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Explore the real-life challenges pastors face in balancing reassurance and warning within the church in “Ministers of a New Covenant and the Reality of Deception.” Pastor Jeff ("Pastor JJ") shares insightful counsel on how gospel ministers can faithfully help their congregations avoid spiritual self-deception, urging believers to both cherish assurance and heed the Bible’s sober warnings.

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About: Pastor Jeff, otherwise known as “Pastor JJ”, is a full-time vocational elder at Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Baptist Seminary. Pastor JJ grew up in South Carolina with the blessing of two loving parents and was saved at the age of 17. In January 2008, he and his wife made the transition from the temperate climate of the Carolinas to Grand Rapids and was ordained as a pastor for GIRBC, where he has faithfully served ever since.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews John Sweat, Pastor of Heritage Reformed Baptist Church in Fayetteville Georgia, about his book Simple Truths for Communion with God: An Experiential Commentary on the Baptist Catechism.You can order John Sweat's book Simple Truths for Communion with God from Amazon: https://a.co/d/gP26ZYf

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Jeffrey Smith, Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Coconut Creek Florida, about his book Preaching for Conversions.

You can order Jeffrey Smith's book Preaching for Conversions through Free Grace Press: https://freegracepress.com/products/preaching-for-conversions

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Jeffrey Johnson, Pastor of Grace Bible Church and President of Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway Arkansas, about his book The Beauty of Prayer.You can order Jeffrey Johnson's book The Beauty of Prayer through Free Grace Press: https://freegracepress.com/collections/jeff-johnson/products/the-beauty-of-prayer

In this thoughtful article, pastor Jeff Johnson examines the role of ministers under the New Covenant and the risks posed by preaching that constantly questions the listener’s salvation. With clarity and pastoral insight, pastor Jeff Johnson highlights how such messages can unintentionally lead to confusion, fear, and legalism rather than the assurance and grace offered through Christ.🎧 Listen as pastor Jeff Johnson explores how gospel-centered preaching affirms Christ’s finished work and nurtures the believer’s confidence in Him.🔗 Read the original article here.About:Pastor Jeff, otherwise known as “Pastor JJ”, is a full-time vocational elder at Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Baptist Seminary. Pastor JJ grew up in South Carolina with the blessing of two loving parents and was saved at the age of 17. In January 2008, he and his wife made the transition from the temperate climate of the Carolinas to Grand Rapids and was ordained as a pastor for GIRBC, where he has faithfully served ever since.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Sam Waldron, President of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro Kentucky, about his book The Crux of the Free Offer of the Gospel.You can order Sam Waldron's book from Free Grace Press: https://freegracepress.com/products/the-crux-of-the-free-offer-of-the-gospel

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Conrad Mbewe, Pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church in Lusaka Zambia, about his book Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing: Family Meditations in Grief.You can order Conrad Mbewe's book Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing: Family Meditations in Grief through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/SORROWFUL-YET-ALWAYS-REJOICING-MEDITATION-ebook/dp/B0DWPF3N9K/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews three Reformed Baptist Network pastors about pastoring small town RBNet churches. The three pastors are: Jon Hueni, Pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Bremen, Indiana; Dave Johnston, Pastor of Bible Fellowship Church of Greentown, Pennsylvania; and Andrew Heath, Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church of Sidney, Montana.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Tom Hicks, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Clinton Louisiana, about his book What is a Reformed Baptist? An Overview of Doctrinal Distinctives.You can order Tom Hicks' book What is a Reformed Baptist? An Overview of Doctrinal Distinctives through Founders Ministries: https://press.founders.org/shop/what-is-a-reformed-baptist/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Chad Bennett, a Pastor of Grace Community Church in Saint Cloud Florida, about the significance of our union with Christ.Chad Bennett's DMin paper is available online: https://repository.sbts.edu/handle/10392/7050

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews three Reformed Baptist Network pastors about lessons we can learn from growing RBNet churches. The three pastors are: Jeff Smith, Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Coconut Creek, Florida; Matt Foreman, Pastor of Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Media, Pennsylvania; and Robert Elliott, Pastor of Reformed Baptist Church in Riverside, California.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Justin Miller, Pastor at First Baptist Church in Puxico Missouri, about his forthcoming book Gentle Parenting: Is It Biblical? For more information, see: https://freegracepress.com/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Eric Ayala, Pastor at Reformation Church in Plant City Florida, about his book Politics in the Pulpit: How an Ancient Preacher Can Guide Us through Modern Political Crisis. For more information, see: https://a.co/d/gad1o3R

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Brooks Buser, President of Radius International, during the 2024 Reformed Baptist Network General Assembly about the need for missionary training to survive and thrive on the mission field. For more information, see: https://radiusinternational.org/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Sam Masters, a missionary serving in Argentina, about his book Doing Missions: How a Church of Any Size Can Reach the Nations. For more information, see: https://a.co/d/b6xtuu3

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Doug Van Dorn, Pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church of Northern Colorado, about his book Giants: Sons of the gods. For more information, see: https://www.amazon.com/Giants-Tenth-Anniversary-Revised-Expanded/dp/1735003859/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Matt Vincent, an elder at Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They discuss a project to bring the Trinity Hymnal (Baptist Edition) to Zambia for our Reformed Baptist sister churches in Africa. For more information, see: https://www.girbc.org/truth-for-eternity/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Olumide Olumide, President of Lux In Tenebris, about Nigerian Christianity in Africa and the need to train men for gospel ministry and support their work through biblical resources. For more information, see: https://litreformed.org/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Lieutenant Colonel Josh Stoley, Captain Steve Richardson, and Captain Jonathan Black about their service as military chaplains in the Air Force. To learn more about RBNet military chaplain endorsement, see: https://reformedbaptistnetwork.com/missions/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Nicolas Alford in light of his new work Further Up and Further In: Experiencing the Inexhaustible Gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information, see: https://www.amazon.com/Further-Up-Experiencing-Inexhaustible-Gospel/dp/B0CPB935Y8/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Brian Borgman about the wisdom of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes in light of his new work Don’t Waste Your Breath: Ecclesiastes and the Joy of a Fleeting Life. For more information, see: https://freegracepress.com/products/dont-waste-your-breath

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Greg Nichols about the latest volume of his Lectures in Systematic Theology series titled The Doctrine of the Church. For more information, see: https://www.trinitybookservice.com/lectures-in-systematic-theology-vol-4-the-doctrine-of-the-church/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Paul Smalley about the relationship between the law and the gospel and Reformation Heritage Book's recently released resources from John Colquhoun. For more information, see: https://thelawandthegospel.com/

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Matt Foreman and Doug Van Dorn about their recent book The Angel of the Lord: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Study.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews John and Cindy Raquet about parenting in light of their recent book Purposeful and Persistent Parenting: Blessing Others, Blue-Tape Boundaries, and Other Practical Perspectives on Raising Children.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Sam Waldron about his latest book How Then Should We Worship?

The fourth session of the Reformed Baptist Network's General Assembly on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 is by Dr. Jim Adams from Matthew 28:16-20, "The Great Commission."

Welcome to the Reformed Baptist Network General Assembly 2023, hosted by Grace Baptist Church in Taylors, SC. Learn more about the Reformed Baptist Network and how you can partner with us to spread the gospel to every tribe, tongue, and nation at https://reformedbaptistnetwork.com

The third session of the Reformed Baptist Network's General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 is by Dr. Voddie Baucham from Ephesians 1:3-14, "The Doctrines of Grace and Holiness."

Welcome to the Reformed Baptist Network General Assembly 2023, hosted by Grace Baptist Church in Taylors, SC. Learn more about the Reformed Baptist Network and how you can partner with us to spread the gospel to every tribe, tongue, and nation at https://reformedbaptistnetwork.com

The second session of the Reformed Baptist Network's General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 is by Dr. Joey Pipa from 2 Corinthians 4:1-6, "Sovereign Grace in the Work of Preaching."

Welcome to the Reformed Baptist Network General Assembly 2023, hosted by Grace Baptist Church in Taylors, SC. Learn more about the Reformed Baptist Network and how you can partner with us to spread the gospel to every tribe, tongue, and nation at https://reformedbaptistnetwork.com

The opening session of the Reformed Baptist Network's General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 is by Dr. Steven Pettit on "The Mystery of God's Sovereignty in Evangelism."

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Jim Newheiser about biblical counseling and its relationship to ministry in the local church.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Rob Ventura about his new commentary Expository Outlines & Observations on Romans: Hints and Helps for Preachers and Teachers.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Jeffrey Johnson about his new book Taming the Fingers, which provides us with heavenly wisdom for social media.

RBNet Coordinator Mark Chanski interviews Chris Marley about his new book Scarlet and White, which develops a biblical theology of marriage to show us the beauty of the relationship between Christ and His church.

A conversation with Jon Ryttersgaard about his church planting adventure to the Caribbean island of Barbados.

Mark Chanski interviews Pastor Jamie Howell (Grace Baptist Church in Taylors, SC) about his recent missions trip to Nepal and India to train pastors for faithful gospel ministry.

Mark Chanski talks with Jeffrey B. Johnson (RBNet Coordinator with Pastor Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan). For some, “Gospel Centered Preaching” means only telling of forgiveness & imputed righteousness, but this neglects holiness & imparted righteousness.  That’s a partial gospel, not the “whole counsel of God.”

Dr. Hensworth Jonas preached "The Challenge of Missions" from Matthew 11:25-30. Hensworth Jonas is the Presiding Elder of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission.

Dr. Hensworth Jonas preached "Faithful Missions in Hostile Times" from John 17:13-19. Hensworth Jonas is the Presiding Elder of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission.

A Morning Devotional from 1 Peter 4:7-11 by Pastor Marty Hoffman, Providence Baptist Church in Lecanto, FL

Pastor Matt Foreman preached "Motives for Missions" from Luke 14:16-24. Matt Foreman is the pastor of Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Media, PA.

Pastor David Barcelo preached "Do Not Love the World" from 1 John 2:15-17. David Barcelo is the pastor of Grace Evangelical Church in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

A Morning Devotional from Psalm 67 by Pastor Chris Hatton, Grace Chapel of Sanford, FL

Pastor Curt Arend of Grace Bible Church from San Diego, CA, gives a morning devotional from Psalm 50

Pastor Jeff Johnson of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids Missions Preaches a Sermon on 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Entitled "Gospel Driven Faithfulness to a Sacrificial Ministry"

Pastor Jon Patton of Cornerstone Church in Mesa, AZ, USA brings a devotional from Psalm 46

Pastor Rick Anderson Preaches the opening Message at the 2018 Reformed Baptist Network General Assembly from Luke 9:23-26 in a Sermon Entitled "Losing your Life to Keep it: The Universal Condition of Discipleship"