Episodes

In this Bible study, Pastor Jeffery talks about the problems that people encounter in their walk with Christ, with special attention to times of stasis, dryness, and regression. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM The post Maturity in Christ (5): The Practical Work of Maturity appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery shares some reflections and wisdom on the limits of knowledge and knowing with the students of Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM The post Special: The Paradox of Education (Grace Classical Christian Academy) appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery explores how our pursuit of maturity in Christ is grounded on the maturity that Christ himself has, and which he has bestowed on us as a gift by the Spirit. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM The post Maturity in Christ (4): The Maturity of Christ appeared first on .

In another Wednesday night Bible study, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about growing in wisdom, and seeks a definition of Christlike maturity through the example of Solomonic approaches to growing up in godliness. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM The post Maturity in Christ (3): What is Maturity in Christ? appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about making much of Christ and growing more and more in maturity as a Christian. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM The post Maturity in Christ (2): Pursuing Maturity in Christ appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery, in a session with the men of All Saints Church, talks about pursuing maturity in Christ. Maturity is here defined as continuously growing more and more into Christ-like-ness, and embraces a very wide variety of things. Visit our website: https://www.allsaintskirk.com Worship with us: 11:00 AM Sundays The post Bonus: Maturity in Christ appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its relation to just war theory. Such things are complex We don’t want to be ignorant of the history of conflict in the region “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfrid Owen War is horrific, and ought not to be engaged in except under very specific circumstances This is the position of the Christian church across denominations This is not always a good guys-bad guys situation When is it right to go to war, and how ought it to be co...

[Editor’s note: This is a rebroadcast of a series of videos that appeared on the All Saints YouTube channel in August 2020.] Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the Trinity and how we approach thinking about the doctrine of the Trinity. Visit our website: https://www.allsaintskirk.com Worship with us: 11:00 AM Sundays The post The Trinity [Rebroadcast] appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery walks us through some final principles on making, investing, and planning in money matters. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. Three things about money Dishonest gain will be cursed by the Lord This counts for not giving to whom it is due, but also not paying your taxes The IRS are also unkind Tithe and give to the poor God really cares about the poor Our greatest financial asset is ourselves Best investment is working hard Should women go to college?It dep...

Editor’s note: This is a rebroadcast of a series of videos that went up on All Saints’s YouTube feed during the Summer of 2020. Pastor Steve Jeffery walks us through about Mark Horne’s book, Solomon Says. Visit our website: https://www.allsaintskirk.com Worship with us: 11:00 AM Sundays The post Solomon Says [Rebroadcast] appeared first on .

Pastor Steve Jeffery takes a look at Godly responses to being gossiped about, and walks us through a Biblical approach to the basic concept of wealth. More on money Devotion: what to do when you discover you’re being gossiped about There might be something to the gossip: we’re never utterly innocent Trusting the Lord when we get into the territory of being lied about Asking God for riches and honor We are to assume that riches are good Wealth is a blessing in the Bible Planning for your ...

New series: Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about using your money to worship God and to bless your family. We begin with talking about a biblical approach to wealth and investment. New format: short exegesis at beginning of each podcast Ezekiel on the sword sharpened to slaughter Children: pay attention to your parents Be wise with money: know thy interest rates Savings and making things easier for yourself What should our biblical philosophy of money and investing be? Love of money: bad! Mon...

In this episode, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about prayer and its relation to our theology. Calvin’s remarks on prayer Ask of God what you’ve learned to be in him Prayer is the means by which we get the benefit of our faith God loves to give us things we ask of him Imagine a world in which God granted every single prayer (it would be absurd) Jesus says “good things,” not “frivolous, unbeneficial, idiotic things” God works all things for good, our wills are imperfect and tend toward disaste...

Note: this is a rebroadcast. In this supercut of his devotional series on depression and emotional distress, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about dealing with anxiety from the Psalms. ⁃ Anxiety and depression: common disabilities! ⁃ Specific cries to God in Psalms ⁃ Translating modern ideas for Biblical categories ⁃ Jesus Christ and human psychology: Jesus wants people to ask him before he does things for them ⁃ Identity and disability ⁃ Do we want to change? ⁃ Is anxiety a sin? ⁃ Human beings are ...

Pastor Steve Jeffery concludes our series on Critical Social Justice with a talk about addressing woke tactics. Wokeness: activist movement! Corrections to be made to James Lindsay: “If you see something, say something” not always necessary Effective apologetic tactic: don’t speak up “Trojan horse” words The Woke lexicon How to respond to CSJ arguments Sowing doubt Further reading for this series: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: how activist scholarship made everyt...

Pastor Jeffery continues our Critical Social Justice series talking about how “wokeness” is more a set of strategies than a worldview. Further reading for this series: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: how activist scholarship made everything about race, gender, and identity – and why this harms everybody Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Everybody/dp/B08LDSWJ9V/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Cynical+Theories&qid=1638766402&sr=8-1 Fort Worth Public...

Resuming our series on Critical Social Justice (CSJ), Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about applying Christian principles to Pincourt and Lindsay’s Counter Wokecraft. No “races” in the Bible; there are nations Distinctions in the Bible have nothing to do with our concept of “race” The color of skin should not be a defining characteristic of people! The doctrine of colorblindness (Martin Luther King) Discrimination on the basis of skin tone in Exodus: (a bad thing) Differences between people tha...

NOTE: This is a rebroadcast. These talks originally aired as series of YouTube videos in November and December of 2020. Pastor Steve’s 14-video series on critical social justice from 2020, here presented for your backgroundey edification. Introduction Surveying the landscape One fundamental criticism From slavery through Marx to Frankfurt Three more historical stepping stones Cracks in the foundation Ceaseless activism Twisting words An army of bureaucrats No-platforming Violence Di...

Pastor Steve Jeffery begins our new series on dealing with Critical Social Justice (CSJ) and how we, as Christians, are to respond to “woke” ideas and people. The necessity of understanding Critical Social Justice Outline of Critical Social Justice ideology Counter Wokecraft James Lindsay Book outline: Description of Woke ideology Description of Woke tactics Strategies for fighting back The necessity of winning against wokeism Kimberle Crenshaw Marcuse and worldview theory Three basi...

Pastor Steve interview pastor Celso Namuko about the work of the Church in the Philippines. Filipino churches looking at joining the CREC How Celso became a Christian How Celso left a career as a lawyer to become a pastor The religious landscape of the Philippines The biggest Catholic church in southeast Asia The issues facing Protestant churches in the Philippines The challenges of churches in the Philippines Visit our website: https://www.allsaintskirk.com Worship with us: 11:00 AM Su...

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Calvin’s Institutes III.9-10, about the Future Life of the Christian. Calvin’s opposition between physical life and “heavenly” life Fixing our eyes on heaven? But Paul finds significance in our interactions with this world The world and the body a prison? The body is not a prison to be released from! Being a sojourner among the people of the world This earth will be the home of the people of God forever Acquisitiveness a problem for moderns Calvin and vo...

Do it well. This week, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Calvin’s Institutes III.8.7-10, especially what it says about suffering well in persecution. Being conformed to the life of Jesus Suffering is the badge of being a soldier of Jesus Christ Going with the current (which is bad) What attitude should we have toward suffering? No hardship = no forebearance, no fortitude Resting in the grace of God in suffering(Not Stoicism) When is sorrow an appropriate response to suffering? Visit our w...

(Short answer: because God wants to show his glory through you.) This week, pastor Steve Jeffery talks about suffering in the Christian Life in Calvin’s Institutes III.8. The structure of Mark’s gospel Fear of persecution Following Jesus, self-denial, and carrying one’s cross Godliness central to the Christian life Christian life lived in time: perpetual cross and growing up into Christ Christ growing up into obedience Doing well when things are good a temptation to pride Suffering teac...

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the end of Chapter III.7 of Calvin’s Institutes, which covers the relation of our self-denial to God. Worldly pragmatism Dealing with hard providences Sinful comforts Do not use evil means to acheive God’s blessing Do not blaspheme when life hurts The twin sins of despair and lack of gratitude opposed to self-denial Self-denial: surrender into God’s power of oneself and all one’s possessions Visit our website: https://www.allsaintskirk.com Worship with u...