By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol
251 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsJoin Scott Aniol on By the Waters of Babylon as he delves into biblical principles, historical insights, and valuable resources to help Christians navigate and live faithfully in a post-Christian culture. Each episode provides thoughtful discussions aimed at equipping believers to stand firm in their faith and engage meaningfully with the world around them. Subscribe now to gain wisdom and encouragement for living a Christ-centered life in today’s society. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
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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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
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 ★ Support this podcast ★
Don't Hide God from Your Children
August 01, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBScott Aniol discusses ways we might unintentionally hide God from our children. You can read this blog post here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Why There are More Than Two Church Ordinances
June 27, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBIt is quite common for Baptists today to claim that the church has been given only two ordinances—baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptists today sort of take this for granted; pastors often say from the pulpit that we have been given only two ordinances, and if you were to ask the average Baptist, they would agree. However, this language has not always been so among Baptists. In fact, it's rather recent. Listen as Scott Aniol explain. You can read this essay at G3Min.org. Scott Anio...
Coming of Age Ceremonies Can Help Your Adolescent Children Become Adults
June 20, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MB“Coming of age” ceremonies are not unique in the history of humankind, of course. Various communities around the world and throughout time have marked the transition of a child into an adult with rituals and ceremonies, possibly the most well-known of these being the bar mitzvah in Jewish communities. Historically, age thirteen is when a child comes of age and enters a period of training for adulthood. For Christians, this can be a wonderful opportunity to stimulate a young man or wo...
Corporate Worship's Essence: Spiritual Response
June 13, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBOne of the clearest ways you can determine someone’s fundamental theology of worship is to ask them the following question: “How do you know that you have worshiped?” If our goal in worship is to commune with God, how do we know we have accomplished our goal? How do we know we have worshiped? Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this essay here. This episode is an excerpt from Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship (Free Grace Press, 2022). Scott Aniol's blog: https://...
Lifting Hands Isn't Something You Just Do When You're "Really Moved"
June 10, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBDo a Google Image search for "worship," and the dominant image you'll find is a group of people, hands raised, eyes closed, faces scrunched. That's the dominant image today of evangelical worship. But is it the biblical image. Listen as Scott Aniol addresses this topic. 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: ...
Observing the Lord's Supper Weekly Makes It Routine—And That's a Good Thing
June 06, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBWeekly observance does make the Supper seem routine. And that's a good thing. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this post 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.s...
Ask Me Anything: The Chosen, nativity scenes, unsaved children singing in worship, vaccines, physical expressiveness, traditional hymnody
May 27, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this edition of "Ask Me Anything," Scott Aniol answers questions concerning why you should not watch The Chosen, whether nativity scenes break the Second Commandment, whether unsaved children should be allowed to sing in a church choir, whether we should void vaccines that use fetal cells, the place of physical expressiveness in corporate worship, and what characterizes traditional hymnody. Scott Aniol's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: ht...
The Biblical Roles of Elders, Deacons, and the Congregation
May 13, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWhat does the Bible teach about church offices (elder, pastor, overseer, deacon) and the responsibilities of each office? 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://podcast...
From Integration to Segregation: Why We Stopped Letting the Little Children Come
May 06, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThe biblical and historical precent for welcoming children into church gatherings is clear—why do most churches today segregate children into their own gatherings? Scott Aniol examines the biblical and historic evidence. Purchase Scott's book, Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the Other Six Days, Too). Scott's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmani...
Why you should not watch "The Chosen"
April 29, 2022 06:15 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBDon't give in and watch The Chosen. Your imagination will forever be shaped by the visceral potency of a cinematic interpretation of Bible narratives, and it will therefore be much more difficult to allow the words of Scripture to shape your imagination. God gave us words. Scott Aniol explains why using any visual images of the triune God is harmful to truly knowing and loving God. Scott's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scotta...
Unified Worship of One New Ethnicity—A Response to Dwight McKissic and Jackie Hill Perry
April 26, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBScott Aniol uses recent comments by Dwight McKissic and Jackie Hill Perry to clarify important biblical category differences between ethnicity and culture. Scott's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ 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/scottanio...
Psalms and the Davidic Covenant
April 19, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBDid you know that understanding the nature and circumstances of the Davidic Covenant is important for understanding the intentional arrangement and purpose of the Psalms? Listen as Scott Aniol explains. Scott's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol/ --- Support this podcast: ht...
Why has psalm singing declined?
April 12, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIt is no secret that among evangelicals today the psalms are mostly ignored in corporate worship. Listen as Scott Aniol explains four reasons. The Conservative Church: Preserving and Transmitting Biblical Christianity | David de Bruyn Scott's blog: https://g3min.org/blogs/scott-aniol/ Article, audio, itinerary: https://www.scottaniol.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottmaniol Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAniol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmaniol...
Emotion Is a Sign of Nothing
April 05, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBChristians today have a significant misunderstanding of the nature of our relationship with God, including the role of emotions. Using Scripture and the writings of Jonathan Edwards, Scott Aniol explains why physical feelings are signs of nothing. The only way to measure our relationship with God is long-term, progressive spiritual growth. Upcoming events mentioned in this episode: Church and Family Life Conference, May 19–22 GBTS Theology of Worship Course, August 11–13 Books ...
Should worship be boring?
March 30, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBScott responds to critics who claim that he wants worship to be boring. This is in response to Scott's recent article, "Stop Singing Hillsong, Bethel, Jesus Culture, and Elevation." Upcoming events mentioned in this episode: Church and Family Life Conference, May 19–22 GBTS Theology of Worship Course, August 11–13 Books/articles mentioned in this episode: Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith Why A...
Two Kinds of Worship Music
March 08, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBScott Aniol explains the difference between a covenant-renewal theology of worship and a sacramental theology of worship and the two different kinds of music that embody these two theologies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
How Music Embodies Theology
February 24, 2022 16:57 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBScott Aniol explains what he meant by "music embodies theology" in his article/podcast on why Reformed Christians should not sing music from groups whose music embodies Pentecostal theology. Original article: https://g3min.org/stop-singing-hillsong-bethel-jesus-culture-and-elevation --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Stop Singing Hillsong, Bethel, Jesus Culture, and Elevation
February 22, 2022 07:00 - 20 minutes - 17.6 MBThere's no question about it—Hillsong, Bethel, Jesus Culture, and Elevation have become a global phenomenon. And you should stop singing their music. Scott Aniol explains why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Problems with Late Medieval Worship
February 17, 2022 16:24 - 17 minutes - 15 MBBy the end of the fifteenth century, worship (along with many other aspects of theology) was in desperate need of Reform. Scott Aniol explains what problems existed and how they were formed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
The Universal and Unifying Gospel
February 07, 2022 12:07 - 19 minutes - 16.7 MBThe record of the salvation of three individuals in Phillip (Acts 16) serves a greater purpose than simply to provide interesting conversion stories. The fact that Luke, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, chose to record the conversions of these three specific individuals was to teach us some important truths regarding the power of the gospel and Christ's plan in building his church. Comparing and contrasting these three individuals help us to draw some conclusions regardin...
Is Affirming Women Pastors a “Made Up Controversy”? A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile
February 01, 2022 14:21 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBScott Aniol explains why affirming female elders harms the gospel. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Why trying to emulate Edwards may actually be emulating Finney
January 03, 2022 12:23 - 11 minutes - 12.4 MBIn most ways, Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney—their philosophies, theologies, and practices—are polar opposites. But as I read both of them, I can't help but notice what appear to be similarities in what they said. And the deeper you read, the more apparent it becomes that unless someone really understands the underlying differences between what they were saying, it may be quite possible to actually follow Finney’s example while trying to emulate Edwards. Listen as Scott Aniol...
Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
December 20, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBChristmas—a very mention of the word produces delight and expectation in the hearts of people everywhere. Or does it? For some Christians, Christmas is a much-anticipated season to celebrate the birth of Christ. For others, it is also a time to encourage family closeness and tradition. But still others refuse to celebrate at all, insisting that the season is rooted in pagan ritual and should be avoided. Added to this controversy is the growing concern of many Christians to “put Ch...
When Are the Twelve Days of Christmas?
November 29, 2021 07:00 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MBMost people (in America, at least) seem to assume that these infamous twelve days describe those leading up to Christmas Day. However, in the Christian tradition, the Twelve Days actually refer to the celebration of Christ’s nativity—also called “Christmastide”—between Christmas (December 25) and Epiphany (January 6), the day that celebrates the visit of the Magi. Scott Aniol explains. Read this post here: https://g3min.org/when-are-the-twelve-days-of-christmas --- Support this ...
Thanksgiving: The Primary Worship Response
November 22, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MBThe affections of our hearts are central to true worship. Yet while praise, joy, contrition, and love are all important affections for worship, I believe gratitude is the most important worship affection. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. Read this post here: https://g3min.org/thanksgiving-the-primary-worship-response --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
A Conversation with Virgil Walker, Laramie Minga, and Matt Sikes about Biblical Worship Workshops
November 16, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBListen as Scott Aniol, Virgil Walker, Laramie Minga, and Matt Sikes have a conversation about the need to reform worship according to Scripture and why G3 Ministries is launching Biblical Worship Workshops. You can register for the first workshop on February 8–9 at G3Min.org. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Discipleship: More than Data Transmission
November 15, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBData transmission is not all there is to discipleship. Listen as Scott Aniol Explains. Read this post here: https://g3min.org/discipleship-more-than-data-transmission --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
The Influence of Secularism on Culture and the Church
November 09, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBToday we hold assumptions about culture, science, music, worship, and so many other things because of the impact of the Enlightenment and the secularist religion rather than Scripture. Listen as Scott Aniol discusses how the Age of Reason impacted everything about how we think and live. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
The Common Problem with White Supremacy and Multiculturalism
November 08, 2021 12:26 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MBThe biblical answer to combating terrible thinking such as is represented in white supremacy is not multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is not the answer because it suffers from the same essential fallacy as white supremacy, namely, that ethnicity and culture are equivalent categories. They are not. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this post here: https://g3min.org/the-common-problem-with-white-supremacy-and-multiculturalism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcaste...
Unity and Separation
November 05, 2021 10:56 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBGod clearly wants Christians to be unified, and Christians should pursue unity wherever possible, but what is biblical unity? Scott Aniol explains that there is a boundary and a center to Christian unity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
November 01, 2021 11:03 - 5 minutes - 5.52 MBA brief reflection on Thomas Kelly's beautiful crucifixion hymn, "Stricken, Smitten, and Afflected" set to O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN. Download the hymn for free here. Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See Him dying on the tree! 'Tis the Christ by man rejected; yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He! 'Tis the long-expected Prophet, David's Son, yet David's Lord; by His Son God now has spoken: 'tis the true and faithful Word. Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning, was there ever gr...
Worship Reformed According to Scripture
October 26, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBListen as Scott Aniol discusses Reformation roots of worship reformed according to Scripture, significantly influenced by theologians such as Martin Bucer and John Calvin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Is Our Mission the Same as Jesus's Mission?
October 22, 2021 10:54 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBThere is something about the Father sending Jesus on a mission that is a model for Christ sending us on a mission, but the question is, in what way? What is the mission that Christ gave to us, and how is it related to his mission? This is an important question, because some today argue that Jesus's statement in these two texts means that our mission is the same as Jesus's mission. In this short essay, Scott Aniol argues that our mission—like Christ's mission—is to do what we have ...
Who Leads Worship?
October 14, 2021 10:51 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBWho is qualified to be the "worship leader" within a church service? Listen as Scott Aniol addresses this questions biblically. You can read this article at https://g3min.org/who-leads-worship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
The Law of the Lord
October 12, 2021 11:32 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBListen as Scott Aniol discusses the nature, limits, and strengths of God’s natural and special revelation from Psalm 19. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Draw Near
September 30, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBListen as Scott Aniol reads his latest blog post, found at https://g3min.org/draw-near. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
How Sweet and Awful Is the Place
September 28, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBA brief reflection on Isaac Watts's beautiful but lesser-known hymn on the doctrine of election, "How Sweet and Awful Is the Place." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Mission: Make Worshipers
September 23, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBListen as Scott Aniol reads his latest blog post, found at https://g3min.org/mission-make-worshipers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Submitting to Government
September 21, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBImplications of living as dual citizens in God’s two kingdoms, submitting to human government, obeying God rather than men, the limited jurisdictions of human government --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
People of the Book
September 15, 2021 11:40 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBWhat does the sufficiency of Scripture really mean? Listen as Scott Aniol reads his latest blog post, published at https://g3min.org/people-of-the-book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Teach Me, My God and King
September 14, 2021 07:00 - 3 minutes - 4.58 MBA brief reflection on John Wesley's adaptation of George Herbert's poem. Download this hymn for free at classichymns.org. Teach me, my God and King, in all things Thee to see, and what I do in anything, to do it as for Thee. To scorn the senses’ sway, while still to Thee I tend; in all I do be Thou the Way, in all be Thou the End. All may of Thee partake; nothing so small can be, but draws, when acted for Thy sake, greatness and worth from Thee. If done t'obey Thy laws,...