Esther Crookshank, a seasoned church music professor, and Stephen Wellum, a notable scholar, dive into the rich tapestry of Handel's Messiah. They discuss how Handel's groundbreaking work intertwined music with scripture and its enduring significance across generations. Topics include the cultural clash between deism and Christianity in 18th-century England, the innovative methods behind the oratorio's composition, and the profound biblical themes reflected in its melodies. Their insights reveal how Messiah continues to resonate with audiences today.

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 Handel’s Oratorio – Roger A. Bullard ·     Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks) – Donald Burrows

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

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 ·     30:47 – What is Unique About New Saint Andrews? ·     34:34 – What about Someone Who Wants to Pursue Liberal Arts? ·     36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA? ·     41:16 – What Is Necessary to Begin Thinking about Providing This Type of Education? ·     43:18 – Do We Include Local Churches as a Necessary Element? ·     44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’s Model of Education? ·     50:24 – Closing Thoughts and Outro   Resources to Click ·     “⁠Encore: Big Ed, Too Big to Fail”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle ·     ⁠“What’s the Problem With Federal Loans?”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle ·     ⁠“The Financially Sustainable University: The Lost Decade”⁠ – Mark Krafft, Tom Dretler, and Jeff Selingo ·     ⁠“Higher Ed Must Change or Die”⁠ – Jason Wingard ·     ⁠“Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More Than We Were Told”⁠ – Andrew Gillen ·     ⁠CTEEReport Fall 2021⁠ ·     ⁠“The Great Interruption”⁠ – Bill Conley and Robert Massa ·     “⁠Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education⁠” – Nathan D. Grawe ·     “⁠Who Is Ruining Our Universities? Administrators!”⁠ – Richard Vedder ·     ⁠SHEEO FY 2018 Report⁠ ·     ⁠Trends in Student Aid Report 2018⁠ ·     ⁠“Average Student Loan Debt 2024”⁠ – Jennifer Calonia ·     ⁠“Student Loan Debt Statistics”⁠ – Melanie Hanson ·     ⁠“The Uncomfortable Truth about Campus Rape Policy”⁠ – Emily Yoffe ·     ⁠Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God⁠ ·     ⁠Give to Support the Work⁠   Books to Read ·     ⁠Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda⁠ – Megan Basham

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 Dispensationalists and Post-Millenialists ·     36:26 – Thinking Through the Already Not Yet and Engaging with Preterism ·     42:21 – How To Introduce the Already Not Yet and Applications for Today ·     44:23 – Thinking Through the Already Not Yet Systematically ·     47:13 – How Does This Impact Preaching? ·     50:00 – Lessons From Ladd’s Life ·     59:13 – Closing Thoughts and Outro   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 Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation – Daniel G. Hummel ·     Progressive Dispensationalism – Craig A. Blaising & Darrell L. Bock ·     The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church – Geerhardus Vos ·     The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos ·     Christ and Time: The Primitive Conception of Time and History – Oscar Cullman ·     Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism – George M. Marsden ·     The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views – ed. Robert Clouse ·     Revelation 1-11 – Peter Leithart ·     Revelation 12-22 – Peter Leithart

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 Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation – Daniel G. Hummel The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church – Geerhardus Vos The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos Christ and Time: The Primitive Conception of Time and History – Oscar Cullman

3.57– Goldsworthy Longform Reading Show Notes   Resources to Click ·  “The Kingdom of God” – Graeme Goldsworthy ·  Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God ·  Give to Support the Work   Books to Read · Jesus and the Kingdom of God – G.R. Beasley-Murray · The Parables of the Kingdom – C.H. Dodd · The Goldsworthy Trilogy – Graeme Goldsworthy ·  What is Christianity? – Adolf Von Harnack · The Bible and the Future – Anthony Hoekema · The Gospel of the Kingdom – George Eldon Ladd · The Mystery of the Kingdom of God – Albert Schweitzer

Timestamps ·     00:35 – Intro ·     04:21 – How Did Doug Ponder Get Into Studying this Subject? ·     11:53 – Essentials of Differences and Similarities Between Men & Women ·     18:06 – How the Image of God Affirms the Equal Value of the Sexes, but Also Points to Asymmetrical Glory ·     22:55 – Feminism Is Just as Pervasive and Harmful as Any Other ‘Ism’ ·     30:28 – Feminism Has Paved the Way for Other Destructive Ideologies ·     38:57 – Feminism vs. Femininity ·     43:11 – Second and Third Wave Feminism and the Church ·     48:53 – Living Out Our Distinctions in a Godly Way ·     56:00 – Reclaiming Strong Manhood and Womanhood ·     1:03:09 - Outro   Resources to Click ·     “Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – Doug Ponder ·     “Different From and Different For” – Doug Ponder ·     “Feminism in the SBC” – Doug Ponder ·     “A Biblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder ·     “Pastors are Elders are Overseers” – Doug Ponder ·     “Who Shepherds the Flock? A Response to Russ Barksdale” – Doug Ponder ·     “Complementarians and the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Bryan Laughlin & Doug Ponder ·     Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the “Isms” ·     Give to Support the Work   Books to Read ·  The Genesis of Gender - Abigail Favale ·  The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us - Carrie Gress ·  Feminism Against Progress - Mary Harrington

3.55 – Ponder Longform Reading Show Notes     Resources to Click ·      “Slaying Feminism: Ending the Impossible Quest for Sexual Interchangeability” – Doug Ponder ·      “Different From and Different For” – Doug Ponder ·      “Feminism in the SBC” – Doug Ponder ·      “A Biblical Vision of the Sexes: Harmonious Asymmetry” – Doug Ponder ·      “Pastors are Elders are Overseers” – Doug Ponder ·      “Who Shepherds the Flock? A Response to Russ Barksdale” – Doug Ponder ·      “Complementarians and the Rise of Second-Wave Evangelical Feminism” – Bryan Laughlin & Doug Ponder ·      “The Wrongs of Woman” – Matthew Schmitz ·      “Cohabitation: Marriage Lite or the New Concubinage” – Alan F.H. Wisdom ·      “Sexual Counter-Revolution” – Scott Yenor ·      “Empathy, Feminism, and the Church” – Joe Rigney ·      “Common Good Men: The Lost Authority of Godly Men” – Nancy Pearcy ·      “Transgenderism: Escaping Limits” – R.R. Reno ·      “Priestesses in the Church?” – C.S. Lewis ·      “Emancipated Surf: Rebekah Curtis on the Unintended Consequences of First-Wave Feminism” – Rebekah Curtis ·      “The Fallacy of Interchangeability” – Colin Smothers ·      “The Variety of Feminisms and their Contributions to Gender Equality” – Judith Lorber ·      “What is a Woman?” – Michelle Goldberg ·      “What Makes a Man or Woman?” – Chris Bodenner ·      “Gender Equality is Your Issue Too” – Emma Watson ·      “Partners in Ministry: How Men and Women Must Labor Together for the Good of the Church” – The Gospel Coalition Podcast ·      “Seneca Falls in 1848” – National Park Service ·      “Indicatives, Imperatives, and Applications: Reflections on Natural, Biblical, and Cultural Complementarianism” – Joe Rigney ·      “Thousands of Women Fought Against the Right to Vote. Their Reasons Still Resonate Today” – Samantha Schmidt ·      “What Did the Suffragists Really Think About Abortion?” - Treva B. Lindsey ·      “What Women Need: Three Bad ideas for Women & What to Do About Them” – Frederica Mathewes-Green ·      “Man and Woman: Toward an Ontology” – Patrick Schreiner ·      “The Emancipation of Domesticity” ·      “Mental Health Care” – Household Pulse Survey ·      “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” – Betsey Stevenson & Justin Wolfers ·      “Loss of a Good Word (Again)” – Zephram Foster ·      “’Deaths of Despair’ Among Men Fueling Life Expectancy Gap” – Lisa O’Mary ·      “Mending Wall” – Robert Frost ·      “The Distinct, Positive Impact of a Good Dad: How Fathers Contribute to Their Kids’ Lives” – Brad Wilcox ·      “The Boy Genius: Finding Him Again  Through the Patriarchal Group” – Anthony Esolen ·      “On the Improper Use of Proper Speech: A Response to Ronald W. Pierce and Erin M. Heim, “Biblical Images of God as Mother and Spiritual Formation” – Kyle Claunch ·      Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the “Isms” ·      Give to Support the Work   Books to Read ·      The Realm of Lesser Evil - Jean-Claude Michea ·      Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited – Mary Eberstadt ·      The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us – Carrie Gress ·      The Art of War – Sun Tzu trans. Lionel Giles ·      A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism – Kristin Kobes Du Mez ·      Women and the New Race – Margaret Sanger ·      Ideas Have Consequences – Richard M. Weaver ·      Above All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ In a Post-Modern World – David F. Wells ·      On the Meaning of Sex – J. Budziszewski ·      All We’re Meant to Be: Biblical Feminism for Today – Letha Dawson Scanzoni & Nancy A. Hardesty ·      Evangelical Feminism: A History – Pamela D.H. Cochran

3.54  – Sunshine  Interview Show Notes   Timestamps ·      00:32 – Intro ·     03:58 – Dr. Sunshine’s Background ·     06:30 – Dr. Sunshine’s New Ministry ·     08:42 – Slaying Leviathan ·     11:23 – What is Resistance Theory and How Do We Recover It? ·     14:48 – Is the Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates Taught in Seminary Today? ·     17:20 – Where to Glean Principles from Scripture ·     20:25 – Key Benchmarks in Scripture Before Arriving at Romans 13 ·     23:01 – Resistance Theory in Church History Leading Up to the Reformation ·     26:21 – Augustine’s Influence on Political Theory ·     31:46 – Are Leaders Overlooking the Doctrine of Original Sin? ·     34:27 – Observations on the Left and the Right ·     38:18 – What is the Solution to our Political Turmoil? ·     47:57 – What Do Pastors Need to Emphasizing from Resistance Theory and Church History? ·     52:28 – Globalization, Nations, and “Northern-ness” ·     55:45 – Responding to Transnational Powers ·     1:00:00 - Outro     Resources to Click ·      “Fighting Back: Protestant Resistance Theory” – The Theology Pugcast ·      Every Square Inch Ministries ·      Theme of the Month: Christ Over All the ‘Isms’” ·      Give to Support the Work   Books to Read ·      Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition – Glenn Sunshine ·      32 Christians Who Changed Their World – Glenn Sunshine & John Stonestreet ·      Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants – Stephen Junius Brutus and Glenn Sunshine ·     Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home – Glenn Sunshine ·     The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus’ 1st-Century Kingdom Values are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church – Jerry Trousdale & Glenn Sunshine ·      City of God – Augustine ·      Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes ·      The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli ·      The Benedict Option – Rod Dreher ·      A Christian Manifesto – Francis Schaeffer ·      A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1500 – Samuel Moffet ·      A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. 2: 1500-1900 – Samuel Moffet