.. Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum’s much anticipated book, Kingdom through Covenant, has recently been released. It is certainly worth the purchase, as I anticipate that it will have an impact on the debates concerning how Christians “put the Bible together.” The continuity and discontinuity of the Bible has typically been understood in dispensational or covenantal terms, with certain variations of each. Gentry and Wellum attempt to offer a mediating view (“Progressive Covenantalism”), utilizing the latest in linguistic studies as well as updated insights on the ancient Near East and its implications for how we view the biblical covenants. I know

John Piper and Jason Meyer – First Chat about Succession: Collin Hansen at the Gospel Coalition writes: In this interview with Justin Taylor, Meyer and Piper talk together in public about the Bethlehem succession for the first time, just days after more than 99 percent of the church supported Meyer’s candidacy. Piper and Meyer explain why they avoided public talk about their impressions from the Lord about the transition and how they sought strong affirmation from leaders and members without wielding a strong arm over the decision. Meyer also explains how he changed his mind about leading Bethlehem when God promised

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Tim Keller writes a useful article on how Christians should use the Old Testament and why we don’t adhere to all the “clean” laws in it.  What initially concerned me though is that he does see the change in how we live in the New Testament does differ as Disciples of Christ from the Old Testament.  When he states, the coming of Christ changed how we worship but not how we live I do think it changes how we live.  Pastor Wade Burleson explains my idea: The coming of Christ changes everything about the way we live. We are now people led

Here are 5 questions to ask yourself to see if you should read a book or if you should recommend a book to others.  Does It Draw Its Truth from Scripture? Is It Faithful to the Bible? Does It Have a Gospel Focus? Does It Lead To Other Sound Teaching? Is It Well-Written? Does It Advance a Discussion? You can read an article by Tim Challes on this at 5 Questions To Ask of a Book see also www.disciplemaking.net

Against Preaching: Preaching In A Media-Saturated Culture: This post is part of The Disciple Making Preacher series by NATHAN CREITZ. This series attempts to answer those who are against preaching and to propose that preaching is an irreplaceable means of disciple making in the church today. The prophets of doom in today’s Church are confidently predicting that the day of preaching is over. It is a dying art, they say, an outmoded form of communication, ‘an echo from an abandoned past’. John Stott Modern forms of communication have had a profound effect on preaching, preachers, and parishioners today. Some preachers have shortened their

I cannot tell you how much I agree with this biblical directive.  The reason I have a problem with habbitual sin is because I don’t worship God like I should.  Tony Reinke at Desiring God quotes the following from a sermon by Tim Keller which you can down load here. Here is the quote: If you are a Christian and you are dealing with enslaving habits, it’s not enough to say, “Bad Christian, stop it.” And it is not enough to beat yourself up or merely try harder and harder and harder. The real reason that you’re having a problem

Andrew Fuller If we wish to see the Baptist denomination prosper, we must not expend our zeal so much in endeavouring to make men Baptists, as in labouring to make Baptists and others Christians. -Andrew Fuller see also www.disciplemaking.net