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Ordinary Grace is a podcast devoted to experiencing the grace of God in the ordinary spaces of life. Our goal is to think through our favorite topics as well as contemporary issues through the lens of the Gospel. We love having conversations with our favorite people! So join us!
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Tom goes sole on this episode to start a new series of brain dump dialogs. On this episode, Tom discusses how we are called to engage the world through a Two Kingdom’s vision. Tune in!
On this episode, Tom and Ryan dig into chapter 5 of the 2LBC and Westminster to discuss the totality of God’s rule and reign over all creation and how that relates to our freedom. Tune in!
Tom and Ryan hop back into the confession discuss chapter 4 of the 2nd London Confession 1689 and the Westminster Confession. Today we touch on a range of topics from the purpose of the Genesis 1 Account, age of the earth, gender binary vs. fluidity and a lot of other important issues related to a biblical vision of creation.
It’s a new year and we are have a great line up of conversations coming your way. We kick off the year preparing to dive back into the Confessions with some side conversations on Baptist Polity and why it matters! Today, Tom and Ryan kick off 2022 with a discuss on why the Creeds and Confessions are vital to faithful Biblical witness. They tackle the popular yet unhelpful notion of “No Creed but the Bible” why it doesn’t support “Scripture Alone” in the end. Some resources to take a look at…https://www.reformation21.org/blog/no-creed-but-the-biblehttps://justinholcomb.com/2021/05/09/no-creed-but-the-bible/Creedal Imperative - Carl Trueman
We are back after a short Holiday Break and we are launching off 2022 with a crazy good conversation with my brothers Tyler Krug and Stephen Gambill. In this episode we discuss the dumpster fire that passes for “Public Discourse” among Christians on Social Media. We discuss the tension with being polemical and winsome and they need not be enemies!
Tom and Tyler take to the Pod to finish up their conversation on Every Member Ministry. On the episode, the guys discuss how to recover Every Member Ministry in the local Churches. A large part of it involves Pastors being ok letting their people use their gifts! Tune in!
Tom and Ryan link up to continue their conversation on Advent. In this episode, we discuss the root of Joy and why Joy is a particular gift we see during the season Advent. In the end, amidst a world that uses Christian to prop up our lack of happiness in life, the Christian is offered a durable joy in the midst of life’s sorrows.
Tom and Tyler link up to discuss the need for every member ministry in the church. What is “Every Member Ministry” and why is it important? That is what the guys discuss on this episode of Ordinary Grace!
Tom and Ryan throw up the mics to discuss the Peace of Advent. In our world, there always seems to be a longing for peace but the peace that is desires falls well short of God’s Standards. In this episode, we discuss the peace the Christ brings and how it is accomplished!
Tom and Tyler continue their conversation from episode 39 on Church Leadership. On this episode discuss how to recover a healthy vision of leadership in the church. They cover questions such as…What is a healthy Church?What is a member and what gifts do they provide and offer the body of Christ?What is the difference between the qualifications of a pastor/elder and his gifts and skills? This was a fun episode…you need to tune in!
Tom and Ryan reconnect to start a 4 week series of discussions on the Advent. On the episode, the guys discuss why Christmas is such a big deal to many people and how Advent helps us shift our hopes and expectations to Jesus! We will also cover the theme of the First Week of Advent on Hope or Expectation! Tune in!
On this episode, Tom is joined by Tyler Krug, a pastor and more importantly a friend for a conversation about “leadership” in the church. What is leadership in the church? What is leadership in the context of Pastoral or Elder Ministry? Tom and Tyler discuss why we need to be careful with how we use the word Leadership in the church and where we tend to go wrong with our expectations of pastors and elders.
Tom and Ryan reconnect this week to discuss the growing conversations about the divide between confessionalism and pietism. This conversation is not new but seems to be getting new traction in recent months. The guys discuss why confessionalism is not anti-piety but guards itself against pietism because it can lead us away from true hope in the Gospel.
On this episode, Tom has Part 1 of a 2 part conversation with Stephen Gambill. Stephen is an OG in the Reformed Baptist circles of Nashville. He planted Reformed Baptist Church of Nashville, TN in 1998 and he shares so much wisdom on how to remain faithful yet hopeful in ministry through difficult seasons of life. You are going to enjoy this one!
Does the church need modern Super Apostles? If you ask some, the American Church’s greatest need is to recover and continue the Neo-Evangelical vision of Carl Henry and Billy Graham? Trevin Wax and the folks over at The Gospel Coaltion seem to take this position. At the heart of this vision is the need rediscovery of modern day theological and cultural gatekeepers that follow in the footsteps of Henry and Graham. What are the merits of this vision? Does it work? Will it rescue the conservative evangelicalism from it’s current divisions? Tom and Ryan breakdown Trevin’s recent article called “Why I’m Not Kissing Evangelicalism Goodbye” along side a response from R. Scott Clark over at the Heidelblog. We hope our assessment is both helpful and fair.
If you have not heard, the organizers of the Together for the Gospel Conference have announced that April 2022 will mark the final installment of the beloved Conference. Tom hops on to reflect on the impact this conference has had on his life and ministry and to grieve circumstances that contributed to the demise of T4G. If you have not read it yet, here is Colin Hanson’s reflection from the Gospel Coalition. Worth a Read. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/t4g-final/
It seems that the word “reformed” is used by a lot of well meaning brothers and sisters as a way to describe their theological convictions. Though we are happy to have more and more people investigate the Reformed faith, we must use the word appropriately. To be Reformed is more than being a Calvinist. All Reformed are Calvinists but not all Calvinists are reformed. This conversations seems to be even more important in light of the emergence of the growth of “New Calvinism” (Think Gospel Coalition, Acts 29 Network ,etc) and the rise of more fundamentalist Calvinist Baptists who say they are reformed when they probably are not in its truest sense. Tom and Ryan discuss the difference between being reformational and reformed. This should be a good conversation! Tune in!
Tom and Ryan finally throw up another episode. Today, we talk about the current evangelical landscape and how a confessional and reformed approach offers a more complete critique of the varying issues facing American religions. Suggested Resources:Recovering the Reformed Confession - R. Scott ClarkWhy was the Reformation Necessary? - Robert GodfreyFind us on ITunes, Google Podcasts or any Podcast Catcher!
On this episode, Tom goes solo to discuss whats behind the relaunch of the Ordinary Grace Podcast. This podcast is not an attempt to build a platform or experiment in vanity. Rather, it’s a space to work out theological ideas and their relevance to the current American evangelical landscape. Tune in and join the conversation.If you have thoughts or questions, you can contact Tom at tom@gracesmyrn.org
On this episode, we dig into the extent of God's decree and how God's sovereign actions cannot be separated from his being and nature.
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