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Free Copy of In Christ Alone by Sinclair Ferguson

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Courtesy the good folks at Reformation Trust, I'm pleased to offer a free electronic copy of In Christ Alone to the next 250 people who purchase Thriving at College on Amazon.com between now and April 14 (11:59 PM). If you don't have a Kindle device or something similar, the electronic copy can be read on your computer using Adobe Digital Editions (available as a free download). I've verified the latter works (as I don't own a Kindle or anything like it). So it's simple: Buy the book, then e-mail me a confirmation that Amazon has shipped the book to you. The electronic file will be … [Read more...] about Free Copy of In Christ Alone by Sinclair Ferguson

God is Great: A Toddler’s Bible Storybook

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What's really nice about this book is that the sections are short and sweet, making it easy for 4-5 year olds to sound out the words and practice reading. Walks through some of the more well known stories of the Bible in 17 chapters, showing that God is the main hero throughout history. Nicely illustrated by Caron Turk. Give it a look. … [Read more...] about God is Great: A Toddler’s Bible Storybook

2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 7 (Steven Lawson)

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This address from Pastor Steve Lawson was entitled Worshiping the Triune God. Worship in heaven is worship at its best. Pleasing God, not others, is what matters in worship.  But there is a new way in worship in our day – one that seeks to please the unconverted person, to be cool, not transcendent and reverent.  The preacher, likewise, is be trendy, not weighty, and more therapeutic than theological. Worship, however, should be a foretaste of heaven.  Let’s take a look at the worship of heaven in Revelation 4. … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 7 (Steven Lawson)

2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 5 – RC Sproul

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SUMMARY Augustine argued that reason and faith complemented one another. Faith, then, is not credulity. Faith is dependent on the rationality endued to us by our creator.   There is no virtue in believing that which is absurd. Logic is an intellectual governor, protecting us from proceeding into falsehood.  Aristotle defined logic as the necessary instrument for intelligible discourse. Evidentialists like Normal Geisler or John Warwick Montgomery believe that via sense perception we can come to a high degree of certainty of Christianity. … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 5 – RC Sproul

2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 2 (Steve Lawson)

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SUMMARY In every era of history, the holiness of God has been under assault. Satan is the original antagonist against God. The principle attack of Satan against the holiness of God is aimed at impugning and assaulting the character of His being and His word. In Genesis 3, we see illustrated the method of the evil one – a method employed with success on our first parents, and employed with equal success in the world at large in our day.  The attack of Satan starts with doubt – doubt of the inerrancy and infallibility of the word of God (“Did God actually say…?”).  In Genesis 3:1, … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 2 (Steve Lawson)