Doctrine And Devotion

Jimmy and Joe sit down after church to chill out and wind up talking about fear and ministering to people feel the weight of it.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Pastor Nick Batzig is back on the podcast to talk with us about the distinction between law and Gospel. What do we mean by these terms? Are law and gospel friends? And how does one preach law and gospel well?Nick is the Pastor of Church Creek Presbyterian in Charleston, SC, and an associate editor for Tabletalk Magazine.For all the links and show notes visit http://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/law-gospel-batzigSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The guys answer a listener’s email about how to approach pastoral leadership about the desire to see something change in in the church. When should we not seek to see change? When we do talk to the pastors, how should we approach them?Our SponsorThe For The Church Conference is going down on September 26 and 27 in Kansas City, MO. The theme this year is For The Nations. The speakers include Jason K. Allen, H.B. Charles, Jr., Matt Carter, J.D. Greear, Tony Merida, and Jared C. Wilson.For the Church is a vital part of Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College’s aim to train ministry leaders for the magnification of God through the building up of the local church. This is the reason For The Church exists.To see details and register head over to www.mbts.edu/docanddevoSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Today we welcome our friend, Dr. Jason Alligood, to the show to talk about preachers, their anxieties and hang-ups, and some of the challenges to being a hearer of the word preached. Be sure to follow Jason on Twitter and Instagram. Plus, get the links and the photo Jason mentioned over at the website: https://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/preachers-hearersSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe revisit the issue of kindness in light of the ugliness on social media. What is kindness, and how is it different from niceness? Why is kindness neglected by so many on social media, and what value does Scripture place on it?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jordan Steffaniak is back on the podcast to discuss the value of reading Thomas Aquinas, and what to make, and what not to make, of figures like him. It’s another great conversation we trust to be an encouragement to you. Be sure to follow Jordan on Twitter at @JLSteffaniak and spend some time at The London Lyceum website and youtube page.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe is back from a family reunion in Florida and Jimmy is just out of a church members’ meeting. After catching up the guys talk through evangelism, what it is, how they encourage it, and what helpful categories they keep in mind when preaching the gospel.Recommended ReadingEvangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus by J. mack StilesThe Heart of Evangelism by Jerram BarrsEvangelism and the Sovereignty of God by JI PackerThe Art of Manfishing by Thomas BostonSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe answer a listener’s email about how we minister to people with an “open heart” without being overwhelmed or burning out. Can we love people genuinely and compartmentalize those relationships without being fake? And what is the risk if we open our hearts to people in the church?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We are excited to have Pastor Steve Meister back on the podcast to talk about Reformed Catholicity. Steve is a full-time staff pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA. He co-hosts the Particularly Baptist podcast with Robert Briggs, also a full time pastor at Immanuel.References and ResourcesBaptists and the Christian Tradition: Toward an Evangelical Baptist CatholicityReformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation by Allen and SwainSacramento Gospel Conference (Sept. 10, 2022)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Banter of Truth is a commercial-free podcast only available to our All Access subscribers, but today we are sharing another episode with the entire Doctrine and Devotion family! On this episode the guys have to answer for something Joe said on an earlier episode of Doctrine and Devotion. Why did Joe say Wesley had some “nutty theology?” One listener wrote in and asked for details. The guys get into it, and also offer up what they appreciate about John Wesley.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The guys got an email asking for advice on prayer. So they walk through 8 ways to build, or rebuild, one’s prayer life.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode Jimmy and Joe talk through the basis of the Southern Baptist Convention’s cooperative unity. Is the SBC a confessional association of churches? Should and how can the SBC become more functionally confessional?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe discuss worship music, principles that guide them in choosing what to sing as a congregation, and how they justify singing a song by Bethel.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

There was a good discussion on Twitter recent about sermon length. How long should a sermon be in the 21st century western world? What is the purpose of preaching? Is more time better than less time? Joe and Jimmy get into it.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We got an email from a listener about pastoral disqualification, and why some pastors seem to get a pass on certain disqualifying behavior. Sexual immorality will get a pastor fired, but being quarrelsome or pugnacious often doesn’t raise much concern. What disqualifies a pastor from the office? How can churches get ahead of disqualifying behavior? How or why do churches enable disqualifying behavior?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe are back, and they decide to talk through a recent Twitter post of Joe’s the elicited quite a response. Was Joe unclear? Did some people read too much into it? Can it be fairly read in different ways?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Dr. Sam Renihan is back on the pod, and this time we get into healthy associations, covenant theology, a present danger to the church today, heavy metal, and more. Be sure to pick up some, or all, of Sam’s books if you don’t already have them.Get all the links and show notes at http://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/sam-renihan-1Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Today Joe and Jimmy dip into a recent Twitter suspension that a number of people were talking about, Fourth of July celebration in the church, and one listener’s email about the new fundamentalism creating division in the church.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

As we continue with SBC week here on the podcast Griffin Gulledge joins us. Griffin is the pastor of Madison Baptist Church in Madison, GA, and a PhD candidate at Southeastern Seminary. We talk about the division in the Southern Baptist Convention, Rick Warren, Founders Ministry, pragmatism, what encourages Griffin in the SBC today, and wedgies.OUR SPONSORChristian Healthcare Ministries is a nonprofit, voluntary cost-sharing ministry through which participating Christians meet each other’s medical bills. Christian Healthcare Ministries is not a health insurance company. Rather, we are a group of thousands of Christians across the United States and around the world who share each other’s burdens in the area of health care costs. Since 1981, CHM members have shared nearly $7 billion in medical bills. Want to learn more? Visit www.chministries.org/podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Banter of Truth is a commercial-free podcast only available to our All Access subscribers, but today we are sharing another episode with the entire Doctrine and Devotion family! On this episode the guys talk through JD Hall's disqualification from ministry and then talk a bit about multi-site churches.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands