In this episode, we welcome Virgil Walker, Vice President of Ministry Relations for G3 Ministries, to discuss his article: “The Truth Behind MLK’s Social Gospel”. Virgil takes us through highlights of MLK’s views of essential doctrines of the Christian Faith. What do the primary sources, written by MLK himself, reveal about his views of God, Scripture, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Birth and Resurrection – and Salvation? Given the weight of MLK’s legacy today, how do we affirm the need for racial reconciliation while not compromising on the essentials of the Christian Faith? Virgil also shares with us some of his story, his decision to write on this subject (and the response), and his thoughts on MLK’s true legacy. 

Articles by Virgil: 

“The Truth Behind MLK’s Social Gospel” 

“Deconstructing the MLK Myth” 

“What’s the Truth about Martin Luther King, Jr.?” 

“A Letter to Black Pastors”  

G3 Ministries 

Just Thinking Podcast  

• MLK and the Deity of Christ 
• Freestyle Episode 

Check out Virgil’s recent book, with co-host and co-author Darrell Harrison: A Biblical Theology of Climate Change  

See: Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

Some highlights from the MLK, Jr. Papers Project:

• "What Experiences of Christians Living in the Early Christian Century Led to the Christian Doctrines of the Divine Sonship of Jesus, the Virgin Birth, and the Bodily Resurrection" (Essay, Crozer, 1949)
• "The Humanity and Divinity of Jesus" (Essay, Crozer, c.1949-50)
• "The Christian Pertinence of Eschatological Hope" (Essay, Crozer, c.1949-50)
• "The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity" (Essay, Crozer, c.1949-50)
• Letter to Coretta Scott ("the gospel that I will preach to the world"; July 18, 1952)
•  Letter to George W. Davis (December 1,1953)
• "My Pilgrimage to Nonviolence" (September 1, 1958)
• "What Happened to Hell?" (Interview, 1961)

The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr

Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. by David J. Garrow 

• Speaking of King’s being influenced both by the “social gospel” of Walter Rauschenbusch and the realism of Reinhold Niebuhr: “The arguments of Niebuhr and friendly prodding of [Kenneth] Smith moved King away from his earlier blind attachment to the optimism that pervaded not only Rauschenbusch’s social gospel but indeed all of the evangelical liberalism that George Davis had suffused him with. Looking back, King confessed that he had become ‘absolutely convinced of the natural goodness of man and the natural power of human reason.’ Niebuhr’s more persuasive realism, however, showed him ‘the complexity of human motives and the reality of sin on every level of man’s existence.’ Clearly Christian love alone could not defeat injustice and achieve social change.” (BTC p. 43, see also pp.45-47; e.g. “Although liberalism had failed ‘to realize that many of our present ills result from the sins of men,’ King found in Niebuhr too much of an emphasis upon the sinfulness of man.”) 
• “...King...wrote his former Crozer professor, George W. Davis, ‘When Schleiermacher stressed the primacy of experience over any external authority he was sounding a note that continues to ring in my own experience.” (BTC pg. 639, footnote 31) 
• King preached a sermon titled “Faith in Man”, in which he stated “[m]y faith in man is, at bottom, a faith in God.” (p.67) 
• Notice also King’s education in Boston “Personalism” in BTC p. 44-45; For an analysis of the critique of Personalism by Cornelius Van Til, see lecture "Boston Personalism", lecture delivered March 6,1956 at Boston; also see The Trinitarian Theology of Cornelius Van Til by Lane Tipton, pp. 88-94. Indeed, Dr. Tipton refers to King’s professor, Edgar Sheffield Brightman, as “perhaps the most important personalist in the twentieth century”. 
• A couple of King’s sermons were influenced by Henry Emerson Fosdick. (see chapter one of The Presbyterian Controversy by Bradley Longfield) 

See also these articles by David J. Garrow: 

• “The Intellectual Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Influences and Commentaries” 

- “Zepp and Smith give a fair and balanced, if at times incomplete, portrayal of the major intellectual traditions upon which Martin King drew. They rightly suggest that it was King’s three years at Crozer Theological Seminary (1948-1951), much more so than either his undergraduate experience at Morehouse College (1944-1948) or his graduate years at the Boston University School of Theology (1951-1954), that witnessed King’s academic maturation and the development of a first-rate intellectual curiosity and self-testing. Nonetheless, while surveying the contributions that evangelical liberalism and the social gospel, Gandhian nonviolence, Niebuhrian realism and Boston University’s personalism all made to King’s development, Zepp and Smith do not adequately appreciate how King’s evaluation and partial adoptions of different intellectual doctrines were profoundly rooted in his social presuppositions and faith experience. Those presuppositions and experiences were themselves the product of King’s upbringing in a family and a church that inculcated the biblical stories, especially for this son and grandson of preachers, and that fully represented the strong faith heritage of the black southern Baptist church.” 

• “King’s Plagiarism: Imitation, Insecurity, and Transformation”  
• “The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King” 
• “Who was the real Martin Luther King, Jr.” 

Some books that influenced MLK: 

• A Philosophy of Religion by Edgar Sheffield Brightman 
• Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr 
• Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney 
• Christianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch 

American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time by Joshua Mitchell 

From every People and Nation by J. Daniel Hays 

From Shame to Sin by Kyle Harper 

A Stone of Hope by David Chappell 

Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Its Sources by Keith Miller

Search for the Beloved Community: The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kenneth Smith and Ira Zepp, Jr. 

Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric by W. Jason Miller

Doctrine and Race by Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews 

The Social Gospel in American Religion by Christopher Evans 

The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation; Noah’s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Stephen R. Haynes 

In this episode, we finish our interview with Dr. David J. Garrow, distinguished historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In this interview, we ask Dr. Garrow about what led him to write the biography of MLK – and what went into his incredible research, including his expertise in FBI documents. We discuss the ecclesiastical context of King and the Civil Rights movement and why the FBI began tracking MLK – as well as some of the more troubling parts of the life of King. We discuss parts of his 2019 article and what people are missing who dismiss some of this evidence. Join us as Dr. Garrow helps us think through how to understand King, in his context. 

Dr. David Garrow’s website 

Some books by Dr. Garrow: 

• Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
• The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.  
• Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
• Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

Some articles by Dr. Garrow: 

• “The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King” 
• “Who was the real Martin Luther King, Jr.” 
• “King’s Plagiarism: Imitation, Insecurity, and Transformation” 
• “The Intellectual Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Influences and Commentaries” 

Other resources: 

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig 

“The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by James Cone 

Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Its Sources by Keith Miller 

To See the Promised Land: The Faith Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Frederick Downing 

Search for the Beloved Community: The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kenneth Smith and Ira Zepp, Jr. 

The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr

Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric by W. Jason Miller

A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth by Andrew Manis

A Philosophy of Religion by Edgar Sheffield Brightman 

Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr 

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney 

Christianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch 

God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights by Charles Marsh 

The Social Gospel in American Religion by Christopher Evans 

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy by Stephen Knott 

Doctrine and Race by Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews 

The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation by Stephen R. Haynes 

A Stone of Hope by David Chappell 

Thanks to Dr. Garrow for generously hosting in addition to being interviewed.

Thanks to Jason Wallace (of Ancient Paths TV), Bradley Campbell (of God Loves Mormons) and Casey Cheney (of FBC Provo) for making this interview happen.

In this episode, we begin our interview with Dr. David J. Garrow, distinguished historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In this interview, we ask Dr. Garrow about what led him to write the biography of MLK – and what went into his incredible research, including his expertise in FBI documents. We discuss the ecclesiastical context of King and the Civil Rights movement and why the FBI began tracking MLK – as well as some of the more troubling parts of the life of King. We discuss parts of his 2019 article and what people are missing who dismiss some of this evidence. Join us as Dr. Garrow helps us think through how to understand King, in his context. 

Dr. David Garrow’s website 

Some books by Dr. Garrow: 

• Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
• The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.  
• Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
• Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

Some articles by Dr. Garrow: 

• “The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King” 
• “Who was the real Martin Luther King, Jr.” 
• “King’s Plagiarism: Imitation, Insecurity, and Transformation” 
• “The Intellectual Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Influences and Commentaries” 

Other resources: 

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig 

“The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by James Cone 

Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Its Sources by Keith Miller 

To See the Promised Land: The Faith Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Frederick Downing 

Search for the Beloved Community: The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kenneth Smith and Ira Zepp, Jr. 

The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr

Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric by W. Jason Miller

A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth by Andrew Manis

A Philosophy of Religion by Edgar Sheffield Brightman 

Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr 

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney 

Christianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch 

God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights by Charles Marsh 

The Social Gospel in American Religion by Christopher Evans 

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy by Stephen Knott 

Doctrine and Race by Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews 

The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation by Stephen R. Haynes 

A Stone of Hope by David Chappell 

Thanks to Dr. Garrow for generously hosting in addition to being interviewed.

Thanks to Jason Wallace (of Ancient Paths TV), Bradley Campbell (of God Loves Mormons) and Casey Cheney (of FBC Provo) for making this interview happen.

In this episode, we welcome back Bradley Campbell of God Loves Mormons about his video regarding the origin, history and then elimination of the office of Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church. Bradley takes us through some of the essential issues, historically – and lands on some of the ironies, theologically, when it comes to LDS interpretation and apologetic use of Ephesians 4.11 in promoting and defending the Mormon Restoration. First filled by Joseph Smith’s father: Joseph Smith, Sr. - this office was seen as not only (at least) presiding over the patriarchal priesthood, but as a position from which the Smith bloodline would guard the Church. If this office of Presiding Patriarch was an essential office of the LDS restoration, why did President Kimball eliminate it in 1979?  

 Video: “What Mormons don’t know about the ‘Highest Office’ in the LDS Church” (also here)  

God Loves Mormons 

Mormonism Research Ministry 

Christian Research Center 

D&C 20; 107; 124 

Lost Legacy: The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch by Irene M. Bates and E. Gary Smith 

Priesthood and Church Government by Elder John A. Widtsoe 

The Words of Joseph Smith, compiled and edited by Andrew Ehat and Lyndon Cook 

• At one place, Smith distinguishes between Melchizedek and the “Aaronic or Levitical” priesthoods (p. 38-39). Yet, at other places, Smith distinguishes between “Aaron, Abraham, and Melchizedek” - Levitical, Abraham’s “patriarchal power”, and the “three grand orders of priesthood” as “the King of Shalom”, “patriarchal authority”, and Levitical (pp. 244-246). 

History of the Church 2.379-80, 3.381 (below), 5.510, 7.234 

• Joseph Smith taught that: “An Evangelist is a Patriarch, even the oldest man of the blood of Joseph or of the seed of Abraham. Wherever the Church of Christ is established in the earth, there should be a Patriarch for the benefit of the posterity of the Saints, as it was with Jacob in giving his patriarchal blessing unto his sons.” 
• Even LDS Apostle Franklin D. Richards commented on this passage that: “As the singular number is here used, exclusively, doubtless the Prophet Joseph, in the above passage, speaks of the Patriarch of the whole Church.” (A Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, 1882; reprinted in 1925) 

In this episode, we interview Dr. Michael Haykin about his article “Fundamentum et Columnam Fidei Nostrae: Irenaeus on the Perfect and Saving Nature of the Scriptures”. Michael introduces us to Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-195), one of the first great Christian theologians. What was the Christian Faith Irenaeus inherited, articulates and defends - and what were the views and ideas he saw as a threat to it? In this interview, we learn about Marcion, Gnosticism, and how the debates this second century Christian pastor-theologian was involved in are relevant to the issues of today. 

“Fundamentum et Columnam Fidei Nostrae: Irenaeus on the Perfect and Saving Nature of the Scriptures” by Dr. Michael Haykin; found in Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? Edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary (also see here) 

Against Heresies by Irenaeus of Lyons 

Other books by Dr. Haykin: 

Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church 

Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands: Recovering Sacrament in the Baptist Tradition 

Other Resources: 

Christianity at the Crossroads by Michael Kruger (also here); The Heresy of Orthodoxy by Michael J. Kruger and Andreas J. Kostenberger 

The Early Christian Fathers, edited and translated by Henry Bettenson 

“’The Truth Above All Demonstration’: Scripture in the Patristic Period to Augustine” by Charles E. Hill; found in The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures, edited by D.A. Carson 

Thy Word Is Truth by Edward J. Young 

The Virgin Birth of Christ; Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen 

The Gnostic New Age by April DeConick 

“Did Irenaeus subordinate Scripture to unwritten tradition? The inference has been commonly drawn, but it issues from a somewhat misleading antithesis. Its plausibility depends on such considerations as (a) that, in controversy with the Gnostics, traditions rather than Scripture seemed to be his final court of appeal, and (b) that he apparently relied upon tradition to establish the true exegesis of Scripture. But a careful analysis of his [Against Heresies] reveals that, while the Gnostics’ appeal to their supposed secret tradition forced him to stress the superiority of the Church’s public tradition, his real defence of orthodoxy was founded on Scripture. Indeed, tradition itself, on his view, was confirmed by Scripture, which was ‘the foundation and pillar of our faith”. Secondly, Irenaeus admittedly suggested that a firm grasp of ‘the canon of the truth’ received at baptism would prevent a man from distorting the sense of Scripture. But this ‘canon’, so far from being something distinct from Scripture, was simply a condensation of the message contained in it. Being by its very nature normative in form, it provided a man with a handy clue to Scripture, whose very ramifications played into the hands of heretics. The whole point of his teaching was, in fact, that Scripture and the Church’s unwritten tradition are identical in content, both being vehicles of the revelation. If the tradition conveyed in the ‘canon’ is a more trustworthy guide, this is not because it comprises truths other than those revealed in Scripture, but because the true tenor of the apostolic message is there unambiguously set out.” (Early Christian Doctrines by J.N.D. Kelly, pp. 38-39) 

“Was the Burning in Your Bosom from God?”; “The Magical Mormon Scriptures”; Joseph Smith: Behind the Mask; Temples Made With Hands?; Bart Ehrman vs. The Bible (Pastor Jason Wallace) 

Mormon/LDS Sources: 

“Strange Creeds of Christendom” by LeGrand Richards 

“The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland 

“Are ‘Mormons’ Christian?” ; “Becoming Like God” (Gospel Topics Essays) 

“Lightning Out of Heaven”: Joseph Smith and the Forging of Community by Terryl Givens 

“Joseph Smith Translation: The Doctrinal Restoration” by Elder Bruce R. McConkie 

In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Richard Weikart to discuss his book The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical? With expertise in both the intellectual context and primary sources, Richard takes us through many key issues in Bonhoeffer’s thought, such as his view of Scripture – and how they reflect fundamental commitments that diverge from those of conservative evangelicals who often see Bonhoeffer as an ally. What is the myth of Bonhoeffer, and why does it persist? What is the truth about Bonhoeffer, and what can we learn from it? 

Book discussed: The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical? 

“Scripture and Myth in Dietrich Bonhoeffer” 

“The Troubling Truth about Bonhoeffer’s Theology” 

Other books by Dr. Weikart: 

• Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich 

(also: hear the previous interview about this book here) 

• Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism 
• Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing 

Also mentioned: 

“Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Review Article” by Cornelius Van Til 

In this episode, we interview Dr. Stephen R. Haynes about his books The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon and The Battle for Bonhoeffer. With as much attention as is given to Dietrich Bonhoeffer – why is there often so little care for the objective historical reality of his life and theology? In this interview, Dr. Haynes takes us through some of both the life and thought of Bonhoeffer in context, as well as the incentive many different groups have in appropriating his name for current (often political) causes. Dr. Haynes helps us see through some popular errors as we discuss why the truth matters both in history, as well as in appropriations of past figures in the present. 

Books: 

• Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians by Lori Brandt Hale and Stephen R. Haynes 
• The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint 
• The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating Discipleship in the Age of Trump 

Recommended Biographies: 

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945: Martyr, Thinker, Man of Resistance by Ferdinand Schlingensiepen 
• Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh 

Other books by Stephen R. Haynes: 

• Noah’s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery 
• The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation 

Other resources mentioned: 

• The Myth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Is His Theology Evangelical? ; “Scripture and Myth in Dietrich Bonhoeffer” by Richard Weikart (also here) 
• Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Rennaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance by Reggie L. Williams 

In this episode, Brendon and Skyler continue setting up the context for the coming series on the Nicene Creed. Today, we take a brief and broad tour of Ancient Israel. What is Israel’s story both as Israel – and also relative to the civilizations around them? What are distinctive Israelite beliefs – and what are the patterns to the problems within Israel, and between Israel and their neighbors? This episode mostly starts around the time of the Monarchy, and covers highlights of the historical material all the way up to the rise of King Herod. 

We start into the content of Ancient Israel at the 10:30 mark.

The Bible Among the Myths; The Book of Isaiah (NICOT; 2 vol.’s) by John Oswalt 

Against the Gods; The Case for Biblical Archaeology by John Currid 

Scribes and Scripture by John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry 

An Introduction to the Old Testament; My Servants the Prophets; The Book of Isaiah (3 vol.’s) by Edward J. Young 

The Old Testament Against Its Environment by G. Ernest Wright 

Who Is God? by Richard Bauckham 

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization by Anthony Esolen 

New Testament History by F.F. Bruce 

Now and Not Yet: Theology and Mission in Ezra-Nehemiah by Dean Ulrich 

The Pentateuch in Its Cultural Environment by G. Herbert Livingston 

The Meaning of the Pentateuch; The Pentateuch as Narrative by John Sailhammer 

The Five Books of Moses; God Spake By Moses; The Unity of Isaiah; The Old Testament: Its Claims and Its Critics by Oswald T. Allis 

Murmuring Against Moses by John Bergsma and Jeffrey Morrow 

The Documentary Hypothesis by U. Cassuto 

Biblical Theology; The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes by Geerhardus Vos 

We Become What We Worship; The Temple and the Church’s Mission by G.K. Beale 

Introduction to the Old Testament by Roland Kenneth Harrison 

On the Reliability of the Old Testament by K. A. Kitchen 

A History of Israel by Walter Kaiser Jr. and Paul D. Wegner 

The History of Ancient Israel by Michael Grant 

Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary 

The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary (4 vol.’s) by Christopher Ash 

The Jews in the Greek in the Greek Age by Elias Bickerman 

Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World by Louis Feldman 

From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire by Pierre Briant 

The Harvest of Hellenism by F. E. Peters 

The Rise of Christianity by W.H.C. Frend 

Herod Antipas by Harold W. Hoehner 

The Herods by Bruce Chilton 

From Joseph to Caiaphas by James C. Vanderkam 

Israel in Egypt; Ancient Israel in Sinai by James K. Hoffmeier 

God, Language and Scripture by Moises Silva 

The God of Miracles by C. John Collins 

Interpreting Eden by Vern Poythress 

Thinking Through Creation by Christopher Watkin 

Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation by John Hilber 

The Anti-Anthropomorphism in the Greek Pentateuch by Charles T. Frisch 

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (2 vol.’s) edited by James H. Charlesworth 

Sinai and Zion by Jon D. Levenson 

The Bible and the Ancient Near East by Cyrus Gordon and Gary Rendsburg 

Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan by WIlliam Foxwell Albright 

The Talmudic Argument by Louis Jacobs 

The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel by Benjamin D. Sommer 

The Jewish Gospels by Daniel Boyarin 

In the Wake of the Goddesses by Tikva Frymer-Kensky (see also here) 

In this episode, Skyler interviews Dr. Miguel Echevarria about his book The Future Inheritance of Land in the Pauline Epistles. Miguel argues that “the promises of Abraham, though related, are distinct” and that the promise of land inheritance is a rich theme in Paul’s epistles. Miguel will help us think through what the apostle Paul teaches regarding God’s promise of blessing, promise of offspring, and promise of inheritance. He may even have a few things to say regarding questions of Pauline authorship. 

Faculty Page 

Book: The Future Inheritance of Land in the Pauline Epistles by Miguel G. Echevarria Jr. 

Other books by Dr. Echevarria: 

•  40 Questions about The Apostle Paul by Miguel G. Echevarria and Benjamin P. Laird 
• Engaging the New Testament 

In this episode, we interview Dr. William Dennison about his book Karl Marx. What does Marx actually argue as his system of thought? Bill takes us through Marx’s thought, in its context – and how he views the rise of man, history and eschatology. Bill then shows us how the Fourfold State of Humanity as articulated in the Westminster Confession of Faith is a way to critique Marx from the Christian Worldview. 

Book: Karl Marx 

Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church (also here and here) 

Other books by Dr. D: 

The Young Bultmann: The Context for His Understanding of God, 1884-1925 

Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics 

In Defense of the Eschaton: Essays in Reformed Apologetics 

• “Common Grace, Antithesis and Plato’s View of the Soul” 

Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 9 

The Pauline Eschatology by Geerhardus Vos 

The Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van Til 

A Farewell to Marx: An Outline and Appraisal of His Theories by David Conway 

Marxism: Philosophy and Economics by Thomas Sowell 

The Devil and Karl Marx by Paul Kengor 

Other sources: 

“Trump Bible” (also see: here) 

“The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”; “Our Divine Constitution”; “The Proper Role of Government” by Ezra Taft Benson 

Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon Right by Matthew Harris