In this week's episode, Caleb is joined by Matt Smethurst (MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) lead pastor of River City Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, to discuss his new book Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel. Together they discuss the most prominent works and themes from Keller's teaching and ministry.
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In this episode, Caleb is joined by Josh Howard (PhD, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Senior Pastor at New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Monroeville, Pennsylvania to discuss postmillennialism. This is the final installment of a three week miniseries on the various reformed millennial views.Resources:
In this episode, Caleb is joined by Kim Riddlebarger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminar) pastor emeritus of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Anaheim, California and retired professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California to discuss Amillennialism. This is the second installment of a three week miniseries on the various reformed millennial views.
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In this episode, Caleb is joined by Jim Hamilton (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Senior Pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church and Professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Seminary to discuss Historic Premillennialism. This is the first installment of a three week miniseries on the various reformed millennial views.
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In this week's episode, Caleb is joined by Sam Waldron (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) president of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and professor of systematic theology, to discuss his new book The Doctrine of Last Things: An Optimistic Amillennial View. Together, they focus on the history and hermeneutics of biblical eschatology.
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In this episode, Caleb is joined by Bobby Jamieson (PhD, Cambridge) senior pastor of Trinty Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to discuss his most recent book Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness. Together they discuss the main idea, purpose, key themes, and interpretive challenges in the book of Ecclesiastes.
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In this episdoe, Caleb is joined by Richard Pratt Jr. (ThD, Harvard University) president of Third Millennium Ministries, to discuss the book of Joshua. Together they explore the structure, main idea, purpose, key themes, and gospel connections in Joshua.
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In this episode, Caleb is joined by Randy Johnson (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Wisdom Head at Scholé Christian Tradition, to discuss how classical Christology entails a compatibilist view of free will. In other words, freedom and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism is a necessary consequence of the teaching about Jesus Christ found in Scripture and affirmed in Christian, historical orthodoxy.
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In this week's episode, Caleb is joined by Brent Parker (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), assistant editor of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology to discuss the Israel-Christ-Church relationship in biblical theology. Resources
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Joshua Greever (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Associate Dean of Seminary Programs & Associate Professor of New Testament, to discuss the new covenant in Christ from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they unpack the key points of the new covenant and how it fits in the larger storyline of Scripture.
The New Covenant by Joshua Greever
The Nature of the New Covenant: A Case Study in Ephesians 2:11-22 by Joshua Greever
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies edited by Stephen Wellum and Brent Parker
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Stephen Wellum (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary and Editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, to discuss God’s covenant with David from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they unpack the key points of the Davidic covenant and how it fits in the larger storyline of Scripture.
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The Davidic Covenant by Jason DeRouchie
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
Christ-Centered Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations and Principles by Graeme Goldsworthy
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by David Schrock (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Pastor of Preaching and Theology at Occoquan Bible Church and Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology (Indianapolis Theological Seminary, Boyce College, and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) to discuss the Levitical covenant from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they unpack the key points of the Levitical covenant and how it fits in the larger storyline of Scripture.
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The Levitical Covenant (Parts I,II, and III) by David Schrock
Making Sense of Melchizedek Through the Framework of Progressive Covenantalism by Matthew Emadi
The Royal Priesthood and the Glory of God by David Schrock
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Thomas Schreiner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) Associate Dean for the School of Theology and Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Biblical Theology at Southern Seminary, to discuss God’s covenant with Moses/Israel from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they unpack the key points of the Mosaic covenant and how it fits in the larger storyline of Scripture.
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Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law by Thomas Schreiner
Paul and the Law: Keeping the Commandments of God by Brian Rosner
The Law of God by Stephen Wellum
3 Reasons Sunday Is Not the Christian Sabbath by Stephen Wellum
The Law of Moses—The Mosaic Covenant Viewed Through Progressive Covenantalism by Ardel Caneday Parts I and II
Applying the Law of Moses to the Christian Life by Joshua Greever
A Progressive Covenantal Perspective: Paul and the Tripartite Division of Moses’s Law by Joshua Greever
A Progressive Covenantal Perspective: Theonomy and Moses’s Law by Jason DeRouchie
Relating Moses’s Law to Christians by Jason DeRouchie
Ethics through Covenant: A Primer on Progressive Covenantalism and Moral Theology (Parts I, II, and III) by Andrew Walker
Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies edited by Stephen Wellum and Brent Parker
40 Questions About Biblical Theology by Jason DeRouchie, Oren Martin, and Andrew Naselli
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Jason DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Seminary, to discuss God’s covenant with Abraham from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they unpack the key points of the Abrahamic covenant and how it fits in the larger storyline of Scripture.
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An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Counting Stars with Abraham and the Prophets: New Covenant Ecclesiology in OT Perspective by Jason DeRouchie
Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ by Jason DeRouchie
God’s Covenant with Abraham by Peter Gentry
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies edited by Stephen Wellum and Brent Parker
40 Questions About Biblical Theology by Jason DeRouchie, Oren Martin, and Andrew Naselli
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Michael Carlino (PhD Candidate), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Operations Director for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and Assistant Director for the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization at Southern Seminary, to discuss God’s covenant with Noah from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they show how the Noahic covenant’s placement and role within the larger metanarrative of Scripture by highlighting how it hearkened back to the original creation covenant and looks ahead to the consummation of the new creation at Christ's return.
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The Noahic Covenant within Progressive Covenantalism Parts I and II by Michael Carlino
Gender Essentialism in Anthropological, Covenantal, and Christological Perspective by Michael Carlino and Kyle Claunch
The Creation Covenant According to Progressive Covenantalism: Laying the Right Foundation by Richard Lucas
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Richard Lucas (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Pastor of Teaching and Reaching at First Baptist Jacksonville to discuss God’s covenant with creation from a progressive covenantalist perspective. Together, they compare and contrast progressive covenantalism with dispensationalism and covenant theology to highlight how the creation covenant is foundational for the rest of the bible.
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The Creation Covenant According to Progressive Covenantalism: Laying the Right Foundation by Richard Lucas
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
Gender Essentialism in Anthropological, Covenantal, and Christological Perspective by Michael Carlino and Kyle Claunch
Adam and the Covenant of Works by J.V. Fesko
God and Adam: Reformed Theology & The Creation Covenant by Rowland Ward
Covenant and Creation: An Old Testament Covenant Theology by William Dumbrell
Getting the Garden Right: Adam's Work and God's Rest in Light of Christ by Richard Barcellos
Righteous By Design: Covenantal Merit and Adam's Original Integrity by Harrison Perkins
In this week’s episode, Caleb is joined by Peter Gentry (PhD, University of Toronto) Distinguished Visiting Professor of Old Testament and Senior Research Fellow at the Text & Canon Institute at Phoenix Seminary, to talk about the importance of covenantal relationships in the biblical story. Together, they discuss the similarities and differences between ancient Near Eastern covenants and and modern day contracts with how the Bible defines covenantal relationships before showing how the biblical covenants are more than a unifying theme of Scripture but the backbone to Scripture’s entire storyline.
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Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ by Jason DeRouchie
Covenant and God's Purpose for the World by Thomas Schreiner
Covenant and Creation: An Old Testament Covenant Theology by William Dumbrell
In this episode, Caleb is joined by Stephen Dempster (PhD, University of Toronto) professor emeritus of religious studies at Crandall University, to discuss a biblical theology of the kingdom of God. Together, they trace the themes of kingship and kingdom throughout Scripture exploring how the story of God’s kingship is ultimately the fulfillment of a promise to restore the rightful rule of humanity over creation by defeating sin and death and to establish a world of peace and justice.
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The Return of the Kingdom: A Biblical Theology of God's Reign by Stephen Dempster
Return of the Kingdom (concise essay) by Stephen Dempster
Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
The End of the Beginning: Revelation 21-22 and the Old Testament by William Dumbrell
The Kingdom of God (essay) by Graeme Goldsworthy
God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible by Vaughan Roberts
In this episode, Caleb is joined by Mitch Chase (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Preaching Pastor at Kosmosdale Baptist Church and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Southern Seminary, to discuss his new book, Walking the Way of the Wise: A Biblical Theology of Wisdom. Together, they unpack how wisdom is not merely knowledge or cleverness but a life-giving path of joyful obedience to God's Word. By tracing the themes of wisdom and folly from Genesis to Revelation, this conversation illuminates the role of wisdom in the covenant life of God's people.
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Walking the Way of the Wise: A Biblical Theology of Wisdom by Mitch Chase
In this episode, Caleb is joined by Ardel Caneday (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), retired professor of New Testament at University of Northwestern in St. Paul Minnesota, to discuss a biblical theology of perseverance and assurance. Together they discuss eight different kinds of biblical passages that help give us a holistic understanding of these doctrines and their relationship in light of the eschatological tension that pervades the New Testament. Prominent views on such things as the warnings, admonitions, and assurance of salvation passages in Scripture are discussed as well.
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