Hi, this is John. And we want to kick off the new year talking about the simplicity of Christianity

or simple Christianity. We have cluttered Christianity through all kinds of list and requirements.

There's all kinds of movements. And many people aren't quite sure what it is they're supposed to be doing or not doing.

Every week they show up to church and there's a

new requirement. There's a new list. They read a new book. They listen to a new podcast. And what used to be

simple when Jesus says, come to me and I will give you rest, now seems complicated. Here are the

different ways in which you must come to find rest. Justin and I want to do our best to simplify this message,

create a new foundation, so that for the rest of this year, you can truly know what it means

to rest in Christ.

Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed perspective.

It is good to be back behind the microphone, and today we have two of us.

We have with us Justin Purdue pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Chile, Asheville, North Carolina.

And myself, John Moffitt, I'm the pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

I got up to 51 yesterday.

So is that actually cold in Nashville right now?

Yeah, it's in the 30s.

It's not, it's actually a relatively mild morning.

So not terribly, terribly bad today.

I talked with Jimmy yesterday and he said it was a high of 35.

They were really excited.

Yeah.

It's been a little chilly last few days. It's been a strange winter, though. It's been

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