Theology by and for the Global Church

Hosts Michael Horton and Adam Smith travel to Nairobi, Kenya, for Sola Media’s annual Theo Global Symposium. While there, they met with local pastors Ken Mbugua and Joshua Lemaiyan from Emmanuel Baptist Church. Ken is the Managing Director of Ekklesia Afrika and Joshua is a lecturer at the Nairobi Institute of Reformed Theology. In this […]

Hosts Michael Horton and Justin Holcomb travel to Nairobi, Kenya, for Sola Media’s annual Theo Global Symposium and are joined by Dr. Frew Tamrat and Dr. Seble Daniel. They discuss the challenges and opportunities in advancing theological education and deepening the church’s understanding of the gospel in the region. They also discuss an early reformation […]

Hosts Michael Horton and Justin Holcomb travel to Nairobi, Kenya, for Sola Media’s annual Theo Global Symposium and are joined by David Tarus and Joseph Byamukama. The conversation explores the challenges of theological education in Africa and the importance of addressing real-life questions with sound biblical theology, ensuring that theological institutions remain grounded in their […]

Michael Horton and Adam Smith are joined by special guest Dr. Elizabeth Mburu, Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Africa International University, Kenya. In this episode, the hosts discuss the impact of culture on biblical interpretation, the challenges and opportunities of doing theology across cultures, and the global church’s need to collaborate for […]

Scott Keith from ‪1517.org‬ joins Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb to discuss how churches can recover high views of preaching and the sacraments, as well as robust views and practices around vocation.

Is it wrong for a church to be seeker sensitive? Pastor Adriel Sanchez expounds on the differences between seeker-sensitive and seeker-driven churches, and why ordering our services to be palatable for certain demographics is a way of domesticating the worship of God.

Episode 1582 | According to Pew Research, only 51% of self-identified Christians attend church regularly. Pastor Adriel Sanchez is joined by Caleb Keith from ‪1517 where they both argue that this crisis is not primarily cultural, but theological. Most Christians are simply unaware what the church actually is, what happens there, and why nothing else can replace it.

I’ve rolled into church many a Mother’s Day morning with a heavy heart and deflated expectations. There were years of singleness, and then miscarriage, when I felt invisible in the pew, wondering if I would ever wear the title of “mother” myself. Then came holidays where I felt steamrolled by the demands of raising babies […]