seminaries and Ruling Elders

About this episode

Dr. David Garner discusses the relationship between seminary and church, emphasizing the role of ruling elders and seminary professors in fostering godly knowledge and grace.

Dr. David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, talks about the relationship between seminary and church, focusing on how ruling elders and seminary professors can help the church thrive in godly knowledge and grace. You can read Dr. Garner's article “Strings Attached: The Church, The Seminary, and Abraham Kuyper’s Animating Ecclesiology” in the most recent Westminster Theological Journal, WTJ 87 (2025): 123-48. A video of the Krahe Lecture from April 2025, is available to w...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. David Garner

Topics covered

• seminary
• ruling elders
• church relationship
• godly knowledge
• grace

Keywords

• seminary
• ruling elders
• church
• godly knowledge
• grace
• Westminster Theological Journal
• Abraham Kuyper

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Westminster Theological Seminary, Westminster Theological Journal

Books & works: Strings Attached: The Church, The Seminary, and Abraham Kuyper’s Animating Ecclesiology

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