Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is the thirteenth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, The Theology of Heaven in the Book of Hebrews. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 The Shaking of the Earth and Heavens
07:34 Heaven as Enduring and Permanent
14:10 A New Heavens and New Earth and the Heavenizing Movement
25:26 Hebrews 12:28 and Worship as the Central Religious Activity of the Kingdom
Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: reformedacademy.org/course/theology-of-heaven-in-the-book-of-hebrews
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#heaven #hebrews #reformedtheology #biblestudy
This is the thirteenth lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton’s Reformed Academy course, The Theology of Heaven in the Book of Hebrews. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 The Shaking of the Earth and Heavens
07:34 Heaven as Enduring and Permanent
14:10 A New Heavens and New Earth and the Heavenizing Movement
25:26 Hebrews 12:28 and Worship as the Central Religious Activity of the Kingdom
Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: reformedacademy.org/course/theology-of-heaven-in-the-book-of-hebrews
Your donations help us to provide free Reformed resources for students like you worldwide: reformedforum.org/donate
#heaven #hebrews #reformedtheology #biblestudy








![William Dennison | Van Til and the Problem of Evil
In this episode, we are joined by Rev. Dr. William D. Dennison, pastor of Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Kent, Washington, to reflect on Cornelius Van Til’s student paper “Evil and Theodicy” and the enduring challenges of explaining evil in a world governed by a sovereign, good God. Dennison has edited The Problem of Evil, a new volume that includes an edition of this paper and a helpful introductory essay that brings Van Til’s paper in dialogue with contemporary thinkers.
Dr. Dennison offers a deeply personal and theological meditation on Van Til’s conviction that God himself is the only sufficient theodicy. We explore how the mystery of evil cannot be unraveled by philosophical speculation or evidentialist reasoning, but only understood through the revelation of the triune God in Scripture. The conversation moves from Van Til’s early insights as a seminary student to the contemporary relevance of his critique of autonomy, his rejection of theistic rationalism, and his insistence on beginning all thinking with the self-attesting Christ of Scripture.
Along the way, Dr. Dennison shares biographical reflections on Van Til, his own pedagogical experiences in teaching apologetics, and the pastoral importance of grounding theological inquiry in the redemptive narrative of Scripture rather than speculative philosophy. This episode is a must for those who desire to think confessionally and presuppositionally about one of the most difficult questions in theology.
Chapters
[0:00:07] Introduction
[0:05:04] Background to the Project
[0:16:55] The Historical and Biographical Context of Van Til’s Student Paper
[0:22:55] Van Til’s Main Point
[0:28:21] God Is His Own Defense
[0:35:26] Van Til and Plantinga’s Free Will Defense
[0:41:59] The Fourfold Estate of Man
[0:54:42] Van Til’s Critique of Kant
[0:58:40] Treating Theodicy as a Fundamentally Religious Matter
[1:08:45] Conclusion William Dennison | Van Til and the Problem of Evil](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cm0K_otPjNo/mqdefault.jpg)

