The Elisha Foundation is an outstanding ministry that I am honored to serve as a current sponsor. To help readers get a better understanding of this ministry, I'm re-posting an interview with Justin Reimer, who together with his wife Tamara established The Elisha Foundation in December 2005. Here is part I of our interview: Can you please tell us how the Lord called you to Himself? I grew up in a Christian home with two parents who love the Lord and raised us in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We were immersed in Christianity. I remember kneeling next to my bed at the age of 4 full … [Read more...] about Interview with Justin Reimer of The Elisha Foundation
Mark Driscoll Interviews D.A. Carson
The book Dr. Carson spends the first few minutes discussing, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson, is absolutely outstanding. HT: Andy Naselli via JT via Thabiti … [Read more...] about Mark Driscoll Interviews D.A. Carson
Making Men Moral: Conference on Morality and Public Life
Union University is offering a very interesting conference on morality and public life. The conference title, Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment, appears to be taken from the highly regarded book Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality by Professor Robert P. George, member of the President's Council on Bioethics and former presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, who is also one of the speakers at the conference. The full speaker list includes Robert P. George (Princeton University), Jean Bethke Elshtain (University … [Read more...] about Making Men Moral: Conference on Morality and Public Life
John Piper on John Calvin
John Piper has written a short new book called John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God. From the publisher's description: God rests lightly on the church’s mind in our time. We are obsessed with ourselves and God takes second place, if that. The experience of his majesty sometimes seems to have disappeared from the modern evangelical world. John Calvin saw a similar thing in his day. His aim was to “set before [man], as the prime motive of his existence, zeal to illustrate the glory of God”—a fitting banner over all of his life and work.Check it out. (HT: Abraham Piper) … [Read more...] about John Piper on John Calvin
Tim Keller: The Advent of Humility
Pastor Tim Keller explains why Jesus is the reason for self-forgetfulness: There are two basic narrative identities at work among professing Christians. The first is what I will call the moral-performance narrative identity. These are people who in their heart of hearts say, I obey; therefore I am accepted by God. The second is what I will call the grace narrative identity. This basic operating principle is, I am accepted by God through Christ; therefore I obey. People living their lives on the basis of these two different principles may superficially look alike. They may sit right beside one … [Read more...] about Tim Keller: The Advent of Humility
Albert Mohler: Can a Christian Deny the Virgin Birth?
Dr. Albert Mohler gives an outstanding answer to this important question, and traces the history of significant liberal theologians who have chipped away at the biblical position. Excerpt: Can a true Christian deny the virgin birth? The answer to that question must be a decisive No. Those who deny the virgin birth reject the authority of Scripture, deny the supernatural birth of the Savior, undermine the very foundations of the Gospel, and have no way of explaining the deity of Christ. Anyone who claims that the virgin birth can be discarded even as the deity of Christ is affirmed is either … [Read more...] about Albert Mohler: Can a Christian Deny the Virgin Birth?