Redeem the time. Listen to great lectures. Whether in the shower. Or while commuting. Or working out. Just do it. And grow. Broad Range of Topics. Wonderfully Powerful. Give them your ear. The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and New Earth, John Piper The Ultimate Essence of Evil, John Piper God [...]
Everyone has an innate awareness that there exists a gloriously sublime podcast. And I am here to point you to it 🙂 Allow me to introduce Sensus Divinipodcastis; a new podcast by yours truly. I've always wanted to theologize about movies, other podcasts, and books; to use these mediums as springboards to discuss ethics, philosophy, [...]
Or it is at all possible that we are living in the Matrix? Or are a brain in a vat? Be honest! Is it at all possible? In this second video (do watch the first if you missed it), I tackle this thorny problem. Having wrestled with this subject for well over a decade, I do not approach this as [...]
I just finished listening to this year’s Desiring God National Conference, and I must say that it was excellent! While each speaker spoke with passion and shed light upon the church’s present mission, I was particularly moved by Michael Ramsden’s message Courage, Christ, and Finishing the Mission. It was vibrant, engaging, and a-typical. Mr. Ramsden [...]
It is a raw, emotionally tearing book, and even though it has been years since I last read it, certain sections have stayed with me. I am referring to Elie Wiesel’s book, Night. As a survivor of the Holocaust (I am told that Wiesel is in the photo above), Mr. Wiesel speaks to the absolute [...]
Are you Reformed? I mean like black coffee Presbyterian, John Calvin fan club member, "yes, I own Francis Turretin’s three volumes of Elenctic Theology" Reformed? If so, do you want to feel uncomfortable? Oh, I trust you do. Don’t Presbyterians love a good challenge? Well, I’ve been digging around in the goldmine of workshops from [...]
Ok, I have a confession. Portal 2 came out this week. If you don't know, it's a PC game. But not just any old PC game. It's one of the coolest games ever, and I've been looking forward to it for some time now. So yeah, needless to say, my boys and I have been hanging [...]
Dr. Al Mohler recently gave the fourth annual Gaffin Lecture at Westminster Theological Seminary, and I must say that it was absolutely brilliant. Picking up a quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, “I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for simplicity on the other [...]
I’m going to come right out and say it: This message is tremendously insightful. If you want to understand more fully and more deeply the theological maxim “We become what we worship,” hesitate no longer and download this message. And if you didn’t know that we resemble what we worship, download this message! A brief [...]
--- Think Neil Armstrong, Shackleton, Lewis and Clark... The Mailman! --- For what is the mailman, if not a dashing adventurer wrapped in blue? Does he not daily brave the sidewalks of America, that place where the average citizen roams wild, unhindered and real? Does he not tackle blizzards, endure tempests, wrestle frothy-mouthed dogs, overcome [...]
Charles Spurgeon once said, “If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and [...]
[Today's post is for a certain individual I know, but is relevant to all.] Eric, I’m excited to hear that you’re curious about the doctrines of sovereign grace (Or the five points of Calvinism, as they are also known). I can still remember the first time I was confronted with these amazing truths. My wife and [...]
It probably seems like Pastor John Piper pops up a lot on this website. And you know what? It’s true. I do point listeners to him often. Very often, in fact. But when someone gets a question right, really right, and the idea is communicated clearly and in an interesting way, how can it be [...]
It is a striking comparison. In the first picture, Peter Denying Christ, by Rembrandt, we behold that moment when the apostle, overwhelmed and crushed with bewilderment, denies his Lord out of fear. Matthew recounts it thus, “After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, ‘Certainly you too are one of them, [...]
About fourteen years ago, a friend of mine handed me a cassette entitled “Can Man Live Without God?” I looked at the name and shrugged my shoulders, “No, I can’t say that I’ve heard of him.” My friend looked surprised, “You haven’t heard of Ravi Zacharias? Here. Take it. I think you’ll really like him.” [...]
While preparing for a talk on abortion, I rummaged around the Planned Parenthood website, hoping to find some statistics and audio files. To my surprise, they did in fact have a podcast. The show is called “Speaking of Sex.” It’s hosted by two spunky, none-too-easily-embarrassed, hip twenty somethings, Malika and Nathan. Unfortunately, they applaud murder. [...]
These are the best of the best, the Top Guns of Christian audio. Each year at the Desiring God Pastor’s Conference, John Piper covers the life of a notable saint. The manner in which he presents the material is both interesting and convicting, honest and insightful, challenging and encouraging. I cannot say how much I [...]
Karl Taylor once commented, “There are none more ignorant and useless, then they that seek answers on their knees, with their eyes closed.” Atheists have long chided Christians for supposedly abandoning reason and logic in favor of something called faith. Faith, it is urged, is nothing more than a blind leap, a wishful desire, a [...]
LinkThe words of Ivan to Alyosha in The Brothers Karamazov still haunt me. It is the problem of evil presented horrifically, designed to cast doubt in the tender and faithful heart of Alyosha. Ivan said this, “There was a little girl of five who was hated by her father and mother… This poor child of [...]
LinkRedemptive history is littered with irony. Just consider two passages: “And the king said, "Hang him on that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.” (Est 7:10) “Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of [...]
LinkIn one of his sermons on the epistle to the Ephesians, John Calvin said this, “Let the pastors boldly dare all things by the word of God… Let them constrain all the power, glory, and excellence of the world to give place to and to obey the divine majesty of this word. Let them enjoin [...]
Click and then scroll downIn the third chapter of Galatians, verse thirteen, the apostle Paul said this: “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree’—" In this message, R.C. Sproul takes the listener on a journey [...]
R.C. Sproul is a giant in the Reformed tradition. Step into any church library with half a Calvinistic inkling and what will you see? Yup. There on the shelf, worn out but dust free, sits a book by R.C. Sproul. I remember listening to him on a cassette (I think it was a cassette). The [...]
T4G is always a great event, but this year was especially good. I may have more to say about it in upcoming blogs, but I want to stress John Piper’s message. I haven’t listened to all the speakers, but this was the highlight for me thus far. Piper is always a stirring speaker with his [...]
We feel comfortable talking about missions and the glory of God. We can talk about salvation and the glory of God. Music and the glory of God. Creation and the glory of God. Even suffering and the glory of God. But rarely does one have the audacity to link sex with the glory of God. [...]
Alright all you scavengers, casuals and infrequents alike. This is a must listen. Simple as that. Pastor Tim Keller has provided a penetrating analysis of culture and idolatry. It is fresh, relevant, well delivered and keenly biblical. Don’t miss it. Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Must Listen Factor: Five star general. Download Audio, The Grand Demythologizer. [...]
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