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Join us this Sunday to discuss the final chapter in the book, Chapter 12: Living Maturely.
Maturity through suffering! Learn how Christians cope under life's pressures. Join us this Sunday as we discuss Chapter 9: Coping with Suffering.
This week covers chapter 4: Full Assurance. Does your faith lack assurance of salvation and the reality of God's genuine love for you? Come explore some basic biblical principles of being secure in Christ.
Converted? Saved? But are you SPIRITUALLY MATURE? Come learn why Spiritual Maturity is the key to Christian growth.
Join us this Sunday as we study the last chapter of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, which summarizes what the Bible teaches about The Last Judgment.
As we round out our study of the 2nd London Baptist Confession in the next two weeks, we turn our attention to the last things. This week we will discuss Chapter 31, The State of Humanity after Death and the Resurrection of the Dead. End times discussions are often controversial; however, the confession focuses on what happens to individuals and is silent on the specific sequence of events. We will discuss this intermediate state as well as heaven and hell and the implications for those who are Christians versus those who are not.
Join us this Sunday as we study Chapter 30 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession where we will be exploring the second ordinance, the Lord's Supper. We will look at what the Lord's Supper is, some historical debates that formed the confession's understanding, and how we are to rightly observe it in church today.
Join us this Sunday as we walk through chapters 28 and 29 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession. Chapter 28 is about the establishment of the ordinances of the church (Baptism and the Lord's Supper). Chapter 29 is all about baptism - so a key differentiator of the Baptist confession versus the Westminster. See you there!
How important is a Christian's communion with other believers to their faith? Is communion a command or an option?
Join us this Sunday as we walk through Chapter 26 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession, which is all about “the Church.” There are fifteen paragraphs, so be ready to move quickly! See you there!
Join us this Sunday as we explore the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith on the topic of Marriage!
This week we continue our study of the 2nd London Baptist Confession with Chapter 24 on the Civil Magistrate (Government). Some may wonder why all of the historic protestant confessions commented on civil government. We will discuss this in its historical context. We will also explore God's sovereignty in relation to civil government, the Christian's role and submission to the civil government, and how this is lived out in our time.
How good is your word? What does Scripture say about one's oaths and vows before God and men?
This week we will continue our study of the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession of Faith with a look at Chapter 22 - Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day. We will spend time thinking about worship with a focus on personal and corporate settings. We will also discuss the Sabbath and different views on observing it.
This week we are continuing our study of the Second London Baptist Confession in Chapter 19 - The Law of God. We will spend time looking at the historic uses of the law and how Christians can use it today.
This week we will be looking at chapter 16 of the Confession, studying what the Bible says about good works.
As we continue in our study of the 2nd London Baptist Confession of Faith, we come to Chapter 15 - Repentance to Life and Salvation. We will focus on the idea of repentance, both the initial repentance to life that comes with saving faith and the ongoing repentance that is a mark of a true follower of Christ.
What do we mean by "saving faith"? Join us in Sunday school as we continue to examine the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith that CBC uses as a guide to help us understand reformed orthodoxy.
How are believers sanctified in Christ Jesus? Whose work is it? God's or Man's? This week covers chapter 13, "Of Sanctification", in the London Baptist Confession.
This Sunday we resume our series “Vintage Faith — a Discussion of Classic Doctrine from the 1689 London Baptist Confession.” We’ll jump back in right where we left off, with Chapter 12, “On Adoption.” Please join us as we explore the rich implications of the fact that God has adopted believers as children into his household!
Can true believers know if an unbelieving Judas is among them? Come learn the Biblical marks of being a Christian.This is the final week for the Regeneration class. Listen to past weeks in the Sermons module on OneChurch.
This week we will continue our study of regeneration by exploring the regeneration of infants, children and those with limited abilities. While this is a difficult subject and one with few clear biblical references, we trust in God's goodness and lean into the mystery of His ways.
Our study on the topic of Regeneration continues this Sunday. Discover what role faith and repentance play in a believer's life.
Our study on the topic of Regeneration continues this Sunday! Please join us as we dig deeper into two of God’s “steps” in his work of salvation that are closest to regeneration in the experience of most believers: Calling, and Conversion.
Join us this Sunday as we continue our study on the topic of Regeneration: the order of salvation.
This week we’ll discuss how hearing the Word of God, the Scriptures, the Gospel, fits in to being “born of the Spirit,” to being "made alive” even though we were “dead in our trespasses."
In our new Sunday school series on regeneration, we’ve begun to scratch the surface regarding our need for the new birth. This Sunday, we’ll dig deeper into the Word to see that our need is greater than we can imagine.
Join us this Sunday at 9 am as we discuss the question, What is the new birth? We'll see what Scripture teaches about who the actor is in the new birth and what happens in regeneration. Considering these is a beautiful cause for delighting in our salvation in Christ.
This week we will begin our adult class on regeneration. When we think about our salvation, God is doing two main things. Justification, where God declares us not guilty of our sin because of Christ, and regeneration, or the new birth, where God changes us from the inside out allowing for spiritual growth and sanctification. The purpose of this class will be to focus on regeneration and what it means for us. Our focus will be on laying the groundwork for the class and pondering why we need this new birth.
What Is A Healthy Church Member? - Week 11 - Jon Pouliot & Jeremy Litts by CBCNashville
This week we will conclude our class on a Healthy Church Member and transition to our two week new members class. We will spend some time reviewing the class and the different characteristics of a healthy church member then turn our attention to our final topic, a focus on prayer and that a healthy church member is a prayer warrior. We will discuss what prayer is, when and how we should pray, and for what and who we should pray for. We will also discuss the importance of personal and corporate prayer in the life of the believer and the life of the church.
As we continue our series based on the book “What is a Healthy Church Member?” by Thabiti Anyabwile, we’ll consider what the Bible says about the attitudes and actions of church members towards their pastors and elders.
This week we will resume our class on a Healthy Church Member by looking at what it means to be a growing disciple. It is important to look at what true Christian growth is not and where we can go wrong with our motivations and beliefs about growth. When we think about growth in the Christian life, we are really talking about sanctification or growth more and more into Christ-likeness. While our growth is a work of the Holy Spirit, it is aided by participation in the local church and strengthens both the Christian and the local church they are a part of.
What does the Bible say about believers seeking to be held accountable, seeking to subject ourselves to the truth being spoken to us in love by our brothers and sisters, to seeking correction in our thinking, habits, actions? Join us this Sunday as we discuss why and how a healthy church member is one who seeks discipline.
What does it mean to be a committed church member? Before we can answer that question, we need to see what Scripture says about church membership in the first place. This week we will focus on the biblical argument for church membership and what it means to be an active and committed member of a local church. We will then look at some practical applications of what this commitment looks like.
This Sunday, we continue our Healthy Church Member Sunday school class as we discuss the importance of being a biblical evangelist. What are some common reasons we don't share the gospel? When we do share the gospel, do we neglect to share some essential aspects? How does our evangelism relate to the local church?
As we continue our study on healthy church membership, we move from our discussion of the Gospel to its application, personal conversion. We will spend some time examining what it means to be truly converted and what assurances we can have. Join us on Sunday as we look at what biblical conversion is and how its reality strengthens church members and the church in general.
The Gospel makes us aware of the love of God, of our own depravity and need for redemption, and of the possibility of forgiveness of sin and eternal joy in the presence of God by the work of Christ on the Cross. Continuous consciousness of the Gospel creates health and strength in the members of the Body of Christ. Join us this Sunday as we discuss how we can help each other to keep ourselves thinking about, applying, and sharing the Gospel.
What is a healthy church member? Join us this Sunday as we see that a healthy church member is a biblical theologian. Being a biblical theologian means you know God as he has revealed himself through Scripture. We'll see how this strengthens the church's health and explore ways you can better develop your biblical theology.
Our new Sunday school series will explore how we can be healthy participants in the church. As a general framework for the class, we're using the book What Is a Healthy Church Member? by Thabiti Anyabwile. We'll look at various topics like how we listen to the teaching and preaching of God's Word, knowing the work of God's grace in our soul (are you genuinely converted?), how to seek discipline in the body, praying for the church, etc.
Join us Sunday as we conclude our study through Ephesians. We'll see how God equips us for spiritual warfare and discuss our responsibility in putting on and taking up the armor of God. Also, since ours is a spiritual battle, what does it even look like to fight in this battle?
How should our new lives in Christ affect our households and how we treat one another? Are there specific responsibilities God calls us to fulfill in the roles He entrusts us? Join us this Sunday as we discuss Ephesians 6:1-9 and see how the gospel shapes these relationships and brings our focus ultimately to Christ.
God's design: Biblical submission, family headship. Christ shows us the way. Ephesians 5:22-33.
In Ephesians 5:1-21, Paul continues to describe what our lives together as believers, as “one new man,” should look like, enabled by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Join us as we explore elements of our calling to be “imitators of God,” to be salt and light in this world that needs to hear and understand the Gospel.
We are to live the life that we have been called by God, which is displayed by truth and love through our thoughts, actions, and feelings. Christ expects nothing he has not already done, so we must strive to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving toward one another as Christ has forgiven us. Simple, but not easy. We will talk about the challenges involved in demonstrating authentic love toward each other.
Join us this Sunday as we discuss Ephesians 4:17-24 and what it means to put off your old self and to be made new in Christ. It is a joy to be created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness!
Ephesians 4 begins a shift in Paul's focus as he describes how the grace of God in Christ Jesus results in a changed life. However, Paul doesn't start with the individual believer but with the church, the body of Christ. What is the importance of the church? Why does God not want us to live our new life in isolation? Join us for Sunday school this week as we answer these questions and more.
Prayer: Learn from the best! We will take a look at how Paul prays and what we can learn from his experience. Join us this Sunday at 9am.
Paul suffered imprisonment, countless beatings, and hunger and thirst. But for what? Why would he endure all this? What kept him going? Come to Sunday school at 9 am as we look into the mystery that gave Paul such boldness and how this same mystery ought to impact us.
We continue our study of Ephesians by looking at our new status because of our salvation. Paul says we once were 'far off' but have been 'brought near'. We will discuss what this new status means for us not only in our relationship to God but also our relationship to each other. Join us!
Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone but faith itself is not alone. Come join us this Sunday as we explore spiritual death, new life, and the gift of God.
Come join us as we dig into Ephesians and discuss the first six verses which highlight the eternal purpose the Father has for us as he brings us salvation. Ephesians is a rich text that will be incredibly comforting to us, as it was for the early Church. Join us as we dive into learning more and exploring the Father's purpose!
Join us this Sunday at 9:00 am as we kick off our new Sunday school series on Ephesians. We'll begin with a look at the historical background of Paul's letter, the cultural challenges faced in Ephesus, and how God's word given through Paul continues to be relevant and of immense importance to us today.
Justification, righteousness, imputation, faith: Let's learn together how these Gospel words give us assurance of salvation through the work of Christ.
We’ll be looking at chapter 10 of the London Baptist Confession, “Of Effectual Calling,” this Sunday.
To what extent is man’s will “free”? Find out what the London Baptist Confession of 1689 teaches about “Man’s Free Will” in Sunday School on March 19, 2023 at 9AM.
Join us this Sunday to continue studying the 1689 London Baptist Confession. We’ll be looking at chapter 8, considering the riches and wonder of Christ as our mediator. We often confuse faith with our faithfulness. This section is a beautiful reminder that we rest wholly in Jesus Christ and His faithful mediation between God and us.
Come join us this Sunday as we delve into the riches of understanding God's covenants and what the London Baptist Confession helps us articulate about the biblical truths and covenants revealed in Scripture.
What was the first sin? Are babies born innocent? Why is there suffering in life? Why do living things die? -- Come discover God's grace in the midst of Adam's fall.
Creation - Come learn why God's Divine design is foundational for Christian belief and growth.
This week we're taking a look at Chapter 3: Of God's Decree, which describes how all that was, is, or will be is well-grounded in the eternal purpose of the Triune God.
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God, and are the only sufficient, certain, and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge, faith and obedience. This lesson will serve as a launch point for the biblical examination of the Word or God.
The classic and Reformed confessions and creeds of the church have been born out of moments of much-needed clarity. They have helped the church define orthodoxy, informed its worship, and provided it with a trusted exposition of the Gospel of Christ. While they are not inspired or authoritative, they are helpful. The 1689 Second London Baptist Confession is attached to our church’s statement of faith to assist us in pursuing Reformed orthodoxy. Starting January 15, we’ll dive into these rich theological truths as we study each chapter together.
Join us this Sunday, January 8, at 9am to wrap up “The Word Made Flesh” Sunday school series. If you missed any of the first 5 weeks, they’re available on our podcast.
As we continue to explore Ligonier's statement on Christology, we transition from focusing on Christ's nature, work, and life and to the application of these concepts to what it means for us. We will discuss Articles 18-21 of the statement, which focus on faith, hell, justification, our connection to Christ and his church, and sanctification.
Join us for week four. Whether you realize it or not, you have a Christology (a doctrine of Christ). However, our conception of Christ may not always be Scripture-shaped. Tradition, opinion, and even songs can influence our beliefs about Christ, drawing us into error. Join us for Sunday school this Advent season as we explore God's Word through a series of affirmations and denials about Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Join us for week three. Whether you realize it or not, you have a Christology (a doctrine of Christ). However, our conception of Christ may not always be Scripture-shaped. Tradition, opinion, and even songs can influence our beliefs about Christ, drawing us into error. Join us for Sunday school this Advent season as we explore God's Word through a series of affirmations and denials about Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Join us for week two. Whether you realize it or not, you have a Christology (a doctrine of Christ). However, our conception of Christ may not always be Scripture-shaped. Tradition, opinion, and even songs can influence our beliefs about Christ, drawing us into error. Join us for Sunday school this Advent season as we explore God's Word through a series of affirmations and denials about Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Whether you realize it or not, you have a Christology (a doctrine of Christ). However, our conception of Christ may not always be Scripture-shaped. Tradition, opinion, and even songs can influence our beliefs about Christ, drawing us into error. Join us for Sunday school this Advent season as we explore God's Word through a series of affirmations and denials about Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Join us this Sunday as we wrap up our course on the Bible with a discussion about the application of God’s Word. We’ve talked about how we can best understand what God is saying to us in His Word, but what are the effects of our understanding? How does understanding God’s Word change us as a church? As an individual? How do we become “doers of the Word?"
This Sunday, we are concluding our study on the Christian mind. This last class will deal with practical issues related to the believer's thinking and worldview. How should we view our roles in society, culture, and the arts? How ought we to live?
This week we will be exploring the concept of the perspicuity or clarity of Scripture. Scripture testifies to its own clarity but not all of Scripture is equally clear. We will spend time talking through the idea that the essential truths necessary for salvation are clear and understandable to all who seek them, but there are parts of Scripture that are less clear. We will discuss some aids we have to better understand Scripture and we will distinguish between intellectual knowledge and saving knowledge.
Science and religion are often pitted against one another in a battle for truth. It doesn't need to be this way. Instead, we should look to science as a tool to investigate the wonder of God's ways and we can use science to declare His glory in the created realm.
In this week’s Sunday school study on the “Christian Mind: Escaping Futility” we will discuss “Worldview” thinking: its definition, its formation, its criticisms.
Every great novel has a solid plot structure. It's a central message that connects the characters, events, and settings to the overall narrative arc. So what is the central message of the Bible? Come this Sunday as we discuss the central truth that unites all Scripture.
Everyone has a worldview. In the renewal of our minds, we develop a Christian worldview. Rather than living dualistically, faith shapes all of our thinking. Come this Sunday as we begin to see how the Christian mind, or Christian way of thinking, interacts with our everyday lives.
Have you ever wondered how exactly the Scriptures came together- how those 66 books were determined to be the content of the Bible? Join us this Sunday as we discuss the Canon of Scripture and dive into a great discussion on how the book of the Bible came together!
Why doesn’t everyone acknowledge and receive God’s revelation concerning himself? Who’s to blame? Is the rejection of God’s truth by the unbeliever simply something lacking in them, or is there an active rejection of God on their part? Come this Sunday as we wrestle with these questions.
Join us as we continue part two of our discussion on Human Authorship of the Bible. We will recap the first session discussing the implications of the types of inspiration of Scripture and how it applies to Human Authorship, and during this session we will dig deeper into how God wrote scripture through human hands. It will surely be an engaging discussion!
This Sunday, we'll begin to explore the source for right thinking. The answer is God. But how can we know the truth that is from God? Since we are not only finite but sinful, how can we have any assurance that we can comprehend truth?
Next week we'll continue our discussion on the Bible and human authorship. This Sunday, we're discussing the importance of the Holy Spirit's testimony to the Bible's divine origin and trustworthiness. We've briefly explored this topic but will dig deeper to see how the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to receive Scripture and believe it.
Last Sunday we discussed how the renewal of our minds changes the content of our thinking. God designed us to know him and worship him. This Sunday we’ll explore how this shift in focus affects how we view others. Is there a uniquely Christian way of loving our neighbors?
We hold that Scripture is God-breathed. We also hold that Scripture is written by human authors. Does this result in a contradiction? How should we understand God’s role and man’s role in the authorship of the Bible? This Sunday, we’ll begin to explore this topic and the importance of holding to both of these truths.
This week we will be exploring the idea that Scripture is inspired. What does it mean for the Bible to be inspired? More specifically, we will discuss the concept of verbal, plenary inspiration and how this concept impacts how we approach Scripture. We will then look at the purpose and function of Scripture and the belief that it is self-authenticating. Our goal this week will be to help us build confidence in the fact that the Bible is actually 'breathed out by God' (2 Timothy 3:16).
God is the creator of our mind, so, what is its purpose? First and foremost, to know Him and love Him. Come as we discuss this and how a deeper knowledge of God impacts our daily lives.
This week we'll be discussing the topic of progressive revelation. God's plan for His people wasn't revealed all at once; later sections of the Bible contain a fuller revelation of God than earlier sections. This isn't movement from error towards truth, but truth towards more truth towards full truth.
Our Mind and the Gospel - The darkening of the human mind against God is not a new phenomenon. We have walked in the futility of our minds since Adam sinned against God. However, our duty as creatures is to love God and our neighbor. Does God leave us alone in this endeavor, expecting the impossible of us? This Sunday, we'll look at the necessity of the gospel in renewing our minds. This topic is foundational and of utmost importance in this series on the Christian mind.
In our second session on Sunday August 21, we’ll start with a discussion about words. Why are words important? Who decides what words mean? What is the connection between words and truth? How do we as sinners react to words we read or hear? How is the world trending in the treatment of words? Then we’ll see what we can learn by considering these questions while looking at some different categories of words we find in the Bible, like words that follow phrases like “Thus saith the Lord,” words that were spoken by Jesus, and more!
The Christian Mind and Truth or What is Truth? This Sunday, we’ll explore the history of mindlessness. Are issues like relativism and pragmatism the cause, or is there a larger problem?
Are Christians mindless? Is Paul arguing against the use of reason in 1 Corinthians 2 when he writes that our "faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God"? This Sunday, we'll discuss how the church has erred in promoting anti-intellectualism. We'll also explore the opposite danger of intellectualism. In this introduction to the series, we'll begin to scratch the surface of the biblical view of Christian thought.
We will be kicking off our class with some introduction to the topic of God's Word. We will spend some time discussing the ways that God reveals Himself to us in general and special revelation. Then we will dig into special revelation specifically and how God speaks to us in Holy Scripture. Finally, we will give an overview of the rest of class and some of the topics we will be discussing.
Topic for April 3 - Why does it matter? Romans 8:13, “for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit he put to death the deeds of the body you will live.”
Topic for March 27 - “The Blessing of Holiness.” There are blessings along the way as we “strive for holiness.” Those blessings include happiness, beauty, usefulness, assurance, and glorifying God.
Topic for March 20 - Not in Isolation. Sanctification takes place within a community of saints. The Lord commanded the teaching and preaching of the Word, the taking of the Lord's supper, and the action of church discipline for His children.
Topic for March 13 - “The All-Important Setting.” God works through means. There are things that He uses to bring us on; to make us more faithful: God’s word, prayer, and suffering.
Topic for March 6 - Expectations "’Have I been saved? Am I being saved? Or am I yet to be saved?’ All three are true of us if we are Christians. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we are yet to be saved. Salvation does not come in its fullness in a once-for-all experience. It is an ongoing experience with the beginning, an end, and a long in-between” (59).
Topic - "Time to Get the Knife Out.” “Christ’s obedience is the model of our sanctification. What does a holy life look like? What does it actually mean to live a holy life? Look at Jesus! As he lived, so also are we to live. As obedience marked him, so obedience is to mark us. It is our duty to ascertain from the whole of Scripture what is the will of God for us and, in the strength of the Spirit, to live in conformity to it just as Christ."
Sanctification class week 3 topic - “Looking to Jesus.” The restorative work of sanctification begins by looking to Jesus.