Timestamps 00:26 – Intro 03:52 – Clinton Manley’s Background 05:43 – How Did Manley Come to Write This Longform on Mockery? 09:53 – How Has Mockery Been Used Well? 13:45 – What is Satire? 19:22 – The Relationship Between Satire and Love 23:55 – Holy Satire Celebrates God’s Revealed Will as the ‘Norm’ 25:20 – Hating Sin 28:42 – The Bible Doesn’t Contradict Itself 31:28 – Satire for Sanctification 34:00 – Satire Doesn’t Lose the Seriousness of the Matter 35:32 – Chesterton and Satire 36:55 – Why i...
May 12, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Resources to Click · “How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”- Clinton Manley · “The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” – Clinton Manley · “Humour” – G.K. Chesterton · “On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For” – Joe Rigney · “Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits” – Blaise Pascal · “Against the Valentinians” – Tertullian · “ The Right to Ridicule?” – Michael J. Ovey · “And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds” – Doug Wilson ·...
May 05, 2025•45 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Timestamps · 00:43 - Intro · 05:15 – What Was Preached on Easter? How Was Christ Preached from the OT? · 11:53 – Walking Into Luke 24 · 16:54 – Is This a Transition From Unclarity to Clarity? Unbelief to Belief? · 19:58 – Do You Think Pastors Have an Appreciation for the Transition that Has Happened Between Old and New Testaments? · 23:00 – Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels · 28:44 – Where Would You Go to Introduce Someone to the Gospel? · 35:44 – Errors to Avoid While Seeing Christ in the O...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 19
Resources to Click · “Christ Concealed and Revealed: “Did Not the Messiah Have to Suffer These Things and Then Enter His Glory?” Luke 24:13-35” – Ardel Caneday · “The Akedah and the Crucifixion: Luke and Isaac Typology” – Peter J. Gentry · “Michael Morales on the Bronze Serpent in Numbers 21” – Michael Morales · “You Carry the Fate of Us All Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas Piotrowski · Theme of the Month: The Cross in the Old Testament · Give to Supp...
Apr 21, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Timestamps · 00:41 – Intro · 03:50 – What Does the Lord of the Rings Have to DoWith the Atonement? · 6:08 – Leviticus in the Life of the Church · 07:55 – What’s the Drama Going on in Leviticus? · 10:57 – Leviticus 16 at the Center of the Pentateuch? · 16:22 – The Cosmic Significance of the Day of Atonement · 20:23 – How Do We Fit ‘Particularity’ Into this View? · 28:03 – The Architectural Eden and Where is God? · 31:05 – Metaphysical Categories and Analogical Language of God’s Presence · 38:38 –...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Resources to Click · ““You Carry the Fate of Us All, Little One”: The Cosmic Significance of Israel’s Day of Atonement” – Nicholas G. Piotrowski · “Eden, the Temple, and the Church’s Mission in the New Creation” – G.K. Beale · “The Final Temple” – Edmund Clowney Books to Read · Return from Exile and the Renewal of God’s People (SSIBT) – Nicholas G.Piotrowski · Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (NSBT) – Stephen G. Dempster · The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God (SSIBT) – D...
Apr 08, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Resources to Click · “Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC” – Megan Basham · CBL Podcast Episode 24: Can the ERLC Be Saved? - William Wolfe, David Schrock, Megan Basham Jon Whitehead, Dave Mitzenmacher, John Michael LaRue & Grant Newman · 3.46 Megan Basham, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “Shepherds for Sale · “Senator Mike Lee: Obama Might Create Government Program to Pay for Contraception” – Joel Gehrke · “Sen. Mike Lee observes ‘March for L...
Apr 02, 2025•34 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Timestamps · 00:41 – Intro · 04:57 – David Mitzenmacher’s Background · 8:00 – When Did the ERLC Come on to David Mitzenmacher’s Radar? · 10:42 – What Has Dr. Wellum’s Purview of the ERLC Been? · 15:18 – Is the ERLC Worth Fixing and If it is, How Do We Fix It? · 19:46 – Six Suggested Reforms for the ERLC · 27:33 – Advocating Without Apology or Nuance · 35:26 – Having Confidence in the Word of God · 38:43 – The ERLC and COVID · 48:37 – Operating With Transparency and Integrity · 54:10 – Adopting a...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Resources to Click · “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles · “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles · “4.11 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commission on Ethics” · “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations ” – National Right to Life · “Trustees affirm Leatherwood, ERLC staff to...
Mar 24, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Resources to Click · “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)” – Tom J. Nettles · “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Comissions on Ethics (Part 2)” – Tom J. Nettles · “4.11 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commission on Ethics” · “An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading Pro-Life Organizations ” – National Right to Life · SBC Annuals – Southern Baptist Historical L...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Timestamps · 00:47 – Intro · 05:40 – What Was Dr. Nettles Goal With His Piece? · 11:05 – Evangelism and Social Concerns: What is the Relationship? · 16:50 – How Did Liberalism Effect the Christian Life Commission? · 25:00 – The Christian Life Commision’s Response to Roe v. Wade · 28:12 – How Did the CLC Go Influence PoliticalOrganizations and Churches? · 32:37 – Did the CLC Tone Their Statements Downat Points in Response to Conservatives? · 34:21 – The Impact of the CLC on Leadership Throughout ...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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?”” – B...
Mar 03, 2025•38 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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 ·...
Feb 24, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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” – ...
Feb 17, 2025•34 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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 Enigma...
Feb 03, 2025•39 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 Person and Nature · 47:54 – Is...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 Systemat...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Resources to Click · “The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum · “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange · “ CanYou 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 M...
Jan 08, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2025.
Jan 06, 2025•16 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Timestamps to Know · 00:27 – Intro · 04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to Messiah · 07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in Messiah · 15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s Messiah · 18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating the Gospel · 26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation · 30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a ‘Performance’ Mind-set · 38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as Their Vocation · 43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish Messiah Today · 46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gift...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Resources to Click · “ Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel ” – Ben Purves · “ Handel’s Messiah : Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise” – Bob Kauflin · GLAD Acapella Full Album · “ The Handel Commemoration 1784 ” – Jenny Ruthven · “ The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual ” – William Weber · The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database · “ Newton Script to Interweave with ...
Dec 23, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Show Notes Timestamps to Know · 00:40 – Intro · 03:10 – ‘Augustine’ · 04:22 – How Did Dr. Green get into studying Augustine? · 07:41 – How Has Dr. Wellum Encountered Augustine in Theological Studies? · 10:25 – The Context of Augustine and the City of God · 15:03 – The Fundamental View of the ‘Two Cities’ · 18:10 - Is Augustine’s View of Eschatology Optimistic of Pessimistic? · 24:43 - What’s the Difference Between the Two City-Kingdoms? · 31:16 – Warfield’s Argument · 35:20 – Who Were the Donati...
Dec 16, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Timestamps to Know · 00:40 – Intro · 03:40 – Dr. Wellum’s Background with Handel’s Messiah · 06:41 – How Handel’s Messiah Showed Up in Dr. Crookshank’s Life · 08:47 – Handel’s Life and How Messiah Was Introduced in Dublin · 11:53 – Fighting Against Deism · 15:07 – Reading Isaiah with Messiah · 18:08 – How Was Messiah Originally Received? · 21:48 – Did the Church See Messiah as an Evangelistic Opportunity? · 24:22 - What Was the Process for Putting the Biblical Text to Music? · 26:57 – Madrigal-i...
Dec 09, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 63
3.62 – Crookshank Longform Reading Show Notes Resources to Click · “The Scriptures in Handel’s Messiah : An Overview” – Esther Crookshank · Handel: Messiah – London Symphony Orchestra · Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah · Give to Support the Work Books to Read · The Making of Handel’s Messiah – Andrew Gant · “Sketch of the Life of Handel,” in An Account of the Musical Performances… in Commemoration of Handel – Charles Burney · Messiah: The Gospel According to H...
Dec 05, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Resources to Click “Augustine’s The City of God and Why It Matters Today ” – Brad Green “Saint Augustine’s Secularizaiton of Rome” – Robert Markus Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God Give to Support the Work Books to Read The City of God – Augustine...
Nov 28, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 61
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...
Nov 18, 2024•53 min•Season 3Ep. 60
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 Dispensation...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 59
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 Bat...
Nov 11, 2024•18 min
