Covenant Podcast

Pastoring a Reformed Baptist Church with Jim Savastio

Jim Savastio has been with RBC since 1990. He was set aside by the church for full-time ministry in November of 1991. Jim was brought to faith as a teenager and soon began to experience a desire to preach God’s Word. He trained for the ministry at Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC (now Columbia International University) and at the Trinity Ministerial Academy in Montville, NJ. 

Yours, Till Heaven with Ray Rhodes Pt.2

Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Yours-Till-Heaven-Charles-Spurgeon/dp/0802419526
 
Enter the remarkable untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon.
Charles Spurgeon is esteemed for his writing, preaching, and passion for the Lord. But behind the great man was a great wife—and between the man and wife was a profound marriage.
Yours, Till Heaven invites you into the untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon to discover how the bond between this renowned couple helped fuel their lifelong service to the Lord. Discover how Charles and Susie traversed the challenges of loneliness, physical affliction, popularity, controversy, and other trials together with a heavenly vision. Just as the Spurgeons lived their lives as witnesses of Christ, in Yours, Till Heaven their marriage continues to be an example for how all marriages today can remain faithful, loving, and joyful despite the challenges that life may bring.
With historical precision and narrative craft, Spurgeon scholar Ray Rhodes Jr. captures the inner-life of this Victorian romance that not only served the Spurgeons in their day, but that can also continue to empower and encourage couples today. For more on the lives of the Spurgeons, find Susie by Ray Rhodes Jr.

Yours, Till Heaven with Ray Rhodes Pt.1

Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Yours-Till-Heaven-Charles-Spurgeon/dp/0802419526
 
Enter the remarkable untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon.
Charles Spurgeon is esteemed for his writing, preaching, and passion for the Lord. But behind the great man was a great wife—and between the man and wife was a profound marriage.
Yours, Till Heaven invites you into the untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon to discover how the bond between this renowned couple helped fuel their lifelong service to the Lord. Discover how Charles and Susie traversed the challenges of loneliness, physical affliction, popularity, controversy, and other trials together with a heavenly vision. Just as the Spurgeons lived their lives as witnesses of Christ, in Yours, Till Heaven their marriage continues to be an example for how all marriages today can remain faithful, loving, and joyful despite the challenges that life may bring.
With historical precision and narrative craft, Spurgeon scholar Ray Rhodes Jr. captures the inner-life of this Victorian romance that not only served the Spurgeons in their day, but that can also continue to empower and encourage couples today. For more on the lives of the Spurgeons, find Susie by Ray Rhodes Jr.

A.B.C.'s with J. Ryan Davidson

In this episode we discuss 1) The Apostolic Fathers, 2) Herman Bavinck, and 3) Pastoral counseling. "A.B.C."s
Pastor Ryan has been serving at Grace Baptist Chapel since August of 2008. Ryan is married to his beautiful wife Christie, and they have four wonderful children: Micah, Lydia, Shaphan, and Magdalene. Ryan holds degrees from Samford University (B.A.), The College of William & Mary (M.Ed.) in Counseling, and Southern Seminary (Th.M.) in Louisville, KY, and is completing a (Ph.D.) from The Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands in Early Church History/Pastoral Theology. He has also undertaken further graduate studies at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI. Ryan also teaches adjunctly at one local University and in several seminaries around the world. He has published a few resources to aid the body of Christ including Thinking Through Anxiety (Ichthus, 2017) and Green Pastures: A Primer on the Ordinary Means of Grace (Reformed Baptist Academic Press, 2019). 
 
Check out some previous episodes that we have recorded with Him here: 
Anxiety and the Christian: https://covenantpodcast.podbean.com/e/anxiety-and-the-christian-with-j-ryan-davidson/
The Ordinary Means of Grace: https://covenantpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-means-of-grace-with-j-ryan-davidson/
 
 
 

Elders in the Church with Phil Newton

Phil Newton, the co-author of the helpful book Elders in the Life of the Church. Phil has served as pastor at South Woods Baptist Church for over thirty years. He has an M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Southeastern Theological Seminary. He has written or co-written several books including the one mentioned earlier. He and his wife Karen have been married for over forty years. They have five children and six grandchildren.

Gospel Smugness with Blake Long

Gospel Smugness: Displaying Christlike Character in Evangelism
Buy the Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Smugness-Displaying-Christlike-Evangelism/dp/0578825511
 
 

Pastoring and Parresia with John-William Noble

Building Donation Link:
http://www.gracebaptistpartnership.org.uk/about-gbp/donate/
 
Parresia Books:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689confession/1689-london-baptist-confession-of-faith?ref=project_link
 
1689 Blog Series:
https://www.parresiabooks.org/1689-blog-series
 
 
 
 

Selina Hastings with Priscilla Wong

Priscilla Wong (MTS, Toronto Baptist Seminary) is an independent scholar and the author of Anne Steele and Her Spiritual Vision: Seeing God in the Peaks, Valleys, and Plateaus of Life and The Bold Evangelist: The Life and Ministry of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon. 

Thoughts for Young Men with Bennett Rogers

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Thoughts for Young Men
By J. C. Ryle | Edited by Bennett Rogers
Thoughts for Young Men was originally published in 1888 as a chapter in The Upper Room, and it has become a minor spiritual classic in its own right. It has few equals among the all-too-short list of solid Christian books for young men. Ryle’s insights were derived from more than four decades of pastoral experience, three decades of parenting, and his own experiences as a young man. Ryle always had a heart for young men. He regularly addressed groups like the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and the Church of England’s Young Men’s Society. By all accounts J.C. Ryle was a “man’s man,” and his Thoughts for Young Men have proven to be both valuable and timeless.
This new edition is designed for devotional reading, small group studies, and one-to-one discipleship. The text has been divided into short readings based on Ryle’s own subheadings and lightly edited to make it more accessible to modern readers. It also includes:
·   Scripture quotations and memory verses from the ESV
·   Information boxes and chapter summaries
·   Reflection questions and suggestions for further reading
·   A discussion guide for group leaders
We’ve also included Daniel the Prophet, a biographical lecture Ryle delivered to a group of young men at the Liverpool YMCA in 1889, which hasn’t been published since that time. This work summarizes and illustrates many of the main points Ryle makes in Thoughts for Young Men.
In partnership with Reformed Youth Ministries (www.rym.org)

Herman Bavinck with James Eglinton

Purchase James Eglinton's critical biography on Herman Bavinck here:
https://www.amazon.com/Bavinck-Critical-Biography-James-Eglinton/dp/1540961354/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Herman+Bavinck+James+Eglinton&qid=1621875940&sr=8-1
James Eglinton's short biography from his website:
I am the Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology at New College, the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral research fellow, and then senior researcher in systematic and historical theology, at the Theologische Universiteit Kampen. I hold undergraduate degrees in law (LLB Hons, Aberdeen) and theology (BTh Dist., Glasgow). My PhD, on the Dutch dogmatician Herman Bavinck, was written at the University of Edinburgh.
I work as a systematic and historical theologian. To date, the bulk of my research and writing has focused on neo-Calvinism, a form of Reformed Christianity that developed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Netherlands, and that has continued to evolve in a range of international contexts. My first book, Trinity and Organism, was published by Bloomsbury in 2012. More recently, I was the co-editor of Neo-Calvinism and the French Revolution, with the same publisher. In 2017, my book Herman Bavinck on Preaching and Preachers, was published by Hendrickson. Following this, I worked on Christian Worldview (co-edited and co-translated with Gray Sutanto and Cory Brock), which was published by Crossway. My most recent book, Bavinck: A Critical Biography was published in 2020 by Baker Academic, and won the History and Biography Book of the Year prize at The Gospel Coalition 2020 Book Awards. It is also a finalist in the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Awards.
I serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Reformed Theology, published by Brill.
I have written for The Times, The Herald, The Scotsman, Christianity Today, Modern Reformation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Nederlands Dagblad, and have taken part in broadcasts on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Alba and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
I have broad interests in Reformed theologies and theologians, with particular foci on Scottish-Dutch Reformed connections, public theology, and the relationship of theology to the phenomenon of multilingualism.
I speak, read and write English, Scottish Gaelic, Dutch and French.
 

Benjamin Beddome with Jason Montgomery Pt.3

Jason Montgomery's short bio from his church's website: 
 
What a joy it is for me to serve as the pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church. By God's great grace, along with several other precious brothers and sisters in Christ, we started FCBC, December of 1998.
I did my graduate work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary receiving in 1997 a Master of Divinity degree in which I focused on Biblical languages, primarily New Testament Greek. In December of 2018 I graduated from Southwestern again with a PhD in Historical Theology/Church History with a focus in Baptist studies, and did my dissertation on English Particular Baptist pastor Benjamin Beddome. I also am a Teaching Fellow at Southwestern and serve as Adjunct Professor of Church History at IRBS Theological Seminary in Mansfield, TX. 
I have been blessed for over 28 years being married to my wife, Janice. We have seven wonderful and very busy children: Timothy (married to Cady and living in Austin, TX attending UT), Katie (currently enrolled in the master's program at Southwestern and teaching at Southwestern in the Scarborough College), Nathan (a sophomore at a local community college), Benjamin, Abigail, Averie, and Bethany.

Benjamin Beddome with Jason Montgomery Pt.2

Jason Montgomery's short bio from his church's website:
What a joy it is for me to serve as the pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church. By God's great grace, along with several other precious brothers and sisters in Christ, we started FCBC, December of 1998.
I did my graduate work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary receiving in 1997 a Master of Divinity degree in which I focused on Biblical languages, primarily New Testament Greek. In December of 2018 I graduated from Southwestern again with a PhD in Historical Theology/Church History with a focus in Baptist studies, and did my dissertation on English Particular Baptist pastor Benjamin Beddome. I also am a Teaching Fellow at Southwestern and serve as Adjunct Professor of Church History at IRBS Theological Seminary in Mansfield, TX. 
I have been blessed for over 28 years being married to my wife, Janice. We have seven wonderful and very busy children: Timothy (married to Cady and living in Austin, TX attending UT), Katie (currently enrolled in the master's program at Southwestern and teaching at Southwestern in the Scarborough College), Nathan (a sophomore at a local community college), Benjamin, Abigail, Averie, and Bethany.

Benjamin Beddome with Jason Montgomery Pt.1

Jason Montgomery's short bio from his church's website: 
What a joy it is for me to serve as the pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church. By God's great grace, along with several other precious brothers and sisters in Christ, we started FCBC, December of 1998.
I did my graduate work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary receiving in 1997 a Master of Divinity degree in which I focused on Biblical languages, primarily New Testament Greek. In December of 2018 I graduated from Southwestern again with a PhD in Historical Theology/Church History with a focus in Baptist studies, and did my dissertation on English Particular Baptist pastor Benjamin Beddome. I also am a Teaching Fellow at Southwestern and serve as Adjunct Professor of Church History at IRBS Theological Seminary in Mansfield, TX. 
I have been blessed for over 28 years being married to my wife, Janice. We have seven wonderful and very busy children: Timothy (married to Cady and living in Austin, TX attending UT), Katie (currently enrolled in the master's program at Southwestern and teaching at Southwestern in the Scarborough College), Nathan (a sophomore at a local community college), Benjamin, Abigail, Averie, and Bethany.

William Kiffen with Ron Miller Pt. 2

Pastor Ron was installed as a Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church on July 2, 2017.  Prior to coming to Clarksville, Pastor Ron was one of the pastors at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY for many years.   
Pastor Ron is a native of southern Illinois, where he was blessed to be brought up in a Christian home in which his father was a pastor.  He was converted at an early age by the grace of God in Christ.  He holds a degree in Philosophy from Cedarville University. From the time he was in college, his family has attended Reformed Baptist churches, seven in all. 

William Kiffen with Ron Miller Pt. 1

Pastor Ron was installed as a Pastor of Covenant Baptist Church on July 2, 2017.  Prior to coming to Clarksville, Pastor Ron was one of the pastors at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY for many years.   
Pastor Ron is a native of southern Illinois, where he was blessed to be brought up in a Christian home in which his father was a pastor.  He was converted at an early age by the grace of God in Christ.  He holds a degree in Philosophy from Cedarville University. From the time he was in college, his family has attended Reformed Baptist churches, seven in all. 

James Hinton with Chance Faulkner

Purchase the Diary of James Hinton edited by Chance Faulkner here: https://hesedandemet.com/product/the-diary-of-james-hinton/ 
The name of the eighteenth-century Baptist minister James Hinton (1761–1823) is not one that is well-known by any standard, even to those who specialize in the study of English Baptist history. Yet, along with his friends Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) and John Ryland, Jr. (1753–1825), Hinton was ‘one of those Baptist leaders who, at the end of the eighteenth century, secured the revival of Baptist life in Britain.’ And like many of his theological persuasion—Hinton was a Dissenter of Calvinistic Baptist convictions—Hinton regarded the keeping of a diary as a spiritual discipline. Hinton’s diary is no longer extant, but large portions of it can be found embedded in a biographical study of Hinton by his son John Howard Hinton (1791–1873). This book contains these portions that have been skillfully re-assembled by Chance Faulkner as a diary.

The Orthodox Catechism: Q2

Question 2: What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort? Answer: Three things: first, how great my sin and misery are;(a) second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery;(b) third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.(c) (a) Romans 3:9-10 1 John 1:10 (b) John 17:3 Acts 4:12 (c) Matthew 5:16 Romans 6:13 Ephesians 5:8-10 2 Timothy 2:15 1 Peter 2:9-10

Christian Liberty with Rob Ruiz

Robert is a husband of 18 years to his wife Diana, and a father of 4 children, Sophia, Bella, Joziah, and Micah Luke. He is a veteran (retired) of the United States Marine Corps, and is currently studying to become a Physician Assistant. Robert has a passion for the unity and diversity of the Reformed tradition, and a love for the local church. Robert and his family reside in Southern California.