People often criticize us here at Theocast saying that we are not concerned at all about society

or about the culture in which we live or even about the country in which we're citizens.

So today, John and I are going to talk about that.

We're going to talk about what the Lord is up to in building his church.

And we're going to talk about the gospel, which we tend to do. And we're going to talk about the gospel,

which we tend to do. And we're going to talk about how all of these things affect our perspective

on society and culture and the countries in which we live. We hope that this is encouraging

and clarifying for you. 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,

conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.

Here at Theocast, our aim is to clarify the gospel,

in other words, to take the clutter off of it that is often put there and to reclaim the purpose

of the kingdom of Christ. So we hope to do that today. And my friend and conversation partner,

your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reform Church in Springfield, Tennessee,

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