Confessional Moments

Election: To the Praise of His Glorious Grace  “Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in e...

Confessional Moments — WCF 3.4: A Fixed Number in the Mind of God “These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.” —Westminster Confession of Faith, 3.4   WCF 3.4 gives one of the most stabilizing truths in all of Scripture: God’s decree of election...

Westminster Confession of Faith 3.3 “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life; and others foreordained to everlasting death.” (Westminster Confession of Faith, 3.3)   In this episode, Pastor Tim Beauchamp walks through the theological and pastoral significance of predestination as confessed in WCF 3.3. Rather than approac...

Confessional Moments — WCF 3.2: Written Before the Worlds Began Westminster Confession of Faith 3.2 “Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon all supposed conditions; yet hath He not decreed anything because He foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.” In this episode, Pastor Tim reflects on the doctrine of God’s eternal decree—written befo...

Westminster Confession of Faith 3.1 “God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.” In this episode, Pastor Tim exp...

WCF 2.3 – The Holy Trinity In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. (WCF 2.3) In this episode, Pastor Tim unfolds the majesty of th...

WCF 2.2 – Out of the Fullness of God Westminster Confession of Faith 2.2 God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which He hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them: He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, throug...

CM-013  Interlude: Faith Works and the Covenant of Grace You serve, you strive, you obey—yet your heart still feels restless. Could it be that the very works meant to express faith have quietly become the ground of your assurance? Today, Pastor Tim takes a short break from our study of WCF 2.2 to address a vital question: When do good works stop being faith-works and start denying grace? Join us f...

Confessional Moments — WCF 2.1: “The God Who Is” There is but one only, living, and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions; immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute; working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for h...

CM-010 – WCF 1.10: When the Spirit Speaks – Scripture as the Supreme Judge Westminster Confession of Faith 1.10 The supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined; and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the S...

CM-009 WCF 1.9 — The Only Infallible Interpreter Westminster Confession of Faith 1.9 The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly. In this episode, Pastor Tim unpacks Westminster...

Confessional Moments WCF 1.8 – “The Word in Every Tongue” The Old Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek, being immediately inspired by God, and by His singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical; so that in all controversies of religion, the Church is finally to appeal unto them. But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of G...

Is the Bible truly clear, or only for scholars? In this episode, Pastor Tim Beauchamp explores the Reformed doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture — that God’s Word is clear in all things necessary for salvation. With insights from Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Westminster Divine Thomas Manton, we rediscover that God speaks plainly through His Word and that His truth is accessible to every bel...

In this episode of Confessional Moments, Pastor Tim Beauchamp reflects on Westminster Confession of Faith 1.6 and its rich affirmation that Scripture is sufficient for everything pertaining to God’s glory, salvation, faith, and life. Discover how the Word of God equips believers for every good work, what it means to reason by “good and necessary consequence,” and why the illumination of the Spirit...

“We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole, (which is, to give all glory to God,) the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, the many other incomparable excellenci...

The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or Church; but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God. — Westminster Confession of Faith 1.4 The Westminster Confession reminds us that Scripture’s authority stands not on human approval...

“The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings.” — Westminster Confession of Faith 1.3 In this episode of Confessional Moments, Pastor Tim reflects on Westminster Confession of Faith 1.3, which affirms tha...

In this episode of Confessional Moments, Pastor Tim explores the meaning and importance of the biblical canon as affirmed in Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 1, Section 2. Why do we confess these sixty-six books—and no others—as the inspired Word of God? What assurance do believers have that the Scriptures we hold are complete, trustworthy, and sufficient? Join us as we reflect on the beau...

In this episode of Confessional Moments, Pastor Tim reflects on Westminster Confession of Faith 1.1 — a declaration that the Holy Scriptures are the only sure and sufficient rule of faith and life. Amid a world of shifting opinions and self-made truths, this brief meditation calls believers back to the written Word as the foundation of all saving knowledge. Learn why God chose to reveal Himself “w...

In this inaugural episode of Confessional Moments, Pastor Tim Beauchamp invites listeners to step behind the pages of the Westminster Confession of Faith. Discover the story of the Westminster Divines—the men, the moment, and the mission that shaped one of the most enduring statements of Reformed truth. This brief reflection sets the stage for our journey through the Confession, reminding us why t...