Christ Over All

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Oftentimes pastors are praised for keeping politics out of their sermons. What if we told you that’s actually a failure to shepherd God’s flock?
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“Bringing Religion into Politics: Five Things Pastors Owe to the Public Square” – Michael Clary
The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Article XV
Theme of the Month: Pastors (Should We) Be Political
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 Books to Read
Loser Theology: Why the Weak Will Not Inherit the Earth – Michael Clary
The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News 1911-1913 – G.K. Chesterton

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Join David Schrock, Levi Secord, & James Baird for this lively discussion and debate on their two respective books dealing with matters of church and state
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“Too Small to Succeed: A Review and Response to Levi Secord’s Servant Not Savior” – James Baird
“Is Big Government Christian? A Review of James Baird’s King of Kings” – Levi Secord
“Everson Must Fall” – Timon Cline, Josh Hammer & Yoram Hazony
“Blasphemy and the Original Meaning of The First Amendment” – Harvard Law Review
“King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government” – Conversations That Matter Podcast
“Post-War Consensus & Strong Gods, Kevin DeYoung w/ James Baird” – Grace at the Gates Podcast
“6 Questions for Christian Nationalists” – Kevin DeYoung
Theme of the Month: Pastors (Should We) Be Political
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 Books to Read
King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government – James Baird
Servant Not Savior: An Introduction to the Bible’s Teaching about Civil Government – Levi Secord
Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532-1689 – Simon P. Kennedy
Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth – Mark David Hall
Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States, 1776-1833 – Carl H. Esbeck and Jonathan J. Den Hartog
Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War – Miles Smith

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Plato or Paul? See how Levi Secord defends his book “Servant Not Savior” in response to James Baird’s arguments. • Despite their many points of agreement, James Baird takes a stand for his book “King of Kings” against Levi Secord’s arguments.
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“Too Small to Succeed: A Review and Response to Levi Secord’s Servant Not Savior” – James Baird
“Is Big Government Christian? A Review of James Baird’s King of Kings” – Levi Secord
“Everson Must Fall” – Timon Cline, Josh Hammer & Yoram Hazony
“Blasphemy and the Original Meaning of The First Amendment” – Harvard Law Review
“King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government” – Conversations That Matter Podcast
“Post-War Consensus & Strong Gods, Kevin DeYoung w/ James Baird” – Grace at the Gates Podcast
“6 Questions for Christian Nationalists” – Kevin DeYoung
Theme of the Month: Pastors (Should We) Be Political
Give to Support the Work

Books to Read 
King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government – James Baird
Servant Not Savior: An Introduction to the Bible’s Teaching about Civil Government – Levi Secord
Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532-1689 – Simon P. Kennedy
Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth – Mark David Hall
Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States, 1776-1833 – Carl H. Esbeck and Jonathan J. Den Hartog
Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War – Miles Smith

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Listen in as Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter interview David Schrock on his COA Longform Essay "Set Apart for Worship: Ten Words about the Fourth Commandment" and speak on what it means to hold a Progressive Covenantal view of the Sabbath.
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“Set Apart for Worship: Ten Words about the Fourth Commandment” – David Schrock
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 1” – Ardel Caneday
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 2” – Ardel Caneday
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 3” – Ardel Caneday
“The Three Most Important Words I Learned in Seminary: ‘Textual, Epochal, Canonical” – David Schrock
“The Ten Commandments and the Literary Structure of Deuteronomy” – Josh Philpot
“How a Kingdom of Priests Became a Kingdom with Priests and Levies: A Filial Corporate Understanding of the Royal Priesthood in Exodus 19:6” – David Schrock
“Adam as the First Priest in Eden as the Garden Temple” – G.K. Beale
“The Death Penalty in the Mosaic Law” – Peter J. Leithart
Theme of the Month: The Ten Commandments: Yesterday, Today, and Forever
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Books to Read
Christ Will Give You Rest: A Biblical Theology of the Sabbath – Beau Landers
Obey the Sabbath: Rest in Christ – Blake White
“Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers” by Thomas R. Schreiner in Progressive Covenantalism: Charting A Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – Stephen J. Wellum & Brent E. Parker
Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War – Miles Smith
The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology – Richard Lints
The Structure of Biblical Authority – Meredith G. Kline
A Royal Priesthood: Literary and Intertextual Perspectives on an Image of Israel in Exodus 19.6 – John A. Davies
Ezekiel the Priest: A Custodian of Tórâ – T.J. Betts
The Lord’s Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship – Jeffrey J. Meyers
From the Finger of God: The Biblical and Theological Basis for the Threefold Division of the Law – Philip S. Ross
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry – G.K. Beale
Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament – Ernst Jenni, Claus Westermann

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The 4th Commandment instructs believers to “keep the Sabbath holy.” But now that Christians are under the New Covenant, what does that command mean for Christians? Is the 4th Commandment fully fulfilled in Christ? Or does it have continuing moral authority over our lives? David Schrock explores these questions and the glorious reality of rest with God behind the commandment.
Resources to Click
“Set Apart for Worship: Ten Words about the Fourth Commandment” – David Schrock
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 1” – Ardel Caneday
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 2” – Ardel Caneday
“Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 3” – Ardel Caneday
“The Three Most Important Words I Learned in Seminary: ‘Textual, Epochal, Canonical” – David Schrock
“The Ten Commandments and the Literary Structure of Deuteronomy” – Josh Philpot
“How a Kingdom of Priests Became a Kingdom with Priests and Levies: A Filial Corporate Understanding of the Royal Priesthood in Exodus 19:6” – David Schrock
“Adam as the First Priest in Eden as the Garden Temple” – G.K. Beale
“The Death Penalty in the Mosaic Law” – Peter J. Leithart
Theme of the Month: The Ten Commandments: Yesterday, Today, and Forever
Give to Support the Work

 Books to Read
Christ Will Give You Rest: A Biblical Theology of the Sabbath – Beau Landers
Obey the Sabbath: Rest in Christ – Blake White
“Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers” by Thomas R. Schreiner in Progressive Covenantalism: Charting A Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies – Stephen J. Wellum & Brent E. Parker
Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War – Miles Smith
The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology – Richard Lints
The Structure of Biblical Authority – Meredith G. Kline
A Royal Priesthood: Literary and Intertextual Perspectives on an Image of Israel in Exodus 19.6 – John A. Davies
Ezekiel the Priest: A Custodian of Tórâ – T.J. Betts
The Lord’s Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship – Jeffrey J. Meyers
From the Finger of God: The Biblical and Theological Basis for the Threefold Division of the Law – Philip S. Ross
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry – G.K. Beale
Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament – Ernst Jenni, Claus Westermann