Standing Firm Pastor James Brown Jr.

In this episode, Pastor James Brown Jr discusses the means of grace. This series of podcasts explains the identity, mission, and vision of Holy Trinity Reformed Church by answering the questions "who are we?" and "what makes us different?"

This episode of Standing Firm is a sermon preached by Pastor James Brown Jr. at a Christian School in central Indiana. The title of the message is Let No One Despise Your Youth from 1 Timothy 4:12.

Comedian, actor, and activist Leslie Jordan recently died in a tragic accident. It is a sad story of a man who had every opportunity to profess repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, but instead chose to reject the gospel. In this episode, Pastor James Brown Jr calls on Christians to be honest and reject the Universalist Christ-rejecting false gospel of this apostate age.

In this episode, Pastor James Brown Jr. begins a series of podcasts to
explain the identity, mission, and vision of Holy Trinity Reformed
Church by answering the questions "who are we?" and "what makes us
different?"

In this episode, Pastor James Brown Jr. begins a series of podcasts to explain the identity, mission, and vision of Holy Trinity Reformed Church by answering the questions "who are we?" and "what makes us different?"
"The catholic or universal church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the Head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. The visible church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel (not confined to one nation, as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion; and of their children: and is the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation. Unto this catholic visible church Christ hath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances of God, for the gathering and perfecting of the saints, in this life, to the end of the world: and doth, by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto. This catholic church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. And particular churches, which are members thereof, are more or less pure, according as the doctrine of the gospel is taught and embraced, ordinances administered, and public worship performed more or less purely in them. The purest churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error; and some have so degenerated, as to become no churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan. Nevertheless, there shall be always a church on earth, to worship God according to his will. There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ. Nor can the pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof." –Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 25, Of the Church

In this episode of Standing Firm, Pastor James Brown Jr discusses the reasons and purposes of this podcast as a ministry of Holy Trinity Reformed Church. The reasons are biblical and simple but controversial, and yet, the controversy is against God. When you live in an age of apostasy, even the basic tenets of Christianity are refuted. Regardless, our goal is not to be controversial or rowdy, but faithful in preaching the Word to call sinners to repentance and the saints to submission.