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Michael & Cody take up the topic of women and modesty. First, they define woman; second, they define and distinguish modesty; third, they consider some examples of immodesty and applications of modesty, including motives for modesty; and fourth and finally, they wrap up with objections and submitted questions. Highlights: Nature, experience, and Scripture on woman —Social and aesthetic power of woman —Personal & sensual modesty / immodesty —What is the relation of modesty to the law of God? —Other principles, like charity and loyalty —What place do women have in social media? —Loud, argumentative, unruly women —Women in male spaces: why a problem? —What constitutes sensual immodesty? —How have modesty standards regressed? —The magistrate & public immodesty —Rosaria Butterfield, Chris Gordon, Anthony Diehl —Should pastors preach on women's modesty? —The use of "whore" and immodesty —Women weaponizing sexuality —The refreshing, enriching power of modesty —For whom are the sensual treats? —Is modesty objective or subjective? —What is the relationship between modesty in dress and behavior? —Must women hide their figure to be modest? —Are pants immodest? What about makeup? Showing hair? —The red dress controversy —Must modesty be boring?
Resources:
S2E15—Marrow 8: Providence
Michael & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon Providence. Highlights:
S2E14: Haitian Crusaders w/ Matt Marino
Cody, Michael, & returning guest, Matt Marino, engage in discussion on two chief topics: the dynamics of immigration and the metaphysics of historiography. Inspired by Matt's two articles: Who is the Sojourner? and The Lost Tools of Learning from History.
Highlights:
S2E13—Marrow 7: Creation
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon Creation. Highlights:
S2E12—Marrow 6: Decree of God
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon the decree of God.
Raised in this episode:
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S2E11—Stephen Wolfe: CN Civil Law Q&A
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody are joined again by Stephen Wolfe, this time to discuss some of the material from his book, The Case for Christian Nationalism, specifically chapter 6 on the topic of civil law. Michael gives a brief update on his OPC situation.
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S2E10: Eschatology & Israel Part 2
Benjamin & Cody continue their discussion and debate concerning Israel in Romans 9-11, briefly reviewing the ground covered in the last episode, and marching forward through many of the particulars in chapters 10 and 11.
Cody maintains and elaborates on his position that Romans 9:6 and Romans 11:25-26 is speaking of True Israel vs. False Israel, and that Paul's interest is to parse through the complexity of the present using the past (the OT) as a key, rather than to predict some distant future event, and that when Paul speaks of Jewish salvation he is incredibly reserved. Benjamin maintains and elaborates on his position that every instance of the word "Israel" concerns only ethnic Israelites, i.e. elect vs. non-elect, and that Paul envisions a definite future salvation for the Jewish nation, which Benjamin sees as being rooted in places from Ezekiel and Jeremiah.
Touched on in this episode:
S2E9: Eschatology & Israel Pt. 1
Benjamin & Cody take up a more free-form discussion. They lay out the basics of eschatology, both in terms of the millennium and the different interpretive approaches. Then they follow this up with a longer debate on Israel and Romans 9-11, where their differences and disagreements are shown. Touched on in this episode:
S2E8: Piety Provoked
Benjamin, Michael, and Cody take up the topic of piety provoked, derived from Psalm 119:139. They parse through the key parts, raise a number of scriptural examples and confirmations, and give some applications. They touch on things like:
S2E7—Divested from the Ministry: Interview with Michael Spangler
Benjamin, Michael, and Cody join together for a discussion and interview centered around Michael's recent divestiture from the ministry. They touch upon:
An Act Censuring Ministers for their Silence from the Church of Scotland, 1648—Cody raised this repeatedly in the episode
Michael's Divestiture Summary on X (Twitter)
S2E6—Ben Mordecai: Health & Fitness
Benjamin and Michael are joined by Ben Mordecai for an interview and discussion on the topic of health and fitness, including diet and exercise. Ben interacted thoughtfully with the previous episode on gluttony, and was thus invited to join as a follow-up. Things touched upon:
Resources
Ben's Health & Fitness Starter Guide
Ben's Substack
Ben's Facebook
S2E5: The Evil of Pride
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody take up the evil of pride, a sin more common and deceptive than we might initially think. They define it, and parse through its various subtleties and manifestations, in the church and society, and throughout recent history. They touch on things like:
S2:E4—Marrow 4: The Efficiency of God
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon the efficiency or power of God.
Raised in this episode:
S2:E3—The 20th Century Captivity of the Church
We sit down for an interview and discussion with Matt Marino—pastor in the ARP, PhD candidate at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, professor at New Aberdeen College, and proponent of Reformed Classicalism. You can find his content on his blog, on his youtube, at SermonAudio, and via podcast. Highly recommended.
In particular, we discuss and parse through the confusion of the 20th century surrounding Thomas Aquinas vs. Cornelius Van Til, Classical vs. Presuppositional Apologetics, Natural Theology & Natural Law vs. Theonomy, Worldview, Ethics, and more.
Various questions touched on:
Recommended Resources for Reformed Classicalism:
S2:E2—The Evil of Romanism
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss the evil of Romanism. They touch on the historic and confessional Reformed position that the Pope is the Antichrist; they raise 2 Thessalonians 2 and relate it to Daniel 7; and, drawing on Calvin's work, The Necessity of Reforming the Church, they highlight some differences between the Reformed and Romanists, such as:
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 1
In the first episode of 2024, Benjamin, Michael, and Cody sit down with Stephen Wolfe, author of The Case for Christian Nationalism. We discuss some of the contents of the book, some criticisms and responses to it, and why we believe the topic is important.
Some questions touched on:
Benjamin interviews Dave Forsythe concerning the war in Gaza and the ideology of Zionism. Are they compatible with Christian ethics and the law of God?
Benjamin & Michael resume work through The Marrow of Theology. They reflect on the doctrine of the Trinity, the three persons in the Godhead, and defend classical theism against modern innovations.
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody conduct a biblical and historical assessment of the evil of Judaism. Among other things, they touch upon the Scripture's testimony on this topic, whether "anti-Semitism" is a frame which we as Christians ought to take up, and they raise what Reformed giant, Gisbertus Voetius, had to say about the Jews. Spoiler: it was not good. In fact, today it is taboo.
