Covenant Podcast

"My advice is to be careful what you read online. I have found that even resources claiming to represent Reformed Baptist views are often very selective in their sources. For example, if a work lays claim to a Baptistic historical view but doesn’t include Roger Williams or Isaac Backus in any meaningful way, it shouldn’t be taken seriously. Men like Murton and Williams are the historical core of the idea of soul liberty and cannot be ignored if one wants to reach credible conclusions." -Ron Miller For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, we speak with Dr. Matthew Bingham about his book "Orthodox Radicals: Baptist Identity in the English Revolution." Orthodox Radicals complicates of our understanding of Baptist identity, setting the early English Baptists in the cultural, political, and theological context of the wider puritan milieu out of which they arose. The book also speaks to broader themes, including early modern debates on religious toleration, the mechanisms by which early modern actors established and defended their tenuous religious identities, and the perennial problem of anachronism in historical writing. Bingham also challenges the often too-hasty manner in which scholars have drawn lines of theological demarcation between early modern religious bodies, and reconsiders one of this period's most dynamic and influential religious minorities from a fresh and perhaps controversial perspective. Order your copy of the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Orthodox-Radicals-Identity-Revolution-Historical/dp/0190912367 For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

"In this conversation, Dr. Decker helps listeners to understand Hebrew Poetry better and provides homiletical advice to preach from the poetic portions of God's Word." For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon address church splits. They cover the causes of church splits and how to navigate them righteously whenever they seem inevitable. For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

"Liberty of conscience was a significant doctrine of the Reformation. The reformers argued that the Roman church forced men to believe and practice things not taught in Scripture, often by implicit faith or by using forms of political, ecclesiastical, or economic coercion." For more information visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Dr. Joel Beeke addresses Piety in Pastoral Ministry. He covers the dangers of backsliding, the significance of watchfulness, and ways our ministry will suffer if we're not pursuing piety. For more information about CBTSeminary, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode of the Covenant Podcast, we speak with Sam Waldron on Cessationism. Dr. Waldron teaches this doctrine from Scripture, then shows how it relates to other important doctrines like Sola Scriptura. To learn more on this subject, pick up Dr. Waldron's book "To Be Continued?: Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today?" For more information about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, we speak with Priscilla Wong & Matthew Haste on the Particular Baptist author Anne Dutton. Dutton didn't view herself as a preacher or pastor. Instead, she wrote: “Publick Authoritative Teaching in the Church is forbidden unto Women... Printing is a Thing of a very different Consideration.” Wong & Haste each edited & introduced selected writings by Dutton. These two volumes are newly available through H&E Publishing. The Spirituality of Anne Dutton: Select Letters (Vol. 1) https://hesedandemet.com/product/the-spirituality-of-anne-dutton-select-letters-vol-1/ The Theological Tracts of Anne Dutton (Vol. 2) https://hesedandemet.com/product/the-theological-tracts-of-anne-dutton-vol-2/

"Coxe’s death and the coming of toleration didn’t immediately end the Particular Baptist differences over the scope of religious liberty. A letter by William Kiffen from September 1688 and a document from the General Assembly of 1689 shows that there was divided opinion over the Repeal campaign for several years. And yet there was at bottom, a fundamental agreement about liberty of conscience as evidenced by the 1689 Confession." - Ron Miller For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode, we speak with Kyle about translating Scripture into the common languages of believers from the nations. Bible Translation Fellowship equips church leaders to translate Scripture, so that churches are established and strengthened in the truth of God's Word. Learn more about their work here: https://www.bibletranslationfellowship.org/

Michael R. Carlino (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Operations Director for CBMW, and an Adjunct Professor of Christian Theology at Boyce College. He and his wife Kylie live with their two children in Clarksville, IN. He is a member of Kenwood Baptist Church where he serves as a Youth Leader. In this conversation, we discuss his PhD dissertation: The Twofold Reign of Christ: A Baptist Approach to Two Kingdoms Theology For more information about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

"A study of the individual signer’s writings and personal histories shows that there were differences concerning how far freedom of conscience should extend. John Spilsbury confessed a simple, broad belief in soul liberty. Samuel Richardson argued for full religious liberty for everyone. The four events we examined last time from William Kiffen’s life shows that he believed that there were limits to freedom of religious expression. Now let’s look at more cases of conscience from the life of William Kiffen." -Ron Miller For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon answer questions submitted to the inbox about church membership. To answer the questions, they provide advice on encouraging regularly attending visitors to pursue church membership. If you have a question pertaining to practical theology, pastoral theology, or practical Christian living, you can submit it to: [email protected] For more information, visit cbtseminary.org

"That there was not a uniform position on the subject of religious liberty, can be demonstrated by an examination of the writings and lives of three of the signers: John Spilsbury, Samuel Richardson, and William Kiffen. These men illustrate the fact that although there was basic agreement about liberty of conscience, there were significant differences among them, especially as to liberty’s limits." - Ron Miller For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, we speak with Kyle Kearbey about Martyn Llody-Jones. We address the Doctor's theology by covering his understanding of justification, assurance, and revival. Then we discuss his philosophy of preaching. For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

"Roger Williams worked strenuously and at great personal expense to put his belief in freedom of conscience into practice. In his mind, liberty was not an Englishman’s right only, but belonged to everyone, including the Indians." For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode, we speak with Dewey Dovel about his Doctoral Thesis: Covenantal Culmination: Why the New Covenant Documents Signify the Cessation of Normative Post-Apostolic Revelation. To read the thesis, click here: https://repository.sbts.edu/bitstream/handle/10392/7489/Dovel_sbts.pdp_0207A_10880.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y For more information about CBTS, go to CBTSeminary.org

Roger Williams’ most important work on liberty of conscience caused a sensation when first published in London in 1644 and has had an enduring impact in the debate on that subject ever since. It was entitled “The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience, Discussed." For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon offer tips to help pastors lead their churches amid conflicts and disputes. They discuss the sources of conflict, external circumstances that lead to disputes, and ways pastors can guard their hearts amid division. For more information about CBTS, go to CBTSeminary.org

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."

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"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