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"Albert Barnes - A Vindication of True Revivals " Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

In this conversation, we will discuss sermon preparation. Particularly, we will discuss how long it takes to prepare a sermon. So, brothers, can you think of some different scenarios of sermons to be prepared and estimate how long different messages take to prepare?

"There is another hymn of Samuel Medley’s that I want to introduce to you. It has a personal connection for my wife and me and so I want to share it with you. It was originally entitled, “The Wisdom and Goodness of God”. It is one of my wife’s favorite hymns and one she wrote a paper on for Dr. Michael Haykin in her classes at CBTS. I’ll be using some of the fruit of her research in this epis...

"John Owen: The Gift of Tongues, Miracles, Prophecies the Discernment of the Spirit - Defined"

This is the final episode covering “the pastor’s children.” And in this conversation, we want to talk about family worship. So, pastors, what are some methods that pastors can use to teach their children scripture, and its teaching, as they’re growing up?

This sermon was preached by Pastor Ron Miller of Covenant Baptist Church in Clarksville, TN. The text for the sermon was Titus 2:1-10. Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

Samuel Medley’s hymns were first published during his lifetime. I have a modern reprint of the “second edition, enlarged” from 1789, that contains 77 hymns, their titles and Scripture texts. Some of Medley’s hymns were used by John Rippon in his famous hymnal of about the same time. Then, after his death in 1799, a much larger collection was gathered and printed in London in 1800. It contained 232...

"Samuel Pike and Samuel Hayward - Discerning Whether a Promise or Threatening Is From God or the Devil - Cases of Conscience - 1755" Informed Scholarship, Pastoral Heart. Helping the church to prepare men to undertake the full range of pastoral responsibilities in serving Christ and His kingdom.

In this conversation, we address the pressures of being a “pastor’s kid.” So, the question to our cohosts is: What particular challenges does being a Pastor’s kid bring–and how should a pastor lead his family in light of these challenges?

Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

"In his sermons, Samuel Medley directly addressed the unconverted. He is sometimes presented as a High Calvinist and perhaps he was of a sort, although I don’t think we have enough sermon material to make that judgment. Being limited to only two specimen sermons is inadequate. But what is clear from those two is that he did not ignore those outside of Christ. In his association sermon preache...

"John Flavel: God's People Should Be Affected With God's Judgments On Their Nation."

In this episode, we continue to consider Chapter 15 of the Confession which takes up the important subject “Of Repentance unto Life.”Chapters four and five conclude this chapter with two important thoughts. For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org

For this conversation, we want to encourage pastors who are burdened with the lost condition of their children. We want to especially encourage pastors who raised their children in accordance with Scripture’s model of parenting–yet their children have gone to the far country… So the question to our cohosts for this conversation is: What encouragement or advice do you brothers have to offer to past...

Tom Hicks preached this sermon at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY. Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry

Our episode today tells the story of Samuel Medley, a man whose story in several respects parallels that of John Newton, the famous author of Amazing Grace. These men lived at the same time and spent their early adult years at sea. Both were saved in dramatic circumstances, and both became pastors and hymn writers. And much less importantly, the drawings and paintings of them made during their lif...

"J C Ryle - Assurance of Salvation - From the book Holiness."

In this episode we continue to consider Chapter 15 of the Confessionwhich takes up the important subject “Of Repentance unto Life.”Paragraph 3 provides a wonderful definition of repentance which can beillustrated by means of the analogy of a tree with soil, roots, trunk andbranches, and finally fruit. Today, let’s consider the fruit that grows on this tree of repentance. For more information visit...

In this episode, we address whether or not an unbelieving adult child disqualifies a pastor from ministry. The question for our cohosts is as follows: Must a pastor’s adult children–who are out of the home–be believers for a man to be a qualified elder?

This sermon was preached by John Miller at Redeemer Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia. We hope it is of encouragement to you as you consider, "A Servant of God's Word for the Faith of God's Elect."

Robert Hall Sr’s most important writing was “Help to Zion’s Travelers.” Having recently finished re-reading it, I want to give you an overview of this valuable book and make some observations. My copy of “Help to Zion’s Travelers” is an 1814 printing that claims to be the First American Edition. It was published by John Paradise in Alexandria, VA, and printed by J. Rakestraw of Philadelphia. John...

"Octavius Winslow - Personal Declension of Religion in the Soul. 1848"

In this episode we continue to consider Chapter 15 of the Confession which takes up the important subject “Of Repentance unto Life.” Paragraph 3 provides a wonderful definition of repentance which can be illustrated by means of the analogy of a tree with soil, roots, trunk and branches, and finally fruit. Today, let’s consider the trunk and branches of this tree of repentance.

In this final episode in a short series on "a pastor's wife," Lee McKinnon and Joe Wilson address ways in which the Pastor protects and helps his wife in her calling. They answer the following questions: How MUST a pastor protect & help his wife? How might a pastor encourage and further his wife's usefulness for Christ? Are there any special warnings a pastor might need with...

This sermon was preached by Jorge Alfredo Rodriguez Vega at Redeemer Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia. We hope it is of encouragement to you as you consider, "The Extraordinary Self-Portrait of God."