Doctrine and Devotion

Jimmy and Joe sit down after church to chill out and wind up talking about fear and ministering to people feel the weight of it.

Pastor Nick Batzig is back on the podcast to talk with us about the distinction between law and Gospel. What do we mean by these terms? Are law and gospel friends? And how does one preach law and gospel well?

Nick is the Pastor of Church Creek Presbyterian in Charleston, SC, and an associate editor for Tabletalk Magazine.

For all the links and show notes visit http://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/law-gospel-batzig

The guys answer a listener’s email about how to approach pastoral leadership about the desire to see something change in in the church. When should we not seek to see change? When we do talk to the pastors, how should we approach them?

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Today we welcome our friend, Dr. Jason Alligood, to the show to talk about preachers, their anxieties and hang-ups, and some of the challenges to being a hearer of the word preached. Be sure to follow Jason on Twitter and Instagram. 

Plus, get the links and the photo Jason mentioned over at the website: https://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/preachers-hearers

Jimmy and Joe revisit the issue of kindness in light of the ugliness on social media. What is kindness, and how is it different from niceness? Why is kindness neglected by so many on social media, and what value does Scripture place on it?

Jordan Steffaniak is back on the podcast to discuss the value of reading Thomas Aquinas, and what to make, and what not to make, of figures like him. It’s another great conversation we trust to be an encouragement to you. Be sure to follow Jordan on Twitter at @JLSteffaniak and spend some time at The London Lyceum website and youtube page.

Joe is back from a family reunion in Florida and Jimmy is just out of a church members’ meeting. After catching up the guys talk through evangelism, what it is, how they encourage it, and what helpful categories they keep in mind when preaching the gospel.

Recommended Reading

Evangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus by J. mack Stiles

The Heart of Evangelism by Jerram Barrs

Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by JI Packer

The Art of Manfishing by Thomas Boston

Jimmy and Joe answer a listener’s email about how we minister to people with an “open heart” without being overwhelmed or burning out. Can we love people genuinely and compartmentalize those relationships without being fake? And what is the risk if we open our hearts to people in the church?

We are excited to have Pastor Steve Meister back on the podcast to talk about Reformed Catholicity. Steve is a full-time staff pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA. He co-hosts the Particularly Baptist podcast with Robert Briggs, also a full time pastor at Immanuel.

References and Resources

Baptists and the Christian Tradition: Toward an Evangelical Baptist Catholicity

Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation by Allen and Swain

Sacramento Gospel Conference (Sept. 10, 2022)

Banter of Truth is a commercial-free podcast only available to our All Access subscribers, but today we are sharing another episode with the entire Doctrine and Devotion family! On this episode the guys have to answer for something Joe said on an earlier episode of Doctrine and Devotion. Why did Joe say Wesley had some “nutty theology?” One listener wrote in and asked for details. The guys get into it, and also offer up what they appreciate about John Wesley.