Tonight I had the honor of enjoying a 45-minute conversational interview with Josh Weidmann of Honest to God radio. Josh is a man with a passion to reach young people with the message of Christ. He is the Director of High School Ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel. Josh is also a popular youth speaker at camps and conferences around the country. We had a great time discussing With One Voice, which Josh had just read. I'll post a link to the interview later on if its made available on the Internet. Honest to God is on the air at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays and 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays on WMBI, 90.1 … [Read more...] about Honest to God Radio
Theology
Has God Failed?
Last May I completed one of my all-time favorite classes. It was an exegetical course on Romans 9-11 conducted by The Bethlehem Institute (the vocational elder training program of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN). It seems that all the great themes of the Christian faith (not to mention some of the most controversial doctrines!) are in Romans 9-11. The doctrine of divine election (Rom 9:1-29), the relationship between God's law and what it means to become righteous (Rom 9:30 - 10:13), the remnant of Israel and its relationship to Gentile believers (and related end-times … [Read more...] about Has God Failed?
Free Stuff
Tim Challies a la carte today highlights some free music and a free book: 1. Jars of Clay latest album is available as free streaming audio either here or here (the second may be more appropriate for FireFox). 2. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is giving away John Piper's book Don't Waste Your Life. Justin Taylor adds: "You can only request one copy online, but if you want a few more than that, you can call 1-877-2GRAHAM. (It'd be nice to offer a small donation to help cover the cost of shipping if you do that.) After September 30 it will be off the website, but you can still … [Read more...] about Free Stuff
Directory of Reformed Conferences
If you haven't seen it yet, Tim Challies has put together a great Directory of Reformed Conferences for 2007, with a look ahead to 2008 as well. … [Read more...] about Directory of Reformed Conferences
The Atonement and Marriage
Speaking of the benefits of marriage, here is an outstanding reflection from Pastor Ligon Duncan on the connection between Christ's substitutionary death on a cross and Paul's injunction (in Ephesians 5) that husbands love their wives as Christ loved the church. … [Read more...] about The Atonement and Marriage
Tim Keller on preaching in a post-modern city
Here's a great article from Pastor Tim Keller on preaching in a post-modern city. The senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Keller will be one of several guests at the Desiring God national conference which is less than 1 month away and is almost completely sold out. (HT: Justin Hoover) … [Read more...] about Tim Keller on preaching in a post-modern city