Came across this site today: Faith By Hearing, which encourages readers to “seize their commute” to grow in godliness. Today’s helpful post involved optimizing MP3’s for use…really good stuff.
Another Carson Interview…
Over at 9Marks, the latest interview with Dr. Don Carson is online.
I loved this one, especially given my bibliophilic tendencies. This particular interview discusses the incredible breadth of material that has come from Dr. Carson’s pen. Enjoy!
Boisvert on Bitterness…
I was greatly encouraged, challenged and edified by listening to a sermon recently preached by Robin Boisvert (who is one of the co-authors of the curriculum our church is currently using for small groups). The sermon is entitled What the Gospel Says to Our Bitterness, and it is part of Covenant Life‘s continued exposition through Ephesians. What is always appreciate about this church and its pastors are their unflinching commitment to center everything they do on the Gospel. Listen and see if you don’t agree.
ESV Online for IPOD
Just when you thought the ESV couldn’t get any cooler, along comes this post, showing how to download audio of passages onto your IPOD.
Conference Audio Page…
All the resources from the 2009 Desiring God Conference for Pastors is now online.
Chandler on Church…
Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church, is preaching a series on the church and it is excellent. Here are the sermons and links so far…
1/10/09 – Our Church Heritage
1/17/09 – The Church Universal
1/25/09 – The Church Local
He mentioned that the sermon on 2/1/09 would be on Elders and how they relate to the body.
Excellent stuff.
Sanctification in Community…
Matt Chandler, in a sermon on 1/4/09 (2009, Part 2) at the 44:00 mark:
Your relationship with Christ, your spirituality, although immensely personal, was not designed to be private. The more you make your struggles and your victories privatized, you turn sanctification into a crawl. It was not designed to be that way.
Chandler admits he’s banging the drum of Biblical community.
So, how are you in opening up your life to others? Or are you actively pursuing pride?
Audio for Week of Prayer
As our church is pursuing a Week of Prayer together, I thought I would commend an excellent sermon by John Piper. He preached this a couple of weeks ago to kick off the Week of Prayer at Bethlehem. I was especially moved in being reminded that prayer is a wartime activity, not just praying for the stuff of earth. Here it is:
Put In The Fire for the Sake of Prayer – John 16:16-24
SOW – Matt Chandler on Rebuke
Free audio you must check out:
Matt Chandler’s latest sermon: The Anatomy of a Rebuke
SOW – Piper’s Advent Poems
For today’s free audio recommendation, if you’ve never listened to them, you simply must receive the gift of poetry that John Piper gives his congregation each year. All the years are collected in a handy list according to date.
If you are looking for a good place to start and you want it to be more of a holiday feel, check out The Innkeeper.