Greg Strand joins Hans Madueme, associate professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, to debrief the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, and unpack Hans' plenary message from the conference ("A Theological Meditation on Sin and Freedom: Justification, Concupiscence and the Quest for Godliness") and why it matters to the local church.

Watch (or listen to) Hans' full message from the 2025 Theology Conference here.

For further reading:

• You're Only Human by Kelly M. Kapic
• Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective (The Doctrines of Grace) edited by David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson
• Pride: Identity and the Worship of Self by Matthew Roberts
• Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World by Gregg R. Allison

From the breakout sessions of the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, ⁠Professor Jason Thacker⁠ leads a session on "Theological Anthropology, the Human Person and Ethics-Bioethics," addressing the questions:

• What are the dangers of a developmental account of personhood?
• What impact does that have for what it means for beginning- and end-of-life issues?

From the breakout sessions of the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, Dr. Donald Fairbairn⁠ leads a session on "Theological Anthropology, Gnosticism and the Early Church," addressing the questions:

• What was the threat of Gnosticism?
• How did the Church respond?
• What similarities are there today?
• What lessons can we learn?

From the breakout sessions of the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, Dr. David Pao leads a session on "Theological Anthropology and Paul's Theology of the Body," addressing the questions:

• Why does Paul ground his moral teaching in the body?
• What is its significance for the Corinthians and for us?

From the breakout sessions of the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference,  Dr. Steven Bryan⁠ leads a session on "Theological Anthropology and Humanity's Unified Diversity," addressing the questions:

• What is the ground of our unity?
• How is that manifested in our diversity?
• How do we reflect our heavenly citizenship?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, Dr. Miguel Núñez delivers his message, "Theological Anthropology, the Christian, the Church and Catechesis," addressing the questions:

• How do we respond?
• Where do we go?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference,  Professor Jason Thacker⁠ delivers his message, "Theological Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism and Posthumanism," addressing the questions:

• Is God's "very good" creation to be enhanced?
• If so, what ways reflect creaturely dependency? What ways destroy it?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference,  Dr. John Kilner⁠ delivers his message, "Theological Anthropology, Creaturely Limitations and Disability," addressing the questions:

• What does it mean to be created in the imago Dei and live with limitations that are part of the creaturely "very good" pronounced by God?
• What are the implications to those limitations due to the Fall?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, ⁠Dr. Hans Madueme⁠ delivers his message, "A Theological Meditation on Sin and Freedom: Justification, Concupiscence, & the Quest for Godliness," addressing the questions:

• What does it mean to be created and dependent?
• How are will and personal agency affirmed and affected (consider expressive individualism)?
• What does it mean to be sinner and saint?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, ⁠Dr. Michael Wilkinson⁠ delivers his message, "Theological Anthropology and Christology," addressing the question:

• How does Jesus define what it means to be human?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, Dr. Daniel Treier delivers his message, "Theological Anthropology, the Imago Dei and the Third Millennium," addressing the question:

• How did we get here?

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference, Greg Strand, EFCA executive director of theology and credentialing, introduces the conference theme of "Theological Anthropology: God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Desde la Preconferencia en Español de Teológica de la EFCA 2025, el ⁠Dr. Miguel Núñez⁠ desentraña cómo se necesita crecer para liderar el cambio en la parte 3 de su mensaje, "El Pastor y el Carácter Moral, Llamando y Creciendo para Liderar el Cambio."

Desde la Preconferencia en Español de Teológica de la EFCA 2025, el ⁠Dr. Miguel Núñez⁠ desentraña el pastor y su llamado en la parte 2 de su mensaje, "El Pastor y el Carácter Moral, Llamando y Creciendo para Liderar el Cambio."

Desde la Preconferencia en Español de Teológica de la EFCA 2025, el Dr. Miguel Núñez desentraña el carácter moral de un pastor/líder en la parte 1 de su mensaje, "El Pastor y el Carácter Moral, Llamando y Creciendo para Liderar el Cambio."

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Preconference, ⁠Dr. Donald Fairbairn⁠ unpacks what it means to be a Nicene Free Church today in part 3 of his message, "Nicaea and the Nicene Creed: 1700th Anniversary."

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Preconference, Dr. Donald Fairbairn unpacks the content and significance of the Nicene Creed in part 2 of his message, "Nicaea and the Nicene Creed: 1700th Anniversary."

From the 2025 EFCA Theology Preconference, Dr. Donald Fairbairn unpacks the background to the Nicene Creed in part 1 of his message, "Nicaea and the Nicene Creed: 1700th Anniversary."

Greg Strand joins Joey Woestman, pastor of Faith Church (EFCA) in Indianapolis, Indiana, to discuss the topic of theological anthropology, why it matters to the local church and the value of exploring this topic further at the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference.

Register for the 2025 EFCA Theology Conference atwww.efca.org/theologyconference.

Greg Strand sits down with the results from the 2023 EFCA Doctrinal Survey, which reflect EFCA churches' unwavering commitment to the inerrancy, infallibility, authority and sufficiency of the Scriptures.

Link to the full 2023 EFCA Doctrinal Survey questions and results: https://helps.efca.org/bundles/efca-doctrinal-surveys