RenewalCast

Happy Valentines Day -- This week on Renewalcast, however, we are not talking about love but Coalt and Jay continue to dig into the 1689 London Baptist Confession -- this week we are on Paragraphs 4 and 5 in the first chapter. Find the confession here: www.the1689confession.com

Today we have a special guest with us on Renewalcast to help us with the law and gospel distinction -- Patrick Abendroth is serving as the senior pastor of Omaha Bible Church and he is originally from Omaha and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. It was during his time at UNL that Pat was converted and became a Christian. Pat has earned his Masters degree from The Master's Seminary in Southern California and has served at Omaha Bible Church as Senior Pastor since 1998. Pat and his wife Molly met at UNL and were married in 1991. They have five children.Seeing Christ exalted and lives transformed through expository preaching is the driving pastoral passion for Pat. Beyond proclaiming Christ at Omaha Bible Church, it is a pleasure for Pat to be involved in training pastors in the U.S. and abroad.If you see Pat away from a pulpit, he will likely be either doing a flip on a wakeboard or peddling like mad training for a road race. It would be an understatement to say he enjoys both sports.In 2016 Pat earned his doctorate from the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies. His doctoral project is a promotion and defense of classic federal theology.

Today Jay and Coalt discuss paragraphs 2 and 3 of chapter 1 in the London Baptist Confession -- we dig into the 66 books that make up the canon of scripture and also talk about books that didn't make it in!

Jay and Coalt are getting into the 1689 Baptist Confession this week. The first paragraph is a summary chapter and we start with a little history of the confession and get into what the confession means when it says the Bible is the only Sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of faith and practice.Chapter 1.1 "The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience,1 although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and His will which is necessary unto salvation.2 Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in diversified manners to reveal Himself, and to declare (that) His will unto His church;3 and afterward for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan, and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing; which makes the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing His will unto His people being now completed.4"1 2 Tim. 3:15–17; Is. 8:20; Luke 16:29,31; Eph. 2:202 Rom. 1:19-21, 2:14–15; Psalm 19:1-33 Heb. 1:14 Prov. 22:19-21; Rom. 15:4; 2 Pet. 1:19–20https://www.the1689confession.com/1689/chapter-1

DId you know that if you believe in the Trinity that you believe in a confession? Did you know that confessions are a wonderful tool to use in discipleship? There are many Benefits to a confession of faith - Patrick Abendroth lists several in the introduction to the copy of the 1689 we are looking at: 1. It Expresses Humility2. It Avoids the Cult of Personality 3. It Complements Sola Scriptura4. It Distinguishes between Law and Gospel5. It Unifies Christians 6. It Expresses Appropriate Distinctions 7. It Allows Reasonable Freedom8. It Demonstrates Transparency9. It Equips for Discipleshiphttps://www.amazon.com/London-Baptist-Confession-1689/dp/0976080419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543948693&sr=8-1&keywords=patrick+abendroth

Today on Renewalcast we discuss some early confessions and creeds and why they were needed and how the church today really isn't confessional but ought to be (at least in our mind). Confessions are greatly needed in the church today in our highly individualized culture. We also start looking more specifically at the 1689 London Baptist Confession and why we have chosen to go through this confession and not some others that are out there.

https://www.the1689confession.com/

In Part Three of our discussion on the order of salvation we tackle the subject of regeneration and Conversion and ask -- what comes first? Some would say that faith preceeds new birth but others would insist that new birth must come first - today we answer this question.

Coalt and Jay take up the order of salvation again and this time dig a little deeper and really explain what we mean by terms that relate to salvation and how all of these terms fit together in a logical order of salvation.​ The ordo salutis (order of salvation) is 1) election/predestination (in Christ), 2) Atonement3) gospel call 4) inward call 5) regeneration, 6) conversion (faith & repentance), 7) justification, 8) sanctification, and 9) glorification. (Rom 8:29-30)

Coalt and Jay discuss the importance of thinking about an order of salvation and also introduce a general order found in Romans 8:29-30!