THE LINK: Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote talks about the Historical Review Task Force at Wheaton College, with a focus on why this can be a very positive thing for the public witness of Christians. You can find the historical review here: https://www.wheaton.edu/historical-review-task-force-final-report/

"....that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in regeneration; and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means especially the word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer."

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month marks one year of The Link - 12 episodes! On this episode, Dr. Bacote engages the responses of four listeners who reached out after June's episode on the topic of scandals. The episode ends with a reflection on scandal seen through the lens of the doctrine of sin.

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote considers how Christians should respond to the recent Carlee Russell scandal and takes a look through the lens of the statement on Christian Living in the Evangelical Free Church of America's statement of faith. You can find the entire statement here.

Here is the part of the statement featured in this episode: 

"God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed."

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote considers what we do in the face of scandal and how the doctrine of sanctification is one lens that can help us have a version of "Christian realism" that is both honest and hopeful. 

This month's statement of doctrine comes from the National Baptist Convention, USA:

"We believe the Scriptures teach that Sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness; that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in regeneration; and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means especially the word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer."

You can see their entire statement of belief here.

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote considers the topic of death through the lens of these closing words from the Nicene Creed: "We look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and to life in the world to come. Amen."

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote reflects on the truth that Jesus is the only true Messiah while considering the ways other things can take on a similar role in our lives.

You can find the Wheaton College Statement of Faith here: https://www.wheaton.edu/about-wheaton/statement-of-faith-and-educational-purpose/

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote invites us to look again at what is often overly familiar to us at Easter: the cross of Christ and His resurrection. Christ's great suffering and the resurrection's great victory can help us be the most realistic and most hopeful people in a world where we encounter tragedy and horror.

Here are the excerpts from the Evangelical Free Church of America Statement of Faith:

"He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate."

"His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation."

You can find the entire statement of faith here: https://www.efca.org/sof

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote discusses the humanity of Jesus and the implications for our approach to the world.

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote discusses looking at the world in light of the truth about human sinfulness.

The statement of doctrine in today's episode comes from the catechism of the Anglican Church in North America:

"How does sin affect you?

Sin alienates me from God, my neighbor, God’s good creation,

(Genesis 3:14–19; Psalm 38; Isaiah

You can find the entire catechism here .

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote discusses how the Nicene Creed helps show us that we cannot escape politics. Christmas is "inescapably political."

Here's the section of the Nicene Creed quoted in the episode with the featured phrases in bold: 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below!

https://www.vincentbacote.com/coaching