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Christ Over All

4.7 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin"

Feb 10, 2025
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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 3

·  28:50 – Does Scripture Give an Origin Story of the Angels and their Fall?

·  32:12 – Sin is Essential to Fallen Humanity

·  39:25 – The Truth about Sin is Actually Good News

·  42:43 – The Way Sin is Transmitted: Adam’s Federal Headship

·  48:09 – Theosis and Nature and Grace?

·  52:31 – Sin and Worldview

·  54:16 – Why Have Been People Been Against the Word ‘Worldview’ Lately?

·  1:02:36 – Closing Thoughts and Outro


Resources to Click

· “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum

· In the Beginning: A Theological Exploration of Genesis 1-11 – Christ Over All

·  Review of J.V. Fesko’sReforming Apologetics – James N. Anderson

·  “The History (and Tragedy) of the Ford Pinto: Everything You Need to Know” – Aaron Gold

· “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America

· “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating HistoricistReadings,” - 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 Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr

· God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught

· The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan

· Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.

· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck

· “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic inChristian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic– ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain

· “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” inRuined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson

· Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher

· Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher

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

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