Happy Thursday, this is the curation portion of the blog. Each Thursday, we will list and give a brief description of the resources we have found helpful.
Review
Go or Hold the Rope (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Lessons in Piety from Samuel Pearce
Blessings from Disaster: Spurgeon’s Prayer on November 2, 1856
Christianity’s God Does Have Answers: An Alternative to N.T. Wright
Lessons in Godliness from Benjamin Keach
Special Announcement: Covenant Podcast
Listen
Ministering the Word in a Crisis from Practical Shepherding is a discussion between the host on a subject that is very relevant and applicable.
On Pastoring Suffering People from 9 Marks Ministries is a discussion by pastors on ministering to those who are going through difficult times. How do we balance empathy and instruction as pastoral leaders? This question, among others, is explored by solid brothers in the faith.
Divine Impassibility with Sam Renihan from The London Lyceum is an excellent interview on a doctrine that has come under attack in much modern theology.
Glorifying God in the Present Distress by Sam Waldron is an excellent topical sermon on how we, as Christians, should respond to the present distress.
Pestilence, Providence, Prudence by Samuel Renihan is another great sermon. I highly commend it.
Read
Only the Impassible God Can Help Us Now by Wyatt Graham is a helpful response and alternative to the article N.T. Wright wrote about Christianity and the Corona Virus. He provides a survey of the modern attack on divine impassibility and the doctrine in the history of the church. He also gives some of the practical implications of the doctrine.
Typology and Communication in 2 LCF 8.6 by Samuel Renihan is a response to some historical analysis by Dr. R. Scott Clark. Renihan shows similarities between Particular Baptists and the broader Reformed Tradition. He also shows the crux of the difference between them, which is their respective understandings of typology. It is worth reading for both lovers of Particular Baptist History and Covenant Theology.
Puritan-related Material on Plagues and Pestilences by Joel Beeke is a curated list by a puritan scholar of resources that pertain to plagues.
Shedding Light on the Garden by Cody Floate provides a biblical-theological interpretation of the covenant of works. He also gives some good thoughts on Christian hermeneutics.
Formulating Doctrine by Richard C. Barcellos summarizes how theological formulation is to be done. He gives a lesson on how the authors of the historic confessions appeal to Scripture. They weren’t proof-texting. Instead, they were giving key text from which the conclusions of the confessions came.
The Well-Trained Theologian: Essential Texts for Retrieving Classical Theology by Matthew Barrett is a brief article on theological retrieval for evangelicals. He, also, provides a link to an extensive reading list for the reader who desires to delve into the Christian Tradition with some guidance of a sound theologian.
Jimmy Johnson serves as the Senior Pastor at Vista Baptist Church of Osceola, Missouri. He is a husband and father, and a sinner saved by the awesome grace of God in Jesus Christ. He is the cohost of Covenant Podcast. He received his BA in Christian Ministry from Missouri Baptist University. He received His MDiv from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He subscribes to the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith as a faithful summary of biblical teaching. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
He co-founded this website to be dedicated to providing biblical, theological, confessional, and historical content that is accessible and beneficial to the Church of Jesus Christ. He contributes to the website to become more skilled as a writer, theologian, and pastor.