Being Gospel Driven is something I am trying to get my hands consistently around without imposing my paradigm on to the scriptural intent of ministry. Here is a great article by Joe Thorn that is helping me to that end: Gospel-Centered Assimilation � joethorn.net see also www.disciplemaking.net
I applaud Ray Ortland for his attitude when it comes to theology and ministry and fellowship. Read this and see if it resonates with you. Overcoming the tendency of our hearts and our theological distinctives to make us aloof from other Christians by Ray Ortland originally entitled: #10: Truly Reformed – a post from: Ray Ortlund I believe in the sovereignty of God, the Five Points of Calvinism, the Solas of the Reformation, I believe that grace precedes faith in regeneration. Theologically, I am Reformed. Sociologically, I am simply a Christian – or at least I want to be. The tricky thing about our
Gospel Growth = People Growth – CONFERENCE AUDIO More and more I am glad to understand “Gospel Growth” and it implications for the church rather than the unbalanced theology of “Church Growth” methodology. The following are audio of the Gospel grwoth=Peopple Growth Conference in 2009. Listen, learn, apply and enjoy.. D.A. CarsonIntroduction: Ministry, Motives, and MentorsMP3 [34mb]50minDavid HelmThe Personal Work of Gospel WitnessMP3 [42mb]61minMark DeverThe Four Ps of Evangelical MinistryMP3 [31mb]44minPhillip JensenBiblical Theology of Ministry 1: The Aim and Method of Ministry (degraded audio quality) Phillip JensenBiblical Theology of Ministry 2: All God’s People as Prophets and Disciple-MakersMP3 [54mb]79minPhillip JensenWhat
Here is a good article on Law and Gospel: The Continuing Relevance Of Divine Law by Fred Zaspel see also www.disciplemaking.net
from Matthias Media and The Briefing In Scripture, God teaches us that true life is to be found only in the knowledge of the true and living God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It also warns us that the times we live in will be marked by doctrinal error and godless living. We therefore commit ourselves to proclaim and contend for the following teachings of the Bible, being convinced that these truths express not only the liberating faith once for all delivered to the saints, but the points at which that faith is under threat at the present time. 1.
Gospel at the Center: “ I would encourage you to meditate on the following explanation of what is means to be Gospel centered from the Elders and leaders of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California: The gospel is at the center of all we do. The “gospel” is the good news that through Jesus, the Messiah, the power of God’s kingdom has entered history to renew the whole world. Through the Savior God has established his reign. When we believe and rely on Jesus’ work and record (rather than ours) for our relationship to God, that kingdom power comes
Here is an important transcription of “Rightly Dividing the Word: Law and Gospel” – a broadcast of the White Horse Inn radio program that originally aired on May 22, 2005. The White Horse Inn exists to equip Christians to “know what you believe and why you believe it.” For more information about the White Horse Inn, please visit www.whitehorseinn.org or call (800) 890-7556.” Rightly Dividing the Word of God: Law and Gospel see also www.disciplemaking.net
Six New Books on the Gospel: by C.J. Mahaney “The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough,” wrote Martin Luther.* By God’s grace I have been a Christian for 38 years. I agree with Luther—I still cannot hear the gospel enough. Each morning I seek to preach the gospel to myself by my study of Scripture and through the strategic reading of supplemental books about the cross. Over the past several months it has not been difficult to find enough books to fill this role. Six wonderful new books on the gospel have
Machen On The Law And The Gospel by Tullian TchividjianAs I continue to work through a proper Biblical understanding of the relationship between God’s Law and God’s Gospel, I found this quote from J. Gresham Machen, taken from his book What is Faith? (1925), very helpful: A new and more powerful proclamation of law is perhaps the most pressing need of the hour; men would have little difficulty with the gospel if they had only learned the lesson of the law. As it is, they are turning aside from the Christian pathway; they are turning to the village of Morality,
Goldsworthy: “If something is not what God did in and through the historical Jesus two thousand years ago, it is not the gospel.”: “ “The gospel is the event (or the proclamation of that event) of Jesus Christ that begins with his incarnation and earthly life, and concludes with his death, resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father. This historical event is interpreted by God as his preordained program for the salvation of the world. “The gospel centers on what God did for us in the incarnate Christ in order to save us from sin, the devil
I am first of all a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I affirm Evangelical Christian beliefs as well as Gospel driven in philosophy of ministry. I am married to Ann and am raising 2 wonderful boys – Jonathan and Andrew. My purpose is to build disciplemaking disciples that are becoming fishers of men in fully displaying of God’s Glory in all things. Learn more