Covenant Podcast

CBTS professor Michael Emadi and his wife, Ashley, provide several tips for "Surviving Seminary as a Family." For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org To watch video episodes of the Covenant Podcast, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXDgKm8SndkksaqigTec-WA  

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

John MacArthur once said that "no eschatology is complete or true which does not embrace the prophecy of Zechariah." In this conversation, Ben Habegger explains how an Amillennialist understands Zechariah 14 and irenically expresses concerns with a Dispensationalist understanding of this book. For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

"This study of the Loughwood Baptist church has brought to our attention a number of interesting early members. But the Hugenots, Fifth Monarchy men, and woman author weren’t the entire congregation. There were in fact several hundred believers making up the church even in its earliest years."   For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

Can women be pastors? Dr. Scott Aniol answers this important question with the authority of Scripture. For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

William Allen and John Vernon appear in history as two believing men “of one heart and soul”. They were the closest of friends in religion, family, the Army, and politics.   For more information about CBTSeminary, visit CBTSeminary.org

About the Author: John Sweat Jr. is one of the pastors at Heritage Reformed Baptist Church. He is a husband to Heather and a father to four girls. John graduated from Trinity Baptist College in 2015 and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he completed a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies and a Master of Arts in Christian Thought in 2019. Pastor John is an avid Georgia Bulldog fan, enjoys Br...

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode of the Covenant Podcast, we talk with Dr. Sam Waldron about a class he teaches for CBTS: the Doctrine of Man. Dr. Waldron covers important aspects of Biblical anthropology, including the image of God, the dichotomous composition of man, the noetic effects of sin, and more. If you are interested in applying as a student of CBTS to take this course for credit, click here: CBTSeminary...

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this episode of the Covenant Podcast, Ken Glisch, Dewey Dovel, and Doug Barger continue examining the doctrine of election from John Gill's work "The Cause of God & Truth." In this section, Gill states that he is defending absolute election against Dr. Whitby by arguing from the most principal passages from Scripture. We hope the consideration of these passages will be a blessing to all our...

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

John Vernon and his wife Anne had five known children. There names are uncertain but probably were John, Deborah, Caleb, Anne (or as she was called, Nancy), and Mary. Caleb has special interest to us because his father wrote a spiritual biography of him that is the only book I am aware from the 1600s that gives an account of the conversion, baptism, and partaking in the Lord’s Supper by someone un...

Over three centuries after its initial publication, Nehemiah Coxe’s seminal work "A Discourse of the Covenants" remains as vital as ever in understanding Baptist Covenant Theology. Paired with John Owen’s Exposition of Hebrews 8:6-13, this twentieth anniversary edition of Covenant Theology from Adam to Christ features updated content and indices. In this conversation, Richard Barcellos, Ron Miller...

The following message was delivered at the 2025 Covenant Conference, hosted by CBTS. The theme of the 2025 conference was The Law of God. To learn more about CBTS, visit CBTSeminary.org

"Vernon frequently preached against Cromwell’s Protectorate. William Kiffen and others wrote him urging to support it, but his understanding of the relationship between Christ and the English government wouldn’t allow it."

In this conversation, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon discuss the value of arranging a preaching calendar. They also discuss the Spurgeonic method of preaching, the difference between topical expository sermons and sequential expository sermons, and the usefulness of having a preaching calendar within a plurality of elders. For more information about CBTS visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

A great irony surrounds this biblical doctrine of God's absolute predestination of all things. Intended by the Apostle Paul to be one of the most comforting and assuring doctrines to the redeemed followers of Christ, predestination is widely scorned by those to whose souls it should soothe. There is no greater assurance of our salvation than to know its eternal security does not rest on the feeble...

As Samuel Richardson wrote, “there is no form of civil government in Christ’s testament”. We are reminded that it’s often easy to give ourselves to a human kingdom than Christ’s without even noticing. For more information about CBTSeminary, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Chris Holmes discusses "The Preaching of Benjamin Keach." Dr. Holmes researched Keach's use of Metaphors for his PhD Dissertation and teaches courses on Preaching and Benjamin Keach at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. For more information about CBTS visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

Some of the earliest members of the Loughwood Baptist church were colorful characters, a few of which we’ll look at next episode. Others were quite unexpected. Who would guess that several prominent families in the early years of the church were Huguenots, French protestants escaping persecution?   For more information, visit CBTSeminary.org

In this conversation, Steve Kim presents historical data that demonstrates Jesus of Nazareth arose from the dead. Steve Kim is the Alberta Director of Apologetics Canada Ministries. In his early 20s, Steve experienced a faith crisis due to intellectual undernourishment. Through this experience, he has come to see apologetics as the “intellectual care of the soul” and now feels a personal burden to...

In this episode, Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon discuss the importance of training men for Pastoral Ministry. They discuss the duty of teaching men who will be able to teach others as well; they cover why this duty is especially necessary for older ministers; then, they conclude the conversation by providing tips to accomplish this task. For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org