Theocast
What Is Pietism?
September 13, 2023
Summary
Pietism is something we have discussed many times over the years on Theocast. Four years into recording together, Jon and Justin pointedly revisit the topic in today’s episode. What is pietism? How would the guys explain it to someone visiting their respective churches? How does pietism affect the individual Christian? How does it affect churches and even corporate worship? And what about the church’s tendency to hitch its wagon to politics and social causes--does that have anything to do with pietism?
Topics
- Episode focus: What Is Pietism?
- Pietism is something we have discussed many times over the years on Theocast
- Four years into recording together, Jon and Justin pointedly revisit the topic in today’s episode
- How would the guys explain it to someone visiting their respective churches?
- How does pietism affect the individual Christian?
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Transcript
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Hi, this is John, and today on Theocast, Justin and I are going to be tackling an old word, but a necessary one: what is hiatism.
It's an important distinction in our culture because it's robbing people of joy, it's destroying churches, and it's been around for a long time.
You're gonna wanna hear about this.
Stay tuned.
If you're new to Theocast, we know that many people who start listening to us struggle with their assurance.
What does it even mean to walk by faith, or how do you rest in Christ?
So we put together a free ebook called Rest, and it's where you can learn about the sufficiency of Christ and the differences between the law and the gospel.
And that's an important distinction.
If you'd like to learn more, just go to our website, theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging worry pilgrims to rest in Christ.
Conversations about the Christian life from a reformed, pastoral, and confessional perspective.
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We are technically reclaiming the purpose of the kingdom and clarifying the gospel.
I've done three intros, all of them are wrong.
We're going to go with it.
There we go.
And yeah, we're doing three intros for the Trident God We Serve.
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Three is a biblical number.
