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Christ Over All episodes

August 21, 2023 2.37 Michael Carlino • Reading • "The Noahic Covenant Reaffirms God's Universal Demand on His Creation: A Progressive Covenantalist Response to David VanDrunen"
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?
36 min
August 14, 20232.36 Peter Gentry, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline"
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
41 min
August 07, 2023 2.35 Peter Gentry • Reading • "The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline"
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.
19 min
July 31, 20232.34 David Schrock, Trent Hunter, Ardel Caneday • Interview • "Dividing the Faithful: How a Little Book on Race Fractured a Movement Founded on Grace"
Listen in as Trent Hunter and Ardel Caneday join David Schrock to discuss his new book, "Dividing the Faithful: How a Little Book on Race Fractured a Movement Founded on Grace."

Timestamps to Know
Intro: 00:34

Dr. Caneday’s Interaction with Divided By Faith - 2:10

The Thesis of Dividing the Faithful - 10:31

David Schrock’s Interaction with Divided by Faith - 13:30

Problems with Divided by Faith - 18:40

What Does “Racialization” Mean? - 22:54

How Was Divided by Faith Promoted throughout the Years? - 25:36

D.A. Carson’s Take on Race & Justice in Love in Hard Places - 32:40

Dividing the Faithful’s Appeal to Scripture - 35:00

Closing Thoughts & Outro – 37:56

Resources to Click
Introducing Dividing the Faithful – Christ Over All

Why Write a Book-Length Critique of Divided by Faith Twenty-Three Years After It Was Published – Ardel Caneday

Five Steps for Racial Reconciliation on Sunday at 11:00AM – D. A. Carson

Books to Read
Dividing the Faithful – David Schrock

Love in Hard Places – D.A. Carson
40 min
July 24, 20232.33 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "Thinking Biblically and Theologically about Justice"
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
55 min
July 17, 20232.32 Stephen Wellum • Reading • "Thinking Biblically and Theologically about Justice"
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
35 min
July 10, 20232.31 Virgil Walker, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "Where is the Good News? An Honest Look at the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Community"
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
1 hr 2 min
July 03, 2023 2.30 Virgil Walker • Reading • "Where is the Good News? An Honest Look at the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Community"
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?
21 min
June 26, 2023 2.29 Michael A. G. Haykin, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "John Gresham Machen, Defender of the Faith"
Machen knew that emptying Christianity of its historical claims would leave only a lifeless shell behind. True spiritual life is not opposed to history, but is produced by a God who acts in history. Listen in to this conversation on Dr. Michael Haykin's essay on the life of Machen.

Timestamps to Know
·      Intro: 00:38
·      Dr. Haykin’s Introduction to Machen - 02:52
·      Dr. Wellum’s Introduction to Machen - 04:15
·      How Does the Modernist/Fundamentalist Debate Fit into the History of the Church? - 05:59
·      Was Machen Doing Something ‘Novel’ in Making a Distinction Between Christianity & Liberalism? - 14:12
·      Machen’s Historical Background - 17:05
·      Students Maintaining Objectivity When Studying History - 21:05
·      What Do We Know About Machen’s Time in Princeton, and Wilhelm Herman’s Influence - 22:56
·      Machen’s Experience Leading to Ministry - 31:54
·      How Does Machen Relate Doctrine and Experience? - 35:05
·      What are the Big Battles Today We are Facing? - 37:32
·      What Can We Learn from Church History About Ecumenicism and Doctrine? - 40:58
·      Outro - 48:07

Resources to Click
·      John Gresham Machen, Defender of the Faith – Michael A.G. Haykin

Books to Read
·      Christianity & Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen
·      What is Faith? – J. Gresham Machen
·      The Origin of Paul’s Religion: The Classic Defense of Supernatural Christianity – J. Gresham Machen
·      J. Gresham Machen: A Biographical Memoir – Ned B. Stonehouse
50 min
June 19, 20232.28 Michael A. G. Haykin • Reading • "John Gresham Machen, Defender of the Faith"
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
40 min

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