Pillar & Ground

Alfred Johnson, pastor of Church of the First Born for 44 years, shares about growing up in Chattanooga and how he came to faith.  He and Brian reminisce about the long relationship between COFB and LMPC. They also talk about the many outreach ministries that have been started at COFB, including MVP summer program, after school tutoring, House of Refuge, Smoking for Jesus, Family Impact, Vision of Mercy, and Ministries for Jesus Network.

If you would like to get connected with any of these ministries, which are also supported by LMPC, you can contact Stephanie Young, missions coordinator at LMPC, or you can call Church of the First Born directly: (423)756-0704. They are located at 3418 St. Elmo Avenue.

https://www.facebook.com/ChurchoftheFirstbornTN

Special Guest: Pastor Alfred Johnson
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues the series on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Link to WCF and MESV in Parallel versions

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Jennifer West, current LMPC Librarian, shares a few essential books (after the Bible) that Christians should read for spiritual formation.

Learn more about the Alice Joiner Memorial Library at LMPC, including how to search the catalog online, how to connect to the Librista mobile app, how to create an account (if you are not a church member), and much more: https://lmpc.org/facilities/library/

BOOK LIST

• Core Beliefs: 
  • The Westminster Confession of Faith, with the Shorter and Larger Catechisms;
  • Confessing the Faith by Chad Van Dixhoorn
  • Truths We Confess by R.C. Sproul
• Apologetics: 
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  • Why I Am a Christian by John Stott
  • Basic Christianity by John Stott
  • The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
  • The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge
• Suffering: 
  • A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser
  • The Life We Never Expected by Andrew & Rachel Wilson
• Church History: 
  • Fundamentalism and American Culture by George Marsden
  • Christian Women in the Patristic World by Lynn Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes
• Current Cultural Issues: 
  • Recommended authors on sexuality: Rosaria Butterfield, Sam Allberry, Wesley Hill
  • Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley
• Biographies: 
  • Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
  • Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
  • Where the Light Fell: A Memoir by Philip Yancey
• Children's Books:
  • The God Contest by Carl Laferton
  • How Much Is a Little Girl Worth by Rachael Denhollander
  • How Much Is a Little Boy Worth by Rachael Denhollander
  • The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
• Periodicals in the Church Library:
  • Christianity Today (CT)
  • World
  • Tabletalk
  • Christian History
  • Comment
  • Image

Special Guest: Dr. Jennifer West
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Malc Clark, assistant pastor at Trinity Church Manchester (UK), and supported church planter and  friend of LMPC, shares about the UK partnership and church planting in the UK.

Trinity Church Manchester - https://www.trinitychurchmanchester.org/

Evangelism resource Malc recommended:
Hope Explored - https://hope.explo.red

Special Guest: Malc Clark
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues the series on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Canon Revisited, by Michael Kruger
Who Chose the Gospels? by Charles E. Hill
Know How We Got our Bible, by Ryan M. Reeves & Charles E. Hill
The Doctrine of the Word of God, John Frame
Link to WCF and MESV in Parallel versions

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Erin and Griffin Hatcliff, both professional mental health counselors and members of LMPC, share practical insight on dealing with the fear and anxiety of everyday life from a biblical perspective.

Erin & Griffin can both be found through their Psychology Today profiles:

Erin: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/erin-fowler-hatcliff-chattanooga-tn/885431
Griffin: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/griffin-hatcliff-chattanooga-tn/897845

Erin works for Wise Mind Collective and can be contacted at [email protected].

Griffin is a mental health counselor with Elu (eluccc.org) and can be contacted at [email protected].

Alone Together by Sherry Turkle

Special Guests: Erin and Griffin Hatcliff
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Annie Reynolds, co-director of high school ministries, and Emmie Thompson, co-director of middle school ministries, both "products" of the LMPC youth program, share their enthusiasm for and experiences in ministry to young ladies at LMPC.

Special Guests: Annie Reynolds and Emmie Thompson
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, begins a series on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Confessing the Faith: A reader’s guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith, by Chad Van Dixhoorn
The Truths We Confess, by R.C. Sproul
The Westminster Confession of Faith for Study Classes, by G.I. Williamson

Link to WCF and MESV in Parallel versions

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected] 

Wil Nettleton, pastor of outreach at LMPC, shares about practically loving our neighbors.

The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door, by Dave Runyon & Jay Pathak

This Cultural Moment - podcast by Mark Sayers & John Mark Comer - https://thisculturalmoment.com

God & Tattoos: Why are people writing on themselves?, by Allan Dayhoff - executive director of Evangelize Today - https://www.evangelizetoday.com/

Special Guest: Wil Nettleton
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Three members of the LMPC congregation share their experiences serving with Metanoia Prison Ministries as mentors to incarcerated men at Walker State Prison.

To get information and to enroll in local training, contact Barry Smith (North Shore Fellowship) - [email protected]

Metanoia is part of Mission to North America, an agency of the PCA. - https://www.metanoiaprisonministries.org/

Special Guests: David Fowler, Gary Lindley, and Jack Muller
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar and Ground, please email [email protected]