The Law vs. The Gospel | Paul, Galatians, & Christ with Cody Cook

About this episode

Cody Cook discusses the themes of law, gospel, and spiritual powers in relation to Galatians and the broader implications for Christian faith and nationalism.

What if the gospel is not just about being declared right, but about being rescued from a world that keeps trying to enslave us? Cody Cook returns to the show for a conversation about Galatians, law, union with Christ, the present evil age, and the spiritual powers Jesus came to defeat. What begins as a discussion of Cody’s book Delivered from the Evil Age of the Present becomes something deeper: a reflection on how we read Paul, what Galatians 4 is really saying, and why the gospel is bigger than being declared right. This episode traces the movement from law, slavery, and the “elementary principles of the world” toward rescue, adoption, new creation, and the kind of allegiance that belongs to Christ alone. They Explore: Galatians and the question of law or Christ old, new, and apocalyptic readings of Paul union with Christ, adoption, and being made new the “present evil age” and rescue through Jesus stoicheia and the “elementary principles of the world” spiritual powers, slavery, and the scope of salvation ordo amoris, J.D. Vance, and nation-first love why Christian nationalism distorts our loves 📖 For Full Show Notes: thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-159 🤝Connect with Cody…

People in this episode

Host: Craig Harguess

Guest: Cody Cook

Topics covered

• law vs gospel
• union with Christ
• spiritual powers
• Christian nationalism
• Galatians
• rescue and adoption

Keywords

• gospel
• law
• Galatians
• Christian nationalism
• spiritual powers
• rescue
• adoption
• Cody Cook
• Paul
• new creation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Delivered from the Evil Age of the Present, The Anarchist Anabaptist, The Pocket Anabaptist, Fight the Powers, What Belongs to Caesar?

Places: Galatians, Christ, Paul

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