Long-time readers of this blog will know that I used to do “book alerts” which were basically previews of new book releases. I don’t really have the time to do those kinds of posts these days, but I thought I’d make a list of books, perhaps on a quarterly basis, that I think you should [...]
Archive for August 2009
15 Books You Should Check Out This Fall
August 18, 2009Tears of the Saints
August 17, 2009Today marks the 284th anniversary of the birth of William Carey–the father of the modern missions movement. What was true then is still true today. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few . . .
$20 Well Spent
August 14, 2009Westminster Bookstore has two great deals doing on until Saturday evening that are worth checking out, both of them by Bryan Chapell. Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice for Only $9.99! The church’s worship has always been shaped by its understanding of the gospel. Here Bryan Chapell, author of the well-regarded text Christ-Centered [...]
Renewal Through Remembering
August 13, 2009I’m continuing my series on gospel-centered renewal with excerpts and commentary focusing on how we experience renewal in the Christian life. If our union with Christ is the heart of renewal, then we should also consider the main arteries from which such nourishment and vitality comes. Today I want to encourage you to consider how [...]
Imprisoned, Hacked, and Ripped to Death
August 12, 2009This Sunday, I am preaching my third message on Matthew 10:16-25, a very difficult passage dealing with persecution, suffering, hatred, and death–all because of living on mission and becoming like Christ. As I am reminded of the relative absence of such realities here in America, reports like this are vivid testimonies of what our brothers [...]
God Exposed: Awkward Preaching in a Comfortable Age
August 11, 2009I want to recommend what looks to be an excellent conference on preaching jointly sponsored by SEBTS and IX Marks called God Exposed: Awkward Preaching in a Comfortable Age. The dates are September 25-26, 2009 and will be held on the campus of Southeastern Seminary. Conference speakers include Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Mark Dever, C.J. [...]
Own Your Weaknesses
August 10, 2009During our evening service yesterday, Tom Ascol shared with the Grace family his reflections over the past 20+ years, addressing the strengths, weaknesses, and prospects for the future. What struck me in particular was the sincerity and humility of heart exhibited in addressing the weaknesses where Tom confessed his fingerprints over the areas where the [...]
We do pant for this.
August 8, 2009On March 24, 1878, Charles Spurgeon prayed over his congregation, and included in that prayer are the following requests for renewal: “O Lord, give us more and more to have the new life, yea, and to have it more abundantly, for this is one of the objects of His coming. May the new life always [...]
Jonathan Edwards on Continued Transformation and Renewal
August 7, 2009In his book Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards argued that one way distinguish truly gracious affections from others is that they are attended with a change of nature. When the soul has a spiritual understanding of the excellency and glory of divine things, such understanding brings the supernatural effect of transformation, or a change of nature. [...]
Baptism: Three Views for Five Bucks
August 6, 2009Until Friday at 5PM EST, Westminster Bookstore is selling Baptism: Three Views edited by David F. Wright for just $4.99 (69% off retail price)! Here is the description provided by IVP: The Christian church confesses “one baptism.” But the church’s answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or does, [...]
Gospel-Centered Renewal: I Will Be Made New
August 5, 2009:: The Series :: I Have Been Made New (Justification) I Am Being Made New (Part 1) (Sanctification) I Am Being Made New (Part 2) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is [...]
Gospel-Centered Renewal: I Am Being Made New (Part 2)
August 3, 2009:: The Series :: I Have Been Made New I Am Being Made New (Part 1) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond [...]
Fight Clubs by Jonathan Dodson Now Available
August 2, 2009Last month, I mentioned that Jonathan Dodson was making final edits on his new e-book Fight Clubs: Gospel-Centered Discipleship. The Resurgence has just made it available on their website, and I encourage you to download it and check it out. Here are the table of contents: Introduction 1. Why Fight?: The Call to Fight 2. [...]
Gospel-Centered Renewal: I Am Being Made New (Part 1)
August 1, 2009Picking up where I left off, I want to draw out the continuous nature of gospel renewal through the ongoing work of sanctification. Behind these posts is the central theological motif that our union with Christ is the fountainhead of all genuine renewal in the Christian life, and therefore we should center our lives, churches, [...]
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