In today’s episode of Words of Grace, we continue our series on the Articles of Faith with an examination of our beliefs regarding the subject of the new birth; also called regeneration, quickening, translation, a spiritual resurrection, and an act of creation as well. If you’re a long time listener, you know how much we … Continue reading "We Believe in Regeneration"

As you know, over the past few weeks we have been conducting a survey or study of the Articles of Faith held by Primitive Baptists churches of today and most every Baptist church in American in its early days up until around the early 1900s. Today we come to the answer of the single most … Continue reading "We Believe Christ is our Righteousness"

Today on Words of Grace, we come to message four in our recent series on the standard Statement of Faith held by Primitive Baptist Churches. Our focus today has to do with the concepts of original sin and total depravity. We’ll be considering articles 4 and 5 from Flint River’s statement of faith which reads: … Continue reading "We Believe in Original Sin and Total Depravity"

If you’ve been with us in recent weeks on Words of Grace, you’ll recall that we are undertaking a survey of the Articles of Faith as we call it, the standard statement of faith of modern Primitive Baptist churches but also Baptist churches of history in the United States. If you’re ever curious what that … Continue reading "We Believe in Election"

Today we continue our recent series on the Articles of Faith, a general founding document which serves as a basic expression of truths we consider nonnegotiable to be in fellowship with our churches.  As historic Baptists, we believe that the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, the scriptures, and as such constitute … Continue reading "We Believe in the Scriptures"

In this episode of Words of Grace, we begin a focus of study on the Articles of Faith, as endorsed by historic Baptist churches throughout the United States and “Primitive” Baptist churches today. Few variations of these statements of faith exist, showing great unity on specific, core, nonnegotiable concepts among our forefathers. For our source … Continue reading "We Believe in the Godhead"

Last week’s edition of Words of Grace focused on what a church considers nonnegotiable, as far as theological concepts are concerned. We used what we commonly referred to as the Articles of Faith to demonstrate this. In short, there are just some concepts that we ought to affirm. Things that  we believe, that we will … Continue reading "The Nonnegotiable Truth of the Resurrection"

On this weekend’s edition of Words of Grace, we consider the importance of ideas that aren’t up for debate. The Bible tells us to buy the truth and sell it not. This means once a truth is known, it’s not to be reconsidered. We may explain it, but we should never entertain movements to redefine … Continue reading "The Importance of Nonnegotiable Truths"

In our continuation of last week’s thoughts on the fact that we receive “grace for grace,” we shift our focus from our eternal deliverance to our daily sustenance. That is, God blesses us with sustaining grace through ordinary means throughout our lives, to nourish and grow us. Radio broadcast for March 26, 2023. Sustaining Grace … Continue reading "Sustained by Grace (Grace for Grace, Part 2)"

John 1 includes an interesting statement that at first glance can be rather puzzling. The Apostle writes that we have received grace for grace. We know the Bible emphatically declares we’re saved by grace, but what does this language mean, “grace for grace”? Tune in to this weekend’s edition of Words of Grace to learn. … Continue reading "Grace for Grace, Part 1"