4.30 Kyle Claunch, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood”

Episode 170
62 Min
July 2, 2025
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Kyle Claunch on his Christ Over All essay: "God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood"

 

Timestamps
  • 00:26 – Intro
  • 03:45 – Dr. Wellum’s Highlights of Travel to the UK and Ireland
  • 05:56 – Kyle Claunch’s Forthcoming Book
  • 07:48 – Where are the Challenges of Feminist Language for God Coming From?
  • 17:41 – Analogical, Univocal, and Equivocal Language
  • 20:34 – What Does Amy Peeler Argue about God?
  • 26:17 – Is there Ever a Non-Metaphorical Language that is Used for God?
  • 31:59 – Does EFS Theology Drive Amy Peeler’s View of the Trinity and Metaphorical Language?
  • 35:42 – Proper and Figurative Language
  • 42:13 – The Value of Being Precise in Our Language Towards God
  • 47:31 – The Essential and Personal Nature of God the Father
  • 54:57 – How Do These Things Help Us Begin to Reflect the Fatherhood of God?
  • 57:49 – Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum
  • 59:41 – Outro

 

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Authors

  • Kyle D. Claunch has been Associate Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2017. He is the author of numerous scholarly chapters and articles in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS), the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT), Criswell Theological Review (CTR), and Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology. He is also a contributing writer for Christ Over All and Desiring God. Kyle has more than twenty years of experience serving in pastoral ministry in the local church. He is currently an Elder at Kenwood Baptist Church where he also serves as an instructor for the newly formed Kenwood Institute. He and his wife Ashley live in Louisville, KY with their six children.

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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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  • 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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