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Mathetes - Kokomo Baptist Church
by Ian Pittman
As a teaching ministry of Kokomo Baptist Church, Mathētēs (μαθητής) encounters and explores Bible doctrine, theology, and apologetics as a Christian community learning the doctrines of Scripture and the lifestyle they require.
Episodes
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The Letter to the Galatians - Galatians 1:16-24
Join Ian this week as he explores the final verses in Galatians 1, particularly noting Paul's understanding of the uniquely personal role Christ plays in the ministry of his chosen apostle. -------------------- As a teaching ministry of Kokomo Baptist Church in Kokomo, MS, Mathētēs (μαθητής)...
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 7:11-28
This week Ian continues unpacking the writer's purpose in identifying Christ as the fulfillment of the Melchizedekian priesthood. Ian shows how the writer's progression through the letter — from his superiority to the angels and Moses and forward — lead up to the writer's assertion that Christ is...
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 6:13-7:10
This week Ian begins to explore what it means for Christ to be in the order of Melchizedek. He spends time dealing with Abram's brief interaction with Melchizedek in Genesis 14, and shows how the writer to the Hebrews understands this passage in his explanation of Christ as a priest in the order…
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 5:11-6:12
This week Ian addresses the writer's admonitions to the Hebrew church regarding their spiritual maturity. The writer challenges the church to overcome their spiritual sluggishness so that they may not fall into apostasy and will be able to understand and teach the deeper meanings of faith. These...
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 5:1-11
Ian takes an explorative dive into history as he examines the history of the High Priesthood in light of the writer's admonitions concerning God's election of the same. He then turns to a discussion of Jesus' qualifications for High Priesthood, and introduces the person of Melchizedek.
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 4
The thrust of this week's lesson is found in the idea of "God's rest." Ian continues to explore the ways in which the writer is invoking the Wilderness Generation as a warning to the church. Now, the warning takes an eschatological turn as the writer increasingly begins to identify God's rest…
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 3:7-19
This week, Ian continues explaining the writer's use of the Psalms in his exploration of Jesus as supreme. In this section, the writer's quotations invoke Moses and the Wilderness Generation. Ian explains how, throughout this section, the writer is situating Jesus as superior and greater than...
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 2:10-3:6
In this lesson, Ian explores the writer's ideas on the humanity of Jesus. In particular, Ian sets up the centrality of God and God's plan to human history, and the role that Christ played in the redemptive apex of the plan. The writer understands that it is through the human sufferings of Jesus...
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 1:10-2:9
This week Ian continues to unpack the comparisons between Christ and the angels. He also begins to introduce the theme of the priest-king and the introduction of the warning to the church not to fall away from the message delivered in Christ.
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Hebrews 1:1-1:9
In these first verses of Hebrews, Ian tackles the initial statements on the nature of God and Christ. There is an emphasis here on Christ's superiority to angels which Ian spends a good deal of time unpacking and examining as a key element of Hebrews.
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The Letter to the Hebrews - Introduction
As we begin a new study of the book of Hebrews, Ian introduces the book's background, dating, themes, and the ever elusive question of authorship.
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The Letters of John - 1 John 5:1-21 - Christus Victor
In this the final lesson in Ian's series on The Letters of John, Ian explores the idea of victory in Christ- victory that is always already won. Further, Ian discusses John's final explicit realization of Christ as God, and the implications that has for the rest of the letter. Ian also reinforces...
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The Letters of John - 1 John 3:11-24; 4:7-21 - Love One Another
In this week's lesson, Ian explores John's treatments of Divine love - that God sent his Son to be the sacrifice for our sins - and shows how John believes that Divine love should impact our love for one another. Ian also explores the ways in which the Old Testament informs John's understanding…
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The Letters of John - 1 John 2:28-3:10; 4:1-6 - Living as God's Children
In this lesson, Ian discusses the ways John prepares his readers to distinguish those who are "of God" and those who are not. He discusses the concepts of "sinlessness" and being "born of God." In this material, Ian finds a lot of common ground between the community John is writing to and the...
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The Letters of John - 1 John 2:2-27 - Remaining with God
In this week's lesson, Ian explores John's understanding of the secessionists' teachings in more depth. Particularly John's focus on the secessionists as "antichrists" and how that fits into the Judeo-Christian teaching of an End Times Anti-Christ at that time. Ian also focuses on the idea of…
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The Letters of John - 1 John 1:1-2:2 - Fellowship with God
In this week's lesson, Ian explores the first chapter of 1 John - Fellowship with God. In this lesson, Ian explores some key theological concepts including "walking in the light"; the propitiation vs. expiation debate; and the doctrine of God as it concerns ethics and orthopraxy. Ian also…
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The Letters of John - 2 John
In this lesson, Ian explores John's Letter to the Congregation. Ian introduces this letter as a cover letter to 1 John, and shows how it addresses the concerns of both 1 John and 3 John by giving explicit instructions on dealing with false teachers in their communities. Ian also explores how this...
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The Letters of John - 3 John
In this lesson, Ian explores John's Letter to Gaius which comes in the form of 3 John. Ian explores the ways in which the exhortations to Gaius about Diotrophes and Demetrius are useful to us today, as the Church continues to be influenced by false doctrine like that of John's day.
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The Letters of John - Introduction
This is the first week of our new series on John's Letters! This week, Ian tries to clarify the situation John finds the church in when he writes these letters. Ian also gives some insight into the Authorship, Dating, and Theology of John's Letters with an eye toward the Themes of John's other...
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Creedal Theology - Omniscience (Predestination Pt. 2) Romans 9-11
As part of the continuing excursus on the idea of Predestination and Election, Ian leads us through a study of Romans 9-11. While it is by no means, comprehensive, this overview shows Paul's radical redefinition of Israel according to his expanded views of monotheism, election, and eschatology.…
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Creedal Theology - Omniscience (St. Paul's Theology Predestination and Election)
This week Ian explores St. Paul's Theology of Predestination and Election by examining the whole of Paul's New Testament writings. Ian points out that St. Paul centers these ideas around his expanded understandings of Monotheism, Election, and Eschatology. This lesson comes as a continuation of…
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Creedal Theology - Omniscience (Predestination)
After last week's introduction to God's Providence, one of Ian's class members asked for clarification on the meaning of "predestination." This week begins a multiple part study on the concept of predestination and election which will end with a study on Romans 9-11. Ian spends time…
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Creedal Theology - Omniscience (Providence)
In conjunction with the Doctrine of Omniscience, Ian introduces the idea of God's Providence. Ian brings to the fore the need to understand God's attributes holistically - that is that many of the previously discussed attributes combine to give greater understanding to this doctrine of…
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Creedal Theology - God's Omniscience
This week Ian introduces the idea of God's Omniscience. This lesson, done from home due to a COVID-19 quarantine, does a deep-dive into the concept of God's Omniscience.
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Creedal Theology - God's Incorporeality
Still working on understanding God as the creed describes Him: "God the Father Almighty," Ian introduces God's Personal Attributes. This week, Ian addresses God's Incorporeality. What does it mean for God to be a spiritual being without a material body? How does He relate to His creation? These...
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Creedal Theology - Immutability Continued and the End of God's Infinite Attributes
This week Ian finishes up the Doctrine of God's Immutability. He emphasizes the key point that God is incapable of change in light of His other infinite attributes. Then Ian explains how all of these infinite attributes tie together and begins to discuss how they might influence our understanding...
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Creedal Theology - Omnipresence Revisited and The Doctrine of Immutability
In this lesson, Ian continues to tackle the ideas of God's Omnipresence and introduces the Doctrine of Immutability. Ian spends a good deal of time understanding God as Spirit, then moving to the idea that God cannot be changed because in Him is all knowledge; nothing catches God by surprise!...
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Creedal Theology - Application of God's Eternity and Introduction to Omnipresence
Continuing our series on Systematic Theology according to The Apostles' Creed, Ian delves into the first stanza "I believe in God the Father Almighty." He discusses the nature of God's Eternity - is God outside of time or inside of time? - and introduces the concept of God's Omnipresence. Special...
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Creedal Theology - "I believe..." - Faith and the Doctrine of Revelation
As the first in our new series on Systematic Theology according to The Apostles' Creed, Ian tackles the big picture of faith contained in the opening phrase of The Apostles' Creed, "I believe." He discusses the effects of belief on our understanding, and how the Doctrines of General and Special...
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The Gospel of Mark - Chapters 14-16
To end our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian tackles the final three chapters of Mark's Gospel by exploring the timeline of the Passion and taking an understanding of Christ's crucifixion on Wednesday rather than the traditional Saturday view.…
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The Gospel of Mark - 13
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian delves into Jesus' eschatological discourse — the so-called "Little Apocalypse"; the "Olivet Discourse." He summarizes many of the Old Testament allusions made by Jesus and by Mark, and…
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The Gospel of Mark - 12:13-44
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the events leading into Jesus' eschatological discourse found in Mark 13. In particular he notes the interaction between Jesus and the Pharisees and Herodians, as well as his interaction...
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The Gospel of Mark - 11:12-12:12
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the events following the Triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The Withered Fig Tree and Jesus' direct challenge of the Pharisees at the Court of the Gentiles form the focus of this...
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The Gospel of Mark - 10:35-11:11
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the events leading up to and including the Triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. He talks specifically about the prophetic implications of the Entry, and Christ's calculated…
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The Gospel of Mark - 10:1-34
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the teachings of Christ on the way to Jerusalem. Specific attention is given to Christ's teachings on divorce, childlike faith, the Rich Young Ruler, and finally, Jesus' third Passion...
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The Gospel of Mark - 9:9-50
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the teachings of Christ following his descent from the Mount of the Transfiguration. These teachings prepare the Disciples (and us as well) for the events that are to come at the time of...
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The Gospel of Mark - 8:27-9:8
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian leads us through the impact of Peter's recognition of Christ as the Messiah and Christ's subsequent teachings about discipleship and his predictions about his death and resurrection. We also take...
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The Gospel of Mark - 7:31 - 8:26
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the last events in Jesus' ministry before Peter's recognition of Christ's Messiahship at Caesarea Philippi.
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The Gospel of Mark - 7:1-30
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the last incident between Jesus and the Pharisees as a part of his Galilean ministry. He also introduces Jesus' witness to the Gentiles and the initial narrative of the Syrophoenician...
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The Gospel of Mark - 6:31-53
As part of our expository study of Mark's Gospel and our broader study on the Doctrine of Christ, Ian explores the Feeding of the Five Thousand, Jesus Walking on Water, and the Healing Report at Gennesaret. Ian emphasizes the impact of the Hebrew Bible as it informs Mark's Christology while…
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As a teaching ministry of Kokomo Baptist Church, Mathētēs (μαθητής) encounters and explores Bible doctrine, theology, and apologetics as a Christian community learning the doctrines of Scripture and the lifestyle they require.
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Ian Pittman
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