January 2014 Module

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You're invited to a Winter Module entitled "Calling & Cultivation." Immanuel Baptist Church of Sacramento, California, will host the module January 27 through 30. Pastors Jeff Johnson and Robert Briggs will address the subject of a "call to ministry," as well as the cultivation of godliness at the level of a man's personal character, marriage and family, and his public ministry. Dr Michael Haykin will serve as a guest lecturer and speak the final day on the personal piety of 18th century Calvinist Baptists
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The Church Defined - Free Video Lecture

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Pastor Greg Nichols recently delivered thirty lectures on the doctrine of the church for Reformed Baptist Seminary. Several of his introductory lectures include a detailed exegesis and analysis of the 113 NT passages where ἐκκλησία (ekklesia) the primary Greek term for the church, occurs. Then he devotes an entire lecture to collating the data of the analysis and developing a definition of the church that is Reformed, Baptist, and (most importantly) biblical.
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Blame it on the Brain: A Review

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Blame it on the Brain is a book that stands out in the sea of “self-help” resources. Even when you scour most Christian counseling books, you are hard-pressed to find such candid descriptions of our sin and grace. While this constant focus on each human being’s sin could be bothersome to some, I believe it offers more hope than any other approach. It is not enough to explain away our struggles, problems and addictions by blaming our genetic makeup or our environment. While these things certainly play a part in our life, they are not the cause - and merely provide an opportunity to reveal what is deeply in our heart.
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Graduate Profile: Joshua Jonas, M.T.S.

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I was brought to a saving knowledge of Christ in 1998. I was raised in a Christian home, my father being a Reformed Baptist pastor; I was engulfed in an atmosphere of learning and knowledge, as I was taught to always further my growth and knowledge of the Scriptures. I always had a love for learning the Word of God from an early age, and once the Lord saved me my thirst for knowing Him increased exponentially. In my teen years, I had a great passion for evangelism,
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Audio Podcast with Greg Nichols

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Last month Pastor and Professor Greg Nichols gave thirty lectures on the Doctrine of the Church for Reformed Baptist Seminary. These lectures have been edited and are available on the RBS Virtual Campus as part of our theological curriculum. While I had the opportunity, I interviewed him on the topic of the church and on his recently published monograph entitled Covenant Theology: A Reformed and Baptistic Perspective. Some of the questions I asked him included ...
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How to Defend the Faith: Free Videos

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In the winter of 2011, Reformed Baptist Seminary joined with the Midwest Center for Theological Studies and the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies to co-sponsor a theological module on Polemics. Dr James White, a Reformed Baptist pastor, author, and debater, served as our featured lecturer. In seventeen lectures he addresses and critiques the views of Islam, Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, and the New Atheism.
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