TS&TT: James Coates | Suffering and Imprisonment to the Glory of God

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 850 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore talk with Pastor James Coates after his release from prison, where he was placed after refusing to comply with the Canadian government's COVID-19 guidelines his church. They discuss the state of Grace Life Church, what it was like for Pastor Coates in jail, how to pray for the church - which now has chain fences placed around it, and the importance of strong theology and commitment to God's word in the face of persecution. Be It Resolved | SBC21 Founders Conference: https://founders.org/sbc21/ Grace Life Church: https://gracelife.ca/ Carpe Fide: https://www.carpefide.com/shop/p/come-take-my-pulpit-shirt 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ The Institute of Public Theology: www.instituteofpublictheology.org Watch #WieldTheSword | https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Sword and the Trial, a podcast of Founders Ministries.
0:03.3	Founders Ministries exist for the recovery of the gospel and reformation of churches.
0:07.0	I'm Jared Longshore.
0:07.8	I'm Tom Askell.
0:08.7	Thanks so much for listening to The Sword and the Trial today.
0:10.7	Delighted to have you with us.
0:11.7	And we are over the moon about having Pastor James Coates from Alberta, Canada, here with us.
0:18.1	Brother, we are delighted to have you here. We've been praying for you,
0:21.3	been praying for your wife, Aaron, been praying for Grace Life Church all over the place. In our church,
0:26.7	we have been praying for you, and our family's been praying for you, and delighted to see
0:31.0	you standing for the truth, not compromising, loving God's people, and exalting the Lord Jesus Christ
0:35.9	as King of King. So we're going to give you a more formal introduction in a minute, but we have a number
0:39.6	of announcements to talk about as we get started.
0:42.5	First, we have the Institute of Public Theology that is launching classes in the fall.
0:47.1	That's right.
0:47.6	And registration is open for that.
0:49.5	Tom Nettles is going to be teaching the first course at the end of August, and then I'll be teaching
0:54.6	a course the latter part of August, the first couple of days of September. I'm teaching
0:59.4	pastoral theology. Tom's teaching church history one on the pillar and ground of the truth
1:04.1	of what the doctor of the church is through those centuries of the church beginning from the New
1:09.9	Testament era up to the Reformation. And then in the
1:13.0	middle of those two courses, those are week-long intensive courses on August 28th. That's Saturday,
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