Asking For A Friend

In this epsiode, the elders of Believers' Baptist Church sit around a table and discuss issues pertaining both to their personal lives and the life of the church. This episode was recorded during their Fall Elder Retreat, in October 2025.

In this epsiode, Duffey and Jason are joined by Dr. Geoff Chang of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Here, they discuss Spurgeon's life and convictions as a pastor. This episode was geared toward being a supplement to our monthly book club epsiodes as we go through Chang's recent book titled Spurgeon the Pastor.    Watch the video edition of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/kE...

In this unique epsiode Duffey recounts the story of a small band of radicals in seventeenth-century England. This group is known today as the Fifth Monarchy Men. The Fifth Monarchy Men were Puritans (made up of both Independents and Baptists) who promoted a particular eschatological view of the 'fifth kingdom' of Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:26-27. This story recounts some of the Fifth Monarchy Men wh...

Jason and Duffey discuss a book on the pastoral life and theology of the nineteenth-century English Baptist pastor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. This mini-series will be an on-going series in "book club" style. They will read a chapter and discuss it on an episode each month. This episode covers Chapter 2 (pp. 43-72). If you'd like to read along, you may purchase a copy here:  Geoff Chang, Spurgeon Th...

In this epsiode, Duffey is joined by Pastor Tom Hicks (FBC Clinton, LA) to discuss the Law and Gospel in counseling. The realm of counseling can seem challenging to navigate when viewed in light of the Christian obligation to obey all of God's commands. Within the life of a local church, pastors often find themselves counseling church members or local folks in their neighborhoods and/or towns. The...

In this epsiode, Duffey is joined again by Andrew Pressley for a discussion on the history of music throughout the ages. This is epsiode Part 2 of a 2-part series and considers the music of the Protestant Reformation up to the Modern era. This episode is aimed offering a wide-angle lens on church music history and seeks to provide awareness of the presence of vast differences of style and traditio...

This episode continues a mini series in systematic theology. For this episode, Duffey is joined by Patrick Covington to discuss questions like: What is the doctrine of God? Does God exist? What is God? Who is God? What is the trinity? How can God be both one and three?  For further study, see the resources provided below: Video R. C. Sproul https://youtu.be/Bj6mZiRRuUU?feature=shared   https://you...

In this month's special edition episode, Duffey interviews Dr. James Renihan on the biblical defense for believers baptism. Dr. Renihan has spent much of 2025 travelling to various churches in order to deliver this material over the course of several hours in conference format. In this episode, he offers a condesensed form of his larger presentation. --------------------------- James Renihan, PhD...

In this episode, Jason and Duffey discuss the recent flooding in Kerrville, TX which resulted in the loss of many lives (adult and children). How are Christians to rightly think about the destructive nature of natural disasters and the loss of human life? Where is God in times of crisis? Why doesn't God prevent these types of tragic events?

Jason and Duffey discuss a book on the pastoral life and theology of the nineteenth-century English Baptist pastor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. This mini-series will be an on-going series in "book club" style. They will read a chapter and discuss it on an episode each month. This episode covers Chapter 1 (pp. 11-41). If you'd like to read along, you may purchase a copy here:  Geoff Chang, Spurgeon Th...

In this epsiode, Duffey is joined by Andrew Pressley for a discussion on the history of music throughout the ages. This is epsiode Part 1 and considers the music of the Early Church and into the Middle Ages (the Medieval Church). On this epsiode, they try to address questions and common concerns like: How can God's people today think well about the music of the church? How can we think well about...

This episode begins a new mini-series on the importance of systematic theology. For this episode, Duffey is joined by Patrick Covington to discuss questions like: What is systematic theology? Why should I care about systematic theology? Is systematic theology practical and useful? How can the study of systematic theology serve our spiritual growth in Christ? For further study, see the resources pr...

In this episode, Duffey interviews pastor, author, and theologian Chad Bird. Chad has a growing audience in the social media world through his content dealing with issues in biblical studies, biblical Hebrew, the Old Testement, and a Christ-centered view of the whole Bible. His podcast "40 Minutes in the Old Testament" has a growing audience as well. In this episode, we discuss one of his books ti...

In this episode, Jason and Duffey discuss the Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) and the Nicene Creed. This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the this church council. What do Christians believe about the doctrine of trinity? What do we believe about the person of Christ? The Nicene Creed serves as the classic statement and the orthodox guideline for biblical teaching on the Christian doctrine of God...

Jason and Duffey begin to discuss a book on the pastoral life and theology of the nineteenth-century English Baptist pastor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. This mini-series will be an on-going series in "book club" style. They will read a chapter and discuss it on an episode each month. This episode serves as an introduction to the book club, and it covers the book's "Introduction" (pp. 1-10). If you'd...

In this epsiode, Jason and Duffey consider a Bible question from the book of Ezra. they discuss questions like: How should we think about the divorces that were called for by Ezra in chapter 10? Were they legitimate? Did God's word demand that these divorces must take place? Or did Ezra go too far? Are there implications from this passage that we can draw from today in our 21st century context?  S...

In this episode, Jason and Duffey discuss the weekly service preview that is sent to all of BBC's members each Thursday. The service preview is designed and intended to provide a discipleship resource for equipping the saints in order to make the most out of the upcoming Lord's Day worship service.

In this episode of Local Pastors Talk, Jason leads a discussing on the pastor as counselor. For this discussion, he is joined by three other local pastors from the Emory, TX area. Together they cover questions like: Are pastors obligated to provide counsel to others? What can pastoral counseling look like in the life a church? Are there difficulties and/or dangers in pastoral counselling? Should p...

Our friend Morris Beene is back with us for another episode as we discuss issues relating to biblical counseling within the life of the church. For this conversation, we try to help you think biblically about depression. This episode considers questions like: What does the Bible say about depression? How can the Bible help address depression? Is depression real? Can depression be overcome?

In this episode, Duffey and Jason are joined with a returning quest of the podcast, Morris Beene. Here, they discuss informal counseling within the life of the local church. Formal counseling has its place, and is necessary, but all Christians engage other Christians informally all the time in conversation. This episode is aimed at helping us all have more meaningful, intentional conversations wit...

For the final epsiode in our series on evangelism, Jason and Duffey discuss several theological issues relating to it. Some of the topics they cover are regeneration, conversion, who God is is, and how He works in salvation. This episode is aimed at helping us all to think theologically and biblically about evangelism. 

This episode is another entry in our series on evangelism. Jason and Duffey discuss contact evangelism. They talk about what contact evangelism is and ways that Christians may be more confident in one-on-one evangelistic encounters. They explore answers to common practical questions like: How should we think rightly about encounters with unbelievers? How should we think rightly about presenting th...

In this mini-series on evangelism, Jason and Duffey discuss the question of what exactly do we mean by "the gospel"? They answer the question by first looking at what is not the gospel. Then they discuss what the gospel is. In sum, "the gospel" is the message of good news about Jesus Christ. So, the aim of this episode is to clear away clutter that so often gets brought into the discussion of the...

In this week's episode, Jason and Duffey discuss the topic of evangelism. Evangelism is an important part of the life of every Christian, but it often comes with feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and even apathy. The purpose of this conversation is to help the listener think through common questions like: What if I don't feel equipped to evangelize? What if I don't have a desire to evangelize? What i...

Jason and Duffey are joined by a returning guest to the podcast. Mack Tomlinson is an author and long-time pastor at Providence Chapel, Denton, TX. In this episode he shares about his upcoming book on the sufferings and supernaturalism of the 17th century Scottish Covenanters (soon to be published).   Click the link to read his articles published with Banner Of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org/us/...