2.36 Peter Gentry, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline”

Episode 053
41 Min
August 14, 2023
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Are the opening chapters of Genesis simply a bland recitation of ancient history? Far from it! These chapters set the stage on which the grand drama of redemptive history will play itself out.
Timestamps
  • Introduction – 00:30
  • How Did the Kingdom Through Covenant Book Project Begin? – 3:00
  • How Did Dr. Gentry Start Thinking about the Covenants? – 4:50
  • How Does Genesis 1-11 Open the Door to the Rest of the Scriptures? – 8:40
  • How Have We Seen Genesis 1-11 Mishandled? – 10:26
  • Who Wrote Genesis and What’s it’s Relation to the Ancient Near East? – 14:22
  • How Should We Understand the Six Days of Creation? – 16:58
  • How Do We See the Image of God Working its Way through Scripture? – 22:20
  • What Things Do We See in Gen. 1-2 That Would Indicate a Covenant With Adam?- 27:07
  • What’s the Storyline in Genesis 1-11 Moving from Adam to Second Adam?- 30:05
  • How Do We Then Move From the First Adam to the Last Adam? – 32:44
  • What Would Be a Resource to Help Study Genesis? – 35:17
  • Anything that Would Be Helpful When Preaching Genesis? – 37:03
  • Outro – 39:33
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Authors

  • Peter J. Gentry is the distinguished visiting professor of Old Testament at Phoenix Seminary and senior research fellow for the Text & Canon Institute. He is the co-author, with Stephen Wellum, of Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Crossway, 2012). He and his wife Barbara are members at Abingdon Bible Church. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.

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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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