Josephus: the man and the myths

The folks at The Centre for Public Christianity have been busy uploading resource videos to their Vimeo account.

Added recently is a two part interview with Professor John Barclay of Durham University – on Josephus. Part 1, part 2.

(Related: a recent broadcast from The White Horse Inn.)

How to Protect our Children Online

Steve Kryger at Communicate Jesus has a very helpful post – with links to resources.

What is the Gospel? — Available free on Kindle

For a limited time, Crossway publishers have made available Greg Gilbert’s new book What is the Gospel? free on the Kindle – from Amazon. (Download the Kindle app if you don’t own a Kindle.)

Of the book, William Taylor of St Helen’s Church in London says,

“Clarity on the gospel brings both confidence in the gospel and conviction concerning core gospel truths. This excellent book is wonderfully clear and biblically faithful, and will repay reading with renewed gospel focus.”

and Archbishop Peter J. Akinola:

“Greg Gilbert has called the church back to the source of her revelation. In a simple and straightforward manner, he has laid bare what the Bible has shown the gospel to mean.”

For those with access to the iBook Store (not yet in Australia), you can also get it free there.

DVD Sale from Desiring God

Desiring God are selling all of their DVDs for $US9.99 during July 2010.

(Bear in mind that these are all in NTSC format – and are probably also Region 1. Many Australian DVD players – though not all – would be able to play them.)

Corroborating Evidence

From The White Horse Inn:

“If Jesus was a real historical individual, then do we have any confirming evidence for his life and ministry from sources outside the New Testament? Some point to the writings of Josephus, but isn’t it true that his famous passage about Jesus was proven to be a fabrication? Interacting with the hosts on this topic is historian Paul L. Maier, author of In The Fullness of Time, and editor of Josephus: The Essential Works.”

– broadcast on June 20, 2010, Paul Maier’s interview is well worth hearing.

The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer — free audiobook

This month’s free audiobook from ChristianAudio is The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer. (July 2010)

Don’t know Tozer? J. I. Packer is quoted as saying: “Through all of Tozer’s books and articles there shines a passion for God that puts our shallowness to shame. Reading him is like drinking at an oasis in the desert.” Details of the audiobook at ChristianAudio.

Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library

Lee Gatiss writes about a new series – The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library.

“By constitution the Church of England is a Reformed, Protestant, and Evangelical denomination. In its original foundation it was never intended to be merely the religious expression of changing English culture; nor was it designed as a pluralistic melting pot of various contradictory persuasions. As John Stott rightly asserted in 1970, ‘according to its own formularies, this church is reformed and evangelical’ (in Christ the Controversialist). Read more

ESV Bible Atlas

The Crossway ESV Bible Atlas has been released in the US. Details – and links to a 45 page preview – at Between Two Worlds.

Updated 9Marks website

The 9Marks website has been updated recently. New sections include Answers for Church Members and Answers for Pastors. Well worth a look.

Sinclair Ferguson on Preaching

In March, Sinclair Ferguson (Minister at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina) gave the 2010 den Dulk Lectures on Pastoral Ministry at Westminster Seminary in California.

In this talk linked below (56MB mp3 file), he speaks on “The Pastor and his preaching”. Very sobering – and encouraging – for preachers.

Link via Unashamed Workman. Other lectures on this page. (h/t Faith by Hearing.)

The best App for your iPad

Another wonderful free resource from Crossway – the ESV for iPad.

What is the Gospel?

The Southern Baptist Seminary has posted a 4 minute video entitled “What is the Gospel?”.

Reminiscent of both Two Ways to Live and Why Theology?, you may well find uses for it.

Vimeo members (free subscription) can download it as a 350MB/720p video file (link on lower right hand column). h/t Justin Taylor.

(They also have a neat video promo for their School of Church Ministries.)

Andy Naselli’s thumbnail guide to ‘Keswick theology’

Andy Naselli’s book, Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology, published by Logos Bible Software, is now out.

If you’ve wondered what ‘Keswick’ second-blessing theology was, Andy gave a good summary for Kevin DeYoung last week. (Note: The modern Keswick Conventions are very different.)

The Spirituality of Emerging Adults

Dr Christian Smith, author of Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults, was interviewed on a recent episode of The White Horse Inn.