Austin presents the doctrine of divine providence and shows how this doctrine is a great help to the people of God.

Austin introduces the Reformed doctrine of the means of grace and works through some ways in which this doctrine informs how we approach going to church. 

Austin discusses the sacrament of the Lord's Supper for the purpose of defining the nature of sacraments and further understanding what is happening in the Holy Supper. 

In this episode Austin continues a sermon series through the book of Genesis at Calvary United Reformed Church. 

This week presents a special episode! Due to the irregularities of recording on the road, this episode consists of a sermon Austin recently preached on Genesis 22 at Calvary United Reformed Church in Loveland, CO. 

This episode starts with a discussion on the nature of authority and how the Jehovah's Witness understanding of the authority of Scripture is different from that of historic Christianity. Austin then presents the Jehovah's Witness doctrine of God and continues building a case to support the thesis that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians. 

In this introduction episode, Austin walks through the history of the Jehovah's Witness religion and begins to build a case to prove the stated thesis that despite their claim to Christianity, the Jehovah's Witnesses are in fact not Christians. Understanding their history and doctrine will help us to be a better witness to the Jehovah Witnesses.


Jehovah's Witness website

This episode is one of clarification and further explanation. Austin follows up on a question from episode 14, "did God die on the cross?", and offers an answer that is more consistent with Christian orthodoxy. Tony Arsenal from the Reformed Brotherhood joins the show to offer a further explanation of the orthodox position and provide clarity to the discussion.


Resources:

Story of Creeds and Confessions - Donald Fairbairn and Ryan Reeves
Reformed Dogmatics, Vol 3: Christology - Geerhardus Vos
On the Incarnation - Athanasius
Reformed Brotherhood: Episode 143, God Died on the Cross - https://reformedbrotherhood.com/trb-143-god-died-on-the-cross/
Reformed Arsenal - https://reformedarsenal.com/rc-sproul-and-nestorianism-a-clarification/ and https://reformedarsenal.com/clarified-chalcedonian-statement-by-dr-rc-sproul/

Austin continues working through the doctrine of the Trinity by introducing a few ways in which error from the past is still very much present in today's theological context. The teachings of Social Trinitarianism and the Eternal Functional Subordination of the Son are two ways the doctrine of the Trinity has been under fire as of late.
This is followed by answering two big questions: Did God die on the cross? Was the Son separated from the Trinity on the cross?

Resources used for this episode:
Response to EFSS
Liam Goligher's response to EFSS
Did God Die on the Cross?

Recommended Readings:
Ecumenical Creeds
Belgic Confession
Westminster Confession of Faith
Delighting in the Trinity, Michael Reeves
Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof
Reformed Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck

Austin picks up the discussion on the doctrine of the Trinity by looking at each person, the eternal Father, the eternal Son, and the eternal Holy Spirit. Looking at the three drives us back to the one as we remember that God has revealed himself as one God in essence and three in person. These personal subsistences in God can be distinguished, but never separated.


Recommended Readings:
Ecumenical Creeds
Belgic Confession
Westminster Confession of Faith
Delighting in the Trinity, Michael Reeves
Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof
Reformed Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck