Who wants a bonus episode?! Jimmy and Joe sit down to chat about the current state of the Southern Baptist Convention. They walk through some of our history and developments as a convention, the theological drift, the conservative resurgence, and where we are today. What are our current problems and what lies behind them? Plus, what are a few things we should do as Southern Baptists and SBC churches? OUR SPONSOR myXP is a ministry committed to solving problems for pastors. We provide the support of an Executive Pastor without the financial burden of employing one full time. We support lead pastors, strengthen systems and steward resources. How does it work? partners get a weekly 60 minute connect with an experienced Executive Pastor to outline current problems/challenges. The XP then goes to work solving these problems, and continues to work behind the scenes strengthening all the relevant systems. Your First Step: check out the website and schedule a FREE initial connect at myxp.church. Act now, and through the month of August you will receive 30% off the first month if you mention Doctrine and Devotion as the way you heard about myXP. This is a savings of $300 for church plants and $420 for existing churches.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We pushed our discussion of the Baptist Catechism to Thursday so the guys could weigh in on the drama over Ed Litton’s use of JD Greer’s sermon content in one of his messages. (See the video below). Joe and Jimmy have addressed the issue of sermon stealing in the past, but wanted to discuss some of the issues here in this specific situation. What really happened? Was it sin, or just bad form? Why is this so important, and what’s up with research groups like Docent?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The guys take on paragraph 4 of Chapter 22 of the 1689 Confession on prayer and worship. What does it mean to pray for all things “lawful,” according the will of God? We are called to pray for all men, living and those yet to be born, but we cannot pray for or to the dead. Plus, Jimmy gets in trouble with his wife, and Joe felt tiny at church today. Our Sponsor All this month, our show is being sponsored by Media Gratiae, a small nonprofit ministry that makes incredible documentaries and multimedia Bible studies. This week we want to tell you about a project, the Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty multimedia Bible Study. This is a 12-week multimedia Bible study on the character of God, which is more of a study of Theology Proper, going deep with one week per attribute considered. Media Gratiae goes to England, Scotland, and New England to incorporate the witness of Church History through some significant figures your church needs to know about (6 people including Knox, Bunyan, Newton, and more). The study is made up of a 13 DVD set, and  a corresponding daily devotional workbook that each person in the study will need their own copy of. The entire first week of the study is available for free, for your evaluation, at https://mediagratiae.org/collections/behold-your-god-the-weight-of-majesty For all the show notes and a photo of Joe's shortness visit http://www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/1689224Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands