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The Defend and Confirm Podcast Interviews Radius President Brooks Buser

Brooks Buser is the president of Radius International and a vocal critic of CPM and DMM. In this episode of the Defend and Confirm Podcast, co-hosts Sean DeMars and Russell Berger ask Brooks the following questions (paraphrased): Brooks, tell us a little about who you are and what you do.What does training missionaries at Radius look like?Have…

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January 20, 2022

Baptist / Definition of Church / Ecclesiology

“Are Church Planting Movements Actually Planting Churches?” on the Defend and Confirm Podcast

Russell and Sean with the Defend and Confirm Podcast discuss whether the churches planted in CPMs actually fit the biblical definition of a church. One interesting point was that the IMB defines a church differently than the Southern Baptist Convention. Watch it here and then come back and leave a review.

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December 17, 2021

Obedience-Based Discipleship

“Obedience-Based Discipleship: Is It Biblical?” on the Defend and Confirm Podcast (Episode 63):

In this episode of the Defend and Confirm podcast, Sean and Russell critique obedience-based discipleship. Key points include: Obedience before conversion isn't possible. Only regenerate people can obey.Obedience before conversion results in nominalism and false conversions.The priority is on "doing" rather than knowing or believing. This is unbiblical. Theological consideration: when were the disciples converted? Did Jesus…

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November 3, 2021

Person of Peace

“Person of Peace – Is it Biblical?” on the Defend and Confirm Podcast (Episode 61)

This episode from the Defend and Confirm podcast critiques the methodology of finding a person of peace. Watch here.

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August 11, 2021

History

“The History of Church Planting Movements” on the Defend and Confirm Podcast

This episode is divided into two parts. In part one, co-hosts Sean and Russell argue that current church planting movement thinking started with Charles Finney and the Second Great Awakening. While not cited, this historical connection was made earlier by David Sills in his book Reaching and Teaching. In part two, they trace church planting movement thinking…

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June 10, 2021

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“What Are Church Planting Movements?” on the Defend and Confirm Podcast

Russell Berger and Sean DeMars, co-hosts of the Defend and Confirm podcast, begin their series critiquing church planting movements with this episode. This episode is meant to introduce the issues, but they actually jump in with their critique. A couple of their points seem slightly off base—namely, that nearly all IMB missionaries are applying the CPM methodologies…

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May 24, 2021