Hi, this is John, and today on Theocast, we are going to be discussing legal preaching.

Preaching that tends to remove hope or maybe establish fear, and going after the lazy Christian.

We have a long discussion about the distinction between the law and the gospel, where legal preaching emphasizes

law in almost every passage, and gospel seems to be a byproduct, or the way in which we enter

into the Christian life. And then in the membership podcast, we talk a little bit more about our

personal lives, our journey through legal preaching, how it is that we discovered reformed theology

or Calvinism, how I personally begin to struggle with legal preaching and how I began

set free from that. And really, at the end of it, we talk about what is the purpose of the

pulpit ministry? What should preachers be establishing fear or hope? We hope you enjoy the conversation.

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Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed perspective.

Your hosts today are Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in

Asheville, North Carolina, and I'm John Moffat, pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Justin, it is good to be with you here this morning, my friend. Two days in a row, getting

caught back up from having to take a break for a while. Yep, because one day

this week would not do. And we might be back doing a double dip next week as well just to get

caught back up. That's right. It's good to be behind the mic with you again today, bro. I know we've

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