This week's video podcast is a brief discussion of Richard Barcellos' message at the 2011 General Assembly of the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America on the Lord's Supper as a means of grace.
Understanding Pastoral Searches
I recently blogged about a series of videos on discerning a ministry call. This week, the Gospel Coalition has followed up with another helpful series on pastoral searches and church transitions. As one preparing to serve Christ in the ministry, I found this...
MCTS Podcast 18: The Family Tree of Reformed Biblical Theology
Richard Barcellos discusses his doctoral dissertation in our latest video podcast, The Family Tree of Reformed Biblical Theology.
Family-Integrated Church 19: A Plea for Principled Unity
This is, I think, the last of my blogs on the subject of the Family-Integrated Church movement. I have attempted to commend the movement where I could. I have also tried to present my critiques of it (where they were necessary) in an irenic fashion. I hope I have...
MCTS Podcast 17: New Church Plant in California
In our latest video podcast, Richard Barcellos discusses his plans to plant a new church in California.
Family-Integrated Church 18: Samuel, Jesus, and Paul (Part 2)
Samuel, Jesus, and Paul are sometimes brought forward in response to the family-integrated rejection of age-segregated Sunday Schools and youth meetings. Are the descriptions of what happened in the case of these children normative for us? Let us remind ourselves of...
MCTS Podcast 16: Training Pastors in Namibia
In this week's video podcast, Richard Barcellos and John Divito discuss their upcoming mission trip to train pastors in Nambia: Q&A with Dr. Barcellos and John Divito from MCTS on Vimeo.
Am I Called to the Ministry?
From talking with many other men who desire to serve Christ in the ministry, I know that we often struggle to know whether we are called by our Savior to serve Him as a pastor. The question "Am I called to the ministry?" is a personal one for me, which is why I have...
Family-Integrated Church 17: Samuel, Jesus, and Paul (Part 1)
The Family-Integrated Church movement condemns the idea of age-segregated Sunday School classes. They do this in the context usually of a strong commitment to home-schooling. This raises the suspicion that they are against anyone teaching children except their parents...
MCTS Podcast 15: Changes, They are a Coming
The MCTS video podcasts are back! In our latest interview, Dr. Waldron and Dr. Barcellos discuss some changes coming to the Midwest Center for Theological Studies. Q&A with Drs. Waldron and Barcellos #8 from MCTS on Vimeo.