It’s summertime and Pat and Mike are doing a summer session of greatest hits! In this episode, Pat and Mike discuss the transgender craze. What does the Bible have to say? How did we get here? What can be done?

Resources mentioned in this episode: – Strange New World by Carl Trueman – Carl Trueman Lectures at the Sacramento Gospel Conference – The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality by Christopher Gordon – Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier – Science, the Transgender Phenomenon, and the Young – Abigail Shrier lecture at Hillsdale College

It's summertime and Pat and Mike are doing a summer session of greatest hits! Listen in today as Pat talks about the important book, The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification by Walter Marshall.

Enjoy your summer as you enjoy the Pactum!

Pat and Mike are joined by special guest, Erin Pille, in this episode to talk about the image of God, beauty, design, and even the Pactum logo!

Erin is the a Senior Graphic Designer at Supportworks and you can find her online on Instagram and her website.

Resources mentioned in this episode: - Called to Create by Jordan Raynor

Pat and Mike are joined today by Mitch Chase to talk about the vital topic of typology. Listen in and be encouraged in how we can read our Bible better and be in awe of the unfolding drama of redemption from Genesis to Revelation.

Mitch is the Preaching Pastor at Kosmosdale Baptist Church in Louisville, KY and an Associate Professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Resurrection Hope and the Death of Death, Hope for All the Earth, the commentary on Daniel in the ESV Expository Commentary series, The Gospel Is for Christians, Behold Our Sovereign God, Short of Glory: A Biblical and Theological Exploration of the Fall, and 40 Questions About Typology and Allegory.

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Join Pat and Mike as they talk about vocation and calling. What is your calling? The apostle Paul writes in Colossians that "whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men." 

Resources mentioned in this episode: - Living in God's Two Kingdom's by David VanDrunen - What is Vocation? by Stephen Nichols - Ordinary by Michael Horton

In this episode Pat and Mike give seven helpful guidelines for teaching and encouraging others in the vital distinction of law and gospel.

Resources mentioned in this episode: - A Treatise on the Law and Gospel by John Colquhoun - My Pilgrimage From "Lordship" to Law/Gospel by Mike Abendroth - Law & Gospel by Mike Abendroth on AGTV

Join Pat and Mike for a Pactum Responsum episode where they answer listener questions on topics like EFS, rewards in Heaven, Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, Justification and more!

Got questions? Email them to us at [email protected]

Resources mentioned in this episode: - Two-Age Sojourner podcast episode "How Then Should We Rest?" - The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm - The Reformation Study Bible - The Unfolding Word: The Story of the Bible from Creation to New Creation by Zach Keele - Covenant Theology by Patrick Abendroth - Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof - Christless Christianity by Michael Horton - Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen - Justification by J.V. Fesko - Living In God's Two Kingdoms by David VanDrunen - The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification by Walter Marshall - More Than Heaven by T. Jeff Taylor - Simply Trinity by Matthew Barrett - American Gospel's Law & Gospel series by Mike Abendroth

Pat and Mike talk about the book of Exodus and why it is vital for Christians.

Resources mentioned in this episode: - Reformation Study Bible - Gospel Transformation Bible - Echoes of Exodus by Bryan Estelle - Exodus (Teach the Text Commentary Series) by T. Desmond Alexander - Exodus (EP Study Commentary) by John. D. Currid - Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption by L. Michael Morales - Matthew Poole's Commentary of the Holy Bible - Book of Exodus

Pat and Mike discuss important categories that are helpful to christians as you read your Bible.

Pat and Mike talk about the upcoming Pactum Conference, All Things New, scheduled for October 6-7, 2023 in Omaha, NE.

You can find more information and register for the conference at www.thepactum.org

Resources Mentioned in this Episode: - Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America by D.G. Hart - Calvinism: A History by D.G. Hart - Between the Times: The Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition, 1945-1950 by D.G. Hart - The Lost Soul of American Protestantism by D.G. Hart - Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham by D.G. Hart - Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant by D.G. Hart - A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State by D.G. Hart

- Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen - Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture by David VanDrunen

- Two-Age Sojourner Podcast - Covenant Lord and Cultic Boundary: A Dialectic Inquiry Concerning Meredith Kline and the Reformed Two-Kingdom Project by Michael Beck

- No Compromise Radio - Gospel Assurance: A 31 Day Guide to Assurance by Mike Abendroth

- Covenant Theology by Patrick Abendroth