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What if one of the most familiar ideas in Christianity… is also one of the most misunderstood? In this episode the Curious team sit down with professor Hans Madueme to explore the doctrine of original sin, not as a cold theological concept, but as something that quietly shapes how we see ourselves, others, and even God. Are we born guilty, or simply broken? Is sin something we inherit, something we imitate, or something deeper still? And how do we wrestle with the fairness of it all, especially when we think about children, responsibility, and what it means to be human?

This conversation doesn’t rush to easy answers. Instead, it gently holds together big questions about justice, freedom, and grace. If we are more flawed than we’d like to admit, does that make us less human… or does it open the door to a deeper understanding of mercy? And if we soften or reject the idea of original sin altogether, do we risk losing sight of just how profound grace really is?
Thoughtful, honest, and deeply relevant, this episode invites you to think again about what it means to be human… and why that matters more than we might realise.

Further Reading
Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

Original Sin: Biological or Spiritual Problem? - ChristOverAll.com

The Origin of Original Sin and the Fall - Biologos.org


What we’re reading?
As a feature to our notes, we are adding the book or books that we’ve browsed related to this episode…enjoy!

Hans Madueme — Defending Sin

Hans Madueme and Michael Reeves — Adam, the Fall, and Original Sin

Cornelius Plantinga Jr. — The Doctrine of Sin

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What if one of the most debated lines in Scripture isn’t about silence, weakness, or control at all… but something far more radical? In this episode, Theology for the Curious, sits down with writer, speaker and CEO of Restored, Bekah Legg, an organisation committed to working to transform relationships and end violence against women.

Together we gently unpick the power and understanding (and misunderstanding) of Ephesians 5:22, reflecting on its original context, asking whether we’ve misrepresented both the call to submit and the call to love. Could it be that what felt restrictive is actually deeply freeing? And that what Paul asks of husbands might be even more confronting than we’ve realised?
If you’ve ever wrestled with this passage, felt uneasy about how it’s been used, or wondered where strength, voice, and equality fit in… this conversation might surprise you.

Further Reading
Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

Selfless Marriage: Ephesians 5:21-33 - CBEInternational.org

Ephesians 5:21-33: How Paul Turns Headship on its Head - JuniaProject.com

Guess What Paul Has in Mind for Marriage? - Blogs.Bible.org


What we’re reading?
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Beth Allison Barr — The Making of Biblical Womanhood

Sarah Ruden — Paul Among The People

Kristin Kobes Du Mez — Jesus and John Wayne

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What if the questions we’ve been told not to ask are the very ones we most need to face?

In this episode, the Curious team are joined by pastor, gay writer, activist and TikTok influencer, Brandan Robertson, as together they step gently—but honestly—into the tension around Scripture, sexuality, and what it means to live faithfully. Is the Bible prescribing a fixed framework, or describing a world still unfolding? Are we reading these texts clearly—or through layers we’ve inherited without noticing?

We wrestle with Genesis, with friendship and covenant, with the language of desire and identity in a world that didn’t think in our categories. We talk about celibacy and commitment—not as abstract ideals, but as real callings that shape real lives. And we ask, quietly but directly: what does it mean for LGBTQ Christians to belong—not on the margins, but in the heart of the Church?
You may find yourself challenged. You may find yourself comforted. Our hope, as a team, is that you’ll find yourself listening.

Further Reading
Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a cross section of articles here, some of which will not capture the convictions of the Curious team, but in the interest of balance they are included;

Why All Christians Should Support LGBTQ Persons - WherePeterIs.com

How Can I Be an LGBTQ Affirming Christian? - ElaineKelly.ca

A Christian's Posture Towards Pride Month and LGBTQ People - TheGospelCoalition.org


What we’re reading?
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Brandan Robertson — Queer Christian

Sam Allberry — Is God Anti-Gay?

James V Brownson — Bible, Gender, Sexuality

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This week the curious Team continue their conversation with Professor Tom Schreiner in reflecting on modern objections to classic Calvinism.

Something old is revisited. Something misunderstood is questioned. Something controversial refuses to go away. In this episode of Theology for the Curious, the Curious Team sits down with professor Tom Schreiner to explore one of the most debated ideas in Christian theology: justification. What does it really mean to be declared righteous? Why did the Protestant Reformation hinge on it? And why are scholars still arguing about it today?

Along the way we wander through the classic Protestant view, the Roman Catholic understanding, and the challenges raised by the New Perspective on Paul. Then the conversation turns to another set of ideas that spark strong reactions: the five points of Calvinism, captured in the historic acronym TULIP. The team will be challenging professor Schreiner, asking are these classic Dortian understandings biblical? Are they misunderstood? And do the common criticisms really land?
Expect a thoughtful, good-natured exchange where difficult questions are welcomed, assumptions are tested, and Scripture is brought to the centre of the discussion. If you have ever wondered whether justification is a settled doctrine… or an unfinished conversation, this episode might surprise you.

Further Reading
Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

What Are the Five Points of Calvinism? - ReformationBibleCollege.org

What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism - DesiringGod.org

The Five Points of Calvinism - Journal.rts.edu

What we’re reading?
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Tom Schreiner — Faith Alone

Michael Horton — For Calvinism

Timothy George — Amazing Grace (God’s Pursuit, Our Response)

Richard J Mouw — Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport

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Something old is revisited. Something misunderstood is questioned. Something controversial refuses to go away. In this episode of Theology for the Curious, the Curious Team sits down with professor Tom Schreiner to explore one of the most debated ideas in Christian theology: justification. What does it really mean to be declared righteous? Why did the Protestant Reformation hinge on it? And why are scholars still arguing about it today?

Along the way we wander through the classic Protestant view, the Roman Catholic understanding, and the challenges raised by the New Perspective on Paul. Then the conversation turns to another set of ideas that spark strong reactions: the five points of Calvinism, captured in the historic acronym TULIP. The team will be challenging professor Schreiner, asking are these classic Dortian understandings biblical? Are they misunderstood? And do the common criticisms really land?

Expect a thoughtful, good-natured exchange where difficult questions are welcomed, assumptions are tested, and Scripture is brought to the centre of the discussion. If you have ever wondered whether justification is a settled doctrine… or an unfinished conversation, this episode might surprise you.

Further Reading

Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

What are the Five Points of Calvinism? - ReformationBibleCollege.org

What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism - DesiringGod.org

The Five Points of Calvinism - Journal.rts.edu

What we’re reading?

As a feature to our notes, we are adding the book or books that we’ve browsed related to this episode…enjoy!

Tom Schreiner — Faith Alone

Michael Horton — For Calvinism

Timothy George — Amazing Grace (God’s Pursuit, Our Response)

Richard J Mouw — Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport

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There is a courtroom at the end of the story. The Judge is not elected, but enthroned — the One whom the Psalms foresaw and whom the Gospel of Matthew portrays separating sheep from goats, whom the Epistles to the Romans and Second Corinthians declare will weigh every life. But what, exactly, is placed on the scales?

Are works the measure of reward but never the ground of salvation? Can a believer arrive saved, yet singed — secure in Christ yet emptied of treasure? Or do works function as the very criteria of destiny, as some traditions insist, grace enabling merit? Is faith alone the instrument, with works merely the pulse that proves the heart still beats — as the Epistle of James seems to press upon us? Between belief and behaviour, security and jeopardy, evidence and recompense, lies a tension as old as the gospel itself: Christ alone is enough — and yet nothing we do is forgotten.

In this episode, the Curious team seek to probe the difficult and somewhat unsettling question of will what I do determine where I’ll end up? Step into the conversation this week as the Curious team invite you to reconsider how your actions and behaviours come to bear on eternity!

Further Reading

Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

Four Views on the Roles of Works at the Final Judgement - TheGospelCoalition.org

Final Judgement According to Works - DesiringGod.org

A Future Justification Based on Works? - Ligonier.org

What we’re reading?

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Editor Stanley N. Gundry — Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgement

John Piper — The Future of Justification

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Sanctification may be the quiet crisis at the heart of the Christian life — the slow, stubborn miracle that hurts more than we expect and heals more deeply than we imagine. In Romans 7 we hear the very familiar groan of a divided soul; in Romans 8:4 we glimpse the promise of a law finally fulfilled within us. Is holiness a crooked line that bends through failure and longing, or can love be so perfected that the will itself is made whole, as John Wesley dared to suggest?

Is sanctification a crisis, a process, a gift already given, or a glory still unfolding? Between image created, image shattered, and image restored, we find ourselves caught in a work we cannot accomplish and yet cannot escape — a work at once positional and painfully practical, definitive and daily, wrought by another yet fought within our own trembling hearts.

This week the Curious team delve into the mystery, and the wonder of what is commonly understood as sanctification. Join the team this week for what promises to be a very enlightening and fascinating conversation.

Further Reading

Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included some articles that compliment this episode….

The Secret of Sanctification - Ligonier.org

Gospel-Driven Sanctification - ModernReformation.org

What we’re reading?

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J C Ryle — Holiness

Michael Horton — Sanctification

Kevin DeYoung — The Hole in Our Holiness

Tim Chester — You Can Change

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In this second of our two-part series with writer Kurt Parton, the Curious Team continue their intriguing conversation around the idea of Christian universalism, ultimate reconciliation. In this episode the team explore those biblical passages that seem to clearly indicate judgement, death and hell. They reflect together on the rich man and Lazarus in (Luke 16), and Jesus‘s warning of the ‘unquenchable fire’ and ‘undying worm’ in Mark 9. How are we to understand the ‘fiery furnace’ of Matthew 13? The narrow and a broad ways Jesus spoke of? And what are we to make of the graphic imagery both Paul and John employ when they speak of an ultimate accountability for all mankind, especially those who reject Christ? Is post-mortem repentance really a biblical possibility?

Join the team this week for what promises to be a second and final fascinating instalment into this highly controversial theme...

Further Reading
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Book Review: The Evangelical Universalist - RethinkingHell.com

ChristianUniversalism.com

What we’re reading?
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Curt Parton — Until the Last One’s Found: An Introduction to Universal Reconciliation and Restoration

Ed. Robin Parry and Christopher Partridge — Universal Salvation?: The Current Debate

James B de Young — Exposing Universalism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Faulty Appeals Made by Universalists

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