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The Weekly Discourse | Have you ever wondered what kind of preaching could have regularly drawn crowds of people at 7am in the morning?  In this week’s discourse we hear from Dr. Chris Holmes on the preaching of Benjamin Keach. Keach was the first of a string of powerful preachers to fill the pulpit of his church – John Gill and Charles Spurgeon would follow Keach as Pastor of the church. What was his preaching like? Chris Holmes is Pastor of Yellow Creek Baptist Church of Owensboro, KY.  The Weekly Discourse usually features a lecture which has been taken from a course at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

“He described his prison cell as ‘a hole in the earth’ and compared it to slaughterhouses of men. He wrote to friends that it was a “living tomb, a sink of filth, profaneness and profligacy.’ His circumstances were hard…and yet, God drew near with grace. In another letter he describes the ‘overruling grace which makes his cell a prison chamber of the great King.’ He believed he was incarcerated by the ‘wise hand of my heavenly Father.’ He did not and he would not give up even a small part of his profession to gain his release. Why? To shift or evade prison was to let go of the royal right of Christ to exclusively set up his worship, and Christ and his rights were worth more than all his comforts.” If you were born to genuine Christian parents who had you sprinkled as an infant and then raised you to know Christ, what would make you change your mind about baptism? If you were a minister who held those beliefs, what could convince you otherwise? How far would you go to live according to your conscience in this matter before God? What if it cost you your life? Introducing Particular Pilgrims: Stories from Reformed Baptist History told by Ron Miller, Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church of Clarksville, TN and a longtime student and collector of Particular Baptist History. Pastor Miller also serves on the Board of Directors of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

Do you have true joy? Not happiness based on your circumstances, but true and enduring joy in the Lord Jesus Christ? Tom Hicks, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Clinton, LA talks about this in his exposition of John 17:13 in the following sermon, titled, Do You Have Joy in the Lord? Tom Hicks is Pastor of First Baptist Church of Clinton, LA. https://fbcclintonla.com/ This Sermon Select has been published with permission on the Man of God Podcast Channel, brought to you by Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary which provides affordable online theological education to help the church in its calling to train faithful men. For more information about Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, visit www.CBTSeminary.org.

The Weekly Discourse | The Poetry and Allegory of Benjamin Keach In this talk, Pastor John Miller considers the poetry of Benjamin Keach as a unique feature of the portion of his life in which he endured severe persecution. I hope you are as blessed as we have been by this discourse. John Miller is Pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Carlisle, PA. To find out more about the ministry of GBC Carlisle, visit http://gracebaptistcarlisle.org/. The Weekly Discourse usually features a lecture which has been taken from a course at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

Confessing the Faith | "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down or necessarily contained in the Holy Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelation of the Spirit, or traditions of men." Confessing the Faith is a theological and devotional walk through the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith with host Sam Waldron, Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY and President of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

The Credobaptist position is not rooted in an overly simplistic biblicism. It is rooted in a right view of the sanctity of God’s worship, the nature of the New Testament Church (as consisting of saints), and a proper understanding of the Biblical Covenants. This is not a dispensational or anabaptistic set of arguments, but is thoroughly Protestant and Reformed in nature. If you were born to genuine Christian parents who had you sprinkled as an infant and then raised you to know Christ, what would make you change your mind about baptism? If you were a minister who held those beliefs, what could convince you otherwise? How far would you go to live according to your conscience in this matter before God? What if it cost you your life? Introducing Particular Pilgrims: Stories from Reformed Baptist History told by Ron Miller, Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church of Clarksville, TN and a longtime student and collector of Particular Baptist History. Pastor Miller also serves on the Board of Directors of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

What is the place of the Church in God’s eschatological plan? There are many differing opinions out there. Most of us were taught that the Church was just a parenthesis in God’s plan to fulfill prophesy. Yet, if we are following the interpretation of the Apostles, we come to a very different conclusion. In fact,  the church is the fulfillment of end times prophesy.  Sam Waldron, Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Owensboro, KY talks about this in the midst of his exposition of the counsel of Jerusalem in Acts 15 in the following sermon, titled, the Eschatological Issue of the Jerusalem Council. Sam Waldron is Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Owensboro, KY. To find out more about the ministry of GRBC Owensboro, visit https://grbco.org. Or for more sermons from Pastor Sam Waldron, visit https://www.sermonaudio.com/grbcoky This Sermon Select has been published with permission on the Man of God Podcast Channel, brought to you by Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary which provides affordable online theological education to help the church in its calling to train faithful men. For more information about Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, visit www.CBTSeminary.org.

The Weekly Discourse | "So many teach expository preaching and preach expositorily, and yet little of Christ was in the message...when you do that, I believe that you are hiding Christ from the people." In the coming weeks we will be kicking off a live class in Clinton, LA taught by Dr. Fred Malone on the subject of Preaching Christ from all of Scripture. This is a critical subject which has a tremendous impact on how we read our bibles. We were able to spend some time with Dr. Malone in Clinton last week, and we wanted to share with you all what he had to say about the course. Dr. Fred Malone is one of the Pastors of First Baptist Church of Clinton, LA where he has served for nearly 27 years. https://fbcclintonla.com/ The Weekly Discourse usually features a lecture which has been taken from a course at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

Confessing the Faith | To believe Scripture originally and to profit from Scripture continually, it is necessary to have the special help of the Spirit.  Let us never to forget the pray for the help of the Holy Spirit to profit as we study the Scriptures. "yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth, and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts." Confessing the Faith is a theological and devotional walk through the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith with host Sam Waldron, Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY and President of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.

Particular Pilgrims | In the 17th century, women made up the largest demographic in Particular Baptist churches. How did they participate in worship and in the public meetings of the church? Introducing Particular Pilgrims: Stories from Reformed Baptist History told by Ron Miller, Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church of Clarksville, TN and a longtime student and collector of Particular Baptist History. Pastor Miller also serves on the Board of Directors of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.