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In this episode, Jimmy and Ryan discuss God's Impassibility. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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None Greater by Matthew Barrett

Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2 by Herman Bavinck

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In this episode, Jimmy and Ryan discuss God's Immutability. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2 by Herman Bavinck

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In this episode, Jimmy and Ryan (because Justen was MIA or on vacation) discuss God's Independence. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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None Greater by Matthew Barrett

Abstract of Systematic Theology by James Boyce

A Complete Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity by John Gill

The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock

Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics by Richard Muller

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In this episode, Jimmy and Ryan (because Justen was MIA or on vacation) discuss God's Independence. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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The Doctrine of God by John Frame

None Greater by Matthew Barrett

The Christian Faith by Michael Horton

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In this episode, Jimmy discusses some insights from the first chapter of Benjamin Keach's The Travels of True Godliness. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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The Travels of True Godliness by Benjamin Keach

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In this episode, Ryan and Jimmy discuss God's attribute of jealousy. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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In this episode, Ryan, Justen, and Jimmy discuss God's attribute of jealousy. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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In this episode, we discuss some current issues in our neck of the woods. We discuss Jimmy's recent letter to the editor in the local paper responding to a pro-abortion letter. A copy of Jimmy's letter will be bellow.

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Babies Aren’t Penalties, Perpetrators, or Parasites

Dear Editor,     

In a recent letter to the editor, Mr. Mitchell accuses those who were for the closing of Planned Parenthood and against abortion of penalizing a hypothetical woman in need. I have decided to respond to some of the claims of his letter with one of my own. I will limit my response to the overall argument and a few specific points.

In summary, the argument of his letter is (1) the Bible doesn’t teach that life begins at conception. (2) Poverty is worse than death. (3) The embryo is not viable without the mother. (4) Planned Parenthood could have saved her, but it has been closed. (5) You (conservatives, maybe?) forced her to have the child. Therefore, you are worse than the absentee father.

Many of the points of his argument commit the same logical fallacy, namely begging the question. In making these points, Mr. Mitchell doesn’t prove their truthfulness but assumes it. So, his argument is invalid. His conclusion is unproven. That said, below, I will interact with his first and third assertions. I will then provide a list of organizations that would gladly help an expecting mother.

Consider the first proposition, ‘the Bible clearly doesn’t teach that life begins at conception.’ If it is so clear as to supporting Mr. Mitchell’s claim, where is the citation proving his point? We should expect at least one or some argumentation. But we are left with nothing but the assertion.

Does the Bible teach that life begins at conception? Yes. It doesn’t answer the question straightforwardly since it isn’t a medical textbook or modern political treatise. However, by good and necessary consequence and logical inference, any reader can and should conclude that the Bible assumes a continuity of personhood, value, and dignity of the prenatal and postnatal human being (See Genesis 1:26-27). Put differently the Bible assumes that life begins at conception.

A couple of truths lead me to the above conclusion. (1) The same terminology is used to describe both prenatal and postnatal children throughout Scripture (See Exodus 21:22; Luke 1:41, 44; Acts 7:17-19). (2) The value of the mother and the unborn child are equated explicitly in Scripture (See Exodus 21:22-24). (3) God is active in the formation of and relates personally to unborn humans (See Psalm 139:14-14; 51:5; Jeremiah 1:5; Luke 1:44). (4) The Bible sees children as a blessing and responsibility (See Genesis 1:28; 17:6; 16; 21:1-2; Deuteronomy 7:13; Exodus 1:20; Job 42:12-17; Psalm 127:3-5). (5) Murder, the taking of innocent life, is universally and explicitly condemned in Scripture (See Exodus 20:13; Numbers 35:33). Thus, contrary to Mr. Mitchell’s assertion, the Bible teaches that life begins at conception, and the killing of the unborn is murder.

His third proposition is, ‘the embryo is not viable without the mother.’ How does this prove that abortion is permissible? It proves too much. My one-year-old daughter is unable to survive without the care of her mother and me. She is, at times, inconvenient and expensive. Should we have the right to end her life? No, such a notion is absurd. Plus, comparing a fetus/embryo/zygote to a fingernail is apples and oranges. Fingernails don’t carry a different genetic code than the person to whom they belong. His comparison is scientifically and logically false. Therefore, it doesn’t justify the murder of the unborn.

Finally, we can discuss ways to make having and raising a child cheaper. We also can discuss how to make adoption more affordable. However, though pregnancy, childbirth, and raising a child are expensive, it in no way justifies the killing of the child. Below is a list of resources and organizations for those considering having an abortion or have already had one. 

CareNet (care-net.org) is a network of over seven hundred pregnancy resource centers in the United States and Canada, offering free pregnancy tests, peer counseling, post-abortion support, and other practical help.

Heartbeat International (heartbeatinternational.org) provides education, training, and support.

Abortion Changes You (abortionchangesyou.com) is a counseling network for those who have undergone abortions or the fathers of aborted children.

Vista Baptist Church (vistabaptistchurch.com) is the church I pastor.

Grace and Peace,

Jimmy Johnson

In this episode, Ryan and Jimmy discuss God's attribute of simplicity. Please listen, leave feedback, like, comment, and share our content.

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Resources Used

Abstract of Systematic Theology by James P. Boyce

All That is In God by James Dolezal

None Greater by Matthew Barrett

God Is by Mark Jones

The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689

In this episode, we discuss a recent controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention, namely whether is permissible and good for women to preach in mixed congregations during the Lord's day services. We also touch on Owen Strachan's trinitarian error he uses to argue against women preaching. Though we agree with him on women preaching, we believe his trinitarian error is unnecessary and concerning. The article by Owen Strachan that Ryan mentioned is found here.

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