
Old Paths Podcast
Retrieving and applying the historic Reformed faith.
Latest episodes

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 3min
The Evil of Religious Pluralism
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss the evil of religious pluralism. They argue that the natural law and the Scripture define religious pluralism as a sinful and non-Christian position, that Romans 13 does not give a blank check to the government, and that it is good for the magistrate to aid in the reformation of the church, as our fathers like Thomas Cartwright and John Calvin, among others, have said long ago.

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 4min
The Evil of Gluttony
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss a commonly neglected topic: gluttony and the evil thereof. They make some necessary distinctions and follow-up with some basic applications.

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 1min
Marrow 3: Essence of God
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody touch on the essence of God from The Marrow of Theology. They discuss Ames's articulation of classical theism and its abiding relevance to Christian Faith.

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 8min
Critique of 1689 Federalism Part 3
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody wrap up the discussion and critique of 1689 Federalism, from a classical reformed view of the covenants.

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 37min
Critique of 1689 Federalism Part 2
Benjamin and Cody continue to discuss and critique 1689 Federalism, doing so from a classical reformed view.

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 14min
Critique of 1689 Federalism Part 1
Part 1 of a 3-part series in which Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss and critique 1689 Federalism—an increasingly popular Baptist form of covenant theology. They do so from a classical reformed view.

Feb 18, 2025 • 54min
Marrow 2: Faith Defined Part 2
With this second part part of Chapter 2 of The Marrow of Theology, Benjamin, Michael, and Cody discuss saving faith, giving special consideration to the object of faith: God.

Feb 18, 2025 • 45min
Marrow 2: Faith Defined Part 1
With Chapter 2 of The Marrow of Theology, Benjamin, Michael, and Cody discuss saving faith, giving special consideration to the role of the intellect and the will in faith.

Feb 18, 2025 • 57min
The Evil of Man-pleasing
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss the sin of man-pleasing in the church, defining it, parsing through it, and noting some of their own personal experiences. Michael raises in particular that he was taught, in some measure, to please men in seminary.

Feb 18, 2025 • 51min
Marrow 1: Nature of Theology
Benjamin, Michael, & Cody discuss chapter 1 of The Marrow of Theology by William Ames: the nature of theology.