The guys are back on the 1689 Confession and cover chapter 3 paragraphs 2 and 3. What is the sovereign choice of God to save individuals based upon? What's the difference between predestination and reprobation? What is the goal of his decree? And how should these doctrines impact our piety? Plus, a neighbor with a leaf blower drives Joe nuts while recording this episode.
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Putting Anxiety to Death
Joe is back from the Normal Pastors Conference and begins campaigning to be brought back next year. Then the guys get into the material Joe presented at the conference. What is anxiety? What does it do to us? How can we put it to death? The 2019 West Coast Doctrine and Devotion Conference You ready, California?! Doctrine and Devotion's first annual West Coast Conference is Saturday, September 28th, 2019 from 10am-4pm in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA at The Bridge Church. Our theme for this one-day micro conference is Contending for the Gospel: Protecting Orthodoxy and Promoting Unity. Joe Thorn and Jimmy Fowler will teach four sessions exploring how we contend for the faith against heresy and false doctrine with those outside the church, as well as those inside the church. The conference will conclude with a live recording of the Doctrine and Devotion Podcast. Get all the links and show notes at www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/anxietySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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Creation and Imago Dei
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Stress
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