Bow Tie Baptists

This episode JT is a recording of JT's message to the youth group at Bellview Baptist Church discussing how the Bible is completely true and trustworthy.

Join JT and Jody as they preview the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas which is coming up June 10-11. While the intent was to discuss the Annual Meeting in general, they ended up chasing a few squirrels sharing their thoughts on topics which may, or may not, be brought up at the annual meeting including financial transparency and the possibility of a ‘new’ Law Amendment type of motion being presented.  But before diving into all things Annual Meeting, includingwhat everyone seems to be calling it now, JT shares the titles of the three books he referenced in episode 14 as most useful in his sermon prep, which are:The Bible Exposition Commentary (Pentateuch: Genesis –Deuteronomy) by Warren W WiersbeDeuteronomy: A Favored Book of Jesus by Bernard Schneider Notes on Deuteronomy (Vol 1) by CH MacKintosh If you’ll be in Dallas this year for the Annual Meeting, keepan eye out for they guys and feel free to stop they to say hello and share your favorite Biblical dad joke with them.

Join JT and Jody as they discuss what JT's first sermon in this episode. Thankfully the plan all along was for JT to be the focus of the show since Jody was still getting his voice back at the time of recording. If you haven’t listened to the sermon yet, be sure to goback and listen to episode 13 of the podcast. Thanks to all the loyal Knotheads who have been waiting for and asking about the next episode. Hopefully things are starting to slow down enough for the guys to get together and record more often now.  You’ll notice the episode ends abruptly without any farewells from JT and Jody, and that’s because the memory card filled up, but it couldn’t have stopped at a more appropriate place if we’d planned it. Thanks for listening, following, liking, and sharing!

Join us for a special episode in which we share the recording of JT presenting his first sermon from April 27, 2025.

JT and Jody haven't had been able to line up their calendars to record a new episode lately, but have really wanted to get something out there to help you Biblically navigate a secular world. This episode is actually the recording of Jody presenting the Easter story to the children present at Bellview Baptist Church in Laurens, SC's annual community easter egg hunt.Hopefully it will give you an idea of how simple it can be to share the Easter story with children at your church this weekend, with or without props.Reach out if you have any questions in helping plan out what sort of props you could use to share the Easter story with your group this weekend.

JT and Jody weren't able to get together in person to record for a plethora of reasons. The decision was made to go ahead and test out our remote recording options and see how it panned out, which you can be the judge of for yourself.Thanks to not knowing if the lag and audio issues allowed JT's Sund'y Funny to be recorded, you'll get one from both of the guys this week, meaning you can impress two friends, or make twice the impression on one of your friends.Wanting to include something in every episode to help you Biblically navigate a secular world, the focus of the episode lies in describing the weekly basketball fellowship our church hosts and how it, or similar activities, offer the opportunity to introduce new men to teaching and leading Bible studies.Give it a listen, and if don't forget to comment with your best 'bad lip reading' for when the lag kicked in on JT.

Join JT and Jody for another episode where they highlight a few learnings from their journey reading through the Bible in a Year (As it Happened). You asked for more content focusing on the Word, so that starts now.There's also three big announcements they make in this episode including a name proposal for you, the followers and audience of the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast.The other announcements have to do with a position Jody was asked to filled in our association for the 25/26 year and RA Field Day which was mentioned in an earlier episode.If you live in the area and want to bring your RA group to RA Field Day, you can register here: https://www.ticketsignup.io/ticketevent/scrafieldday

Easter is nearly here and for Southern Baptists that means it's the season of the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions.After a little housekeeping information and this episodes dad joke for you to impress your friends with, we move on to first discuss Annie Armstrong, the woman and then into the story of the offering. You won't get a full biography in this episode, but hopefully what is provided will interest you enough to find out more on your own about Annie and her offering.You can find the resources mentioned in this episode, give to the offering, and learn more about Annie Armstrong and her offering at anniearmstrong.com.Check out our new website at www.bowtiebaptists.com and let us know if you have any topics you'd like to see covered in the podcast or as an article on the website.

Introducing the motto for the Bow Tie Baptists in this episode, JT and Jody focus on where "Biblically Navigating a Secular World" came from and how they hope to use it in helping guide people through the podcast and upcoming website. What was expected to be a 15-20 minute synopsis turned into a few rabbit chases and interested side conversations.

Join JT and Jody as they discuss some of the notes they’ve taken during their Bible in a Year (As it Happened) daily readings since their last recording session. They decided to test out dedicating an entire episode to this type of theological discussion because they wanted to offer episodes dedicated to Biblical teaching and to help keep somewhat up to date with those following the same reading plan. Depending on how things pan out you can expect this type of episode every few weeks as we share some of our learnings from the daily readings of the Bible in a Year plan we are following. As always, we would love for you to email us with any topicsyou’d like to hear covered on the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast and leave us some feedback about what you’re learning as you read through the Bible in a year.

Picking up where we left off at the end of Episode 5, we continue our discussion on the structure of the RA program at our church in Laurens, SC. Specifically, we finish outlining what a typical meeting consists of, awards, and uniforms. Jody also gives an example of a way he has found which helps the younger boys learn memory verses easily.If you have an RA group in Upstate South Carolina and are interested in bringing your group to the RA Field Day we reference in this episode, email us at [email protected] and we will get more information to you.

Join us as we continue our discussion about the Royal Ambassadors program in episode 5 of the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast. This week, we transition from the program and its history at a national, and even international level, to how we have structured the program to be the most impactful for the boys at our church in South Carolina. We decided to break this episode into two parts. In part 1 we talk about how we got involved, obstacles we overcame early on in leading RAs at our church, and begin sharing the timeline of a typical Wednesday night RA session end part 1 with our discussion about prayer and why we put so much emphasis on it in our weekly meetings.  Reach out to us if there’s anything you’d like to know more about how we operate our RA group at [email protected]

Join JT and Jody as they share the story of the Southern Baptist Convention's Royal Ambassadors program. They discuss what the program looks like now and some of the changes over it's 116 year history which has allowed it to effectively teach boys about missions since 1908. If you want to learn more about RAs, see current resources, or pursue establishing a group at your church, you can find that information, and more, by going to ⁠www.wmu.com/ra⁠. The majority of the history Jody shared throughout the episode was sourced from a downloadable PDF which you can find under the resources tab at ga-ra.org. CORRECTION: Since recording this episode, the National WMU announced on January 28 their board approved the Royal Ambassadors be the missions discipleship group for boys in grades 1-12. This decision moves the Challengers program (grades 7-12) under the broader RA umbrella.

We kick off 2025 with an episode discussing our decisions to complete a "Bible in a Year" reading plan. We also go into the challenge Jody gave JT and how it's going for them both so far. We also spend a few minutes talking about an article we shared on X from The Baptist Courier, which is very enlightening as to why it's beneficial to read through the Bible. You can find that article here. Follow our social media accounts as we share the daily reading's from the Bible in a Year we are working through. You can access the Messianic Genealogy image from Answers in Genesis here.

Join the Bow Tie Baptists for this bonus Christmas episode.In this episode, JT and Jody discuss ways to keep Christ as the focus of your family’s Christmas gatherings before talking about Lottie Moon and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Foreign Missions.There's lots of laughs to be had in this episode, and you definitely don't want to miss the end of the episode, something happened nobody saw coming. Check out this link to learn more about Lottie, the offering, and her famous cookie recipe: https://www.imb.org/generosity/lottie-moon-christmas-offering/If you'd like to pre-order Bow Tie Baptists Merch, you can find it here: https://filledquiveroutdoors.com/bowtiebaptists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join hosts JT and Jody as they kick off the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast with an episode full of random facts, hearty laughs, and a vision for the podcast.Hear about their backgrounds, goals for the show, some topics they want to focus future episodes on, and one person they'd each like to have on as a guest in the near future.They also share the story of how they came up with the show's name and logo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.