Here are some of the leading blogposts at P&P over the past month. 1. Thoughts on Gospel-Centered Worship 2. Prone to Wander, Lord I Feel It 3. Evangelism in Every ‘Place’ 4. Gospel Workshops – An Idea for Your Consideration 5. The Jesus Storybook Bible 6. Good News, Not Good Advice 7. Tim Keller on [...]
Archive for September 2009
September 2009 in Review
September 30, 2009Good News, NOT Good Advice
September 30, 2009The gospel is good news, not good advice. And this fact has tremendous implications on how the gospel is proclaimed and lived out as the people of God. In his sermon, “Gospel-Centered Ministry,” Tim Keller directs us to the sure words of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his exposition of 1 Corinthians 15. Keller, quoting Lloyd-Jones, [...]
The Gospel Addresses the Pharisee in Me
September 27, 2009A good, short clip of Tim Keller explaining how a true grasp of the gospel addresses our self-righteousness.
Soma Communities: Living as a Gospel Community
September 26, 2009Last week, I linked to a series of talks on “Living Inside the Gospel Story” from Soma Communities. I want to follow up this week with another series by Soma Communities on “Living as a Gospel Community.” The links below are to downloadable audio and available PDF’s are in parenthesis. Enjoy. 1. Moving Outward (PDF) [...]
This Weekend: The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
September 25, 2009Starting this evening, I will be in Fort Myers to lead a college retreat for New Life Baptist Church (Davie, FL). I will be speaking on the Gospel and Personal Evangelism and appreciate your prayers as I share with these college students. On Saturday afternoon, I will be going with them to Fort Myers Beach [...]
A Snapshot of Gospel Centrality
September 25, 2009If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. – 1 Cor. 15:19 This little verse has massive gospel implications. Paul had built his entire life on the gospel. His every ambition has for the advancement of the gospel. The consequences of his commitment to [...]
Tim Keller on Network Evangelism
September 24, 200917 years ago, Tim Keller wrote about a form of evangelism that effectively engaged “an increasingly privatized, secular society.” Those of you who know the recent discussion about door-to-door evangelism and disagree with its use will agree with Keller’s assessment and method. Keller intends to explain how evangelism through networking is intended to create “a [...]
Evangelism in Every “Place”
September 22, 2009This past week, we at Grace “parked the Great Commission” again, and included in that effort was going door-to-door, inviting neighbors to join us for a picnic and games in the park. When I got back, I tweeted: For those who don’t believe in going door-to-door, 2nite my group was 19 for 19 in engaging [...]
Soma Communities: Living Inside the Gospel Story
September 17, 2009I’ve mentioned a couple of times already that I’m currently teaching through The Gospel-Centered Life, and if you haven’t checked it out already, I encourage you to do so. While supplementing my reading/listening of gospel-centered resources, I came across a series of messages at Soma Communities called “Living Inside the Gospel Story.” It appears that [...]
Gospel Renewal Through the Fear of the Lord
September 16, 2009A couple of weeks ago, I started up a series on gospel-centered renewal, and I want to continue thinking through spiritual renewal that is gospel-nourished. One of the things that has struck me of late is how the Scripture connects “the fear of the Lord” to metaphors or direct references to life, sustenance, and satisfaction. [...]
Prone to Wander, Lord I Feel It
September 14, 2009O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. These words were [...]
Thoughts on Gospel-Centered Worship
September 10, 2009Let me begin by saying I am not a “worship leader” in that I do not lead in singing, and the limits of my musical talent is that of beating a drum. Nevertheless, I want to talk about worship, in particular how the gospel informs and shapes not only the song but also the structure [...]
Poll: Public Reading of Scripture
September 9, 2009Michael Spencer (iMonk) has been working on a great blog series call “evangelical liturgy,” and his most recent offering addressed the public reading of Scripture. Growing up in Southern Baptist churches all my life, I was not a member of a church that employed the public reading of Scripture until I was 26 years old. [...]
The Jesus Storybook Bible
September 8, 2009Yesterday was an especially exciting day for the Brister family. No, we didn’t do anything out of the ordinary for Labor Day. What happened was we finished the Jesus Storybook Bible for the first time. God has used this little resourced by Sally Lloyd-Jones to turn our times of family worship as the most exciting [...]
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