By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol
241 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsScott Aniol discusses biblical principles, historical issues, and recommended resources to aid Christians living for the Lord in a post-Christian culture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
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Testifying of Christ: The Holy Spirit’s Ordering of God’s People
April 16, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes - 8.46 MBWhen we truly understand the Holy Spirit’s purpose in empowering individuals throughout history, it ought to lead us to one unmistakable conclusion: the Holy Spirit of God wants us to trust in Christ. Everything he has done to order God’s plan through special empowerment led to the Anointed One, Jesus the Messiah. The fact that the Holy Spirit empowered certain individuals in history ought not cause us to long for the same kind of empowerment; to do so is evidence that we misunders...
God-Breathed: The Holy Spirit’s Work in Revelation
March 28, 2024 05:00 - 8 minutes - 4.22 MBSpirit-inspired revelation is both for the purpose of order and produced in an orderly fashion.
Beauty and Harmony: The Holy Spirit’s Work in Creation
March 21, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes - 7.04 MBIn ordering God’s creation, beautifying Israel’s tabernacle, and bringing life to the First Adam and the Last Adam, the Spirit perfects and completes God’s eternal plan in history.
Holy Spirit: God of Order
March 14, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes - 5.64 MBWe should expect the Spirit to normally work today in ways that bring order and completion to the plan and people of God.
The Tongues of Angels? The Pentecostalization of Spiritual Gifts in Evangelicalism
March 06, 2024 12:37 - 13 minutes - 6.34 MBContemporary evangelicalism has been thoroughly Pentecostalized with the expectation that if the Holy Spirit is active and working, then we will witness extraordinary effects ranging from direct revelation, special gifting, and emotional euphoria. In addition to receiving new revelation from the Holy Spirit, many professing Christians today also believe that the Holy Spirit continues to gift believers with special abilities like healing and speaking in tongues.
God Told Me: The Pentecostalization of Evangelical Theology of Revelation
February 01, 2024 06:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBOne significant way the Pentecostalization of Evangelicalism reveals itself even among those who would claim to be cessationists is in common evangelical expectations regarding how God speaks to us and how he reveals his will to us. It is very common in modern evangelicalism, for example, to hear Christians talk about how God “spoke” to them, revealing his will in mystical ways outside his Word. Listen as Scott Aniol assesses this trend. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/...
Holy Spirit, You Are Welcome Here: The Pentecostalization of Evangelical Worship
January 30, 2024 14:08 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBIf you were to ask the average Christian today what our expectation should be regarding how the Holy Spirit works, I believe most Christians would answer something like this: If the Holy Spirit is actively working, his work will be evidenced by some sort of extraordinary experience—intense feelings, inner promptings, miraculous gifts, or even visible manifestations. Listen as Scott Aniol explains where this expectation comes from. You can read an article version of this podcast her...
The Lord Reigns
November 21, 2023 06:00 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBOne key reason Christians shy away from some of the psalms is the sometimes violent imprecatory language found in them. In this article, Scott Aniol explains that psalms like these are deeply rooted in confidence that God is the Sovereign King of Kings, and therefore to sing them helps form within us a hope-filled longing for the Return of the King.
Why Christian Faithfulness?
November 16, 2023 06:22 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBWhy is it so important to have our motivation right about how we live in society? Why is it important that we don’t try to motivate ourselves and others with grand ambitions of societal transformation?
Creation Is God's Temple
November 09, 2023 06:00 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBWhen the prophet Isaiah “saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up,” what he saw was the reality of God’s heavenly temple: “and the train of his robe filled the temple.” Heaven is a royal palace from which God sovereignly rules, but it is also a holy temple, filled with God’s glory.
Decent and Orderly Corporate Worship
November 02, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB“Our church’s worship is pretty formal, but I prefer Holy Spirit-led worship.” Such was the comment I overheard recently by a young evangelical describing his church’s worship service, illustrating a very common perception by many evangelicals today—if the Holy Spirit actively works in worship, the results will be something extraordinary, an experience “quenched” by too much form and order. A common perception, to be sure, but how grounded in Scripture is this expectation concerning...
Worship Regulated by Scripture
October 26, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBIn order for worship to properly form God’s people as God has intended, every aspect of our worship—including our worship aesthetics, must be formed and shaped by the Word of God.
Baptists and Biblical Authority
October 19, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBIn contrast to the Reformed understanding of the regulative principle, Baptists have historically and theologically insisted upon New Testament warrant for both the substance and forms of church practice.
The Reformation of Worship
October 12, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBThe immediate causes for Reformation in various regions, as well as what caused divisions among various Reformation figures, are diverse. However, much of what lay at the core of what both unified Reformers in their reaction against the Roman Catholic Church and what ended up dividing them in the end, involved theology and practice of worship. Yet what is remarkable is that some of the very same problems with worship that the Reformers criticized with medieval worship have appeared...
A Theology of Christian Worship
October 05, 2023 05:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBBelievers from the earliest years of Christianity—especially those coming out of Judaism—struggled with how to understand the relationship between Israel’s worship, Christian worship, and the real worship of heaven. In fact, the confusion escalated to such a point that some apostatized from Christianity in favor of returning to the worship of their Jewish heritage. The book of Hebrews functions as the New Testament’s supreme answer to this fundamental problem, which was written spe...
Foundations of Biblical Worship
September 28, 2023 13:17 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MB"Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.” This ancient hymn captures three eras of worship: as it was in the beginning—the worship of Old Testament Israel, as it is now—the worship of New Testament Christianity, and worship in the world without end—the worship of heaven. In one sense separating worship into these three eras emphasizes their discontinuity; yet, while there are certai...
Christ's Commission to His Church
August 30, 2023 15:31 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBChurches as formal, local institutions have been given a very specific, singular mission in this age, best articulated in the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19–20. You can read this article here.
Christ's Authority over His Church
August 23, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 17 MBIt is very important that we carefully consider the central mission that Christ has given through his apostles for gathered New Testament churches. Listen as Scott Aniol discusses this topic. You can read an article version here.
If the Foundations Are Destroyed
June 21, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBDo you ever feel like everything around us is crumbling? You look around and wickedness seems to be everywhere, and you wonder: where is God in all this? And not only that, they're prospering! One of the core purposes of the psalms is to help us navigate this kind of reality, which has indeed been a reality for all of human history. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here: https://g3min.org/if-the-foundations-are-destroyed-2/ Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3mi...
Ordaining Female Pastors Harms the Mission: A Response to Rick Warren
June 12, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBRick Warren is pushing the SBC to stop "bickering about secondary issues" like women pastors and focus on our mission. Is this a fair argument? Listen as Scott Aniol refutes Warren. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.ins...
No, Women Can't Preach
June 07, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBWhen it comes to the issue of whether or not women may preach and/or hold the office of pastor, it has become common to argue in favor of women preachers or women pastors on the basis of unclear texts of Scripture. However, several texts regarding the nature of pastoral ministry are clear. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https:...
All of Christ for All of Life
May 10, 2023 05:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBWhat does it really mean to serve the Lord? Unfortunately, there is actually a lot of confusion about the proper answer to that question among evangelicals today. Some Christians believe that the only way to really serve the purposes and plans of God is what is sometimes referred to as “full time Christian service.” All other vocations are just “secular” and therefore are of lesser value. If you’re a farmer or a firefighter or a contractor or a computer programmer, those jobs are n...
Christian Faithfulness: The Biblical Alternative to Christian Nationalism
May 03, 2023 05:56 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBWhere in the New Testament do we find anything like building Christendom? Where do we find anything like pursuing full nations explicitly referring to themselves as Christian? Where do we find anything like pursuing a civil order modeled after Old Testament Israel? Where do you see anything like the pursuit of establishing Christianity as the established religion of a nation? Surely if this were God's intent for us, we would see even a hint of it in the New Testament epistles. Put ...
The Mixed Blessings of a Christian Nation
April 26, 2023 05:27 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBDiscussions of "Christian nationalism" are on the rise among evangelicals in recent months. We've seen an uptick of books, podcasts, conferences, and evangelical ministries promoting the idea of a "Christian nation." What would it mean for a nation to be Christian? Would that be a good or bad thing? Listen as Scott Aniol considers this important question. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Chasing Shadows
April 24, 2023 05:22 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBWhat is the relationship between this eternal worship of the world without end and the worship taking place here on earth, both as it was in the beginning (OT worship) and as it is now (NT worship)? This is critical for us to understand since throughout church history, many of the errors that have crept into Christian worship resulted from a mistaken understanding of the proper biblical relationship between worship as it was in the beginning, as it is now, and the true worship of th...
Worship on Earth as it Is in Heaven
April 17, 2023 05:18 - 11 minutes - 16 MBChristians have long wrestled with the continuities and discontinuities of worship, and confusion in this area has often led to problems with theology and practice of worship. The solution is found in our focus in this essay: worship in the world without end. Understanding properly how worship as it was in the beginning and worship as it is now relate to worship in the world without end helps us to recognize what shall ever be, the center of true worship and, consequently, the purpo...
The Aesthetic Nature of Truth
March 27, 2023 05:00 - 7 minutes - 9.87 MBListen as Scott Aniol explains why for biblical truth, form and content are not so easily separable. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c...
Sing a New Song
March 20, 2023 05:17 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBWhat do the psalms mean when they say to sing a new song? Listen as Scott Aniol explains. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Christ or Chords? The Manipulated Emotionalism of Hillsong, Asbury, and Pentecostalized Evangelical Worship
March 13, 2023 11:39 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBTrue religion does consist in the religious affections, and music is a wonderful gift from God that helps to give expression to the affections created by the Spirit through his Word. But we must be careful to define spiritual affections biblically and put music in its proper place. Otherwise, we risk worshiping chords instead of Christ. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinera...
Unbiblical Expectations of Revival
February 20, 2023 11:52 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIs what has been happening at Asbury University true revival? Is the kind revival they are claiming even promised in the New Testament? Should we be expecting or seeking a fresh "outpouring of the Spirit" today? Listen as Scott Aniol examines the biblical data. You can read this essay here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Forming Hearts of Praise with the Psalms
February 13, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBListen as Scott Aniol explains how psalms help to form hearts of praise. You can read this essay here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Christian Nationalism, Instruments in Worship, Lord's Table Frequency, and "White" Music
February 11, 2023 12:56 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this episode, Scott Aniol answers common questions concerning Christian nationalism, what instruments are appropriate for worship, how often we ought to observe the Lord's Table, and whether imposing "white" music is a problem. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagra...
Responding to the Lord's Blessings
February 06, 2023 06:00 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBListen as Scott Aniol explains the power of singing to respond to the Lord's blessings. You can read this essay here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
If the Foundations are Destroyed
January 30, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWhat image of reality does God wants us to have of life under his rule in the midst of a wicked world. What are we to do? How can we praise the Lord when this is the reality? Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Psalm 130: A Gospel Song
January 09, 2023 06:00 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBWhen Martin Luther was asked what his favorite psalms were, he answered that his favorite psalms were the “Pauline Psalms.” And when he was asked which psalms those were, he answered Psalm 32, Psalm 51, Psalm 130, and Psalm 143. Four penitential psalms—four songs of repentance. Luther said that he believed that these four penitential psalms contained truths that best reflected the gospel as Paul articulated it in his New Testament epistles. These songs clearly express and form withi...
Does Revelation 5:9 prove that all kinds of cultural expressions will be in heaven?
December 12, 2022 06:00 - 5 minutes - 7.73 MBen cited by evangelicals to prove that every cultural expression is legitimate since people from every nation will be admitted into heaven is Revelation 5:9. Listen as Scott Aniol explains this passage. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instag...
Gospel Formation Through Psalm Singing
December 05, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBAs the New Testament’s treatment of the Psalms makes clear, ultimately the Psalms point to the true Blessed Man, the King of Glory who opened the gates of heaven to all who put their trust in him and stands as their mediator and intercessor. In other words, the Psalms encompass the gospel. But the Psalms don’t just describe the gospel, they form the gospel into our hearts, shaping our imagination of what a truly blessed life will be in willing submission to the King of Glory. List...
Forming Hearts of Thanks with the Psalms
November 21, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.24 MBBefore we can express praise to God, we must express thanks. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...
Song of the Anointed
November 14, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBCentral to a proper image of blessedness as expressed in the Psalms is a conception of God’s rule as that which brings flourishing, rather than conceiving it as burdensome. God pronounced a blessing upon Adam in Genesis 1:28 that gave him the right to rule as God’s chosen representative under God’s ultimate authority. God made man “to have dominion over the works of [his] hands;” he “put all things under his feet” (Ps 8:6). Adam, however, failed. He conceived of God’s rule as bonds ...
Is It Wrong to Separate from other Christians?
October 24, 2022 07:20 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBAgreement on the gospel creates minimal Christian unity, whereas maximal Christian unity happens the more Christians agree on the whole counsel of God. Listen as Scott Aniol explains the biblical doctrine of separation. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https:/...
What should we do when the government tells us to do something that contradicts Scripture?
October 17, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MBListen as Scott Aniol explains what Christians should do when the commands of God and men conflict. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottaniol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ...
What does government have the right to do?
October 10, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBListen as Scott Aniol explains the biblical role God designed for government to have. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
What Is an Apostle?
October 03, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBMany people claim to be an apostle today? What is an apostle? Scott Aniol answers from Scripture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
God of Order: The Holy Spirit's Work Today
September 26, 2022 05:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBYou can read this article at https://g3min.org/god-of-order-the-holy-spirits-work-today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
How the Holy Spirit Works Today
September 23, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBGod has given us his sufficient Word, and we should not expect for the Holy Spirit to give us revelation, including "a still small voice" or impressions. What does the Holy Spirit do today, then? Scott Aniol Explains. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
God's Music
September 19, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBYou can read this essay at G3Min.org. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Delight in the Torah
September 12, 2022 05:15 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBYou can read this essay at G3min.org. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Illumination—I do not think it means what you think it means
September 08, 2022 01:16 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBYou can read this essay at https://g3min.org/illumination-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Blessedness in a Wicked World
August 29, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.25 MBThe first word of Psalm 1 tells us what the goal of the whole collection of psalms is: blessedness. Listen as Scott Aniol explains this unifying feature of the psalms. You can read this essay here: https://g3min.org/blessedness-in-a-wicked-world --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
Did Baptist Theology Cause Transgenderism?—A Friendly Response to CrossPolitic
August 22, 2022 11:39 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBguest on the CrossPolitic podcast asserted that it is the fault of Baptist individualism that transgenderism has risen in our culture. Listen as Scott Aniol responds. You can read this essay here: https://g3min.org/did-baptist-theology-cause-transgenderism-a-friendly-response-to-crosspolitic/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support