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Craig Troxel talks about how ruling elders can help men consider a call to pastoral ministry.A call to pastoral ministry has several parts, one is the internal sense of call, another is the recognition of the church, the actual call to a congregation or mission work. Ruling elders help shepherd men in both and in this podcast we discuss the early stages of recognizing a call, or even encouraging men to consider if they are called.Discussion centers around Charles Bridges, The Christian Ministry: With an Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency, (Banner of Truth Trust). See especially Chapter VI, The Qualifications of the Christian Ministry, pp. 24-31.Craig quotes John Newton, "Beware, my friend, of mistaking the ready exercise of gifts for the exercise of grace." (Letter #5 - "On the Snares and Difficulties attending the Ministry of the Gospel") Works of John Newton, vol.1 (Banner of Truth Trust, 2015) p. 108. See also Newton's letter Marks of a Call to the Ministry.We highly recommend Craig's own book,A. Craig Troxel, With All Your Heart: Orienting Your Mind, Desires, and Will toward Christ, (Crossway, 2020).Craig's Recommended ReadingJohn Calvin, Institutes Of The Christian Religion, translated from the first French edition of 1541 by Robert White, Banner of Truth Trust. (Especially Chapter 17, The Christian Life)Campegius Vitringa, The Spiritual Life, trans. and ed. by Charles K. Tefler, Reformation Heritage Books. John Flavel, The Fountain of Life: A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory, Vol. 1 of the Works of John Flavel, Banner of Truth Trust.John Flavel, The Method of Grace In the Gospel Redemption, Vol 2 of the Works of John Flavel, Banner of Truth Trust.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 05 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/14/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 48 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 02 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/11/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 40 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 03 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/12/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 39 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 04 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/13/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 51 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 01 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/10/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 44 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 06 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/15/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 42 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 08 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/17/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 47 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 09 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/18/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 45 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 10 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/19/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 42 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Audiobooks by John Flavel is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 07 - The Mystery of Providence Subtitle: The Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Audiobooks by John Flavel Event: Audiobook Date: 11/16/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 49 min.
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/editorialtpv En Devon, entre mareas y decretos, John Flavel (c. 1627/1630–1691) aprendió a predicar donde el viento dejaba: casas, bosques… incluso una roca intermareal. Su ministerio clandestino parió libros que todavía encienden la conciencia: The Mystery of Providence, The Method of Grace, Keeping the Heart, devocionales para dolientes, marineros y jóvenes. Este episodio narra cómo un pastor eyectado por el Clarendon Code convirtió la persecución en imprenta, y la imprenta en consuelo: providencia que interpreta la historia, unión con Cristo como eje de la salvación aplicada, y una homilética “estilo llano” que baja la alta teología al muelle y la mesa del hogar. También seguimos su recepción transatlántica—de Dartmouth a Nueva Inglaterra—y por qué vuelve a ser leído hoy cuando necesitamos una espiritualidad robusta, trinitaria y practicable. Cierra con herramientas para grupos: diario de providencias, examen del corazón, y cómo predicar/leer a Flavel sin anacronismos. Una guía para orar, trabajar y esperar bajo el cielo cambiante de la vida. Siguenos: - Web: https://teologiaparavivir.com/ - Blog: https://semperreformandaperu.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teologiaparavivir/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teologiaparavivir/ - Youtube: https://www.instagram.com/teologiaparavivir/
A new MP3 sermon from Mission Africa is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Preparation For Suffering by John Flavel Subtitle: Old Paths Readings Speaker: Jim Robinette Broadcaster: Mission Africa Event: Devotional Date: 11/6/2025 Length: 2 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Chapter 1. The Work of Providence for the Saints Subtitle: Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 10/26/2025 Length: 33 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Mystery of God's Providence - Author's Introduction Subtitle: Mystery of Providence Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 10/23/2025 Bible: Psalm 57:2 Length: 18 min.
This week's bonus episode is an interview with Jeremy Walker, a pastor at Maidenbower Baptist Church in Crawley, West Sussex, just south of London. Jeremy has long been a friend of the Banner and serves as book reviews editor for the magazine. We sat down with Jeremy to talk about his Christian pilgrimage, call to ministry, some favourite books and, well, where he stands on the pronunciation of John Flavel's name. Note: Jeremy mentioned a book chapter that had helped him towards greater assurance and he identified that as a chapter on the fruits of the Spirit in B. B. Warfield's The Saviour of the World. In retrospect, we think that the chapter in question is actually that on 'The Spirit's Testimony to Our Sonship, Romans 8:16' in Warfield's Faith and Life. Resources Mentioned or Relevant From the Heart of Spurgeon Podcast If you enjoy the Banner Magazine podcast, you are likely to find From the Heart of Spurgeon most valuable. The episodes, of which to date there are 260, consist of Spurgeon sermons read by Jeremy Walker. Bunyan, John, The Pilgrim's Progress Fuller, Andrew, The Works of Andrew Fuller (Banner one-volume edition). Spurgeon, C. H., Pictures from Pilgrim's Progress Spurgeon, C. H., The Saint and His Saviour (available in a free pdf and epub version from Monergism) Walker, Jeremy, The Brokenhearted Evangelist (Reformation Heritage Books) Walker, Jeremy, Passing the Baton: How to Equip the Next Generation of Pastors and Teachers (EP Books) Read Brad Franklin's review at 9Marks. Walker, Jeremy, Rooted and Grounded: A Light Modernisation of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith (EP Books) Warfield, B. B., Faith and Life Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Love of God - A Resting Place in Evil Times Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 10/9/2025 Bible: Isaiah 26:20 Length: 2 min.
The heart is the control center of your life. As goes the heart, so goes the life. John Flavel said ...
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Care of God's People In Times Of Trouble Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 10/7/2025 Length: 25 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Righteous Man's Refuge - Applications Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 10/3/2025 Bible: Isaiah 26:20 Length: 39 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Classic Audiobooks is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Keeping the Heart, Part 1 Subtitle: Keeping the Heart Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Classic Audiobooks Event: Audiobook Date: 1/1/1856 Bible: Proverbs 4:23 Length: 20 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Classic Audiobooks is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Keeping the Heart, Part 5 Subtitle: Keeping the Heart Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Classic Audiobooks Event: Audiobook Date: 1/1/1856 Bible: Proverbs 4:23 Length: 31 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Classic Audiobooks is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Keeping the Heart, Part 4 Subtitle: Keeping the Heart Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Classic Audiobooks Event: Audiobook Date: 1/1/1856 Bible: Proverbs 4:23 Length: 60 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Classic Audiobooks is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Keeping the Heart, Part 3 Subtitle: Keeping the Heart Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Classic Audiobooks Event: Audiobook Date: 1/1/1856 Bible: Proverbs 4:23 Length: 56 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Classic Audiobooks is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Keeping the Heart, Part 2 Subtitle: Keeping the Heart Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Classic Audiobooks Event: Audiobook Date: 1/1/1856 Bible: Proverbs 4:23 Length: 53 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Unchangeableness of God, A Refuge & Rest in Times of Trouble Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/24/2025 Length: 31 min.
In Psalm 31, David prays the following about those who fear the Lord: 'In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.' In a world in which deception so often seems to prevail, and good reputations are tarnished by falsehoods, we need to realise afresh the power (and danger) of the tongue. We must lay hold of the God who can deliver us both from sinning with our tongues, and from 'the strife of tongues' when they are turned unjustly against us. Featured Resources: – Maurice Roberts, 'The Strife of Tongues', Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 460 (January 2002). – Arnold A. Dallimore, Spurgeon: A Biography (1984, repr. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1985, 2014), p. 69. Further reading: John Flavel, Sinful Speech (Pocket Puritans) N.B. the text of this Pocket Puritan is taken from 'A Caution to Seamen: A Dissuasive against Several Horrid and Detestable Sins' in The Works of John Flavel, Vol. 5 and 'The Reasonableness of Personal Reformation' in The Works of John Flavel, Vol. 6. Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Necessity of A Strong Faith For Suffering Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/16/2025 Length: 19 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How the Change in the New Birth Prepares for Suffering Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/3/2025 Length: 20 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christian Fortitude in Order to Suffering Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/13/2025 Length: 16 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Getting Clear Evidences of God's Work of Grace in Us Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/7/2025 Length: 17 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Improving Our Praying Abilities in Times of Suffering Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/3/2025 Length: 9 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Grace Audio Treasures is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: He sees not only God's greatness, but his own vileness Subtitle: Puritan Devotional Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Grace Audio Treasures Event: Devotional Date: 7/20/2025 Bible: Job 42:5-6; Isaiah 6:5 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Depending Constantly and Entirely on the Spirit #13 Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/12/2025 Length: 14 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God's Faithfulness A Security in Times of Danger Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/9/2025 Length: 33 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God Usually Forewarns the World of Impending Judgments Subtitle: Righteous Man's Refuge Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Bible Study Date: 7/8/2025 Length: 14 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: To Suffer for Christ - A Real Work Of Conversion Needed - 5 Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 6/23/2025 Length: 16 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Preparation For Sufferings Chapter 1 - I Am Ready Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 6/23/2025 Bible: Acts 21:13 Length: 7 min.
Join us for another conversation with Garrett Kell, lead pastor of Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, author, husband to his wife, Carrie, and father to their seven children. Helpful resources for grieving: - Facing Grief by John Flavel: https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/christian-living/facing-grief/ - Songs of Suffering by Joni Eareckson Tada: https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9781433576409/songs-of-suffering-hardback - Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop: https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9781433561481/dark-clouds-deep-mercy-paperback - Lord From Sorrows Deep I call: https://youtu.be/nATJFlTjJF0?si=iHhv3Qw0bls5du9_ - I Asked the Lord: https://youtu.be/YFsENAGs3gQ?si=Lnr92LuWWZTFsb1c
A new MP3 sermon from Grace Audio Treasures is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Guard your heart! Subtitle: Puritan Devotional Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: Grace Audio Treasures Event: Devotional Date: 5/23/2025 Bible: Proverbs 4:23; Matthew 12:34-35 Length: 3 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God Forewarns His People of Coming Trials or Judgments Subtitle: Preparation For Suffering Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 5/1/2025 Bible: Amos 3:7 Length: 15 min.
Sociologists are telling us that Americans are afraid of more things and they are more afraid of those things than they have been in the past. And this resonates with what we see in our culture so we are not surprised by these findings. In this message, taking a large leaf out of John Flavel's work on fear, we begin to explore how we are to navigate through our fear.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christ Knocking at the Door of Sinners Hearts - Sermon 1 Subtitle: Christ Knocking at the Door Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 4/10/2025 Bible: Revelation 3:20 Length: 40 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christ Knocking At The Door of Sinner's Hearts - to the reader Subtitle: Christ Knocking at the Door Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 4/7/2025 Bible: Revelation 3:20 Length: 6 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Letter To Ministers of the Gospel- Christ Knocking at the Door Subtitle: Christ Knocking at the Door Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 4/7/2025 Bible: Revelation 3:20 Length: 27 min.
Dave Kiehn interviews Jeff Strickland about his church planting experience in Indianapolis, pursuing higher education while in ministry, his book on John Flavel, and the joy that comes from assurance in Christ. Jeff is a member of our network, the Lead Pastor of The Fields Church in Indianapolis, IN, and the author of The Foundation of Joy: Assurance in the Theology of John Flavel.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Nature, Principle, and Necessity of Mortification #1 Subtitle: Mortification of Sin Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 3/1/2025 Bible: Galatians 5:24 Length: 40 min.
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Nature, Principle, and Necessity of Mortification #2 Subtitle: Mortification of Sin Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 3/1/2025 Bible: Galatians 5:24 Length: 45 min.
The second instalment of our Puritan mini-series looks at John Flavel, the great evangelist and pastor-theologian of Devon, in England's southwest. A man who knew the Lord's blessing as a disciple, an evangelist, a pastor, and a writer, he also knew great hardship and government-sanctioned opposition. See map of Devon (the county where Flavel ministered). Featured Resources: – 'John Flavel', presumed to be by Iain H. Murray, featured in the Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 60 (September 1968). – 'The Character of a Complete Evangelical Pastor Drawn by Christ', John Flavel, sermon notes featured in the Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 8 (August 1957). Works by Flavel All Things Made New: Living the Christian Life (Portions selected and edited by Lewis Allen, Puritan Paperbacks, 320 pages) Binge Drinking (Pocket Puritans, 80 pages) Facing Grief: Counsel for Mourners (Puritan Paperbacks, 136 pages) Impure Lust (Pocket Puritans, 80 pages) The Mystery of Providence (Puritan Paperbacks, 224 pages) None But Jesus: Selections from the Writings of John Flavel (Pocket Puritans, 176 pages) Preparations for Sufferings (Puritan Paperbacks, 176 pages) Sinful Speech: Sins of the Tongue (Pocket Puritans, 96 pages) The Works of John Flavel (6 Clothbound volumes, 3667 pages) Second clip from Sinclair Ferguson used with the permission of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. Original Clip: I've never read any Puritan books, where should I start? Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us a voice message: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast
A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Various Helps for Discovering Sincerity and Detecting Hypocrisy Subtitle: John Flavel Writings Speaker: John Flavel Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 2/11/2025 Length: 10 min.