Where Was Jesus Between the Cross and Resurrection?
March 22, 2008
John Piper offers good insight at the desiring God blog – here.
A Vision for the Church?
March 10, 2008
Ok – I know – I’m on vacation this week. But being on vacation means I have time for things I don’t normally have time for, such as reading Rick Phillips very well thought out discussion on establishing church visions. Read it at the Reformation21 Blog.
Why Church Planting?
March 5, 2008
Phil Ryken briefly explains some of the reasons why the need for new churches in America is so great.
At the Reformation21 Blog.
Speaking of the Gospel…
March 4, 2008
John Piper on what is, and isn’t the gospel…
What is the Gospel?
March 1, 2008
Tomorrow as I preach I’ll be asking and answering the question, “What is the gospel?”
In part I’ll be relying on a definition offered by J.I. Packer in his introductory essay to the John Owen work, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. There Packer describes the biblical gospel as “always and essentially a proclamation of Divine sovereignty in mercy and judgment, a summons to bow down and worship the mighty Lord on whom man depends for all good, both in nature and in grace.”
Packer’s essay on the gospel is a tremendous treasure, well worth the read. It is perhaps the best short essay on the gospel that I have ever read, and I commend it to you for your reading.
J.I. Packer’s Introduction to The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.
