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.
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.
Faith Today Interviews J.I. Packer
Faith Today, the magazine of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, has interviewed Dr J. I. Packer for its current issue –
I could have said ridiculous. I could have said fantastic. I could have used other adjectives but I’ll stick with grotesque. I do not think a bishop who has not convicted me of grave moral or heretical practices is in a position to revoke my spiritual authority in Word and Sacrament. The most he can do is withdraw my permission to minister in The Anglican Church of Canada.
Since the thing that has occasioned this is the decision St. John’s and other churches have taken to leave The Anglican Church of Canada, revoking my authority to minister in the ACC changes absolutely nothing.
So I’m not losing sleep over it. Though over age, I am still a professor at Regent College and director of the Anglican studies program at Regent. No action on Michael Ingham’s part can change either of those things.
It’s worth reading the full interview here. (Photo: Ed Hird.)
Paul Helm on The Future of Justification
“John Piper’s book The Future of Justification (Crossway, 2007) is a great thing. If you have not read it, then you must. …
In this Analysis I shall try to do two things.
The first is to draw attention to what I believe is one of the most significant methodological points that Piper makes, but one which may, in the flurry of interest about justification, and the dust raised by it, get overlooked. The second thing is to underline what Piper says about the ambiguity of some of Bishop Wright’s language about imputation and justification. What both of these have in common is that Piper shows us the need to observe theological distinctions. …”
– from Paul Helm, the J.I. Packer Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Regent College, Vancouver. (See also the earlier commendation of the book, by Mike Ovey.)
The Sola Panel switches on
In the fine tradition of the T4G blog, The Sola Panel – a new blog sponsored by Matthias Media – is now online.
With regular contributions from Peter Bolt, Mark Thompson, Tony Payne, Archie Poulos “and more!”. See it at solapanel.org
Review of Stott’s ‘The Living Church’
Reading John Stott’s The Living Church is like having a conversation with a venerable and godly grandfather. There’s no bold new vision. No young man’s castles in the sky. You might not even agree with everything he says. Yet all of it commands respect. All of it evinces wisdom. Every single word, every single expression, feels permeated with the deep and calm virtue of a man who has, for more days than can be counted, found his refreshment lying beside the quiet waters of our Lord…
Jonathan Leeman reviews John Stott’s The Living Church: Convictions of a Life Long Pastor. At IX Marks. (The book is available at Moore Books.)
Phillip Jensen interviewed for IX Marks
Last November, Mark Dever interviewed the Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen for IX Marks Ministries. Phillip speaks on dealing with success, his early days at UNSW, how Two Ways to Live came about, and much more.
For a mainly Baptist audience, he gives some historical background on why Sydney Diocese is what it is today.
The interview has just been made available. It runs for 60 minutes and the mp3 file is a 28MB download. It’s available here.
Godliness and good learning
Mike Ovey, now the Principal of Oak Hill College in London, reviews John Piper’s book, “The Future of Justification: A Response to N T Wright” –
“In one sense, Piper’s thesis can be simply stated: the traditional Reformation understanding of justification by faith, whereby God counts me righteous because of the righteousness of Jesus Christ alone, is correct. Christ’s righteousness is imputed to me in my union with Christ, not imparted nor infused, and is sufficient, such that my justification does not depend on what I work after my conversion, although my life can and should evidence what Christ has done for me. My heart warms as I summarise these simple but profound truths of traditional evangelical belief. …”
– from the Oak Hill website.
(The book is available from Moore Books in Sydney. It’s also available as a free PDF download at DesiringGod.org)
Why do they hate it so? The doctrine of Substitution
At the Together for the Gospel Conference two weeks ago, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler gave a very helpful overview of recent attacks on the Biblical doctrine of the Substitutionary Atonement of Christ.
Are Anglicans untouched by these attacks? Dr. Mohler’s 67 minute address will repay careful listening.
The audio of this talk – and all the other sessions – are freely available from T4G.
(Photo: Together for the Gospel.)
The word of God in Hebrews 9-10
Back in August 2006 at the WorshipGod06 Conference (hosted by Sovereign Grace Ministries), Ryan Ferguson gave a memorised dramatic recitation of Hebrews 9 and 10 using the ESV.
This powerful 11 minute recitation (via Google Video) is a great blessing to all who want to understand Hebrews better.
True Worship
“To worship God ‘in spirit and in truth’ is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by means of Christ. In him the reality has dawned and the shadows are being swept away (Hebrews 8:13). Christian worship is new covenant worship; it is gospel-inspired worship; it is Christ-centred worship; it is cross-focussed worship.”
– D.A. Carson, Worship by the Book (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), 37. With thanks to firstimportance.org
Patristics for busy pastors
Who cares about the Church Fathers?
This Interview with Dr. Ligon Duncan addresses questions such as, Why should a busy pastor invest time in reading the patristic authors? How will a pastor benefit? Where should he start?
The 14.4MB mp3 file of the interview with Tony Reinke may be downloaded from Sovereign Grace Ministries.
(With thanks to Faith by Hearing for the link. Photo: First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi.)
Together for the Gospel 08 audio
The 2008 Together for the Gospel Conference is currently under way in Louisville, Kentucky.
More than 2,500 Christian leaders have gather to be encouraged by Mark Dever, John Piper, and friends. Mark Dever’s talk is titled: Improving the Gospel: Exercises in Unbiblical Theology.
As each talk is given, the audio is being made available for free download here.
Counterfeit Gospels
How many counterfeit gospels can there be?
9Marks’ Jonathan Leeman summarises seven ‘counterfeit gospels’ – from the book How People Change: they are – Formalism, Legalism, Mysticism, Activism, Biblicism, Therapism, Social-ism.
He asks, “How many of these do you recognise in your own heart?”
– Read about them at Church Matters, the 9Marks blog.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…