Show notes forthcoming.

Resources to Click

·  “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

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

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

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

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

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 Between

· 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

Show notes forthcoming.

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

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.

· 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.

· 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