Monday, March 31, 2008
Greg Koukl - Was Jesus just a great teacher?
Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason answers the question, "Was Jesus a great teacher and not God?" For more visit http://www.str.org
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God is the embodiment of love. He created love. His character and His actions are defined by love. In Loved by God, acclaimed theologian R.C. Sproul explores the unrelenting love of God-a love demonstrated most fully through the Son. Sproul also delves into the perplexing aspects of God's divine nature, such as how divine Love coexists with God's holiness and sovereignty, and what the Bible means when it speaks of God's hatred. A compelling series for all who seek to fulfill their calling as Christians-to love as God loves.
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Harvie Conn, Evangelism: Doing Justice and Preaching Grace (P&R)
Ian Murray, Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism: The Battle for Gospel Preaching (Banner)
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(Foreword by Jonathan Aitken)
Against great obstacles William Wilberforce, an evangelical member of Parliament, fought for the abolition of the African slave trade and against slavery itself until they were both illegal in the British Empire. Many are aware of Wilberforce’s role in bringing an end to slavery in Great Britain, but few have taken the time to examine his beliefs and motivations that spurred him on for decades. In this concise volume, John Piper tells the story of Wilberforce’s transformation from an unbelieving young politician into a radically God-centered Christian and how his deep spirituality helped to change the moral outlook of a nation.
As world leaders debate over how to deal with a host of social justice and humanitarian crises, a closer look at Wilberforce’s life and faith serves as an encouragement and an example to all believers.
Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness?
Does Christ's life-long record of perfect obedience to God get "credited" to your account when you trust in Christ and are "justified" by God? This has been the historic Protestant understanding of the "imputation of Christ's righteousness," but John Piper warns that we are in danger of losing this doctrine today, because of attacks by scholars within the evangelical camp. In response, Piper shows, in careful treatment of passage after passage, that the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers is clearly the teaching of the Bible, and if we abandon this doctrine we will also lose justification by faith alone. I am thankful to God for John Piper's defense of this crucial doctrine.
Wayne Grudem Research Professor of Theology and Bible Phoenix Seminary
The Glorified God and the Satisfied Soul
Meditations of A Christian Hedonist
The great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. Discord between duty and delight doesn't exist: delight is our duty. Piper stuns us again and again with things we saw in the Bible, but never dared to believe. Join him on this dangerous quest for maximum joy in God. But beware, it may cost you your life. Never mind - "the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life" (Psalm 63:3).
God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work, not to be made much of, but to make much of him in every part of our lives.
The Purifying Power of Living by Faith in Future Grace
Dr. John Piper’s The Future of Justification: A response to N. T. Wright is the latest addition to the Protestant debate on the so called “New Perspective on Paul.” Thoughtful readers will be encouraged by Piper’s forward in that while he disagrees with Wright’s “retelling of the story of justification,” Piper carefully engages Wright’s writings on this topic (even sending a draft to Wright, who himself returned a lengthy reply) to give as fair and honest a critique as possible. So, don’t expect this book to merely bash N. T. Wright or to claim everything Wright wrights is wrong.
Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself
"Gospel" means good news—but what makes the good news good? What is the goal of the gospel, without which it is no longer good? It is that Christ’s death brings sinners to God! Were it to bring us anywhere else we would be left hopeless. But the gospel is that God gives us himself—Christ died to give us Christ—, and this self-giving is his highest mercy to us and the best news for us! The most profound, most exceedingly gracious, final and decisive good of the good news is Christ himself as the glorious image of God revealed for our endless satisfaction.
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The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards knew and preached the beauties of heaven as much as the terrors of hell. He was a humble and joyful servant, striving to glorify God in his personal life and public ministry. This book investigates the character and teachings of the man who preached from a deep concern for the unsaved and a passionate desire for God.
Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards
In his essay, "The End for Which God Created the World," the great theologian Jonathan Edwards proclaimed that God's ultimate end is the manifestation of his glory in the highest happiness of his creatures. Here John Piper passionately demonstrates the relevance of Edwards' ideals for the personal and public life of modern evangelicals through his own book-length introduction to Edwards' incomparable essay, and the inclusion of that original, unabridged work. The result is a powerful and persuasive presentation of the things that matter most in the Christian life.
Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
A Hunger For God was written to help Christians understand the Biblical nature and purpose of fasting and prayer. In this book, John Piper looks at the phenomena of religious, political, and health-based fasting, which occur around the world, and explains what makes Christian fasting unique. He then discusses the reasons and ways the Bible commends fasting to us. Ultimately, Piper asserts, fasting is a way of expressing to God that he is the supreme hunger of our hearts—that we are starving for him.
Thirty-One Meditations for Your Faith
You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay-either as friends on his terms, or enemies on yours. Which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. Surely God means for our time on earth to count for something significant.
In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with him. You’ll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ as you consider life as a vapor.
Excerpted from Life as a Vapor (c) 2004 by Desiring God Foundation. Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers, Inc. The display and/or download of Life as a Vapor is for personal and ministry use only.
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
Why did Christ suffer and die? The central issue of Jesus’ death is not the cause, but the meaning—God’s meaning. That is what this book is about. John Piper has gathered from the New Testament fifty reasons. Not fifty causes, but fifty purposes—in answer to the most important question that each of us must face: What did God achieve for sinners like us in sending his Son to die?
Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul
Meditations on God's Delight in Being God
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
Evangelical feminism has had a profound impact on the Church. In this book, 22 men and women commit their talents to produce the most thorough response yet to evangelical feminism. The writers identify their view as complementarian rather than "traditional" or "hierarchical." The book combines systematic argumentation with popular application and deals with all the main passages of Scripture brought forward in this controversy. An important and informative book for those concerned with the fundamental questions of the relationship between men and women in home, church and society.
The new edition of Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ is conceived as a fitting follow up book for those who have read The Passion of Jesus Christ. We asked: What might people, who were introduced to Jesus with 50 reasons for his death, want to know next? Our answer: They might want to know more about who Jesus was as a person and teacher and Son of God. With a view to making the new edition as useful as possible, we took the more challenging introduction about why we credit the gospels and put that at the back. This lets the reader jump right into the portraits of Jesus himself. The book was arranged so that it has exactly the same number of pages as The Passion of Jesus Christ, and the same look and feel inside. We pray that for hundreds of thousands of people who tasted the meaning of Christ's death through The Passion of Jesus Christ, this new inexpensive edition of Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ will make more of the fullness of Christ known.
Six of today’s leading pastor-theologians—John Piper, Voddie Baucham, D. A. Carson, Tim Keller, Mark Driscoll, and David Wells—have joined together to offer Christians a practical, biblical vision of Christ’s supremacy, so they will be better prepared to present the undeniable truth to a searching society.
After grounding readers in the important truths of Christ’s deity and the gospel, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World strives to help believers understand how to share these truths in a postmodern society. As readers begin to apply the lessons from this book, they will gain a practical, biblical vision of ministry for the twenty-first century.
Read this book online (2.9MB PDF).
In What Jesus Demands from the World, John Piper has gathered many of Jesus’ commands from the four Gospels. He begins with an introduction that puts them in a redemptive-historical context, then concisely examines each one. The result is an accessible introduction for thoughtful inquirers and new believers, as well as deep meditations for veteran believers.
Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible
In what ways are men and women essentially the same? In what ways are they essentially different? And how do these differences affect our roles in the home, the church, and society?
Adapted from chapter one of Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, this booklet takes a positive, sensitive look at these important questions.
How to Fight for Joy
What do you do when you discover that you're not satisfied in God the way he wants you to be? Joy is more than an afterthought of the Christian life; it is the sustaining fruit of a relationship with God. With a radical passion for Christ's glory, John Piper helps you find the joy God wants you to have.
Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spiritual darkness when joy seems to stay just out of reach. It can happen because of sin, satanic assault, distressing circumstances, or hereditary and other physical causes. This book, which is an expansion of a chapter in When I Don't Desire God, aims to give some comfort and guidance to those experiencing spiritual darkness.
David F. Wells: Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World The last book in David Wells' four-volume set which critiques the culture and the evangelical church, and commends the relevance of the Gospel to both.
John Frame - The Doctrine of God

A Collection of John MacArthur resources at closeout prices
Getting the Gospel Right: R.C. Sproul
Evangelistic Calvinism: John Benton
The Great Evangelical Disaster: Francis Schaeffer
How Should We Then Live? DVD: Francis Schaeffer
Preparing for Baptism: Mez McConnell
Baptism & Church Membership: Bill James
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
The Religious Affections: Jonathan Edwards
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This tract deals with the exclusivity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only one who is qualified to save sinners. This basic Christological doctrine is under attack from all angles today. This message needs to be disseminated in the world as well as the church, that we might grow ever impressed with the Savior. (you may read the full text for the back here)

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>Not an attribute of God?
So often in evangelism we encounter the erroneous understanding that God’s love triumphs over his righteousness and holiness. Instead, we read in the Scriptures that God’s love is characterized by holiness and in fact the cross of Jesus amplifies divine love and righteousness (Rom. 3.21-28). So this tract endeavors to promote the character of God in evangelism and eradicate this false view of God. (you may read the full text for the back here)

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>What is the penalty for one sin?
Here we are dealing with the reason why hell lasts forever and why Jesus alone may save. The eternal perfections of God demand the eternal condemnation of the wicked. How blessed are we to hold forth the eternal son, who offered an eternal sacrifice to satisfy eternal wrath and give rebels like us eternal life?! (you may read the full text for the back here)

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Audition (Mars Hill Audio): Ken Myers in an NPR style commentary on culture and Christianity through Myers' commentary and interviews. This is a free spin-off of the Mars Hill Audio commentaries.
Catalyst: Covers both church leadership issues and cultural issues through interviewing Christian leaders, authors, pastors, etc. I really enjoy the Catalyst podcast, though I find myself skipping the first several minutes of pre-interview conversation about Catalyst Conference stuff and other random bits. The interview is the meat, and it's consistently thoughtful and engaging.
Church Leader Insights: Pastors Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas of The Journey Church in NYC talking together about church leadership, church growth, church planting, systems, evangelism, etc. A lot of info of what has and hasn't worked for them. I always come away with insights for pastoring and ministry, even if you don't approach ministry in quite the same way as these guys.
Covenant Worldwide: At least 15 free seminary classes are available on the topics of biblical theology, OT and NT, apologetics and outreach, the Reformation, life and letters of Paul, and more. What the heck are you waiting for?
Fermi Project: Discussions with leaders on culture, the future, the Church and the Gospel. It's hosted by Catalyst guys Gabe Lyons and Andy Crouch. It's only on episode three, but I've enjoyed it tremendously so far. A great, concise podcast. Internet Monk Radio: Michael Spencer's thoughts on theology, ministry, his critics, yadda. The worst aspect of this podcast is his love affair for the Cincinnati Reds. Yuck. But if you can get past that, Spencer can often deliver thoughtful insights on a variety of issues. Warning: If you don't know Spencer and his online writings, some of this won't make much sense. It's for the devoted.
National New Church Conference: Interviews with conference speakers dealing with church and church planting. Have learned a lot from this podcast and highly recommend it for church leaders.
Practically Speaking: North Point boys (Andy Stanley, et al) on the Seven Practices of Effective Ministry. It's a "dead" podcast in that there are no new episodes, but their seven podcasts I have found very helpful as a pastor. I've listened to them more than once, and will listen again.
Resurgence: Mark Driscoll's missional resource that includes talks from various conferences and lectures pertaining to ministry and theology. Lots of good stuff here.
PreachingCapitol Hill Baptist: Pastor Mark Dever is one of the most important living Southern Baptist pastors/preachers, and a pastor who I have had a chance to talk with a bit. He has seen a remarkable change over the years of his church in D.C. Dever is obsessively expository in his approach. If you want to know the Bible, this is a great way to digest it. Dever is also well known for tackling very large sections of text, including single sermons on entire books of the Bible.
Cornerstone Simi: Pastor Francis Chan is fairly new on my radar, but I have enjoyed what I have heard so far.
The Journey - St. Louis: Pastor Darrin Patrick is a friend and has seen some great things happen after planting in St. Louis. A good preacher, and a young leader worth watching.
Mars Hill Church, Grand Rapids: Pastor Rob Bell is a controversial writer and speaker in the emerging church movement. I find him very engaging and biblical, though we would surely differ at points. He challenges me with living the Gospel.
Mars Hill Church, Seattle: Pastor Mark Driscoll is a different sort of controversial writer and speaker in the emerging church movement. He has been very influential in my ministry and life.
Village Church: Pastor Matt Chandler is SBC, Acts 29, and one of the best young preachers I've heard. Probably my favorite younger preacher to listen to over the last few months. Some people trip over a few of his stylistic traits at first, but please persist and you will find so much worth hearing.
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