Entries from April 2008

OM Podcast: Ligon Duncan on Ordinary Means

Date April 30, 2008

This month, Matt and Shaun get replaced by Ligon Duncan. Okay, so we just let him do the talking. This month’s message is the opening talk from this year’s Twin Lakes Fellowship on the heart of an ordinary means ministry. Have a listen.
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T4G 2008 MP3s

Date April 29, 2008

All of the MP3s for the general sessions and panel discussions are now available for free downloads. Brief bios of the speakers are available here.
I’d recommend listening to these in order:

Ligon Duncan: Sound Doctrine: Essential to Faithful Pastoral Ministry

Panel Discussion 1: Dever, Duncan, Mahaney, Mohler

Thabiti Anyabwile: Bearing the Image: Identity, the Work of Christ, and [...]

Paul Washer speaks at Rockport Baptist Church’s ‘Grace Camp Meeting’.

Date April 28, 2008

DOWNLOAD SESSIONS (4 TOTAL)

The Gospel Call
Where Does Passion Come From
Eternity
Como puede Dios perdonar (In Spanish)

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (Hardcover) — Timothy Keller

Date April 26, 2008

For a limited time only, Westminster Bookstore is offering Timothy Keller’s new book, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism at a very special “Give It Away” price of $13.72 — 45% off.
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)
Related Resource:
On March 11 Westminster Bookstore and the [...]

Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame: “Race, Religion, and American Politics from Nat Turner to George W. Bush” - October 17, 2006

Date April 25, 2008

Mark A. Noll, perhaps the most prominent Christian Historian in America, gave a series of lecture on “Race, Religion, and American Politics from Nat Turner to George W. Bush” at Princeton University. A three-part lecture series by Mark A. Noll, professor of History, Notre Dame University
Part 1: “The Bible, Slavery, and the Irrepressible Conflict”
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How is the word made effectual to salvation?

Date April 22, 2008

From the Westminster Shorter Catechism
Question 89:
How is the word made effectual to salvation?
Answer 89:
The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.
Proof Text: 
Neh. 8:8; I Cor. 14:24-25; Acts [...]

John Piper at the 2008 New Word Alive Conference (Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer)

Date April 21, 2008

John Piper speaks at the 2008 New Word Alive Conference in Pwellheli, Wales on the topic “Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer”.
Part 1.
Part 2.
Helpful resource:
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: Read this book online (927KB PDF).

D.A. Carson’s Christ and Culture Revisited is now available

Date April 21, 2008

D.A. Carson’s Christ and Culture Revisited is now available. This is one you’ll definitely want to pick up. In the preface he provides a helpful summary of the book:
My own effort in this book begins by summarizing Niebuhr, since Niebuhr has become an icon to which everyone refers, though few today still read him [...]

Albert Mohler Impressed by Benedict’s Convictions, not His Views

Date April 20, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to America as Pope will not be his introduction to this country, but it will be the first opportunity for Americans to see this Pope up close – three years after his election as pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Along with others, many evangelical Christians will be watching with interest. [...]

A Night to Remember in Garden Valley

Date April 11, 2008

Several days ago, a friend of mine called and said he had been invited to speak at Teen Mania’s chapel service on the subject of the Emergent Church. Naturally I was excited that the Lord had opened up an opportunity for my friend to share with the young men and women who are a part [...]