

Christ Over All
Christ Over All
Jesus Christ reigns over all things, and this podcast exists to help people see the reality and ramifications of this truth. We post at least four times a month: Twice, we will read aloud a longform essay from our monthly theme. And twice, we will discuss each essay with its author and another Christian leader. Listen in to live in light of Christ’s Lordship.
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Feb 24, 2025 • 58min
4.9 Hans Madueme, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "Original Sin—Biological or Spiritual Problem?"
Timestamps to Know· 00:31 – Intro· 05:05 – The Genesis and Arguments of Defending Sin· 08:07 – How Does Defending Sin Related to Adam the Fall, and Original Sin?· 09:05 – What are Some Things We Need to Rightly Understand Between Creation and Science?· 11:50 - What Does BioLogos Say About the Doctrine of Sin?· 20:21 – The Shape of Redemptive History in Academia· 23:25 – Why is it that We Should See Sin as a Spiritual Problem as Well as Biological?· 29:07 – Traducianism and Creationism· 33:28 – Why is It That Creationism is a Reformed View and Traducianism the Lutheran View?· 34:58 – How Do We Deal With Predispositions Towards Certain Sins?· 41:44 – The Transmission of Sin· 47:34 – Desires Can Be Sinful· 54:00 – How is the Doctrine of Sin a Practical Doctrine?· 57:05 - Outro Resources to Click· “Original Sin -Biological or Spiritual Problem?” – Hans Madueme· “Mea Culpa: An Apology for Original Guilt” – Hans Madueme· “X-Linked Borderline Mental Retardation with ProminentBehavioral Disturbance: Phenotype, Genetic Localization, and Evidence for Disturbed Monoamine Metabolism” – H.G. Brunner· “Mean Genes and the Biology ofAgression: A Critical Review of Recent Animal and Human Research” – E. Balaban, J.S. Alper, Y.L. Kasaman· “Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby· “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?· Give to Support the Work Books to Read· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme· Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation – eds. Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, Nancy Press· Sociobiology: The New Synthesis – E.O. Wilson· Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism – ed. Karen King· On the Soul and Its Origin – Augustine· Revisions – Augustine· The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church – Heinrich Schmid· Dogmatic Theology – William G.T. Shedd· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck· On Original Sin and A Disputation – Odo of Tournai and Irven M. Resnick· Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology - Robert H. Gundry· Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views – J.B. Stump and Chad Meister· “A Way Forward on the Question of the Transmission of Original Sin” by Marcus Johnson inEvangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church – ed. Myk Habets and Bobby Grow· The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context – Robert Letham· Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin· Pascal’s Pensées – Blake Pascal

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Feb 17, 2025 • 34min
4.8 Hans Madueme • Reading • "Original Sin - Biological or Spiritual Problem?"
Resources to Click· “Original Sin -Biological or Spiritual Problem?” – Hans Madueme· “Mea Culpa: An Apology for Original Guilt” – Hans Madueme· “X-Linked Borderline Mental Retardation withProminent Behavioral Disturbance: Phenotype, Genetic Localization, and Evidence for Disturbed Monoamine Metabolism” – H.G. Brunner· “Mean Genes and the Biology of Agression: A Critical Review of Recent Animal and Human Research” – E. Balaban, J.S. Alper, Y.L. Kasaman· “Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer” – Leda Cosmides & John Tooby· “On Behalf of Augustinian Realism” – Oliver D. Crisp· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?· Give to Support the Work Books to Read· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme· Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation – eds. Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, Nancy Press· Sociobiology: The New Synthesis – E.O. Wilson· Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism – ed. Karen King· On the Soul and Its Origin – Augustine· Revisions – Augustine· The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church – Heinrich Schmid· Dogmatic Theology – William G.T. Shedd· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck· On Original Sin and A Disputation – Odo of Tournai and Irven M. Resnick· Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology – Robert H. Gundry· Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views – J.B. Stump and Chad Meister· “A Way Forward on the Question of theTransmission of Original Sin” by Marcus Johnson inEvangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church – ed. Myk Habets and Bobby Grow· The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context – Robert Letham· Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin· Pascal’s Pensées – Blake Pascal

Feb 10, 2025 • 1h 4min
4.7 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin"
Timestamps to Know· 00:34 – Intro· 04:10 – Who is in Mind When Writing This Piece about the Doctrine of Sin?· 07:41- Seeing the Bible as Inspired, but Appealing to ‘Myth’ in Genesis· 12:38 – How Can Pastors Help Their Congregation Think through the Fantastic and Supernatural in Genesis 1-3?· 17:04 – Has the Move Towards ‘Myth’ Contributed to a Lack of Addressing Sin?· 20:48 – When Preaching, How Much Should We Refer to Genesis 3?· 25:00 – Thinking About Man’s Fallen Condition from Genesis 3· 28:50 – Does Scripture Give an Origin Story of the Angels and their Fall?· 32:12 – Sin is Essential to Fallen Humanity· 39:25 – The Truth about Sin is Actually Good News· 42:43 – The Way Sin is Transmitted: Adam’s Federal Headship· 48:09 – Theosis and Nature and Grace?· 52:31 – Sin and Worldview· 54:16 – Why Have Been People Been Against the Word ‘Worldview’ Lately?· 1:02:36 – Closing Thoughts and OutroResources to Click· “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum· In the Beginning: A Theological Exploration of Genesis 1-11 – Christ Over All· Review of J.V. Fesko’sReforming Apologetics – James N. Anderson· “The History (and Tragedy) of the Ford Pinto: Everything You Need to Know” – Aaron Gold· “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America· “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating HistoricistReadings,” - Patrick Franklin· Theme of the Month:Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?· Give to Support the WorkBooks to Read· Man’s Nature and His Communities: Essays on the Dynamics and Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr· God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught· The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan· Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck· “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic inChristian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic– ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain· “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” inRuined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson· Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher· Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

Feb 3, 2025 • 39min
4.6 Stephen Wellum • Reading • “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin”
Resources to Click
· “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum
· “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America
· “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings,” - Patrick Franklin
· Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?
· Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
· Man’s Nature and His Communities: Essays on the Dynamics and Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr
· God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught
· The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan
· Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.
· Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck
· “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic in Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic – ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain
· “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson
· Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher
· Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher
· Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme

Jan 27, 2025 • 1h 7min
4.5 Michael Wilkinson, Stephen Wellum, David Shrock • Interview • "What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer?"
Timestamps to Know
· 00:33 – Intro
· 04:30 – Anthropological Thoughts on the Inauguration
· 13:44 – What is Ontology?
· 20:05 – Understanding Chalcedon and It’s Language
· 23:21 – What Is the Context Around ‘Person-Nature Distinction’?
· 28:39 – Building a Bridge Between Chalcedonian Christology & Anthropology
· 32:00 - Christ being Consubstantial
· 36:57 – At What Point Does Mystery Enter Into the Incarnation?
· 42:00 – Similarities and Dissimilarities Between
Person and Nature
· 47:54 – Is the Chalcedonian Definition Novel?
· 53:47 – Being Aware of Our Language
· 59:47 – How are These Doctrines Being Incorporated to Systematic Theology?
· 1:03:02 – New Light Being Shone on These Areas of Anthropology
· 1:05:30 - Outro
Resources to Click
· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 1)” – Michael A. Wilkinson
· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 2)” – Michael A. Wilkinson
· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society
· Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
· Crowned with Glory and Honor: A Chalcedonian Anthropology – Michael A. Wilkinson
· God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ – Stephen J. Wellum

Jan 20, 2025 • 1h 8min
4.4 Michael Wilkinson • Reading • “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Parts 1 + 2)”
Resources to Click
· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 1)” – Michael A. Wilkinson
· “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Part 2)” – Michael A. Wilkinson
· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society
· Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
· Crowned with Glory and Honor: A Chalcedonian Anthropology –Michael A. Wilkinson

Jan 13, 2025 • 1h 2min
4.3 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "The Need for Theological Anthropology"
Timestamps to Know
· 00:32 – Intro
· 03:35 – Encouragements as We Look Forward to 2025
· 07:23 – Why is the Question of Humanity Historically Important?
· 12:20 – Why Should Congregants or Laypersons Study the Doctrine of Humanity?
· 17:31 – How Did the Change to an Enlightenment Epistemology Effect the Doctrine of Humanity?
· 23:10 – A Mirrored Reality That is Lost
· 30:00 – How Is This Piece Helpful in How Dr. Van Relates This to Economics?
· 34:44 – Man Creating God
· 43:03 –Do Other Systematic Theologies Address Our Modern Anthropological Problems?
· 45:25 – Denying Politics Denies the Doctrine of Man
· 54:15 – How Does the Doctrine of Humanity Help Us Preach the Gospel?
· 1:00:18 - Outro
Resources to Click
·“The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum
· “The Extinction of Experience: Christine Rosen on the Impact of Technology on Society” – Uncommon Knowledge
· “The Embodied Person: Why I Am My Body, Not Just My Soul” – Gregg Allison
· “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange
· “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold to a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
· “Abortion Statistics 1973-2019”
· “Majority of Americans Remain Supportive of Euthanasia” – Jade Wood and Justin McCarthy
· “Why They Kill Their Newborns” – Steven Pinker
· “WEF Mastermind: ‘Human Rights are Fiction, Just Like God’ – Frank Bergman
· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society
· Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
· The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World – Christine Rosen
· The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis
· “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J.
Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine – ed. Colin E. Gunton
· An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic – Alexander Pope
· The Message in the Bottle - Walker Percy
· The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell
· The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson
· False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman
· Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells
·“Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson
· The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson
· A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff
· “Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A.
Carson in Fallen: A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson
· Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg
· How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer
·Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
· The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin
· Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

Jan 8, 2025 • 48min
4.2 Stephen Wellum • Reading • “The Need for Theological Anthropology”
Resources to Click
·“The Need for Theological Anthropology” – Stephen J. Wellum
· “Going Deeper” – Daniel Strange
· “CanYou Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold to a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
· “Abortion Statistics 1973-2019”
·“Majority of Americans Remain Supportive of Euthanasia” – Jade Wood and Justin McCarthy
· “Why They Kill Their Newborns” – Steven Pinker
· “WEF Mastermind: ‘Human Rights are Fiction, Just Like God’ – Frank Bergman
· Theme of the Month: The Image of God in Scripture and Society
· Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
· The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis
· “Human Being, Individual and Social” by Kevin J. Vanhoozer in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine – ed. Colin E. Gunton
· An Essay on Man: The 18th Century Enlightenment Classic –
Alexander Pope
· The Message in the Bottle - Walker Percy
· The Human Body Shop – Andrew Kimbrell
· The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson
· False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America – Joy Pullman
· Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells
· “Losing Our Religion: The Impact of Secularisation on the Understanding of Sin” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim – ed. David Gibson
· The Intolerance of Tolerance – D.A. Carson
· A Critique of Pure Tolerance – Robert Paul Wolff
·“Sin’s Contemporary Significance,” by D.A. Carson in Fallen:
A Theology of Sin – ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson
· Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith in American Culture – Herbert Schlossberg
· How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Franciss A. Schaeffer
· Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
· The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin
· Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds – Os Guinness

Jan 6, 2025 • 16min
4.1 David Schrock • Christ Over All in 2025: A Preview
Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2025.

Dec 30, 2024 • 1h 3min
3.66 • Bob Kauflin, Stephen Wellum, David Shrock • Interview • "Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise"
Timestamps to Know
· 00:27 – Intro
· 04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to Messiah
· 07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in
Messiah
· 15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s Messiah
· 18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating
the Gospel
· 26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation
· 30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a
‘Performance’ Mind-set
· 38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as Their
Vocation
· 43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish Messiah
Today
· 46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need to
Be Dialed Back
· 53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus?
· 57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season
· 1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro
Resources to Click
· “Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel” – Ben Purves
· “Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise” – Bob Kauflin
· GLAD Acapella Full Album
· “The Handel Commemoration 1784” – Jenny Ruthven
· “The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual” – William Weber
· The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database
· “Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah”
· “Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah” – Robert Manson Myers
· Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast
· Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah
· Give to Support the Work of COA
Books to Read
· The Works of John Newton – John Newton
· Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790 – Daniel O’Quinn
· Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God – Bob Kauflin
· True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God – Bob Kauflin
· The Poems of William Cowper – William Cowper
· Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People – Calvin R. Stapert
· The Cross and Christian Ministry – D.A. Carson


