Following a link from Trevin Wax, I found a very recent blog from Tim Keller that included this helpful comment from the NYC pastor on sermon preparation. By the way, does anyone else out there wish Keller would write much more than he does? His stuff is always so rich but short. Here’s the quotation, which highlights the close connection of leadership and sermonizing (I’ve put the key comment in bold): I pastor a church with a large staff and... Read more
After a little break, I thought that I would fire up the SSEC series once more. We’ve tackled “incarnational ministry,” “engaging culture,” boutique coffee-drinking, and maybe something else. I can’t remember. Anyway, here’s another subject that strikes me as a sacred evangelical cow: our degrees. Before you read on, however, I will require you to sign a mental disclosure statement that indicates that you understand that this post is written in a tongue-in-cheek style and is meant in good edifying... Read more
1. John Wooden is still dropping quotables. How many of us will be doing that at age 99? (Image: LakersTopBuzz) 2. Came across this evangelistic website somewhere, and found it interesting: I Am Second. Check it out. Here’s the blog. And here’s a story about it. A creative way to witness, seems like. 3. The Kevin Durant conundrum: such good stats, yet a bad plus/minus rating (which means, basically, that his team loses more points than they gain when he’s on... Read more
As an employee of the Henry Center at TEDS, I’m glad to pass on that the Kantzer Lectures with Stephen Williams are now posted free of charge for the viewing of the general public. You will find the lectures professionally edited and theologically stimulating, I think. September 8-15, 2009 | Dr. Stephen Williams (Union Theological College, Belfast, Ireland) Series Title: The Election of Grace: a Riddle without Resolution? Lectures on election with special reference to Karl Barth, the Bible, and... Read more
I’m here at the People Growth conference, cosponsored by the Henry Center, where Mark Dever is currently speaking on “The Four P’s of Ministry.” However, I think that he may have retitled, or subtitled, the message, “The Person and Work of the Shepherd” from 1 Peter 5. Not sure about that. Without further ado, here are some insights from Dever’s talk, which I would commend to your listening. My notes are in brackets. ****************************** The judge spoken of here [1... Read more
Trevin Wax has compiled a summary of his live-blogging from the Union conference held last week entitled “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism.” His summaries are concise, readable, and contain “memorable quotations,” a nice feature that I haven’t seen before in the live-blogging community. I’m glad that we have a written, accessible record of what looks like a manifestly helpful–and provocative–conference. Also, you should check out the material from Lead09, just held in Auburn, ME. The folks at... Read more
I recently read this little nugget in the dissertation of Wheaton New Testament scholar G. K. Beale, a work entitled The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John (University Press, 1984). Commenting on how the creation motif fits into the general flow of Revelation 4-5, Beale drops this little jewel: “We see that God’s sovereignty in creation is the basis for His sovereignty in judgment and in redemption, which is especially understood against... Read more
1. Let me say a public thank-you to those of you who are responding (overwhelmingly!) to the call for BibleMesh beta-testers. You have until this coming Monday, October 12 at 12pm to send me your email. 2. The Ravi Zacharias media is up and is free. You can watch his lecture, his chapel address, and an interview with him, all courtesy of your friends at the Henry Center. 3. No cookies for Harvard faculty meetings. How will they go on? ... Read more
Now that it’s nearly fall and turning cold, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate a comfort of life that we might easily pass over: tea. Now, let me just say that I did not begin life as a tea advocate. I paid no attention to tea until very recently. Now that I spend most of my days as a desk jockey, often completing writing projects that involve some measure of my limited mental energy, I find it behooves... Read more
Would you like to be able to view a Christ-centered narrative walkthrough of the Bible by Tim Keller? Would you like to read hundreds of clear, concise, authoritative articles about the core story, doctrines, people, events and ideas of Scripture? Would you like to be able to take unbelievers and young believers through this content? Yes? How? It’s simple. BibleMesh, a brand-spanking-new, state-of-the-art online discipleship tool, is about to debut. It features, among other great stuff, content in which New York City pastor and The Gospel... Read more
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