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

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

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. 

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

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

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

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
• Go to ChristOverAll.com/Give to support the work

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

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.

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

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

Resources to Click

• “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

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

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

·      Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

·      Life in the Negative World – Aaron Renn

·      Democracy in America – Alexis de Tocqueville

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

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.

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

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. 

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.

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:44
• David Schrock’s and Ardel Caneday’s Backgrounds on the Priesthood - 02:22
• Why Should One Say Pilate’s Quarters is Inverted as a ‘Unholy of Holies’? - 05:15
• An Argument from Silence - 09:47
• Ardel’s Further Thoughts on the Matter - 12:05
• An Argument from Irony - 14:15
• John’s Movements in Chapters 18 and 19 - 19:53
• The Subtleties of John’s Temple Imagery - 26:07
• Jesus the True Priest vs. the False Priests - 31:57
• Reading John 14 in its Whole-Literary Context -33:39
• What are Some Pastoral Takeaways from the Work that Has Been Done? - 38:06
• Ardel’s Encouragements - 40:30
• “We Can Sense John’s Smile, Even If We Can’t See His Face” – 44:05
• Closing Thoughts and Commentary Recommendations - 46:00
• Outro - 48:49

Resources to Click

• “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
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• The Gospel According to John (The Pillar New Testament Commentary Series) – D. A. Carson
• John: Jesus Christ is God (Focus on the Bible Series) – William F. Cook
• The Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design – R. Alan Culpepper
• John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary Series) – Edward W. Klink
• John: The NIV Application Commentary – Gary M. Burge
• 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

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
• Christoverall.com/give

Books to Read

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

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.

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. 

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
• Christoverall.com/give

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.

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

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.

If you have been helped by Christ Over All, be sure to subscribe and/or leave a review, which will help other people to find us in the future.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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.

Resources to Click

• “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

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.

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

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

• Join us for a monthly Christ Over All Q&A Zoom Call at 12noon (EST) Friday, February 23 to ask any question you have. Sign Up Here.

Show Notes Timestamps to Know

·  00:40 – Intro

·  03:10 – ‘Augustine’

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

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

·  10:25 – The Context of Augustine and the City of God

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

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

·  24:43  - What’s the 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 for Political Theology?

·  41:22 – R2K: Historical and Revised

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

·  48:15 – What is a Constructive Argument for the Kingdom 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

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 

Resources to Click

• “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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Resources to Click

• “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
• Give to Support the Work

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

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

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). 

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?

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

Resources to Click

• “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

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.”

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

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.

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
• Christoverall.com/give

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

Practically, how ought Baptists raise up and care for their unbelieving children?

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?

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?

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?

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

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/

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

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/

3.58 – Schreiner Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

·     00:46 – Intro

·     03:18 – Reputation & Background on George Eldon 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 Their Varieties

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

·     29:23 – The Promises of the Land

·     32:00 – Parallel Arguments between Dispensationalists and Post-Millenialists

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

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

·     44:23 – Thinking Through the Already Not Yet Systematically

·     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

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?

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 

Resources to Click

• “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

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.

3.53  – Wellum  Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

·      00:43 – Intro

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

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

·      10:38 – Is Being Defined by the Bebbington Quadrilateral 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 God in Private and Public Matters

·      46:29 – Evangelicals Taking for Granted their Freedoms and Liberties

·      58:20 – Personal Peace and Affluence, and Not Being ‘Lulled to Sleep’

·      1:05:37 – Encouragements for Congregations in this Season

·      1:09:07 - Outro

Resources to Click

·      Till Kingdom 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

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

·      Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

·      Life in the Negative World – Aaron Renn

·      Democracy in America – Alexis de Tocqueville

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

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

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

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

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

·      A Secular Age – Charles Taylor

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.

Resources to Click

• “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

3.59 – Merkle Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

·     00:36 – Intro

·     03:14 – How Dr. Merkle Became the President of New 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 and Fellow Educator

·     20:13 – Christian Universities Mirroring ‘Big Ed’

·     23:08 – How Many Christian Universities Are Saying 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 Pursue Liberal Arts?

·     36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA?

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

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

·     44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’s Model 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

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 

Resources to Click

• “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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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. 

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

Resources to Click

• “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

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

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
• Go to ChristOverAll.com/Give to support the work

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

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 

Resources to Click

• “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

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

For an extensive list of Resources to Click and Books to Read, click here.

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

Show notes forthcoming.

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

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

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” – Doug Ponder

·     “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 - Carrie Gress

·  Feminism Against Progress - Mary Harrington

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. 

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!

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.

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?

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
• Give to Support the Work
• 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. Beale From Creation to New Creation: Biblical Theology and Exegesis – eds. Daniel M. Gurtner & Benjamin L. Gladd Exodus 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

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

Timestamps

• 00:46 – Intro
• 04:08 – Robert Lyon’s Background
• 05:06 – The Lay of the Land of Christian Platonism in the Academic World
• 11:34 – Who are the Main Advocates of Christian Platonism?
• 13:04 – What is a Metaphysic and How Do We Understand It?
• 14:16 – Other Terms Important to Understand in This Conversation
• 18:42 – What is Platonism as a System of Thought?
• 25:26 – What is the ‘Great Tradition’ that Craig Carter is Speaking of?
• 29:53 – The Doctrine of ‘Ur Platonism’
• 35:15 – ‘Ur Platonism’ is a Reduced Form of Platonism
• 39:32 – The Idea of Sacramental Ontology
• 41:17 – The Loss of Creator and Creature Distinction & Participatory Language
• 43:58 – Do Christian Platonists Pick Up More Catholic Ways of Reading the Bible?
• 47:40 – What is a Positive Construction of Ontology that We Can Begin to Mine From the Biblical Canon?
• 52:07 – How the Protestant Reformers Were Eclectic When Looking Toward the Early Church
• 56:09 – Final Thoughts from Robert Lyon & Dr. Wellum
• 1:00:35 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “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
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller

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

What does the crucifixion and resurrection have to do with Israel's exile and the exodus?

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 

Resources to Click

• “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

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.

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.

Timestamps to Know

·  00:27 – Intro

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

·  07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in Messiah

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

·  18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating the 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 Their Vocation

·  43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish Messiah Today

·  46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need to Be 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

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?

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. 

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.

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.