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The Bud Zone is a podcast which emphasizes fellowship and conversation (aka, Christian community, as in “Christian Podcast Community”) primarily with non-platformed pastors and laymen who will discuss a variety of topics, including theology, current events, discipleship, and a faithful Christian life that employs the mind of Christ. Friends (“buds”) will be invited on the podcast for these convos. Each podcast should run approximately 30 mins. in length.
On this special Lord’s Day Christmas episode, Bud reads from the Gospel Of Luke and a selection on the Incarnation from Augustine.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Pastor and author Joshua Banks joins Bud to discuss his recent book, Yes, It Matters: The Influence Of The Doctrine Of Election On Sanctification. The book is a helpful resource that explains the impact of God’s sovereignty, particularly in the doctrine of election, on the believer’s path of sanctification.
Josh is pastor of Shepherds Rock Bible Church in Kingsport, TN.
He may be found on Facebook HERE.
Yes, It Matters: The Influence of The Doctrine Of Election On Sanctification is available from these sources:
G3 Press – Available HERE
Reformation Heritage Books – Available HERE
Amazon – Available HERE
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Pastor Steve Williams joins Bud on this episode of the Bud Zone for a wonderful discussion of God's grace in his life and ministry, as well as conversation about the SBC, the state of the church, and some of his favorite books.
Steve is pastor of Shores Baptist Church in Goodspring, Tennessee. He may be followed on Facebook HERE. Information about his church may be found on their Facebook page HERE or on their website HERE.
Pastor Steve's recommended books on this episode include:
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
Studies In The Sermon On The Mount by Martin Lloyd-Jones
Knowledge of The Holy by A.W. Tozer
The Forgotten Fear by Albert Martin
He also heartily recommends The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Pastor and author Larry Ball joins the Bud Zone for a conversation about the hot topic of Christian nationalism, Christendom, and other timely concerns for the church at large.
Pastor Ball wrote a provocative article recently on The Aquila Report entitled "Christian Nationalism: Dump The Term While We Still Can."
He has also written other articles on the Aquila Report, as well as the following books available on Amazon:
Critical Race Theory And The Church: A Concise Analysis
Unto You And Your Children: The Promises of The Covenant
Blessed Is He Who Reads: A Primer On The Book Of Revelation
Pastor Ball's sermon "Are You Woke?" may be found on YouTube HERE.
Pastor Ball also mentioned a few other books on this episode, including the following:
Institutes Of Biblical Law by R.J. Rushdoony
By This Standard: The Authority Of God's Law Today by Greg Bahnsen
God And Government: A Biblical, Historical, And Constitutional Perspective by Gary DeMar
The Case For Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Marcus Pittman, Founder and CEO of Loor.tv, joins Bud for this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast. Loor.tv is a decidedly Christian crowdfunding media platform that is "Fighting the culture with great storytelling."
Find out more about getting started with Loor.tv HERE.
Marcus may be found on Facebook HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone, Bud is joined by Will Dobbie, author of the recently released and unique devotional, From Everlasting To Everlasting: Every Believer's Biography. Will also serves as pastor of Emmanuel Church in Knoxville, TN.
Will's book From Everlasting To Everlasting: Every Believer's Biography may be purchased on Amazon HERE.
For more information on Emmanuel Church Knoxville, please find their website HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone, Bud is joined by Christian filmmaker Nathan Anderson to discuss his documentary on postmillennialism entitled "On Earth As It Is In Heaven." Nathan's followup work also includes a series on Loor.tv entitled "Teach All Nations."
Nathan is on Facebook HERE.
The website for his documentary "On Earth As It Is In Heaven" is HERE.
It is also available on Amazon Prime HERE. It is also available on Canon+ HERE.
His "Teach All Nations" series is available HERE and requires a free Loor.tv account which may be set up HERE.
A number of resources for further study were mentioned in this episode and include the following:
He Shall Have Dominion by Ken Gentry
Postmillennialism: An Eschatology Of Hope by Keith Mathison
Revelation: Four Views by Steve Gregg
The Puritan Hope by Iain Murray
Heaven Misplaced by Doug Wilson
The Days Of Vengeance by David Chilton
Paradise Restored by David Chilton
Many free books in pdf or ebook format are available through GaryNorth.com.
Numerous church history and eschatology lectures are available from Bruce Gore on YouTube HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Dr. Levi Secord, Pastor and Author, comes on the Bud Zone this week to discuss his chapter focused on a Christian worldview in the recently released book "Failed Church." Dr. Secord is Pastor of Christ Bible Church in St. Paul, MN and is a frequent contributor to various publications.
For more information about Dr. Secord and to hear sermons by him, please visit his church's site HERE.
Order your copy of "Failed Church" on Amazon HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Dr. P. Andrew Sandlin returns to The Bud Zone for a discussion about his recently published book, "Failed Church: Restoring A Vision Of Ecclesial Victory."
Dr. Sandlin is Founder and President of the Center For Cultural Leadership, a Christian think tank seeking to transform Christians to transform culture. He is also a Fellow For Public Theology and Cultural Philosophy at The Ezra Institute, and is also an instructor for the H. Evan Runner International Academy For Cultural Leadership. Dr. Sandlin's books, teaching, and other resources are available on a wide variety of outlets.
Order your copy of "Failed Church" on Amazon HERE.
For more information about the Center For Cultural Leadership, please go HERE. Be sure to register with your email for weekly updates.
For details about The Ezra Institute, please go HERE.
For Dr. Sandlin's weekly newsletter, Culture Change, please find him on Substack HERE.
DocSandlin.com is the location for Dr. Sandlin's blog.
Videos by Dr. Sandlin may be found on YouTube HERE.
A variety of digital and print books from Dr. Sandlin may be found on Amazon.
Dr. Sandlin's podcast may be found on Apple Podcasts HERE and Google Podcasts HERE.
To listen to Dr. Sandlin's previous appearance on the Bud Zone, please go HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Pastor Tony Hicks joins Bud this week to discuss the present work on, the ominous intent of, and a Christian response to transhumanism. Transhumanism is a rapidly developing movement that seeks to fuse human biology with technology in order to improve human life, ultimately evolve humanity into a new species, and eventually offer digital eternal life through technology.
The books referenced in this podcast include:
Homo Deus - by Yuval Noah Harari
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology - Ray Kurzweil
The Fourth Turning - by William Strauss and Neil Howe
The Coming Neo-Feudalism by Joel Kotkin
A Planet Of Three Billion by Christopher Tucker
The Great Narrative by Klaus Schwab
Tony Hicks is pastor of Clifton Baptist Church in Franklinton, LA. He may be found on Facebook HERE and on his website HERE. Tony’s YouTube channel is HERE.
Tony’s church website may be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Independent Christian filmmaker Les Lanphere visits The Bud Zone this week. Les and Bud discuss his conversion and the Lord's providence in bringing him to be a robustly Reformed Presbyterian. Les also discusses his films Calvinist and Spirit & Truth, and his current project, Cessationist.
Les can be found on Facebook HERE.
The website for his films is available HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of the Bud Zone Podcast, Bud joins Andrew Rappaport of The Rapp Report, and Nathaniel Jolly and Ekkie Tepsupornchai of the Truth Be Known podcast for a special joint podcast. The main topic of discussion is the sufficiency of Scripture.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week's episode of the Bud Zone Podcast features Tim Cannon, David Lovi, and Les Lanphere, the men behind the film project, Cessationist. Cessationist is in the funding stage at this point, but promises to be a critical resource for the church as it faces the ongoing influence of charismaticism.
Please consider supporting this project by going to the Kickstarter Cessationist campaign which can be found HERE or at the link below:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brokenstonestudio/cessationist?ref=checkout_rewards_page&fbclid=IwAR0QIa-8mdMuku0Qku114HfJQy2tiV7TkJopTKhXX6JUuhSrJM19swq9Pbc
For more information about Les Lanphere's previous films, including Calvinist and Spirit & Truth, please visit his website HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week finds the Bud Zone re-broadcasting a very helpful, candid conversation between Andrew Rappaport and Bud originally broadcast on The Rapp Report podcast. In the spirit of iron sharpening iron, Andrew and Bud engage on a theological point on which there is some disagreement. It's a wonderful glimpse at how true believers may discuss differences with brotherly love and respect.
Andrew Rappaport's Rapp Report may be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week on The Bud Zone, Pastor Carl Dingus joins Bud to discuss his ministry and the work of the Lord in the church at large. A Masters Seminary graduate, Pastor Dingus is Senior Pastor of Daniels Bible Church in Daniels, WV.
Carl may be found on Facebook HERE.
Daniels Bible Church may be found on Facebook HERE or at their website HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, SBC pastor Tony Hicks and SBC pastor Don Elbourne discuss the recent bombshell Guidepost Solutions' report on the sexual abuse crisis in the SBC.
The complete Guidepost report can be found HERE.
The 2019 "Abuse Of Faith" series by the Houston Chronicle may be found HERE.
Don Elbourne is pastor of Lakeshore Baptist Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. He may be found on Facebook HERE. His online store Fashion Is A Gospel Issue may be found HERE.
His church's website may be found HERE. His church is also a mission trip destination. More information on that may be found at the Rebuild Lakeshore website HERE.
Tony Hicks is pastor of Clifton Baptist Church in Franklinton, LA. He may be found on Facebook HERE and on his website HERE. Tony's YouTube channel is HERE.
Tony's church website may be found HERE.
Tony's previous episode on The Bud Zone may be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this week's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, "Chaplain Five-O" Bernie Loos joins Bud for a wonderful discussion of the Lord's grace and providence in saving an unregenerate police officer and transforming him into a faithful Reformed elder and LEO chaplain.
Please follow Bernie on Facebook HERE.
Bernie's testimony is available on SermonAudio HERE.
The website for Bernie's church, Grace Church of Harrisburg, NC, can be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone Podcast is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this week's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast , Bud gets "Grady-ed!" with a joyful conversation with Grady Edwin Adams. Grady (a/k/a Ed) discusses his false conversion, his true conversion, and the providence and grace of the Lord throughout his life. He also discusses his faithful ministry to truckers.
Follow Grady Edwin Adams on Facebook HERE.
Some of the evangelism resources which Grady mentioned are from Go Therefore Ministries. Please find their website HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
In this Bud Zone SubStack (SS) episode, Bud narrates the article "You May Be A Calvinist, But That Doesn't Make You Reformed."
To find The Bud Zone on Substack, please go HERE and subscribe if you so choose. While Substack does allow authors to charge a fee for subscriptions, The Bud Zone Substack content will be free. I mean, I work a real job. My writing is mainly cathartic, not that good, and I'd feel really, really bad expecting someone to pay for my fodder.
For the article on which today's episode is based, please go HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Rob Miller joins Bud for another installment of Miller Time on The Bud Zone.
During this episode the conversation focuses on matters surrounding the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention, the candidacies of Tom Ascol for SBC President and Voddie Baucham for Pastors Conference President. Rob & Bud also discuss a bit of the recent Roe v. Wade news and also express similar disdain for the egregious attack by SBC elites on Pastor Tom Buck and his wife.
As for the "Caravaggio wing of the Bud Zone" which Bud mentions, here is a picture of the 1601 painting "The Crucifixion Of St. Peter" by Caravaggio:
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Today's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast is a premiere of a special "SS Edition." The "SS" stands for Substack, a blogging platform on which Bud may be occasionally found digitally penning faith-focused articles intended for thoughtful provocation.
Today's episode is a Substack introduction and will not be replacing the normal format of the Bud Zone Podcast. We still aim to feature faithful saints doing the work of ministry. This is merely to introduce you to what will be an episodically random addition to that content.
To find The Bud Zone on Substack, please go HERE and subscribe if you so choose. While Substack does allow authors to charge a fee for subscriptions, The Bud Zone Substack content will be free. I mean, I work a real job. My writing is mainly cathartic, not that good, and I'd feel really, really bad expecting someone to pay for my fodder.
Nevertheless, I hope this introductory episode is interesting to you and that you will subscribe on Substack. Because I do work a "real" job, my output probably won't be voluminous, but I do pray it might be provocative. If you don't think so, that's fine. Thanks for considering it anyway. And God bless you anyway.
For the article on which today's episode is based, please go HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This special episode of The Bud Zone finds Andrew Rappaport, the man responsible for prodding, provoking, and pestering Bud into podcasting, joining Bud for a fun and edifying round of "Twenty Questions." Andrew answers a variety of queries and along the way provides the gracious wit and edifying conversation by which he has become a blessing to the church.
Andrew is the Founder and President of Striving For Eternity Ministries (Find it HERE) and the Christian Podcast Community (Find it HERE). His Rapp Report Daily podcast is HERE and the weekly Rapp Report edition, on which Bud is honored to be co-host, may be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Joining Bud this week is Dr. Joe Boot, Founder of The Ezra Institute, a confessional evangelical think-tank focused on equipping believers with a robust, reformational, and biblical worldview. Dr. Boot discusses the mission of the Institute and describes its intent in training from and towards a "Reformational thinking" worldview.
The conversation engages with some of the content from Dr. Boot' latest book, Ruler Of Kings: Toward A Christian Vision Of Government. This book may be purchased directly from The Ezra Institute Store HERE or from Amazon HERE.
Dr. Boot's exceptional work, The Mission Of God: A Manifesto Of Hope For Society may also be acquired from The Ezra Institute store HERE as well as from Amazon HERE.
Dr. Boot, along with Ezra Institute Colleagues Nathan Oblak and Ryan Eras, may be heard weekly on the Institute's Podcast For Cultural Reformation.
On Twitter, Dr. Boot may be followed at @DrJoeBoot.
For information about, and resources from, The Ezra Institute, please go HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Bud is again joined by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan, to discuss a brief history of revivals and revivalism. Tom has spent extensive time in the disciplined study of the history of revivals and brings a wealth of insight to this divine work of God that is so overlooked by much of the contemporary church.
Tom's previous visit to The Bud Zone may be heard HERE.
As discussed on this episode, Tom has provided the following recommended reading for those interested in further study on this important topic:
The Great Awakening Sources:
The Great Awakening – Joseph Tracy
Historical Collections and Accounts of Revival – John Gillies
The Life of George Whitefield Arnold Dallimore – Two Volumes.
Life of George Whitefield - J.C. Ryle
Jonathan Edwards Biography - Iain Murray
Jonathan Edwards: A Life - George Marsden
The Life Of President Edwards - Sereno Dwight
Second Great Awakening
Edward Dorr Griffin – Two Volume Set of life and sermons
The Life of Asahel Nettleton – Bennet Tyler
New England Revivals: As They Existed at the Close of the Eighteenth and the Beginning of the Nineteenth Centuries – Bennet Tyler
Accounts of Religious Revivals in Many Parts of the United States from 1815-1818 – Joshua Bradley
The Kentucky Revival
The Great Revival of 1800 – William Speer
Revivals and Revivalism - Iain Murray
The Revival of 1857-1858
The Power or Prayer – Samuel Prime
The revival and its lessons – J. W. Alexander
The Revival of 1859 United Kingdom
Authentic Records of Revival, Now in Progress in the United Kingdom in 1859 - William Reid
The Year of Grace – William Gibson
The Welsh Revival – Thomas Phillips
The Great Evangelical Awakening – Edwin Orr
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode, Bud is joined by Dr. P. Andrew Sandlin, Founder and President of the Center For Cultural Leadership, a Christian think tank seeking to transform Christians to transform culture. CCL operates from the biblical conviction that salvation in Christ should transform all of life. Dr. Sandlin is also a Fellow For Public Theology and Cultural Philosophy at The Ezra Institute. He is also an instructor for the H. Evan Runner International Academy For Cultural Leadership. Dr. Sandlin's books, teaching, and other resources are available on a wide variety of outlets.
For more information about the Center For Cultural Leadership, please go HERE. Be sure to register with your email for weekly updates.
For details about The Ezra Institute, please go HERE.
For Dr. Sandlin's weekly newsletter, Culture Change, please find him on Substack HERE.
DocSandlin.com is the location for Dr. Sandlin's blog.
Videos by Dr. Sandlin may be found on YouTube HERE.
A variety of digital and print books from Dr. Sandlin may be found on Amazon.
Dr. Sandlin's podcast may be found on Apple Podcasts HERE and Google Podcasts HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this week's brief episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Bud goes solo and takes the opportunity to read the Word of God considering the Law of God, the Gospel, and concludes with a Puritan prayer. A reading of David's praise for the Law of God from Psalm 119 and the prophetic account of the gospel from Isaiah 52-53 are shared with listeners. The episode concludes with the reading of a Puritan prayer selected from The Valley Of Vision.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
Thy Word Is Still Truth: Essential Writings On The Doctrine Of Scripture From The Reformation To Today
The Valley Of Vision: A Collection Of Puritan Prayers
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast is honored to feature James Moore, a faithful brother with a vibrant and consistent evangelism and missions ministry throughout Latin America. James and Bud discuss the missions work he does in various Latin American countries including Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and more. As a wonderful first for The Bud Zone, James shares the gospel in Spanish on this episode.
James' ministry, Christians Sharing Christ, may be found HERE.
In addition to praying for this ministry, if you would like to also provide financial support, please send your donations to:
Christians Sharing Christ Ministries
P.O. Box 283
Mountain Home, TX 78058
James may be found on Facebook HERE.
For more information on James' church, Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Marble Falls, TX, please visit their website HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week on The Bud Zone Podcast, Keith Foskey, pastor of Sovereign Grace Family Church, Jacksonville, Florida, joins Bud to discuss a number of topics including the status of Calvinism in the church today.
To find out more about Keith's church, please go to the Sovereign Grace Family Church website HERE.
To follow Keith's podcast, Conversations With A Calvinist, go HERE.
Find Keith on Facebook HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this week's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Dr. Peter Sammons and Rochadd Hendrix again join Bud to continue a discussion from their previous episode together. Today the focus is on the continuing debate regarding the subordination of the Son and the impact a wrong view has on the orthodox understanding of the Trinity.
The Owen Strachan article mentioned may be found HERE.
For the most recent Master's Seminary Journal, edited by Dr. Sammons, please go HERE.
The book The Son Who Learned Obedience by Glenn Butner which was referenced may be found HERE.
For the previous episode of The Bud Zone featuring Peter and Rochadd, please go HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
It's Miller Time again on The Bud Zone Podcast as Rob Miller joins Bud for a stellar but unscripted conversation which covers a number of topics related to the church and the Christian life.
The discussion begins with consideration of a Carl Trueman quote posted by Bud on Facebook which garnered a number of comments. Also discussed is a recent Conversations With A Calvinist podcast by Pastor Keith Foskey who was joined by Rochadd Hendrix to discuss the matter of subordination in the Godhead. Also, Rob posits a quote from Dr. Andrew Smith's sermon "Puppet Preachers" which considers the importance of the pulpit when choosing a church.
The Carl Trueman quote may be found in his book Fools Rush In Where Monkeys Fear To Tread.
The closing narrated prayer comes from The Valley Of Vision published by Banner Of Truth.
To find more sermons by Andrew Smith, go to SermonAudio. You're also encouraged to follow his sermon podcast Truth For You.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This week's episode of The Bud Zone Podcast features a look at the MLJ Trust ministry which is the repository of 1,600 audio sermons from the "logic on fire" preacher D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Greg Jones, President of MLJ Trust, joins Bud to discuss the Trust's work, the ministry of Lloyd-Jones, and the importance of such sound preaching for the church.
The MLJ Trust website may be found HERE.
It is also available on YouTube (HERE) and OnePlace (HERE).
The Banner of Truth biography of Martyn Lloyd-Jones by Iain Murray can be found HERE.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Bud is joined by Dr. Peter Sammons and “THE” Rochadd Hendrix for a lively discussion of numerous theological topics. Dr. Sammons is Associate Professor of Theology at The Master’s Seminary and General Editor of The Master’s Seminary Journal. He is also author of the recent book Reprobation And God’s Sovereignty. A lively and edifying conversation ensues across an array of important theological issues including reprobation, the doctrine of the Trinity, and the issue of the eternal subordination of the Son.
Dr. Sammon’s book Reprobation And God’s Sovereignty: Recovering A Biblical Doctrine is available from numerous booksellers.
In addition to Dr. Sammon’s highly recommended new book, the following books were also recommended on this episode:
The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting An Ancient Vision by Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson
The Son Who Learned Obedience: A Theological Case Against The Eternal Subordination of the Son by D. Glenn Butner, Jr.
The opening Puritan Paragraph on The Bud Zone is by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan. He may be found on SermonAudio HERE. Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Mr. Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan, joins Bud on this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast to discuss his decades-long ministry of narrating the rich theological sermons and works of the Puritans. Tom's narration ministry can be found on numerous Christian media outlets and has been a blessing to scores of believers around the world where his work regularly reaches over 100 nations per month. Having recorded thousands of Reformed and Puritan sermons, Tom is an incredible source of their history and, as a faithful brother, an informed and astute guide to helping understand the work of the Lord in our times.
The Narrated Puritan is his SermonAudio site which contains nearly 1,000 narrated sermons. Find it HERE.
Tom's website, PuritanAudioBooks.com, may be found HERE.
The John Owen sermon, What Must Be The Nature Of Our National Repentance To Avoid Imminent Judgment, which Tom and Bud discuss is a must-listen. Find it HERE.
Tom may be found on Facebook HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, author and historian Dr. Glenn S. Sunshine joins Bud to discuss an array of topics, including his recent book Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government And Resistance In The Christian Tradition. The conversation includes discussion of little known episodes from church history, the doctrine of lesser magistrates, Protestant resistance theory, and how the church ought properly respond in our current cultural and political climate. Dr. Sunshine's insights are both provocative and timely.
In addition to Slaying Leviathan, Dr. Sunshine has also authored numerous books including Why You Think The Way You Do: The Story Of Western Worldviews From Rome To Home, and A Brief Introduction To The Reformation. Dr. Sunshine's author's page on Amazon may be found HERE.
His book Slaying Leviathan is also published by, and available from, Canon Press and can be found HERE.
As mentioned on this episode, Dr. Sunshine is also one of the co-hosts on The Theology Pugcast.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
Pastor Anthony Forsyth joins Bud in this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast to discuss the publication of his new book "Caesar And The Church: A Biblical Study Of Government And Church." Anthony discusses the motivation for the book, the mechanics of writing it in an accelerated fashion, and his desired goal for the book.
This book is the result of a sermon series which Anthony preached in October 2021 at his church, Calvary Baptist Church in Burbank, CA. That sermon series is featured on his church's website which may be found HERE.
Pastor Anthony was also featured on a previous episode where he and Bud discussed in detail the sermon series "Caesar and the Church." That episode may be found HERE.
To order your copy of "Caesar And The Church," please find it on Amazon HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This brief episode of The Bud Zone Podcast takes a look at the doctrine of imago Dei. It is drawn from an article which was previously published on Striving For Eternity.
For the article from which Bud drew the content for this episode, please go HERE.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
This episode of The Bud Zone Podcast is hosted by Bud's dear friend Rob Miller who, in a microphone turning maneuver, has persuaded Bud to be the guest. Rob asks a number of fun questions, a number of serious questions, and even concludes with a "gotcha" question for Bud. It's a refreshing conversation between two brothers in Christ that might be both entertaining and, hopefully, a bit edifying for listeners.
For more episodes from The Bud Zone Podcast, please go to the Christian Podcast Community HERE.
On this first episode of the new year for The Bud Zone Podcast, the focus is on resolutions. Bud reads an article about how Christians should approach making new year's resolutions. The original article may be found on Striving For Eternity HERE.
On this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Dr. Andrew Smith, pastor of Christ Reformed Community Church, and fellow member Rob Miller join Bud to discuss the upcoming new podcast, Truth For You. Truth For You is a podcast which will feature the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. Andrew Smith. Andrew, Rob, and Bud discuss the focus and need for this new podcast and discuss its first episodes which are drawn from a sermon preached at the installation of a custom-built new pulpit (shown below) in the church.
Truth For You is hosted by the Christian Podcast Community and can be found HERE. Truth For You features expository preaching from a distinctly Reformed theological perspective.
In honor of our celebration of Christ's nativity this week, Bud reads a Christmas sermon from the Prince of Preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Entitled "Going Home - A Christmas Story," Spurgeon drew from Mark 5:19 the words of Christ: "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." The healing of the Legion-possessed demoniac and the Lord's response to his gratefulness in desiring to remain with Jesus serves as the springboard from which Spurgeon exhorts believers to use the occasion of Christmas as an opportunity for evangelism.
The transcript of Spurgeon's sermon may be found in the New Park Street Pulpit, Volume 3.
It may also be found online at the Spurgeon Library.
Pastor Steve Cooley joins Bud on this episode of The Bud Zone. Steve is well known for his evangelical broadcasting work alongside Pastor Mike Abendroth on No Compromise Radio where he is "The Tuesday Guy." He is a pastor/elder at Bethlehem Bible Church in West Boylston, MA.
Steve may be found on Facebook HERE and on Twitter as @TheTuesdayGuy.
No Compromise Radio is available HERE.
For more information on Steve's church, please visit Bethlehem Bible Church.
Mentioned in this episode is Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, and The Master's Seminary.
For more about the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, please see HERE.
This episode of The Bud Zone Podcast features Jared Baker, Pastor of Nelson Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Central City, KY. Pastor Jared discusses a wide range of topics with Bud, including his preaching ministry, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Covid pandemic impact on the church, and what encourages him about the times we live in. Jared also shares the books he's currently reading and recommends, and, more importantly, the priority which Scripture must take in a believers life.
Among the books discussed on this episode are the following:
The Geneva Series of Commentaries: Psalms by William S. Plumer
Ten Indictments Against The Modern Church by Paul Washer
The 1689 Baptist Confession Of Faith In Modern English
Walking With God Day By Day by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Defining Deception by Costi Hinn and Anthony Wood
Other resources mentioned include Banner of Truth, Founders Ministries, and HeartCry Missionary Society.
Pastor Jared may be found on Facebook and on Twitter.
Nelson Creek Missionary Baptist Church may be found on Facebook.
The church's YouTube channel may be found HERE.
For the previous Bud Zone episode on The Horner Bible Reading plan, follow this link.
For the episode featuring Matt Trewhella, author of The Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates, follow this link.
On this extended episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Antonio Giuliano joins Bud to discuss the Lord's sovereign grace in his salvation, His amazing providence in leading him to become the lead tenor soloist in The United States Army Band Chorus, and the Lord's faithfulness during a career-threatening, but faith-building trial.
Antonio may be found on Facebook HERE.
Antonio's rendition of "Amazing Grace," a clip of which was included in the opening of this episode, may be found, along with several other of his "Songs I Love To Sing," on YouTube HERE.
The video record of Antonio's Retirement Ceremony may be found HERE.
The U.S. Army also featured Antonio in a profile article which may be found HERE.
Books mentioned in this episode include the following:
The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series
Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary Of Bible Truth by John MacArthur and Richard Maybe
Just Thinking About The State by Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker
Christianity And Wokeness by Owen Strachan
On this Thanksgiving Day episode, Bud turns to the Puritan Thomas Manton for the reading of an excerpt of his sermon about the Christian's special duty of giving thanks. Drawn from an exposition of Psalm 119:62, Manton emphasizes the necessity for the Christian to be much in giving thanks and giving praise to God. Manton's sermon No. LXX is sourced from Volume 7 of the 22 volume The Works of Thomas Manton published by The Banner of Truth Trust.
Charles Spurgeon, in his collection "The Treasury Of David," says of Psalm 119: "This sacred ode is a little Bible, the Scriptures condensed, a mass of Bible, Holy Writ rewritten in holy emotions and actions. Blessed are they who can read and understand these saintly aphorism; they shall find golden apples in this true Hesperides, and come to reckon that this Psalm, like the whole Scripture which it praises, is a pearl island, or, better still, a garden of sweet flowers."
For information on The Works of Thomas Manton, please visit the Banner of Truth website.
The Treasury of David by Spurgeon may be sourced at Reformation Heritage Books or Solid Ground Christian Books.
Pastor and author Matt Trewhella joins Bud on this week's episode to discuss his book The Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates. Though originally published in 2013, this book has become a most timely resource for pastors, Christian laymen, magistrates, and churches who desire to be faithful to the teaching of Scripture while in the midst of an increasingly tyrannical state.
Matt is pastor of Mercy Seat Christian Church in Brookfield, WI. He may be followed on Facebook HERE.
For more information about the doctrine of lesser magistrates, the Magdeburg Confession, and his important work in the area of the Christian's duty regarding government, please visit his websites DefyTyrants.com and CountyBeforeCountryTalks.com Expanding God's Kingdom Through Christian Localism.
To find more information about Pastor Matt's ministry to the pre-born, please see the website for Missionaries To The Preborn.
Matt's book, as well as The Magdeburg Confession and other resources, may be purchased on DefyTyrants.com or by following the Amazon links below.
The Doctrine Of Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Response To Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience To Civil Government ... on Amazon
The Magdeburg Confession ... on Amazon
On this episode, Pastor Anthony Forsyth, Calvary Baptist Church, Burbank, CA, joins Bud to discuss his recent sermon series entitled "Caesar and The Church." Pastor Forsyth helpfully outlines a faithful exegesis of the pandemic-driven focal text of Romans 13 and considers it within the broader context of biblical principles of delegated, limited authority.
For more information about Pastor Forsyth's church, please go to Calvary Baptist Church's website HERE. (https://www.calvarybaptistburbank.org)
The Caesar And The Church Series from Pastor Forsyth may be found via the links below:
Part 1: https://vimeo.com/621935321
Part 2: https://vimeo.com/628597244
Part 3: https://vimeo.com/634793269
Pastor Forsyth may be found on Facebook HERE.
For previous episodes of The Bud Zone Podcast related to this same issue, please listen to the following:
A Christian Theology Of Authority & Government with Pastor Chris LeDuc
Faith In An Age of Tyranny With Dr. Andrew Smith and Rochadd Hendrix
Government, God, And Rochadd - Part 1
Government, God, And Rochadd - Part 2
On this special two-part Bud Zone Podcast, Dale Corbett joins Bud to discuss his experience and exit from the Pentecostal movement, his move through an SBC church infected with emergent church theology, as well as how he came to understand the doctrines of grace. The Lord's sanctifying providence for nearly two decades in Dale's life has brought him now to a confessional Reformed church.
For more information regarding the charismatic movement, the following resources are recommended:
The Strange Fire Conference by Grace To You
Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending The Holy Spirit With Counterfeit Worship by John MacArthur
The Clouds Without Water teaching series by Justin Peters
Dale and his wife Dian are members of Christ Reformed Community Church in St. Augustine, Florida under the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. Andrew Smith. (This is also the same church in which Bud is a member, by the way!)
Please be sure to hear Part 1 with Dale Corbett which may be found HERE.
On this special two-part Bud Zone Podcast, Dale Corbett joins Bud to discuss his experience and exit from the Pentecostal movement, his move through an SBC church infected with emergent church theology, as well as how he came to understand the doctrines of grace. The Lord's sanctifying providence for nearly two decades in Dale's life has brought him now to a confessional Reformed church.
For more information regarding the charismatic movement, the following resources are recommended:
The Strange Fire Conference by Grace To You
Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending The Holy Spirit With Counterfeit Worship by John MacArthur
The Clouds Without Water teaching series by Justin Peters
Dale and his wife Dian are members of Christ Reformed Community Church in St. Augustine, Florida under the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. Andrew Smith. (This is also the same church in which Bud is a member, by the way!)
On this episode of The Bud Zone Podcast, Vadeem Stamey joins Bud for a refreshing conversation about the Lord's providence in his life and the importance of Scripture, discipleship, and the church in the life of a believer. From a faithful layman's perspective, Vadeem discusses the concerns he sees for the contemporary church, offers encouragement to those of the millennial generation in the church, and what encourages him in the times we live in.
Vadeem is the host of the Bits of Reality podcast which can be found HERE.
Bits Of Reality Podcast
Vadeem may also be followed on Facebook HERE. To reach him by email, please contact him at thebitsofreality@gmail.com.
Chris LeDuc, Pastor of Cannon Beach Bible Church, Cannon Beach, OR, joins Bud on this episode to discuss an array of issues faced by the contemporary church. From mandated church shutdowns, to Romans 13, to sphere sovereignty, and to the certain singular hope found only in Christ and His gospel, Pastor LeDuc draws from Scripture, Reformation theology and history, as well as American history to outline a Christian theology of authority and government. Pastor LeDuc is in the midst of preaching "A Christian Theology Of Authority And Government," a highly recommended series which may be found on his church's YouTube channel.
Pastor LeDuc may be found on Facebook HERE.
For more information on his church, please visit the Cannon Beach Bible Church website HERE.
For videos from Pastor LeDuc, please visit the Cannon Beach Bible Church YouTube channel HERE.
His sermon referenced in this podcast, Putting Romans 13 In Its Place, may be heard HERE.
A number of books, authors, and ministries mentioned in this episode are helpful resources for further study. These include the following:
Calvinism: Six Stone Lectures by Abraham Kuyper
Our Program: A Christian Political Manifesto by Abraham Kuyper
Justifying Revolution: The American Clergy's Argument For Political Resistance, 1750-1776 by Gary Steward
Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government And Resistance In The Christian Tradition by Glenn S. Sunshine
A Christian Manifesto by Francis A. Schaeffer
Resistance To Tyrants: Romans 13 And The Christian Duty To Oppose Wicked Rulers by Gordon E. Runyan
The Mission Of God: A Manifesto Of Hope For Society by Joseph Boot
The Ezra Institute
Senior Pastor Tony Hicks of Clifton Baptist Church joins Bud on this episode to discuss a variety of topics including his participation in the most recent Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, TN. The discussion includes topics such as the Ed Litton plagiarism scandal and recent SBC activity regarding sexual abuse and the SBC Executive Committee.
For more information about Clifton Baptist Church, located in Franklinton, Louisiana, please go to CliftonBaptistChurch.net.
Pastor Hicks' Youtube channel may be found HERE.
He may be found on Facebook HERE.
For information regarding some of the current events in the Southern Baptist Convention, we recommend Founders Ministries. Additional resources may be found at the Conservative Baptist Network.
On this episode, Rob Miller joins Bud for a conversation about their attendance at the recent G3 Conference held in Atlanta. From the powerful, expositional preaching to the breakout sessions to the sweet fellowship with other saints, the conversation is encouraging and joyful.
Rob has previously joined The Bud Zone on an episode discussing the Horner Bible Reading Plan. That episode may be found HERE.
Listeners are also encouraged to listen to last week's episode, Faith In An Age of Tyranny, which has been very popular. That episode may be found HERE.
For more information about the G3 Conference, please go to G3Min.Org.
On this episode, Bud is joined by Dr. Andrew Smith and Rochadd Hendrix for a broad discussion of faith and faithfulness during an age of increasing tyranny.
Dr. Andrew Smith may be followed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/andrew.smith.98031506 and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RevAndrewSmith.
For sermons, blog articles, and Dr. Smith's podcast, Today In Church His-Story, please visit his website HERE.
For more information on Dr. Smith's church, please visit the Christ Reformed Community Church website HERE.
As referenced in this episode, please see Dr. Smith's article What The World Needs Now: A Treatise On The Christian World Order.
Rochadd Hendrix may be followed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rochadd.hendrix
Rochadd is the designer and distributor of the very popular "The Government Is Not God" shirt. Contact him on Facebook to get yours!
Please be sure to listen to the two previous episodes on which Rochadd and Bud discuss the topic of "The Government and God" ...
Government, God, and Rochadd - Part 1
Government, God, And Rochadd - Part 2
Some Suggested Reading:
Calvin’s Institutes, Chapter 20, Of Civil Government
Lex, Rex - Samuel Rutherford
Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense Of Liberty Against Tyrants, Stephen Junius Brutus
God’s Terrible Voice In The City, Thomas Vincent
The Quest For Cosmic Justice, Thomas Sowell
The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium, Martin Gurri
Warning To The West, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Christianity And The State, Rousas John Rushdoony
For Politics: The Christian, The Church And The State, The Ezra Institute, Joseph Boot
For Government: Toward A Christian View Of Authority, The Ezra Institute, Joseph Boot
Coronavirus And The Leadership of The Christian Church: A Sacred Trust Broken, Ernest Springer III, Joel E. Yeager, Daniel O’Roark
The Doctrine Of The Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Resistance To Tyranny And A Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience To Civil Government, Matthew J. Trewhella
Idols For Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture - Herbert Schlossberg
Justifying Revolution: The American Clergy's Argument for Political Resistance - Gary Steward
Faith and joy in chaotic times: Pastor Tedd Mathis of Pueblo West Baptist Church, Pueblo West, CO joins Bud for an encouraging and joyful discussion about faith and faithfulness in these chaotic times.
To follow Pastor Tedd on social media, please find him on Facebook and @teddmathis on Twitter.
For more information on Pueblo West Baptist Church, please visit their website HERE or at PuebloWestBaptistChurch.com.
If you would like to be added to Pastor Tedd's daily "Texts From Tedd," please send a text message to him at 719-371-0567 requesting to be added.
For information concerning the upcoming GraceAlone Colorado Conference, please visit the Conference Website HERE or at GraceAloneColorado.com.
In the conversation with Bud, Pastor Tedd mentioned the helpful work of Founders Ministries and their documentary on the dangers of critical race theory/intersectionality. Get more information on this ministry HERE or at Founders.org. The documentary "By What Standard" by Founders Ministries may be found HERE.
Check out our other episodes at ChristianPodcastCommunity.org/show/the-bud-zone
On this edition of The Bud Zone Podcast, Christian writer Elizabeth Prata joins Bud for an encouraging conversation about her salvation, her writing ministry, and her ministry to women.
Elizabeth is a faithful, prolific Christian author whose many discipleship, devotional, and discernment articles may be found at The-End-Time.Org.
Her podcast, The End Time Blog Podcast can be found on numerous podcast platforms.
Elizabeth may be followed on these social media platforms:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.prata.3
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethprata
Gab: https://gab.com/elizabethprata
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eprata7777/
This Part 2 episode of the Bud Zone Podcast features Rochadd Hendrix in a continuing discussion about the Government And God.
To listen to Part 1, please go to: https://podcasts.strivingforeternity.org/programs/the-bud-zone/the-bud-zone-podcast-with-rochadd-hendrix-government-god-part-1/
Rochadd may be followed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rochadd.hendrix
The clip played comes from Todd Friel's video found HERE.
The J.C. Ryle book from Banner of Truth can be found HERE.
This episode of the Bud Zone Podcast features Rochadd Hendrix in a discussion about the Government And God.
Rochadd may be followed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rochadd.hendrix
The clip played in this episode comes from Todd Friel's video found HERE.
The J.C. Ryle book from Banner of Truth can be found HERE.
Episode 2 - The Horner Bible Reading Plan with Rob Miller
Link to Daily Wire article on Taliban Going Door To Door:
Link to the Horner Bible Reading Plan: https://sohmer.net/media/professor_grant_horners_bible_reading_system.pdf
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