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 pastors 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, Shane Rosenthal
The Megachurch Century, Shane Rosenthal
The Tower of Babel, Shane Rosenthal
The Mormonization of American Christianity, Shane Rosenthal
Finding Christ in All of Scripture (PDF), Shane Rosenthal
Liberalism or Christianity?, J. Gresham Machen
The Importance of Christian Scholarship, by J. Gresham Machen
Theologically, This Country is in a State of Utter Chaos, Dorothy Sayers
Why Johnny Can’t Preach, T. David Gordon
Audio
The Living Church, WHI #317 with Ervin Duggan
Doctrine, Worship & Life, WHI #323 with Jim Boice
Catechesis, Preaching & Vocation, WHI #317 with Gene Veith
The Courage to Be Protestant, WHI #913 with David Wells
Grounded in the Gospel, WHI #986 with J.I. Packer
Youth Ministry in Crisis, WHI 1204 with Christian Smith & others
A Debate with Robert Schuller, WHI # 103
You Foolish Galatians! WHI #140 includes Shane’s street interviews
An Interview with R.C. Sproul, WHI #909
The Preached Word, WHI 972 with William Willimon
Jacob’s Ladder, Humble Skeptic #63
Christian Narcissism, Humble Skeptic #67 with J.I. Packer & others
The Effect of Media & Technology, Humble Skeptic #30
Video
Ben Sasse on Uncommon Knowledge, with Peter Robinson
Ben Sasse on Interesting Times, with Ross Duthat
Ben Sasse on Life Cancer & The Gospel, with Mike Horton
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