The preaching of the Word of God is a vital means of edifying, equipping, and encouraging believers and proclaiming salvation to the lost. But much of what passes for preaching in our day fails to stay tethered to the truth Scripture and instead focuses on man&apos;s ideas and methods.This is why expository preaching, or the comprehensive explanation of a Bible passage in which the text dictates the content of the sermon, is so vitally important. It is Scripture that "is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16), and so the task of the preacher is not to entertain or provide his wisdom but to explain and expound the text.Listen as we talk with Pastor David Strain about the importance of expository preaching and how we can grow by sitting under good preachers.On This Episode We&apos;ll DiscussWhat expository preaching is (and isn&apos;t)Why expository preaching is the most helpful means of preachingHow our view of Scripture impacts our idea of what "good preaching" isHistorical examples of great expository preachersContemporary examples of great expository preachersHow we all can get more out of the sermons we listen to on SundaysSee the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode44Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

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The Importance of Expository Preaching

In this 5 Minute Friday episode, I&apos;ll share a 3-step process I learned from one of my seminary professors. This process, he joked, was a secret that could save you $36,000 and several years of effort by eliminating the need for a master’s degree in counseling.The “secret” 3-step process is simple. It is to guide the conversation through three phases: External, Internal, and Eternal.Learn more here: https://reasonabletheology.org/a-3-step-process-for-having-spiritual-conversations/Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

5 Minute Friday: How to Have More Spiritual Conversations

Attacks against the truth and reliability of Scripture are commonplace. Skeptical scholars have become mainstream, entertainment media mocks believers, and YouTube and podcasting have given a platform to just about anyone wanting to promote their arguments against Scripture and the Christian faith.Many of these attacks focus on a single assertion: the Bible is an ancient book written and assembled by flawed men with particular agendas.So can we trust that what is contained in the Bible is really God&apos;s Word? Listen as we speak with Bible scholar and translator Dr. Bill Mounce about why we can trust the Bible and the truth claims it makes.On this episode we’ll discuss:Common questions believers and non-believers ask about the reliability of ScriptureWhy skepticism is increasing in today&apos;s cultureWhy believers should not shy away from having and asking sincere questionsHow we can be better equipped to answer tough questionsReasons we can trust the reliability of our BiblesWhy Dr. Mounce personally trusts his BibleSee the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode43Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Why I Trust the Bible with Bill Mounce | RTP 43

Personal growth does not happen overnight in any area of our lives, and spiritual growth is no exception. In order to grow, we need to develop regular, consistent practices. These small daily habits are the key to life transformation.Listen as we speak with Darryl Dash, author of "8 Habits for Spiritual Growth" about 8 long-term practices that will help us become more like Christ.On this episode we’ll discuss:8 habits that help us grow: Making time, resting, reading Scripture, prayer, church involvement, exercise, simplifying our spiritual lives, and building a rule of life. Why these particular habits are so helpful for usHow some "non-spiritual" habits, such as rest and exercise, help us in our spiritual livesTips for staying on track when trying to develop new habitsImmediate actions we can take to start building good habitsSee the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode42Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Helpful Habits for Spiritual Growth | RTP 42

On this episode of the Reasonable Theology podcast we speak with Kevin Halloran about his new book, "When Prayer is a Struggle: A Practical Guide for Overcoming Obstacles in Prayer."Listen as Kevin Halloran shows how gospel truths speak to your prayer struggles, diagnoses issues of the heart that hinder true prayer, and gives practical tips for moving forward. We&apos;ll talk about common struggles we all face in our prayer lives and resources for overcoming them.On this episode we’ll discuss:How Kevin&apos;s own prayer struggles led to his new bookThe most common struggles we face in prayingImmediate steps we can take to strengthen our prayer livesHow praying through Scripture can help us (and the &apos;3 R&apos; method for doing it)Practical tools we can use to overcome our prayer struggles See the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode41Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

When Prayer is a Struggle | RTP 41

Move over televangelists, there&apos;s a new prosperity gospel in town. Except this time, it&apos;s focused on personal fulfillment, "self-actualizing," and aiming to live an Instagram-perfect lifestyle.The contemporary church is heavily borrowing from the self-focused culture around us and it is leading many believers away from the simple, humble, God-focused truths of Scripture.On this episode, we speak with Dean Inserra about how we can guard against hollow, self-focused religion and instead pursue Christ-centered Christianity.On this episode we’ll discuss:Why self-focused Christianity is on the riseHow this trend compares to the traditional "health and wealth" prosperity gospelExamples of this new prosperity gospel and what to watch out forWhy the notion that God exists for our personal desires is antithetical to ScriptureHow we can avoid falling into believe-in-yourself-religion and help others out of it See the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode40Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Getting Over Believe-In-Yourself Religion | RTP 40

In this final sermon in this series on the book of Titus, we&apos;ll look at Paul&apos;s encouragement to devote ourselves to good works, distractions that are enemies of those good works, and Titus&apos; example of good works. The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.For more resources, visit https://www.ReasonableTheology.orgSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Devoting Ourselves to Good Works | Titus 3.8-15

In Titus 3:17 we will examine three crucial truths that every believer needs to be reminded of often. As we walk through our passage, we will be given a reminder of how we are to live, a reminder of who we once were, and a reminder of what Christ has done for us. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.For more, visit https://www.ReasonableTheology.org/TitusSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Three Crucial Reminders | Titus 3:1-7

This sermon on Titus 2:6-15 explores how in a healthy Christian (and in a healthy church), godly living is motivated and made possible by God’s grace. Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.For more information, visit https://www.ReasonableTheology.org/TitusSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

God's Grace for Godly Living | Titus 2:6-15

This sermon on Titus 2:1-5 discusses how, in a healthy church, teaching sound doctrine leads to fulfilling our Christian duty.But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.For the complete sermon series, visit www.Go2Grace.org/Titus Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Doctrine & Duty | Titus 2:1-5

 This sermon on Titus 1:10-16 discusses the risks posed by false teaching, as well as how to recognize and respond to false teachers.For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. For the complete sermon series, visit www.Go2Grace.org/Titus Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Responding to False Teachers | Titus 1:10-16

 This is the second sermon in a series on the book of Titus, covering Titus 1:5-9:This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God&apos;s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.For the complete sermon series, visit www.Go2Grace.org/Titus Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Biblical Church Leadership | Titus 1:5-9

This is the first sermon in a series on the book of Titus, covering Titus 1:1-4:Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God&apos;s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;To Titus, my true child in a common faith:Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.For the complete sermon series, visit www.Go2Grace.org/TitusSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

An Introduction to Titus | Titus 1:1-4

What should we do when where we are is not where we expected or wanted to be?How do we react when God has placed us in a situation that is very different than what we’d planned or hoped? What are we supposed to do when God’s timing is different than our own?While these times can be discouraging, it is important that Christians to remember that no matter where God has brought us or how fast He brings us there, our task remains the same: to do the work of the Lord. Listen to this sermon on Romans 15:22-29 as we examine the example of the apostle Paul as one who worked hard while waiting on the Lord.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Working While Waiting on the Lord | Bonus Episode

From managing conflict resolution in the workplace to navigating differences at home, many issues remain unaddressed and unresolved when you cannot speak clearly, candidly, and truthfully for fear of negative consequences. Being able to speak with candor - or forthright honesty - is essential for building and maintaining effective leadership and healthy relationships.On this episode we speak with Charles Causey about his new book Candor: The Secret to Succeeding at Tough Conversations.Listen in as we discuss how you can succeed in tough conversations through candor without being unloving or overbearing.On this episode we&apos;ll discuss: What candor is and why it&apos;s importantHow timing, character, and love factor into our candid conversationsFour keys for having tough conversations go wellHow to overcome enemies of candorOvercoming a fear of confrontationSee the Show Notes at ReasonableTheology.org/Episode39Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and hit the subscribe button so you don't miss what's coming up next.Also, if you've not already please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player - it helps others find the podcast.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/reasonabletheology)

Candor: The Secret for Tough Conversations | RTP 39

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