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Listen in as Tom Nettles joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longford essay "The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession." Timestamps Intro – 00:50 Keeping Up with Dr. Nettles – 3:00 Being Crystal Clear in Our Confessions - 05:11 Connecting Individual & Corporate Confessions - 09:07 Teaching Systematic Theology Along With Confessions - 16:22 Confessions and Theological Triage - 19:59 B.H. Carroll - 30:38 A History of Baptists Moving Away from Confessions and Associationalism - 32:53 Dr. Wellum’s Summarization of that History - 41:45 Being Open Handed With Our Confession Does Not Bode Well - 46:55 Dr. Nettles’ Current Efforts with Malcom Yarnell & Steven McKinion - 55:42 Defining Cooperation - 58:25 Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum - 1:00:26 Outro - 1:01:56  Resources to Click “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession” – Tom J. Nettles “On Baptist Creedalism” – Malcom B. Yarnell III & Steven A. McKinion “Creeds, Confessions, and Carroll: An Essay In Defense of Baptist “Creedalism” – Jordan Steffaniak Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation Christoverall.com/give  Books to Read Remember Jesus Christ – Tom J. Nettles An Interpretation of the English Bible Vol. XV: Colossians, Ephesians, Hebrews – B.H. Carroll

Is local church autonomy at odds with Baptist associations disfellowshipping churches from their membership? This historical study clearly demonstrates that the answer is no.

Listen in as Carl Trueman joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the importance of creeds and confessions in the church. Timestamps Intro - 00:47 Dr. Wellum’s Appreciation for Dr. Trueman’s Writings - 03:12 How Has Crisis of Confidence Developed? - 04:26 Looking Back to Creeds and Confessions in a time of Rapid Cultural Change - 07:06 Is There a Need for New Confessions? 09:36 Giving ‘Teeth’ to Our Confessions and Supplementary Documents - 14:15 Polity, and The Concern of Binding Consciences - 17:45 Five Different Enemies of Confessionalism - 25:20 Counsel for Living Under a Confession and Why that’s a Good Thing - 27:19 What Happens When Churches Wander from their Confessions? - 31:00 How Does Losing Our Humanity as a Culture Relate to Our Confessions? - 33:33 Anthropological Heresies - 38:54 What is the SBC Misunderstanding with the Removal of Confessionalism? - 40:10 Outro – 42:07   Resources to Click Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation Christoverall.com/give   Books to Read Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Christian Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity – Carl R. Trueman

Why should Southern Baptists embrace their confession? Here are four good reasons.

Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview church historian Michael Haykin on his longford essay "Baptists, A Confessional People." Timestamps Intro - 00:43 The Thesis of Baptists as a Confessional People - 02:40 Where Did Dr. Haykin First Encounter Creeds & Confessions? - 03:50 Are Baptists Self-conscious to the Early Creeds & Confessions? - 06:10 Why Was the Second London Confession of 1689 Necessary? - 08:44 What Happens After the 1689 Confession? - 14:27 Comparing Motivations for the Abstract of Principles vs. The Call for a Modern Day Abstract BF&M - 19:24 What’s the Connection Between Church Planting, Evangelism, and a Strong Sense of Confessionalism? - 21:14 The Relation Between Confessional Churches and Strong Teaching - 26:03 What’s a Good Definition of Subscriptionism? - 28:08 Subscribing to a Confession and Liberty on Certain Issues - 29:07 Revising and Updating Confessions? - 31:10 Why Was Confessionalism Lost in the 19th and 10th Centuries? - 38:02 Southern Baptists and Calvinism in the 19th Century - 41:38 Moving Away From Confessionalism Leads to Liberalism - 43:30 Uniting for Mission? - 46:32 The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptists in Canada - 48:18 What Principles Do We Need to Learn in 2024 about Cooperating around a Confession? - 51:25 Are Students at Southern Seminary Committed to Confessionalism? - 52:55 Outro – 55:55   Resources to Click “Baptists, A Confessional People” – Michael A.G. Haykin Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation Christoverall.com/give   Books to Read Baptist Confessions of Faith – William L. Lumpkin & Bill J. Leonard Soldiers of Christ – A. James Fuller, Michael A.G. Haykin, Roger Duke Kiffen, Knollys, and Keach: Rediscovering our English Baptist Heritage – Michael A.G. Haykin

Historically, Baptists have been a people committed to the authority of Scripture. This very commitment to the Bible has also led Baptists to be a confessional people.

Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum discuss Ardel Caneday's essay "The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book." Timestamps Intro - 00:44 Going to Israel - 02:41 Background Context: Is this Necessary? - 04:15 How to Put the ‘Historical’ and ‘Grammatical’ Together - 7:12 How Much Did Ancient Near Eastern Context Impact Kingdom Through Covenant? - 09:25 What is the Doctrine of ‘Sufficiency of Scripture’ and How Does It Fit With the Rest of the Doctrine of Scripture? - 17:22 Natural Revelation and Special Revelation - 21:40 Is Special Revelation Dependent on Natural Revelation? What is the Order? - 24:53 Who is Abraham Kuyper and What Was His Contribution? - 30:23 What is a Proper Application of Tradition for Doing Theology? - 33:51 What are the Challenges for How Scripture and Tradition are Working Together in Our Own Day? - 39:02 The Concern of Allegorical Interpretation - 43:21 N.T. Wright - 46:35 Dr. Wellum’s Final Thoughts - 53:33 Outro – 55:19   Resources to Click “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Theology by the Book” – Ardel B. Caneday “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 1) – A Sermon on John 4:1-18” – David Schrock “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 2) – A Sermon on John 4:16-26” – David Schrock “Well, Well, Well: Look What We Have Here: A Marriage, A Mountain, and a Messiah (pt. 3) – A Sermon on John 4:27-42” – David Schrock “George Smeaton and Abraham Kuyper on the Universal Reign of Christ” – David Schrock Theme: Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him: Doing Theology by the Book Go to ChristOverAll.com/Give to support the work   Books to Read Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity– Carl R. Trueman Lectures on Calvinism– Abraham Kuyper

Systematic Theology is inextricably linked to the understanding of individual biblical texts. But what if those texts are obscured by extra-Biblical historical backgrounds that lead away from a biblical author’s intended meaning? Sound exegesis must begin with a firm commitment to the sufficiency of Scripture. “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book” by Ardel Caneday Join us for a monthly Christ Over All Q&A Zoom Call at 12noon (EST) Friday, February 23 to ask any question you have. Sign Up Here.

Listen in as Stephen Wellum joins David Schrock and Trent Hunter to discuss his new Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept. Timestamps Intro - 00:38 When Did Trent first Hear of Dr. Wellum Talking about His Systematic Theology? - 3:04 When Did Dr. Wellum Begin His Process on His Systematic Theology? - 4:20 How Did Dr. Wellum’s Systematic Theology grow? - 8:10 Why is Prolegomena Important? - 10:08 Who Were Dr. Wellum’s Theological Influences? - 15:05 The Academy and the Church - 18:22 Why Do Pastors Need Systematic Theology? - 21:30 Intratextual vs. Extratextual - 24:38 Was There Ever a Time Dr. Wellum Went into Extratextual Theology? - 32:50 The Subject of Biblicism: The Relationships Between Scripture and Tradition & Scripture and Historical Theology- 38:13 Engaging the Cultural Moment That We’re In, and Applying Scripture - 44:35 Ethics in Dr. Wellum’s Systematic Theology - 49:03 Theology for the People of God - 54:20 Christ Over All Monthly Q&A Zoom Calls - 56:40 Outro – 59:26   Resources to Click “An Excerpt from Stephen Wellum’s Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept” – Stephen J. Wellum Theme: Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him: Doing Theology by the Book Go to ChristOverAll.com/Give to support the work   Books to Read Systematic Theology Vol. 1: From Canon to Concept – Stephen J. Wellum Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd Ed.) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum  Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – ed. Brent Parker and Stephen J. Wellum Christ From Beginning to End – Trent Hunter & Stephen J. Wellum God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum The Person of Christ: An Introduction – Stephen J. Wellum He Is There and He Is Not Silent – Francis A. Schaeffer Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck Reformed Ethics Vol. 1 – Herman Bavinck Reformed Ethics Vol. 2 – Herman Bavinck  Biblical Theology – Geerhardus Vos Systematic Theology – Louis Berkhof Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way – Michael Horton Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief (2nd ed.) – Wayne Grudem

What is systematic theology and why does it matter? Stephen Wellum answers these important questions in the first chapter of his new Systematic Theology excerpted here.