Asking For A Friend

In this epsiode, the elders of Believers' Baptist Church sit around a table and discuss issues pertaining both to their personal lives and the life of the church. This episode was recorded during their Fall Elder Retreat, in October 2025.

In this epsiode, Duffey and Jason are joined by Dr. Geoff Chang of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Here, they discuss Spurgeon's life and convictions as a pastor. This episode was geared toward being a supplement to our monthly book club epsiodes as we go through Chang's recent book titled Spurgeon the Pastor. 

Watch the video edition of this episode on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/kENrBbUDSpQ 

About our guest: Dr. Geoff Chang

https://www.wornallroad.org/ca-1-1 

In this unique epsiode Duffey recounts the story of a small band of radicals in seventeenth-century England. This group is known today as the Fifth Monarchy Men. The Fifth Monarchy Men were Puritans (made up of both Independents and Baptists) who promoted a particular eschatological view of the 'fifth kingdom' of Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:26-27. This story recounts some of the Fifth Monarchy Men who became radicalized through the hearing of sermons and the reading of published material, and who saw the imminent need to overthrow the existing government in England through a violent force of arms in order to usher in the millennial kingdom of Christ on earth.

For further reading and study follow the links below:

https://share.google/tUGtJChWkjFjFpahz 

https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/the-fifth-monarchy-men-and-a-lesser-known-london-uprising/ 

Another recent podcast episode discussing the Fifth Monarchy Men:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n5xab-193cc0f 

Jason and Duffey discuss a book on the pastoral life and theology of the nineteenth-century English Baptist pastor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. This mini-series will be an on-going series in "book club" style. They will read a chapter and discuss it on an episode each month.

This episode covers Chapter 2 (pp. 43-72).

If you'd like to read along, you may purchase a copy here: 

Geoff Chang, Spurgeon The Pastor 

In this epsiode, Duffey is joined by Pastor Tom Hicks (FBC Clinton, LA) to discuss the Law and Gospel in counseling. The realm of counseling can seem challenging to navigate when viewed in light of the Christian obligation to obey all of God's commands. Within the life of a local church, pastors often find themselves counseling church members or local folks in their neighborhoods and/or towns. There are many issues that pastors (and others) face in the counseling room. But how should the Law of God factor in to these discussions? How should the Gospel inform these conversations? These and other issues are addressed on this podcast.

About our guest: Tom Hicks

https://www.fbcclintonla.com/about-leadership.html 

Online articles by Tom Hicks

https://pastortomhicks.com/ 

https://founders.org/author-name/tom-hicks/ 

In this epsiode, Duffey is joined again by Andrew Pressley for a discussion on the history of music throughout the ages. This is epsiode Part 2 of a 2-part series and considers the music of the Protestant Reformation up to the Modern era. This episode is aimed offering a wide-angle lens on church music history and seeks to provide awareness of the presence of vast differences of style and tradition. They seek to navigate the difficult conversation of what kind of music is appropriate in church settings? How have Christians thought about this issue in the past? How are we today informed by our current cultural millue regarding the conversation surrounding church music?

This episode continues a mini series in systematic theology. For this episode, Duffey is joined by Patrick Covington to discuss questions like:

For further study, see the resources provided below:

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Articles 

In this month's special edition episode, Duffey interviews Dr. James Renihan on the biblical defense for believers baptism. Dr. Renihan has spent much of 2025 travelling to various churches in order to deliver this material over the course of several hours in conference format. In this episode, he offers a condesensed form of his larger presentation.

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James Renihan, PhD

After a ministry of church planting in central Massachusetts, Dr. James Renihan and his family moved to Escondido, CA in 1998 to begin serving as Dean of the newly formed Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies. He led that work for 20 years, and when it became IRBS Theological Seminary in 2018 was appointed the first president. He has served as a pastor of churches in Massachusetts, New York and California. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (PhD), Seminary of the East (MDiv), Trinity Ministerial Academy, and Liberty Baptist College (BS). His academic work has focused on the Second London Baptist Confession and the broader Puritan theological context from which it arose.

In this episode, Jason and Duffey discuss the recent flooding in Kerrville, TX which resulted in the loss of many lives (adult and children). How are Christians to rightly think about the destructive nature of natural disasters and the loss of human life? Where is God in times of crisis? Why doesn't God prevent these types of tragic events?

Jason and Duffey discuss a book on the pastoral life and theology of the nineteenth-century English Baptist pastor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. This mini-series will be an on-going series in "book club" style. They will read a chapter and discuss it on an episode each month.

This episode covers Chapter 1 (pp. 11-41).

If you'd like to read along, you may purchase a copy here: 

Geoff Chang, Spurgeon The Pastor