Christ Over All

ABOUT THE EPISODEThis is the story of how the heresy of Arianism almost become the official doctrine of the early church, and the story of a few brave men who stood in the way. Resources to Click“From Nicaea to the “Nicene Creed”: Sixty Years of Confusion and Controversy” – Bryan Litfincom – Bryan LitfinRufinus 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 ChristianityThe Death of Arius (Post Nicene Fathers Excerpt) – Philip SchaffThe Dialogue Against the Luciferians – Jerome; Philip SchaffThe Nicene Creed – Book of Common PrayerTheme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of HomoousiosGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadThe Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed – Bryan LitfinThe Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia: books 10 and 11 – Rufinus of Aquilea trans. Philip R. AmidonThe Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions – Clyde Pharr

ABOUT THE EPISODE Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Donald Fairbairn on his Christ Over All essay: "Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea (325)"Timestamps00:23 – Intro03:23 – Misconceptions about Creeds & Confessions06:15 – Responding to The Restorationist Movement09:50 – We Are Influenced by Something as We Read Scripture12:49 – The Authorities of Scripture and Tradition in Systematic Theology16:24 – Dr. Fairbairn’s Interest in Church History & the Patristics18:54 – The History Up to 325A.D.24:09 – The Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed28:50 – Denials of Arianism31:55 – The Political Background to the Creed38:37 – Eusebius’ Exaggeration of Constantine41:37 – The Article on the Father46:12 – Language of the Son being ‘Of’ or ‘From’ the Father51:43 – The Arian Moral Exemplar View56:24 – Nicene Cosmology59:33 – Final Thoughts1:01:28 - OutroResources to Click“Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea” – Donald Fairbairn30 Kyle Claunch, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood” – Christ Over AllTheme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of HomoousiosGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadThe Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith – Donald Fairbairn and Ryan M. ReevesLetter to Alexander of Alexandria in The Trinitarian Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought) – ed. William G. RuschDefense of the Nicene Definition – AthanasiusThe History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine - Eusebius

ABOUT THE EPISODEShould we abandon man-made confessions of faith and instead have "no creed but Christ"? Enter the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. Resources to Click“Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea” – Donald FairbairnTheme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of HomoousiosGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadThe Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith – Donald Fairbairn and Ryan M. ReevesLetter to Alexander of Alexandria in The Trinitarian Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought) – ed. William G. RuschDefense of the Nicene Definition – Athanasius

ABOUT THE EPISODEListen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Kyle Claunch on his Christ Over All essay: "God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood" Timestamps00:26 – Intro03:45 – Dr. Wellum’s Highlights of Travel to the UK and Ireland05:56 – Kyle Claunch’s Forthcoming Book07:48 – Where are the Challenges of Feminist Language for God Coming From?17:41 – Analogical, Univocal, and Equivocal Language20:34 – What Does Amy Peeler Argue about God?26:17 – Is there Ever a Non-Metaphorical Language that is Used for God?31:59 – Does EFS Theology Drive Amy Peeler’s View of the Trinity and Metaphorical Language?35:42 – Proper and Figurative Language42:13 – The Value of Being Precise in Our Language Towards God47:31 – The Essential and Personal Nature of God the Father54:57 – How Do These Things Help Us Begin to Reflect the Fatherhood of God?57:49 – Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum59:41 – Outro Resources to Click“God the Father: Namesake of All Fatherhood”– Kyle Claunch“Theological Language and the Fatherhood of God: An Exegetical and Dogmatic Account” – Kyle Claunch“On the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M. Heim, ‘Biblical Images of God as Moter and Spiritual Formation’” – Kyle ClaunchTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the WorkBooks to Read Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard MullerTheoretical Practical Divinity, Vol. 2: Faith in the Triune God – Petrus Van MastrichtReformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation – Herman BavinckSumma Theologiae Book 1 – Thomas Aquinas“Baptists, Sola Scriptura, and the Place of Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition – ed. Matthew Emerson, Christopher Morgan & R. Lucas StampsJohn Gill’s Commentary of the First Letter of John – John GillShe Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse – Elizabeth A. JohnsonWomen and the Gender of God – Amy PeelerDiscovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives – eds. Ronald W. Pierce, Cynthia Long Westfall, et. alThe Father and the Feminine: Exploring the Grammar of God and Gender – Spencer Miles BoersmaThe Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology – Adonis ViduOn Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God – eds. Matthew Barrett and Todd Billings

About the EpisodeWill the real complementarians please stand up? Why it's time for thick/broad/natural complementarians to embrace the label of "biblical patriarchy" to differentiate themselves from the declining thin/narrow/ideological complementarians. Resources to Click“After Complementarianism, What? Why Egalitarians Are (Still) Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate” – Doug Ponder“Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – Doug Ponder“Male and Female He Created Them: The Implications of a Paradigmatic Reading of Genesis 1-3 for the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate” – Doug Ponder“Newsletter #13: The Lost World of American Evangelicalism” – Aaron RennRomeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2“A Biblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder“Mere Complementarianism” – Denny Burk“What’s In a Name? The meaning and origin of “Complementarianism”” – Denny Burk“Is Complementarianism a Man-Made Doctrine?” – Denny Burk“What is Biblical Patriarchy?” – Hard Men Podcast“Reformed Resourcement: Recovering Biblical Patriarchy with Zach Garris” – The King’s Hall Podcast“The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn“Newsletter #30: Complementarianism is a Baby Boomer Theology That Will Die with the Baby Boomers” – Aaron Renn“Who Should Read the Scriptures in Worship?” – O. Palmer Robertson“SBC Says Women Not Barred From Presidency, Pastor Dwight McKissic Suggests Beth Moore” – Leonardo Blair“Andrew Wilson says the Church Needs to Rethink Gender and Complementarianism” – Sam Hailes“A Word of Empathy, Warning, and Counsel for “Narrow” Complementarians” – Jonathan Leeman“Four Clarifying (I Hope) Thoughts on the Complementarian Conversation” – Kevin DeYoung“Empathy, Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney“Does Anyone Need to Recover from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood?” – Andy Naselli“Complementarians and the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Doug Ponder and Bryan LaughlinThe Danvers Statement“Male-Only Ordination is Natural: Why the Church is a Model of Reality” – Steven Wedgeworth“What About the Term ‘Patriarchy’? – CBMW Podcast“Russell Moore’s ETS Paper: The Best Yet” – Denny Burk“Rehabilitating Patriarchy” – Peter J. Leithart“After Patriarchy, What? Why Egalitarians Are Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate” – Russell D. Moore“Death to the Patriarchy?” – Kevin DeYoung“Loss of a Good Word (Again)” – Zephram FosterTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadJesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry – Kathy KellerWomen, Authority and the Bible – ed. Alvera MickelsenRecovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism – eds. John Piper & Wayne GrudemDiscovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives – eds. Ronald Pierce, Cynthia Westfal, et al.God’s Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey – Andreas J. Köstenberger & Mararet Elizabeth KöstenbergerThe End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us – Carrie GressSexual Politics – Kate MillettBeyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation – Mary DalySoft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands – W. Bradford Wilcox

Resources to Click“God the Father: Namesake of All Fatherhood”– Kyle Claunch“Theological Language and the Fatherhood of God: An Exegetical and Dogmatic Account” – Kyle Claunch“On the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M. Heim, ‘Biblical Images of God as Moter and Spiritual Formation’” – Kyle ClaunchTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadPost Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard MullerTheoretical Practical Divinity, Vol. 2: Faith in the Triune God – Petrus Van MastrichtReformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation – Herman BavinckSumma Theologiae Book 1 – Thomas Aquinas“Baptists, Sola Scriptura, and the Place of Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition – ed. Matthew Emerson, Christopher Morgan & R. Lucas StampsJohn Gill’s Commentary of the First Letter of John – John GillShe Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse – Elizabeth A. JohnsonWomen and the Gender of God – Amy PeelerThe Father and the Feminine: Exploring the Grammar of God and Gender – Spencer Miles BoersmaThe Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology – Adonis Vidu

ABOUT THE EPISODEListen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Aaron Rock on his Christ Over All essay: "Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World"Timestamps00:35 – Intro04:33 – What Happened to Aaron’s Church During Covid? How Did this Affect His Children?09:56 – What Influenced Aaron Rock’s Article?14:10 – What Were Some of the High Leve Things That Stood Out?17:40 – What Encouragement Would You Give to a Father Who Feels He has ‘Blown It’?24:26 – Fathers Shepherding Teenagers into Adulthood30:18 – How Important is it to Have a Right Doctrine of God’s Fatherhood?35:10 – Five Duties for Fathers46:57 – Counsel for those Who Wish to Have More ‘Form’ in Their Family52:09 – More on Form and Freedom in Marriage & Family59:30 – How are Fathers Helped By Assessing Their Family?1:05:22 – Books to Recommend for Fathers1:08:38 – OutroResources to Click“Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World” – Aaron Rock“Actor Christopher Walken’s brutally honest answer about choosing to be childfree resonates with many” – Angelina Dsouza“Seth Rogen Gets Candid About Not Wanting Kids” – Chanel Vargas“Bill Maher Lobbies for New Holiday: ‘I Didn’t Reproduce Day’” – Rosemary RossiTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadTender Warrior: Ever Man’s Purpose, Every Woman’s Dream, Every Child’s Hope – Stu WebberDuties of Parents – J.C. RyleKnowing God – J.I. Packer

Resources to Click“Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World” – Aaron Rock“Actor Christopher Walken’s brutally honest answer about choosing to be childfree resonates with many” – Angelina Dsouza“Seth Rogen Gets Candid About Not Wanting Kids” – Chanel Vargas“Bill Maher Lobbies for New Holiday: ‘I Didn’t Reproduce Day’” – Rosemary RossiTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the Work

Timestamps00:24 - Intro06:01 – Why Christ Over All Published this Piece07:07 – What Was Will Spencer’s Aim With His Piece?09:16 – What Was Illuminating for Dr. Wellum?11:06 – Defining the Manosphere, and 4Chan14:44 – The ‘Expert’ Claim and Will’s Testimony18:29 – Is There A Growing Need to Know What It Means to Be a Man?22:14 – Has Social Media Made a Difference in the Way Men Interact?24:36 – Is Father Famine a Necessary Condition for Neo-Nazi Ideology?28:40 – Is ‘Neo-Nazi’ a Helpful Term?33:42 – What Changed Will’s Mind on Leaning Towards Neo-Nazi Ideology?39:16 – What Kind of Arguments are Being Made?41:40 – The Political Ramifications of a Christian Prince46:46 – The Six Hour Stone Choir Podcast51:35 – The Place of White Men Today56:45 – Picking Our Role Models Carefuly59:17 – Fighting as Christians & Addressing Women1:03:34 – Is There a Place to Ask Questions about Historical Revisionism?1:09:15 – Membership in a Church Regarding The Question of Neo-Nazism1:23:12 – The Problem of Porn vs. The Problem of Neo-Nazism?1:27:28 – Stone Choir’s View of Evangelism1:32:05 - Outro Resources To Click“The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church” – Will Spencer“Defeating Holocaust Denialism” – Updated” – Will SpencerThe Will Spencer Podcast“Single Parents in the United States” – Wikipedia“Percentage of births to Unmarried Women in the United States from 1980 to 2023” – Statista“The Truth About Pepe the Frog and the Cult of Kek”Will Spencer Tweet about the Stone Choir PodcastHitler Hated Christ X Account“A Neo-Nazi Godsend” – Douglas WilsonThe Antioch DeclarationJames White vs. Corey Mahler Debate Black SanctificationTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the WorkBooks to ReadThe Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart - Jeremy CarlReturn of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West - R.R. RenoFather Hunger: Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead Their Families – Douglas WilsonBlack Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity – Nicholas Goodrick-ClarkeNazi Ecology: The Oak Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust – R. Mark MusserWarrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Norman Rufus Colin CohnKL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps – Nikolaus WachsmannSurvival in Auschwitz – Primo LeviMan’s Search for Meaning – Viktor FranklThe Hiding Place – Corrie Ten BoomChrist in Dachau – Fr. Johannes LenzFrom Darwin to Hitler – Dr. Richard WeikartHitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich – Dr. Richard WeikartThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William ShirerThe Final Solution: The Attempt to Exterminate the Jews of Europe, 1939-1945 – Gerald ReitlingerOrdinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland – Christopher BrowningHitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields – Wendy Lower

Resources to Click“The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church” – Will Spencer“Defeating Holocaust Denialism” – Updated” – Will Spencer“Single Parents in the United States” – Wikipedia“Percentage of births to Unmarried Women in the United States from 1980 to 2023” – StatistaNever Gonna Give You Up – Rick AstleyMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade RickRollFeels Good Man Trailer #1“The Truth About Pepe the Frog and the Cult of Kek”Poster of a Jewish man Controlling Spiders Weaving a Conspiracy – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum“Protocols of Learned Elders of Zion” – FBI Vault“The Turner Diaries” – William Luther Pierce“The Turner Diaries” – ADL“The father, the son, and the racist spirit: being raised by az white supremacist” – Johnathon Kelso and Seyward Darby“The Guru of White Hate” – Will Blythe“The Turner Diaries, Other Racist Novels, Inspire Extremist Violence” – Camille JacksonAdolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told – IMDB ListingEuropa: The Last Battle – IMDB Listing“Fact-Checking Europa: The Last Battle | Part 1” – Keith WoodsWill Spencer Tweet about the Stone Choir PodcastHitler Hated Christ X Account“A Neo-Nazi Godsend” – Douglas WilsonTheme of the Month: The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great AgainGive to Support the Work Books to ReadThe Catcher in the Rye – J.D. SalingerThe Lord of the Flies – William GoldingNazi Ecology: The Oak Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust – R. Mark MusserWarrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion – Norman Rufus Colin CohnKL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps – Nikolaus WachsmannSurvival in Auschwitz – Primo LeviMan’s Search for Meaning – Viktor FranklThe Hiding Place – Corrie Ten BoomChrist in Dachau – Fr. Johannes LenzFrom Darwin to Hitler – Dr. Richard WeikartHitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich – Dr. Richard Weikart