3.60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • “Big Ed, Too Big to Fail”

Episode 134
53 Min
November 18, 2024
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Benjamin R. Merkle on his Christ Over All essay: “Big Ed, Too Big to Fail"

 

3.59 – Merkle Interview Show Notes

 

Timestamps

  • 00:36 – Intro
  • 03:14 – How Dr. Merkle Became the President of New Saint Andrews
  • 06:43 – What is the Crisis of Higher Education?
  • 09:25 – What is the Idea of ‘Big Ed’?
  • 13:38 – Looking at Education as Parent and Fellow Educator
  • 20:13 – Christian Universities Mirroring ‘Big Ed’
  • 23:08 – How Many Christian Universities Are Saying We Need to Move to the Right?
  • 24:17 – Don’t Take Government Funds
  • 27:52 – Government Coercion and Accreditation
  • 30:47 – What is Unique About New Saint Andrews?
  • 34:34 – What about Someone Who Wants to Pursue Liberal Arts?
  • 36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA?
  • 41:16 – What Is Necessary to Begin Thinking about Providing This Type of Education?
  • 43:18 – Do We Include Local Churches as a Necessary Element?
  • 44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’s Model of Education?
  • 50:24 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

 

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Authors

  • Dr. Ben Merkle is the president of New Saint Andrews College, as well as a Senior Fellow of Theology. He holds a DPhil in Oriental Studies and an MSt in Jewish Studies from Oxford University, England; an MA degree in English Literature, a Greyfriars Letter, and a BS in Education (Secondary Education-Chemistry, with a minor in History) both from the University of Idaho. He is a teaching elder at Christ Church, Moscow, and regularly preaches at their downtown service. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2009) and Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate (Oxford University Press, 2015). He and his wife Rebekah have five children and a growing generation of grandchildren.

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  • Stephen Wellum is professor of Christian theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He received his MDiv and PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of numerous essays, articles, and books. He is also the co-author with Peter Gentry of Kingdom through Covenant, 2nd edition (Crossway, 2012, 2018) and the author of God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of the Person of Christ (Crossway, 2016) and Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept (B&H Academic, 2024).

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  • David Schrock is the pastor for preaching and theology at Occoquan Bible Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. David is a two-time graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a founding faculty member and professor of theology at Indianapolis Theology Seminary. And he is the author of Royal Priesthood and Glory of God along with many journal articles and online essays.

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