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” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby·  “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?· Give to Support the Work 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 theTransmission 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

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 OutroResources 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 WorkBooks 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

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 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 in Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic – ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain · “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” in Ruined 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

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 the Chalcedonian Definition Novel? · 53:47 – Being Aware of Our Language · 59:47 – How are These Doctrines Being Incorporated to Systematic Theology? · 1:03:02 – New Light Being Shone on These Areas of Anthropology · 1:05:30 - Outro   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 · God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum

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

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 Systematic Theologies Address Our Modern Anthropological Problems? · 45:25 – Denying Politics Denies the Doctrine of Man · 54:15 – How Does the Doctrine of Humanity Help Us Preach the Gospel? ·  1:00:18 - Outro   Resources to Click ·“The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum · “The Extinction of Experience: Christine Rosen on the Impact of Technology on Society” – Uncommon Knowledge · “The Embodied Person: Why I Am My Body, Not Just My Soul” – Gregg Allison · “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange · “Can You 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 Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society · Give to Support the Work   Books to Read · The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World – Christine Rosen · The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis · “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J. Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine –  ed. Colin E. Gunton · An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic – Alexander Pope · The Message in the Bottle -  Walker Percy · The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell ·  The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson · False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman · Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells ·“Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson · The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson · A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff · “Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A. Carson in Fallen: A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson · Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg · How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer ·Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari · The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin · Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

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 Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society · Give to Support the Work   Books to Read · The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis · “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J. Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine –  ed. Colin E. Gunton · An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic – Alexander Pope · The Message in the Bottle -  Walker Percy · The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell · The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson · False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman · Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells · “Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson · The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson · A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff ·“Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A. Carson in Fallen: A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson · Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg · How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer · Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari · The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin · Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2025.

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 Gifts that Need to Be Dialed Back ·  53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus? ·  57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season ·  1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro   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 Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah” ·  “Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah” – Robert Manson Myers ·  Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast ·  Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah ·  Give to Support the Work of COA   Books to Read ·  The Works of John Newton – John Newton ·  Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790 – Daniel O’Quinn ·  Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God – Bob Kauflin ·  True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God  – Bob Kauflin ·  The Poems of William Cowper – William Cowper ·  Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People – Calvin R. Stapert ·  The Cross and Christian Ministry – D.A. Carson

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 Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah⁠” ·  “⁠Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah⁠” – Robert Manson Myers ·  ⁠Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast⁠ ·  ⁠Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah⁠ ·  ⁠Give to Support the Work of COA⁠   Books to Read ·  ⁠The Works of John Newton⁠ – John Newton ·  ⁠Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790⁠ – Daniel O’Quinn ·  ⁠Worship Matters⁠⁠: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God⁠ – Bob Kauflin ·  ⁠True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God ⁠ – Bob Kauflin ·  ⁠The Poems of William Cowper⁠ – William Cowper ·  ⁠Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People⁠ – Calvin R. Stapert ·  ⁠The Cross and Christian Ministry⁠ – D.A. Carson