The Gospel Coalition Workshop audio

The workshop audio from last month’s Gospel Coalition Conference is now available. All 38 sessions are available, plus a number of special events, including a few that will be posted soon. A few titles that looked particularly interesting to me: The Pastor’s Counseling Ministry (David Powlison) Is Your Church a Safe Place for Sad People? […]

2011 Gospel Coalition Conference

The Gospel Coalition Conference begins today at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) with a message by Al Mohler. The messages may be watched live at The Gospel Coalition. Or, if you are unable to watch live, the video will be posted on the Desiring God website an hour after the conclusion of each message. All nine plenary […]

Sola Conference audio

The audio from the Sola Conference this weekend at Countryside Bible Church. With the list of speakers, it was something of a small foretaste of the Shepherds’ Conference next month. Download it here.

Grab Bag

A few things I’ve spotted around the Internet recently: The end of the year means the inevitable “year in review” lists. Here is a list of “Top 10 Theology and Church Stories” (with many supporting links) from Colin Hansen. Accordance recounts a brief (and recent) history of the study Bible. [Accordance is my Bible study […]

An amazing testimony of God’s grace

I regularly listen to the interviews produced by 9 Marks. This month’s conversation is with Mez McConnell — probably a name unknown to most American pastors and church goers. His story is a reminder of grace in two ways. Few will have endured what he did in their childhood and young adult years — that […]

Books and audio updated

I have to come up with an easier and less time-consuming way to update my “currently reading” and “recently on my iPod” pages. Haven’t figured it out yet, so they aren’t updated as often as they could/should be. But, today they have been updated. Hope to do it again in less than three months, unlike […]

Conference update

Last weekend we completed our first of three weekends of training in the Biblical Counselor Training Conference. All the audio for the conference (all ten sessions) is now available online. Lance Quinn also spoke twice on Sunday morning, addressing the topic, “When Affliction Comes” (Ps. 119) during Sunday School, and then providing a 15-point overview […]

Parenting adult children — more resources

This month’s book of the month for our church is the recent release by Jim Newheiser and Elyse Fitzpatrick, You Never Stop Being a Parent. In addition to this book, there are a couple of related resources by Newheiser that are available online. Jim did two seminars on the topic that may be accessed here: […]

What is Biblical counseling?

In a recent four-part series, David Powlison answered the question, “What is Biblical Counseling?” (audio). He has also made available his lecture notes and two other related articles. This material would be good supplement to what Keith is doing in the Tuesday evening GBI “Biblical Counselor Training Class.”

Together for the Gospel audio

Much of the audio from last week’s Together for the Gospel Conference is now posted. All the general sessions except Matt Chandler’s are now posted (the video of Chandler’s session is available). Yet to be posted are the break-out sessions and the panel discussions (always a highlight). I’m just starting to listen to the audio, […]

Talk to yourself

My children somewhat regularly catch me talking to myself — “what did you say, Dad?” “Huh? Oh, nothing. I’m just talking to myself…” And even if it is not audible, everyone engages in much self-talk each day. In fact, the theologian you consult on the most regular basis is almost certainly yourself. For you listen […]

Grab Bag

What I’ve lately been reading and listening to in books and blogs that is noteworthy: Desiring God, “The Difference Between Christianity and Buddhism” Al Mohler, “Permanence Before Experience — The Wisdom of Marriage” Al Mohler, “‘This is Life We’re Talking About’ — Abortion and the Health Care Bill” John Piper talks about “My 2010 Writing […]

Sola Gratia conference audio available

The audio from the messages of the Sola Gratia conference hosted by Countryside Bible Church last weekend is now available. The three speakers for this event were Richard Phillips, Russell Moore, and John Hannah. I missed hearing John Hannah, who spoke only on Sunday, but was introduced to Phillips and Moore, hearing them both for […]

A really good word about killing sin

This may be the best sermon I’ve heard in weeks or even months. In his final message at the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, Sam Storms proposes that the best way to fight sin is to have a different affection. Instead of telling people seek God instead of pleasure, Storms says that we must seek our […]

Good listening

I spend a fair bit of time each week either in my car or on a piece of exercise equipment where I can listen to sermons and lectures that are good for the edification of my soul. If you likewise are interested in adding some beneficial sermons to your iPod, you might consider the audio […]