First Baptist Church of the Lakes in Las Vegas Nevada recently hosted a weekend conference to celebrate the Protestant Reformation. The theme of the conference was the Doctrine of Justification, and the featured speakers included Dr. John Pretlove, Rev. Pascal Denault, and Dr. Bob Gonzales. Pretlove opened the conference with a message on the concept of imputation. Gonzales gave three lectures: two developed the meaning, basis, and means of justification, one highlighted the nature of human sin. Finally, Denault expounded the tempation of Christ, demonstrating how Jesus, as the Perfect Adam and Perfect Israel fulfilled God's law and merited redemption for us. The videos and audios of the conference messages are available below.

Reformed Baptist Seminary offers students the option of completing a 32-credit Master of Theological Studies or 90+ credit Master of Divinity degree entirely online. The student can complete the coursework by logging into RBS's "Virtual Campus" where he can access the course syllabus and reading list, watch or listen to lectures, and take exams or submit reviews and papers. Recently, RBS upgraded its online virtual campus using Pathwright's learning management system. The twenty-three minute video below provides an overview of the new virtual campus' interface and features. As you'll see, Pathwright's LMS is intuitive and user-friendly, making online learning easy and enjoyable.

I was born in the small southern city of Easley, South Carolina. Some of my earliest memories of childhood surround Christ, the Church and the Bible. I made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior at age 9 and was baptized shortly thereafter. As I began to grow into my teenage years it was apparent that I had no heart for Christ, His Word, and the concerns of His Church. My heart was filled with sin and my life was directed toward worldly pursuits. At age 14, through the influence of some young people who befriended me, I got involved in the youth group of the church. It was then that I guess you could say, I "rededicated my life" to the Lord.

I was born and raised in sunny Florida (where I still reside). I was not raised in a Christian home and my father died when I was only 12 years old. I was probably considered by many to be a decent person for the most part of my life even though I was in rebellion against God and lost without hope. It wasn’t until I was in my late 20’s that the Lord would draw me to Himself and convert me in January of 2004. My sins were forgiven, and I was set free!

For most of my life, faith was never more than a therapeutic way of thinking and feeling. Though raised in a Christian home, it wasn’t until in 2003 (my freshman year at the University of Oklahoma) that God began stirring my heart in a powerful way. There, I met believers who burned with an authentic fire for Jesus. Through a series of sermons and presentations of the Gospel, it became clear that I had never before fully understood the Gospel. One of the most defining moments in my memory was the realization that I was a sinner who needed a forgiveness that was only found in Christ through his death, life and resurrection.

I had the great privilege of teaching Christian Ethics to a group of over 40 men in Colombia last week, August 26th through the 29th, 2014. This was the 12th of a 14 module program that RBS offers to Colombian pastors, as well as men training for the ministry. The program is called The Marrow of Theology and Reformed Baptist Seminary, together with Facultad Teologica Bautista (a ministry of Iglesia Bautista Gracia Soberana, Bogota Colombia), organize these modules which take place in a country estate located in Chinauta, about 2 hrs SW of Bogotá. Our time together was wonderfully blessed of God.