Antioch Reformed Baptist Church

An exposition of chapter 15 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, concerning Good Works. Christian Good works are the fruit of God's gracious work of salvation and are characterized by humble, thankful obedience to His commands, and diligent use of His ordained means of sanctifying grace.

Love is the fulfillment of the Law and the defining characteristic of Kingdom ethics. It is by our love that we are known to be sons of God, grown up into the image of Christ, the eternal Son.

Where the sin of others abounds, Christians should respond not with retaliation on the basis of our rights, but with generosity on the basis of Christ's grace.

The 13th Century gave rise to new orders of preaching friars that would produce great scholars and set the course to the Reformation. This month we examine the life of the founder of one such order, Francis of Assisi.

Christians are not to hide deceitful hearts behind pious sounding religious words, but as children of the God of truth, we should be known for honesty and integrity.

Before we can understand what God has said, sometimes we need to understand how God has said. Different genres of Biblical literature require different understandings. How should we read the book of Revelation? What is Apocalyptic Literature? What is symbolic and what is literal? How can we determine the difference? And what does it all mean?

Marriage is designed by God as a picture of Christ and the church. Divorce is a tool to be used in pursuit of repentance and reconciliation. Unrepentant adultery is the only grounds for divorce, and remarriage is always adulterous.

An exposition of chapter 15 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, concerning the doctrine of repentance. Repentance is a gospel grace, given by God for our renewal and restoration, enabling us to continue to grow into the image and likeness of Christ our Savior.

Adultery is covenant unfaithfulness of the body, but also of the mind, and the affections. It's an unfaithfulness that pervades the whole person and leads to destruction. Therefore we must be willing to take radical measures to put to death the old man, and walk in purity of heart.

Murder is a sin of the heart that is only rarely carried out in full, though often begun in word or facial expression. The Law calls us to recognize our guilt before God, and apply ourselves to seeking peace with our brother.

A Table Talk discussion on the topic of legalism and how to avoid it.

While our standing as citizens of the kingdom depends wholly upon the perfect righteousness of Christ, our life as citizens must be lived in conformity to His law and righteousness.

In the 12th Century, the Roman Pope reached for the heavens, but created only an earthly kingdom marked by corruption, vice, and violence. But the construction of grand cathedrals gave rise to universities that would produce great scholars and eventually lead to the Reformation.

The church is in the world as salt and light, to make Christ visible and give the world a taste of the goodness of God.

Before we can understand what God has said, sometimes we need to understand how God has said. Different genres of Biblical literature require different understandings. How should we read the epistles of the New Testament? How do we determine what is abiding instruction for the church in all time, and what was specific to their 1st Century context? What are the best practices for reading and unders...

The sons of the kingdom, who bear the image and name of the King and proclaim His gospel, will be persecuted and hated by the world, but they are blessed by God with a full reward in Christ Jesus.

An exposition of chapter 15 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, concerning the doctrine of repentance. Explaining the revisions from the WCF, the importance, necessity, and biblical foundations of confessions of faith.