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EP 50 The Duty of Faith: Andrew Fuller on Repentance, Faith, and Evangelical Preaching - Ft. Robert Strivens
Why must preachers call sinners to repent immediately if fallen people cannot come to Christ without grace? In Episode 50, John-Mark and Oliver Allmand-Smith are joined by Dr Robert Strivens, Director of the Reformed Baptist Study Centre, to discuss Andrew Fuller and the duty of calling all people to immediate repentance and faith. Drawing on Fuller’s The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation, Robert explains the difference between physical and guilty moral inability, Fuller’s answer to hyper-Calvinism, and how God uses gospel preaching to bring sinners to Christ. Robert then distils Fuller’s concluding reflections into seven lessons for evangelistic preaching. Ministers must preach without discrimination, direct sinners away from themselves and towards Christ, urge and plead rather than merely explain, call for genuine conversion rather than outward reform, and leave every hearer in no doubt of their duty to repent and believe now. EPISODE RESOURCES Robert’s article, “Andrew Fuller and the Call to Immediate Repentance”: https://rbstudycentre.com/andrew-fuller-and-the-call-to-immediate-repentance-lessons-for-evangelistic-preaching-today/ The Reformed Baptist Study Centre: https://rbstudycentre.com/ LISTENER DISCOUNT Use code brokenwharfepodcast at checkout for £5/$5 off any of these three related titles: The Seraphic Samuel Pearce by Michael A. G. Haykin: https://brokenwharfe.com/product/the-seraphic-samuel-pearce-the-piety-and-theology-of-a-particular-baptist-pastor/ History of the English Calvinistic Baptists, 1771–1892 by Robert W. Oliver: https://brokenwharfe.com/product/history-of-the-english-calvinistic-baptists/ Spurgeon’s Pastoral Wisdom, edited by Geoffrey Chang: https://brokenwharfe.com/product/spurgeons-pastoral-wisdom-articles-on-the-church-and-the-ministry-from-the-sword-and-the-trowel/ Browse Broken Wharfe: https://brokenwharfe.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 – The Duty to Repent 00:53 – Welcome to Episode 50 01:19 – The Reformed Baptist Study Centre 03:26 – Study Without Dry Orthodoxy 06:04 – Andrew Fuller and Serious Learning 07:15 – Who Was Andrew Fuller? 09:47 – The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation 12:43 – Moral and Physical Inability 16:07 – Fuller, Missions and the Free Offer 17:54 – Preaching as God’s Appointed Means 23:42 – Seven Lessons for Gospel Preaching 27:30 – Trust Christ, Not Merely Truths 29:40 – Pleading, Not Merely Explaining 32:13 – Duty, Delight and the Sin of Unbelief 35:32 – The Call to Immediate Repentance 40:10 – Robert’s Article and Listener Discount Send us Fan Mail Contact Broken Wharfe Tweet us @Brokenwharfe Find us on Facebook at BrokenWharfe Follow us on Instagram at BrokenWharfe Email us at info@brokenwharfe.com Thanks for listening!
