The Cambridge Declaration
From The Humble Skeptic by Truth Isn't Afraid of Questions
April 21, 2026 · 1h 19m
About this episode
The episode discusses the decline of Bible literacy in churches and features audio from the 1996 Cambridge Declaration meeting.
In an attempt to make churches more attractive and relevant, over the decades, many pastors effectively stopped preaching and teaching the contents of the Bible, and this has resulted in a significant decrease in basic Bible literacy among Christians across all denominations. Thirty years ago today, a diverse group of leaders and theologians met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to address this and other challenges, and they produced an important document called The Cambridge Declaration. This program features audio from the 1996 meeting featuring R.C. Sproul, James M. Boice, David Wells, Michael Horton, Gene Veith, W. Robert Godfrey, and others. SHOW NOTES Books Here We Stand , 2026 edition, Jim Boice & Ben Sasse (editors) No Place for Truth , David Wells God in the Wasteland , David Wells Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down , Marva Dawn Peculiar Speech , Peculiar Speech, William Willimon Christless Christianity , Michael Horton The Christian Mind , Harry Blamires Christianity & Liberalism , J. Gresham Machen Creed or Chaos? by Dorothy Sayers — FREE Articles The Cambridge Declaration (also via PDF download here ) Background to The Cambridge Declaration , Wikipedia The Story of Us…
People in this episode
Host: Shane Rosenthal
Topics covered
- Bible literacy
- church relevance
- theological discussions
- Christian scholarship
- Cambridge Declaration
- pastoral challenges
Keywords
- Bible literacy
- Cambridge Declaration
- Christianity
- theology
- pastors
- church
- R.C. Sproul
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wikipedia
Books & works: The Cambridge Declaration, Here We Stand, No Place for Truth, God in the Wasteland, Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down, Peculiar Speech, Christless Christianity, The Christian Mind, Christianity & Liberalism, Creed or Chaos?
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