Mark Dever interviewed on ministry
At the risk of posting too many links to video files…
Last week, Mark Dever spoke at Whiteboard, a rather diverse gathering of US church planters.
After the sessions, he was interviewed on topics such as – working with those with whom you disagree theologically, styles of worship, preaching, and priority on evangelism. It’s presented in two parts on YouTube – part 1, part 2 (10 minutes each).
– For ministers in particular, this is well worth watching. (Thanks to Between Two Worlds.) The start of Mark’s talk has also been posted on YouTube.
David Wells on The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Dr. David Wells, Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, spoke at the 2006 Desiring God Conference.
The theme of the conference was a response to his book, “Above All Earthly Powers”.
Audio and video of all the talks (by David Wells, Don Carson, Tim Keller, Mark Driscoll, Voddie Baucham, and John Piper) is available at Desiring God.
The video of Dr Wells’ very helpful address is available via this link and could be used for Bible Study groups or downloaded to a video iPod to watch anywhere. (Note: it’s a 148MB mp4 file.)
On a related note, Dr Wells was interviewed for The A-Team Blog last month – part 1, part 2.
(Photo: Desiring God.)
Who needs a Creed?
‘Who needs a creed?’
The answer to that question from many in the broad sweep of Christendom, would probably be, ‘Not us!’ Such ancient documents are seen at best as outdated and at worst an irrelevance in an age that is more interested in the present than the past …
– Mark Johnson calls for a return to confessional Christianity – at Reformation21.
‘A woman bishop’ – Compass
Kay Goldsworthy, consecrated in Perth last week as an assistant bishop in that diocese, was interviewed on ABC TV’s Compass on Sunday night. The transcript of the programme is now available.
Geraldine Doogue: Why do you think really at base there is still so much ambivalence among some people about the notion of a woman playing a headship role in the church?
Kay Goldsworthy: Well that’s a mystery to me. Just is a mystery to me. And I couldn’t really say why.
David Ould has some comments over at Stand Firm. (Photo: Diocese of Perth.)
ANiC Conference video now online
The Anglican Network in Canada’s ‘Compelled by Christ’s Love’ Conference in Vancouver last month featured addresses from David Short, Ken Moser, Archbishop Greg Venables, Dr Jim Packer and others.
Video of key sessions is now available at the ANiC website. (Photo: David Short speaks on 1 Corinthians 15.)
When human life isn’t just cheap, it’s on special offer
“Let’s have no more of this footling about over abortion. The issue isn’t how old a baby has to be before you cannot kill it. It is whether you think it’s right to do away with another human to suit your convenience.
Those who wonder what they would have done if they had lived at the time of some terrible injustice now know the answer. We do live in such a time. And we do nothing. …”
UK Commentator Peter Hitchens speaks out in Mail Online. (Hat tip to Anglican Mainstream.)
Waiting for Christ’s return
“The true Scriptural source of consolation, in the face of all that troubles us, is to keep steadily before our eyes the second coming of Christ.
We must grasp and realise the blessed fact that the rightful King of the world is returning soon, and shall have His own again; that He shall put down that old usurper, the devil, and take away the curse from off the earth.
Let us cultivate the habit of daily looking forward to the resurrection of the dead, the gathering together of the saints, the restitution of all things, the banishment of sorrow and sin, and the re-establishment of a new kingdom, of which the rule shall be righteousness.”
– J.C. Ryle, “Looking Unto Jesus”. With thanks to First Importance.
The sad legacy of Krister Stendahl
Krister Stendahl, former dean of the Harvard Divinity School, and one of the leading liberal theologians of the last century, died in Boston last month.
The New York Times published an obituary on April 16.
(Photo credit: James Solheim of the Episcopal News Service took this photo at the consecration of Gene Robinson in 2003. Bishop Krister Stendahl is seated immediately to the right of the then Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold.)
Overview of the teaching of Rowan Williams on Scripture and sexuality
David Phillips, General Secretary of Church Society, summarises a SPREAD report on the theology of Rowan Williams. It’s available as a PDF file and is also published in the current issue of CrossWay.
Read it here. See also this earlier Latimer Trust paper by Garry Williams entitled, “The Theology of Rowan Williams”.
What (or Who) is missing in VeggieTales?
Have you ever seen the episode of VeggieTales in which the main characters are martyred by anti-Christian terrorists? You know, the one in which Bell Z. Bulb, the giant garlic demon, and Nero Caesar Salad, the tyrannical vegetable dictator, take on the heroes for their faith in Christ. Remember how it ends? Remember the cold dead eyes of Larry the cucumber behind glass, pickled for the sake of the Gospel? …
– Russell Moore, Dean of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, reflects on who’s missing in the popular children’s show – and much contemporary preaching. See his article at The Henry Institute website.
(On a lighter note, you might enjoy this.)
Carson and Horton on Galatians
The audio of the talks from this month’s Clarus conference at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has now been placed online.
Don Carson and Michael Horton spoke on “Galatians and the Problem of Self Justification”. As well, there are two panel discussions. Very helpful.
See the Desert Springs Church website and click on ‘audio’.
(Thanks to Between Two Worlds.)
Adrian Warnock interviews Don Carson
Adrian Warnock interviewed Don Carson about life and ministry while he was at New Word Alive in the UK last month.
Adrian has now placed the video, in two eight minute segments, on YouTube. Part 1. Part 2.
Why I am not signing the Evangelical Manifesto
So why am I not going to sign An Evangelical Manifesto? As usual, the devil is in the details. As I grow more mature in years I am more and more aware of just how wise Billy Graham’s policy is of never signing statements you haven’t written yourself. …
– Richard Land writes for Baptist Press. See also our earlier item.
Mark Dever on Doctrinal Discernment
Mark Dever speaks about what is essential in doctrinal discernment – the gospel. It must come into play every time we pick up a new book.
This 3 minute 30 second, 13MB, Quicktime movie could be used in small Bible study groups.
Courtesy of New Attitude / Sovereign Grace Ministries.
Philippi or Corinth: Where is the Anglican Communion?
As I sit here at the beginning of May, one major question is facing all those who want to uphold the truth of the gospel in the Anglican Communion: should we go to Lambeth? Of course, for most of us that’s an academic question – we don’t have an invitation (although that’s not stopping some).
Nevertheless we have an emotional investment in the issue, for the question of how much we associate with those that we disagree with is (or at least should be) a constant dilemma for those who take the Scripture seriously, especially where there is clear evidence of willful unrepentance in the matter of public sin. …
– David Ould responds to those who “make a case for orthodox attendance at Lambeth by framing the current divisions in the context of Paul’s letter to the Philippians”. Read it at Stand Firm.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…