Hi, this is Justin. Today on Theocast, John and I are going to have a conversation about authority.

In a fallen world, we all have an inherent distrust of authority. We tend to think it's bad.

But in reality, authority in and of itself is good. It's something that God has given us.

The reality is, because we're sinners, we often abuse authority, and that is true even in the church.

So John and I are going to talk about these things, how to wield authority well, how with the best

of intentions, authority is often used poorly, and people, the sheep, the saints are hurt as a result of it.

We hope this conversation is clarifying and helpful to you.

Stay tuned.

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Thank you. sign up, just go to Theocast.org slash give. Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the

Christian life from a confessional,

reformed, and pastoral perspective. At least most of the time, right, John? That's right.

Your hosts today are John Moffitt, who is pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee,

and I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

But we are not recording from those respective locations today. We are live together on location. New location, a place that we've never recorded before,

at least the two of us, a place where I've been before, though not in this particular dwelling.

We are in Wake Forest, North Carolina. I think we can let the people know. And I'm here to speak

at the Nine Marks Conference at Southeastern. And Theocast is here.

We've got a booth.

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