On Reading for Preaching

What are some reading habits for growing in preaching? Here's a couple of suggestions. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dxkE6H6dO0BltZ7lKdHDY?si=neKWU-A5TWSQz90Cz6NlvA In Relatione (relevant links) Eowyn’s Recommendation: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (consider also the BBC Radio Dramas) ESV Reader's Bible ( which also comes in a six-volume version) I'll do future episodes sharing resources for learning the original language (and there …

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Question 34: Since We Are Redeemed by Grace Alone, Through Christ Alone, Must We Still Do Good Works and Obey God’s Word?

Last week, we affirmed that the grace of Christ is not merely necessary for our justification but also for our sanctification. But while placing our trust in our good works would be a denial of Christ as our only Savior, His disciples must nevertheless still do good works. Indeed, we can largely make the same …

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Fighting the Sexual Revolution with Catechisms

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FabRPqTAWbQausFiITaQY?si=iKMfdMBFSjGtx6HCjR923w According to His long-term providence, God always uses heresy and false teaching to doctrinally sharpen His church. Don't get me wrong. Heresy and false teaching are always bad news, and we should by no means take joy or delight in them. However, when we are forced to face them (which will prove to be …

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Buried: The Inward Testimony of Baptism

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And …

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On Reading Calvin’s Institutes

Have you ever considered reading John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion but don't know where to start? Today's episode is a guide to help you begin that journey. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PmHvUAXFlhOmSY0GBzwX1?si=GoCxltA0QpeNNlJp7ZczRA In Relatione (relevant links) Eowyn’s Recommendation: The Magician's Nephew (consider also the BBC Radio Dramas) Battle's translation | the current standard English translation Knowing God and Ourselves: …

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Question 33: Should Those Who Have Faith in Christ Seek Their Salvation Through Their Own Works, or Anywhere Else?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/44zgfaUe78UmXUE2L59WRW?si=3nT6Ej-xQXi7PzJ3XWNaUA While the complete sufficiency of Christ for salvation is not a newly introduced idea, we should note the progression that we find in the catechism. Questions 20-25 all addressed what foundation we have for believing in the all-sufficiency of Christ's redemption, particularly that He alone is both truly God and truly human, making Him …

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Washed: The Nature & Purpose of Baptism

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 Baptism, which corresponds to this, …

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On Providence

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mO9SoFOOF2HPaN0Rqes3F?si=gFGA-TSnQI-3QCXMwsOE8A Today we are discussing John Piper's massive and greatly beneficial book Providence. In Relatione (relevant links) Eowyn's Recommendation: Katie and the Mona Lisa & Katie in London You can find the whole Katie series here. Providence by John Piper John Piper on the Prosperity Gospel Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I …

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Question 32: What Do Justification and Sanctification Mean?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mfNMf87iWhAAQ6lza43Qi?si=Okc1BO8jSFyc0rGD9-Dakw Throughout the Scriptures, we find our salvation being described to us on three fronts: past, present, and future. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved. These aspects of salvation are what the terms justification, sanctification, and glorification are naming. Romans 8:30’s golden chain of salvation (“And those whom …

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Biblical Wisdom

My Son, Eat Honey | Proverbs 24:13-14

My son, eat honey, for it is good,and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.Know that wisdom is such to your soul;if you find it, there will be a future,and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 24:13-14 ESV The book of Proverbs is divided into two large sections. Chapters 1-9 …

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