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November 18, 2024 3.60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "Big Ed, Too Big to Fail"

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
53 min
November 14, 2024 3.59 Thomas R. Schreiner, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "The World Turned Upside Down: George Ladd on the Kingdom"
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
1 hr 2 min
November 11, 20243.58 Thomas R. Schreiner • Reading • "The World Turned Upside Down: George Ladd on the Kingdom"
3.57 – Schreiner Longform Reading Show Notes

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

Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God

Give to Support the Work

Books to Read
A Theology of the New Testament – George Eldon Ladd

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

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

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

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

The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos

Christ and Time: The Primitive Conception of Time and History – Oscar Cullman
19 min
November 04, 2024 3.57 Graeme Goldsworthy • Reading •"The Kingdom of God"
3.57– Goldsworthy Longform Reading Show Notes

Resources to Click
·  “The Kingdom of God” – Graeme Goldsworthy
·  Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God
·  Give to Support the Work

Books to Read
· Jesus and the Kingdom of God – G.R. Beasley-Murray
· The Parables of the Kingdom – C.H. Dodd
· The Goldsworthy Trilogy – Graeme Goldsworthy
·  What is Christianity? – Adolf Von Harnack
· The Bible and the Future – Anthony Hoekema
· The Gospel of the Kingdom – George Eldon Ladd
· The Mystery of the Kingdom of God – Albert Schweitzer
32 min
November 01, 2024 3.56 Doug Ponder and David Schrock • Interview •"Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability"
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
1 hr 6 min
October 28, 2024 3.55 Doug Ponder • Reading • "Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability"
3.55 – Ponder Longform Reading Show Notes

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
·
“The
Wrongs of Woman” – Matthew Schmitz
·
“Cohabitation:
Marriage Lite or the New Concubinage” – Alan F.H. Wisdom
·
“Sexual
Counter-Revolution” – Scott Yenor
·
“Empathy,
Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney
·
“Common
Good Men: The Lost Authority of Godly Men” – Nancy Pearcy
·
“Transgenderism:
Escaping Limits” – R.R. Reno
·
“Priestesses
in the Church?” – C.S. Lewis
·
“Emancipated
Surf: Rebekah Curtis on the Unintended Consequences of First-Wave Feminism”
– Rebekah Curtis
·
“The
Fallacy of Interchangeability” – Colin Smothers
·
“The Variety of Feminisms
and their Contributions to Gender Equality” – Judith Lorber
·
“What is a Woman?”
– Michelle Goldberg
·
“What
Makes a Man or Woman?” – Chris Bodenner
·
“Gender
Equality is Your Issue Too” – Emma Watson
·
“Partners
in Ministry: How Men and Women Must Labor Together for the Good of the Church”
– The Gospel Coalition Podcast
·
“Seneca
Falls in 1848” – National Park Service
·
“Indicatives,
Imperatives, and Applications: Reflections on Natural, Biblical, and Cultural
Complementarianism” – Joe Rigney
·
“Thousands
of Women Fought Against the Right to Vote. Their Reasons Still Resonate Today”
– Samantha Schmidt
·
“What
Did the Suffragists Really Think About Abortion?” - Treva B. Lindsey
·
“What
Women Need: Three Bad ideas for Women & What to Do About Them” –
Frederica Mathewes-Green
·
“Man and
Woman: Toward an Ontology” – Patrick Schreiner
·
“The
Emancipation of Domesticity”
·
“Mental Health
Care” – Household Pulse Survey
·
“The
Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” – Betsey Stevenson & Justin
Wolfers
·
“Loss
of a Good Word (Again)” – Zephram Foster
·
“’Deaths
of Despair’ Among Men Fueling Life Expectancy Gap” – Lisa O’Mary
·
“Mending Wall”
– Robert Frost
·
“The
Distinct, Positive Impact of a Good Dad: How Fathers Contribute to Their Kids’
Lives” – Brad Wilcox
·
“The
Boy Genius: Finding Him Again Through
the Patriarchal Group” – Anthony Esolen
·
“On
the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M.
Heim, “Biblical Images of God as Mother and Spiritual Formation” – Kyle
Claunch
·
Theme of
the Month: Christ Over All the “Isms”
·
Give
to Support the Work

Books to Read
·
The
Realm of Lesser Evil - Jean-Claude Michea
·
Adam
and Eve after the Pill, Revisited – Mary Eberstadt
·
The
End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us – Carrie
Gress
·
The
Art of War – Sun Tzu trans. Lionel Giles
·
A
New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian
Feminism – Kristin Kobes Du Mez
·
Women
and the New Race – Margaret Sanger
·
Ideas
Have Consequences – Richard M. Weaver
·
Above
All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ In a Post-Modern World – David F. Wells
·
On
the Meaning of Sex – J. Budziszewski
·
All
We’re Meant to Be: Biblical Feminism for Today – Letha Dawson Scanzoni
& Nancy A. Hardesty
·
Evangelical
Feminism: A History – Pamela D.H. Cochran
48 min
October 22, 2024 3.54 Glenn Sunshine, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, • Interview • "Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition"
3.54 – Sunshine Interview Show Notes

Timestamps
·      00:32 – Intro
·     03:58 – Dr. Sunshine’s Background
·     06:30 – Dr. Sunshine’s New Ministry
·     08:42 – Slaying Leviathan
·     11:23 – What is Resistance Theory and How Do We Recover It?
·     14:48 – Is the Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates Taught in Seminary Today?
·     17:20 – Where to Glean Principles from Scripture
·     20:25 – Key Benchmarks in Scripture Before Arriving at Romans 13
·     23:01 – Resistance Theory in Church History Leading Up to the Reformation
·     26:21 – Augustine’s Influence on Political Theory
·     31:46 – Are Leaders Overlooking the Doctrine of Original Sin?
·     34:27 – Observations on the Left and the Right
·     38:18 – What is the Solution to our Political Turmoil?
·     47:57 – What Do Pastors Need to Emphasizing from Resistance Theory and Church History?
·     52:28 – Globalization, Nations, and “Northern-ness”
·     55:45 – Responding to Transnational Powers
·     1:00:00 - Outro

Resources to Click
·      “Fighting Back: Protestant Resistance Theory” – The Theology Pugcast
·      Every Square Inch Ministries
·      Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the ‘Isms’”
·      Give to Support the Work

Books to Read
·      Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition – Glenn Sunshine
·      32 Christians Who Changed Their World – Glenn Sunshine & John Stonestreet
·      Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants – Stephen Junius Brutus and Glenn Sunshine
·     Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home – Glenn Sunshine
·     The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus’ 1st-Century Kingdom Values are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church – Jerry Trousdale & Glenn Sunshine
·      City of God – Augustine
·      Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes
·      The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli
·      The Benedict Option – Rod Dreher
·      A Christian Manifesto – Francis Schaeffer
·      A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1500 – Samuel Moffet
·      A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 2: 1500-1900 – Samuel Moffet
1 hr 2 min
October 14, 2024 3.53 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "What Evangelicals Must Learn from the Last Decades of American Politics"
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
1 hr 11 min
October 07, 2024 3.52 Auron MacIntyre, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies"
3.52 – Auron
MacIntyre Interview Show Notes

Timestamps
·
00:50 – Intro
·
04:50 – Auron MacIntyre’s Background
·
06:20 – The Wake Up Call of 2020
·
09:58 – Observations About 2020 from Trent
Hunter
·
13:53 – The Thesis of Auron’s Book The Total
State and ‘The Cathedral’
·
18:32 – Are We Blind to Communism and Managerial
Ideologies Today?
·
21:35 – Managerialism in the Church vs. The
Authority of God’s Word
·
26:06 – “Massification”
·
30:17 – The Need for Efficiency Leads to an Overreach
of Authority
·
34:23 – Multiculturalism and the Creation of
Conformity
·
37:46 – The Tower Babel Still at Work Today
·
41:18 – The Different Forms of Totalitarianism
·
47:08 – Why Should Christians Care About This?
·
52:46 – Takeaways from The Total State
for the People in the Pew
·
56:15 – Counsel and Encouragements
·
1:00:43 - Outro

Resources to Click
·
The Auron
MacIntyre Show
·
“A
Theology of the Face: How Endless Mask-Wearing Hides the Image of God and
Hinders the Church” – David Schrock
·
Theme of the
Month: Voting to the Glory of God
·
Give
to Support the Work

Books to Read
·
The
Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies – Auron
MacIntyre
1 hr 3 min
October 02, 2024 3.51 Stephen Wellum • Reading • "What Evangelicals Must Learn from the Last Decades of American Politics"
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
56 min

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