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Adrian Warnock Interviews John Piper

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This is a great, four-part interview from this past April when John Piper was in Wales, United Kingdom for the New Word Alive Conference (which I previously mentioned). He talks about his connection with that conference, his own prayer habits, his call to pastoral ministry, preaching, and a few other things. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 … [Read more...] about Adrian Warnock Interviews John Piper

Ligonier Ministries 2009 Nat’l Conf: Holiness of God

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R.C. Sproul announces the 2009 Ligonier Ministries' National Conference, whose theme is "The Holiness of God":When I was preparing to lecture on the holiness of God years ago, I came across this quote from John Calvin’s commentary on Isaiah 6:3: “The angels never cease from their melody in singing the praises of God, as the holiness of God supplies us with inexhaustible reasons for them.” I was reminded that the Protestant Reformers’ understanding of the Creator’s transcendent purity was crucial to their recovery of the biblical doctrines that had been all but lost in their day. Knowing the … [Read more...] about Ligonier Ministries 2009 Nat’l Conf: Holiness of God

Free Preaching Class with Bryan Chapell

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Bill Mounce is the President and founder of BiblicalTraining.org, a ministry that seeks to provide seminary-level classes free of charge via the Internet (accessible by some of the poorest of the poor in the majority world). They have launched a new Foundations course called Communicating the Gospel. The new class is a combination of Gary Parrett's class on Christian Education, Bryan Chapell's class on preaching, and Ron Pyle's class on small group (which should be published by August). Byran Chapell is the author of several books, including Using Illustrations to Preach with Power … [Read more...] about Free Preaching Class with Bryan Chapell

You Cannot Serve God and Money

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Matthew 6:24 reads “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Though this passage is well known, what makes it somewhat odd is the idea of serving money. We tend to think of money serving us rather than the other way around. In What Jesus Demands of The World (Crossway, 2006), John Piper writes a succinct, helpful explanation of this passage:The surprising thing here is that serving God is compared to serving money. But how do you serve money? Not by helping … [Read more...] about You Cannot Serve God and Money

How Sweet and Awful Is The Place

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This is the amazing hymn to which the Together For The Gospel 2008 Slideshow is set: How sweet and awful is the place With Christ within the doors, While everlasting love displays The choicest of her stores. While all our hearts and all our songs Join to admire the feast, Each of us cry, with thankful tongues, "Lord, why was I a guest?" "Why was I made to hear Thy voice, And enter while there's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?" 'Twas the same love that spread the feast That sweetly drew us in; Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our … [Read more...] about How Sweet and Awful Is The Place