Tag Archives: Mark Dever
A Startling Word from Mark Dever on False Conversions
Justin Taylor is live-blogging Together for the Gospel, which is quite a feat given the extensive content yielded by this outstanding conference. Yesterday, he summarized Mark Dever’s message on “False Conversion,” which included the following. It’s well worth pondering as … Continue reading
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Shaka Smart & How Athletic Coaching Is Like Pastoring
Shaka Smart is the basketball coach of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. For two years in a row, his teams have made it to the national tournament and overachieved. He’s coveted now by many larger schools who can pay … Continue reading
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Doing Ministry with a Shelby Cobra Mustang Engine (Like Piper & Carson)
I just did an interview with Christ the Center, a podcast produced by the Reformed Forum, which is associated with Westminster Theological Seminary. This is a high-powered theological podcast that has hosted such important discussions as the recent debate among … Continue reading
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Things You Should Go To: The 9Marks Weekender
I don’t know if you’ve heard about these, but if you’re interested in entering a full-blown “church lab,” a program that will allow you to savor God’s work to reform one local church–Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D. C.–then … Continue reading
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Jonathan Edwards on Hell
I recently had the privilege to sit down with Dustin Neeley of Church Planting for the Rest of Us to talk about several topics that will be released on video, including Jonathan Edwards on hell. The above video covers how … Continue reading
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What Is the Gospel, and Why Care?
Greg Gilbert’s brand-new What Is the Gospel? (Crossway–IXMarks, 2010) is dynamite. Pick this book up to remind yourself of the essential of the essentials. A short (127pp), small, readable, punchy text, What Is the Gospel? dispels the cloudiness surrounding the … Continue reading
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The Link 12.5.09: Great Music, Scanwiches, and Climate Change
1. Here’s a link to some excellent music by Peter Bradley Adams, formerly of the duo eastmountainsouth. Really–check this guy out. You can even get a free EP of Adams’s music if you want to test-drive it. 2. Have you … Continue reading
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Live-Blog: Mark Dever at the Gospel Growth Conference
I’m here at the People Growth conference, cosponsored by the Henry Center, where Mark Dever is currently speaking on “The Four P’s of Ministry.” However, I think that he may have retitled, or subtitled, the message, “The Person and Work … Continue reading
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The Link 9.25.09: Glenn Beck, The Way We Die, and Driscoll’s Free Stuff
This is an eclectic day. As usual. For the report on Ravi Zacharias, see number 7. 1. Time Magazine recently ran a piece on conservative commentator Glenn Beck. Interesting read. 2. A piece to read from the NYT on the … Continue reading
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