Responding to Viewer Emails about communion, calvinism, and more! 

Always appreciate your gentle and charitable demeanor and wise pastoral counsel.

Great convo. Thx and keep it up. Need more of this. Especially when reformed Theo is often difficult to find.

Keith, I discovered you when the GREAT FOSKEY WILSON DEBATE was announced…what a blessing you have been! I love Doug and I consider him a friend even though we’ve only met twice…If I ever find myself in Jacksonville, I’ll surely visit! Thank you for your ministry!

I’m actually Methodist but I’m holding on because we are now a global Methodist congregation and are taking the gospel seriously. I was doing jail ministry one evening and one of the inmates brought up the verses about examining ourselves as we were doing communion. That conversation changed the way I view the sacraments. It was a blessing.

Keith, I enjoy your videos where you have fun with the various denominations but I really enjoyed this video and the good, biblical advice you gave in response to the emails.

Revamped theme! Nice!

I live in an area where finding a church is difficult. Speakers at conferences or guest speakers at churches often say "As soon as I entered this town I felt an extreme heaviness, there is spiritual death in this area like I've never experienced." Basically all of them say that. My wife and I have tried so many churches , and we're in one now that is okay but it's a start-up (as opposed to a plant). What we have ran into is that despite having low expectations and genuinely wanting to be in a permanent body, every single church we've found that is orthodox in their teaching either has congregations bearing very, very little fruit or they have put people in eldership that just don't meet the requirements of 1 Timothy 3. We are giving these churches tons of grace, but then we see something like an elder exploding at their kids or a pastor with wildchild adult kids. Other churches are full of people who aren't thriving, they can't seem to move past the phase of being just out of addiction, there's a lot of older single people, and many people seem to be chasing a spiritual high while simultaneously not being real grounded in Scripture. We did find a great church, but it's over an hour away. We have a strong desire to serve in the church home we find, but being so far away means we can't do mid-week small groups and we can't serve on the worship team (as we're both musicians). This is really important to us, so do we just move?

We shifted to Closed Members because there were some of the WOKE aspects visiting churches in our area and demanding equal access and threatening lawsuits. There is a state law pending, not passed, that says if we offer it publicly it has to have equal access but if we close it to members that is 'private club's. We do offer to associate regular attendees (family members visiting).

I like the other version of the intro song much better. It's pure gold

Love the emphasis on the local church in each of these. Thank you!

Closed communion made things interesting for circuit rider pastors who would "join" that church at the beginning of the worship.

For the guy struggling with theological wishywashiness, remember that ecumenism is a strength, not a weakness. I'm very charismatic, yet I still have a deep appreciation for what Pastor Keith does, as well as Doug Wilson, Al Mohler, Jonathan Pageau, and Trent Horn, all people with extremely different theological convictions to myself. I've struggled to pin down exactly what I believe in terms of soteriology, but that's okay. Believers must be settled THAT Christ saves, not necessarily HOW He saves. Instead of worrying about the fine details of your own theology, rejoice that the Father has blessed the world with beautiful diversity of (orthodox) thought. The body has many parts to do many jobs, and the Body of Christ is no different. Let the Spirit guide you, and be okay if He guides you down the path of ecumenical thought over specifically settled theology.

Love the heart you share in these Q&As. And definitely agree that discipleship needs to be a RL presence. Not on-line.

Please do some more of these types of shows🙏🙏🙏 so helpful

Wonderful episode brother ! I really enjoy these Q&As.

Loved this!

Thank you, Keith! I have had a similar questions in the past.

It's Mr. McFeely!

I do a 1 john 1:9 based invitation before I lead a communion service.

I hear the intro has been changed, very nice with the piano, can we also expect a version with fiddle or violin?

Love the new theme song, pastor!

Last guy needs to study the Ordo Salutis variations and see where he lands. The differences in theology really become obvious, yet simple in that. My 2¢ Worth just as much as you paid for it. 😂

Listening to this episode and singing the song at the top of my lungs!

I wish I could be as nice a "Calvinist" as you... some day. some day...

Just tell your pastor this: "Reformed Theology isn't heracy, we are just Christians that can Read." 😆 Edit: I misspelled Herecy. That, in itself, is a Heracy. 😆

8:40 I understand what you are saying here, but my follow up question is, do you have any method for discerning whether someone is under discipline from their local congregation or otherwise disqualified to cross your verbal fence? If not, it seems that there is a fence, but the gate is wide open, so to speak. Also, if you do happen to know if a person is under discipline as you said, and they attempt to partake anyway, what do you do?

Season two theme music?

The local church says no

You have significantly more grace for Flowers and Brown than I could ever muster. Flowers is just a one trick pony that has already surrendered to Pelagianism and is rapidly approaching Open Theism. Dr. Michael Brown exposed himself during the failed Brownsville ‘revival’ and has since devolved into an apologist for the worst of the Charismatic movement. He is a very learned man and yet he continues to disappoint and fail the Body of Christ. It took many years for him to finally acknowledge that Benny Hinny was , if fact, a false teacher. Was it worth it ? Only God knows. He still maintains that Sid Roth is a. Solid brother In the Lord Mike Winger is well-intentioned but has flip-flopped over the years. His continued disdain for Calvinism coupled with his open admiration for Flowers caused me to stop listening to him several years ago. He has done some solid work regarding the Passion ‘translation’, the role of women in the church and most recently, his expose of Benny Hinn are laudable but not enough the re-gain my follow. He is also a pastor at Calvary Chapel church so his theology is understandably weak since it is based on little more than the ‘Calvary Chapel Distinctives’ and a two page statement of beliefs. (I am convinced that absent a robust and extensive confession of faith (WCF, LBC, etc.), perseverance in the troubling times to comes will be quite difficult) Perhaps I am being a caustic but my patience for accommodationists has worn thin

"He's not like most Calvinists, he's nice" lol, isn't that the truth

What happened to the voice in the background saying "dont say hit, that's violent"?

Brother Keith, I take it that a visiting Presbyterian family that practiced Paedo Communion would not be allowed to commune their children at your church.

Is the mailman picture and old picture of you. You look different.

I woudnt call myself reformed. Just a calvinistic baptist. I think there is a strong case to make for the four points of calvinism. I just call myself a born again christian. Dont need any labels. Amyradism i didnt even know was around till a few weeks agom maybe you should interview someone who holds to that?

yes repost the Beni Hinn video

For you: R.C. Sproul reads ‘The Calvinist’ (4 min poem): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-snw6t-NzPVA.html ...thanks for the insights -for livin'.

If the lords supper is merely symbolic, then how can one be eating and drinking judgment on themselves for receiving something that is merely symbolic? That doesn't make sense does it? Maybe there is a better explanation then the Lord's supper being merely being a symbol. We can see from this writing that the symbolic view of the Lord's supper wasn't what Christians believed. 👇 For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the👉 food which is 👉blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.” Justin Martyr, First Apology, 66 (c. A.D. 110-165

"Should I be a Calvinist?" Well for the most part it doesn't matter? I would say no because I think Calvinism is anti-Biblical, but your theological stances really only matter in material terms insofar as they effect your behavior. By and large, most Calvinists do not have their belief in Determinism or Election significantly alter how they behave. Most don't even take the implications into consideration when interpreting other Bible verses. So as much as I want to say "don't be a Calvinist", this is not a hill that strikes me as worth fighting over.