Introduction Is a Reformed Baptist more Baptist or more Reformed? It is a fair question, and the honest answer is that it often depends on the conversation. In this episode, Pastor David Charles traces how the Reformed Baptist confession stands within the broader Reformed stream while pressing the Reformation toward its fuller end on the…
Introduction Can you be a five-point Calvinist and still not be Reformed? Many believers love the doctrines of grace yet assume that affirming five points settles the question. In this episode the pastors explain why the word Reformed reaches further than soteriology, why confessional churches are anchored to a document rather than to a gifted…
Introduction When you share the gospel with someone, do you need to know first whether they are one of God’s elect? And is the free offer of Christ a genuine invitation, or merely a duty performed without conviction? In this conversation, Pastor Jim Butler, Dr. Richard Barcellos, and Pastor David Charles walk through Calvinism and…
Introduction Where do Reformed Baptists actually come from? It is a common assumption, repeated often enough that it can feel settled, that Particular Baptists are simply a later, improved version of the Anabaptists. In this Ask FGBC conversation, Pastor Jim Butler is joined by two of the Confessing the Faith Conference 2026 speakers, Pastor David…
Introduction Who is primarily responsible for teaching the faith to your children, you or the church? In this short Ask FGBC, Pastor Jim Butler turns to Deuteronomy 6 and Ephesians 6 to answer that question, then offers practical guidance for the day-to-day work of catechizing children at home. Got a question on Christianity, Gospel, Scripture,…
Introduction What happens when a pastor tries to cure easy-believism with a dose of human obedience? In the 17th century, Richard Baxter faced real licentiousness in his congregation and constructed a doctrine of justification that made our evangelical obedience the ground of God’s acceptance. The remedy was worse than the disease. In this episode, Pastors…
Introduction Does your standing before God depend on Christ’s finished work, or on your ongoing faithfulness? Federal Vision theology blurs that line in ways that strike at the heart of the gospel. In this episode of Ask FGBC, Pastor Cam Porter unpacks what Federal Vision actually teaches, how it conflates the covenant of works with…
Introduction How much misery over sin is required before someone can come to Christ? It’s a question most people never think to ask, but for many struggling souls it becomes a source of deep confusion, and real harm. In this episode of Ask FGBC, Pastors Jim Butler and Cameron Porter address whether conviction of sin…
Introduction Does a pastor need a seminary degree? It’s a question with more nuance than a simple yes or no. Pastor Jim Butler walks through what the Bible actually requires of men who would lead and teach in the church, where formal education fits in, and why the standard should be high regardless of whether…
Introduction Is faith a feeling? A level of sincerity? Something you can measure by how fervent or emotional you are? In this episode, Pastors Jim Butler and Cam Porter work through what saving faith actually is – its object, its source, and the common distortions that rob believers of assurance and heap obligations on them…