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Listen in as Trent Hunter and Brad Green interview Colin Smothers on his Christ Over All Longform Essay, "Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture".

Timestamps

• 00:22 – Intro
• 02:00 – Orientation, History, & Defining Terms for Biblical Theology
• 12:35 – Geerhardus Vos’ Contribution
• 18:40 – How Does Biblical Theology Change After Vos?
• 23:00 – What is New About Theological Interpretation of Scripture?
• 25:10 – The Space Between the Text and the Reformation
• 30:41 – Why Did TIS Become Important in the Evangelical World?
• 39:11 – Encouragements for Readers
• 40:36 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture” – Colin Smothers
• The Chicago Statement of Inerrancy (1978)
• “Inauguration of the Rev. Geerhardus Vos as Professor of Biblical Theology” – Princeton Theological Seminary
• Theme of the Month: Essential Not Optional: Retrieving Biblical Theology
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible – Brevard S. Childs
• Against Heresies in Ante-Nicene Fathers: Vol. 1 – eds. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson & A. Cleveland Coxe
• “Exegesis and Hermeneutics,” by Kevin Vanhoozer inNew Dictionary of Biblical Theology, – T. Desmond Alexander, Brian S. Rosner, D. A. Carson, and Graeme Goldsworthy
• The Eclipse of the Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics – Hans W. Frei
• “An Oration on the Proper Distinction Between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each” by Johann Philipp Gabler, in Old Testament Theology: Flowering and Future – ed. and trans. Ben C. Ollenburger
• Biblical Theology in Crisis – Brevard S. Childs
• Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice – Edward W. Klink III and Darian R. Lockett
• Brazos Theological Commentaries – ed. Daniel Trier
• Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation – Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain
• Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama – Michael Horton

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Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS) are two dominant ways of reading the Bible. In this article, Colin Smothers compares and contrasts both exegetical methods, showing how readers should be cautious of TIS.

Resources to Click

• “Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture” – Colin Smothers
• The Chicago Statement of Inerrancy (1978)
• “Inauguration of the Rev. Geerhardus Vos as Professor of Biblical Theology” – Princeton Theological Seminary
• Theme of the Month: Essential Not Optional: Retrieving Biblical Theology
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible – Brevard S. Childs
• Against Heresies in Ante-Nicene Fathers: Vol. 1 – eds. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson & A. Cleveland Coxe
• “Exegesis and Hermeneutics,” by Kevin Vanhoozer inNew Dictionary of Biblical Theology, – T. Desmond Alexander, Brian S. Rosner, D. A. Carson, and Graeme Goldsworthy
• The Eclipse of the Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics – Hans W. Frei
• “An Oration on the Proper Distinction Between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each” by Johann Philipp Gabler, in Old Testament Theology: Flowering and Future – ed. and trans. Ben C. Ollenburger
• Biblical Theology in Crisis – Brevard S. Childs
• Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice – Edward W. Klink III and Darian R. Lockett
• Brazos Theological Commentaries – ed. Daniel Trier
• Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation – Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain
• Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama – Michael Horton

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Listen in as Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum interview David Schrock on his essay, "Working As Unto the Lord: Seven Ways to Work Harder and Be Better".

Timestamps

• 00:46 – Intro
• 02:12 – Where Did David’s Article Come From?
• 03:20 – Dr. Wellum’s Job History
• 05:50 – David Schrock’s Job History
• 07:10 – When Did the True Significance of Work Break In?
• 10:24 – Beginning with Good Works in Ephesians 2?
• 12:22 – Placing Ephesians House Codes in Context
• 13:58 – Christ is the Ultimate Motivation
• 15:28 – How Do We Relate Our Other Motivations to Christ?
• 18:41 – How Do You Cultivate a Work Ethic in Our Kids?
• 22:35 – Christ As Our Supervisor and Our Earthly Supervisors
• 26:45 – Serving in the Military
• 28:26 – COA Birthday Ad
• 28:56 – Christ Our Sanctifier
• 31:16 – The False Secular-Sacred Divide
• 32:58 – Pastors Applying Truth So Their Congregants’ Vocations
• 37:10 – Pastoring Challenges of Different People’s Vocations
• 41:41 – Christ Is Our Hiring Manager
• 43:30 – Entrusting Christ’s Sovereign Rule
• 46:37 – Christ Is Our Example
• 50:00 – Christ Is Our Evaluator
• 54:15 – Closing Thoughts
• 56:48 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Working As Unto the Lord: Seven Ways to Work Harder and Be Better” – David Schrock
• Erika Kirk’s Instagram Statement
• Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Ephesians (ZECotNT) – Clinton E. Arnold

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In Ephesians 6:5–9, Paul shows that good works don’t happen by accident. Christ motivates, sanctifies, and coaches believers to work harder, be better, and glorify Him in every sphere of life.

Resources to Click

• “Working As Unto the Lord: Seven Ways to Work Harder and Be Better” – David Schrock
• Erika Kirk’s Instagram Statement
• Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Ephesians (ZECotNT) – Clinton E. Arnold

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Scott Polender of Turning Point Education joins our COA Roundtable to reflect on the life, work, and ministry of Charlie Kirk.

Timestamps

• 00:48 – Intro
• 04:29 – How Did Scott End Up at Turning Point?
• 10:50 – What is the ministry of Turning Point USA?
• 20:56 – Dr. Wellum and Trent Hunter on Charlie Kirk
• 29:08 – Reflections on Charlie Kirk
• 41:32 – Charlie’s Model of Evangelism and Source of Conviction
• 51:19 – Applying Theology to the Political Realm
• 57:00 – Was Charlie Kirk a ‘Provocateur’?
• 1:04:55 – Preaching a Sermon including Charlie Kirk
• 1:15:00 – How Does God and The Problem of Evil Help Us Think Through this Time?
• 1:20:00 – Final Thoughts from Scott
• 1:25:30 – 1 Peter 5:6 and Prayer
• 1:28:54 –

Resources to Click

• “We Can’t Replace Charlie Kirk, But We Can Honor His Legacy: Five Ways to Amplify Truth, Freedom and the American Way” – Colin Smothers & David Schrock
• Man Rampant with Charlie Kirk – Canon Press
• Turning Point USA
• Turning Point Faith
• Turning Point Education
• Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation
• Give to Support the Work

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Charlie Kirk, who influenced a generation of young men, is gone. What do we do now?

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• “We Can’t Replace Charlie Kirk, But We Can Honor His Legacy: Five Ways to Amplify Truth, Freedom and the American Way” – Colin Smothers & David Schrock
• Michael Foster’s Statement to East River Church
• “Charlie Kirk: Christian Martyr” – Mark Devine
• Vice President J.D. Vance’s Statement on Charlie Kirk
• CHARLIE – Tom MacDonald
• Man Rampant with Charlie Kirk – Canon Press
• Bible Talk Podcast – 9Marks
• Via Emmaus (On the Road) – David Schrock
• The Bible and How to Read It – David Schrock
• Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation
• Give to Support the Work

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Listen in as Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum interview Rod Martin on his COA Essay "Faithfulness in All Things: Vocation and Christian Callings"

Timestamps

• 00:28 – Intro
• 01:45 – Who is Rod Martin?
• 04:20 – Being a ‘Futurist’
• 07:18 – Calling and Vocation
• 10:30 – Coming into Conviction about Vocation
• 14:53 – What Was Lacking in Rod’s Upbringing on Vocation?
• 18:15 – Our Present Day Gnosticism
• 21:10 – Legitimate Work
• 25:03 – COA Birthday Promo
• 25:44 – Capitalism & Economics
• 36:16 – Reading the Bible Over and Over
• 39:46 – Enhancing Our Witness as the Church
• 44:34 – What Should We Read?
• 48:56 – Final Thoughts
• 53:00 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Faithful in All Things: Vocation and Christian Callings” – Rod Martin
• “The Number of People Who Eat McDonald’s Daily is Enough to Populate a Country” – Camryn Teder
• Wield the Sword: Vocation – Rod Martin & Founders Ministries
• Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Sovereignty and Dominion: An Economic Commentary on Genesis Vol. 1 – Gary North
• The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents – F. A. Hayek
• Life After Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and the Time Theory of Money – George Gilder

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Every calling is itself sacred, every task a trust, and every laborer accountable before the throne.

Resources to Click

· “Faithful in All Things: Vocation and Christian Callings” – Rod Martin

· “The Number of People Who Eat McDonald’s Daily is Enough to Populate a Country” – Camryn Teder

· Theme of the Month: Get to Work: Grasping the Doctrine of Vocation

· Give to Support the Work

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Listen in to hear David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski on his Christ Over All Essay "Gospel Scholarship Pell-Mell: A Critical Review of Jordan Peterson's The Gospels"

Timestamps

• 00:36 – Intro
• 03:15 – Any Connection to Jordan Peterson?
• 06:35 – What Was the Daily Wire Trying to do With These Panel Discussions?
• 09:11 – Was Something Like This Even Possible a Decade Ago?
• 11:47 – Is It Helpful to Have All These Scholars?
• 14:30 – Peterson’s Hermeneutics
• 17:12 – Allegorical Approaches to Scripture
• 21:52 – Comparison/Contrast to the Jesus Seminar
• 24:20 – Defining “Liberal” Readings of Scripture
• 27:02 – Peterson as a Cautionary Tale
• 29:33 – Warning of Allegorical Readings and Four-fold Exegesis
• 31:42 – How Would Dr. Piotrowski Engage in The Panel?
• 34:22 – How Does the Book Peterson Uses Misdirect the Conversation?
• 38:09 – Constructively, How Should One Start Approaching the Gospels?
• 40:51 – What Happens if We Only Read the Gospels and Not the Rest of the Bible?
• 46:27 – The Gospels are Leading Towards a Purpose in the World
• 49:15 – The West Tied to Augustine’s ‘City of Man’ & Promotion of Scripture
• 54:31 – What Would Dr’s. Wellum & Piotrowski Say to Jordan Peterson?
• 58:28 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Gospel Scholarship Pell-Mell: A Critical Review of Jordan Peterson’s The Gospels” – Nicholas Piotrowski
• The Gospels – Jordan Peterson & The Daily Wire
• Theme of the Month: One Gospel, Four Witnesses
• Give to Support the Work

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This is what happens when the gospels are ripped out of their contexts, psychologized, and discussed by one of the most famous cultural commentators of the day.

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· “Gospel Scholarship Pell-Mell: A Critical Review of Jordan Peterson’s The Gospels” – Nicholas Piotrowski

· The Gospels – Jordan Peterson & The Daily Wire

· Theme of the Month: One Gospel, Four Witnesses

· Give to Support the Work

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Christianity hinges on history: if the Gospels are not trustworthy accounts of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection, the faith collapses. But are they myth shaped by early belief, or historical testimony grounded in eyewitness experience and apostolic oversight? This question is not peripheral—it is foundational.

Timestamps

• 00:36 – Intro
• 02:18 – Guy Waters’ and Stephen Wellum’s Introductions
• 05:43 – Christianity Stands or Falls Upon Historical Facts
• 11:10 – Four Gospels and No More
• 15:48 – What About Gnostic or Apocryphal Gospels?
• 17:32 – Why is the Idea of ‘Myth’ Appealing?
• 23:00 – The Gospels Are Reliable Accounts
• 26:33 – The Gospels Are Historical Accounts by Eyewitnesses
• 30:46 – The Synoptic Problem
• 34:03 – Three Proposals to This Problem
• 38:00 – When to Turn to a Passage in Another Gospel?
• 44:35 – Why Is John Just Different?
• 49:12 – Concluding Thoughts
• 53:47 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “The Reliability of the Gospels: Rock or Sand?” – Guy Waters
• Theme of the Month: One Gospel, Four Witnesses
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Jesus and the Word – Rudolf Bultmann
• Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence – Robert E. Van Voorst
• The Canon of Scripture – F.F. Bruce
• The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance – Bruce Metzger
• The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission and Authority – Lee Martin McDonald
• The Gospel and the Gospels: Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books – Simon J. Gathercole
• The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels – Simon J. Gathercole
• Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey – Craig Blomberg
• The Life of Jesus Critically Examined – David F. Strauss ed. Peter C. Hodgson
• Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony – Richard Bauckham
• Matthew (BECNT) – David L. Turner
• The Gospel According to John (PNTC) – D.A. Carson
• Studying the Synoptic Gospels – E.P. Sanders and Margaret Davies
• The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction – Robert H. Stein
• The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition – Birger Gerhardsson
• John: The Maverick Gospel – Robert Kysar
• The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John – Richard Bauckham
• The History of the Church – Eusebius
• “Why Four Gospels,” in Selected Shorter Writings, Vol. 2. – B.B. Warfield ed. John Meeter

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Christianity hinges on history: if the Gospels are not trustworthy accounts of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection, the faith collapses. But are they myth shaped by early belief, or historical testimony grounded in eyewitness experience and apostolic oversight? This question is not peripheral—it is foundational.

Resources to Click

• “The Reliability of the Gospels: Rock or Sand?” – Guy Waters
• Theme of the Month: One Gospel, Four Witnesses
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Jesus and the Word – Rudolf Bultmann
• Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence – Robert E. Van Voorst
• The Canon of Scripture – F.F. Bruce
• The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance – Bruce Metzger
• The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission and Authority – Lee Martin McDonald
• The Gospel and the Gospels: Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books – Simon J. Gathercole
• The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels – Simon J. Gathercole
• Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey – Craig Blomberg
• The Life of Jesus Critically Examined – David F. Strauss ed. Peter C. Hodgson
• Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony – Richard Bauckham
• Matthew (BECNT) – David L. Turner
• The Gospel According to John (PNTC) – D.A. Carson
• Studying the Synoptic Gospels – E.P. Sanders and Margaret Davies
• The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction – Robert H. Stein
• The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition – Birger Gerhardsson
• John: The Maverick Gospel – Robert Kysar
• The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John – Richard Bauckham
• The History of the Church – Eusebius
• “Why Four Gospels,” in Selected Shorter Writings, Vol. 2. – B.B. Warfield ed. John Meeter

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Bryan Litfin on his Christ Over All essay: "From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy"

Timestamps

• 00:48 – Intro
• 04:15 – Introducing Dr. Litfin’s Book on the Trinity
• 05:30 – What Has Helped Dr. Litfin to be a Good Storyteller?
• 07:18 – What Is
• 10:44 – Why Does the History Around the Nicene Creed Matter?
• 13:08 – Did the Council of Nicaea Anticipate the Fight that was Going to Come?
• 15:10 – The Legend of Saint Nicholas
• 17:13 – The Demise of Arius
• 19:35 – How Did Athanasius Become a Main Figure in the Fight for Orthodoxy?
• 24:38 – Athanasius’ Two Volumes Against the Arians
• 26:25 – The Different Theological Groups Around the Time of Nicaea
• 30:26 – How Athanasius Made His Arguments
• 32:20 – History of the Political Influence Between 325-381
• 34:24 – The Cappadocians
• 37:56 – Why Was There Less Participation in the Time of Theodosius?
• 39:57 – What Changes Took Place in the Statements Between 325 and 381?
• 42:38 – Why Was There Not as Much Said about the Holy Spirit?
• 48:14 – The Pneumatomachians
• 50:27 – What Conception Did They Have in Terms of the Spirit’s Saving Power?
• 53:08 – The Nicene Fathers’ Understanding of the Church and Baptism
• 56:08 – Should We Go Back to the Apostolic Fathers to Clarify Our Doctrine?
• 1:00:57 – A Trinitarian Approach to the Gospel
• 1:03:57 – The Trinity and Salvation
• 1:06:21 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy” – Bryan Litfin
• com – Bryan Litfin
• Rufinus of Aquileia: Historia Ecclesiastical, Book 10, chs. 1-6 (Excerpt on the First Council of Nicaea)
• Letter of Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nicaea to a Council – Fourth Century Christianity
• The Death of Arius (Post Nicene Fathers Excerpt) – Philip Schaff
• The Dialogue Against the Luciferians – Jerome; Philip Schaff
• The Nicene Creed – Book of Common Prayer
• Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed – Bryan Litfin
• The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia: books 10 and 11 – Rufinus of Aquilea trans. Philip R. Amidon
• The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions – Clyde Pharr

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This is the story of how the heresy of Arianism almost become the official doctrine of the early church, and the story of a few brave men who stood in the way.

Resources to Click

• “From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy” – Bryan Litfin
• com – Bryan Litfin
• Rufinus of Aquileia: Historia Ecclesiastical, Book 10, chs. 1-6 (Excerpt on the First Council of Nicaea)
• Letter of Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nicaea to a Council – Fourth Century Christianity
• The Death of Arius (Post Nicene Fathers Excerpt) – Philip Schaff
• The Dialogue Against the Luciferians – Jerome; Philip Schaff
• The Nicene Creed – Book of Common Prayer
• Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed – Bryan Litfin
• The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia: books 10 and 11 – Rufinus of Aquilea trans. Philip R. Amidon
• The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions – Clyde Pharr

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Donald Fairbairn on his Christ Over All essay: "Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea (325)"

Timestamps

• 00:23 – Intro
• 03:23 – Misconceptions about Creeds & Confessions
• 06:15 – Responding to The Restorationist Movement
• 09:50 – We Are Influenced by Something as We Read Scripture
• 12:49 – The Authorities of Scripture and Tradition in Systematic Theology
• 16:24 – Dr. Fairbairn’s Interest in Church History & the Patristics
• 18:54 – The History Up to 325A.D.
• 24:09 – The Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed
• 28:50 – Denials of Arianism
• 31:55 – The Political Background to the Creed
• 38:37 – Eusebius’ Exaggeration of Constantine
• 41:37 – The Article on the Father
• 46:12 – Language of the Son being ‘Of’ or ‘From’ the Father
• 51:43 – The Arian Moral Exemplar View
• 56:24 – Nicene Cosmology
• 59:33 – Final Thoughts
• 1:01:28 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea” – Donald Fairbairn
• 30 Kyle Claunch, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood” – Christ Over All
• Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith – Donald Fairbairn and Ryan M. Reeves
• Letter to Alexander of Alexandria in The Trinitarian Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought) – ed. William G. Rusch
• Defense of the Nicene Definition – Athanasius
• The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine - Eusebius

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Should we abandon man-made confessions of faith and instead have "no creed but Christ"? Enter the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.

Resources to Click

• “Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea” – Donald Fairbairn
• Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith – Donald Fairbairn and Ryan M. Reeves
• Letter to Alexander of Alexandria in The Trinitarian Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought) – ed. William G. Rusch
• Defense of the Nicene Definition – Athanasius

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Kyle Claunch on his Christ Over All essay: "God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood"

Timestamps

• 00:26 – Intro
• 03:45 – Dr. Wellum’s Highlights of Travel to the UK and Ireland
• 05:56 – Kyle Claunch’s Forthcoming Book
• 07:48 – Where are the Challenges of Feminist Language for God Coming From?
• 17:41 – Analogical, Univocal, and Equivocal Language
• 20:34 – What Does Amy Peeler Argue about God?
• 26:17 – Is there Ever a Non-Metaphorical Language that is Used for God?
• 31:59 – Does EFS Theology Drive Amy Peeler’s View of the Trinity and Metaphorical Language?
• 35:42 – Proper and Figurative Language
• 42:13 – The Value of Being Precise in Our Language Towards God
• 47:31 – The Essential and Personal Nature of God the Father
• 54:57 – How Do These Things Help Us Begin to Reflect the Fatherhood of God?
• 57:49 – Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum
• 59:41 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “God the Father: Namesake of All Fatherhood”– Kyle Claunch
• “Theological Language and the Fatherhood of God: An Exegetical and Dogmatic Account” – Kyle Claunch
• “On the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M. Heim, ‘Biblical Images of God as Moter and Spiritual Formation’” – Kyle Claunch
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller
• Theoretical Practical Divinity, Vol. 2: Faith in the Triune God – Petrus Van Mastricht
• Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation – Herman Bavinck
• Summa Theologiae Book 1 – Thomas Aquinas
• “Baptists, Sola Scriptura, and the Place of Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition – ed. Matthew Emerson, Christopher Morgan & R. Lucas Stamps
• John Gill’s Commentary of the First Letter of John – John Gill
• She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse – Elizabeth A. Johnson
• Women and the Gender of God – Amy Peeler
• Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives – eds. Ronald W. Pierce, Cynthia Long Westfall, et. al
• The Father and the Feminine: Exploring the Grammar of God and Gender – Spencer Miles Boersma
• The Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology – Adonis Vidu
• On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God – eds. Matthew Barrett and Todd Billings

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Will the real complementarians please stand up? Why it's time for thick/broad/natural complementarians to embrace the label of "biblical patriarchy" to differentiate themselves from the declining thin/narrow/ideological complementarians.

Resources to Click

• “After Complementarianism, What? Why Egalitarians Are (Still) Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate” – Doug Ponder
• “Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – Doug Ponder
• “Male and Female He Created Them: The Implications of a Paradigmatic Reading of Genesis 1-3 for the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate” – Doug Ponder
• “Newsletter #13: The Lost World of American Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn
• Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
• “A Biblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder
• “Mere Complementarianism” – Denny Burk
• “What’s In a Name? The meaning and origin of “Complementarianism”” – Denny Burk
• “Is Complementarianism a Man-Made Doctrine?” – Denny Burk
• “What is Biblical Patriarchy?” – Hard Men Podcast
• “Reformed Resourcement: Recovering Biblical Patriarchy with Zach Garris” – The King’s Hall Podcast
• “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn
• “Newsletter #30: Complementarianism is a Baby Boomer Theology That Will Die with the Baby Boomers” – Aaron Renn
• “Who Should Read the Scriptures in Worship?” – O. Palmer Robertson
• “SBC Says Women Not Barred From Presidency, Pastor Dwight McKissic Suggests Beth Moore” – Leonardo Blair
• “Andrew Wilson says the Church Needs to Rethink Gender and Complementarianism” – Sam Hailes
• “A Word of Empathy, Warning, and Counsel for “Narrow” Complementarians” – Jonathan Leeman
• “Four Clarifying (I Hope) Thoughts on the Complementarian Conversation” – Kevin DeYoung
• “Empathy, Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney
• “Does Anyone Need to Recover from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood?” – Andy Naselli
• “Complementarians and the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Doug Ponder and Bryan Laughlin
• The Danvers Statement
• “Male-Only Ordination is Natural: Why the Church is a Model of Reality” – Steven Wedgeworth
• “What About the Term ‘Patriarchy’? – CBMW Podcast
• “Russell Moore’s ETS Paper: The Best Yet” – Denny Burk
• “Rehabilitating Patriarchy” – Peter J. Leithart
• “After Patriarchy, What? Why Egalitarians Are Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate” – Russell D. Moore
• “Death to the Patriarchy?” – Kevin DeYoung
• “Loss of a Good Word (Again)” – Zephram Foster
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry – Kathy Keller
• Women, Authority and the Bible – ed. Alvera Mickelsen
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism – eds. John Piper & Wayne Grudem
• Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives – eds. Ronald Pierce, Cynthia Westfal, et al.
• God’s Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey – Andreas J. Köstenberger & Mararet Elizabeth Köstenberger
• The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us – Carrie Gress
• Sexual Politics – Kate Millett
• Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation – Mary Daly
• Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands – W. Bradford Wilcox

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Resources to Click

• “God the Father: Namesake of All Fatherhood”– Kyle Claunch
• “Theological Language and the Fatherhood of God: An Exegetical and Dogmatic Account” – Kyle Claunch
• “On the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M. Heim, ‘Biblical Images of God as Moter and Spiritual Formation’” – Kyle Claunch
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller
• Theoretical Practical Divinity, Vol. 2: Faith in the Triune God – Petrus Van Mastricht
• Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation – Herman Bavinck
• Summa Theologiae Book 1 – Thomas Aquinas
• “Baptists, Sola Scriptura, and the Place of Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition – ed. Matthew Emerson, Christopher Morgan & R. Lucas Stamps
• John Gill’s Commentary of the First Letter of John – John Gill
• She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse – Elizabeth A. Johnson
• Women and the Gender of God – Amy Peeler
• The Father and the Feminine: Exploring the Grammar of God and Gender – Spencer Miles Boersma
• The Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology – Adonis Vidu

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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Aaron Rock on his Christ Over All essay: "Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World"

Timestamps

• 00:35 – Intro
• 04:33 – What Happened to Aaron’s Church During Covid? How Did this Affect His Children?
• 09:56 – What Influenced Aaron Rock’s Article?
• 14:10 – What Were Some of the High Leve Things That Stood Out?
• 17:40 – What Encouragement Would You Give to a Father Who Feels He has ‘Blown It’?
• 24:26 – Fathers Shepherding Teenagers into Adulthood
• 30:18 – How Important is it to Have a Right Doctrine of God’s Fatherhood?
• 35:10 – Five Duties for Fathers
• 46:57 – Counsel for those Who Wish to Have More ‘Form’ in Their Family
• 52:09 – More on Form and Freedom in Marriage & Family
• 59:30 – How are Fathers Helped By Assessing Their Family?
• 1:05:22 – Books to Recommend for Fathers
• 1:08:38 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World” – Aaron Rock
• “Actor Christopher Walken’s brutally honest answer about choosing to be childfree resonates with many” – Angelina Dsouza
• “Seth Rogen Gets Candid About Not Wanting Kids” – Chanel Vargas
• “Bill Maher Lobbies for New Holiday: ‘I Didn’t Reproduce Day’” – Rosemary Rossi
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Tender Warrior: Ever Man’s Purpose, Every Woman’s Dream, Every Child’s Hope – Stu Webber
• Duties of Parents – J.C. Ryle
• Knowing God – J.I. Packer

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Resources to Click

• “Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World” – Aaron Rock
• “Actor Christopher Walken’s brutally honest answer about choosing to be childfree resonates with many” – Angelina Dsouza
• “Seth Rogen Gets Candid About Not Wanting Kids” – Chanel Vargas
• “Bill Maher Lobbies for New Holiday: ‘I Didn’t Reproduce Day’” – Rosemary Rossi
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

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Timestamps

• 00:24 - Intro
• 06:01 – Why Christ Over All Published this Piece
• 07:07 – What Was Will Spencer’s Aim With His Piece?
• 09:16 – What Was Illuminating for Dr. Wellum?
• 11:06 – Defining the Manosphere, and 4Chan
• 14:44 – The ‘Expert’ Claim and Will’s Testimony
• 18:29 – Is There A Growing Need to Know What It Means to Be a Man?
• 22:14 – Has Social Media Made a Difference in the Way Men Interact?
• 24:36 – Is Father Famine a Necessary Condition for Neo-Nazi Ideology?
• 28:40 – Is ‘Neo-Nazi’ a Helpful Term?
• 33:42 – What Changed Will’s Mind on Leaning Towards Neo-Nazi Ideology?
• 39:16 – What Kind of Arguments are Being Made?
• 41:40 – The Political Ramifications of a Christian Prince
• 46:46 – The Six Hour Stone Choir Podcast
• 51:35 – The Place of White Men Today
• 56:45 – Picking Our Role Models Carefuly
• 59:17 – Fighting as Christians & Addressing Women
• 1:03:34 – Is There a Place to Ask Questions about Historical Revisionism?
• 1:09:15 – Membership in a Church Regarding The Question of Neo-Nazism
• 1:23:12 – The Problem of Porn vs. The Problem of Neo-Nazism?
• 1:27:28 – Stone Choir’s View of Evangelism
• 1:32:05 - Outro

Resources To Click

• “The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church” – Will Spencer
• “Defeating Holocaust Denialism” – Updated” – Will Spencer
• The Will Spencer Podcast
• “Single Parents in the United States” – Wikipedia
• “Percentage of births to Unmarried Women in the United States from 1980 to 2023” – Statista
• “The Truth About Pepe the Frog and the Cult of Kek”
• Will Spencer Tweet about the Stone Choir Podcast
• Hitler Hated Christ X Account
• “A Neo-Nazi Godsend” – Douglas Wilson
• The Antioch Declaration
• James White vs. Corey Mahler Debate Black Sanctification
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart - Jeremy Carl
• Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West - R.R. Reno
• Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead Their Families – Douglas Wilson
• Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity – Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
• Nazi Ecology: The Oak Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust – R. Mark Musser
• Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Norman Rufus Colin Cohn
• KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps – Nikolaus Wachsmann
• Survival in Auschwitz – Primo Levi
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl
• The Hiding Place – Corrie Ten Boom
• Christ in Dachau – Fr. Johannes Lenz
• From Darwin to Hitler – Dr. Richard Weikart
• Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich – Dr. Richard Weikart
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William Shirer
• The Final Solution: The Attempt to Exterminate the Jews of Europe, 1939-1945 – Gerald Reitlinger
• Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland – Christopher Browning
• Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields – Wendy Lower

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Resources to Click

• “The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church” – Will Spencer
• “Defeating Holocaust Denialism” – Updated” – Will Spencer
• “Single Parents in the United States” – Wikipedia
• “Percentage of births to Unmarried Women in the United States from 1980 to 2023” – Statista
• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade RickRoll
• Feels Good Man Trailer #1
• “The Truth About Pepe the Frog and the Cult of Kek”
• Poster of a Jewish man Controlling Spiders Weaving a Conspiracy – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• “Protocols of Learned Elders of Zion” – FBI Vault
• “The Turner Diaries” – William Luther Pierce
• “The Turner Diaries” – ADL
• “The father, the son, and the racist spirit: being raised by az white supremacist” – Johnathon Kelso and Seyward Darby
• “The Guru of White Hate” – Will Blythe
• “The Turner Diaries, Other Racist Novels, Inspire Extremist Violence” – Camille Jackson
• Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told – IMDB Listing
• Europa: The Last Battle – IMDB Listing
• “Fact-Checking Europa: The Last Battle | Part 1” – Keith Woods
• Will Spencer Tweet about the Stone Choir Podcast
• Hitler Hated Christ X Account
• “A Neo-Nazi Godsend” – Douglas Wilson
• Theme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
• The Lord of the Flies – William Golding
• Nazi Ecology: The Oak Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust – R. Mark Musser
• Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion – Norman Rufus Colin Cohn
• KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps – Nikolaus Wachsmann
• Survival in Auschwitz – Primo Levi
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl
• The Hiding Place – Corrie Ten Boom
• Christ in Dachau – Fr. Johannes Lenz
• From Darwin to Hitler – Dr. Richard Weikart
• Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich – Dr. Richard Weikart

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Timestamps

• 00:32 – Intro
• 02:30 – Dr. Schrock’s Longform in a PDF
• 05:05 – Where Did Dr. Schrock Get the Idea for Using the Finger/Hand Imagery?
• 06:20 – Dr. Wellum’s First Impressions
• 08:14 – What was Dr. Schrock Trying to Accomplish with the Article?
• 11:30 – Speaking With a Full Range of Words
• 13:07 – The Thumb: Wisdom from God & Prayer to God
• 18:15 – The Pointer Finger: Pointing to the Truth and Defending the Faith
• 23:45 – The Middle Finger: Righteous Anger and Serrated Speech
• 27:05 – Expressing Righteous Anger
• 38:48 – Using Humor
• 40:31 – The Ring Finger: Speaking Simply and Making Promises
• 43:44 – Consumption of Public Figures Affects the Way We Speak
• 51:39 – The Pinky: Delicate Compassion and Vulnerable Confession
• 57:50 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Ten Words about Words: Getting a Grip on Godly Speech” – David Schrock
• Wanted | New Saint Andrew College Trailer
• The Scandal of the Middle Finger Ad – Douglas Wilson & Friends
• Back to the Future III | “The Entire Plan | Model Train Scene
• “The Grasping Hand” – American Museum of Natural History
• “The Tree of Knowledge and the Law of Yahweh” – David Clines
• “The Two Voices Every Preacher Needs” – Josh Daws
• Seven Good Words: The Sayings of Jesus from the Cross (Sermon Series) – David Schrock
• “Why Johnny Cash Still Matters” – Russell Moore
• 60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • “Big Ed, too Big to Fail”
• Matthew Millsap X Post
• Joe Rigney X Post
• “Encore: A New Testament Scholar Explains What Should Be the Two Key Voting Concerns for Christians” – Robert A.J. Gagnon
• “Encore: Evangelicalism in 2020 and Beyond” – Mark Devine
• “How Shall We Then Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire” – Clinton Manley
• Bad Words, Mockery and Sarcasm (FLF 2022) – Doug Wilson
• “Speech Act Theory, Scripture, and the Holy Spirit” – Gregg Allison
• Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Simple, Salty, & Sacred
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life – Douglas Wilson
• Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism – Timothy Keller
• The Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 1-24 (NICOT) – Daniel I. Block
• The Household and the War for the Cosmos – C.R. Wiley
• A Serrated Edge: A Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Douglas Wilson

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Resources to Click

· “Ten Words about Words: Getting a Grip on Godly Speech” – David Schrock

· Wanted | New Saint Andrew College Trailer

· The Scandal of the Middle Finger Ad – Douglas Wilson & Friends

· Back to the Future III | “The Entire Plan | Model Train Scene

· “The Grasping Hand” – American Museum of Natural History

· “The Tree of Knowledge and the Law of Yahweh” – David Clines

· “The Two Voices Every Preacher Needs” – Josh Daws

· Seven Good Words: The Sayings of Jesus from the Cross (Sermon Series) – David Schrock

· “Why Johnny Cash Still Matters” – Russell Moore

· 3.60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • “Big Ed, too Big to Fail”

· Matthew Millsap X Post

· Joe Rigney X Post

· “Encore: A New Testament Scholar Explains What Should Be the Two Key Voting Concerns for Christians” – Robert A.J. Gagnon

· “Encore: Evangelicalism in 2020 and Beyond” – Mark Devine

· “How Shall We Then Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire” – Clinton Manley

· Bad Words, Mockery and Sarcasm (FLF 2022) – Doug Wilson

· “Speech Act Theory, Scripture, and the Holy Spirit” – Gregg Allison

· Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Simple, Salty, & Sacred

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life – Douglas Wilson

· Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism – Timothy Keller

· The Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 1-24 (NICOT) – Daniel I. Block

· The Household and the War for the Cosmos – C.R. Wiley

· A Serrated Edge: A Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Douglas Wilson

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Timestamps

• 00:26 – Intro
• 03:52 – Clinton Manley’s Background
• 05:43 – How Did Manley Come to Write This Longform on Mockery?
• 09:53 – How Has Mockery Been Used Well?
• 13:45 – What is Satire?
• 19:22 – The Relationship Between Satire and Love
• 23:55 – Holy Satire Celebrates God’s Revealed Will as the ‘Norm’
• 25:20 – Hating Sin
• 28:42 – The Bible Doesn’t Contradict Itself
• 31:28 – Satire for Sanctification
• 34:00 – Satire Doesn’t Lose the Seriousness of the Matter
• 35:32 – Chesterton and Satire
• 36:55 – Why is there a Hypersensitivity to Satire Today?
• 39:18 – Differences of Male &Female Speech/Jesus Has Range
• 44:18 – Who are Helpful Models of Satire?
• 46:26 – Douglas Wilson & Satire
• 50:20 – Practicing Satire Online
• 54:58 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”- Clinton Manley
• “The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” – Clinton Manley
• “Humour” – G.K. Chesterton
• “On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For” – Joe Rigney
• “Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits” – Blaise Pascal
• “Against the Valentinians” – Tertullian
• “The Right to Ridicule?” – Michael J. Ovey
• “And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds” – Doug Wilson
• “The Use of Satire in the Book of Isaiah and in Christian Ministry” – Tom Woolford
• “When Should Christians use Satire?” – John Piper
• Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Salty, Simple, & Sacred
• Give to Support the Work
• 2025 Founders Ministries Pastors' Seminar

Books to Read

• Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion – Os Guinness
• “Satire” in the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery – Leland Ryken, James Wilholt
• God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert – Terry Lindvall
• A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense in Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Doug Wilson
• The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
• Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney
• Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton

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Resources to Click

· “How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”- Clinton Manley

· “The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” – Clinton Manley

· “Humour” – G.K. Chesterton

· “On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For” – Joe Rigney

· “Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits” – Blaise Pascal

· “Against the Valentinians” – Tertullian

· “The Right to Ridicule?” – Michael J. Ovey

· “And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds” – Doug Wilson

· “The Use of Satire in the Book of Isaiah and in Christian Ministry” – Tom Woolford

· “When Should Christians use Satire?” – John Piper

· Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Simple, Salty, Sacred

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion – Os Guinness

· “Satire” in the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery – Leland Ryken, James Wilholt

· God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to StephenColbert – Terry Lindvall

· A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense in Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Doug Wilson

· The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis

· Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis

· Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney

· Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton

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Timestamps

· 00:43 - Intro

· 05:15 – What Was Preached on Easter? How Was Christ Preached from the OT?

· 11:53 – Walking Into Luke 24

· 16:54 – Is This a Transition From Unclarity to Clarity? Unbelief to Belief?

· 19:58 – Do You Think Pastors Have an Appreciation for the Transition that Has Happened Between Old and New Testaments?

· 23:00 – Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels

· 28:44 – Where Would You Go to Introduce Someone to the Gospel?

· 35:44 – Errors to Avoid While Seeing Christ in the Old Testament

· 43:03 – How Do We See the Christ of the OT Come to Life in the New?

· 49:50 – Christ the Telos of the Old Testament

· 55:18 – Preaching the Gospel of Christ, and Preaching the Christ of the Gospel

· 58:17 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “Christ Concealed and Revealed: “Did Not the Messiah Have to Suffer These Things and Then Enter His Glory?” Luke 24:13-35” – Ardel Caneday

· “The Akedah and the Crucifixion: Luke and Isaac Typology” – Peter J. Gentry

· “Michael Morales on the Bronze Serpent in Numbers 21” – Michael Morales

· “You Carry the Fate of Us All Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas Piotrowski

· Theme of the Month: The Cross in the Old Testament

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Last Things: An Eschatology for Laymen – George Eldon Ladd

· A Theology of the New Testament – George Eldon Ladd

· Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period – Richard N. Longenecker

· Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament – eds. Berding, Lunde, Gundry

· New Testament Apologetic: The Doctrinal Significance of the Old Testament Quotations– Barnabas Linders

· The Gospel of Luke (NIGTC) – Howard Marshall

· Luke: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (NAC) – Robert H. Stein

· Biblical Doctrines - B.B. Warfield

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Resources to Click

· “Christ Concealed and Revealed: “Did Not the Messiah Have to Suffer These Things and Then Enter His Glory?” Luke 24:13-35” – Ardel Caneday

· “The Akedah and the Crucifixion: Luke and Isaac Typology” – Peter J. Gentry

· “Michael Morales on the Bronze Serpent in Numbers 21” – Michael Morales

· “You Carry the Fate of Us All Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas Piotrowski

· Theme of the Month: The Cross in the Old Testament

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Last Things: An Eschatology for Laymen – George Eldon Ladd

· A Theology of the New Testament – George Eldon Ladd

· Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period – Richard N. Longenecker

· Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament – eds. Berding, Lunde, Gundry

· New Testament Apologetic: The Doctrinal Significance of the Old Testament Quotations– Barnabas Linders

· The Gospel of Luke (NIGTC) – Howard Marshall

· Luke: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (NAC) – Robert H. Stein

· Biblical Doctrines - B.B. Warfield

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Timestamps

· 00:41 – Intro

· 03:50 – What Does the Lord of the Rings Have to DoWith the Atonement?

· 6:08 – Leviticus in the Life of the Church

· 07:55 – What’s the Drama Going on in Leviticus?

· 10:57 – Leviticus 16 at the Center of the Pentateuch?

· 16:22 – The Cosmic Significance of the Day of Atonement

· 20:23 – How Do We Fit ‘Particularity’ Into this View?

· 28:03 – The Architectural Eden and Where is God?

· 31:05 – Metaphysical Categories and Analogical Language of God’s Presence

· 38:38 – Walking Through the Temple

· 40:55 – Putting the Two Sacrifices of Leviticus 16 Together

· 46:10 – Focusing on the Book of Hebrews

· 52:18 – The Purpose of the Church Gathered

· 55:50 – Final Meditations: What We Learn About Christ

· 1:01:37 - Outro

Resources to Click

· ““You Carry the Fate of Us All, Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski

· “One Spirit, One Body, One Temple: Paul's Corporate Temple Language in 1 Corinthians 6” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski

· “The Day of Atonement” – Stephen Dempster

· “Eden, the Temple, and the Church’s Mission in the New Creation” – G.K. Beale

· “The Final Temple” – Edmund Clowney

· Subscribe to ITS’ The World Upside Down Podcast

Books to Read

· Return from Exile and the Renewal of God’s People (SSIBT) – Nicholas G. Piotrowski

· Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (NSBT) – Stephen G. Dempster

· The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God (SSIBT) – David Schrock

· God Dwells Among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple (ESBT) – G.K. Beale & Mitchell Kim

· The City of God and the Goal of Creation (SSIBT) – T. Desmond Alexander

· The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament – Sandra L. Richter

· The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (NSBT) – G.K. Beale

· Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif – Bryan D. Estelle

· Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (ESBT) - L. Michael Morales

· The Letter to the Hebrews: A Commentary for Preaching, Teaching, and Bible Study – Jon C. Laansma

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Resources to Click

· ““You Carry the Fate of Us All, Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski

· “Eden, the Temple, and the Church’s Mission in the New Creation” – G.K. Beale

· “The Final Temple” – Edmund Clowney

Books to Read

· Return from Exile and the Renewal of God’s People (SSIBT) – Nicholas G.Piotrowski

· Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (NSBT) – Stephen G. Dempster

· The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God (SSIBT) – David Schrock

· God Dwells Among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple (ESBT) – G.K. Beale & Mitchell Kim

· The City of God and the Goal of Creation (SSIBT) – T. Desmond Alexander

· The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament – Sandra L.Richter

· The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (NSBT) – G.K. Beale

· Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif – Bryan D. Estelle

· Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (ESBT) - L. MichaelMorales

· The Letter to the Hebrews: A Commentary for Preaching, Teaching, and Bible Study – Jon C. Laansma

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Resources to Click

· “Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC” – Megan Basham

· CBL Podcast Episode 24: Can the ERLC Be Saved? - William Wolfe, David Schrock, Megan Basham Jon Whitehead, Dave Mitzenmacher, John Michael LaRue & Grant Newman

· 3.46 Megan Basham, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “Shepherds for Sale

· “Senator Mike Lee: Obama Might Create Government Program to Pay for Contraception” – Joel Gehrke

· “Sen. Mike Lee observes ‘March for Life’ by introducing Four Bills to Close Loopholes in Federal Pollicy” – Charlie Schill

· “Senate Blocks Lee’s Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood” – Sarah Ferris

· “Lee Introduces Pro-Life Legislation for March for Life” – Mike Lee

· “Respect for Marriage Act: Why Religious Liberty Deserves Protection and My Amendment Will Provide It” – Mike Lee

· 2025 ERLC Public Policy Agenda

· “The Top 25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 35” – National Journal

· “The 25 Staffers Who Make Capitol Hill Run” – The Hill

· “The Nursemaids of National Conseraism: At a conference on the future of the right, women are a resource for men” – Sarah Jones

· “Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors” – Mark Sherman

· “Anti-Trans Rally Led by Matt Walsh Brings Right-Wing Media Stars to Nashville” – Hannah Herner

· “ERLC President, Covenant Parent Urges Tennessee to Pass Proposed Gun Reform” – Kate Shellnutt

· “SBC Public Policy President, a Covenant Parent, backs Lee’s gun law proposal” – Liam Adams

· “How 40 Protestant Denominations Voted in the Last Four Presidential Elections” – Ryan Burge

· Letter from the Evangelical Immigration Table

· “Biden Bows out of Presidential Race” – ERLC

· “What Do We Do with the ERLC?: An Open Letter to Southern Baptists” – David Schrock

· “ERLC Announces Three New Staff Positions” – Timothy Cockes

· “The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2024” – The Hill

· American Principles Project

· “Missing the Mark: A Pastor’s Loss of Trust in the ERLC” – John Michael Larue

Books to Read

· Shepherds for Sale – Megan Basham

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Timestamps

· 00:41 – Intro

· 04:57 – David Mitzenmacher’s Background

· 8:00 – When Did the ERLC Come on to David Mitzenmacher’s Radar?

· 10:42 – What Has Dr. Wellum’s Purview of the ERLC Been?

· 15:18 – Is the ERLC Worth Fixing and If it is, How Do We Fix It?

· 19:46 – Six Suggested Reforms for the ERLC

· 27:33 – Advocating Without Apology or Nuance

· 35:26 – Having Confidence in the Word of God

· 38:43 – The ERLC and COVID

· 48:37 – Operating With Transparency and Integrity

· 54:10 – Adopting a More Conservative Position

· 59:02 – Looking at the Leadership of the ERLC

· 1:04:47 – Final Thoughts

· 1:08:10 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “4.11 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commission on Ethics”

· “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations” – National Right to Life

· “Trustees affirm Leatherwood, ERLC staff toward ‘greater sense of understanding” – Scott Barkley

· “Inside Juicero’s Demise, From Prized Startup to Fire Sale” – Olivia Zaleski, Ellen Huet, and Brad Stones

· “Appendix B: Classification of Protestant Denominations” – Pew Research Center

· “Whither the ERLC (or ePPC)?” – Mark Coppenger

· “Transparency, Trust, and the Great Commission: It’s Time to Open the Books of the ERLC (and SBC)” – Rhett Burns

· “Evangelism, Islam, Border Security, and National Identity: Moving Past the ERLC’s Mosque-Building Mood” – Alex Kocman

· “Will the ERLC Divide Southern Baptists for Evermore?” – Jon Whitehead

· “Specialized Politics: What Should a Christian Advocacy Organization Do?” – JaredBridges

· “Tuesday Live Updates: Southern Baptists approve abuse reform recommendations, pick Bart Barber as President” – Liam Adams & Katherine Burgess

· “The Road to Dallas, Part 1: The SBC Annual Meeting as a Mission Trip” – David Schrock

· “Biden Bows out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris” – Brandon Porter

· “Southern Baptist leader’s remarks praising Biden cause series of events, leading to someone else’s resignation” – Associated Press

· “Explainer: ERLC sends letter to Congress urging support for Ukraine” – Jordan Wootten

· 2025 ERLC Public Policy Agenda – Brent Leatherwood and Hannah Daniel

· “Toward a Principled Pro-Life Ethic in Post-Roe America” – Tom Ascol

· “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn

· “Assuming the Center” – Joe Rigney

· “Elon Musk praised by CEO of once-banned company restoring free speech at Twitter” – Kassy Dillon

· “ADF shareholder coalition, allies to set agenda at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting” – Alliance Defending Freedom

· “Shareholders, members call on Costco, fellow retailers resist politicized calls to sell dangerous chemical abortion drugs” – Alliance Defending Freedom

· “NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins on the COVID-19 vaccines” – Jeff Pickering

· “Common questions about the COVID-19 vaccine” – Julie Masson

· “How Vaccines Protect the Vulnerable” – Catherine Parks

· “Russell Moore on the ethics of th COVID-19 vaccines” – Chelsea Sobolik

· “How the church offers hope for getting the Black community vaccinated” –Lourdes Anita Branch

· “How should Christians think about religious exemptions for vaccination?” – Ashli Arbo and Matthew Arbo

· “Reassembling the Wreckage of Religious Freedom: Why Now Is the Time for Urging Liberty of Conscience and Supporting Those Seeking Religious Exemptions” – David Schrock

· Theme of the Month: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Conundrum

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Shepherds for Sale – Megan Basham

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· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “4.11 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commission on Ethics”

· “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations” – National Right to Life

· “Trustees affirm Leatherwood, ERLC staff toward ‘greater sense of understanding” – Scott Barkley

· “Appendix B: Classification of Protestant Denominations” – Pew Research Center

· “Whither the ERLC (or ePPC)?” – Mark Coppenger

· “Transparency, Trust, and the Great Commission: It’s Time to Open the Books of the ERLC (and SBC)” – Rhett Burns

· “Evangelism, Islam, Border Security, and National Identity: Moving Past the ERLC’s Mosque-Building Mood” – Alex Kocman

· “Will the ERLC Divide Southern Baptists for Evermore?” – Jon Whitehead

· “Specialized Politics: What Should a Christian Advocacy Organization Do?” – Jared Bridges

· “Tuesday Live Updates: Southern Baptists approve abuse reform recommendations, pick Bart Barber as President” – Liam Adams & Katherine Burgess

· “The Road to Dallas, Part 1: The SBC Annual Meeting as a Mission Trip” – David Schrock

· “Biden Bows out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris” – Brandon Porter

· “Southern Baptist leader’s remarks praising Biden cause series of events, leading to someone else’s resignation” – Associated Press

· “Explainer: ERLC sends letter to Congress urging support for Ukraine" – Jordan Wootten

· 2025 ERLC Public Policy Agenda – Brent Leatherwood and Hannah Daniel

· “Toward a Principled Pro-Life Ethic in Post-Roe America” – Tom Ascol

· “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn

· “Assuming the Center” – Joe Rigney

· “Elon Musk praised by CEO of once-banned company restoring free speech at Twitter” – Kassy Dillon

· “NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins on the COVID-19 vaccines” – Jeff Pickering

· “Common questions about the COVID-19 vaccine” – Julie Masson

· “How Vaccines Protect the Vulnerable” – Catherine Parks

·“Russell Moore on the ethics of th COVID-19 vaccines” – Chelsea Sobolik

· “How the church offers hope for getting the Black community vaccinated” – Lourdes Anita Branch

· “How should Christians think about religious exemptions for vaccination?” –Ashli Arbo and Matthew Arbo

·“Reassembling the Wreckage of Religious Freedom: Why Now Is the Time for Urging Liberty of Conscience and Supporting Those Seeking Religious Exemptions” – David Schrock

· “No Divine Law Equals No Moral Obligation” – Jared Longshore

·“A Post-Mortem on the Push for Financial Transparency in the SBC” – Rhett Burns

· “Did the ERLC receive a grant from the Democracy Fund?” – ERLC

· “What was the Civility Project, and who funded that work?” – ERLC

· FAQ’s (Old) - ERLC

· FAQ’s (Current) - ERLC

· “The Plot to Queer Evangelical Churches” – Megan Basham

· “A Broken System Exposed: What Happened with Leatherwood and The ERLC Trustees” – Sam Webb

· “Evangelical Call for Restitution-Based Immigration Reform” – Evangelical Immigration Table

· “ERLC President, Baptist leaders back gun control proposal after Nashville school shooting” – Samantha Kamman

· “Our experience at the Faith that Works March in Washington D.C.” – Brooke Kramer & Chelsea Sobolik

· “Against Criminally Charging Women Who Seek Abortions: Avoiding Unintended Injustice” – Dana Hall McCain

· “’Keep the door open’: Nashville’s mayor on governing a blue island in a sea of red” – George Chidi

· “Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy” – Peter Smith

· Theme of the Month: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Conundrum

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Shepherds for Sale – Megan Basham

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· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “4.11 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commission on Ethics”

· “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations” – National Right to Life

· SBC Annuals – Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archive

· Theme of the Month: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Conundrum

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Sixty Years With the Bible – William Newton Clarke

· A Theology for the Social Gospel – Walter Rauschenbusch

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Timestamps

· 00:47 – Intro

· 05:40 – What Was Dr. Nettles Goal With His Piece?

· 11:05 – Evangelism and Social Concerns: What is the Relationship?

· 16:50 – How Did Liberalism Effect the Christian Life Commission?

· 25:00 – The Christian Life Commision’s Response to Roe v. Wade

· 28:12 – How Did the CLC Go Influence PoliticalOrganizations and Churches?

· 32:37 – Did the CLC Tone Their Statements Downat Points in Response to Conservatives?

· 34:21 – The Impact of the CLC on Leadership Throughout the Nation

· 40:13 – Richard Land and Abortion

· 46:26 – The Change to ‘the Ethics and ReligiousLiberty Commission’

· 49:06 – Was there Always a Presence in WashingtonDC?

· 50:15 – In the 70s and 80s, was this the BestVersion of the CLC/ERLC?

· 52:20 – What Brought the Change from RichardLand to Russell Moore?

· 55:38 – What Happened to Russell Moore DuringHis Tenure?

· 1:06:33 – Is It Worth the Cost to Have SomethingLike the ERLC?

· 1:10:52 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles

· “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations” – National Right to Life

· SBC Annuals – Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archive

· “Are Women Morally Responsible for Their Abortions?” – Ginna Cross

· Theme of the Month: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Conundrum

· Give to Support the Work

· King’s Domain Conference

· G3 National Conference

Books to Read

· Sixty Years With the Bible – William Newton Clarke

· A Theology for the Social Gospel – Walter Rauschenbusch

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· “What Do We Do with the ERLC? An Open Letter to Southern Baptists” – David Schrock

· Engaging Noah’s Republic with Job’s Righteousness: From the Seeds of Justice to the Seats of City Hall – David Schrock

· “Southern Baptist Defeat Motion to Defund Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” – Michael Foust

· 3.46 Megan Basham, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “Shepherds for Sale”

· Russell Moore with David Platt and Ron Sider

· “Should We Be “Whole Life Pro-Life?”” – Brad Green

· “Russell Moore’s Revenge: The Untold Story of His Leaked Letters and ERLC Exit” – Center For Baptist Leadership

· “SBC Annual Meeting 2024: Wednesday Morning (Skip to 1:22:00)”

· “The SBC Needs A DOGE–Now” – Rhett Burns

· 2020 Evangelicals For Life Conference Page

· “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations”

· “Are Women Morally Responsible for Their Abortions” – Ginna Cross

· “Dr. Russell Moore Responds To Question at SBC16”

· “Support for Hamas at the Secular University: The Crisis of the American University and the Need for General Revelation” – Owen Anderson

· “Evangelical Immigration Table” – ERLC

· “National Immigration Forum (NIF)” – Influence Watch

· “The UK’s Grooming Gangs and the Lessons Never Learned” – Julie Bindel

· “The Letter Russell Moore Will Send Trump about the Refugee Order” – Russell Moore

· “Resolution 9 and the Southern Baptist Convention 2019” – Tom Ascol

· “The Egalitarian Beachball is a Wrecking Ball” – David Schrock

· “On Fools, Scoundrels, and Southern Baptist Bookstore Presidents” – Doug Ponder

· Theme of the Month: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Conundrum

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda – Megan Basham

· The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart – Jermy Carl

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:31 – Intro

· 05:05 – The Genesis and Arguments of Defending Sin

· 08:07 – How Does Defending Sin Related to Adam the Fall, and Original Sin?

· 09:05 – What are Some Things We Need to Rightly Understand Between Creation and Science?

· 11:50 - What Does BioLogos Say About the Doctrine of Sin?

· 20:21 – The Shape of Redemptive History in Academia

· 23:25 – Why is it that We Should See Sin as a Spiritual Problem as Well as Biological?

· 29:07 – Traducianism and Creationism

· 33:28 – Why is It That Creationism is a Reformed View and Traducianism the Lutheran View?

· 34:58 – How Do We Deal With Predispositions Towards Certain Sins?

· 41:44 – The Transmission of Sin

· 47:34 – Desires Can Be Sinful

· 54:00 – How is the Doctrine of Sin a Practical Doctrine?

· 57:05 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “Original Sin -Biological or Spiritual Problem?” – Hans Madueme

· “Mea Culpa: An Apology for Original Guilt” – Hans Madueme

· “X-Linked Borderline Mental Retardation with ProminentBehavioral Disturbance: Phenotype, Genetic Localization, and Evidence for Disturbed Monoamine Metabolism” – H.G. Brunner

· “Mean Genes and the Biology ofAgression: A Critical Review of Recent Animal and Human Research” – E. Balaban, J.S. Alper, Y.L. Kasaman

· “Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby

· “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp

· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

· Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation – eds. Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, Nancy Press

· Sociobiology: The New Synthesis – E.O. Wilson

· Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism – ed. Karen King

· On the Soul and Its Origin – Augustine

· Revisions – Augustine

· The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church – Heinrich Schmid

· Dogmatic Theology – William G.T. Shedd

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· On Original Sin and A Disputation – Odo of Tournai and Irven M. Resnick

· Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology - Robert H. Gundry

· Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views – J.B. Stump and Chad Meister

· “A Way Forward on the Question of the Transmission of Original Sin” by Marcus Johnson inEvangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church – ed. Myk Habets and Bobby Grow

· The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context – Robert Letham

· Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

· Pascal’s Pensées – Blake Pascal

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Resources to Click

· “Original Sin -Biological or Spiritual Problem?” – Hans Madueme

· “Mea Culpa: An Apology for Original Guilt” – Hans Madueme

· “X-Linked Borderline Mental Retardation withProminent Behavioral Disturbance: Phenotype, Genetic Localization, and Evidence for Disturbed Monoamine Metabolism” – H.G. Brunner

· “Mean Genes and the Biology of Agression: A Critical Review of Recent Animal and Human Research” – E. Balaban, J.S. Alper, Y.L. Kasaman

· “Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby

· “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp

· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

· Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation – eds. Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, Nancy Press

· Sociobiology: The New Synthesis – E.O. Wilson

· Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism – ed. Karen King

· On the Soul and Its Origin – Augustine

· Revisions – Augustine

· The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church – Heinrich Schmid

· Dogmatic Theology – William G.T. Shedd

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· On Original Sin and A Disputation – Odo of Tournai and Irven M. Resnick

· Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology – Robert H. Gundry

· Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views – J.B. Stump and Chad Meister

· “A Way Forward on the Question of theTransmission of Original Sin” by Marcus Johnson inEvangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church – ed. Myk Habets and Bobby Grow

· The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context – Robert Letham

· Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

· Pascal’s Pensées – Blake Pascal

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:34 – Intro

· 04:10 – Who is in Mind When Writing This Piece about the Doctrine of Sin?

· 07:41- Seeing the Bible as Inspired, but Appealing to ‘Myth’ in Genesis

· 12:38 – How Can Pastors Help Their Congregation Think through the Fantastic and Supernatural in Genesis 1-3?

· 17:04 – Has the Move Towards ‘Myth’ Contributed to a Lack of Addressing Sin?

· 20:48 – When Preaching, How Much Should We Refer to Genesis 3?

· 25:00 – Thinking About Man’s Fallen Condition from Genesis 3

· 28:50 – Does Scripture Give an Origin Story of the Angels and their Fall?

· 32:12 – Sin is Essential to Fallen Humanity

· 39:25 – The Truth about Sin is Actually Good News

· 42:43 – The Way Sin is Transmitted: Adam’s Federal Headship

· 48:09 – Theosis and Nature and Grace?

· 52:31 – Sin and Worldview

· 54:16 – Why Have Been People Been Against the Word ‘Worldview’ Lately?

· 1:02:36 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum

· In the Beginning: A Theological Exploration of Genesis 1-11 – Christ Over All

· Review of J.V. Fesko’sReforming Apologetics – James N. Anderson

· “The History (and Tragedy) of the Ford Pinto: Everything You Need to Know” – Aaron Gold

· “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America

· “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating HistoricistReadings,” - Patrick Franklin

· Theme of the Month:Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Man’s Nature and His Communities: Essays on the Dynamics and Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr

· God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught

· The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan

· Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic inChristian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic– ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain

· “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” inRuined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson

· Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher

· Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher

· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

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Resources to Click

· “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum

· “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America

· “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings,” - Patrick Franklin

· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Man’s Nature and His Communities: Essays on the Dynamics and Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr

· God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught

· The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan

· Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic in Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic– ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain

· “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson

· Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher

· Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher

· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:33 – Intro

· 04:30 – Anthropological Thoughts on the Inauguration

· 13:44 – What is Ontology?

· 20:05 – Understanding Chalcedon and It’s Language

· 23:21 – What Is the Context Around ‘Person-Nature Distinction’?

· 28:39 – Building a Bridge Between Chalcedonian Christology & Anthropology

· 32:00 - Christ being Consubstantial

· 36:57 – At What Point Does Mystery Enter Into the Incarnation?

· 42:00 – Similarities and Dissimilarities BetweenPerson and Nature

· 47:54 – Is the Chalcedonian Definition Novel?

· 53:47 – Being Aware of Our Language

· 59:47 – How are These Doctrines Being Incorporated to Systematic Theology?

· 1:03:02 – New Light Being Shone on These Areas of Anthropology

· 1:05:30 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 1)” – Michael A. Wilkinson

· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 2)” – Michael A. Wilkinson

· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Crowned with Glory and Honor: A Chalcedonian Anthropology – Michael A. Wilkinson

· God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum

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· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 1)” – Michael A. Wilkinson

· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 2)” – Michael A. Wilkinson

· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Crowned with Glory and Honor: A Chalcedonian Anthropology –Michael A. Wilkinson

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:32 – Intro

· 03:35 – Encouragements as We Look Forward to 2025

· 07:23 – Why is the Question of Humanity Historically Important?

· 12:20 – Why Should Congregants or Laypersons Study the Doctrine of Humanity?

· 17:31 – How Did the Change to an Enlightenment Epistemology Effect the Doctrine of Humanity?

· 23:10 – A Mirrored Reality That is Lost

· 30:00 – How Is This Piece Helpful in How Dr. Van Relates This to Economics?

· 34:44 – Man Creating God

· 43:03 –Do Other Systematic Theologies Address Our Modern Anthropological Problems?

· 45:25 – Denying Politics Denies the Doctrine of Man

· 54:15 – How Does the Doctrine of Humanity Help Us Preach the Gospel?

· 1:00:18 - Outro

Resources to Click

·“The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum

· “The Extinction of Experience: Christine Rosen on the Impact of Technology on Society” – Uncommon Knowledge

· “The Embodied Person: Why I Am My Body, Not Just My Soul” – Gregg Allison

· “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange

· “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold to a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs

· “Abortion Statistics 1973-2019”

· “Majority of Americans Remain Supportive of Euthanasia” – Jade Wood and Justin McCarthy

· “Why They Kill Their Newborns” – Steven Pinker

· “WEF Mastermind: ‘Human Rights are Fiction, Just Like God’ – Frank Bergman

· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World – Christine Rosen

· The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis

· “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J.Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine– ed. Colin E. Gunton

· An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic – Alexander Pope

· The Message in the Bottle - Walker Percy

· The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell

· The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson

· False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman

· Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells

·“Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson

· The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson

· A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff

· “Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A.Carson in Fallen: A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson

· Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg

· How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer

·Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari

· The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

· Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

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Resources to Click

·“The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum

· “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange

· “CanYou Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold to a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs

· “Abortion Statistics 1973-2019”

·“Majority of Americans Remain Supportive of Euthanasia” – Jade Wood and Justin McCarthy

· “Why They Kill Their Newborns” – Steven Pinker

· “WEF Mastermind: ‘Human Rights are Fiction, Just Like God’ – Frank Bergman

· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis

· “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J. Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine– ed. Colin E. Gunton

· An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic –Alexander Pope

· The Message in the Bottle - Walker Percy

· The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell

· The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson

· False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman

· Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells

· “Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson

· The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson

· A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff

·“Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A. Carson in Fallen:A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson

· Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg

· How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer

· Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari

· The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

· Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

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Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2025.

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:27 – Intro

· 04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to Messiah

· 07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures inMessiah

· 15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s Messiah

· 18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicatingthe Gospel

· 26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation

· 30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a‘Performance’ Mind-set

· 38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as TheirVocation

· 43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish MessiahToday

· 46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need toBe Dialed Back

· 53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus?

· 57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season

· 1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel” – Ben Purves

· “Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise” – Bob Kauflin

· GLAD Acapella Full Album

· “The Handel Commemoration 1784” – Jenny Ruthven

· “The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual” – William Weber

· The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database

· “Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah”

· “Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah” – Robert Manson Myers

· Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast

· Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah

· Give to Support the Work of COA

Books to Read

· The Works of John Newton – John Newton

· Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790 – Daniel O’Quinn

· Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God – Bob Kauflin

· True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God – Bob Kauflin

· The Poems of William Cowper– William Cowper

· Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People – Calvin R. Stapert

· The Cross and Christian Ministry – D.A. Carson

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Resources to Click

· “⁠Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel⁠” – Ben Purves

· “⁠Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise”⁠ – Bob Kauflin

· ⁠GLAD Acapella Full Album⁠

· “⁠The Handel Commemoration 1784⁠” – Jenny Ruthven

· “⁠The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual⁠” – William Weber

· ⁠The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database⁠

· “⁠Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah⁠”

· “⁠Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah⁠” – Robert Manson Myers

· ⁠Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast⁠

· ⁠Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah⁠

· ⁠Give to Support the Work of COA⁠

Books to Read

· ⁠The Works of John Newton⁠ – John Newton

· ⁠Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790⁠ – Daniel O’Quinn

· ⁠Worship Matters⁠⁠: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God⁠ – Bob Kauflin

· ⁠True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God ⁠ – Bob Kauflin

· ⁠The Poems of William Cowper⁠– William Cowper

· ⁠Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People⁠ – Calvin R. Stapert

· ⁠The Cross and Christian Ministry⁠ – D.A. Carson

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Show NotesTimestamps to Know

· 00:40 – Intro

· 03:10 – ‘Augustine’

· 04:22 – How Did Dr. Green get into studyingAugustine?

· 07:41 – How Has Dr. Wellum Encountered Augustinein Theological Studies?

· 10:25 – The Context of Augustine and theCity of God

· 15:03 – The Fundamental View of the ‘Two Cities’

· 18:10 - Is Augustine’s View of Eschatology Optimisticof Pessimistic?

· 24:43 - What’sthe Difference Between the Two City-Kingdoms?

· 31:16 – Warfield’s Argument

· 35:20 – Who Were the Donatists?

· 37:47 – How Does Augustine Set a Trajectory forPolitical Theology?

· 41:22 – R2K: Historical and Revised

· 45:30 – Does Augustine Have Realm for a SecularOrder?

· 48:15 – What is a Constructive Argument for theKingdom of God in Society Today?

· 54:48 – Helpful Reading Recommendations

· 56:36 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “Augustine’s The City of God and Why It Matters Today” – Brad Green

· Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The City of God – Augustine

· Confessions – Augustine

· Augustine of Hippo: His Life and Impact – Brad Green

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Timestamps to Know

· 00:40 – Intro

· 03:40 – Dr. Wellum’s Background with Handel’s Messiah

· 06:41 – How Handel’s Messiah Showed Up in Dr. Crookshank’s Life

· 08:47 – Handel’s Life and How Messiah Was Introduced in Dublin

· 11:53 – Fighting Against Deism

· 15:07 – Reading Isaiah with Messiah

· 18:08 – How Was Messiah Originally Received?

· 21:48 – Did the Church See Messiah as an Evangelistic Opportunity?

· 24:22 - What Was the Process for Putting the Biblical Text to Music?

· 26:57 – Madrigal-ism and ‘Text Painting’

· 30:12 – What Biblical Theology Do We Find in Messiah?

· 38:51 – How Has Messiah Endured Throughthe Ages?

· 42:12 – Has There Been Opposition to MessiahToday?

· 46:05 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “The Scriptures in Handel’s Messiah: An Overview” – Esther Crookshank

· Handel: Messiah – London Symphony Orchestra

· The New Young Messiah – Ralph Carmichael

· C.S. Lewis Institute on Messiah

· Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People - Calvin Stapert

· The Making of Handel’s Messiah – Andrew Gant

· “Sketch of the Life of Handel,” in An Account of the Musical Performances… in Commemoration of Handel– Charles Burney

· Messiah: The Gospel According to Handel’s Oratorio – Roger A. Bullard

· Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks) – Donald Burrows

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3.62 – Crookshank Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click

· “The Scriptures in Handel’s Messiah: An Overview” – Esther Crookshank

· Handel: Messiah – London Symphony Orchestra

· Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Making of Handel’s Messiah – Andrew Gant

· “Sketch of the Life of Handel,” in An Account of the Musical Performances… in Commemoration of Handel– Charles Burney

· Messiah: The Gospel According to Handel’s Oratorio – Roger A. Bullard

· Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks) – Donald Burrows

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Resources to Click

• “Augustine’s The City of God and Why It Matters Today” – Brad Green
• “Saint Augustine’s Secularizaiton of Rome” – Robert Markus
• Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• ⁠The City of God⁠ – Augustine

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3.59 – Merkle Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:36 – Intro

· 03:14 – How Dr. Merkle Became the President ofNew Saint Andrews

· 06:43 – What is the Crisis of Higher Education?

· 09:25 – What is the Idea of ‘Big Ed’?

· 13:38 – Looking at Education as Parent andFellow Educator

· 20:13 – Christian Universities Mirroring ‘BigEd’

· 23:08 – How Many Christian Universities AreSaying We Need to Move to the Right?

· 24:17 – Don’t Take Government Funds

· 27:52 – Government Coercion and Accreditation

· 30:47 – What is Unique About New Saint Andrews?

· 34:34 – What about Someone Who Wants to PursueLiberal Arts?

· 36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA?

· 41:16 – What Is Necessary to Begin Thinkingabout Providing This Type of Education?

· 43:18 – Do We Include Local Churches as aNecessary Element?

· 44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’sModel of Education?

· 50:24 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “⁠Encore: Big Ed, Too Big to Fail”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle

· ⁠“What’s the Problem With Federal Loans?”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle

· ⁠“The Financially Sustainable University: The Lost Decade”⁠ – Mark Krafft, Tom Dretler, and Jeff Selingo

· ⁠“Higher Ed Must Change or Die”⁠ – Jason Wingard

· ⁠“Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More Than We Were Told”⁠ – Andrew Gillen

· ⁠CTEEReport Fall 2021⁠

· ⁠“The Great Interruption”⁠ – Bill Conley and Robert Massa

· “⁠Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education⁠” – Nathan D. Grawe

· “⁠Who Is Ruining Our Universities? Administrators!”⁠ – Richard Vedder

· ⁠SHEEO FY 2018 Report⁠

· ⁠Trends in Student Aid Report 2018⁠

· ⁠“Average Student Loan Debt 2024”⁠ – Jennifer Calonia

· ⁠“Student Loan Debt Statistics”⁠ – Melanie Hanson

· ⁠“The Uncomfortable Truth about Campus Rape Policy”⁠ – Emily Yoffe

· ⁠Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God⁠

· ⁠Give to Support the Work⁠

Books to Read

· ⁠Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda⁠ – Megan Basham

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3.58 – Schreiner Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:46 – Intro

· 03:18 – Reputation & Background on GeorgeEldon Ladd

· 06:21 – Engaging with the Dutch Tradition &Critical Scholarship

· 07:50 – Reading Ladd and On His Influence

· 09:50 – Ladd on Inerrancy

· 15:45 – Taking an Axe to Dispensationalism

· 23:54 – Defining Dispensationalism and TheirVarieties

· 27:37 – The Reign, Rule, and Realm of Christ

· 29:23 – The Promises of the Land

· 32:00 – Parallel Arguments betweenDispensationalists and Post-Millenialists

· 36:26 – Thinking Through the Already Not Yet andEngaging with Preterism

· 42:21 – How To Introduce the Already Not Yet andApplications for Today

· 44:23 – Thinking Through the Already Not YetSystematically

· 47:13 – How Does This Impact Preaching?

· 50:00 – Lessons From Ladd’s Life

· 59:13 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “The World Turned Upside Down: George Ladd on the Kingdom” – Thomas R. Schreiner

· Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· A Theology of the New Testament – George Eldon Ladd

· The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God – George Eldon Ladd

· The Presence of the Future: The Eschatology of Biblical Realism – George Eldon Ladd

· The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation – Daniel G. Hummel

· Progressive Dispensationalism – Craig A. Blaising & Darrell L. Bock

· The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church – Geerhardus Vos

· The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos

· Christ and Time: The Primitive Conception of Time and History – Oscar Cullman

· Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism – George M. Marsden

· The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views – ed. Robert Clouse

· Revelation 1-11 – Peter Leithart

· Revelation 12-22 – Peter Leithart

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3.57 – Schreiner Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click

• “The World Turned Upside Down: George Ladd on the Kingdom” – Thomas R. Schreiner
• Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• A Theology of the New Testament – George Eldon Ladd
• The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God – George Eldon Ladd
• The Presence of the Future: The Eschatology of Biblical Realism – George Eldon Ladd
• The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation – Daniel G. Hummel
• The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church – Geerhardus Vos
• The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos
• Christ and Time: The Primitive Conception of Time and History – Oscar Cullman

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3.57– Goldsworthy Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click

· “The Kingdom of God” – Graeme Goldsworthy

· Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Jesus and the Kingdom of God – G.R. Beasley-Murray

· The Parables of the Kingdom – C.H. Dodd

· The Goldsworthy Trilogy – Graeme Goldsworthy

· What is Christianity? – Adolf Von Harnack

· The Bible and the Future – Anthony Hoekema

· The Gospel of the Kingdom – George Eldon Ladd

· The Mystery of the Kingdom of God – Albert Schweitzer

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Timestamps

· 00:35 – Intro

· 04:21 – How Did Doug Ponder Get Into Studying this Subject?

· 11:53 – Essentials of Differences and Similarities Between Men & Women

· 18:06 – How the Image of God Affirms the Equal Value of the Sexes, but Also Points to Asymmetrical Glory

· 22:55 – Feminism Is Just as Pervasive and Harmful as Any Other ‘Ism’

· 30:28 – Feminism Has Paved the Way for Other Destructive Ideologies

· 38:57 – Feminism vs. Femininity

· 43:11 – Second and Third Wave Feminism and the Church

· 48:53 – Living Out Our Distinctions in a Godly Way

· 56:00 – Reclaiming Strong Manhood and Womanhood

· 1:03:09 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – DougPonder

· “Different From and Different For” – Doug Ponder

· “Feminism in the SBC” – Doug Ponder

· “A Biblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder

· “Pastors are Elders are Overseers” – Doug Ponder

· “Who Shepherds the Flock? A Response to Russ Barksdale” – Doug Ponder

· “Complementarians and the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Bryan Laughlin & Doug Ponder

· Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the “Isms”

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· The Genesis of Gender - Abigail Favale

· The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us - CarrieGress

· Feminism Against Progress - Mary Harrington

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3.55 – Ponder Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click

· “SlayingFeminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – DougPonder

· “DifferentFrom and Different For” – Doug Ponder

· “Feminism inthe SBC” – Doug Ponder

· “ABiblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder

· “Pastorsare Elders are Overseers” – Doug Ponder

· “WhoShepherds the Flock? A Response to Russ Barksdale” – Doug Ponder

· “Complementariansand the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Bryan Laughlin &Doug Ponder

· “TheWrongs of Woman” – Matthew Schmitz

· “Cohabitation:Marriage Lite or the New Concubinage” – Alan F.H. Wisdom

· “SexualCounter-Revolution” – Scott Yenor

· “Empathy,Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney

· “CommonGood Men: The Lost Authority of Godly Men” – Nancy Pearcy

· “Transgenderism:Escaping Limits” – R.R. Reno

· “Priestessesin the Church?” – C.S. Lewis

· “EmancipatedSurf: Rebekah Curtis on the Unintended Consequences of First-Wave Feminism”– Rebekah Curtis

· “TheFallacy of Interchangeability” – Colin Smothers

· “The Variety of Feminismsand their Contributions to Gender Equality” – Judith Lorber

· “What is a Woman?”– Michelle Goldberg

· “WhatMakes a Man or Woman?” – Chris Bodenner

· “GenderEquality is Your Issue Too” – Emma Watson

· “Partnersin Ministry: How Men and Women Must Labor Together for the Good of the Church”– The Gospel Coalition Podcast

· “SenecaFalls in 1848” – National Park Service

· “Indicatives,Imperatives, and Applications: Reflections on Natural, Biblical, and CulturalComplementarianism” – Joe Rigney

· “Thousandsof Women Fought Against the Right to Vote. Their Reasons Still Resonate Today”– Samantha Schmidt

· “WhatDid the Suffragists Really Think About Abortion?” - Treva B. Lindsey

· “WhatWomen Need: Three Bad ideas for Women & What to Do About Them” –Frederica Mathewes-Green

· “Man andWoman: Toward an Ontology” – Patrick Schreiner

· “TheEmancipation of Domesticity”

· “Mental HealthCare” – Household Pulse Survey

· “TheParadox of Declining Female Happiness” – Betsey Stevenson & JustinWolfers

· “Lossof a Good Word (Again)” – Zephram Foster

· “’Deathsof Despair’ Among Men Fueling Life Expectancy Gap” – Lisa O’Mary

· “Mending Wall”– Robert Frost

· “TheDistinct, Positive Impact of a Good Dad: How Fathers Contribute to Their Kids’Lives” – Brad Wilcox

· “TheBoy Genius: Finding Him Again Throughthe Patriarchal Group” – Anthony Esolen

· “Onthe Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M.Heim, “Biblical Images of God as Mother and Spiritual Formation” – KyleClaunch

· Theme ofthe Month: Christ Over All the “Isms”

· Giveto Support the Work

Books to Read

· TheRealm of Lesser Evil - Jean-Claude Michea

· Adamand Eve after the Pill, Revisited – Mary Eberstadt

· TheEnd of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us – CarrieGress

· TheArt of War – Sun Tzu trans. Lionel Giles

· ANew Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of ChristianFeminism – Kristin Kobes Du Mez

· Womenand the New Race – Margaret Sanger

· IdeasHave Consequences – Richard M. Weaver

· AboveAll Earthly Pow’rs: Christ In a Post-Modern World – David F. Wells

· Onthe Meaning of Sex – J. Budziszewski

· AllWe’re Meant to Be: Biblical Feminism for Today – Letha Dawson Scanzoni& Nancy A. Hardesty

· EvangelicalFeminism: A History – Pamela D.H. Cochran

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3.54 – Sunshine Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:32 – Intro

· 03:58 – Dr. Sunshine’s Background

· 06:30 – Dr. Sunshine’s New Ministry

· 08:42 – Slaying Leviathan

· 11:23 – What is Resistance Theory and How Do We Recover It?

· 14:48 – Is the Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates Taught in Seminary Today?

· 17:20 – Where to Glean Principles from Scripture

· 20:25 – Key Benchmarks in Scripture Before Arriving at Romans 13

· 23:01 – Resistance Theory in Church History Leading Up to the Reformation

· 26:21 – Augustine’s Influence on Political Theory

· 31:46 – Are Leaders Overlooking the Doctrine of Original Sin?

· 34:27 – Observations on the Left and the Right

· 38:18 – What is the Solution to our Political Turmoil?

· 47:57 – What Do Pastors Need to Emphasizing from Resistance Theory and Church History?

· 52:28 – Globalization, Nations, and “Northern-ness”

· 55:45 – Responding to Transnational Powers

· 1:00:00 - Outro

Resources to Click

· “Fighting Back: Protestant Resistance Theory” – The Theology Pugcast

· Every Square Inch Ministries

· Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the ‘Isms’”

· Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

· Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition – Glenn Sunshine

· 32 Christians Who Changed Their World – Glenn Sunshine & John Stonestreet

· Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants – Stephen Junius Brutus and Glenn Sunshine

· Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home – Glenn Sunshine

· The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus’ 1st-Century Kingdom Values are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church – Jerry Trousdale & Glenn Sunshine

· City of God – Augustine

· Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes

· The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli

· The Benedict Option – Rod Dreher

· A Christian Manifesto – Francis Schaeffer

· A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1500 – Samuel Moffet

· A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 2: 1500-1900 – Samuel Moffet

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3.53 – Wellum Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:43 – Intro

· 03:50 – What Is Dr. Wellum Attempting to Do WithThis Piece?

· 06:14 – How Do We Understand What an Evangelicalis in This Political Age?

· 10:38 – Is Being Defined by the BebbingtonQuadrilateral Enough for Evangelicals?

· 13:58 – Cultural Accommodations

· 19:54 – Being Quiet and Unclear

· 22:58 – The Need to Be ‘Cool’ in Today’s Evangelicalism

· 29:08 – David Wells and His Cultural Critique

· 36:57 – Dr. Wellum’s List

· 39:30 – Being Faithful to Preach the Word of Godin Private and Public Matters

· 46:29 – Evangelicals Taking for Granted theirFreedoms and Liberties

· 58:20 – Personal Peace and Affluence, and NotBeing ‘Lulled to Sleep’

· 1:05:37 – Encouragements for Congregations inthis Season

· 1:09:07 - Outro

Resources to Click

· TillKingdom Come Conference at Christ Bible Church

· “TheThree Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn

· Quote from Ronald Reagan’s“Encroaching Control” Speech

· “BaptistPress Initial Reporting on Roe v. Wade” – Trevin Wax

· “AmericanPsychological Association Reiterates Support for Same-Sex Marriage” – APA

· “Resolution9 and the Southern Baptist Convention” – Tom Ascol

· Giveto Support the Work

Books to Read

· Lifein the Negative World – Aaron Renn

· Democracyin America – Alexis de Tocqueville

· NoPlace For Truth: or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology –David F. Wells

· Godin the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams –David F. Wells

· LosingOur Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F.Wells

· AboveAll Earthly Pow’rs: Christ in a Postmodern World – David F. Wells

· TheCourage to Be Protestant: Reformation Faith in Today’s World – David F.Wells

· ASecular Age – Charles Taylor

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3.52 – AuronMacIntyre Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:50 – Intro

· 04:50 – Auron MacIntyre’s Background

· 06:20 – The Wake Up Call of 2020

· 09:58 – Observations About 2020 from TrentHunter

· 13:53 – The Thesis of Auron’s Book The TotalState and ‘The Cathedral’

· 18:32 – Are We Blind to Communism and ManagerialIdeologies Today?

· 21:35 – Managerialism in the Church vs. TheAuthority of God’s Word

· 26:06 – “Massification”

· 30:17 – The Need for Efficiency Leads to an Overreachof Authority

· 34:23 – Multiculturalism and the Creation ofConformity

· 37:46 – The Tower Babel Still at Work Today

· 41:18 – The Different Forms of Totalitarianism

· 47:08 – Why Should Christians Care About This?

· 52:46 – Takeaways from The Total Statefor the People in the Pew

· 56:15 – Counsel and Encouragements

· 1:00:43 - Outro

Resources to Click

· The AuronMacIntyre Show

· “ATheology of the Face: How Endless Mask-Wearing Hides the Image of God andHinders the Church” – David Schrock

· Theme of theMonth: Voting to the Glory of God

· Giveto Support the Work

Books to Read

· TheTotal State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies– AuronMacIntyre

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3.51 – Wellum Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click

· TillKingdom Come Conference at Christ Bible Church

· “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn

· Quote from Ronald Reagan’s “Encroaching Control” Speech

· “Baptist Press Initial Reporting on Roe v. Wade” – Trevin Wax

· “American Psychological Association Reiterates Support for Same-Sex Marriage” – APA

· “Resolution9 and the Southern Baptist Convention” – Tom Ascol

· Giveto Support the Work

Books to Read

· Life in the Negative World – Aaron Renn

· Democracy in America – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Listen in as Andy Naselli joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "Politics, Conscience, and the Church: The Why, What, and How of Political Disagreement."

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Listen in as Andrew Walker and Erik Reed from the Bully Pulpit Podcast talk with Stephen Wellum and David Schrock from Christ Over All about politics.

Timestamps

• 00:36 – Intro
• 03:11 – How Did the Bully Pulpit Start?
• 07:12 – What is An Outward Facing Ministry and Should That Be Common Among Pastors?
• 10:36 – How Do You Help Pastors Think about Politics?
• 15:12 – Politics Follows After First Principles
• 21:10 – COA Birthday
• 22:50 – An Anti-Conservative Posture in the YRR Movement
• 26:38 – Conservatism is Built Off Borrowed Capital From Christianity
• 33:01 – Discipleship in Respect to Political Ideas
• 43:08 – Discipleship from the Wrong Sources & The Invasion of Progressivism
• 49:53 – Is This ‘Culture-Warring 2.0’? Do We Actually the Need the Culture War?
• 55:16 – Closing Thoughts & Outro

Resources to Click

• The Bully Pulpit Podcast
• Center For Renewing America
• “Why Progressivism Destroys Everything” – Andrew T. Walker
• Theme of the Month: Voting to the Glory of God
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God’s Glory and Our Good – Andrew T. Walker

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The reasons why we all can’t just get along . . . and a test case regarding abortion and voting.

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Listen in as Megan Basham joins David Schrock and Trent Hunter to discuss her new book Shepherds for Sale, as well as the state of evangelicalism.

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What exactly are we doing when we vote? And how should that affect how we vote?

Resources to Click

• “Make Civics Great Again: A Pastoral Guide to Casting Ballots Wisely” – Trent Hunter
• “Give to God What is God’s: Three Rules for (Political) Engagement” – Trent Hunter
• “Give to God What is God’s: Rule 1, Understand What You’re Doing as an American” – Trent Hunter
• “Give to God What is God’s: Rule 2, Engage in the Political Process as a Christian” – Trent Hunter
• “Give to God What is God’s: Rule 3, Reserve Your Greatest Energies for the Most Lasting Society, the Church” – Trent Hunter
• “One Constitution, or Two?: Reviewing The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell” – Brad Green
• “An Introduction to Lex Rex” – Douglas Wilson
• “What Am I Doing When I Vote?” – Kevin DeYoung
• “Trump Has Put Social Conservatives in a Dilemma” – Edward Feser
• “Voting as Christians: The Creawtion Order Political Scorecard” – Colin Smothers
• Theme of the Month: Voting to the Glory of God
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies – Auron MacIntyre
• Two Treatises of Government - John Locke
• The Federalist Papers

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Listen in as Leonardo De Chirico joins David Schrock and Brad Green to discuss his appraisal of Thomas Aquinas.

Timestamps

• 00:41 – Intro
• 04:43 – Dr. De Chirico’s Background
• 09:04 – Engaging With Thomas Aquinas
• 12:40 – What Should We Know About Aquinas for Today?
• 15:23 – The Place of Thomas Aquinas in Church History
• 19:32 – How Did Aristotle Influence Aquinas?
• 26:00 – Aristotle and Scripture in Dialogue for Aquinas
• 31:48 – Why Would Someone Today Be So Drawn to Aristotle?
• 37:46 – Distinctions Between Aristotle and Plato
• 41:47 – What Are Strengths, Weaknesses, and Cautions with Aquinas?
• 49:53 – Closing Thoughts
• 51:04 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “Excerpt from Leonardo De Chirico’s Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: How Ought Evangelicals to Engage With Him” – Leonardo De Chirico
• Reformanda Initiative
• Vatican Files
• “Letter to Cardinal Sadoleto” – John Calvin
• “Upholding the Unity of Scripture Today” – J.I. Packer
• “25 Myths About Thomas Aquinas” – Matthew Barrett
• “Twenty Watershed Doctrines on Which Evangelicals Do Not Agree with Thomas Aquinas” – Pro Pastor Journal
• “A Trinitarian Reading of Aquinas’ Treatise on Law” - Angelicum
• “What Indeed Hath Thomas To Do With Vos?: A Review Article” – James Baird
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Approach – Leonardo De Chirico
• A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy: It’s Origin and Role in the 21st Century – Leonardo De Chirico
• Natural Theology – Geerhardus Vos
• Gamechangers: Key Figures of the Christian Church – Robert Letham
• ‘Aquinas on Nature, Grace, and the Moral Life’ by D. Spezzano in The Oxford Handbook on the Reception of Aquinas– eds. Matthew Levering & Marcus Plested
• Reformed Ethics, Vol. 1 – Herman Bavinck
• Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment – Gregg R. Allison
• Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism – Craig A. Carter
• Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics – eds. R.C. Sproul, John Gerstner, & Arthur Lindsley
• Evangelical Exodus: Evangelical Seminarians and Their Paths to Rome – ed. Douglas Beaumont
• Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome – eds. Robert P. George and R.J. Snell

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Listen in as Louis Markos joins David Schrock and Brad Green to discuss Plato and what we can learn from this ancient philosopher.

Timestamps

• 00:35 – Intro
• 03:15 – Who Was Plato?
• 15:08 – What Realities Would Need to Be Repented of in Plato?
• 23:54 – The Christian Faith Defeats, Rescues, and Perpetuates Greek Heritage & Thought
• 30:18 – From Plato to NeoPlatonism to Augustine
• 35:10 – Equipping Students to Engage the Rigors of Western Civilization While Submitting to the Lordship of Christ
• 40:05 – Plato’s Awareness of the Scriptures
• 47:11 – Remnantal Revelation
• 55:05 – Atlantis
• 58:50 – The Calvinist Joke
• 1:00:00 - Outro

Resources to Click

• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith – Louis Markos
• Early Socratic Dialogues – Plato
• The Republic – Plato
• The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo – Plato
• Timaeus and Critias - Plato
• Laws – Plato
• The Toxic War on Masculinity – Nancy Pearcy

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Listen in as Pierce Taylor Hibbs joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold a Revelational Epistemology."

Timestamps

• 00:30 – Intro
• 03:25 – Pierce Taylor Hibbs’ Background
• 06:55 – The Thesis of Hibbs’ Article: Christ, the Lord of All Knowing
• 09:09 – Thoughts on Revelational Epistemology
• 13:01 – A Summary of Dolezal’s Thomistic Approach and Hibbs’ Response
• 22:31 – Aquinas’ Understanding of Human Nature and Sin
• 28:22 – Hibbs’ Additional Thoughts on the Matter
• 33:39 – What is a Realist Epistemology and How Does that Compare to Biblical Revelation?
• 41:58 – Van TIl’s Lesson For Us
• 47:00 – Why People Choose the Epistemology They Do
• 51:46 – The Sufficiency of Scripture and The Doctrines of the Early Church
• 56:24 – The Terms of Creeds and Confessions
• 1:02:21 – Resources from Van Til
• 1:05:24 - Outro

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• “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “World through Word: Towards a Linguistic Ontology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “As Far As Curse is Found: Nature and Grace in Herman Bavinck” – Daniel Ragusa
• “Ep. 09 – James DOleal: Revelational Epistemology, Why It’s Problematic and Some Implications” – Coffee House Sessions
• “Nature & Scripture” – Cornelius Van Til
• PierceTaylorHibbs.com
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Speaking Trinity & His Worded World– Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller
• Reformed Dogmatics: A System of Christian Theology – Geerhardus Vos
• Common Grace and the Gospel – Cornelius Van TIl
• A Christian Theory of Knowledge – Cornelius Van Til
• An Introduction to Systematic Theology – Cornelius Van Til
• The Defense of the Faith – Cornelius Van Til
• Redeeming Philosophy: A God-Centered Approach to the Big Questions – Vern Poythress
• The Mystery of the Trinity – Vern Poythress
• A History of Western Philosophy and Theology – John M. Frame
• Word & Spirit: Selected Writings in Biblical and Systematic Theology – Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
• Physics – Aristotle
• Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

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Listen in as Louis Markos joins Brad Green and David Schrock to discuss his longform essay "Brave New World: A Warning Without Hope." This essay was published as part of our Great Books theme during the month of June.

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Nothing exists outside of the lordship of Jesus Christ, and this includes even our own knowledge of the world.

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• “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “World through Word: Towards a Linguistic Ontology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “As Far As Curse is Found: Nature and Grace in Herman Bavinck” – Daniel Ragusa
• “Ep. 09 – James DOleal: Revelational Epistemology, Why It’s Problematic and Some Implications” – Coffee House Sessions
• “Nature & Scripture” – Cornelius Van Til
• PierceTaylorHibbs.com
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Speaking Trinity & His Worded World– Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller
• Reformed Dogmatics: A System of Christian Theology – Geerhardus Vos
• Common Grace and the Gospel – Cornelius Van TIl
• A Christian Theory of Knowledge – Cornelius Van Til
• An Introduction to Systematic Theology – Cornelius Van Til
• The Defense of the Faith – Cornelius Van Til
• Redeeming Philosophy: A God-Centered Approach to the Big Questions – Vern Poythress
• The Mystery of the Trinity – Vern Poythress
• A History of Western Philosophy and Theology – John M. Frame
• Word & Spirit: Selected Writings in Biblical and Systematic Theology – Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
• Physics – Aristotle
• Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

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Listen as Robert Lyon joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his two-part longform essay "What is Christian Platonism?"

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Having examined what Christian Platonism is in Part One, we turn now to an assessment of this system.

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• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 2): A Preliminary Critique”– Robert Lyon
• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps” – Robert Lyon
• “False Equivalence: The Problem with Unreasonable Comparisons” – Itamar Shatz
• “False Dilemmas and False Dichotomies: What They Are and How to Respond to Them” – Itamar Shatz
• “Why Should We Affirm Christian Platonism? Historical and Systemic Reasons” – Craig A. Carter
• ““Christian Platonism” and Christological Interpretation: A Response to Craig A. Carter, Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition” – Daniel J. Treier
• “On Classical Christian Platonism: A Philosopher’s Reply to Carter” – Paul M. Gould
• “Which Plato? Whose Platonism? Summarizing the Christian Platonism Symposium” – Jordan Steffaniak
• “First Principles” – Matthew Barrett
• The Trinitarian Theology of Thomas Aquinas – Lane Tipton
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Plato (Great Thinkers) – David Talcott
• The Metaphysics - Aristotle
• Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry – Hans Boersma
• Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Pre-Modern Exegesis – Craig A. Carter
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725 – Richard A. Muller
• “The One and the Trinity,” in Christian Platonism: A History– Alexander J.B. Hampton & John Peter Kenney
• Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism – Craig A. Carter
• The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture – Iain Provan
• Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept (Volume 1) – Stephen J. Wellum
• Four Views on Christian Metaphysics - ed. Timothy M. Mosteller
• Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments – Geerhardus Vos

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What is Christian Platonism and where did it come from? Answers to these questions and more lie ahead.

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• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps” – Robert Lyon
• The Nicene Creed
• The Chalcedonian Creed
• “Fear and Trembling (Selections)” – Soren Kierkegaard
• “Duns Scotus: His Historical and Contemporary Significance” – Catherine Pickstock
• “The Doctrine of Univocity is True and Salutary” – Thomas Williams
• “First Principles” – Matthew Barrett
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Pre-Modern Exegesis – Craig A. Carter
• Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew – Hans Boersma & Scot McKnight
• Christian Platonism: A History– Alexander J.B. Hampton
• “Christian Metaphysics and Platonism,” in Four Views on Christian Metaphysics - ed. Timothy M. Mosteller
• Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction – Stephen Mumford
• Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry – Hans Boersma
• Participatory Biblical Exegesis: A Theology of Biblical Interpretation – Matthew Levering
• The Theological Origins of Modernity – Michael Allen Gillespie
• The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts That Shape Our World – R.C. Sproul
• Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction – Edward Feser
• Theology and Social Theory, 2nd Edition – John Milbank
• Ordered By Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus – Thomas Williams
• Ecco Homo – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “Will the Real Plato Please Stand Up? Participation versus Incarnation,” by James K.A. Smith in Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition: Creation, Covenant, and Participation – eds. James K.A. Smith & James H. Olthuis
• From Plato to Platonism – Lloyd P. Gerson
• Phaedo – Plato
• Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine – Jason Byassee

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Listen as Matthew Emadi joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "The Kingdom of God in Hebrews."

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Listen as James White joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the new covenant in the book of Hebrews.

Timestamps

• 00:32 – Intro
• 03:07 – The Genesis of Dr. White’s Articles on the New Covenant
• 09:28 – Responding to Paedobaptist Arguments
• 10:50 – Taking The Covenantal Argument for Credo-Baptism
• 13:13 – What is ‘New’ about the New Covenant?
• 17:44 – Inconsistency of Calvin and the Westminster Confession of Faith on Baptism
• 20:41 – Acts 2:38 and the Reformational Thinking
• 26:45 – How the Bible Unfolds Towards the New Covenant
• 33:47 – The Now and Not Yet of the New Covenant
• 37:38 – Particular Redemption and The New Covenant
• 41:45 – The Interceding Work of Christ
• 45:04 – Those Who Deny Particular Redemption
• 46:51 – How the Old Testament Saints are Saved
• 51:46 – The Covenant of Grace
• 54:45 – Old Testament Saints and the New Covenant
• 1:00:28 - Outro

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• “The Newness of the New Covenant Part 1” – James R. White
• “The Newness of the New Covenant Part 2” – James R. White
• “The Baptism Debate: James White vs. Gregg Strawbridge”
• “The Baptism Debate: James White vs. Bill Shisko”
• “Who’s In, Who’s Out? The Presbyterian vs. Reformed Baptist Debate on the Covenant of Grace: Eric Jaeger vs. Zach Lautensclager” – Apologia Utah
• The Dividing Line Podcast
• Alpha & Omega Ministries
• Apologia Church Phoenix, AZ
• Theme of the Month: Getting Into the Book of Hebrews
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Believers Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ – eds. Shawn Wright & Thomas Schreiner
• The Roman Catholic Controversy – James R. White
• Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin, eds. John T. McNeill & Ford Lewis Battles
• The Atonement and Intercession of Christ – William Symington
• From Heaven He Came and Sought Her – eds. Jonathan and David Gibson

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In this podcast interview, Dr. Thomas Schreiner joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to introduce us to the book of Hebrews and its major themes.

Timestamps

• 00:49 – Intro
• 02:28 – Why a Month on Hebrews?
• 04:25 – How Dr. Schreiner’s Commentary Came to Be
• 06:34 – How Hebrews Shaped or Clarified Things for Dr. Schreiner
• 08:29 – Who’s the Audience, What’s the Aim, and Who’s the Author?
• 12:04 – Tension found Between Practice of Paul and the Claims of Hebrews?
• 16:14 – Temptations for Judaizing Christians in a Roman World
• 17:52 – How Does Hebrews Inform Dr. Wellum’s Christology?
• 20:41 – Reading the Old Testament Eschatologically, Typologically, and Spatially
• 22:14 – Prophet, Priest, King and… Son?
• 27:39 – Jesus as a Melchizedekian Priest
• 33:36 – The Warning Passages in Hebrews
• 38:23 – “Christians” Who Apostatize and Lose Salvation?
• 43:56 – Understanding the Sabbath
• 46:47 – Joshua Giving Rest and Reading Redemptive Historically
• 50:43 – How Does Understanding Hebrews’ View of Rest Impact our Worship on the Lord’s Day?
• 58:56 – Helpful Resources On Hebrews
• 1:02:39 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “An Introduction to the Book of Hebrews” – Thomas R. Schreiner
• “Typology of Types: Typology in Dialogue” – Benajmin J. Ribbens
• Theme of the Month: Getting Into the Book of Hebrews
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Hebrews: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary – Thomas R. Schreiner
• The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance – Thomas R. Schreiner & Ardel Caneday
• “Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers” by Thomas R. Schreiner in Progressive Covenantalism – eds. Brent Parker & Stephen J. Wellum
• A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC) - Philip Hughes
• The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT) – Gareth Lee Cockerill
• Hebrews (NIVAC) – George H. Guthrie
• Hebrews 1-8, Vol. 47A (WBC) – William Lane
• Hebrews 9-13, Vol. 47B (WBC) – William Lane
• Hebrews: A Call to Commitment – William Lane
• The Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC) – F.F. Bruce
• The Letter to the Hebrews (PNTC) - Sigurd Grindheim
• Bound For the Promised Land (NSBT) – Oren Martin
• Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews: The Settings of the Sacrifice (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) – Kenneth L. Schenck
• Allegory Transformed: The Appropriation of Philonic Hermeneutics in the Letters to the Hebrews – Stefan N. Svendsen
• Joshua Typology in the New Testament – Richard Ounsworth
• Hermeneutical Foundations of Hebrews: A Study in the Validity of the Epistle’s Interpretation of Some Core Citations from the Psalms – Dale F. Leschert
• Deuteronomy and Exhortation in Hebrews: A Study in Narrative Re-presentation – David M. Allen
• “The Eschatology of Hebrews: As Understood Within a Cultic Setting,”by Gert J. Steyn inEschatology of the New Testament and Some Related Documents – Jan G. Van Der Watt
• The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology – eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel R. Driver, et al.
• Cosmology and New Testament Theology – eds. Jonathan T. Pennington & Sean M. McDonough
• A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts – eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart, & Nathan MacDonald

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The kingdom of God is foundational to the storyline of the Bible. Throughout Scripture, God is working to establish his rule over his people in his place. The book of Hebrews shows us that this kingdom has finally been brought about with the reign of our resurrected king.

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• “The Kingdom of God In Hebrews” – Matt Emadi
• “The Kingdom of God: A Bibliography of 20th Century Research” – Leslaw Chrupcala
• “Hearing God Right: A Closer Look at Hebrews 1:5” – Jim Dernell
• Theme of the Month: Getting Into the Book of Hebrews
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Royal Priest: Psalm 110 in Biblical Theology (NSBT) – Matt Emadi
• The Kingdom of God (Theology in Community Series) – eds. Christopher Morgan, Robert A. Peterson & Bruce K. Waltke
• Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture: The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching – Graeme Goldsworthy
• The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical Theology– Jeremy Treat
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• The Paradox of Sonship: Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews – R.B. Jamieson
• Jesus the Son of God: A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes Misunderstood, and Currently Disputed – D.A. Carson
• “One Who Is Son: Theological Reflections on the Exordium to the Epistle to the Hebrews,” in The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology, ed. Richard Bauckham & Daniel R. Driver, et. al

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Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's famous novel has proved quite prophetic regarding several dark realities in our day. Yet, his tale is not the whole story, for Christ still reigns in this brave new world.

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• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
• Amusing Ourselves to Death – Neil Postman
• Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, & Aldous Huxley – Peter Kreeft

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What is the next step for conservative SBC churches in light of the Law Amendment falling around 5% short of the needed votes?

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• “Encore: Reformed and Reforming the SBC: Christ Over the Law Amendment” – David Schrock
• Mike Law’s Statement to Southern Baptists
• “The SBC Isn’t Drifting Its Being Steered: A Sober-Minded Response to Emotional Sabotage” – Michael Carlino
• “How Many Female Pastors Are in the SBC?” – Kevin McClure
• Chocolate Knox’s Synopsis of Gary North’s Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church
• “Is the SBC for Sale? How Progressive Money and Influence is Subverting the SBC” – Megan Basham
• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda – Megan Basham
• Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce - John Piper

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The best books reflect us as we truly are while also showing what we might be in Christ.

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• “The Unavoidable Either-Or: The Choice that Confronts Us in The Great Divorce” – Joe Rigney
• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
• That Hideous Strength – C.S. Lewis
• The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis
• The Weight of Glory – C.S. Lewis
• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney

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Listen in as Joe Rigney joins David Schrock and Trent Hunter to discuss his longform essay "The Unavoidable Either-Or: The Choice that Confronts Us in The Great Divorce" as well as the 2024 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:48
• Law Amendment Update - 02:58
• Rigney’s Reflections on the SBC - 03:35
• Thinking Strategically Going Forward - 09:04
• Trent’s Reflections on the SBC - 10:39
• Living Under the Progressive Gaze - 12:09
• What Makes a Classic a ‘Classic’? - 17:07
• Lewis and His Background - 19:44
• Trent on Reading More C.S. Lewis - 23:24
• Expressing the Usefulness of Lewis but with caution - 26:00
• What C.S. Lewis Fought Against in His Day - 34:30
• How Should We Think about Books Outside the Christian Faith? - 39:54
• Lewis and Appropriating Myths and Cultures from the Past - 45:32
• The Characters in The Great Divorce - 50:04
• Something Less Known from Lewis that is Worth Reading - 55:43
• Closing and Outro - 58:20

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• “The Unavoidable Either-Or: The Choice that Confronts Us in The Great Divorce” – Joe Rigney
• “Encore: Reformed and Reforming the SBC: Christ Over the Law Amendment” – David Schrock
• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
• That Hideous Strength – C.S. Lewis
• The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis
• The Weight of Glory – C.S. Lewis
• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney

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Emotional sabotage has steered and shaped many of the major decisions of the Southern Baptist Convention from the early 2020s to the present. How? Keep listening.

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• “The SBC Isn’t Drifting, It’s Being Steered: A Sober-Minded Response to Emotional Sabotage” – Michael Carlino
• “Do You Feel My Pain? Empathy Sympathy, and Dangerous Virtues” – Joe Rigney
• “Empathy, Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney
• “Of Empathy and Monsters” – Joe Rigney
• “Brothers, Don’t Be Steered” – Joe Rigney
• “The SBC in a Crowded Theater” – Mark Coppenger
• “The Path Forward on Abuse Reform in the SBC” – Josh Abbotoy, Jon Whitehead
• “Can the Cooperation Continue? What the End of the BSA Means for the Future of the SBC?” – Jon Whitehead
• “Four Facts about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 1)” – Heath Lambert
• “Four Facts about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 2)” – Heath Lambert
• “Four Facts about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 3)” – Heath Lambert
• “Four Facts about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 4)” – Heath Lambert
• “Complementarian Confessional Conflagration” – Denny Burk
• “How Many Pastors are in the SBC?” – Kevin McClure
• The State of the SBC with Dr. Albert Mohler – Kenwood Institute
• “Feminine Emotionalism and the Evangelical Conscience” – G. Shane Morris
• “Not a Freelance Club: Identity, Association, and Confessionalism in the SBC” – Colin Smothers
• ““The Power and Duty of An Association”: Have Baptist Associations Historically Disfellowshipped Disorderly Churches?” – Caleb Morell
• “Act Like Men” – Kevin DeYoung
• “What Is Effeminacy?: A Survey of Scripture and History” – Steven Wedgeworth
• SBCAmendment.org
• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney
• A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix– Edwin Friedman

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Listen in as a Joe Rigney and Michael Carlino join David Schrock to discuss Joe's book Leadership and Emotional Sabotage and to apply the lessons from this book to the Southern Baptist Convention.

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:28
• Joe Rigney’s Time and Interest in the SBC - 03:26
• The Genesis of Joe Rigney’s Book and Edwin Friedman 05:45
• Rigney’s Influence on Michael Carlino - 10:18
• How Do We See the Sin of Empathy Being Worked Out in the SBC Today? - 13:34
• Friedman’s Fable Regarding Empathy - 16:35
• Neutralizing the SBC and the Progressive Gaze - 21:54
• Being Fractured and Frustrated - 26:14
• Sensing the Steering - 27:22
• How Does the Law Amendment Help the SBC to Not Be Steered? - 29:43
• Feminism and Femininity -33:21
• Women Should Not Be the Barometer for the Church - 36:04
• The Female Gaze - 38:21
• Deborah, Barak, and Jael - 39:51
• The Levites Being Able to Suppress Brotherly Affection - 41:49
• Closing and Outro - 45:16

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• “The SBC Isn’t Drifting, It’s Being Steered: A Sober-Minded Response to Emotional Sabotage” – Michael Carlino
• “Of Empathy and Monsters” – Joe Rigney
• “With One Voice” – Joe Rigney
• Center For Baptist Leadership Podcast
• Learn about the Law Amendment at SBCAmendment.org
• The Sin of Empathy – Doug Wilson and Joe Rigney
• Donate to the SBC Giveaway of Leadership and Emotional Sabotage
• Register for SBC at a Crossroads
• Theme of the Month: Great Books Throughout the Ages
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney
• The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts – Joe Rigney
• A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix– Edwin Friedman
• Friedman’s Fables– Edwin Friedman

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Listen in as the author of Masters or Slaves: AI and the Future of Humanity, Jeremy Peckham, and Daniel Cochrane join David Schrock for a biblical discussion on AI.

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Listen in as Mike Kirby joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the longform essay "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, Or Temptation?" which he co-authored with Matthew Emadi.

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:52
• Matt Emadi and Mike Kirby and Their Work on Their Article for COA - 03:54
• The Amoral Nature of Technology? - 08:24
• How These Tools are Being Brought into the World Today - 10:53
• What Are Some Ethical Boundaries That are Being Discussed? - 13:12
• A.I. Winter and What Season We Are In Today - 18:45
• Counseling the Church on the Speed at Which A.I. is Accelerating - 24:28
• A.I. Becoming Self-Conscious? - 27:55
• A.I. & Embodiment - 34:30
• Transhumanism and Systematic Theology - 37:40
• How Much Does Science Fiction Play into the Development of A.I. and What Do We Need to Brace For? - 44:58
• Counsel to Those In, or Wanting to Be In, the Field of A.I. - 49:50
• Pitfalls of Having All These Technologies Around Us - 52:37
• Outro - 54:42

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• “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, or Temptation?” – Mike Kirby & Matthew Emadi
• “Does Power Corrupt or Enable? When and Why Power Facilitates Self-Interested Behavior” – Katherine A. De Celles, D. Scott DeRue, Joshua D. Margolis and Tara L. Ceramic
• “The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline” – Ron Karjian
• “Google’s Gemini Controversy Explained: AI Model Criticized by Musk and Others Over Alleged Bias” – Antonio Pequeño IV
• “’Absurdly woke’: Google’s AI chatbot spits out ‘diverse’ images of Founding Fathers, popes, Vikings” – Thomas Barrabi
• “Google pauses Gemini’s Ability to Generate AI images of People after Diversity Errors” – Tom Warren
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought?
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology – Ray Kurzweil
• From the Garden to the City” The Place of Technology in the Story of God– John Dyer
• Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today: Fourth Edition– John Jefferson Davis
• God, Technology and the Christian Life– Tony Reinke
• The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity – James Thacker
• Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues & Options – Norman L. Geisler
• Future Shock – Alvin Toffler

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What is the historical background of AI, and how should we use this technology today?

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Listen in as Dustin Ryan joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "A Christian's Perspective on Artificial Intelligence."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:40
• Dustin Ryan’s Background - 02:45
• How Has Christianity Influenced Ryan’s View of Artificial Intelligence? - 05:23
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence? - 06:55
• Dustin Ryan’s Favorite Sci-Fi Movie and One That Might be Like The World of Tomorrow? - 08:45
• Definitions of Artificial Intelligence and Generative A.I. - 10:40
• What is the Timeline & Trajectory of A.I.?- 15:15
• What Are Some of the Motivations and Who Are the Architects for Bringing A.I. Forward? - 17:03
• How Does A.I. ‘Learn’ and ‘Get Smarter’? - 21:03
• How Does A.I. Give Prescription Not Just Description? – 23:39
• How Could A.I. Help the Church? - 27:03
• What are the Trade-offs to a Church Making Use of A.I.? - 30:21
• Is Media Ecology Something that Ryan’s Company Has Discussed? - 34:36
• A.I. and Human Self-Consciousness - 36:28
• Concerns about A.I. - 39:13
• Seeing Scripturally With Our Eyes - 42:50
• Closing Thoughts and Thinking Critically - 49:00
• Outro - 52:17

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• “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence” – Dustin Ryan
• “What is Artificial Intelligence?” – IBM
• “What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?” – IBM
• “AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity” – Kristalina Georgieva
• “Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal's voice: police” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• “How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company” – Rachel Metz
• “Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” – Natasha Singer
• “ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows” – Gerrit De Vynck
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• No Place For Truth: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology – David F. Wells

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Artificial Intelligence is changing the world we live in. In fact, you likely use AI every day already. What does this new technology mean for Christians?

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• “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence” – Dustin Ryan
• “What is Artificial Intelligence?” – IBM
• “What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?” – IBM
• “AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity” – Kristalina Georgieva
• “Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal's voice: police” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• “How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company” – Rachel Metz
• “Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” – Natasha Singer
• “ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows” – Gerrit De Vynck
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World
• Give to Support the Work

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Listen in as David Schrock discusses his essay "Entering Pilate's Unholy of Holies: How Jesus's Cross in John's Gospel Fulfills the Day of Atonement" with Trent Hunter and Ardel Caneday.

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The temple is a major theme in John's gospel. Yet, the most significant event in temple life—the Day of Atonement—is strikingly absent. That is, until we look more closely.

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• “Entering Pilate’s Unholy of Holies: How Jesus’s Cross in John’s Gospel Fulfills the Day of Atonement” – David Schrock
• “How John’s Prologue Placards the Glory of God’s Son: 10 Things About John 1:1-18” – David Schrock
• “Seeing New Creation Light in John 2-4: Three Ways Jesus Replaces the Darkness of the Old Covenant” – David Schrock
• “Three Literary Mountains; Seeing the Chiastic Structures of John 7” – David Schrock
• “Seeing John 9 with New Eyes: A Few Notes on Literary Structure” – David Schrock
• “The Clothes Make the Man: Seeing the Priesthood of Christ in John’s Gospel” – David Schrock
• Theme of the Month: One Passion, Four Gospels
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Books to Read

• Heaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology – T. Desmond Alexander & Simon Gathercole
• Jesus as the Fulfillment of the Temple in the Gospel of John – Paul M. Hoskins
• That Scripture Might Be Fulfilled: Typology and the Death of Christ – Paul M. Hoskins
• A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, and the Son of God, (Biblical Theology the New Testament Series) – Andreas J. Köstenberger
• Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus (New Studies in Biblical Theology)– L. Michael Morales
• The Priesthood of Christ and His Ministers – Andre Feuillet trans. Matthew J. O’Connell
• The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God– G.K. Beale
• Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World– Philip Peter Jenson
• “Hebrews,” by George H. Guthrie in Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament– ed. G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson
• Jesus the Priest – Nicholas Perrin

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Listen in as Nicholas Piotrowski joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longford essay "'The Exodus He Accomplished at Jerusalem': The Gospel's Theology of Exile & Return in the Cross & Resurrection."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:55
• Indianapolis Theological Seminary - 03:13
• How Did Dr. Piotrowski Start Thinking about the Exile? - 05:53
• Dr. Wellum’s Thought’s on Exile - 07:40
• Were Israel Still in Exile at the Time of Jesus? - 10:26
• Dr. Piotrowski’s View on the Return of Exile vs. N.T. Wright’s Views on Exile - 15:33
• What is Helpful and Cautious about N.T. Wright - 18:29
• Helpful Resources for The Nature of the Atonement - 20:21
• Land, King, & Temple in Typology - 22:52
• Countering the Postmillenial & Dispensational Views of the Temple - 32:16
• Expanding the Temple to the World with Local Altars - 40:22
• Do We Need to Know These Typological Categories to Read the New Testament? – 47:52
• Is Biblical Theology Appreciated Today as It Was Ten Years Ago?- 51:24
• Closing Thoughts - 55:25
• Outro - 57:58

Resources to Click

• “’The Exodus He Accomplished at Jerusalem’: The Gospels’ Theology of Exile & Return in the Cross and Resurrection” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski
• “’I Will Save My People From Their Sins: The Influence of Ezekiel 36:28B-29A; 37:23B on Matthew 1:21” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski
• “”Whatever you Ask” for the Missionary Purposes of the Eschatological Temple: Quotation and Typology in Mark 11-12” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski
• “The Structure of Matthew’s Gospel and His Concept of Salvation History” – Jack Dean Kingsbury
• “Jesus, The New Temple, and the New Priesthood” – Brant Pitre
• “Exodus from Bondage: Luke 9:31 and Acts 12:1-24” – Susan R. Garrett
• “The Book of Exodus as a Literary Type for the Gospel of John” – Jacob J. Enz
• “The Narrative Strategy and Pragmatics of the Temple Theme in Mark” – John Paul Heil
• “Creation’s Renewal in the Gospel of John” – Jeannine K. Brown
• “The Descent of the Eschatological Temple in the Form of the Spirit at Pentecost: Part 1: The Clearest Evidence” – G.K. Beale
• “The Final Temple” – Edmund Clowney
• “”If You Build It, He Will Come”: Seeking First the Altar of God, Not the City of Man (Gen. 4:17-26)” – David Schrock, Occoquan Bible Church
• Theme of the Month: One Passion, Four Gospels
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• Indianapolis Theological Seminary

Books to Read

• The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (New Studies in Biblical Theology) – G.K. Beale
• God Dwells Among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology) – G.K. BealeFrom Creation to New Creation: Biblical Theology and Exegesis – eds. Daniel M. Gurtner & Benjamin L. GladdExodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology) – L. Michael Morales
• Theology of the Prophetic Books: The Death & Resurrection of Israel – Donald E. Gowan
• Nicholas G. Piotrowski “Exodus” in Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament– eds. G.K Beale, D.A. Carson, Benjamin L. Gladd, & Andrew David Naselli
• Roy E. Ciampa, “The History of Redemption,” in Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity - eds. Scott J. Hafemann and Paul R. House
• The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT) – R.T. France
• The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross – Leon Morris
• The Torn Veil: Matthew’s Exposition of the Death of Jesus – Daniel M. Gurtner
• Jesus as the Eschatological Davidic Shepherd: Studies in the Old Testament, Second Temple Judaism, and in the Gospel of Matthew– Young S. Chae
• Lost in Transmission?: What We Can Know about the Words of Jesus– Nicholas Perrin
• Echoes of a Prophet: The Use of Ezekiel in the Gospel of John and in Literature of the Second Temple Period – Gary T. Manning
• The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Eerdman’s Classic Biblical Commentary) – Herman Ridderbos
• The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)– D.A. Carson
• Exile: A Conversation with N.T. Wright – N.T. Wright & James M. Scott
• The Exile of Adam in Romans: The Reversal of the Curse Against Adam and Israel in the Substructure of Romans 5 and 8 – David P. Barry
• Galatians: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary – Matthew S. Harmon

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Listen in as Trent Hunter preaches from Isaiah 53:10–12.

Resources to Click

• “The Servant’s Resurrection: Isaiah 53:10-12” – Trent Hunter at Heritage Bible Church
• Find the rest of the sermon series here: The Gospel According to Isaiah – Heritage Bible Church
• Monthly Theme: One Passion, Four Gospels
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What does the crucifixion and resurrection have to do with Israel's exile and the exodus?

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Caleb Morell joins David Schrock to discuss his longform essay "'The Power and Duty of An Association': Have Baptist Associations Historically Disfellowshipped Disorderly Churches?"

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:37
• About Caleb Morrell – 2:23
• Why is the History of Baptist Associationalism Important for Today? - 04:01
• Walking Through the History of the Philidelphia Association - 06:35
• What’s the Connection of the Philidelphia Association and the History of Baptists in America? - 08:18
• What is Benjamin Griffith Arguing For with New Testament Churches and Baptist Churches? - 09:56
• Stories of Churches that Illustrate Associationalism - 12:20
• What are Other Ways Associationalism Played Itself Out? - 14:57
• What Can We Learn From Our Baptist Brothers Who Have Gone Before Us? - 18:32
• What Was Capitol Hill Baptist Church Waiting For? - 20:18
• Is It Possible Now in the SBC to Do What the Earlier Baptist Associations Have Done? - 23:00
• Churches Disfellowshipped - 29:10
• Having a Tighter or Looser Confession and Commitment - 30:51
• James Merritt’s Statement and Where We Are Today - 39:06
• Outro – 44:23

Resources to Click

• “'The Power and Duty of an Association': Have Baptist Associations Historically Disfellowshipped Disorderly Churches?” – Caleb Morrell
• Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation
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Listen in as Tom Nettles joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longford essay "The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:50
• Keeping Up with Dr. Nettles – 3:00
• Being Crystal Clear in Our Confessions - 05:11
• Connecting Individual & Corporate Confessions - 09:07
• Teaching Systematic Theology Along With Confessions - 16:22
• Confessions and Theological Triage - 19:59
• B.H. Carroll - 30:38
• A History of Baptists Moving Away from Confessions and Associationalism - 32:53
• Dr. Wellum’s Summarization of that History - 41:45
• Being Open Handed With Our Confession Does Not Bode Well - 46:55
• Dr. Nettles’ Current Efforts with Malcom Yarnell & Steven McKinion - 55:42
• Defining Cooperation - 58:25
• Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum - 1:00:26
• Outro - 1:01:56

Resources to Click

• “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession” – Tom J. Nettles
• “On Baptist Creedalism” – Malcom B. Yarnell III & Steven A. McKinion
• “Creeds, Confessions, and Carroll: An Essay In Defense of Baptist “Creedalism” – Jordan Steffaniak
• Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation
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Books to Read

• Remember Jesus Christ – Tom J. Nettles
• An Interpretation of the English Bible Vol. XV: Colossians, Ephesians, Hebrews – B.H. Carroll

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Is local church autonomy at odds with Baptist associations disfellowshipping churches from their membership? This historical study clearly demonstrates that the answer is no.

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Listen in as Carl Trueman joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the importance of creeds and confessions in the church.

Timestamps

• Intro - 00:47
• Dr. Wellum’s Appreciation for Dr. Trueman’s Writings - 03:12
• How Has Crisis of Confidence Developed? - 04:26
• Looking Back to Creeds and Confessions in a time of Rapid Cultural Change - 07:06
• Is There a Need for New Confessions? 09:36
• Giving ‘Teeth’ to Our Confessions and Supplementary Documents - 14:15
• Polity, and The Concern of Binding Consciences - 17:45
• Five Different Enemies of Confessionalism - 25:20
• Counsel for Living Under a Confession and Why that’s a Good Thing - 27:19
• What Happens When Churches Wander from their Confessions? - 31:00
• How Does Losing Our Humanity as a Culture Relate to Our Confessions? - 33:33
• Anthropological Heresies - 38:54
• What is the SBC Misunderstanding with the Removal of Confessionalism? - 40:10
• Outro – 42:07

Resources to Click

• Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation
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Books to Read

• Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Christian Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity – Carl R. Trueman

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Why should Southern Baptists embrace their confession? Here are four good reasons.

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview church historian Michael Haykin on his longford essay "Baptists, A Confessional People."

Timestamps

• Intro - 00:43
• The Thesis of Baptists as a Confessional People - 02:40
• Where Did Dr. Haykin First Encounter Creeds & Confessions? - 03:50
• Are Baptists Self-conscious to the Early Creeds & Confessions? - 06:10
• Why Was the Second London Confession of 1689 Necessary? - 08:44
• What Happens After the 1689 Confession? - 14:27
• Comparing Motivations for the Abstract of Principles vs. The Call for a Modern Day Abstract BF&M - 19:24
• What’s the Connection Between Church Planting, Evangelism, and a Strong Sense of Confessionalism? - 21:14
• The Relation Between Confessional Churches and Strong Teaching - 26:03
• What’s a Good Definition of Subscriptionism? - 28:08
• Subscribing to a Confession and Liberty on Certain Issues - 29:07
• Revising and Updating Confessions? - 31:10
• Why Was Confessionalism Lost in the 19th and 10th Centuries? - 38:02
• Southern Baptists and Calvinism in the 19th Century - 41:38
• Moving Away From Confessionalism Leads to Liberalism - 43:30
• Uniting for Mission? - 46:32
• The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptists in Canada - 48:18
• What Principles Do We Need to Learn in 2024 about Cooperating around a Confession? - 51:25
• Are Students at Southern Seminary Committed to Confessionalism? - 52:55
• Outro – 55:55

Resources to Click

• “Baptists, A Confessional People” – Michael A.G. Haykin
• Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation
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Books to Read

• Baptist Confessions of Faith – William L. Lumpkin & Bill J. Leonard
• Soldiers of Christ – A. James Fuller, Michael A.G. Haykin, Roger Duke
• Kiffen, Knollys, and Keach: Rediscovering our English Baptist Heritage – Michael A.G. Haykin

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Historically, Baptists have been a people committed to the authority of Scripture. This very commitment to the Bible has also led Baptists to be a confessional people.

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum discuss Ardel Caneday's essay "The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book."

Timestamps

• Intro - 00:44
• Going to Israel - 02:41
• Background Context: Is this Necessary? - 04:15
• How to Put the ‘Historical’ and ‘Grammatical’ Together - 7:12
• How Much Did Ancient Near Eastern Context Impact Kingdom Through Covenant? - 09:25
• What is the Doctrine of ‘Sufficiency of Scripture’ and How Does It Fit With the Rest of the Doctrine of Scripture? - 17:22
• Natural Revelation and Special Revelation - 21:40
• Is Special Revelation Dependent on Natural Revelation? What is the Order? - 24:53
• Who is Abraham Kuyper and What Was His Contribution? - 30:23
• What is a Proper Application of Tradition for Doing Theology? - 33:51
• What are the Challenges for How Scripture and Tradition are Working Together in Our Own Day? - 39:02
• The Concern of Allegorical Interpretation - 43:21
• N.T. Wright - 46:35
• Dr. Wellum’s Final Thoughts - 53:33
• Outro – 55:19

Resources to Click

• “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Theology by the Book” – Ardel B. Caneday
• “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 1) – A Sermon on John 4:1-18” – David Schrock
• “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 2) – A Sermon on John 4:16-26” – David Schrock
• “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 3) – A Sermon on John 4:27-42” – David Schrock
• “George Smeaton and Abraham Kuyper on the Universal Reign of Christ” – David Schrock
• Theme: Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him: Doing Theology by the Book
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Books to Read

• Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum
• Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity– Carl R. Trueman
• Lectures on Calvinism– Abraham Kuyper

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Systematic Theology is inextricably linked to the understanding of individual biblical texts. But what if those texts are obscured by extra-Biblical historical backgrounds that lead away from a biblical author’s intended meaning? Sound exegesis must begin with a firm commitment to the sufficiency of Scripture.

• “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book” by Ardel Caneday
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Listen in as Stephen Wellum joins David Schrock and Trent Hunter to discuss his new Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept.

Timestamps

• Intro - 00:38
• When Did Trent first Hear of Dr. Wellum Talking about His Systematic Theology? - 3:04
• When Did Dr. Wellum Begin His Process on His Systematic Theology? - 4:20
• How Did Dr. Wellum’s Systematic Theology grow? - 8:10
• Why is Prolegomena Important? - 10:08
• Who Were Dr. Wellum’s Theological Influences? - 15:05
• The Academy and the Church - 18:22
• Why Do Pastors Need Systematic Theology? - 21:30
• Intratextual vs. Extratextual - 24:38
• Was There Ever a Time Dr. Wellum Went into Extratextual Theology? - 32:50
• The Subject of Biblicism: The Relationships Between Scripture and Tradition & Scripture and Historical Theology- 38:13
• Engaging the Cultural Moment That We’re In, and Applying Scripture - 44:35
• Ethics in Dr. Wellum’s Systematic Theology - 49:03
• Theology for the People of God - 54:20
• Christ Over All Monthly Q&A Zoom Calls - 56:40
• Outro – 59:26

Resources to Click

• “An Excerpt from Stephen Wellum’s Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept” – Stephen J. Wellum
• Theme: Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him: Doing Theology by the Book
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Books to Read

• Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – ed. Brent Parker and Stephen J. Wellum
• Christ From Beginning to End – Trent Hunter & Stephen J. Wellum
• God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum
• The Person of Christ: An Introduction – Stephen J. Wellum
• He Is There and He Is Not Silent – Francis A. Schaeffer
• Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck
• Reformed Ethics Vol. 1 – Herman Bavinck
• Reformed Ethics Vol. 2 – Herman Bavinck
• Biblical Theology– Geerhardus Vos
• Systematic Theology – Louis Berkhof
• Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin
• The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way – Michael Horton
• Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief (2nd ed.) – Wayne Grudem

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What is systematic theology and why does it matter? Stephen Wellum answers these important questions in the first chapter of his new Systematic Theology excerpted here.

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Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Stephen Wellum about his longform essay "What Should Christians Think About the Nation of Israel Today?"

Timestamps

• Intro - 00:36
• Dr. Wellum’s Time in Ethiopia - 02:56
• Trent Hunter’s Connection to Ethiopia - 4:46
• What Does Ethiopia Have to Do With Israel? - 6:50
• Isaiah, Israel, and the Nations: Thinking Through Scripturally - 8:43
• Thinking Through the Turning Points of Israel in the Scriptures - 16:53
• Applying Psalm 122 to Today - 22:22
• What is a Nation? - 33:34
• How Much Do Christians Need to Recover a Biblical a Sense of Nationhood? - 37:25
• What Should We Be Thinking About in Terms of ‘Just War Theory?’ - 47:44
• Would We Have a Different Conversation if We Were in a Different Nation? - 50:42
• How Do We Understand the Ethnic Diaspora of Israel Throughout the World? - 53:37
• Outro - 57:56

Resources to Click

• “What Should Christians Think about the Nation of Israel Today?” – Stephen J. Wellum
• “Praying for the Peace of Israel: A Theological Proposal and Prayer” – Trent Hunter
• “Four Keys to Reading (and Teaching) the Psalms” – David Schrock
• “Reformation and Re-Embracement: A Brief History of the Puritan Hope for Israel” - Steve Atkinson
• “A Biblical and Theological Perspective of National Israel” – Brent Parker
• Theme: A Biblical View of National Israel – Christ Over All
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Books to Read

• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – ed. Brent Parker and Stephen J. Wellum
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum

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As Christians, how should we understand the modern nation of Israel? And how does this understanding shape our view of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas?

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Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Brent Parker about his longform essay "A Biblical and Theological Perspective of National Israel."

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:32
• How Did Brent Parker Get into Studying Israel? - 3:09
• Trent Hunter’s Study of Israel - 06:27
• Three Different Understandings of Israel - 11:13
• How Do We Understand Typology When Regarding Israel? - 18:52
• How Does a Pastor Preach about Typology? - 22:44
• Understanding the Abrahamic Covenant and its Promises - 29:10
• What are Some Ways to Connect Adam to Israel in Being a Corporate Adam? - 34:05
• Titles and Offices of Israel Pointing to Christ - 38:31
• Why Do People Move Straight from Old Testament Prophecies to End Times Before Moving to Christ? - 44:20
• Is Joshua 21 a Place to See the Land Promises Fulfilled? - 48:48
• Are the Land Promises Spiritualized or in Some Sense Fulfilled in the Future? - 50:40
• What are a Couple Key Verses to Show that Jesus is the True Israel? – 52:57
• How Is the Church Not the Replacement of Israel? - 54:40
• How Do We Read Romans 11? - 57:57
• Closing Thoughts & Outro - 1:02:52

Resources to Click

• “A Biblical and Theological Perspective of National Israel” – Brent Parker
• “The Israel-Christ-Church Typological Pattern: A Theological Critique of Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies” – Brent Parker
• Theme: Progressive Covenantalism – Christ Over All
• Theme: A Biblical View of National Israel – Christ Over All
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Books to Read

• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – ed. Brent Parker and Stephen J. Wellum
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum
• Abraham’s Four Seeds - John Reisinger
• Israel, the Church and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict – ed. Barrell Bock and Mitch Glaser

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How should we think about the nation-state of Israel today? To answer that question, we must consider how Israel fits into the Bible’s story about the people of God.

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Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2024.

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Christ commands us to forgive as we have been forgiven, but does this mean we should forgive unconditionally? No. Like Christ, we should only forgive those who repent.

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Although there were good intentions along the way, the "Great Society" did much more harm than good. What can this lesson in human pride teach us in our own day?

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Christ commands us to forgive as we have been forgiven, but does this mean we should forgive unconditionally? No. Like Christ, we should only forgive those who repent.

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Although there were good intentions along the way, the "Great Society" did much more harm than good. What can this lesson in human pride teach us in our own day?

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Andy Naselli recently provided an analysis of the numerous interviews Christ Over All conducted last month. Here, he is joined by David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss those reflections.

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:28
• Range of Approaches to Church and State - 3:54
• Articulating a Methodology of Constructing a Political Theology - 05:21
• Reflection 1 - 08:24
• The Church’s Mission & Doug Wilson – 10:08
• Reflection 2 - 11:44
• What About Those who Might Be Inbetween Views 4 & 5? - 14:05
• How Are Views Altered By Current Events? - 18:48
• Reflection 3 - 22:23
• Reflection 4 - 23:43
• Reflection 5 – 25:00
• Using ‘Christian’ as an Adjective – 29:57
• Reflection 6 - 34:57
• Reflection 7 - 36:03
• Starting with Creation Order Rather than the Decalogue for Moral Law - 39:00
• Dividing Up the Law and How It Should Be Used Today in Political Theology - 41:14
• Reflection 8 - 43:40
• Reflection 9 - 50:12
• Reflection 10 - 53:36
• Reflection 11 – 56:50
• Reflection 12 - 1:02:06
• Closing Thoughts & Outro - 1:04:23

Resources to Click

• “Twelve Reflections on Twelve Interviews On Christian Nationalism” – Andy Naselli
• “What Is the Spectrum of Major Views on Political Theology? A Proposed Taxonomy of Seven Views on Religion and Government” – Andy Naselli
• Kevin DeYoung: Interview | Transcript
• Mark David Hall: Interview | Transcript | Article
• John Wilsey: Article | Article Audio | Interview | Transcript
• Douglas Wilson: Interview | Transcript
• Stephen Wolfe: Interview | Transcript
• Andrew Walker: Interview | Transcript
• P. Andrew Sandlin and Joe Boot: Interview | Transcript
• Tom Ascol: Interview | Transcript
• Timon Cline: Interview | Transcript
• Scott Aniol: Interview | Transcript
• Jonathan Leeman: Interview | Transcript
• Albert Mohler: Interview | Transcript
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Last month, Christ Over All heard from numerous voices on the subject of Christian nationalism. Having sifted through all that information, Andy Naselli provides a helpful analysis here.

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Join the Christ Over All Content Team as they commence year two of the annual Evangelical Theological Society recap, held in San Antonio, TX. Hear a rundown of the conference, some reflections on significant Christ Over All articles in the past year, and a preview of the monthly themes for 2024, Lord willing.

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum catch up with Andy Naselli to discuss his recent longform essay for Christ Over All in which Andy provides a taxonomy of views on religion and government.

Timestamps

Introduction - 00:44

Where Did Andy Naselli Begin Studying the Issues of Political Theology? – 02:55

Naselli’s Internship With American Reformer 04:14

Dr. Wellum’s Take on Naselli’s Article – 05:21

Defining ‘Religion’ and ‘Government’ and Why Those Terms are Better for this Conversation - 07:16

Notable Things in The First and Second Views - 10:00

Unpacking the Third View (Classical Liberalism) - 13:46

Knowing About John Rawls - 16:08

The Fourth View – 17:20

View Four and Five are Not Christian Nationalists - 21:12

First and Second Tables of the Law Applying Today with Views Four & Five - 22:06

Did the ‘Baptist Project’ Require Christendom? - 23:34

The Fifth View and the Magisterial Reformers - 27:00

What About the In-between Views? - 34:25

The Sixth View, Rushdoony, and Islam- 37:26

The Seventh View: Government Enforcing Religion - 42:16

Reflections After Research - 46:22

Where Should We Start With Political Theology? - 51:21

What to Do Right Now? - 57:00

Final Thoughts – 1:01:38

Outro - 1:03:51

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This is the article we've all been waiting for: something to help clear up the confusion that surrounds the relationship between views on church and government. Andy Naselli provides a taxonomy of seven views on the spectrum of how people see church and government relating.

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Albert Mohler joined the Christ Over All podcast to discuss Christian nationalism. Listen to his interview here.

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Listen to Christ Over All's podcast interview with Jonathan Leeman on the topic of Christian nationalism.

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Scott Aniol joined the Christ Over All podcast to continue the conversation on Christian nationalism. Listen to his interview here.

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Listen in as Timon Cline joins the Christ Over All podcast to discuss Christian nationalism.

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Tom Ascol joined the Christ Over All podcast to discuss the topic of Christian nationalism. Listen in to hear what he has to say.

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Listen in as P. Andrew Sandlin and Joe Boot join the Christ Over All podcast to discuss Christian nationalism.

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Listen in as Andrew Walker joins the Christ Over All podcast to share his thoughts on Christian nationalism.

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Stephen Wolfe's The Case for Christian Nationalism has been the topic of much recent discussion. Listen to a summary and critique of his arguments in this book review.

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Listen in as Stephen Wolfe joins the Christ Over All podcast to discuss his thoughts on Christian nationalism as well as his book, The Case for Christian Nationalism.

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In this episode of the Christ Over All podcast, Doug Wilson shares his thoughts on Christian nationalism with David Schrock and Brad Green.

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Listen in as John Wilsey joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to talk about his longform article on Christian Nationalism.

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Listen in as Mark David Hall joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to talk about Christian Nationalism.

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Kevin DeYoung joins the Christ Over All podcast to discuss Christian Nationalism.

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From colonial puritanism to modern day America, how has Christianity shaped America's self-conception? Answering historical questions such as these helps us to more fully understand our own time.

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Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter discuss how Christ Over All will approach the topic of Christian Nationalism this month.

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The biblical covenants which give shape to Scripture finally culminate in the New Covenant established by Jesus Christ. What does this mean for the church, God's New Covenant people?

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:51
• What Has Feedback Been Like for This Month? - 3:30
• The Covenant With Adam - 5:00
• What is the Relation Between Creation and Covenant? - 07:55
• The Continuing Relevance of the Creation Covenant - 11:27
• How Does the Covenant of Noah Interact with the Rest of the Biblical Story? - 14:54
• The Noahic Covenant Effects Your Political Theology - 19:31
• Where in the Bible Does the Noahic Covenant Help Us Understand Salvation? - 23:38
• Abrahamic Covenant: One Covenant or Two? - 25:50
• How Do We Move From Abraham to Christ in Preaching? - 32:32
• What are Some Key Things in Understanding the Mosaic Covenant? - 35:48
• How is ‘the Law’ Related to ‘Natural Law’? - 41:03
• What is the Davidic Covenant? - 45:53
• How Does this Covenant Move towards the New Covenant? - 52:40
• How Do Old Testament Saints Relate to the New Covenant? - 56:53
• How Does 1689 view of the Covenant of Grace Differ or Relate to the Progressive Covenantalist View of the New Covenant? - 58:35
• What about the Covenant of Redemption? - 1:03:57
• How Has Progressive Covenantalism Helped in Preaching? - 1:06:43
• Outro – 1:11:03

Resources to Click

• What Is Progressive Covenantalism Part 1 by Stephen J. Wellum
• What is Progressive Covenantalism Part 2 by Stephen J. Wellum
• How to Interpret the Covenants and the Nature of Typology: A Companion Article – Stephen J. Wellum

Books to Read

• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course Between Dispensational and Covenant Theologies – ed. Wellum and Parker
• Christ From Beginning to End – Trent Hunter & Stephen J. Wellum

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The biblical covenants which give shape to Scripture finally culminate in the New Covenant established by Jesus Christ. What does this mean for the church, God's New Covenant people?

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:56
• How Dr. Wellum Started to Think about Covenants? – 01:36
• How Did Dr. Gentry and Dr. Wellum Start Working on Kingdom Through Covenant? - 03:30
• What Were Some Differences in the Second Edition of KtC? – 05:50
• Differences Between Progressive Covenantalism and 1689 Federalism - 07:30
• How Have Dispensationalists Responded to Progressive Covenantalism? - 12:25
• Dealing With the Types of Land, Circumcision, and Sabbath? - 16:20
• Looking at the Three Different Horizons - 22:07
• Typological Structures – 26:15
• Why the Sabbath is Not Binding Today – 31:18
• How Does the Noahic Covenant Apply Today? - 34:23
• The Four Seeds of Abraham – 37:30
• The Law Comes as a Package – 39:57
• How Does the Davidic Covenant Help Us See the Intention for Royalty in the World? - 42:40
• How Does the Priesthood Relate to the New Covenant? - 44:55
• Outro - 46:54

Resources to Click

• What Is Progressive Covenantalism Part 1 by Stephen J. Wellum
• What is Progressive Covenantalism Part 2 by Stephen J. Wellum
• How to Interpret the Covenants and the Nature of Typology: A Companion Article – Stephen J. Wellum

Books to Read

• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course Between Dispensational and Covenant Theologies – ed. Wellum and Parker
• Christ From Beginning to End – Trent Hunter & Stephen J. Wellum
• Gospel Centered Hermeneutics – Graeme Goldsworthy

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The biblical covenants which give shape to Scripture finally culminate in the New Covenant established by Jesus Christ. What does this mean for the church, God's New Covenant people?

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The ultimate storyline of the Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, but how does this story develop and advance? It does so through the unfolding of various covenants which progressively reveal God's redemptive plan for his people.

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The ultimate storyline of the Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, but how does this story develop and advance? It does so through the unfolding of various covenants which progressively reveal God's redemptive plan for his people.

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Ideas have consequences, and, as we'll see, how we read Genesis 1–11 impacts such fundamental questions as Who is man? and What is his mission?

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:41
• Michael Carlino’s Biography - 04:10
• Carlino’s Application of Kingdom Through Covenant - 07:40
• The Simple Thesis of Michael Carlino’s Article - 09:26
• What is David VanDrunen Doing with Genesis 1-11? - 13:31
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Bavinck’s View of Creation and Covenant - 16:27
• How Do We See a Covenant in the Beginning Chapters of Genesis? - 20:40
• How Do We Understand the Relationship Between the Covenants with Adam and Noah? - 26:00
• Is the Noahic Covenant Still Being Enacted Today? - 33:30
• The Weightiness of Words - 38:24
• A Different Understanding of Natural Law - 40:35
• Why Not Go to Postmillenialism and Theonomy? - 44:30
• Outro – 50:33

Resources to Click

• The Noahic Covenant Reaffirms God’s Universal Demand on His Creation: A Progressive Covenantalist Response to David VanDrunen by Michael Carlino

Books to Read

• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course Between Dispensational and Covenant Theologies – ed. Wellum and Parker
• Divine Covenants and Moral Law: A Biblical Theology of Natural Law – David VanDrunen
• Politics After Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World – David VanDruenen
• Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

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Ideas have consequences, and, as we'll see, how we read Genesis 1–11 impacts such fundamental questions as Who is man? and What is his mission?

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Are the opening chapters of Genesis simply a bland recitation of ancient history? Far from it! These chapters set the stage on which the grand drama of redemptive history will play itself out.

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:30
• How Did the Kingdom Through Covenant Book Project Begin? - 3:00
• How Did Dr. Gentry Start Thinking about the Covenants? - 4:50
• How Does Genesis 1-11 Open the Door to the Rest of the Scriptures? - 8:40
• How Have We Seen Genesis 1-11 Mishandled? - 10:26
• Who Wrote Genesis and What’s it’s Relation to the Ancient Near East? - 14:22
• How Should We Understand the Six Days of Creation? - 16:58
• How Do We See the Image of God Working its Way through Scripture? - 22:20
• What Things Do We See in Gen. 1-2 That Would Indicate a Covenant With Adam?- 27:07
• What’s the Storyline in Genesis 1-11 Moving from Adam to Second Adam?- 30:05
• How Do We Then Move From the First Adam to the Last Adam? - 32:44
• What Would Be a Resource to Help Study Genesis? - 35:17
• Anything that Would Be Helpful When Preaching Genesis? - 37:03
• Outro – 39:33

Resources to Click

• The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline – Peter J. Gentry
• Were the Sons of God in Gen. 6 Fallen Angels? Who Were the Nephilim? – Peter J. Gentry

Books to Read

• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Genesis 1-15 Vol. 1 Word Biblical Commentary – Gordon J. Wenham
• Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis – Allen P. Ross
• Genesis – Derek Kidner
• Covenant and Creation: An Old Testament Covenant Theology

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Are the opening chapters of Genesis simply a bland recitation of ancient history? Far from it! These chapters set the stage on which the grand drama of redemptive history will play itself out.

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Listen in as Trent Hunter and Ardel Caneday join David Schrock to discuss his new book, "Dividing the Faithful: How a Little Book on Race Fractured a Movement Founded on Grace."

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:34
• Dr. Caneday’s Interaction with Divided By Faith - 2:10
• The Thesis of Dividing the Faithful - 10:31
• David Schrock’s Interaction with Divided by Faith - 13:30
• Problems with Divided by Faith - 18:40
• What Does “Racialization” Mean? - 22:54
• How Was Divided by Faith Promoted throughout the Years? - 25:36
• D.A. Carson’s Take on Race & Justice in Love in Hard Places - 32:40
• Dividing the Faithful’s Appeal to Scripture - 35:00
• Closing Thoughts & Outro – 37:56

Resources to Click

• Introducing Dividing the Faithful – Christ Over All
• Why Write a Book-Length Critique of Divided by Faith Twenty-Three Years After It Was Published – Ardel Caneday
• Five Steps for Racial Reconciliation on Sunday at 11:00AM – D. A. Carson

Books to Read

• Dividing the Faithful – David Schrock
• Love in Hard Places – D.A. Carson

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Today's "social justice" masquerades as truth but is completely untethered from God and his self-revelation in Scripture. To rightly understand justice, we must ground our thinking firmly in the Word of God.

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:28
• What’s the Big Picture that We Need on Justice? - 04:16
• Justice Is a Moral and Essential Attribute of God - 06:44
• Key Texts, Acts, & Events to Help Us Define God’s Justice - 14:37
• The Different Types of Justice and the Law of God - 19:52
• Distributive Justice vs. Social Justice - 25:53
• Thomas Sowell & Justice - 33:33
• Doctrinal Clarity on Justice - 37:40
• Vertical and Horizontal Implications of God’s Justice - 42:40
• Where Can Pastors Go to Feed the Flock on God’s Justice? - 46:57
• Outro - 53:09

Resources to Click

• Thinking Biblically and Theologically About Justice by Stephen Wellum

Books to Read

• Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis – Scott David Allen
• Reformed Dogmatics – Geerhardus Vos
• Systematic Theology – Louis Berkhof
• The Doctrine of God – John Frame

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Today's "social justice" masquerades as truth but is completely untethered from God and his self-revelation in Scripture. To rightly understand justice, we must ground our thinking firmly in the Word of God.

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While the Civil Rights Movement accomplished much good, it unwittingly hitched the Black community to destructive governmental institutions and policies. Just how did this happen? Listen in to Virgil Walker, Stephen Wellum, and David Schrock as they talk about these inter-related issues.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:34
• Virgil Walker’s Background - 04:07
• Dr. Wellum’s Experience with Civil Rights - 09:10
• How Scripture Has Shaped Virgil’s Thinking on Race Growing Up - 14:02
• The Importance of Responsibility and Hard Work vs. Affirmative Action - 17:20
• What was Positive and Concerning about the Civil Rights Movment? - 27:21
• How to think about Martin Luther King Jr. - 31:30
• Current Civil Rights Leaders Have Left MLK Behind - 35:20
• The Black Church and White Church are Not Monolithic - 41:00
• Over-Dependence on the Government - 45:21
• How Was the Black Family Impacted by the Civil Rights Movement? - 49:58
• How Should Pastors Address the Civil Rights Movement? - 55:50
• Closing Thoughts & Outro – 59:27

Resources to Click

• Where is the Good News? An Honest Look at the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Community? – Virgil Walker
• What’s the Truth about Martin Luther King Jr.? – Virgil Walker

Books to Read

• Plain Theology for Plain People – Charles Octavius Booth

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While the Civil Rights Movement accomplished much good, it unwittingly hitched the Black community to destructive governmental institutions and policies. Just how did this happen?

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Machen knew that emptying Christianity of its historical claims would leave only a lifeless shell behind. True spiritual life is not opposed to history, but is produced by a God who acts in history. Listen in to this conversation on Dr. Michael Haykin's essay on the life of Machen.

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:38

· Dr. Haykin’s Introduction to Machen - 02:52

· Dr. Wellum’s Introduction to Machen - 04:15

· How Does the Modernist/Fundamentalist Debate Fit into the History of the Church? - 05:59

· Was Machen Doing Something ‘Novel’ in Making a Distinction Between Christianity & Liberalism? - 14:12

· Machen’s Historical Background - 17:05

· Students Maintaining Objectivity When Studying History - 21:05

· What Do We Know About Machen’s Time in Princeton, and Wilhelm Herman’s Influence - 22:56

· Machen’s Experience Leading to Ministry - 31:54

· How Does Machen Relate Doctrine and Experience? - 35:05

· What are the Big Battles Today We are Facing? - 37:32

· What Can We Learn from Church History About Ecumenicism and Doctrine? - 40:58

· Outro - 48:07

Resources to Click

· John Gresham Machen, Defender of the Faith – Michael A.G. Haykin

Books to Read

· Christianity & Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen

· What is Faith? – J. Gresham Machen

· The Origin of Paul’s Religion: The Classic Defense of Supernatural Christianity – J. Gresham Machen

· J. Gresham Machen: A Biographical Memoir – Ned B. Stonehouse

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Machen knew that emptying Christianity of its historical claims would leave only a lifeless shell behind. True spiritual life is not opposed to history, but is produced by a God who acts in history.

Resources to Click

• Theology Simply Profound’s Audiobook of Machen’s Christianity & Liberalism
• History and Faith by J. Gresham Machen
• What is Faith? by J. Gresham Machen
• J. Gresham Machen’s Response to Modernism – John Piper

Books to Read

• Christianity and Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen
• Dictionary of Christianity in America – Ed. Reid, Linder, Shelley, Stout
• Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism – George Marsden
• Princeton Seminary – David Calhoun
• The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism – William R. Hutchison
• What is Christianity? Notable Addresses from a Noble Defender of the Faith – J. Gresham Machen & Ned B. Stonehouse
• Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America – D.G. Hart
• J. Gresham Machen – Ned B. Stonehouse
• W. Stanford Reid: An Evangelical Calvinist in the Academy – Donald MacLeod
• Models for Scripture – John Goldingjay

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Calling conservative voices "misinformation" or banning them outright has been happening for over 100 years. But as Machen's case shows, locking down debate means the decline of a seminary—and denomination.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:32
• Dr. Hart’s Background and Interest in Machen – 03:55
• Influence of Machen on Dr. Green 07:55
• What Were the Liberals Defending? - 11:00
• Defining Protestant Liberalism - 13:57
• Applying the History of Machen’s Time to Today - 19:03
• Impact of Christianity & Liberalism in 1923 & following - 24:56
• How Did Machen Handle the Pushback? - 28:13
• Why Is There a Tendency to Call Something Like Machen’s Position ‘Unkind & Uncharitable’? - 32:50
• How Would You Encourage Those Today to Be Courageous? - 39:26
• For First-Time Readers of Christianity & Liberalism - 46:09
• Outro - 47:50

Resources to Click

• The Rise and Fall of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism – D.G. Hart

Books to Read

• Christianity & Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen
• Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of the Conservative Protestant - DG Hart
• J. Gresham Machen: Selected Shorter Writings – ed. D.G. Hart

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Calling conservative voices "misinformation" or banning them outright has been happening for over 100 years. But as Machen's case shows, locking down debate means the decline of a seminary—and denomination.

Resources to Click

• Theology Simply Profound’s Audiobook of Machen’s Christianity & Liberalism
• Newspaper Coverage of J. Gresham Machen’s Ecclesiastical Trial in 1935 – James Daniel Barr
• The Presbyterian Conflict: Chapter 8 The Machen Trial - Edwin H. Rian

Books to Read

• Christianity & Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen
• J. Gresham Machen, A Silhouette – H.W. Coray
• The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism – William R. Hutchison

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Listen in as David Schrock, Stephen Wellum, Ardel Caneday, and Trent Hunter discuss the topic of baptism and how it relates to children.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:42
• How Does Baptism Function in Context to the Local Church? - 02:13
• What Has Been Your Practice Historically When Baptizing Children? - 07:17
• Ardel Caneday – 07:56
• Stephen Wellum - 11:04
• David Schrock - 17:47
• Engaging Each Other On Baptism - 23:05
• Circumcision and Baptism - 23:40
• Preaching on Repentance and Conversion - 29:00
• What Would Give You Pause Before Receiving a Child Before Baptism? - 31:15
• Advice to Evangelizing Children in the Home - 34:47
• Final Encouragements - 38:21
• Closing Thoughts and Outro - 40:58

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Practically, How ought Baptists raise up and care for their unbelieving children?

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:43
• Dr. Nettles’ Testimony of Baptist Life - 3:57
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Why Baptists are Moving to a Paedo-Baptist Position - 8:33
• David Schrock’s Testimony on Baptist Heritage - 10:42
• Richard Furman’s Historical Context - 12:00
• The Covenant Theology of Richard Furman - 17:50
• Was Richard Foster Doing Something Unique with His Biblical Theology? - 24:38
• Furman’s Idea of ‘Guardianship’ and ‘Wardship’ - 30:46
• Impressing Upon Children the Fullness of Being in the ‘Image of God’ - 36:00
• Responsibilities of Parents Raising Children - 38:43
• Counsel to Baptist Members Thinking about Paedobaptism - 39:52
• 46:20 – Outro

Resources to Click

• Richard Furman (1755-1825) and His Letter, “The Children of Church Members” – Thomas J. Nettles

Books to Read

• The Baptists Vol. 1: Beginnings in Britain – Thomas J. Nettles
• The Baptists Vol. 2: Beginnings in America – Thomas J. Nettles
• The Baptists Vol. 3: The Modern Era – Thomas J. Nettles
• By His Grace and For His Glory – Thomas J. Nettles
• Teaching Truth, Training Hearts – Thomas J. Nettles with Steve Weaver
• A Commentary on Galatians – Thomas J. Nettles

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Practically, how ought Baptists raise up and care for their unbelieving children?

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We were able to catch up with G. K. Beale to talk about his new book, Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology. We talk deeply about the centrality of the resurrection for the new creation, with a special bonus portion at the very end on the millenium!

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:38

· Dr. Beale’s Bio and Background: 03:38

· Ten Facets of Eschatology - 10:46

· Union With the Resurrected Christ - 18:11

· The Relationship Between Resurrection & Ascension - 21:17

· Relating Christ’s Priesthood & Kingship to Ascension- 22:26

· The Diamond Facets of the Resurrection - 27:50

· Methodology for Preaching - 31:34

· Closing Thoughts - 33:20

· Bonus Question: Thinking Through Eschatological Views - 35:20

· Amillenialism - 36:26

· Premillenialism – 39:38

· Postmillenialism - 42:56

Resources to Click

· G.K. Beale’s Website (gkbeale.com)

· Keys for Interpreting the Book of Revelation Lectures – G.K. Beale at The Church at Pecan Creek

· Postmillenialism & Theonomy – David Schrock at 9Marks

Books to Read

· Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology – G.K. Beale

· A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New – G.K. Beale

· Book of Revelation (NIGTC) – G.K. Beale

· Revelation: A Shorter Commentary – G.K. Beale

· Colossians and Philemon (BECNT) – G.K. Beale

· 1-2 Thessalonians, Volume 13 (IVP New Testament Commentary) – G.K. Beale

· Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation – G.K. Beale

· The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority – G.K. Beale

· The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God, Vol. 17 – G.K. Beale

· The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God - David Schrock

· Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos

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How do Baptist beliefs inform our parenting? We neither treat our children as automatic members of the covenant, nor do we neglect our holy responsibility to instruct them in the Lord.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:23
• Defining Different Types of Baptism - 02:41
• What is a Covenant? - 04:48
• How Would Presbyterians Describe Baptism? - 08:33
• How Would Baptists Describe Baptism? - 10:25
• What is the ‘Newness’ of the New Covenant? - 11:54
• What are the Dangers of Including Children in the Covenant? - 18:15
• Parenting Prior to Baptism - 20:40
• Pragmatic Evangelism by Proxy - 26:46
• Raising Children in Relation to the Church - 29:08
• How Do We Instruct Children Before and After the Lord’s Supper - 32:04
• Encouragement from Richard Furman - 36:50
• Outro – 38:52

Resources to Click

• Neither Covenant Children, Nor Evangelism by Proxy: Recovering a Baptist Approach to Raising Children in the Lord – David Schrock
• The Children of Church Members – Richard Furman
• Living Long in the Land: Reading Ephesians 6:1-3 through the Lens of the New Covenant – David Schrock

Books to Read

• Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ – ed. Thomas Schreiner and Shawn Wright
• The Baptism of Disciples Alone: A Covenantal Argument for Credobaptism Versus Paedobaptism – Fred A. Malone
• Faith Formation in a Secular Age – Andrew Root
• Baptist Confessions of Faith – ed. William Lumpkin and Bill Leonard
• The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology – Pascal Denault
• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants – Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum
• Christ and Culture Revisited – D.A. Carson
• No Place For Truth: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology – David F. Wells
• When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus’ Vision for Authentic Community – Joseph H. Hellerman
• Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples – Timothy Paul Jones

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How do Baptist beliefs inform our parenting? We neither treat our children as regenerate believers, nor do we default on our holy responsibility to instruct them in the Lord.

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The Christian hope of resurrection—long foretold by the prophets—was guaranteed when Jesus walked out of the grave, securing life for his people and bringing death to Death.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:23
• Why Is Important to Understand a Biblical Theology of the Resurrection? - 03:13
• How Does the Resurrection Help Us to Know Who Jesus Is? - 04:40
• Jesus is a Better Priest - 7:20
• What is the Expectation of the Resurrection for Old Testament Saints, as Seen in John 11? – 08:11
• How Do We Understand the Person of Christ in John 11? - 12:07
• Where Was Lazarus When He Died? - 15:13
• What is the Resurrection Hope of an Embodied Life? - 20:20
• New Creation needs to be More Greatly Emphasized in the Church - 23:50
• In Pastoral Ministry, How Does ‘Embodied Life’ Help Those in the Midst of Death? - 27:23
• The Idea of the ‘Third Day’ in the Bible - 32:05
• How Do We Understand the Idea of ‘Union With Christ’ in the Resurrection? – 37:24
• How Should Pastors Preach the Resurrection? - 41:28
• Outro – 44:57

Resources to Click

• The Resurrection and the Life: Our Risen Savior and Our Certain Hope – Mitch Chase
• From Slight Peg to Cornerstone to Capstone: The Resurrection of Christ on “The Third Day” According to the Scriptures – Stephen Dempster

Books to Read

• Resurrection Hope and the Death of Death by Mitchell Chase
• The Hope of Life After Death by M. Jeff Brannon
• The Hope of Israel by Brandon Crowe
• The Person of Christ: An Introduction by Stephen J. Wellum
• The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God by David Schrock
• He Descended to the Dead: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday by Matthew Emerson
• The Bible and the Future – Anthony Hoekema

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The Christian hope of resurrection—long foretold by the prophets—was guaranteed when Jesus walked out of the grave, securing life for his people and bringing death to Death.

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Listen in as Mike Law Jr. and David Schrock discuss the state of female pastors in the SBC.

Timestamps to Know

• Intro - 00:44
• Mike Law - 2:02
• What Led to the SBC Amendment Proposal? – 4:00
• Concern For Local Churches in the SBC - 06:33
• From Anaheim to Nashville – 11:53
• Responses to Mike Law’s Research – 15:20
• Why Does the Issue of Who Can Preach Matter? - 17:20
• Why Should We Be Unified on This Matter? – 19:55
• Tearing the Fabric of Our Cooperation - 22:04
• What Should Pastors Know Going into the SBC 2023? - 23:16
• SBCAmendment.org - 24:33
• Does the Language of ‘Closely Identify’ Help? - 26:55
• Mike Law’s Prayer - 29:53
• Outro – 31:31

Resources to Click

• Baptist Faith and Message 2000
• Information in Support of 2022 SBC Annual Item 2022
• Nashville, We Have a Problem – sbcamendment.org
• Why Now? – sbcamendment.org
• Mr. Smith Goes to the Convention – americanreformer.org
• The Egalitarian Beachball is a Church Wrecking Ball – christoverall.com
• Poking Holes in the Egalitarian Beachball: Seven Arguments Against Female Pastors – christoverall.com

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If Jesus died to pay for our sins, does the resurrection even matter? It certainly does! When Jesus walked out of the grave, he authoritatively declared that sin's penalty had been paid in full so that we might say with confidence, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:44
• Lee Tankersley – 03:06
• Why Pursue a PhD? - 04:12
• What Trends are Being Seen with the Academy and the Local Church? - 07:33
• How has the Gospel been Truncated by Not Talking about Penal Substitution? – 10:59
• Where does Penal Substitution stand in Evangelicalism Today? – 15:26
• Christ as Our Representative Substitute – 20:31
• Representation and Substitution - 24:10
• Is God For us or Against Us? - 26:39
• The Need for a Legal and Penal Substitute – 31:06
• We Need the Old Testament to See What is Taking Place in the Resurrection? - 35:12
• The Logic of Romans 5: Adam & Christ – 38:32
• What Does It Mean to be Vindicated by the Spirit? - 43:43
• Outro – 46:26

Resources to Click

• Does Penal Substitution Require the Resurrection? – Lee Tankersley
• What Did the Cross Achieve?: The Logic of Penal Substitution – J.I. Packer

Books to Read

• Pierced for our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution – Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach
• Christ Crucified: Understanding the Atonement - Donald MacLeod
• The Cross of Christ – John Stott
• The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrince of Salvation – Bruce DeMarest
• Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos

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If Jesus died to pay for our sins, does the resurrection even matter? It certainly does! When Jesus walked out of the grave, he authoritatively declared that sin's penalty had been paid in full so that we might say with confidence, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

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Does Scripture permit a woman to teach a Sunday School class? What about lead a small group? While Scripture clearly teaches complementary roles for men and women, applying this teaching to various ministry settings requires careful thought. So, what does a faithful and wise complementarianism look like in practice?

Timestamps to Know

• Intro: 00:37
• How Conversations on Complementarianism Have Shifted - 02:33
• Complementarianism Through the Decades - 05:11
• The Gift of Authority Preserves Goodness & Distinction of Gender - 07:37
• Erasure of Gender Leads to Authority and Justice Issues - 09:55
• ‘Real’ and ‘Perceived’ Injustices in Authority - 12:14
• Why Leeman’s Article is an Important Piece For Today - 14:26
• Lines that are Drawn for Teaching- 17:56
• Concentric Circles of Authority Stemming From the Church - 20:38
• A Theology of the Gathered Church is Crucial - 23:50
• Is There Correlation between Ecclesiology and Egalitarianism - 26:54
• Working Backwards from 1 Tim. 3:15 to 1 Tim. 2 – 30:07
• Starting With a Full-Orbed Christian Worldview - 33:11
• What If a Pastor Doesn’t Hold Fast to Complementarianism? - 35:07
• What If a Denomination Doesn’t Hold Fast to Complementarianism? - 38:09
• Outro - 40:20

Resources to Click

• Criteria for When Woman Can Teach Among Christians by Jonathan Leeman
• Why Not to Have a Woman Preach by Thomas Schreiner
• Churches: The Embassies and Geography of Heaven by Jonathan Leeman
• On Earth as in Heaven: A (Very) Brief Biblical Theology of Heaven by Sam Emadi
• The Church Gathered by Jonathan Leeman

Books to Read

• Women in the Church: An Interpretation and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 ed. by Andreas Köstenberger and Thomas Schreiner
• Understanding the Congregation’s Authority by Jonathan Leeman
• Don’t Fire Your Church Members: The Case for Congregationalism by Jonathan Leeman
• Strange New World by Carl Trueman
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood ed. by John Piper & Wayne Grudem

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Does Scripture permit a woman to teach a Sunday School class? What about lead a small group? While Scripture clearly teaches complementary roles for men and women, applying this teaching to various ministry settings requires careful thought. So, what does a faithful and wise complementarianism look like in practice?

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God's word and God's world both testify to complementarity between men and women. So, what exactly is complementarity and why does it promote flourishing for everyone?

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:31

· William Manchester’s Observations – 02:18

· The Functional and Ontological Change of Roles in the Church – 04:45

· What is the Importance of Addressing Men and Women’s Roles? - 09:32

· Making Clear Our Motivations for Defending Complementarianism - 11:40

· What Does Scripture Say About the Complementarity of Men & Women? – 17:55

· How Do We Know These Established Roles Were in Creation Before the Fall? - 22:17

· Where Else in the Old Testament Can We See the Relation Between Manhood and Womanhood? - 27:35

· The Commendation of Abraham and Sarah and the Role of Family - 31:29

· 1 Timothy 2, Family, and the Church - 35:58

· Spheres of Authority & Submission – 39:05

· The Word of God ‘Fitting’ With the World Around Us- 42:35

· Outro - 45:47

Resources to Click

· Priestesses in the Church – C.S. Lewis

· The Fallacy of Interchangeability – Colin Smothers

· Is the Slippery Slope Actually Slippery? Egalitarianism and the Open-and-Affirming Position – Colin Smothers

· The Danvers Statement On Biblical Manhood & Womanhood

· The Music & Meaning of Male and Female – Alastair Roberts

Books to Read

· Man and Woman in Christ – Stephen B. Clark

· What is the Meaning of Sex? – Denny Burk

· Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood – ed. John Piper & Wayne Grudem

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God's word and God's world both testify to complementarity between men and women. So, what exactly is complementarity and why does it promote flourishing for everyone?

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What looks colorful and playful . . . until it smashes into the household of God? It's a wrecking ball disguised as the Egalitarian Beachball, and its coming for the Southern Baptist Convention. 

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The world's meager idea of love as mutual affirmation pales in comparison to the robust view of love presented in Scripture. True love of neighbor refuses to uphold tacit lies, but instead seeks human flourishing lived out in God's ordered reality.

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:33

· Where do We Miss the Idea of ‘Loving One’s Neighbor’ Today? - 2:51

· The Logic of Loving One’s Neighbor & The Idea of Reciprocity – 5:56

· Working Out Moral Norms in a Society Against Christianity – 10:30

· How Much Does our American Context Inform a Natural Law Argument? - 13:53

· How Do We Argue What True Love Is in the Public Square? -19:43

· Do We See Christians Making Moral Arguments From Scripture? - 26:03

· More Practical Ways of Speaking in Public to the Culture - 34:23

· The Recognition and Moral Persuasion of Judgment - 41:31

· Outro – 46:43

Resources to Click

· The Moral Meaning of Loving One’s Neighbor – Andrew T. Walker

· The President, Jesus, and the Golden Rule – Francis Beckwith

· Carl Trueman on Gays and Personal Identity – Andrew Sullivan

· The Rise of the Nazis – The Rest Is History Podcast

· Does God Exist? A Conversation with Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer, and Douglas Murray – Uncommon Knowledge Podcast

Books to Read

· God and the Transgender Debate – Andrew T. Walker

· Epistle Sermons of Martin Luther – Martin Luther; John Lenker

· The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis

· Natural Law: A Brief Introduction and Biblical Defense – David Haines & Andrew Fulford

· Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents – Rod Dreher

· Ideas Have Consequences – Richard Weaver

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The world's meager idea of love as mutual affirmation pales in comparison to the robust view of love presented in Scripture. True love of neighbor refuses to uphold tacit lies, but instead seeks human flourishing lived out in God's ordered reality.

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As we reject God and slouch towards Gomorrah, we find that the erotic "free love" that promised so much ultimately fails to deliver true love of neighbor. We also find that God does not love everyone in the same way. Listen to Ardel Caneday, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum discuss Dr. Caneday's longform essay, "The True Nature of Love, God's and Ours."

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:33

· The Idea of ‘Free Love’ - 2:12

· The Impact of ‘Free Love’ on the Church - 4:55

· Government Sponsored Erotic Love - 8:05

· The Pietistic Approach to ‘Just Preach the Gospel’ - 13:01

· Carson’s Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God - 16:26

· Intra-Trinitarian Love – 21:09

· The Rise of Creation/Climate Care in Evangelicalism - 24:21

· God’s Love for the World in General – 29:23

· 1 John 4:7-10 – 30:36

· Love Includes Judgment & Wrath - 35:04

· God’s ‘Electing’ Love - 36:08

· Closing Thoughts - 37:37

· Outro - 40:37

Resources to Click

· The True Nature of Love, God’s and Ours: Love is from God and Imitates Him by Ardel Caneday

· The Doctrine of the Trinity: Three Distinct Persons by David Schrock

Books to Read

· 1984 – George Orwell

· Knowing God – J.I. Packer

· The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God – D.A. Carson

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Does God love everything in the same way? The answer is a five-fold "no."

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In order to end abortion, we need to consider what Scripture tells us about the blessedness of children and why we must protect the unborn and offer a new set of images, stories, and celebrations that reform our social imaginaries. Listen to David Schrock, Trent Hunter, and Stephen Wellum discuss four truths that move us in that direction.

Timestamps to Know

· Intro: 00:25

· Influences for Having a Home Full of Children – 2:38

· Discussing Philip K. Dick’s Opening Scene – 6:43

· Francis Schaeffer & Consequences of Ideas - 11:38

· What is a Social Imaginary? – 14:12

· Four Truths for a New Vision of Children – 17:27

· Abortion is a Theological Problem – 19:55

· What is the Image of God? 22:50

· Understanding Humans as God’s Royal Image – 25:04

· What is a Biblical Case for Human Dignity Inside the Womb? – 28:00

· How do the Gospel and Rescuing the Unborn Go Together? – 31:00

· Outro: - 37:12

Resources to Peruse

· For the Kids Nobody Wants: Imagine There’s No Children – David Schrock

· For the Kids Nobody Wants: Longing for and Loving the Little Ones – David Schrock

Books to Read

· Marriage: Sex in the Service of God – Christopher Ash

· Love Thy Body - Nancy Pearcy

· The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories – Philip K. Dick

· A Secular Age – Charles Taylor

· The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self – Carl R. Trueman

· Hearers & Doers – Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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In order to end abortion, we need to consider what Scripture tells us about the blessedness of children and why we must protect the unborn and offer a new set of images, stories, and celebrations that reform our social imaginaries. Here are four truths that move us in that direction.

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What is the History of the Roe v. Wade supreme court decision, what did the Dobbs decision accomplish, and where do Christians go from here? Listen in as David Closson, Jared Bridges, and David Schrock discuss these issues and more. 

Timestamps

· Intro – 00:27

· Jared Bridges – 1:12

· David Closson – 1:55

· History of Roe v. Wade – 3:03

· Who was Norma McCorvey? – 5:38

· SBC Response to Roe v. Wade – 9:35

· Evangelical Response Effects of Roe v. Wade – 14:07

· History of Family Research Council – 16:31

· What led to the Dobbs Decision? – 18:15

· What difference does overturning Roe make? – 21:49

· Counsel for Pastors Depending on State Laws – 24:00

· How should we think about Abolitionism and Incrementalism? – 25:45

· Practical Things Christians Can Do – 30:01

· Closing Thoughts – 36:12

Resources

· Roe at 50: Reflections and the Road Ahead by David Closson

· The Washington Stand

· Family Research Council

· Center for Biblical Worldview

· Pro-Life Laws in the States

Books

· The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager

· Biblical Principles for Pro-Life Engagement by David Closson

· Whatever Happened to the Human Race? By C. Everett Koop and Francis A. Schaeffer

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What is the History of the Roe v. Wade supreme court decision, what did the Dobbs decision accomplish, and where do Christians go from here? Listen in as David Closson reads his essay on this important topic. 

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What are the exciting topics that Christ Over All plans to tackle in 2023, Lord willing? Tune in to find out on the first episode of season two!

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How has Gnosticism—an ancient idea that we must escape our physical bodies—influenced transgenderism, euthanasia, and 120-pound women beating grown men in martial arts movie scenes? And what does a double decker bus have to do with it? Listen in to Stephen Wellum and David Schrock as they discuss P. Andrew Sandlin's hard hitting longform essay. 

Timestamps

0:32 - Intro

2:33 – What is incarnation and excarnation?

3:36 – How Hymns Speak of Christ’s Incarnation

5:32 – Excarnation Defined

6:20 – What is Gnosticism?

10:21 – What are ways we have lost the Doctrine of Creation?

12:24 – How does the Doctrine of Creation inform our thinking about the world?

14:18 – Bodies becoming ‘tools’ for the inner man

16:30 – How has our culture impacted the Church through ‘disembodied living’?

19:41 – ‘Cyber’-Disciples

22:02 – A Theology of the Body

24:15 – Glorifying God in an ‘Embodied’ Sense

27:04 – Creation Mandate’s Rejection Impacts Our Culture

30:12 – Celebrating the Incarnation brings us back to a right understanding of the body

35:45 - Outro

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How has Gnosticism—an ancient idea that we must escape our physical bodies—influenced transgenderism, euthanasia, and 120-pound women beating grown men in martial arts movie scenes? And why the double decker bus? Check out this hard-hitting longform piece written by Dr. Andrew Sandlin (and read by Kevin McClure). 

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What is divine accommodation, and how does it relate to the prologue to John's gospel? And what does all of this have to do with the incarnation? Listen in to this conversation between Ardel Caneday, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum as they discuss Ardel's longform piece and its implications.

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Like a parent with a child, God stoops and uses our toddler-like language to allow us to understand who He is by way of analogies: He is Father, Shepherd, and Word. See how Dr. Ardel Caneday fleshes out a concept with awe-filled ramifications.

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What is the Evangelical Theological Society, why was it started, and what purpose does it have today? Listen to a team of Christ Over All contributors give their thoughts on the good, the bad, and the ugly of what is likely the largest regular gathering of evangelical scholars in the world. 

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What happens when three scholars/churchmen talk about 100 years of evangelicalism in 42 minutes? Listen in to this insightful and edifying conversation to find out!

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Where has Evangelicalism come from, and where is it going? Join Brad Green on his personal journey into the movement, and learn some roots, fruits, and lessons along the way. 

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Two words: "true Truth". . . and the rivers of implications that flow from this mighty waterfall. Listen to Ranald Macaulay (Francis Schaeffer's son-in-law), Stephen Wellum, and David Schrock as they discuss Schaeffer, evangelicalism, and of course, truth. 

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Two words: "true Truth". . . and the rivers of implications that flow from this mighty waterfall. Read what Schaeffer would say from his own son-in-law, Ranald Macaulay.

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How could this man who had a small home and who was far removed from much of the center of evangelicalism have impacted so many Christians? Hear the life and legacy of a remarkable man.

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Who is the man who influenced evangelicalism more than any one else in the latter half of the twentieth century? Meet Francis Schaeffer, an unusual man who God used to shape a generation of Christian leaders and thinkers. 

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What is political theology? How ought Christians respond to their governments, even increasingly hostile governments? Join David Schrock and Stephen Wellum as they interview Brad Green about his essay on Francis Schaeffer'sA Christian Manifesto and discuss this book's relevance for today. 

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If Christ is Lord over all of life, then does this include our politics? Discover the enduring legacy that Francis Schaeffer's A Christian Manifesto has even forty years later in this essay by Brad Green. 

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Why is Christ Over All needed in our world today, and what does this ministry seek to address? Join Pastors David Schrock and Trent Hunter as they discuss Steve Wellum's longform essay "Christ Over All" along with Dr. Wellum himself. The essay can be read at: https://christoverall.com/article/longform/christ-over-all/

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What is the state of the evangelical church and what can be done about it? What scriptures form the basis for the declaration that Christ is over all?  Listen and Learn as Steve Wellum reads his longform article "Christ Over All."

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Why begin a new website in the midst of a vast online ocean? And why now? David Schrock gives six compelling reasons from the book of Ephesians for this ministry’s existence and previews future ground to cover. Read the online article at https://christoverall.com/article/is-christ-over-all/

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What is the ministry of Christ Over All? How did it began, who is involved, and what is its purpose? This introductory podcast gives answers to all of these questions and more. Check us out at Christoverall.com, and subscribe for more content that will help you to see how Christ's Lordship extends over everything.