Devote Yourselves to Prayer

Encouragement from Gary Nelson, Bishop of North West Australia:

“There’s no escaping the emphasis on prayer that comes to us from the Scriptures – whether we look to the example of the apostles, or the response of the Pentecost converts, or Jesus’ clear teaching on prayer. We’re called to pray!

So what a joy it is to share with you in this key ministry. Here in the North West we could not survive without prayer and the encouragement we receive from the army of pray-ers across our nation. Please keep praying.”

– Read his letter here. (And please remember the people of the North West in your prayers.)

The Spiritual Athlete – the race set before us

Dick Lucas preached this edifying sermon on 2 Timothy 4:1-8 on Sunday morning at St. Helen’s Bishopsgate.

Themelios 37.2

The latest issue of Themelios (issue 37.2) is now available as a free download from The Gospel Coalition.

It includes articles by Don Carson and Mike Ovey, and many book reviews (a review of Paul Barnett’s The Corinthian Question: Why Did the Church Oppose Paul? is among them.)

 

Marriage in Gospel Focus — Tim & Kathy Keller

Tim and Kathy Keller spoke on “Marriage in Gospel Focus” at the Gospel Coalition’s Women’s Conference in Florida recently.

Video of their talks can be seen here on Vimeo – 49 minutes well spent, and worth passing on. Would be ideal for watching in a Bible Study group.

Moore College School of Theology 2012

The Moore College School of Theology is coming up on September 12 and 13 –

Which book makes more statements about God than any other?
Which book do the New Testament writers quote more than any other?
Which book have Christians read, recited, prayed, memorised more than any other?
Which book has been disappearing from our church meetings faster than any other?

The answer to all of these questions is the Psalms.

– Read more about the School of Theology here.

Adoniram Judson biography — free eBook

Originally an address to pastors, John Piper’s biography of Adoniram Judson, pioneer missionary to Burma, is now available in a short e-book from Desiring God.

Limited Atonement in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry

Andy Naselli draws attention to “a concise and helpful new book on a controversial issue: Lee Gatiss. For Us and For Our Salvation: “Limited Atonement” in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry. London: Latimer Trust, 2012.

– Read more here.

The Gospel and its Proclamation

Dr Barry Newman has been blogging on the meaning of the word gospel.

“The gospel is so extraordinary and proclaiming it so much an imperative that I thought it would be a good idea to produce a blog series reminding ourselves of what the New Testament says about the gospel and its proclamation. Furthermore it may prove to be informative to see how these two Greek words are used outside of the New Testament, say, up until the end of the 1st century A.D. There are indeed some interesting differences between New Testament usages and the way the words are used in the Greek literature external to the New Testament.”

He’s just completed the series, and all of the posts can be downloaded as a single PDF file. Well worth downloading and reading.

Understanding Islam

The White Hose Inn broadcast recently featured a two-part interview on ‘understanding Islam’. Michael Horton interviewed Islamic specialist Adam Francisco. Worth hearing. Part 1. Part 2.

Free eBook on Sanctification

Desiring God has made available a free eBook on Sanctification – including three sermons on the topic from John Piper.

Where ‘mercy ministry’ fits into the church

The latest 9Marks Journal – on Where Mercy Ministry fits into the Church – is now available for download.

The Perfect Saviour: Key themes in Hebrews

Dr. David Peterson draws our attention to an important new book.

(Get a copy.)

Making sense of Scripture’s ‘inconsistency’

“I find it frustrating when I read or hear columnists, pundits, or journalists dismiss Christians as inconsistent because ‘they pick and choose which of the rules in the Bible to obey.’

Most often I hear, ‘Christians ignore lots of Old Testament texts – about not eating raw meat or pork or shellfish, not executing people for breaking the Sabbath, not wearing garments woven with two kinds of material and so on. Then they condemn homosexuality. Aren’t you just picking and choosing what you want to believe from the Bible?’…”

– Tim Keller looks at the relationship of the Old Testament to the New. (h/t Tim Challies.)

Getting to grips with the ‘God-particle’

“If you have studied a lot of physics, then you may understand your photons from your bosons and your leptons from your quarks. And you might be able to understand with ease what such things tell us about our universe.

But for those of us who struggle with physics and want a little assistance when it comes to engaging with our non-Christian friends on this subject, here are some helpful words from the Gospel Coalition…”

– Helen Thorne writes at The Good Book blog. (Image: phdcomics.com)

Commended: The Faith we Confess

“The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion found at the back of the Book of Common Prayer are the doctrinal standard of the Church of England.

… Anglican churchgoers, ordinands, and ministers still require some kind of exposition of the Articles which are nearly four and a half centuries old, in order to understand them and see their importance as an expression of the faith we confess today. Into the breach steps Gerald Bray with this well-written, historically-aware, and faithful unwrapping of each Article.”

– Lee Gatiss, review editor for Churchman commends (PDF file) Gerald Bray’s book on the Articles. (Availability.) Related: “a brilliant resource” – Mark Thompson.

Download the Introduction from The Latimer Trust.

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