One of Covenant Life Church‘s pastors, Brian Chesemore, gave 2 talks last fall on parenting those aged infant through age 5.
Biblical Principles of Parenting (Part 1) – Audio and PDF
Training, Discipline and The Rod (Part 2) – Audio and PDF
In our church, we have a burgeoning nursery ministry and many parents in this age group. I hope you can take advantage of these excellent resources.
One of our adult SS classes is studying the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Over at Christian Audio, they are offering as their special for the month of July, a free download of the entire book in audio format, read by Chan himself. Here’s the instructions:
Add the download format of Crazy Love to your cart and enter the coupon code JUL2009 when prompted during checkout. This normally runs $13.99 but is free for the month. So enjoy!
JT linked to Matt Chandler preaching on Biblical Masculinity.
Defining Masculinity (transcript)
Men as Husbands (transcript)
Men as Fathers (transcript)
I’ve listened to the first sermon and was challenged to be a Gospel-saturated man who cultivates the world around me. Excellent stuff.
More free audio is available online from the latest conference: Advance 09. Here’s a summary:
Mark Driscoll – What is the Church?
Tyler Jones – The Resurgence of the Church
Bryan Chapell – Communicating the Gospel Through Preaching
Matt Chandler – Preaching the Gospel to the De-Churched
Ed Stetzer – Keys to Understanding the Church and Kingdom
J.D. Greear – Planting is for Wimps: Revitalizing a Church Around the Gospel
Eric Mason – The Ultimate Shepherd
Mark Driscoll – Ministry Idolatry
John Piper – Let The Nations Be Glad, Part 1
Q & A with Piper, Driscoll, Greear and Stetzer
Danny Akin – Marks of a Healthy Community of Faith
John Piper – Let The Nations Be Glad, Part 2
This AM, back at the Y, I listened to D.A. Carson’s sermon at NEXT on the Incarnation. I would commend to you all the audio from this conference. Here’s a summary of his talk.
A few things stuck out to me:
1) His statement that the doctrine of creation necessitates responsibility on our part was an excellent point. I really hadn’t put that together with the masterful words Carson employed. This really opened my eyes to truth.
2) The way the readers of John’s Gospel would have read the opening verses. From a Bible-study method standpoint, this was helpful.
3) The practical manner in which Carson urged us to hold the incarnation.
This was very helpful. Listen and benefit from this as well.
I finished Joshua Harris’ sermon from Next yesterday. It is entitled Preeminence. The part that was really driven home to me was in Josh’s application of how so many in the room (and probably listening) would affirm the preeminence of Christ with their lips but not necessarily with their lives. Using Luke 6:46 as a springboard, his application was used by the Holy Spirit to bring fresh conviction to me. I highly recommend this sermon.
Audio from the NEXT Conference is up and online (for free).
The Preeminence of Christ Joshua Harris
Christ’s Incarnation D.A. Carson
Christ’s Life Kevin DeYoung
Christ’s Death C.J. Mahaney
Christ’s Resurrection Sinclair Ferguson
Christ’s Return Sinclair Ferguson
Just Do Something Kevin DeYoung
Radical Womanhood Carolyn McCulley
Audio from the main sessions and part of the workshops are online for the taking. Enjoy.
Session 1: Tim Keller, “The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry” (Acts 19:21-41)
Session 2: John Piper, “Feed the Flame of God’s Gift: Unashamed Courage in the Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:1-12)
Session 3: Phil Ryken, “The Pattern of Sound Words” (2 Timothy 1:13-2:13)
Session 4: Mark Driscoll, “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Timothy 2:14-26)
Session 5: K. Edward Copeland, “Shadowlands: Pitfalls and Parodies of Gospel-Centered Ministry” (2 Timothy 3:1-9)
Session 6: Bryan Chapell, “Preach the Word!” (2 Timothy 3:10-4:5)
Session 7: Ajith Fernando, “Gospel-Faithful Mission in the New Christendom“
Session 8: Panel Discussion: Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan and Crawford Loritts (chair: Stephen Um)
Session 9: Ligon Duncan, “Finishing Well” (2 Timothy 4:6-22)
Session 10: Don Carson, “That By All Means I Might Win Some’: Faithfulness and Flexibility in Gospel Proclamation” (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
I mentioned last week that I was at the Gospel Coalition this week. They will be livecast-ing all the main sessions. So, why not join me in the incredible content that will be available during this week. 
I was really encouraged and challenged by Matt Chandler’s sermon from Sunday, the 12th. The sermon is entitled, “The Call to Mission.” He was preaching on how the reality of the resurrection informs our missional living. He concluded with a rant:
Ladies, how many more Beth Moore studies are we going to do before we run a few plays?
Guys, how many more Bible studies are we going to have before we start living this?
I thought it was an excellent and needed rant. There are many who are passionate for this or that study but aren’t passionate to live it. That is what we need more of. Listen to this sermon and be encouraged yourself.