The Doctrine Most Missing in the Church

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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UPDATED: We were recently contacted by Dr. Steve Lawson's ministry with an update after this episode went live (onepassion.org/statement-on-justification). We are thankful for the update. We were unaware of this update when we recorded this episode. We normally record 4-6 weeks in advance. Justin and Jon's concerns are not fully addressed in this update which is why this video has remained live on our channel. A video was released by One Passion Ministries in which Steve Lawson answered the question, "What doctrine is most missing in churches today?" His answer was the doctrine of regeneration. While that sounds good, where he went with it was concerning. In the video, Dr. Lawson said that justification by faith alone in Christ alone is, in a sense, just paperwork in heaven--and that it does nothing to change your life. What do we make of that? How should we respond? Jon and Justin have that conversation on today's episode. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin continue the conversation around Steve Lawson's comments about justification, the new birth, and the change of life. The guys also talk about reasons for recording an episode like this. Resources:Steve Lawson's video "What doctrine is most missing in churches today?"Our episode on “The Resting Heart Rate of the Christian Life”Justin’s sermon on Faith Alone, In Christ Alone UPDATE: Statement by Lawson's ministry onepassion.org/statement-on-justification

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. And today on Theocast, Justin and I are going to do something a little bit different.
0:09.8	We're going to offer some clarification and a critique about something that was put out recently by Steve Lawson concerning the gospel and what the church should be focused on and what is missing in the church as it relates
0:21.6	to regeneration and justification. We hope you find this edifying and helpful.
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0:52.2	Welcome to Theocast, encouraging the weary pilgrims to Rust in Christ.
0:58.7	I got it this time.
1:00.2	Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed and pastoral perspective and confessional.
1:05.6	And if you want to know what we're trying to do, we are trying to clarify the gospel here and reclaim the purpose of the
1:11.7	kingdom. And your host today are Justin Perdue pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in
1:16.8	Asheville, North Carolina. And I am John Moffat pastor of Grace Reform Church in Springfield, Tennessee.
1:23.1	And Justin, it is good to be here with you today before we keep going. And I just need to quickly
1:27.8	point out, we do have a new coffee mug. It's black and white. And it looks really good. Yeah.
1:34.0	I can't wait for mine to arrive. It's on its way. But don't be careful when you open it.
1:38.0	My scratch is mine. So you don't want to do that. Anyways, if you want, we've got hat shirts.
1:47.8	What's his name over at, oh, I can't think of his name right now.
1:48.6	He got his hat in.
1:50.4	Yeah, Duane Atkinson. Duane Atkinson, yeah.
1:51.9	Yeah.
1:52.0	Shout out to Duane.
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