4.20 Clinton Manley • Reading • “How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”
Properly wielded satire can be a weapon of exposing sin in the hope of reform. What are its rules of engagement for Christians?
4.18 Ardel Caneday • Reading • Christ Concealed and Revealed: “Did Not the Messiah Have to Suffer These Things and then Enter His Glory?” Luke 24:13–35
Like the men on the road to Emmaus, both our eyes and the Scriptures must be opened. Christ-centered interpretation happens because the entire Old Testament is Christ-centered revelation.
4.16 Nicholas Piotrowski, Stephen Dempster • Combined Reading • “You Carry the Fate of Us All, Little One” and “The Day of Atonement”
Listen to a combined reading of Nicholas Piotrowski and Stephen Dempster’s essays on the Day of Atonement.
4.15 Megan Basham • Reading • “Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC
Photo ops and PR campaigns do not effect policy change; meaningful interaction and work with policy makers does. The word on Capitol Hill is that the ERLC is doing the one and not the other, to the detriment of Southern Baptists nationwide.
4.13 David Mitzenmacher • Reading • “A Roadmap for Reforming the ERLC”
“I take no pleasure in proposing this last reform. . . . I love Brent Leatherwood as a brother in Christ. And with love, if the ERLC is to be saved, it will take a different leader to save it.”
4.12 Tom J. Nettles • Reading • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics”
Listen to a combined reading of parts 1 and 2 of Tom J. Nettles’ longform essay on the antecedents and history of the ERLC.
4.10 David Schrock • Reading • “What Do We Do with the ERLC? An Open Letter to Southern Baptists”
The Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission of the SBC needs to provide clear answers to the pressing questions their convention is asking.
4.8 Hans Madueme • Reading • “Original Sin—Biological or Spiritual Problem?”
Does our biology determine our behavior? If so, are we really responsible for our sin?
4.6 Stephen Wellum • Reading • “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin”
Genesis 3 alone gives us the only true explanation of our problem along with the Bible’s glorious solution in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4.4 Michael Wilkinson • Reading • “What is Man? Looking to Christ for the Answer (Parts 1 + 2)”
In a world with many ideas about who we are, consider how the divine Son’s incarnation reveals the divine design of our human being.
4.2 Stephen Wellum • Reading • “The Need for Theological Anthropology”
As the borrowed capital of the beautiful image of God erodes and men see themselves more as beasts, the prodigal goes bankrupt and horrors commence. This is a sad but necessary tale—and the church must tell it.
3.62 Esther R. Crookshank • Reading • “The Scriptures in Handel’s Messiah: An Overview”
Handel’s Messiah is the most famous oratorio ever written, and it tells a thrilling story.
