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1

Yoga Pants Panic

2

Denominational Investment and Exhaustion

3

The First London Confession: The Trinity

4

Multiples Services and Wild Hearts

5

First London Confession, Ch 1 on God

6

Weekday Wisdom: Scripture, Song, and Sacraments

7

Quest for Meekness

8

Spring Break

9

Mailbag (Ep. 692)

10

Witches, Fresca, and Fake Prostetants

11

Christian News

12

Co-Vocational Ministry?

13

What's All This Trauma?

14

The Sinner's Prayer and the Pastor's Dilemma

15

Banter of Truth: Revival at Asbury?

16

Church Discipline without Proof?

17

Adding More Pastors

18

Dogs in Heaven?

19

Conviction and Communication

20

Church Covenants

21

Discerning God's Will?

22

Materialism in the Church

23

Coffee and the Church

24

More on Deconstruction

25

Glory and Godliness

26

Weekday Wisdom: Repentance Defined

27

Self-Appointed Prophets

28

Mormon Theology with Dr. Ed Romine

29

Banter of Truth: Restoring Sex Offenders

30

Mailbag Ep. 675

31

Sermon Prep Teams?

32

Dealing with Death

33

Table, Pulpit, Square

34

What is Thankfulness?

35

Seminary and Serving

36

A Different Downgrade

37

Making Disciples

38

Banter of Truth: Doctrines that Make Healthy Churches

39

Our Churches' Idols

40

10 Ways to Handle Criticism

41

We Need Good Systematic Theology

42

The Value of Conflict and Controversy

43

Mistakes Pastors Make

44

Mailbag: Episode 662

45

He Gets Us?

46

Who Was C.H. Spurgeon?

47

Who Was John Gill?

48

Assurance and Aspirations

49

Looking Ahead to Glory

50

Banter of Truth: When Loved Ones Die Without Faith in Christ

51

ICYMI (Oct 3)

52

Denying Ourselves

53

A New Kind of Seminary

54

Digital Media and the Church

55

You Can Change (BOT Exclusive)

56

The 2022 State of Theology Survey

57

Why Do Reformed Baptists Have a Bad Reputation?

58

When Satan Comes to Church

59

Preaching the Word is the Word

60

Recovering Discernment

61

Fear

62

Law and Gospel with Nick Batzig

63

Seeking Change

64

Preachers and Hearers

65

Kindness Revisited

66

Jordan Steffaniak: The Value of Reading Aquinas

67

Everyday Evangelism

68

The Risk of an Open Heart

69

Steve Meister on Reformed Catholicity

70

Banter of Truth: The Nutty Theologian

71

(Re)Learning to Pray

72

A Confessional Convention

73

Worship Music

74

How Long Should a Sermon Be?

75

Disqualified

76

Pastoral Distraction

77

Sam Renihan

78

Variety Pack

79

Griffin Gulledge

80

Banter of Truth: JD Hall and Multi-site Churches

81

Bart Barber on the SBC

82

Outside Influences

83

SBC 22 Review

84

SBC 2022

85

Steve Meister on Sola Scriptura

86

Jim Renihan: A New Exposition of the Confession

87

Matthew Barrett on the Trinity

88

Banter of Truth: Sexual Abuse in the SBC

89

Jordan Steffaniak on Classical Theism

90

Tom Hicks on Theonomy

91

Richard Barcellos: Is it Really About Aquinas?

92

Ministry and Marriage

93

Ordinary Faithfulness

94

Imprecatory Psalms

95

Weekday Wisdom: Why We Sing

96

Weekday Wisdom: Worship in a Pagan World

97

What Threatens the Church?

98

Weekday Wisdom: Teach Me

99

Weekday Wisdom: Gladden My Soul

100

Banter of Truth: Finishing Well

101

Weekday Wisdom: Deliver Me

102

Defending Fallen Leaders

103

Denominations and Conferences

104

Young Pastors

105

SBC Matters, Crypto, and Sanctification

106

SBC Presidential Candidates

107

Honesty with the Kids

108

Do Past Sins Disqualify One From Serving?

109

Piper on Smoking

110

Youth Ministry and Parents

111

Parachurch or Parasite?

112

Deconstruction, Racism, and Grace Community Church

113

Creating Culture

114

Racism in the SBC?

115

Attention, Please.

116

Trolling a Seminary

117

Modesty

118

Troublemakers in Small Groups

119

Banter of Truth: Dealing with Deconstruction

120

When a Pastor Has to Leave

121

Starting a Small Group in a Church Without Any

122

Banter of Truth: Developing Discussion Questions

123

Mailbag: Ep. 599

124

Weekday Wisdom: Sure Footing

125

Is Spanking Biblical?

126

Fellowship

127

Long Hair and Legalism

128

Mailbag: Episode 595

129

Fears and Obstacles in Evangelism

130

Preaching to Yourself

131

Practice What Your Pray

132

Why the World Mocks

133

Better Members' Meetings

134

New Year Announcement

135

7 Ways to Strengthen Your Church

136

6 Reasons Jesus Was Born

137

The SBC Pastors' Conference

138

Banter of Truth: Can You Forgive Yourself?

139

When to Refer

140

Preaching Through Acts

141

Holiday Hospitality

142

Church Issues

143

For Thine Is The Kingdom

144

Pastors and Non-Members

145

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

146

Weaker Vessels

147

Forgive Us, as We Forgive

148

Community or Anxiety

149

Our Daily Bread

150

Is Empathy Sin?

151

Christian vs Christian

152

Thy Will Be Done

153

Total Depravity and Mental Health

154

Banter of Truth: Semper Reformanda?

155

Thy Kingdom Come

156

Pastor Appreciation

157

Hallowing

158

Preface to the Lord's Prayer

159

Mailbag (Ep. 567)

160

Direction in Prayer

161

The SBC E.C. Meeting

162

Litton's Failure and Future

163

Sacrifice, Submission, and Cigars

164

What is Prayer?

165

Weekday Wisdom: The Awkward Christian Life

166

Watch Your Mouth

167

Examining Ourselves

168

Litton, Nirvana Baby, Covid

169

Baptism and Church Membership

170

Consuming Culture

171

What is the Lord's Supper?

172

Should Ed Litton Resign?

173

Mode Matters

174

Falling Through the Cracks

175

Candidates for Baptism

176

Discouragement in Ministry

177

What is Baptism?

178

All the "Ologies"

179

Banter of Truth: Confessional Integrity

180

Baptism and Lord's Supper with Nick Batzig

181

God Wants You To Laugh

182

How to Read the Scripture

183

Mailbag (Ep. 545)

184

How the Word Works

185

Sermongate?

186

Sermon Sharing?

187

Joe's Tweet

188

The Ordinary Means of Grace

189

When God Says No

190

Banter of Truth: SBC 2021

191

Two Kinds of Repentance

192

Mailbag (Ep. 537)

193

What is Faith?

194

Does God Love Everyone?

195

Weekday Wisdom: Jesus Sets Sinners Free

196

Escaping Wrath

197

5 Principles of Productivity

198

Wrath and Curse

199

Hymns and Heretics

200

Degrees of Sin

201

Mailbag (Ep. 529)

202

Weekday Wisdom: Grace and Law

203

The Ten Commandments

204

Sermon Stealing

205

God, or Your God?

206

Word Partners

207

The Essence of God's Law

208

Rural Mission

209

The Moral Law

210

Mailbag

211

Banter of Truth: Deconversion

212

Duty

213

Things Pastors Hate

214

Developing Preachers

215

The Wicked After Death

216

Fighting and Feelings

217

The Benefits of the Resurrection

218

Defending Dane

219

The Benefits of Death

220

Weekday Wisdom: Heavy Hearts and Good Words

221

A Beginner's Guide to Journaling

222

Five More Graces

223

Mailbag

224

Sanctification

225

Ministers and Money

226

Adoption

227

Dueling Fundamentalisms

228

The Benefits of Our Calling

229

Dealing with Discouragement

230

Effectual Calling

231

The Character of a Leader

232

Banter of Truth Preview

233

The Offices of Christ

234

Keep Yourselves from Idols

235

The Son of God Became Man

236

Use Your Anger

237

The Redeemer

238

Christian Nationalism

239

God's Plan

240

Storming the Capitol

241

Five Ways to Fail as a Friend

242

Mankind's Misery

243

All Access is Here!

244

Time to Change

245

Jofo's Recos

246

Original Sin

247

Advent 2020

248

JMac, Journaling, and Finding a New Church

249

The First Sin

250

Dark Night of the Soul

251

What is Sin?

252

Ring in the New Year

253

After the Fall

254

When to Leave, When to Plant

255

A Covenant of Life

256

Lessons for Leaders and Members

257

Providence

258

Members Who Make a Difference

259

Creation and Imago Dei

260

We are Sojourners

261

Creation and Providence

262

Leaving Acts 29

263

Who'd You Vote For?

264

What God Decrees

265

Voting, Character, and Policy

266

Three in One

267

Human Trafficking

268

Leaving the City?

269

There Is Only One God

270

Views and Opinions

271

What is God?

272

Reclaiming Religion

273

What is the Bible All About?

274

The Bible is for Everyone

275

Discouraged Pastors

276

What is the Word of God?

277

Eschatology, Gossip, and Pot

278

The Scripture and the Spirit

279

Self-Control

280

Believing in and Seeking God

281

Praying Better and Pastoral Accountability

282

God is First

283

The Baptist Catechism

284

The Vindication of the Truth

285

Christian Hedonism and Baby Names

286

COVID and Crist

287

Preparing for the Fall

288

The 1689 on Judgement (32.3)

289

Is Corona Killing Your Church?

290

The 1689 on Judgement (32.1-2)

291

Todd White and Issue Driven Churches

292

The 1689 on the Resurrection of the Dead (31.2, 3)

293

John Crist, Repentance, and Restoration

294

The 1689 on What's After Death? (31.1)

295

Kindness

296

The 1689 on the Lord's Supper (30.7-8)

297

What is the Flesh in Scripture?

298

The 1689 on the Lord's Supper (30.5-6)

299

Gifted, but not Good

300

The 1689 on the Lord's Supper (30.3-4)

301

Polemics and Purity

302

The 1689 on the Lord's Supper (30.2)

303

Annihilationism

304

The 1689 on the Lord's Supper (30.1)

305

Bigfoot, Demons, Guns, and Baptism

306

The 1689 on Baptism (29.2-4)

307

Is the Gospel the Answer to Racism?

308

George Floyd, Protests, and Riots

309

The 1689 on Baptism (29.1)

310

Pastoral Reputations and Trinity Illustrations

311

The 1689 on the Ordinances

312

The 1689 on the Communion of the Saints (27.2)

313

Elders, Baptism, and Conspiracies

314

The 1689 on the Communion of the Saints

315

Gentle and Lowly with Dane Ortlund

316

Bible Translations with Dane Ortlund

317

The 1689 on the Church (26.15)

318

Screening Screentime

319

The 1689 on the Church (26.13-14)

320

Protesting Pastors

321

The 1689 on the Church (26.12)

322

Virtual Communion

323

The 1689 on the Church (26.11)

324

Comfort in Affliction

325

NDA Bonus Episode

326

The 1689 on the Church (26.10)

327

Non-Disclosure Agreements

328

The 1689 on the Church (26.8-9)

329

Corona Chaos

330

Communion Questions

331

Coronavirus and the Church

332

The 1689 on the Church (26.7)

333

Coronavirus and the Congregation

334

Confession

335

The 1689 on the Church (26.6)

336

A29, Poaching, and Preaching

337

The 1689 on the Church (26.5)

338

What's Wrong with the SBC?

339

The 1689 on the Church (26.4)

340

Interview: Joanne Jung

341

The 1689 on the Church (26.3)

342

The Irrelevant Church

343

The 1689 on The Church (26.1-2)

344

Bonus Episode: Steve Timmis and Acts 29

345

Friendship Revisited

346

The 1689 on Marriage (25.3-4)

347

Social Media Malignancy

348

The 1689 on Marriage (25.1-2)

349

The Discipline of Solitude

350

The 1689 on The Civil Magistrate

351

Long Hair, Don't Care

352

The 1689 on Oaths and Vows (1689 23.2-5)

353

Looking Backward and Forward

354

The 1689 on Oaths and Vows

355

A Prayer for the New Year

356

Questions for Your Christmas Gatherings

357

Mailbag: Dec 19, 2019

358

The 1689 on Worship (22.7-8)

359

In Defense of Small Groups

360

The 1689 on Worship (22.6)

361

Mailbag Dec. 2019

362

The 1689 on Worship (22.5)

363

Flavel on Thankfulness

364

The 1689 on Worship (22.4)

365

Church Covenants

366

The 1689 on Worship (22.3)

367

Christian Liberty Follow Up

368

The 1689 on Worship

369

Is Vision Casting biblical?

370

The 1689 on Christian Liberty (21.3)

371

Mailbag Oct. 2019

372

The 1689 on Christian Liberty (21.2)

373

Confessional Subscription

374

The 1689 on Christian Liberty (21.1)

375

MacArthur, Moore, and Correction

376

Sanctifying Social Media

377

The 1689 on the Promise of Christ

378

Dealing with Doubt

379

Did David Rape Bathsheba?

380

The 1689 on The Promise of Christ (20.3)

381

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

382

Creating a Calvinist

383

The 1689 on The Promise of Christ

384

Thinking Through Suicide

385

The 1689 on The Promise of Christ

386

Black and White Experiences

387

The 1689 on God's Law (19.7)

388

Managing Miscommunication

389

The 1689 on God's Law (19.6)

390

Spirit and Truth

391

The 1689 on God's Law (19.4-5)

392

You're Not The Hero

393

The 1689 on God's Law (19.3)

394

A Back to School Prayer

395

The 1689 on God's law (19.2)

396

Putting Anxiety to Death

397

Bonus Episode: Josh Harris

398

Erring Brothers and False Teachers

399

Founders Follow-Up

400

The 1689 on God's Law

401

Driscoll on Dort

402

The Founders Ministry Cinedoc

403

The 1689 on Assurance (18.4)

404

Redeeming The Rest of Your Summer

405

The 1689 on Assurance (18.3b)

406

Why Your Church Isn't Growing

407

The 1689 on Assurance (18.3a)

408

Freedom Sunday

409

The 1689 on Assurance (18.2)

410

Funny and Frustrating Social Media

411

The 1689 on Assurance (18.1)

412

Are You Effeminate?

413

The 1689 on Perseverance (17.3)

414

Blowing Off Some Steam

415

The 1689 on Perseverance (17.2)

416

Praying for the President

417

The 1689 on Perseverance (17.1)

418

Dealing with Discouragement

419

The 1689 on Good Works (16:5-7)

420

Why You Might Be Overwhelmed

421

The 1689 on Good Works (16.3, 4)

422

Mailbag: May 2019

423

The SBC Deep State

424

The 1689 on Good Works (16.2)

425

Lament and Annoyance

426

The 1689 on Good Works (16.1)

427

Liturgy

428

The 1689 on Repentance (Part 2)

429

A Calvinist's Conundrum

430

Assimilation

431

The 1689 on Repentance (Part 1)

432

Pastors, Money, and Influence

433

The 1689 on Faith (14.3)

434

Easter Bunnies and Helicopters

435

The 1689 on Faith (14.2)

436

Big Church vs Small Church

437

The 1689 on Faith (14.1)

438

Gospel Centered Churches

439

The 1689 on Sanctification (13.2, 3)

440

Talking Tribalism, Idealism, and Unity

441

The 1689 on Sanctification (13.1)

442

The John Bunyan Story

443

The 1689 on Adoption

444

A Healthy Church and Her Scars

445

The 1689 on Justification (11.5, 6)

446

The James MacDonald Story

447

The 1689 on Justification (11.3, 4)

448

The SBC and Sexual Abuse

449

The 1689 on Justification (11.1, 2)

450

Complaining Calvinists

451

The 1689 on the Non-Elect (10.4)

452

Reformed Theology and Switching Churches

453

The 1689 on Effectual Calling (10:2, 3)

454

Advice for Leading Small Groups

455

The 1689 on Effectual Calling

456

Denny Burk and Complementarianism

457

The 1689 on Free Will (9.4-5)

458

What's A Baptist?

459

The 1689 on Free Will (9.1-3)

460

Clarifying Our Complementarianism

461

Cancelling Church

462

The 1689 on Christ's Offices

463

Pacificm and Paul Maxwell

464

The 1689 and the Benefits of Redemption

465

Julie Roys, Journalism, and James MacDonald

466

The 1689 on Christ for All Ages

467

Steve McCoy and Santa

468

The 1689 on Christ's Sacrifice

469

A Desire to Lead

470

The 1689 on Christ's Substitution and Intercession

471

Holy Conference with Paul Maxwell

472

The 1689 on Christ's Authority (8.3)

473

How to Receive Criticism

474

The 1689 on Christ (8.2b)

475

Propitiation and the World

476

The 1689 on Christ (8.2a)

477

The Value of Assessment

478

The 1689 on Christ (8.1)

479

Striving for Unity

480

The Covenant of Redemption

481

Abusive Churches

482

Reformed or Deformed?

483

The 1689 on The Covenant of Grace

484

The Persecuted Church

485

The 1689 on God's Covenant

486

Maintaining Balance

487

The 1689 on Indwelling Sin (6.5)

488

Abusive Pastors

489

The 1689 on Sin (6.2-4)

490

Self Examination and Deadly Sins

491

Joel McDurmon on The SJ&G

492

The 1689 on Sin (6.1)

493

The Gospel and Its Implications

494

The 1689 on Providence and the Reprobate

495

Tom Ascol and the SJ&G Statement

496

Masculinity with Paul Maxwell

497

The 1689 on Painful Providence

498

The 1689 on Painful Providence (5.5)

499

Social Justice and The Gospel

500

How to Leave Well

501

The 1689 on Providence (5.3-4)

502

RANSOM Bible Study Method

503

The 1689 on Providence (5.1-2)

504

5 Principles for Better Devotionals

505

The 1689 on Creation (4)

506

What to Do When You Bomb

507

The 1689 on God's Decree (3.7)

508

Leaders Become Legacy

509

The 1689 on God's Decree (3.4-6)

510

Questions on the Decree of God

511

The 1689 on God's Decree (3.2-3)

512

Service, Sacrafice, and Sabotage

513

The 1689 on God's Decree

514

Debt-Free Virgins

515

The 1689 on the Trinity (2.3)

516

Why People Change Churches

517

The 1689 on God (2.2)

518

Answering Recent Questions

519

The 1689 on God (2.1)

520

Comfortable Christianity

521

The 1689 on Scripture (1.9-10)

522

Evangelism and Easy Believism

523

The 1689 on Scripture (1.7-8)

524

Stress

525

The 1689 on Scripture (1.6)

526

Our 200th Episode

527

Bonus Episode: The State of the SBC

528

The 1689 on Scripture (1.2-5)

529

Reckless Love

530

The 1689 on Scripture (1.1)

531

Why So Silly?

532

How to Preach Law and Gospel

533

Selfies and Selfism

534

Patterson, Abuse, and Misogyny

535

Doctrine and Devotion Live

536

Those Who Hunger

537

The Need to Read

538

The Need for Preachers and Teachers

539

The Conference That Killed Doug Logan

540

Ministry Schedules and When to Say No

541

Congregations Expectations

542

Race, Racism, and Reconcilliation

543

The Danger of Idealism

544

Stealing Sermons

545

When Our Leaders Fail

546

Preaching Don'ts

547

The Enneagram

548

Membership Mailbag

549

Baby Dedications

550

Worship Subtleties

551

Divorce

552

Communion with Eric Mason

553

Baptism with Eric Mason

554

Attractional Churches

555

Mysticism

556

Cultural Engagement with Ed Stetzer

557

The Florida High School Shooting

558

Church Revitalization with Ed Stetzer

559

Mailbag

560

Gospel and Kingdom Pt. 5

561

Spiritual Disciplines with Donald Whitney

562

Gospel and Kingdom Pt. 4

563

Friendship with Barnabas Piper

564

Should Women Teach in Seminary?

565

Gospel and Kingdom Pt. 3

566

Feminism and Theology with Courtney Reissig

567

Gospel and Kingdom Pt. 2

568

Family Integrated Churches

569

Gospel and Kingdom Pt. 1

570

Church Dating App

571

Fundamentalist and Fake Calvinists

572

Fatherhood

573

Biblical Theology

574

Better Resolutions

575

The Incarnation

576

Living Today in Light of The Future

577

The Jethro Principle

578

Giving to the Church

579

Sacred and Secular

580

10 Ways to Love Other Christians

581

Worldliness

582

The Gloriavale Cult

583

Jim Renihan on Creation

584

Elder Candidacy

585

The Church Planting Green Light

586

Pastoral Care

587

The Communion of Saints

588

Thanksgiving

589

The Role of Pastors

590

The Priesthood of All Believers

591

Semper Reformanda

592

Discouragment

593

Soli Deo Gloria

594

Sola Fide

595

Sola Gratia

596

Solus Christus

597

Sola Scriptura

598

The Decree of God

599

Church Revitilization

600

Justified Violence

601

The Good Calvinist

602

The Straw Calvinist

603

The Half-Caf Calvinist

604

Bad Calvinists

605

The New Calvinist

606

Profanity

607

The Nashville Statment

608

The Power of God

609

Heaven

610

Keeping It Real

611

Sermon Preparation

612

What We've Learned

613

Developing Leaders

614

Belonging Before Believing

615

What's Wrong with the SBC?

616

The Tenth Commandment

617

The Ninth Commandment

618

The Eighth Commandment

619

The Seventh Commandment

620

The Sixth Commandment

621

The Fifth Commandment

622

The Fourth Commandment

623

The Third Commandment

624

The Second Commandment

625

The First Commandment

626

Hanging Out Revisited

627

Coming To Christ

628

100th Episode

629

Table, Pulpit, Square

630

Anger

631

Joy

632

Protestant Departure

633

Christ-Centered Hermeneutics

634

The Covenant of Works

635

1689 Federalism

636

The Jealousy of God

637

Reprobation

638

Man's Chief End

639

Why Pastors Cheat

640

Cooperation

641

Does God Change His Mind?

642

Advice on Dating

643

Top 5 Most Influential Books

644

Gossip

645

State of the Podcast

646

The Billy Graham Rule

647

Gospel, Youth, and Jaquelle Crowe

648

Spiritual Disciplines

649

Does God Hear The Prayers of Unbelievers?

650

Bibles

651

Porn

652

Silence and Solitude - Bonus Episode

653

When Preaching Goes Bad

654

When Worship Goes Bad

655

Frienship Revisited

656

Traditionalism

657

Best Friends Forever

658

On The Block with Doug Logan

659

Unhealthy Churches

660

The Puritans

661

Revival

662

Ash Wednesday and Lent

663

Decisionism

664

Creeds and Confessions

665

Elder Training

666

Church Planting

667

Infant Salvation

668

Perseverance of the Saints

669

Church Membership

670

Sexual Abuse and the Church

671

The Lord's Supper

672

Baptism

673

Scripture and Journaling

674

Spiritual Thoughts

675

Legalism

676

The Church in the World

677

Celebrity Culture

678

Resolutions and Repentance

679

New Calvinism

680

Church Discipline

681

Chirstmas and Suspending Sunday

682

Godly Knowledge

683

Fanboys, Sycophants, and Haters

684

Keeping the Heart

685

Judging

686

Bonus Episode: The SWBTS Anti-Calvinism Chapel

687

Forgivness

688

Divine Impassibility

689

Theology

690

Apologetics with Dr. James White

691

Evangelism

692

Procrastination

693

Women's Ministry

694

Rest

695

Pastor Appreciation

696

Total Depravity

697

Joy

698

Presidents and Politics

699

Halloween

700

Bonus Episode - Journaling

701

Covenant Theology

702

The Sabbath

703

Children's Ministry

704

Prayer

705

A Mighty Fortress - Bonus Episode

706

The Reformation

707

Idolatry

708

Discernment and Discernment Bloggers

709

Corporate Worship Part 2

710

Corporate Worship Part 1

711

Mailbag No. 2

712

Election

713

Spiritual Warfare

714

Pencils - A Bonus Episode

715

Satan

716

Spiritual Gifts - Part Two

717

Spiritual Gifts - Part 1

718

The Sacraments

719

Abiding in Christ

720

Bonus Episode - Theology and Worship

721

Serving in the Church

722

Church Leadership

723

Racism and the Gospel

724

Hanging Out

725

Hospitality

726

Preaching and Hearing The Word

727

Repentance

728

Mailbag

729

Spiritual Feeding

730

Les and the Local Church

731

All The Bad Things

732

Faith and Family

733

Can Baptists Be Reformed?

734

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