A couple of excerpts from the excellent book The Trellis and the Vine on the centrality of the gospel: “Throughout the world, the gospel is spreading, propagating, budding, flowering, bearing fruit. People hear it and by God’s mercy respond and are saved. But it does not stop there. Once the gospel is planted in someone’s life [...]
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The Trellis and the Vine on Gospel Centrality
May 23, 2012Annotations of Gospel Centrality: Colossians 2:6-7
April 28, 20126 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 Growing up, I was trained to think the way Christians grow is from experience to experience. Church services were the [...]
POTW :: Tim Keller Reader
December 19, 2010Last week, we had around 55 folks sign up for the Tim Keller Reading Group. This is a picture of my reader (roughly 250 pages) that I had bound at the local OfficeMax. Not bad for $5. I’ll be wearing this out over the next four months. If you’re interested and haven’t joined, go here [...]
Jeff Vanderstelt on Gospel Centrality
December 18, 2010Few evangelical leaders have done more to promote gospel centrality than Soma Communities, and in particular Jeff Vanderstelt and Caesar Kalinowski. If you are new to Soma, here’s a good place to start. You can also access a wealth of gospelicious audio (to borrow Scotty Smith’s term) from their archives (especially check out their stuff [...]
You Need the Gospel Every Day
November 6, 2010John Piper on the centrality (and necessity) of the gospel. This is SO good.
The Transfer of the Gospel
October 25, 2010On October 3, our church launched our first daughter church. It was a great moment as we have worked over the past two years to transition into being a church planting church. I had the privilege of preaching at Grace that morning, and in light of the launch of our first daughter church, I decided [...]
SBC Resolution on the Centrality of the Gospel
June 19, 2010Readers of this blog will know that I have written a great deal about the centrality of the gospel. Three years ago I stated that the greatest need in the SBC is the recovery of the gospel (see also Nathan Finn’s comments). So needless to say, I was really encouraged to see a resolution passed [...]
Jared Wilson on the Gospel
May 10, 2010Last Saturday, my friend Jared Wilson spoke at The Calling, a youth conference sponsored by Atmosphere Church. Below are the MP3′s to his four talks, one of them being a Q&A on gospel centrality. Check them out. » The Resilient Gospel » The Empowering Gospel » Crucifying the American Dream » Q&A on Gospel Centrality
Darrin Patrick at Southeastern Seminary
April 13, 2010Last week, Darrin Patrick spoke three times at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and they have no posted the videos of his messages and Q&A. Darrin is a brother whom I have had the privilege of getting to know over the past couple of years, and I encourage those of you who are seeking to cultivate [...]
The Gospel is the fuel for the Christian life.
February 19, 2010The centrality of the gospel has been and continues to be a driving theme in my life. I’m grateful for how this crucial reality is articulated from so many brothers in my generation, not the least of which is Tullian Tchividjian. Listen how he describes how the gospel is not just what ignites us as [...]
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