The Backwoods Baptist

We seek to apply a heaping helping of country fried commonsense to the issues facing Christians today. We praise the Lord for the educated men and the resources that are available to Believers today. Our concern is the absence simple yet sound teaching for the common man. Somewhere between Harvard and a bunch of hillbillies lies the backwoods. It is here that we talk church with an open Bible in the plain language of the people.

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Yeah, but I just believe...

So what do we do with all these opinions? Who's right? Who's wrong? One thing we know for certain, everybody can't be right. In this episode I lay the ground work for holding Scripture as our standard of right and wrong. Our views must be Biblically consistent or they are simply our views. We don't need opinions nearly as much as we need bed rock truth. Let's go to the Scriptures and cut through all these opinions.

Mar 01, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Shaped By Social Media

Social media is shaping the way we think about situations as well as making it easier to share our own opinions. This modern way of consuming and publishing information can have both positive and negative impacts on our day to day lives. This episode seeks to present the best and worst of both sides of the social media coin. I also offer a challenge to limit your consumption of social media and return to some of the healthy practices that you enjoyed before the Information Age.

Feb 22, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 10

What's Wrong With The SBC?

The Southern Baptist Convention has been in a downward spiral for a few years now. Why do so many churches and pastors stay in this broken system. Why does the Convention stay in a constant state of turmoil going from scandal to scandal? Will it ever end? I'll give three reasons for the current state of the SBC. These are more practical reasons than historic reasons but I think will shed some much needed light on this saga.

Feb 16, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Church Names

A short drive anywhere in our country will invariably lead you to cross paths with an odd church name or two. It seems to be a contest as to who can come up with the newest most absurd church name. There's one in our area called "Beyond Church." Lets talk about this trend and offer some practical options to curb these downward trends.

Feb 08, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Confusing The Church With Creation (spiritualizing our hobbies)

When we equate time in the outdoors as highly as attending church we do church a disservice. The same goes for blending our hobbies with the worship of almighty God. While creation clearly points us to a Creator, it falls drastically short of communing with our Creator.

Feb 01, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7

How Shall We Preach?

The debate between expositional and topical preaching has drug on for years. On both sides we have those who say their method is the only way or the best way to preach. I seek to give the pros and cons to each approach as well as great preaching examples of each. In the end I offer my opinion for a healthy way forward.

Jan 25, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Christians Rest

A healthy view of rest walks a fine line between laborious and lazy. Wether you burn or rust out, either way, you are out. The world around has their own ideas about what rest looks like and how much each of us need. I find no hard and fast rule in Scripture about how and how often we should rest but I will give you some practice insights about gauging your own work load and rest cycle. I also poke at golfers little. Ok, I poke at them a lot.

Jan 19, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The Language Of My People

This is a plea to speak and preach in the common language of the people. Using big words or your knowledge of other languages might impress your friends and family but it doesn't advance the gospel.

Jan 11, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Revive The Revival Meeting

It seems revival are becoming a thing of the past. As Baptist we shouldn't let revival meetings fall by the wayside. Yes they can be misused and abused, but they can also be a tool to encourage the church and stir out hearts to evangelism. Let's revive the revival meeting.

Jan 05, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3

A Revival Of Generosity In 2023

Christians are recipients of God's generosity in Christ and He has withheld no good gift from us. Shouldn't we be the most generous people on the planet? Yes, we should but all too often we are not. The cares and patterns of this world cloud our judgement and we can find our naturally generous spirit to be waning. Let pray for a revival of generosity in 2023 among the household of faith. Here are some practical areas in our lives where we can refocus our generosity in the coming year.

Dec 28, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Take Me To The River (make baptisms public again)

Baptist need to return to the practice of baptizing converts in public bodies of water. This is a great way to publicly proclaim the death burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Go to the boat ramp, city park, swimming hole, or any body of water where people gather and sing a few hymns, explain the ordinance, lower the repentant believer into the water and lift them out to walk in newness of life. Do it all to the glory of God in obedience to His commandment and for a public declarati...

Dec 22, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Backwoods Baptist Introduction

Lets get acquainted before we go any further.

Dec 06, 2022•20 min

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