Covenant Podcast

CBTS Vice President and Professor of Practical Theology, John Miller, discusses his experiences as a church-planting pastor and the lessons he learned from planting Reformed Baptist churches. He further discusses Reformed ecclesiology and missiology and their importance in church planting. For more information about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org  

"Williams deeply hated the idea of forced conversions or government-imposed religious rituals, like infant baptism, which placed the name Christian on people. He likened pressuring unconvinced men to worship God to a man forcing a woman into bed. He said in the true religion, Jesus Christ compels by the mighty persuasion of his preachers, but that he never used earthly weapons to compel a conscience."

This 52-week field guide for ministry in the trenches provides a thorough and practical training program for pastors, aspiring pastors, and church ministry leaders. The field guide draws on experience from decades of pastoral ministry and is designed specifically to bridge the gap between academic study and the hands-on practical training necessary for the work of any pastor. Pick up your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Trained-Pastors-Ministry-Trenches/dp/1783973080/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29QO9RKHB8RMK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lfipqGPDdb84volG8MvVU25hD24OAxpjo4gmsNFfEMo3p-Ok5f-mH6YgvEaOu6yogqvU0wnFGWNjT_tQedQwI8KtyFE3WAYjwpLTkdLHwjUup4gGK0g6oNEHQR4g2CKesT2NA1qBEcSGVSLZgUK0HkPSr6yKf4PnKWtHjUXMFuEFNwF4vlI5Au6_aioakRNr309TAf35Q6QoyIGbmhP3C0QC4x7ZCHByqzz4KB8Y1lM.nhvsWL204VsvWuiQL8WSDd1Z4gE9sNBxBGAITJ6zu20&dib_tag=se&keywords=practically+trained+pastors&qid=1765298076&sprefix=Practically+Trai%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1 For the additional resources that accompany this resource, click here: https://us.10ofthose.com/product/PRACSHEPCK/practical-shepherding-pack-pack  

"Williams had been convinced for some time from Scripture that the church was to consist of regenerate members only. He shared this view with many of the Puritan and Separatist ministers in England and New England. But he pushed this to its logical and Biblical conclusion and applied the principle without compromise. And this is where the Baptist teaching began to convince him. If the church was to be made up of believing saints, then they alone had a right to baptism. And if the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches were corrupt and not true churches, then their baptism was invalid. If their worship was false, so must their baptism be. And so he embraced believer’s baptism." For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org  

Our Lord Jesus calls Christians to become trained in good doctrine. “If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.” (1 Timothy 4:6) Doctrine means teaching. Each chapter of this book focuses on one doctrine connected to justification. These doctrines are paraphrased from Chapter 11: Of Justification, in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Order your copy of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Christs-Sake-Alone-confessional-justification/dp/B0CXXTDW8D For more information about CBTS visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

Jeffery Smith argues that faithful preaching is more than interpretive fidelity to the text of Scripture and an engaging delivery. It encapsulates a preacher’s heart and soul and involves nothing less than a rigorous regimen of proclamation, pleading, and prayer. Pick up your copy of his book, Preaching for conversions: https://freegracepress.com/products/preaching-for-conversions For more information about CBTSeminary, visit CBTSeminary.org  

"Roger Williams was one of the most important formative figures for the doctrine of religious liberty in the 1600s. Williams believed in the absolute authority of the Word of God and it was his source book for faith and life. He did not ground his views of soul liberty in Enlightenment ideals or a general liberalism, like Thomas Jefferson would do in the next century. He was not a rationalist or utilitarian but a man possessed by the Scriptural doctrine of a regenerate church, headed by Jesus Christ." For more information about CBTS, go to CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon share their experiences in Bi-Vocational ministry. They further offer encouragement to Bi-vocational ministers and discuss how to effectively preach when entangled in secular affairs. For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org

Along with William Carey’s Enquiry, The Serampore Form of Agreement (SFA) laid the foundation of the modern missionary movement. The Enquiry recovered the Great Commission as a duty of the church and outlined a practical agenda for its fulfillment. The SFA provided a philosophy and a guide for missionary practice on the field. Both works move boldly from theological first principles to urgent implementation. This commentary on the SFA provides another volume in the William Ward Project begun in 2023 to commemorate the bicentenary of the author’s death. Each Statement of the SFA is analyzed by international scholars whose global dispersion and varied denominational commitments give testimony to the continued relevance of this seminal document. Pick up your copy of this new commentary of the Serampore Form of Agreement here: https://hesedandemet.com/product/the-serampore-form-of-agreement/ For more information about CBTS visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

"We don’t follow Murton in his Arminianized theology. But all who believe in a regenerate church, including Particular Baptists, have been rightly influenced by his arguments for freedom of conscience and liberty of religious belief and practice." -Ron Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information about CBTS, go to CBTSeminary.org Consider giving to CBTS to help us train the next generation of gospel ministers. Apply to CBTS today to be sharpened for a lifetime of faithful ministry. Follow CBTS on our socials: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Sign up to receive our Newsletter, which contains monthly updates related to the Seminary.