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Apr 17, 2026

Ask FGBC #63: What is Baxterianism?

Jim Butler

Baxterianism, drawn from the teaching of 17th-century minister Richard Baxter, replaces the Reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone with a scheme in which God justifies the believer on the ground of evangelical obedience to a relaxed 'law of the gospel.' This Q&A exposition identifies Baxterianism as a conflation of justification and sanctification, a departure from the imputation of Christ's active and passive obedience, and an implicit relaxation of the moral law — errors addressed directly by 1689 LBCF chapters 11, 13, and 19. The discussion grounds its critique in Galatians 2:16 and the consistent witness of Paul that sinners are justified by faith alone, not by any human obedience, through the sole and finished work of Christ.

Mar 22, 2014

Free Grace Baptist Church - March 21 Missions Event

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A Reformed Baptist missionary with thirty years of service in the Philippines presents an overview of the work in Metro Manila and beyond: church planting, a three-year pastoral training institute covering biblical languages and systematic theology, and itinerant teaching among pastors in remote provinces. The presentation is grounded in Revelation 5 and Romans 10 — Christ has purchased a people from every tribe, tongue, and nation, and messengers must be sent to gather them. The evening closes with prayer requests for the elders of Moonwalk Community Bible Church, the graduates scattered across the Philippine islands, and the ongoing effort to bring the gospel to Roman Catholics, Muslims, and those ensnared in health-and-wealth Christianity.