4.9 Hans Madueme, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "Original Sin—Biological or Spiritual Problem?"

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

· 33:28 – Why is It That Creationism is a Reformed View and Traducianism the Lutheran View?

· 34:58 – How Do We Deal With Predispositions Towards Certain Sins?

· 41:44 – The Transmission of Sin

· 47:34 – Desires Can Be Sinful

· 54:00 – How is the Doctrine of Sin a Practical Doctrine?

·  57:05 - Outro

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 with ProminentBehavioral Disturbance: Phenotype, Genetic Localization, and Evidence for Disturbed Monoamine Metabolism” – H.G. Brunner

·  “Mean Genes and the Biology ofAgression: A Critical Review of Recent Animal and Human Research” – E. Balaban, J.S. Alper, Y.L. Kasaman

·  “Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby

·  “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp

·  Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?

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Books to Read

· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

· Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation – eds. Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, Nancy Press

· Sociobiology: The New Synthesis – E.O. Wilson

· Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism – ed. Karen King

· On the Soul and Its Origin – Augustine

· Revisions – Augustine

· The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church – Heinrich Schmid

· Dogmatic Theology – William G.T. Shedd

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· On Original Sin and A Disputation – Odo of Tournai and Irven M. Resnick

· Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology - Robert H. Gundry

· Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views – J.B. Stump and Chad Meister

· “A Way Forward on the Question of the Transmission of Original Sin” by Marcus Johnson inEvangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church – ed. Myk Habets and Bobby Grow

· The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context – Robert Letham

· Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

· Pascal’s Pensées – Blake Pascal