Urban Puritano
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAll Christians are urban Christians. Whether you live in Graceville, Florida or Chicago, Illinois, the believer is on a pilgrim's journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. You are not alone in your journey. As we travel the narrow path from our current city to the one whose Architect and builder is the living God, one such traveler is Urban Puritano.
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Gifted Brethren: Brothers From Other Mothers
April 19, 2024 18:19 - 2 hours - 141 MBFROM THE VAULTS! This episode was recorded at the end of 2023. Better late than never! I was like a fly on the wall to the weekly Pastoral Prayer and Care Meeting where the Pastor and two Pastoral Assistants, Matt and Stephen, conduct a Lord's Day Service review, pray for each other and the church, and plan ahead for ministry. Little did we know how much on the verge of WW3 2024 would be! Regardless of the chaos, however, I was encouraged to hear how committed to faithfully procla...
Alistair Begg After Action Review: Trans Truth for Life?
February 26, 2024 03:30 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBThere once was a pastor from Scotland Whose name was Begg, not McLachlan Out of no where one day To old ladies he’d say Bring gifts and attend that transgender function. Well, despite my attempt at capturing one particular example of doctrinal and pastoral decay in American Evangelicalism, am I really that far off? Poetically, yes. Actually, no. Allow me to extend podcast hospitality to two guests in discussing their article and their mention of the now infamous case of Alistair ...
Un Devocional Expositivo de Romanos 1:16-17 | El Evangelio de la Reforma es el Evangelio de las Escrituras
October 31, 2023 16:30 - 20 minutes - 47.6 MBUn Devocional Expositivo de Romanos 1:16-17 | El Evangelio de la Reforma es el Evangelio de las Escrituras
We Maintain: The Reformation Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop!
October 31, 2023 08:28 - 53 minutes - 123 MB👇🏽👀👇🏽👀👇🏽👀👇🏽👀 On today's episode of Urban Puritano, we scratch the surface on the Reformation and why it can't stop and won't stop! Reformation Day 2023 or World War 3
Evangelicals and Catholics Sort of Together: Culture, Common Ground, and Co-Belligerency
October 08, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBOn today's episode, Pastor Brandon Myers of Christ the King Reformed Baptist Church joins me for a chilled out conversation along the banks of the Tiber River. What are some areas of appreciation and even possible alignment with Romanists in common cause for the common good? What hath Papists to do with "separated brethren"? Well, our conversation covers four broad areas of possible cooperation with our Roman Catholic friends. Join me with your preferred cigar and adult beverage...
Family Worship Bible Guide
September 01, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 26.1 MBLet's be real. Family worship is a little known subject among evangelicals. It is more known and practiced among Dutch Reformed denominations. Anecdotally speaking, I've known and worked closely with Presbyterians in my life, and although it's a known subject, it isn't practiced as much as you may think. Same goes for Reformed Baptists. But overall, this situation is changing as more resources are produced. Family worship is having a renaissance of sorts. Welcome to Urban Puritan...
We Distinguish? Biblicism, Boogeymen, and Bereans
August 14, 2023 01:16 - 33 minutes - 76.7 MBDisputes among Christians on social media are funny...until they aren't. When things heat up, it's either someone's intelligence, integrity, or orthodoxy being questioned. When things calm down, we are told to keep discussions focused on doctrines, not dudes. The same thing can be seen in the discussions of the needlessly frustrating topic of Biblicism. What is Biblicism and why does it matter? I bet you're wondering what side I'm on. Recent developments on the history and use of ...
Pilgrim's Progress: Calvinist Soup For Your Soul
August 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBWelcome, once again, to Urban Puritano! On today's episode, we scratch the surface on a classic allegory of the Christian life according to good ol' fashioned classical Calvinism: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Charles Spurgeon once said of Bunyan, "...his very soul was saturated with Scripture...he cannot give us his Pilgrim's Progress...without continually making us feel and say, 'Why, this man is a living Bible!' Prick him anywhere--his blood is Bibline, the very essenc...
Revelations and Traditions: The Rule of Faith According to the Bible
July 01, 2023 16:33 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBWe live in a world that offers competing forms of Revelations and Traditions. In the Church, one or the other or perhaps a combination of the two are set forth as a Rule of Faith. But what type of Revelation or Tradition is offered in the Bible? Is the Bible a sufficient Rule of Faith or is it inherently in need of a parallel source of material that constitutes, in perpetuity, an equal Rule of Faith distinct from Holy Writ? Whether it's the Rich man being told that the writings of...
"Cross-Eyed" Biblicism: A Back to Basics Conversation (Featuring Bryant Rueda)
June 01, 2023 05:02 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBYou, too, can be a Master of Sacred Scripture! The Scripture of the Old and New Testament is unique theological literature. The inspired Word of God is Special Revelation. From God to us through His messengers throughout time, space, and redemptive history. As such, it is understandable via ordinary methods of learning appropriate to its nature. After all, its nature is to communicate. Therefore, don't despair! You, too, can grasp the communicative intent of God's Word. The questi...
A Christocentric Alley-Oop: Acts 8:26-35, Are You a Christ Preacher?
May 01, 2023 13:06 - 28 minutes - 23.1 MBOnce upon a time, a budding, young Calvinist preacher heard a guest preacher preach a sermon on a robust Text of Scripture. He was excited as he anticipated a rich, spiritual banquet on Acts 8:26-35 which consists of the hybrid textuality of a dialogue between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch concerning a Messianic prophecy in Isaiah. Alas, the budding young Calvinist (and the rest in the congregation, whether they recognized it or not) were instead treated to a sub-Christian sermo...
Political Biblicism: Embracing the Secular Suck or Striving for Human Flourishing?
March 30, 2023 01:23 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThe Bible records the long, post-fall struggle between believers and the tyranny of sin. Oftentimes that tyranny takes the form of hostile governing authorities. Even theocratic Israel under human kings would have a propensity towards injustice. Remember what God told the prophet Samuel? So, how is the Christian to relate to Caesar when Caesar is schizophrenically equal parts secular and pagan? What principles can we find in the Bible? Does one size fit all? Despite the bluster oft...
How to Preach Like a Puritan: Devotional Reflections on Hebrews 11:39-40
February 17, 2023 21:25 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBToday, we scratch the surface on what made the Puritans so special. Was it their politics, their agenda to purify the worship of the church, or their theology? The Puritans are often the whipping boys for Romanists and secularists alike. But, too often, the Puritans are thrown under the bus even by their own spiritual heirs. What made the Puritans so special, in my humble estimation, was their preaching in both content and style. Stay tuned as we scratch the surface on the element...
The Gospel According to Gordon H. Clark, Part 2: Romans 4-16
December 22, 2022 15:30 - 51 minutes - 41.5 MBThe Apostle Paul Wrote a detailed and systematic explanation of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. His audience was a diverse metropolitan mix of believers. Urban Christians! Aren't we all? Paul's method of missionary fund raising is as counter intuitive as God's work of redemption in Christ. Romans is Paul's tour de force theological treatise concerning God's tour de force purpose of acquiring a people for all of history. God's Word to all of us is to know His will in salvation...
Semper Reformanda: Christ is King!
October 08, 2022 17:51 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBThe providential intersection of lives often leads to unexpected outcomes. In light of Pastoral Appreciation Month and on the eve of Reformation Day, we offer a chilled out conversation with Pastor Brandon from Christ the King Reformed Baptist Church and talk about his road to and through the ministry. Whether you are Baptist or Presbyterian, pastoring a church requires grit. Church Eldership is not for the faint of heart. What theology best serves as the foundation for God-glorify...
The Gospel According to Gordon H. Clark, Part 1: Romans 1-3
September 30, 2022 16:21 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBThe Apostle Paul wrote a detailed and systematic explanation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His audience was a diverse metropolitan mix of believers. Urban Christians! (Aren't we all?) Paul explained that we are all great sinners who are in great need of so great a salvation. As we approach the anniversary of the Reformation, let's start the celebration early by listening to what a Reformed stalwart of yesteryear wrote on the Reformation's central tenets. Gordon H. Clark wrote wh...
A Covid Reckoning
August 27, 2022 18:23 - 27 minutes - 22.4 MBThe Covid-19 pandemic turned this country's workers into patients, worshippers into zoomers, and its citizens into subjects. We are now denizens. Strictly speaking, it's not Covid's fault. The fault lies squarely at the feet of the ruling class at the federal, state, and local levels. The medical industrial complex (Big Pharma and Big Government with its useful idiots in the complicit media) successfully transformed healthcare's medical paternalism into medical tyranny. Seemingly, o...
Jerusalem and Jesus: The Shadow of Christ in the Conquest of Zion
May 12, 2022 14:56 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBThe right reading of Scripture neither bifurcates the Old from the New Testament nor the literal from the spiritual sense of Scripture. In fact, "when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly." Are you an audacious or an arrogant interpreter of Scripture? 2 Samuel 5:6-10 is a fascinating test case for a seriously literal, full, single sense, Christocentri...
EPISODE X: A Story of Co-Vocational, Bilingual, Urban, Local Church Ministry
October 30, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MBThe providential intersection of lives often leads to unexpected outcomes. Today, we offer a chilled out interview with Pastor moises NATAN from Iglesia Cristo el Redentor and talk about his road to and through the ministry. From Amistad Cristiana to Nuevo Pueblo (an OPC Church Plant ministry) to Cristo el Redentor. Learning from diverse and various experiences and people is God's providential design. Whether you are Baptist or Presbyterian, church planting requires grit. Church pla...
Expanding the Kingdom Through the Church
March 03, 2021 14:14 - 18 minutes - 14.9 MBThe beauty of God's Word is that whether you read it with a Systematic Theology lens or a Redemptive Historical lens, you will always find coherence and consent of its parts. In EP 8, we scratched the surface on the spiritual dynamic that gave birth to the Church and the ensuing spiritual antithesis that was realized after Genesis 3:15. We perceived a theological resonance between the enmity God graciously and sovereignly placed within redeemed mankind and the serpent and what the S...
Entering the Church Through Enmity
February 02, 2021 15:51 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBThe Biblical Doctrine of the Church is so multifaceted that it can hardly be exhausted in one passage of Scripture, one podcast episode, one Sunday School lesson, one sermon, or even a seminary education. The doctrine of the Church is deeply rooted in multifaceted motifs and theologies that its exploration begins in this life and will continue on throughout eternity. In broadest terms, the "Church" refers to the whole body or number of believers that have been, are, or shall be rec...
Prayer According to Jesus, Part 1
January 04, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MBWhat does the prayer life of a disciple of Jesus look like? On today's bonus episode of Urban Puritano, we continue our exploration of Expository Preaching. My method is eclectic. Broadus-Robinson, Greidanus-Chappell, Beeke-Bunyan. A Text is analyzed according to its subject and complement in order to arrive at the sermon's proposition. A Fallen Condition Focus is infused throughout the message which goes from abasing man to exalting Christ for His provision in His offices. The Bibl...
La Oración Según Jesús, Parte 1 (El Fundamento de La Oración Cristiana)
January 01, 2021 18:00 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MB¿Cómo se vé la vida de oración de un discípulo de Jesús? En el episodio de hoy, continuamos nuestra exploración de la predicación expositiva. Mi método es ecléctico. Se analiza un Texto según su tema y complemento para llegar a la proposición del sermón. Un enfoque de condición caída se infunde a lo largo del mensaje. Todo debería conducir a un mensaje que humilla al hombre y exalta a Cristo según el pasaje. El Texto Bíblico siempre es privilegiado. Estén atentos al mensaje basado ...
Biblical Interpretation According to Calvinism
December 01, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes - 99.9 MBBoth scholars and laymen can by the same means arrive at the answer to how a holy and just God can bless rebellious, sinful mankind with salvation. As it was before for shepherds, warriors, royalty, and fisherman; as it continued to be for monks, maidens, lawyers, and tinkers; so the Bible’s message continues to be now — sufficiently “clear and evident” to all who would apply “a due use of the ordinary means.” On this edition of Urban Puritano, we scratch the surface on the topic ...
The Gospel of the Reformation is The Gospel of the Scriptures: Romans 1:16-17
October 30, 2020 13:00 - 23 minutes - 43.7 MBOn today's episode (Episode 4) of Urban Puritano, we're having a Gospel Celebration! What is the Gospel all about? Why is it so simple a child can understand it and so profound that a philosopher-theologian can spend a lifetime studying it? Even angels contemplate and ponder the Gospel's message. What do you do with the Gospel? Are you ashamed of it or is it your highest honor and privilege? Let's scratch the surface of Romans 1:16-17 and find out what the Gospel essentially consist...
El Gran Peligro de la Incredulidad, Parte 1
October 01, 2020 16:00 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MBOn today's episode of Urban Puritano, we begin the first of many explorations in expository preaching. In Español. My homiletical approach is eclectic. Broadus-Robinson. Greidanus-Chappell. Beeke-Bunyun. Subject-Complement, Big Idea, Fallen Condition Focus, Propositional, Experiential, Reformed, and hopefully, I privilege the text. What text you may ask? Hebrews 3:12-19. Stay tuned for a message called, "Great Danger of Unbelief." I. Introduction A. Secular Point B. Personal ...
Seeing Christ In All of Education, Part 2
September 15, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 27.6 MBWhat are the implications of a Christian worldview for Education?
Seeing Christ in All of Education, Part 1
September 01, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIn the inaugural episode of Urban Puritano, I consider Christian Education through the lens of worldview thinking. Although worldview thinking has fallen on hard times, I still think it is quite amenable to Reformed Theology. But you don't have to be a cage stage Calvinist to benefit from my dark predestinarian ruminations. My question for you, fellow pilgrim, is this: Is it possible to see Christ in all of Education?