Building Bridges Conference: The Historical Record - Tom Nettles

This is a great message from the conference on Calvinism recently held at Ridgecrest. Starting about 9 minutes into this message, Nettles starts explaining that "our common core of Baptist convictions are more consistently attested within the Calvinist system." By this he means that many of the dearly held doctrinal distinctives of Baptists are strengthened and more strongly supported by Calvinism than by other theological systems. Give it a listen.

Speaker: Tom Nettles
Page: Podcast
Audio File: Here

Will the Church Go Through the Tribulation? - Phil Fernandes

This message from a 2003 AWANA regional conference is a good overview of reasons to believe in a post-tribulational pre-millenial return of Christ. Dr. Fernandes' description of how he came to this perspective is pretty similar to mine. I read every passage in the Bible related to the day of the Lord and the day of Christ, thought about them, and realized that I no longer believed in a pre-trib rapture. I thought maybe I was a heretic or something, but a little research showed me that what I had come to believe is actually the oldest Christian eschatology--historic premillenialism.

I don't know much about Dr. Fernandes beyond this message. The statement of faith on his website (http://www.biblicaldefense.org/) looks good. This message is nonconfrontational but clear.

Speaker: Phil Fernandes
Page: SermonAudio page
Audio File: Here