Hi, this is John. Reform Catholicity. No, we don't want to be Roman Catholics, but there is a unity of faith,

and that's what this podcast is about. The history of covenant theology and really confessionalism.

And where did people like the 1689 Lennabaptist Confession come from? They're not Anabaptist,

so who are they?

And Justin and I have a really fun conversation about that today. It might be a little different,

more historical, but I guarantee you we can't help but talk about Jesus in the gospel. So if you

want that, stay tuned. If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word. It's called

pietism.

You ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy? That you wake up

worrying about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.

It's dread versus joy, really. That's pietism. Piatism causes Christians to look in on themselves

and find their hope, not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing. And we have a little book for you.

It's free. We want you to download it. And we're going to explain the difference between pietism and what we

call confessionalism. Reform theology, really, how it is that we walk by

faith, seeing the joy of Christ, and when Jesus says, come to me and I will give you rest,

what does that look like? You can download it on our website. Just go to theocast.org.

Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ conversations about the Christian life from a reformed confessional and pastoral perspective.

Your hosts today are Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

I'm John Moffitt.

I'm the pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Justin, it's good to be with you, my friend.

Today's a little bit more of a nerdy pod.

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