The Whole Counsel

This week John sits down with Ryan Bush, editor of the Guide to Family Worship and teacher of the Practical Guide to Family Worship Bible Study Set. The duo discuss their experiences and obstacles to leading their families in worship and give practical tips you can apply right now to leading your family in the worship of the living God. International Church Planters: http://intlchurchplanters.squa...

Who is the Holy Spirit and what is His role in turning someone from a person who hates the law of God to someone who loves to meditate on it night and day? George Whitefield explains that while spending a great deal of his time pleading with sinners to cry out to the Holy Spirit to do the work that only He can do. Show Notes: www.mediagratiae.org/blogs/the-work-of-the-holy-spirit Pick up your copy...

*There was a problem uploading the audio file. Please refresh your cache to get the corrected episode.* What is the effectual calling of the Lord to a rebellious soul? What makes it different than the normal conviction someone feels when listening to a sermon or reading Scripture? While the term may be unfamiliar in today's culture, its reality has been experienced by every true Christian. Purchas...

Chuck and Teddy conclude their discussion on the qualifications of elders and deacons in this week's episode. While there are specifics edicts, the principle behind each of them is that an elder and deacons must be a man "above reproach." Show Notes: www.mediagratiae.org/blog/elders-and-deacons-part-ii Chuck's Sermons: https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?sortby=added&sourceonly=true&currSection...

This week Chuck is joined by Teddy James to discuss the importance of an elder's character. Chuck has been preaching through the qualifications of elders and deacons for several weeks at Christ Church New Albany.  Show Notes: https://www.mediagratiae.org/blog/elders-and-deacons Al Martin's three-volume set: https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/pastoral-theology-the-man-of-god-three-volume-set-ma...

Richard Owen Roberts says regeneration is one of the most important doctrines American Evangelicalism must reexamine. That is a bold statement, but it bears much truth. This week's sermon by Jonathan Dickinson, "The Nature and Necessity of Regeneration" is a prime example of how much understanding we lack when it comes to this doctrine. For show notes, visit https://www.mediagratiae.org/blog/ten-s...

In this concluding episode of 10 Shekels and a Shirt, Paris Reidhead takes a deep dive into what is wrong with a man-centered gospel. John also shares his first exposure to this sermon and how God used it in the early life of Christ Church New Albany. For the text of the sermon and show notes, visit https://www.mediagratiae.org/blog/ten-shekels-ii.

For the next two weeks, we want to present you with one of the most beneficial sermons John has ever heard. Preached by Paris Reidhead in 1965, the sermon's title is 10 Shekels and a Shirt. In the sermon, Reidhead tackles some very big issues and points us to Christ. Show Notes: mediagratiae.org/blog/ten-sheckels For more Christian podcasts like this, visit www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts.

When it comes to the atonement of Christ's death, we are again presented with the importance of grasping the bigness of God, our sin, and His love. But what is the atonement and how can the death of one man atone for all the sins of every Christian in history? These are weighty questions deserving of a weighty conversation. For help in this, John and Chuck are looking to a sermon from Solomon Stod...

A few months ago we recorded a special episode with our friend Joel Tiegreen. Joel served as a missionary to the country of Turkey for five years. While there he was diagnosed with cancer. In the discussion, we asked how we could pray for Joel and he asked that we pray he would finish his race well. On Tuesday, April 13, Joel finished his race well. We wanted to present this discussion to you agai...

"God loves you." That statement, divorced of the knowledge of the character of God or depth of man's depravity, is empty. But after spending time learning who God is and seeing Him as He presents Himself in Scripture, and contrasting His pure holiness to our rebellion and wickedness, it has an indescribably deep beauty. Why does God love us? For how long will God love us? What can make God stop lo...

Anyone who has been around The Whole Counsel long enough will know we love reading from the old writers and preachers. We believe there are incredible benefits to reading from men and women who were particularly gifted by God to speak truth into their times.   But as much as we love reading them, we are aware there are ditches we can easily fall into. To help discuss these benefits and dangers, Je...

Salvation is no easy feat for man. In fact, it is impossible for man to save himself. It is a work only God can do. But that begs the question, why. Why is it so hard for man to be saved? Why is it impossible for man to save himself? John and Chuck dissect the sermon The Righteous are Scarcely Saved by Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen in this week's The Whole Counsel Podcast. You can find the text...

Why does sin bother the Christian? It is because God gives His children an understanding of the ugliness of sin that an unbeliever simply cannot grasp. David's prayer, "Against you and you only have I sinned." is incomprehensible to one who does not understand sin. Presenting a biblical picture of sin is the point of Joseph Bellamy's sermon that John and Chuck are discussing in this week's podcast...

Few doctrines have been so misunderstood and abused than that of total depravity. However, it is an important truth we must wrestle with in our pursuit of seeing salvation in full color. In this week's episode, John Snyder and Chuck Baggett highlight a sermon preached by Gilbert Tennent titled "The Wretched State of the Unconverted." For show notes, visit www.mediagratiae.org/blog/total-depravity...

In this week's episode, John and Chuck discuss a sermon preached by Samuel Hopkins on the Law of God. The Law of God is an expression of God's character. It is perfect, infinite, authoritative, and beautiful to the believer. It is hated, despised, and ugly to the unbeliever. Hopkins give help to how we should understand and apply God's law to our New Testament stance with God and seven questions w...

John and Chuck are beginning their slow walk through the book Salvation in Full Color. This week the discuss a sermon by Timothy Dwight on the character of God. John and Chuck share why this is the most important place for us to begin. For more episodes and like minded podcasts, visit www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts . Pick up your copy of Salvation in Full Color: http://www.rorbooks.com/index.php/pr...

In this inaugural episode of The Whole Counsel (previously The Behold Your God Podcast) John introduces several of the changes to the podcast. We are in a new location, we have a new cohost (welcome Chuck Baggett) and we have a new sound. But lots of things are staying the same. We are still discussing the same eternal truths and we are still looking to writers and pastors of the past for help. Th...

Order A Practical Guide to Family Worship here: https://www.mediagratiae.org/family-worship-study-guide   In this episode of the Behold Your God Podcast, Ryan Bush leads us through the first session of the new project by Media Gratiae: A Practical Guide to Family Worship. Also a special note: This will be the final episode of the Behold Your God Podcast. Don't worry, we will still produce new epis...

We are taking a few weeks to present to you the teachings Media Gratiae has produced over the years. This week's special episode is from Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God's small group teachings. This session is taught by John Snyder and focuses on the Puritan teachings on Revival and Awakening. Learn more about Puritan: All of Life to the Glory of God here: https://shop.mediagratiae.org/co...

We are taking a few weeks off to present to you past teachings from Media Gratiae. This week's special episode from our latest project: The Church. Learn more about The Church here: https://shop.mediagratiae.org/collections/originals/products/the-church

We are taking a few weeks to highlight the teaching Media Gratiae has produced through our studies. This week's special episode comes from our second major study, Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty. This particular session is Week One: Knowing the God Who is Incomprehensible. Purchase Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty here: https://shop.mediagratiae.org/collections/originals/products/beho...

We wanted to take a few weeks to present a series of special episodes highlighting the teaching from various products produced by Media Gratiae.   For this week’s special episode, we present to you the first session of Behold Your God: Rethinking God Biblically. In it, John introduces A.W. Tozer, and discusses how Jesus Christ is the great attraction to the Christian life. Learn more about Behold...

As we begin a new year, we wanted to present some thoughts on deep reading in 2021. John highlights resources for taking a long soak in one book of Scripture, the strengths and weaknesses of reading all the works of one Christian author, and much more. You can find links to everything mentioned at www.mediagratiae.org .

As we did last week, we want to present you to a sermon Dr. John Snyder preached at Christ Church New Albany. These two messages are specifically given to draw out hearts to Christ and to see anew how He makes reconciliation with God the Father possible for us. Subscribe to the Christ Church New Albany YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRId3R2ruI4jqMKeP6oo1ow Media Gratiae: ww...