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#1 Why Confessions Matter – Joe Thorn

Welcome to the inaugural podcast from the Confessional Collective. This week we have Pastor Joe Thorn from Redeemer Fellowship in the Chicago area. He discusses how he came to subscribe to the 1689 London Baptist Confession and the impact that it has on ministry in his context. Learn more about Redeemer Fellowship at redeemerfellowship.org Podcast: Play in new window | …

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Theology, if it is True is Lived.

We probably deserve the bad rap. At least segments of the Reformed church have contributed to the false correlation that Reformed theology/doctrine leads to stifled mission. In some contexts, the church has given itself only to the articulating of the truth within its doors and has neglected the flow of truth that leads to a love for the surrounding world. …

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Balanced in Prayer, Prepared for Revival

We live in technologically sophisticated world. So, we naturally value the newest, the fastest, and the most efficient innovations of our age. When this fascination with the latest and greatest informs our spiritual lives, however, many Christians react against creeds and confessions written hundreds of years ago, questioning their relevance for our lives and churches today. But it is this …

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Something to be Treasured

One of the reasons there is such a lack of appreciation for Confessions and Creeds within the church today, is that there is such a widespread underappreciation for biblical doctrine in general. Especially within contemporary American evangelicalism, doctrine is viewed as irrelevant and divisive. American Christians find no problem with defining their own theology because they have a very low …

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Why Confessions Matter

Discovering what a church believes can be confusing, because while many churches may share the same general statement of faith what they practice differs wildly. Charismatics and cessationists, believers baptism and infant baptism, covenantal and dispensational, prosperity gospel and those vehemently opposed to a prosperity gospel; all using the same broad definitions while meaning very different things. The reason for …