I have been greatly helped in recent days by Mark Driscoll’s podcast and a series he did entitled Pray Like Jesus. I commend it to you as this week’s free audio of the week.
JE’s Preaching…
Tony Reinke’s blog, Miscellanies, has a review of John Carrick’s recent book The Preaching of Jonathan Edwards, including a PDF attachment of an excerpt.
In related Edwards news, the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University (which houses Edward’s works and recently completed their publishing), have made them accessable online. To view them, go here. You will have to register first, though. Happy browsing and ENJOY!
MM – Quick Fix…
We all like quick fixes. A quick fix to help with your marriage is to forsake comforts. In last night’s small group curriculum, our church read the following (from John Butler’s chapter “Never Say Comfortable in Why Small Groups?):
We love our comfort, don’t we? Our urge to pursue pleasure is deep and universal. Yet there are many places in our lives where God desires to put this urge to death. This may sound harsh, but I know from personal experience–including many confrontations over my own love of comfort–that it is true. Small groups can provide excellent opportunities for us to die to excessive love of comfort by embracing the changes and challenges God brings our way.
As much as this is true for small groups, it is infinitely more true in marriage. God desires to rid us of our comforts and marriage is a great tool of sanctification in His hands to remove those selfish, cancerous comforts that exist. Let’s make it a quick fix, though, by continually seeking to serve our spouses and not our own comforts. Doing this is simply yielding to all that God wants to do in and through us.
Long Term Planning
If you are a regular reader you might pray for me as I am in Wichita doing some long term planning for life and the church. I try to get away a couple of times a year to clear my head, think out loud, and get lots of ideas on paper. Pray that this time would be fruitful. Thanks.
Audio – Don’t Waste Your…
In just the past few days, I’ve enjoyed 3 sermons from Covenant Life Church’s Don’t Waste Your Life series:
Robin Boisvert on Don’t Waste Your Vote
Gregg Harris on Don’t Waste Your Kids
Mark Mitchell on Don’t Waste Your Job
Enjoy!
MM – On Manhood
Listening to a sermon from Mark Driscoll this AM on the elliptical, I heard a great definition of what it means to be a man. He says something to the effect of…
“A man is one who does his responsibilities.”
(from the Podcast on 7/13/08. A sermon entitled: “The OX: Qualifications of a Church Planter” at the 24:30 mark)
As I think about being a godly husband and father, what does Driscoll’s definition of manhood have to say to me? It has much to say. Being a man means that I lovingly lead my wife and children to be godly.
Guys? How about you?
Further ESV Study Bible Stuff…
James Grant posted an interview IMonk did with David Powlison. What’s exciting and promising is the excerpt from the Study Bible which was also linked to: David Powlison writing on “Reading The Bible For Personal Application” (one of many helpful articles to be found in it).
Audio – Recommended by Thabiti
As you know, on Wednesdays I usually recommend a free audio resource from the web. Today, I will let Thabiti speak. Thabiti listened to C.J. preach on A Husband’s Responsibilities and How To Change. Among other things, this question stood out from his reflections for men, as we relate to our wives:
“What am I doing each day to serve my wife that involves sacrifice, that costs me something?”
Read more of Thabiti’s reflections including the main points of this sermon here. Be encouraged to be a godly husband as well.
More on ESV Study Bible…
They now have a blog (today featuring the map that will appear in Study Bible of Ancient Rome).
ESV Study Bible Video Intro…
Check this out:
(HT: J. Mark Bertrand)
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