One of the most famous Psalms that most everybody reads because it's at the beginning of the book is Psalm 1.

And Justin and I want to help you understand the distinction between the law and the gospel from Psalm 1 and start by this statement.

Psalm 1 actually is not about you. It's not about how God blesses those who obey him.

I know that's a very bold statement, but if you keep listening, we're going to show you

you don't show up until Psalm 2. And that's where the gospel is. 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, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.

Today, we're going to have conversations, and the hope is that you're uplifted and encouraged from all of Scripture.

And we come to you from the perspective of a reformed confessional and pastoral.

That's the heart on what we're doing.

And Justin, at the end of the day,

we're hoping to bring all the clutter off the gospel, bring Christ to the center, and then

remind us what the real purpose of the kingdom is, which is not social transformation,

but gospel proclamation. There we go. There was a new intro. Never done that one before.

True. Your host today. It is an election year too, man. There you go. Your host today are Justin

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