Pastor Keller discusses the rationale for belief in God. His book The Reason For God, was #7 on the NYT Best Seller list awhile ago. (HT: Justin Buzzard via Tullian Tchividjian) … [Read more...] about Tim Keller at Google
Theology
Instructing a Child’s Heart – Tedd Tripp
For all of us who found Shepherding a Child's Heart a helpful treatment on raising Christian children who live coram deo rather than as man-pleasers, Instructing a Child's Heart is the natural (and long-awaited) follow-up. Pastor Tripp and his wife Margy wrote this book to help parents spend time giving formative instruction to their children. It is crucial that parents impart a robust, biblical worldview to their children--a worldview large enough to meet the challenges of life and a worldview that convincingly speaks to the head and the heart. Children seek answers to the big questions: … [Read more...] about Instructing a Child’s Heart – Tedd Tripp
Tim Keller at U.C. Berkeley
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Ligonier Conference – Steve Lawson – (VIII)
Dr. Steven J. Lawson gave his second and final message entitled “The Saving Power of God.” Noting that this is the central theme of Romans, Lawson took his text from Rom. 1:1-18. INTRODUCTION That all power belongs to God is clearly taught in the Bible. We call this the doctrine of divine omnipotence. Lawson quoted numerous passages which describe the boundless power of God. All creation is under the sway of God’s power. But greater than God’s work in physical creation is His redeeming work in spiritual re-creation. Greater than God’s moving mountains is God’s moving the stone of sin … [Read more...] about Ligonier Conference – Steve Lawson – (VIII)
Ligonier Conference – Sinclair Ferguson – (VII)
In his second and final conference message, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson spoke on the theme “The Nature of Saving Faith.” Dr. Ferguson took his text from Romans 3:19-4:2, but also read several verses on the results of saving faith from Romans 5. INTRODUCTION Towards the beginning of the third book of his great work, Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin notes: “First, we must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from him, all that he has suffered and done for the salvation of the human race remains useless and of no value for us." In Romans 3, … [Read more...] about Ligonier Conference – Sinclair Ferguson – (VII)
Ligonier Conference – R.C. Sproul – (VI)
Dr. R.C. Sproul's second and final conference message was entitled "Counted Righteous in Christ (Imputation)." He began by reading Genesis 15:1-6, where we learn that Abraham believed God, and God "counted it to him as righteousness." Dr. Sproul then read from Romans 4:1-8, where we see Paul hearkening back to Abraham as "Exhibit A" of how righteousness is obtained before God. IMPUTATION AND JUSTIFICATION As the previous texts showed, imputation is closely related to justification (our being declared righteous before God). Dr. Sproul noted that the word "imputation" can be defined in various … [Read more...] about Ligonier Conference – R.C. Sproul – (VI)