Christ Over All

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

Resources to Click

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

 Books to Read

• Ephesians (ZECotNT) – Clinton E. Arnold

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

Timestamps

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

 Resources to Click

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

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

Resources to Click

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

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

Timestamps

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

Resources to Click

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

Books to Read

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

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

Resources to Click

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

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

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

· Give to Support the Work

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

Timestamps

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

Resources to Click

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

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

Resources to Click

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

· The Gospels – Jordan Peterson & The Daily Wire

· Theme of the Month: One Gospel, Four Witnesses

· Give to Support the Work

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

Timestamps

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

Resources to Click

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

Books to Read

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

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

Resources to Click

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

Books to Read

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

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

Timestamps

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

Resources to Click

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

Books to Read

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