<p>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.</p><p>SHOW NOTES</p><p><strong>Books</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Here-Stand-Confessing-Evangelicals-Reformation/dp/1969723955">Here We Stand</a>,<strong> </strong><em>2026 edition,</em> <em>Jim Boice & Ben Sasse (editors)</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780802807472/Place-Truth-Happened-Evangelical-Theology-080280747X/plp">No Place for Truth</a><em>, David Wells</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780802841797/God-Wasteland-Reality-Truth-World-0802841791/plp">God in the Wasteland</a>,<em> David Wells</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/Reaching-Out-Dumbing-Down-Theology-Worship/31614238823/bd">Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down</a>,<em> Marva Dawn</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780802806161/Peculiar-Speech-Preaching-Baptized-Willimon-0802806163/plp">Peculiar Speech</a>, Peculiar Speech, <em>William Willimon</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&#38;amp;p=1233100&#38;amp;item_no=072215">Christless Christianity</a>,<em> Michael Horton</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781573833233/Christian-Mind-Think-Blamires-Harry-1573833231/plp">The Christian Mind</a>, <em>Harry Blamires</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/christianity-and-liberalism-revised/j-machen/9780802864994/pd/864994">Christianity & Liberalism</a>,<em> J. Gresham Machen</em><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.73136/page/n5/mode/2up">Creed or Chaos?</a> by Dorothy Sayers — FREE</p><p><strong>Articles</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/The%20Cambridge%20Declaration.pdf">The Cambridge Declaration</a> (also via PDF download <a target="_blank" href="https://reformedresources.org/cambridge-declaration-pdf">here</a>)<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Declaration">Background to The Cambridge Declaration</a>, <em>Wikipedia</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-story-of-us">The Story of Us</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/the-megachurch-century">The Megachurch Century</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-tower-of-babel">The Tower of Babel</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/the-mormonization-of-american-christianity">The Mormonization of American Christianity</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/finding-christ-in-all-of-scripture">Finding Christ in All of Scripture</a> (PDF), <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/liberalism-or-christianity">Liberalism or Christianity?</a>, <em>J. Gresham Machen</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.readmachen.com/book/1932/the-importance-of-christian-scholarship/">The Importance of Christian Scholarship</a>, by J. Gresham Machen<a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/theologically-this-country-is-in">Theologically, This Country is in a State of Utter Chaos</a>, <em>Dorothy Sayers</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.modernreformation.org/resources/articles/why-johnny-cant-preach">Why Johnny Can’t Preach</a>,<em> T. David Gordon</em></p><p><strong>Audio</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/1997whi317feb23-extended.mp3">The Living Church</a>, <em>WHI #317 with Ervin Duggan</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/1997whi323apr13-extended.mp3">Doctrine, Worship & Life</a>, <em>WHI #323 with Jim Boice</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/1997whi319mar16-extended.mp3">Catechesis, Preaching & Vocation</a><em>, WHI #317 with Gene Veith</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/2008whi913oct05-extended.mp3">The Courage to Be Protestant</a><em>, WHI #913 with David Wells</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/2010whi986feb28-extended.mp3">Grounded in the Gospel</a><em>, WHI #986 with J.I. Packer</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/2014whi1204may04-extended.mp3">Youth Ministry in Crisis</a><em>, WHI 1204 with Christian Smith & others</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/1992whi103nov01-extended.mp3">A Debate with Robert Schuller,</a> <em>WHI # 103</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/1993whi140jul18-extended.mp3">You Foolish Galatians!</a> <em>WHI #140 includes Shane’s street interviews</em><a target="_blank" href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/whi-radio-members/2008whi909sep07-extended.mp3">An Interview with R.C. Sproul</a>,<em> WHI #909</em><a target="_blank" href="https://whitehorseinn.org/resource-library/shows/the-preached-word/">The Preached Word</a>, <em>WHI 972 with William Willimon</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/jacobs-ladder">Jacob’s Ladder</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #63</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/christian-narcissism">Christian Narcissism</a>,<em> Humble Skeptic #67 with J.I. Packer & others</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-effects-of-media-and-technology">The Effect of Media & Technology</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #30</em></p><p><strong>Video</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MO-i3CBZQ">Ben Sasse on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFo6-6BN9k">Ben Sasse on Interesting Times with Ross Douthat</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSRsXIqU2M">Ben Sasse on Life Cancer & The Gospel</a>, <em>with Mike Horton</em></p><p><strong>We Need Your Help!</strong>Consider supporting <em>The Humble Skeptic</em> podcast by making a one-time gift or upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack ($5.95 per month, $59 per year). 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