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Join David Schrock, Trent Hunter, and Stephen Wellum as they discuss Stephen Dempster's COA Longform Essay "The Seeds of Resurrection Hope in the Scriptures"

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• 00:49 – Intro
• 04:22 – Dr. Dempster’s Bio
• 05:43 – Canada’s Great Theologians, But Bad Leaders
• 09:20 – Trent’s Relation to Stephen Dempster
• 11:25 – Helpful Things about Dr. Dempster’s Article
• 15:05 – How the Biblical Worldview Leads to Resurrection
• 21:06 – Lack of Resurrection Themes Seen by OT Scholars
• 24:21 – How Has OT Themes Helped Preaching on the Resurrection
• 28:41 – What Views of Typology Do We Need to Have?
• 32:36 – Indianapolis Theological Seminary Shepherds’ Fellowship
• 33:53 – Determining Typological Examples
• 37:35 – Moving From OT to NT in Preaching
• 46:03 – Dr. Dempster’s Typological Connections
• 55:20 – Resurrection is Not Just Therapeutic
• 58:50 – Counsel for Preaching Texts that Don’t Easily Get to the Resurrection
• 1:03:21 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “The Seeds of Resurrection Hope in the Scriptures” – Stephen Dempster
• “From slight peg to cornerstone to capstone: the resurrection of Christ on ‘the third day’ according to the Scriptures” – Stephen Dempster
• “As It Is Written: Old Testament Foundations For Jesus’ Expectation Of Resurrection” – Byron Wheaton
• “Isaac Typology in The New Testament” – Edwin Wood
• “Twice as Much of Your Spirit: Pattern, Parallel and Pronomasia in The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha” – Nachman Levine
• “’On the Third Day’: The Easter Traditions of the Primitive Church” – Gustav Stählin
• Theme of the Month: Resurrection in the Old Testament
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Books to Read

• Dominion and Dynasty – Stephen Dempster
• Wakin