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Ep 63

What is Baxterianism?

Pastors Jim Butler and Cameron Porter walk through the 17th-century teaching of Richard Baxter, explain how it departs from the Reformed doctrine of justification, and show where the 1689 London Baptist Confession directly answers the error. Chapters: 0:00 …

6 days ago · 102 views Read transcript
Ep 61

Conviction of Sin Before or After Regeneration?

Does conviction of sin come before or after regeneration? And how much misery is actually required before someone can come to Christ? In this episode of Ask FGBC, Pastors Jim Butler and Cameron Porter work through a question that touches on the order of sal…

4 weeks ago · 95 views Read transcript
Ep 60

How Necessary is Seminary for Pastors?

How necessary is seminary for a pastor? And does it matter whether he's full-time or serving in a supporting role? Pastor Jim Butler works through the biblical qualifications for eldership, what it means to be "apt to teach," and how formal education fits i…

1 month ago · 174 views Read transcript
Ep 59

What Is Faith?

What does it mean to have faith? Is it a feeling? A level of sincerity? A spiritual intensity you can measure? Pastors Jim Butler and Cam Porter work through what the Bible and the 1689 Confession teach about saving faith - its object, its source, and the w…

1 month ago · 141 views Read transcript
Ep 58

How to Start Reading the Bible for the First Time?

How to Start Reading the Bible — Where Does a Beginner Begin? Maybe someone handed you a Bible and you're not sure where to open it. Maybe you've been a Christian for years and still feel lost in the Old Testament. Or maybe you're sharing your faith with …

2 months ago · 95 views Read transcript
Ep 57

What Are the Requirements for Church Membership?

What are the requirements for church membership? Is formal membership even biblical? In Ask FGBC #57, Pastor Jim Butler explains why the concept of church membership is necessary from Scripture, even though the word "membership" doesn't appear in the New Te…

2 months ago · 161 views Read transcript
Ep 56

When Should a Believer be Baptized?

When should a believer be baptized? Is it okay to wait, or does Scripture call for something more immediate? In this episode of Ask FGBC, Pastor Jim Butler and Pastor Cam Porter walk through the book of Acts to show how the early church responded to the gos…

2 months ago · 221 views Read transcript
Ep 55

How Many Valid Interpretations Can A Bible Passage Have?

How many meanings does a Bible passage have? With so many interpretations floating around, it's easy to feel overwhelmed or wonder if Scripture can really have one clear meaning. In this episode, Pastor Jim Butler addresses this important question by walkin…

3 months ago · 105 views Read transcript
Ep 54

If My Sins Are Forgiven, What Will I Be Judged For?

If my sins are forgiven and cast into the deepest sea, remembered no more, what will I give account for on Judgment Day? This question addresses the tension between complete forgiveness through justification by faith and the biblical teaching of a coming Da…

3 months ago · 142 views Read transcript
Ep 41

Why Does The Devil Hate Women So Much?

We see it throughout history and in various cultures. **Burning of widows on funeral pyres, Sati, was legal in India until 1829. **The “Rule of Thumb” was from 1857 and forbid a man from England or Wales from using a rod thicker than his thumb to beat h…

1 year ago · 401 views Read transcript
Ep 39

What Does The Bible Mean By The Unforgiveable Sin?

With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Cameron Porter, and Wim Kerkhoff. Recorded Dec 20, 2024. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are available on SermonAudio, Youtube and …

1 year ago · 179 views Read transcript
Ep 37

Why Join a Church?

With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Cameron Porter, and Wim Kerkhoff. Recorded Dec 20, 2024. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are available on SermonAudio, Youtube and …

1 year ago · 152 views Read transcript
Ep 36

Is Hell Eternal?

With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Cameron Porter, and Wim Kerkhoff. Recorded Dec 20, 2024. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are available on SermonAudio, Youtube and …

1 year ago · 126 views Read transcript
Ep 35

Believers Baptism Before Communion

Should believers be baptized (by immersion) before taking part in the Lord’s Supper? What is your stance on fencing the table for visitors when it comes to those who are members in good standing at a Christ centered church but were baptized as infants? --…

1 year ago · 215 views Read transcript
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Ask FGBC - Dec 2024 Podcast with Pastors Butler and Porter, Batch 4

Full recording of questions 34 through 43. With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Cameron Porter, and Wim Kerkhoff. Recorded December 20, 2024. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask Each video will be separately published to…

1 year ago · 67 views
Ep 34

How Much Marriage Counselling Should Pastors Provide?

With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Cameron Porter, and Wim Kerkhoff. Recorded Dec 20, 2024. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are available on SermonAudio…

1 year ago · 150 views Read transcript
Ep 33

What about head coverings in church for women?

With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are available on SermonAudio, Youtube and Facebook…

1 year ago · 308 views Read transcript
Ep 31

What is the difference between saving and common grace?

Ask FGBC: What is the difference between saving and common grace? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anon…

2 years ago · 173 views Read transcript
Ep 32

Are there different types of faith?

Question: Are there different types of faith? Ie. temporary, historical, saving With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option…

2 years ago · 170 views Read transcript
Ep 30

What does a holy walk look like in a Christian?

Question: What does a holy walk look like in a Christian? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymously.…

2 years ago · 216 views Read transcript
Ep 29

How will we see the Trinity in Heaven?

Question: "How will we see the Trinity in Heaven? I understand that “God is spirit”, that he is “invisible”, that we will see his face and we will behold the Lamb but Will we see the three Persons of the Trinity in heaven, or will we only see Jesus …

2 years ago · 275 views Read transcript
Ep 28

What is the "day of the Lord"?

Question: What is the "day of the Lord"? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos are avail…

2 years ago · 143 views Read transcript
Ep 27

Why the shift from Saturday to Sunday worship?

Question: Why the shift from Saturday to Sunday worship? What is the biblical foundation for the shift from Saturday (7th day) to Sunday (1st day) worship? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see pr…

2 years ago · 192 views Read transcript
Ep 26

How to witness to homosexual neighbours?

Question: How can we as believers love those around us while still being strong witnesses to the truth and hope of the gospel? How to offer friendship without condoning a sinful lifestyle? Context: homosexual neighbours "expecting" babies via IVF. This is s…

2 years ago · 177 views Read transcript
Ep 22

What is the New Covenant in the Reformed Baptist view?

Question: What is the New Covenant in the Reformed Baptist view? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anony…

2 years ago · 268 views Read transcript
Ep 21

Is baptism in the new covenant the new circumcision?

Question: Is baptism in the new covenant the new circumcision? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymo…

2 years ago · 114 views Read transcript
Ep 19

Should Christians engage in politics?

Question: Should Christians engage in politics? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything There is an option to do it anonymously. Videos ar…

2 years ago · 132 views Read transcript
Ep 18

Should churches observe holy days?

Question: Why do Reformed Baptist churches not observe holy days ( holidays) such as Good Friday, Christmas Day, Prayer Day, Thanksgiving Day with a church service? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question a…

2 years ago · 215 views Read transcript
Ep 17

What does it mean to repent and believe?

Question: What does it mean to repent and believe? What does it mean to repent – what does that look like? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgb…

2 years ago · 151 views Read transcript
Ep 16

What is Free Will?

QUESTION #16: What is Free Will? How do we explain it differently than Arminians? With Pastor Jim Butler, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick, and Wim Kerkhoff Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything/ There is an opt…

2 years ago · 147 views Read transcript
Full recording

Ask FBGC #11: What will our days in heaven look like?

QUESTION: Often I struggle with the idea of eternity in Heaven, that there is nothing we graduate from or too. What will our "days" in heaven look like; aside from singing the praises of our God? Full podcast recording with pastor Butler, Dr Jim Renihan and…

2 years ago · 89 views
Ep 10

Why should only believers be baptized?

QUESTION: How do the reformed baptists, from scripture, in light of their covenantal theology, arrive at the conclusion that only a believer should be baptized? Outline: - Pastor Jim Butler and Dr. James Renihan discuss the distinction between moral law and…

2 years ago · 513 views Read transcript
Full recording

Ask FGBC - Podcast with Jim Butler, Dr James Renihan, Dr Richard Barcellos

Recorded April 25, 2024. Themes discussed: • Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about Israel • The distinction between moral and positive law in the Old Testament • The definition of baptism in light of the New Covenant • The natur…

2 years ago · 2.8K views
Ep 2

Is pouring or sprinkling water sufficient for Baptism?

Submit your own question: https://forms.gle/goquHQpmde7CVZqf6 There is an option to do it anonymously. FGBC website: https://www.freegrace.ca Transcript: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-2-is-pouring-or-sprinkling-sufficient-for-baptism Ask Anything #2 - I…

2 years ago · 425 views Read transcript
Ep 7

How do you explain that God is real to an athiest?

Question: How do you explain to a die-hard non-believer how and why you believe God is real? A person who has read all sorts of books discrediting the truth of God. Submit your own question and see previous topics: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything…

2 years ago · 291 views Read transcript
Ep 6

Why is historical confessional Christianity important?

Question: How should I communicate the importance of historical (confessional) Christianity to non-denominational friends/family who have a superficial understanding of the faith ("no creed but Christ")? Submit your own question: https://www.freegrace.ca/as…

2 years ago · 239 views Read transcript
Ep 5

Are people who “chose” for Jesus actually saved?

Question: In the greater rounds of Christian conversation, I hear a lot “When I chose Jesus” or “When I accepted Jesus as my Savior” or some such language as they decided to be a Christian…. Are those people so fundamentally flawed as to be not sa…

2 years ago · 202 views Read transcript
Ep 4

Is accepting salvation a choice?

Question: Is accepting salvation a choice? I know we can't merit salvation by works, and I know salvation is by grace but is that offered to all of us or can only the elected/predestined accept it. Transcript: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-4-accepting-s…

2 years ago · 426 views Read transcript
Ep 3

What is Hyper-Calvinism?

What is Hyper-Calvinism, how does it impact the preaching and listening, and how is it fatal? Submit your own question: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-anything/ There is an option to do it anonymously. FGBC website: https://www.freegrace.ca

2 years ago · 623 views Read transcript
Ep 1

What is a Reformed Baptist?

Submit a question: https://forms.gle/goquHQpmde7CVZqf6 There is an option to do it anonymously. FGBC website: https://www.freegrace.ca Transcript: https://www.freegrace.ca/ask-fgbc-1-what-is-a-reformed-baptist/ Reformed Baptist theology at a church. 0:06 Re…

2 years ago · 2.3K views Read transcript