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The Man of God NetworkMar 08, 2024
John Newton: Female Dress | Narrated Puritan
John Newton - Letters Volume 6 - On Female Dress
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"Best of Pastor's Inbox" Female Deacons? Yes, or No?
In this episode, we rerun an "oldie but a goodie." -Austin
Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon discuss whether Scripture permits females to serve New Testament churches as Deacons.
William Crabtree | Particular Pilgrims
Last time I introduced you to William Crabtree, the first pastor of the Baptist Church in Bradford, who was followed in the ministry by William Steadman. Crabtree’s life is worthy of being told and contains several noteworthy lessons.
1689 18:1 The Assurance of Salvation is Possible | Confessing the Faith
"The burden of the Confession in its first paragraph is to assert the reality that true believers may have assurance in this life."
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Diversity in Eldership | Pastor's Inbox
Diversity in Eldership
In our last episode, we discussed parity in the eldership. In this conversation though, we want to talk about functional diversity in the eldership. So, what are some ways to distinguish gifts/grace, etc., among the elders of a church?
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The Anatomy of Addiction | J. Ryan Davidson | Preaching & Teaching
This is a sermon preached by Pastor J. Ryan Davidson to his church, Grace Baptist Chapel (Hampton, VA).
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William Steadman Pt.4 | Particular Pilgrims
"Steadman’s second great labor in Bradford was raising up a Baptist ministerial academy. Some at the time still opposed ministerial training and even those who saw its value were often unable to agree upon a shared vision or raise the resources to implement it. The local Baptist Association had formed the Northern Education Society to do this. And Steadman was their man for the next 30 years, almost single handedly giving it life."
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Jonathan Edwards: Conversion of Abigail Hutchinson | Narrated Puritan
Jonathan Edwards - The Conversion of Abigail Hutchinson In the Revival at Northampton - 1735
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1689 18:1 Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation | Confessing the Faith
"The historical background of this chapter grows out of controversy. God overrules controversy for the purpose of clarifying the truth for his church."
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Parity in Eldership | Pastor's Inbox
Parity in Eldership
In our last conversation, we talked about having a plurality of elders within a local church. Now, I want to ask you brothers how these elders relate to one another. So, what do we mean by parity within the eldership?
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Water from a Rock | Timothy Decker | Preaching & Teaching
Pastor Timothy Decker preached this sermon to his congregation, Trinity Reformed Baptist Church.
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William Steadman Pt.3 | Particular Pilgrims
"William Steadman arrived in Plymouth on June 6, 1798 as a pastoral partner to Isaiah Birt. This left the Broughton church without a pastor, a situation that was to continue for eleven years. But in God’s strange providence, the church finally began to grow during this time. The surrounding Baptist pastors cared for the church until 1809 when a graduate of the Bristol Academy, Hugh Russell, was called as pastor. This is a good reminder that God’s church is built, not by men, not even by good, qualified, zealous, and called men, but by Christ and that he uses whatever means and timing he thinks best."
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William Gouge: The Unpardonable Sin | Narrated Puritan
William Gouge - Treatise On The Sin Against The Holy Spirit - its definition, why it is unpardonable.
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1689 17:3 The Resolution to Backsliding | Confessing the Faith
"Modern easy-believism has objected to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints and taught in its place the doctrine which has become popularly known as “eternal security.” While the Confession does in a sense teach eternal security, it does not teach the popular view that eternal security means that men will be saved regardless of how they live and irrespective of whether they repent of the grievous sins into which they fall."
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Plurality in Eldership | Pastor's Inbox
Plurality in Eldership
Is it the biblical norm for churches to have a plurality of elders? What do we mean by a plurality of elders, and can you demonstrate this teaching from Scripture?
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The Suffering Son who Brings Many Sons to Glory | John Miller | Preaching & Teaching
The Suffering Son who Brings Many Sons to Glory | John Miller | Preaching & Teaching
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Narrative of Jonathan Edwards | Narrated Puritan
Personal Narrative of Jonathan Edwards. Sereno Dwight.
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1689 17:3 Tragic Fruits of Backsliding | Confessing the Faith
"Paragraph 3 speaks of the difficulties which attend perseverance in the Christian life and the reality that grievous sin may still be committed by authentic believers. Having spoken of the various causes of backsliding, paragraph 3 goes on to speak of the tragic fruits of backsliding. It lists five such sour fruits."
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Principles for Dressing Modestly | Pastor's Inbox
Principles for Dressing Modestly
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Lessons in Loving Difficult People | Sam Waldron | Preaching & Teaching
Sermon preached at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY., by Pastor Sam Waldron
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William Steadman Pt.2 | Particular Pilgrims
"During this time, William constantly studied his Bible and read a wide range of evangelical authors. These included Calvinistic Anglicans like William Romaine and James Hervey and many volumes of John Gill and John Brine, the high Calvinistic Baptists. This appreciation for and experience of the value of other genuine Christians, even of a different mind in some things, was always a part of Steadman’s life. While a convinced Particular Baptist with strong evangelistic impulses, he appreciated and cultivated friendships across the evangelical spectrum. In this he was representative of many Particular Baptists."
Horatius Bonar: Ministerial Confessions | Narrated Puritan
1651 - Ministerial Confessions - Church of Scotland Pastors: Also published by Horatius Bonar in Words to Winners of Souls
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1689 17:3 Difficulties Which Attend Perseverance | Confessing the Faith
"The central assertion of this qualifying paragraph may be stated as follows: True Christians may and do fall into grievous sins and continue in them for a time." For more information visit: https://cbtseminary.org
What does it mean to dress modestly? | Pastor's Inbox
What does it mean to dress modestly?
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Beware of Self Glory | Ben Carlson | Preaching & Teaching
Sermon preached at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY., by Pastor Ben Carlson.
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William Steadman | Particular Pilgrims
"There is another pastor connected with late 18th century Plymouth that need to be highlighted. His name is William Steadman and he is an important figure in Particular Baptist history especially for his ministry in the north of England. Much of what we know about his life comes from a biography written by his son, Thomas, shortly after his father’s death in 1837. It is called “Memoir of the Reverend William Steadman, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church, Bradford, Yorkshire, and president of the Northern Baptist Education Society”. It can be found online through Google books."
Jonathan Edwards: Without Affections, We are Nothing | Narrated Puritan
Jonathan Edwards- Without Vigorous Affections in Religion We Are Nothing
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Christian Liberty in Parenting | Pastor's Inbox
Christian Liberty in Parenting
What about parenting decisions? I see too many Christians meddling in the parenting choices of people who are in a different life situation from them…
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Friendship in Marriage | Tom Hicks | Preaching & Teaching
Sermon delivered by Pastor Tom Hicks of FBC Clinton, Louisiana.
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William Winterbotham | Particular Pilgrims
"Having looked at the life of Isaiah Birt and his friends, let’s return to the Plymouth Baptist Church and Pastor Philip Gibbs. Now that Birt was pastoring the nearby Baptist church in Plymouth Dock, Gibbs needed an assistant. The church was alerted to William Winterbotham of London, and in January of 1790 he supplied the pulpit. His preaching was edifying and the people invited him to become assistant to their pastor which he readily accepted. Before we proceed with the story of his pastoral and political life, here is what we know about his background and conversion."
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John Brown: An Exhortation to Persevere | Narrated Puritan
John Brown -The Exhortation to Persevere in Hebrews 10
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Are Christian women always forbidden from speaking? | Pastor's Inbox
Are Christian women always forbidden from speaking?
"Do we tell the smart, courageous, intelligent woman that she's not allowed to speak her mind about the things of God because men feel intimidated by her?"
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Two Great Consequences of the Work of Christ | Sam Waldron | Preaching & Teaching
Two Great Consequences of the Work of Christ | Sam Waldron | Preaching & Teaching
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Lydia Gwennap and John Broadley Wilson | Particular Pilgrims
"It strikes me as unlikely that a born-poor, persecuted Baptist boy like Isaiah Birt would one day grow up to be friends with a wealthy, high-society, evangelical Anglican named John Broadley Wilson. But that is in fact what happened. At the same time, the story of their friendship illustrates the complementary truth that members of Particular Baptist churches were often a tight knit and even inter-married community."
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John Owen: Defects in Public Teachers | Narrated Puritan
John Owen - Defects in Public Teachers and Guides, A Cause for Apostasy From the Gospel.
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A Blended Family Question | Pastor's Inbox
Is a woman always in sin if she chooses to have her children honor and respect their biological father over the stepfather when it's not outright sin?
What is a religious cult? | John Divito | Preaching & Teaching
This lecture was delivered in the classroom of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary by guest lecturer, John Divito.
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Isaiah Birt Pt.2 | Particular Pilgrims
"Isaiah Birt’s ministry in Plymouth lasted over 30 years. About 1815, he moved to Birmingham, where his son in the faith and dear friend, Samuel Pearce, had pastored until his death in 1799. For a dozen years, Birt ministered to this body of believers, preaching “only twice on the Lord’s Day” but also on many weekday evenings. Eventually, physical weakness made this impractical. Then he stepped down, moved to London, and preached for others as he was able."
John Colquhoun: The Law and Gospel | Narrated Puritan
John Colquhoun - The Law and the Gospel - 1815 Does upholding the law compromise the freeness and fullness of the gospel? In this classic work, John Colquhoun helps us to understand the importance of knowing the relationship between law and gospel. In one of the most outstanding Reformed studies on the topic, Colquhoun encourages believers to combat both legalism and antinomianism by joyfully embracing a correct view of the law centered on the Person of Christ.
Reforming a Church | Pastor's Inbox
The same questioner who inquired about Rebooting a Church Plant submitted the following to the Pastor's Inbox:
What about reforming an existing church?
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Introduction to Evangelizing Mormons | John Divito | Preaching & Teaching
This lecture was delivered in the classroom of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary by guest lecturer, John Divito.
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Isaiah Birt | Particular Pilgrims
"Last time I presented a study of the conversion and 51 year pastoral ministry of Philip Gibbs at the Particular Baptist Church in Plymouth. The man who baptized him was Crispin Curtis, the pastor of the church in Kingsbridge, who also served for about 50 years. One of the ways the Lord blessed both of these men’s long pastorates was in the raising up of other men. Gibbs and Curtis not only rightly handled the word of truth, but they also entrusted it to faithful men, as the apostle Paul prescribed. One of these faithful men of Pastor Gibbs, was named Isaiah Birt."
John Owen: Helps for Meditation | Narrated Puritan
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Rebooting a Church Plant | Pastor's Inbox
We have recently discontinued efforts for a church plant at this current time. I would appreciate insights on how and when to reboot/restart a plant. How does that factor in new/different people?
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The Importance of Preaching | Tom Ascol | Preaching & Teaching
This lecture was delivered by Dr. Tom Ascol in the class "Preaching I" for CBTSeminary.
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Philip Gibbs | Particular Pilgrims
"At some point Philip was apprenticed to a tailor in the nearby market town of Kingsbridge. One day around his 15 th birthday, he was at work and a woman member of the Baptist church arrived on horseback. She urged Philip to join her in hearing a minister of the Establishment who had just come to town. His name was George Whitefield. Gibbs agreed and got up on the horse behind her. Now hear him tell the rest of the story..."
C.H. Spurgeon: The Enchanted Ground | Narrated Puritan
C.H. Spurgeon - Beware of the Enchanted Ground
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The Approval of a Church Budget | Pastor's Inbox
Who in a church might be responsible for creating the budget? Whose responsibility is it to approve the church budget? (Why?)
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The Superiority of the Son over the Angels | John Miller | Preaching & Teaching
The Superiority of the Son over the Angels | John Miller | Preaching & Teaching
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The Response of London Particular Baptists to Civil Injustice | Particular Pilgrims
"In our last episode I described the non-conformist’s civil disadvantages under toleration that made them English second-class citizens. How did they respond? And specifically, how did the London Particular Baptist pastors attempt to display a proper patriotism and submission to their God-appointed leaders while still appealing for their full civil rights?"
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