What is it like to be a pastor or seminary student, immersed in Scripture, theology, church history, apologetics, and so forth every single day? In this episode Pastor Brandon interviews Drew Admiraal, a seminary student at Westminster California, about his experience as a theological student. 

What was speaking in tongues in the 1st century and is that practice still around today? What does the Bible teach us about the gift of tongues and its cessation or continuation? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac turn to the Bible for answers. 

For more information, see: 

Belgic Confession of Faith Article 7

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 1

Perspectives on Pentecost: New Testament Teaching on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

The Holy Spirit by Sinclair Ferguson 

What was speaking in tongues in the 1st century and is that practice still around today? What does the Bible teach us about the gift of tongues and its cessation or continuation? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac turn to the Bible for answers. 

For more information, see: 

Belgic Confession of Faith Article 7

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 1

Perspectives on Pentecost: New Testament Teaching on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

The Holy Spirit by Sinclair Ferguson 

Does seminary stifle zeal, kill heart devotion, and deaden love for Christ?  Or, conversely, does seminary create opportunities to grow in knowledge, devotion, love, piety, and service toward Christ and His Church? In this episode, Pastor Brandon interviews Drew Admiraal, a seminary student at Westminster California, to discuss seminary life. 

For more on this, see: 

The Religious Life of Theological Students by B. B. Warfield 

Does seminary stifle zeal, kill heart devotion, and deaden love for Christ?  Or, conversely, does seminary create opportunities to grow in knowledge, devotion, love, piety, and service toward Christ and His Church? In this episode, Pastor Brandon interviews Drew Admiraal, a seminary student at Westminster California, to discuss seminary life. 

For more on this, see: 

The Religious Life of Theological Students by B. B. Warfield 

In this episode pastors Zac and Brandon discuss a parable that is only found in the Gospel of Luke, The Parable of the Dishonest Manager. 

In this episode pastors Zac and Brandon discuss a parable that is only found in the Gospel of Luke, The Parable of the Dishonest Manager. 

I this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac discuss two books, Untangling Emotions and How People Change. Specifically, they discuss what advice these authors give for engaging anger. How can we put sinful anger to death in our lives? 

I this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac discuss two books, Untangling Emotions and How People Change. Specifically, they discuss what advice these authors give for engaging anger. How can we put sinful anger to death in our lives? 

As the gospel spread across the world, how did the early churches bring on new members? What process did people undergo in order to be incorporated into the life of the Church? In this episode, pastors Brandon and Zac explore training, membership, and baptism in the early church.

For further study, see:

Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way by J.I. Packer and Gary A. Barrett

Educating People of Faith: Exploring the History of Jewish and Christian Communities ed. by John Van Engen

The Early Church at Work and Worship (vol. 2) by Everett Ferguson 

A Faithful Church: Issues in the History of Catechesis by John H. Westerhoff III and O.C. Edwards, Jr.

Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless 

Catechetical Discourse: A Handbook for Catechists by St. Gregory of Nyssa