4.7 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin”

Timestamps to Know

• 00:34 – Intro
• 04:10 – Who is in Mind When Writing This Piece about the Doctrine of Sin?
• 07:41- Seeing the Bible as Inspired, but Appealing to ‘Myth’ in Genesis
• 12:38 – How Can Pastors Help Their Congregation Think through the Fantastic and Supernatural in Genesis 1-3?
• 17:04 – Has the Move Towards ‘Myth’ Contributed to a Lack of Addressing Sin?
• 20:48 – When Preaching, How Much Should We Refer to Genesis 3?
• 25:00 – Thinking About Man’s Fallen Condition from Genesis 3
• 28:50 – Does Scripture Give an Origin Story of the Angels and their Fall?
• 32:12 – Sin is Essential to Fallen Humanity
• 39:25 – The Truth about Sin is Actually Good News
• 42:43 – The Way Sin is Transmitted: Adam’s Federal Headship
• 48:09 – Theosis and Nature and Grace?
• 52:31 – Sin and Worldview
• 54:16 – Why Have Been People Been Against the Word ‘Worldview’ Lately?
• 1:02:36 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

 Resources to Click

• “Where Would We Be Without Genesis 3? Understanding the Significance of Sin” – Stephen J. Wellum
• In the Beginning: A Theological Exploration of Genesis 1-11 – Christ Over All
• Review of J.V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics – James N. Anderson
• “The History (and Tragedy) of the Ford Pinto: Everything You Need to Know” – Aaron Gold
• “Ford Pinto Fatal Flaw Exposed by Consumer Advocacy Reporting” – Factual America
• “Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings,” – Patrick Franklin
• Theme of the Month: Whatever Happened to the Doctrine of Sin?
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Books to Read

• Man’s Nature and His Communities: Essays on the Dynamics and Enigmas of Man’s Personal and Social Existence – Reinhold Niebuhr
• God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution – John F. Haught
• The Symbolism of Evil – Paul Ricoeur, trans. Emerson Buchanan
• Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique – J.P Moreland et al.
• Reformed Dogmatics – Herman Bavinck
• “Anthropology,” by Kelly M. Kapic in Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic – ed. Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain
• “Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin,” in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective – ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson
• Evil and the Cross – Henri Blocher
• Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (NSBT) – Henri Blocher
• Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenge of Evolution and the Natural Sciences – Hans Madueme