Doctrine and Devotion
734 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDoctrine and Devotion is a weekly podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from an experiential perspective marked by the fun and humor that characterize real friendship.
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The Sabbath
October 20, 2016 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBJoe and Jimmy talk through their understanding of the Christian sabbath. What is it? Is it still relevant today? How does one "keep the sabbath"? Plus, they peek inside the mailbag and answer questions about divisive people in the church and calvinist pastors in non-reformed churches. You can find all the show notes and links at www.doctrineanddevotion.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Children's Ministry
October 17, 2016 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBPastor Pat is back on the podcast talking with Jimmy and Joe about "Children's Ministry." This is not so much about what programs work best for kids, but how the local church can come alongside parents to help them disciple their children. You want more Pastor Pat? Check out his blog at pataldridge.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @pataldridge. Also, check out Pat's recommended reading here. Get your Pat on! Of course you can find all the links and show notes at www.doctrineandevotion.co...
Prayer
October 13, 2016 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBJimmy and Joe eventually get around to talking about prayer, it's definition and relationship to the Scripture. Why pray if we God doesn't change his mind? What makes prayer so critical to the Christian life? Is there a time to stop praying? How can we reboot our prayer life? Plus, an amazing email from the mailbag. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
A Mighty Fortress - Bonus Episode
October 12, 2016 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBJust a quick bonus episode for you all. Jimmy took off to Vegas, so it's just Joe this time, but don't worry. JoFo will be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled podcast. Today, Joe sits on his back porch to talk about a new arrangement to one of his favorite hymns, "A Mighty Fortress." Dan Alcantara, a worship leader at Redeemer Fellowship, wrote and recorded this new version to be introduced at church and Joe had to share. Plus: howling coyotes and sirens. Advertising Inquiries: https...
The Reformation
October 10, 2016 05:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBIt's October, which means Reformed-type people get a little excited about celebrating the Protestant Reformation. Why? Because on October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther put the Roman Catholic Church on blast. So, Joe and Jimmy throw up the mics to talk about what went down in 1517, the central doctrines that were debated, and why it matters today. They open the mail bag to talk about reading "old dead guys," and how a local church should decide which ministries it will invest in. Advertising Inqu...
Idolatry
October 06, 2016 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBJimmy and Joe throw up the mics to throw down on idols. What is idolatry? What are some of the more obvious idols, the more subtle idols, and the more Christian idols? Plus, Canadian coins and Jimmy's sensitivity. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Discernment and Discernment Bloggers
October 03, 2016 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBOn episode 25 Joe and Jimmy open up a can of worms, or discernment bloggers. How should we grow in discernment and practice it well? And why are so many drawn to discernment blogs? Plus, Joe shows off his knowledge of Baseball. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Corporate Worship Part 2
September 29, 2016 05:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBJoe (Cultural Architect) Thorn and Jimmy (Life Catalyst) Fowler are back with part two of their conversation on corporate worship. The guys chat about liturgy, worship planning resources, communion with the kids, preparing for worship, distractions in worship, and the fruit of worshiping in spirit and truth. Plus, Jimmy offends Japan. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Corporate Worship Part 1
September 26, 2016 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBJimmy and Joe are taking the week to discuss corporate worship. In Part One the guys talk the nature of worship, principles that guide corporate worship, what triggers Joe and how Jimmy feels about "online church." For links and more show notes visit www.doctrineanddevotion.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Mailbag No. 2
September 22, 2016 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJoe and Jimmy opened up the big ol' mailbag to talk through some of your questions. What's up this time? Andy Stanley, long hair, bald heads, Israel, Dispensationalism, and complimentarianism. Plus, Joe explains where you can find the "show notes" and Jimmy thinks Clark Kent has blond hair. For show notes and links visit doctrineanddevotion.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Election
September 19, 2016 05:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBWhat kind of Calvinists would Joe and Jimmy be of they didn't talk about the doctrine of election? So, the guys sit down in Jimmy's basement to talk through their thoughts on the reformed doctrine of predestination and human responsibility. Plus: NCIS, assisted living, and Code Orange. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Spiritual Warfare
September 15, 2016 05:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBFollowing Monday's episode on Satan, Jimmy and Joe jump into the subject of spiritual warfare. What is the nature of spiritual warfare? How do Jimmy and Joe engage in the fight? The mailbag is opened up and the guys talk about the 4th commandment and elders who don't "preach." Plus, the Dark Web and prayer cloths! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Pencils - A Bonus Episode
September 14, 2016 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBGuess who's back? Joe and Jimmy are back with a bonus episode where they discuss pencils. That's right, pencils. Why does JOFO geek out about wooden pencils? Which pencils do they use the most? Where do they get their pencils? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Satan
September 12, 2016 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBJoe and Jimmy throw up the mics to talk about Satan. The Devil. Lucifer. He's not a man in red pajamas, he's not a myth, and he's definitely not a metaphor for evil. Who is Satan? What does every Christian need to now about him? What are his schemes against the church? What does the ruin of Satan look like? Jimmy also gets Joe to open up about his past involvement in satanism. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Spiritual Gifts - Part Two
September 08, 2016 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBJimmy and Joe are wrapping up Holy Spirit Week with a discussion of the spiritual gifts and what they look like in the church, and they jump into the Mailbag to answer questions about cigars vs pipes, and the 1689 Baptist Confession vs The Baptist Faith and Message. Plus, the guys try to figure out what "power couple" they are most like. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Spiritual Gifts - Part 1
September 05, 2016 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBIt's Holy Spirit week at Doctrine and Devotion! We received a lot of emails concerning cessationism and continuationism so the guys are spending two episodes talking through spiritual gifts. They are cessationists, but they aren't mad about it. Jimmy invoked the name of Jim Gaffigan, Joe had to apologize, and you can say goodbye to all the background noise of bugs buzzing. Plus, mailbag! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
The Sacraments
September 01, 2016 05:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBJoe and Jimmy set up in the garage to talk about the sacraments. Are they a means of grace? What's wrong with "intinction?" How many times was Jimmy baptized? Why does Joe hate square-cut pizza? The guys open the mail bag and talk about "moralistic preaching" and when to leave a church. WARNING: Joe makes fun of the nicest people on the planet, Canadians, and even the nicest Christian blogger, Tim Challies. These are jokes. Joe thinks Tim is a great blogger and thinks Canada is pretty much o...
Abiding in Christ
August 29, 2016 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBJoe and Jimmy jump into their ESV Bibles to talk through the practice of "abiding in Christ." What does it mean to abide? What does it look like? Why isn't Jimmy allowed to read the podcast intro? And we open up the mailbag to hit a couple more emails. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Bonus Episode - Theology and Worship
August 26, 2016 05:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBBONUS CONTENT!! A video podcast courtesy of J Bond Media. If you want to to watch this episode head over to our website to check it out. While Jimmy and Joe were in Portland for the Canvas Conference they sat down with Thomas Terry (Odd Thomas) from Humble Beast to talk about Theology and Worship. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Serving in the Church
August 25, 2016 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBIn episode 14 Jimmy and Joe talk about serving in and as the church. Is the "80-20" rule a real thing? What should service in the church look like? How do we figure out what our spiritual gift is and where we should be serving? The guys also open up the D&D mailbag to answer a couple more questions from the listeners. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Church Leadership
August 22, 2016 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJimmy and Joe talk church leadership, the good and the bad kinds, discuss whether or not leaders should be held to a “higher standard,” and Jimmy’s unbreakable connection to Donald Trump. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Racism and the Gospel
August 18, 2016 11:43 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBPrompted by some controversy in a Baptist church in Alabama Joe and Jimmy sit down to talk through race, racism, and the power of the gospel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Hanging Out
August 15, 2016 05:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBIn episode 11 Jimmy and Joe are chaperoned by Pastor Pat Aldridge, the "Community Life Pastor" at Redeemer Fellowship. They brought in Pastor Pat to talk about an aspect of ministry seldom discussed: "hanging out." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Hospitality
August 11, 2016 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBSome of you are very hospitable. Most of us need a lot of work. But does it even matter? Does God expect us all to be hospitable? How does the gospel relate to hospitality? Jimmy and Joe talk about all of this and stop to debate the merit of asking people to take off their shoes when they enter your home. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Preaching and Hearing The Word
August 08, 2016 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBOn today's episode Joe and Jimmy talk about the work of preaching and listening to preachers. From some of the basic "how-to's" of sermon prep, to what it takes to get the most of out a sermon we are listening to it was another fun and profitable conversation for us. we hope it is for you as well. Joe tells preachers to put away the stool, and shares an embarrassing Mark Dever story. Jimmy tells sermon critics to slow their roll and gives the best shout out ever to J. Bond Media. Advertisi...
Repentance
August 04, 2016 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBIn episode 08 Joe and Jimmy get into the issue of repentance. This is not a theoretical conversation, but one that is emerging out of their own conviction over sin and their need to repent. What is repentance? What is its place in the life of a Christian? The guys pull from the Puritans, James Boyce, and others to think through it all. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Mailbag
August 01, 2016 05:00 - 37 minutes - 18.2 MBYou guys sent in so much mail we can't get to it all. We hit as many as we could without going too long and we will be working in a little mailbag into every episode. We talk about the second commandment, reading books, being baptist, Jimmy's productivity tips for the iPad Pro, confessionalism, pencils, and more.
Spiritual Feeding
July 28, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBToday Jimmy and Joe talk about how they proactively feed themselves spiritually: from the ministry of the word, to prayer, to corporate worship. The Christian life is not about "letting go and letting God," but about holding fast to the truth of the gospel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Les and the Local Church
July 25, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBEpisode 05 features our first special guest! Last week Les Lanphere was in town to begin shooting his documentary, Calvinist. Since we were hanging out anyway, we decided to throw up the mics and talk with Les about the local church. We discuss the importance of the local church in the life and faith of believers, how it feels for Les to be Tanner's sidekick on The Reformed Pubcast, how Joe loves Jimmy "warts and all", and we eventually allow Les to share a little about his doc'. Advertisin...
All The Bad Things
July 21, 2016 05:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn this episode Jimmy and Joe sit down to talk about all the "bad things" they do. Or, at least three things that are frequently considered to be bad by some modern Christians: alcohol, cigars, and tattoos. This was prompted by an article written by Dr. Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary called, "Concerning Alcoholic Beverages". It expresses the view of not a few Christians, and we were eager to talk about it, the condemnation of cigars, and the taboo t...
Faith and Family
July 18, 2016 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBJoe and Jimmy hang out and talk about family life and ministry. What does it mean for family to be a priority, to be our first ministry? Why does Jimmy need two cups and a sleeve when ordering a Starbucks Americano? Is there only one way to disciple our children? Why can't Joe pronounce "integral?" What is important to remember when we are encouraging our spouse? And there's more to cover in this 45 minute podcast. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Can Baptists Be Reformed?
July 14, 2016 05:03 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIn our second episode Jimmy and Joe sit down to talk through the concept of "Reformed Baptists." What does it mean to be "reformed?" Is "reformed baptist" an oxymoron, or is there a sense in which baptists can legitimately be reformed? Also in this episode Jimmy makes stuff up about John Piper, makes fun of Grudem's Systematic Theology, and Joe explains why "Calvinists should be the happiest suckers on the planet." How do you like the quality audio we're rocking? That's not just because we...
On Backsliding - Episode 01
July 08, 2016 17:43 - 46 minutes - 106 MBIt's our first episode! Thanks for checking it out. As this was our first attempt to record a podcast with little equipment and a lot of ignorance please forgive the quality of our audio. Many mistakes were made—like Jimmy being afraid of the mic and sitting too far from it. But all of this is now being addressed by a professional--the very talented Justin Bond of J. Bond Media. So you can expect a better experience all round next week! But what we got for our first episode was still a lot o...
On Backsliding - Episode 01
July 08, 2016 17:43 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIt's our first episode! Thanks for checking it out. As this was our first attempt to record a podcast with little equipment and a lot of ignorance please forgive the quality of our audio. Many mistakes were made—like Jimmy being afraid of the mic and sitting too far from it. But all of this is now being addressed by a professional--the very talented Justin Bond of J. Bond Media. So you can expect a better experience all round next week! But what we got for our first episode was still a lot o...