3.5 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “What Should Christians Think about the Nation of Israel Today?”

Episode 088
60 Min
January 29, 2024
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Stephen Wellum about his longform essay "What Should Christians Think About the Nation of Israel Today?"
Timestamps
  • Intro – 00:36
  • Wellum’s Time in Ethiopia – 02:56
  • Trent Hunter’s Connection to Ethiopia – 4:46
  • What Does Ethiopia Have to Do With Israel? – 6:50
  • Isaiah, Israel, and the Nations: Thinking Through Scripturally – 8:43
  • Thinking Through the Turning Points of Israel in the Scriptures – 16:53
  • Applying Psalm 122 to Today – 22:22
  • What is a Nation? – 33:34
  • How Much Do Christians Need to Recover a Biblical a Sense of Nationhood? – 37:25
  • What Should We Be Thinking About in Terms of ‘Just War Theory?’ – 47:44
  • Would We Have a Different Conversation if We Were in a Different Nation? – 50:42
  • How Do We Understand the Ethnic Diaspora of Israel Throughout the World? – 53:37
  • Outro – 57:56
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Authors

  • 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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  • Trent Hunter is the pastor for preaching and teaching at Heritage Bible Church in Greer, South Carolina. Trent is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Graphical Greek, an electronic reference guide for biblical Greek, Joshua in Crossway's Knowing the Bible series, and is co-author of Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ. Trent is an Instructor for the Charles Simeon Trust Workshops on Biblical Exposition.

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