Doctrine And Devotion

Jimmy and Joe realize they haven’t had a fight in a while as they discuss five ways to fail as a friend. Plus Jimmy tries to stump Joe with some music trivia.Five Ways to Fail as a FriendBy focusing on yourself.By avoiding transparency.By ignoring your friend’s successes.By ignoring your friend’s failures.By refusing to protect your friend.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

If sin has brought misery into the world and upon all sinners, why don’t all men seem to experience misery?Baptist Catechism Question 18Q. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This is a short promotion for what’s next from Doctrine and Devotion. Since 2016 Joe and Jimmy have been putting out two podcasts a week to encourage listeners in rich, experiential theology in the context of friendship and conversation. Nothing is changing there. You can expect “fresh pod” every Monday and Thursday like always. But we are now offering even more for those who want to support Doctrine and Devotion.Beginning January 1st 2021 Doctrine and Devotion All Access will be live. All Access members will get access to two new, commercial-free podcasts: Banter of Truth (released every Tuesday), and Weekday Wisdom (new eps drop every Monday-Friday).You can get all the details here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The guys look forward to 2021 and discuss the changes they are making in their lives to honor God, serve others, and enjoy life. Plus, Jimmy declines Latin, and Joe is fat shamed.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Here’s a bonus episode for everyone where the guys share some of their recommendations for the new year. What book rocked their worlds in 2020 that they would recommend? What books are they most excited about being released in 2021? Recommended apps? Recommended TV shows? And more. Plus, Joe gives Jimmy his Christmas present, and Jimmy can’t stop making The Office references.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe are having a post-Christmas hang out to discuss the doctrine of original sin and questions 19, 20, and 21 from the Baptist Catechism. Is original sin only about the inheritance of a sinful nature, or does it also include guilt for what happened in the Garden? What Scripture supports this doctrine? Plus, the guys share the best/worst of their Christmas day.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

It’s Christmas Eve, so Joe and Jimmy talk about Advent and Christmas sermon series, and why so many pastors don’t enjoy preaching them. But they spend most of their time talking through the sermons they preached for this year’s Advent series at Redeemer Fellowship, The Savior You Need.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

BONUS EPISODE! Joe and Jimmy meet up after work to eat some gizzards and answer some listener email. What’s going on at John MacArthur’s church in California, and do we even care? Lots of email and messages have come in about journaling, so the JoFo gives some advice. And for all those asking us how to find a local “reformed church” to their area, here’s our answer.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe and Jimmy open up their Bibles and the Baptist Catechism to talk through the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. What was specifically forbidden by God? How did the serpent tempt Eve? Did the serpent look like Falkor the luckdragon from The NeverEnding Story? Plus, Jimmy one time wound up on a nude beach.Baptist Catechism Question 18Q. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Christians are called to “walk in the light,” (Eph. 5:8; 1 Jn. 1:7) and yet in God’s providence there are times when the faithful find themselves walking in a kind of darkness where God seems to be silent and distant. Many refer to this as a “dark night of the soul.” How is this dark night different from the more common forms of depression or affliction? And, is there a way to persevere through the night and find the light of morning?RECOMMENDED READINGFirst we have a couple free online resources for you, and then some books that can help when you’re in a dark night, or even just wrestling with depression.The Dark Night of the Soul by R.C. SproulThe Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness by SpurgeonSpiritual Depression by Martin Lloyd JonesA Lifting Up for the Downcast by William BridgeThe Bruised Reed by Richard SibbesSpurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for those who Suffer from Depression by Zack EswineChristians Get Depressed Too by David Murray(Amazon links are affiliate links that help support Doctrine

It’s a new week, so we got some new pod for ya! Jimmy and Joe discuss the nature of sin, why defining our terms is so important, and the difference between the sins of commission, omission. Plus, Jimmy makes up more words.Baptist Catechism Question 17Q. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe and Jimmy talk through some questions to ask ourselves as we wrap up 2020 and enter into 2021. Plus, Jimmy “Nathans” Joe.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Today the Jofo talk a bit about the effects of “the fall.” How did Adam’s sin impact humanity? Plus, Jimmy is the best gift giver and Joe has “meth mouth.”Baptist Catechism Question 16Q. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? A. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The guys take some time to answer a couple emails. When a church be comes too political is that a good reason to leave a it? And when do we know it’s time to plant a church? Where does someone start after they sense a call? Plus, Jimmy thinks he’s big time ever since he received a text from Ronaldo Martini of The Electronic Joy, or something like that.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe and Jimmy talk about the original state of.Adam and Eve and “covenant of life” established by God in Genesis, commonly referred to as the “covenant of works” in covenant theology. What is the biblical evidence of a covenant between God and Adam? What does this mean for us today?Baptist Catechism Question 15Q. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created? A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Happy Thanksgiving, suckas! Tired of hanging out with the family today? Need a break from the tension and passive aggressive comments made by your relatives? Then sneak off and join the fellas as they talk about the return of James MacDonald, and the lessons we should take away for leaders and members of all churches. Of course, if you’re enjoying your “turkey-day” then give this a listen when you have the time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, after a discussion of Russian bathhouses, the guys get back into “God’s works of providence” and Q. 14 of the Baptist Catechism. How are God’s works of preserving and governing different from one another? How does God’s all encompassing providence change how we think of our lives and the concept of fate?Baptist Catechism Question 14Q. What are God’s works of providence? A. God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.Systematic Theology by Louis BerkhofSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe and Jimmy take a look at Chopo Mwanza’s article, 6 Members Who Build up the Church, over at For The Church. It’s a good article that reminds leaders to thank God for members who make a difference in the life of the church while encouraging members to play their part. Plus, Jimmy is vindicated with his knowledge of The Office, and Joe is offended by the term “shortcomings.”Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe talk through God’s work of creation, the doctrine of the imago dei, and why it matters to us today. Plus, Jimmy uses a big word and ruins a good Calvin quote.Baptist Catechism Question 12Q. What is the work of creation? A. The work of creation is God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good. Baptist Catechism Question 13Q. How did God create man? A. God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.RESOURCESThe Baptist CatechismA Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin BeddomeRead Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.What Does “Ex Nihilo” Mean? (@ Ligonier)God, Creation Ex Nihilo, and Immutability (@ Credo Magazine)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe are fresh off a big bag of fried gizzards and talk through 1 Pet 2:11-12 and what it means that we, as Christians, are “sojourners and exiles” in the world. In what ways do we not fit into the world? Are there ways in which we do find our place? As strangers in a strange land how should we conduct ourselves while we are here?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands