All Things Reformed Podcast

We continue with the marks of a Healthy Church.  Are you in a healthy Church?  We give you the second of 9 marks, to assist you answer this question.  In All Things Reformed Podcast, Episode 80

We take a break from “The Church Fathers” series and start “Marks of a Healthy Church”.  We are joined by Sandram Phiri, who lays a foundation on this topic and kick starts the series.  Our goal is to help you make an assessment of your local Church and seek the Lord’s direction from the knowledge. Do you know if you are in a healthy Church?  Why does it matter?   We take time to look at the first...

Clement of Alexandria, modern day Egypt, is a Church father who used philosophy in his theology.  How did this work for the Church Father?  We are also pleased to welcome Brother Kennedy Gondwe, a Reformed Christian Apologist who sheds more light on the role of philosophy in the Christian faith.  This and more in today's episode of All Things Reformed Podcast.

In the city of Athens, Greece, rose a Church father Athenagoras.  Of the little that we know about him are his views on marriage.  We take time to appreciate his views in light of scripture. For example, is second marriage an adulterous relationship even if one's partner departed in death?  What about celibacy?  Is it superior to being married?  These and other thoughts in the 77th episode of All...

Who was Theophilus of Antioch? What does his book, To Autolycus, teach us about loving and challenging our friends who are unbelievers? We discuss these questions and more in this episode 76 of All Things Reformed Podcast.

Who was Iraneus? Why was he known as a man of peace? What was the heresy of Gnosticism? What was Iraneus' take on Gnosticism? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 75 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

We conclude our discussion of the life and ministry of Justin Martyr by focusing more on his writings. What do his writings reveal about Justin? What are some lessons we can learn from these writings even in our day today? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 74 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

Who was Justin Martyr? What are some of his major contributions to the church? How did his studies in philosophy prepare him to serve the Lord? How did he respond to those who taught that the God of the New Testament was more gracious than the God of the Old Testament? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 73 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

Who was Papias of Hierapolis? Why is there a difference in opinion on whether Papias should be regarded as an apostolic church father or not? What were some of Papias' contributions to the church? What was his view of the millennium in Revelation 20? One ardent listener of the podcast also wonders whether we still have the office of prophet and apostles today. We discuss these questions and more i...

We conclude our discussion of Polycarp with his famous quote: "For Eight six years I have served Him, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?” In what circumstances did Polycarp say these words. How did he die? What does his life teach us about faithfulness to God? We discuss these and more questions in this episode # 71 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

In this episode we conclude looking at the life of Ignatius of Antioch and begin to look at the life and ministry of Polycarp of Smyrna. What was the connection between the two? What are some of the things that Polycarp is remembered today? What does his life teach us about living for Christ? We discuss these and more questions in this episode # 70 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

Who was St. Ignatius of Antioch? Was he one of the babies that Jesus blessed while he was here on earth? Why did the Romans arrested him and took him to Rome to be fed to the lions? We discuss these and more in this episode # 69 of All Things Reformed. 

We begin a new series on Church Fathers. Who were the church fathers and what did they do? What the are three categories of church fathers? Who was Clement of Rome? What can we learn from his life and writings? We discuss these questions and more in this episode 69 of All Things Reformed Podcast.

Where does "Union with Christ" fit in the order of salvation? Does the dead body of a believer still remain united to Christ? What are some of  the implications of our union with Christ when it comes to deciding whether to cremate or bury a dead body of a believer? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 67 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

What is glorification? When will it happen? How will the glorified life look like?  How does this doctrine comfort us when we lose loved ones who believed in Christ for their salvation? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 66 of All Things Reformed Podcast

What is sanctification? Is sanctification entirely the work of man? Is sanctification the same in all believers? What are some of the things we should be on the look out as we seek to disciple younger believers and help them grow in sanctification? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 65 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

In this episode we look at the benefits and privileges believers enjoy by being adopted into God's family by God himself. How is suffering with or for Christ a privilege or benefit? How is a chastisement for our sin a privilege? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 64 of All Things Reformed Podcast.

Is God the Father of all? Is every person my brother or sister? In other words, is the doctrine of universal fatherhood of God and universal brotherhood biblical? We discuss these and more questions in this episode 63 of All Things Reformed Podcast.

What is justification? How can a sinner be justified or how can we say we are justified and yet we still sin? What do we mean when we say that justification is forensic? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 62 of All Things Reformed Podcast. Also by listening and summarizing the episode you could win a book.  

As we continue to look at the order of salvation we now come to conversion (faith and repentance). What are the three aspects of faith? What is repentance? After one has repented of his sin when believing in Christ for his salvation does he still need to continue repenting of other sins he commits? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 61 of All Things Reformed Podcast. You might a...

What is regeneration? Can a person make himself born again? What does Ezekiel 37 illustrates about our own regeneration? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 60 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

What is effectual call? What happens to elect babies who die in infancy without hearing the gospel preached to them? What about the elect with disabilities that hinder them from hearing the gospel, how will they be saved? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 59 of All Things Reformed. 

What is election? Doesn't election make God look unfair? How do we know who the elect are? Since God already chose some to be saved why should we evangelize and share the gospel with unbelievers? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 58 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

Why should we take time to discuss our salvation? Why do angels get fascinated with the salvation of human beings? What order of salvation will we discuss in the following episodes? We discuss these questions and more in this episode # 57 of All Things Reformed Podcast. 

In this episode we respond to some feedback on the church councils and then begin our new series, "The Great Salvation." We will be looking at ordo salutis (Latin for order of salvation). But before we start looking at the order,  we answer the question: what are the three major miracles in the Bible? Why is it important for us to take some time to look at our salvation in detail? We discuss these...