Kevin DeYoung preached to the students of Boyce College last week, and it was outstanding. His text was Mark 3:7-19, and his topic was “Defining Discipleship Down.” The title is a riff on Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1993 article “Defining Deviancy Down.” This is a must-listen. You can download or listen by clicking below. Defining Discipleship Down [Download Here] Thank you, Kevin, for your faithful ministry and for serving our students so well.
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Bruce Waltke on ABC News
ABC News reported on the situation with Bruce Waltke. Peter Enns, Randall Balmer, and Ken Ham are interviewed for the report.
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Goodbye Texas Stadium
I know it’s corny, but I confess getting a little misty watching this one. We knew this day was coming, and I already waxed nostalgic about it a while back. Nevertheless, it sure was sad to see the house that Landry and Staubach built finally come down. It was a field of dreams for me.
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Obamacare and Civil Disobedience
I’ve already been asked about the morality of paying taxes to the U. S. government in light of the new healthcare law which provides federal subsidies for abortion. Albert Mohler answers that question today in an extended essay on his website, and I commend it to you. “Render Unto Caesar? On Paying Taxes After Obamacare” – by Albert Mohler Mohler builds on two New Testament texts in particular that I think are important: Romans 13:1-7 and 1 Peter 2:13-17. Mohler rightly identifies the governing authority during Paul’s and Peter’s time as the Roman Empire. Both texts command Christians to subject themselves to governing authorities, and Romans 13:7 specifically commands Christians…
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Spurgeon on the Cross
The whole of the tremendous debt was put upon his shoulders; the whole weight of the sins of all his people was placed upon him. Once he seemed to stagger under it: “Father, if it be possible.” But again he stood upright: “Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.” The whole of the punishment of his people was distilled into one cup; no mortal lip might give it so much as a solitary sip. When he put it to his own lips, it was so bitter, he well nigh spurned it—”Let this cup pass from me.” But his love for his people was so strong, that he took the…
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Did Christ Die for Us or for God?
In 1998, a Copernican Revolution was in the offing in my life. It began like a thunderbolt with a sermon from John Piper on Romans 3:25-26. I was studying theology at Dallas Theological Seminary, yet this message delivered at a collegiate conference was the most important thing I heard during my seminary career. It was the most powerful exposition of the innermost meaning of the cross that I had ever heard. As you meditate on the cross this Good Friday, I thought you might benefit from it too. Download here or listen below. [audio:http://cdn.desiringgod.org/audio/events/19980101.mp3]
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Why John Piper Invited Rick Warren
John Piper has received some criticism for inviting Rick Warren to speak at the 2010 Desiring God National Conference. In this video, he explains why he invited him. There is a slightly longer version of this video available here.
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Mohler, Hamilton, Ware on NPR News
NPR News recently reported on Southern Seminary’s forum on Brian McLaren’s new book A New Kind of Christianity. The report includes remarks from Jim Hamilton, Bruce Ware, and Albert Mohler. You can listen to the report below or read the article here. [audio:http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2010/03/20100326_me_07.mp3?dl=1] Brian McLaren also speaks in this interview. His remarks confirm what was already clear in his book. McLaren rejects penal substitutionary atonement and says that he no longer believes in a “God who needs blood in order to be appeased.” McLaren also indicates that Jesus is not the only way to be saved. The report is slanted from the outset. She calls Hamilton and Ware “angry” and…
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Country Music, and Antinomianism
The Towers recently interviewed Russell Moore about his love of country music. It’s a fascinating piece, and you should read it. I thought one exchange was particularly insightful and prophetic: Towers: Americans are said to live within a contradiction in which a deep religiosity exists alongside a fairly pronounced ethical Antinomianism and many see country music as reflecting that paradox. Do you agree with that? Moore: Yes, but I don’t think it’s American, I think it’s Southern Baptist. Most of the country music that we hear is coming from a person who has either been redeemed through a Southern Baptist version of Christianity or damned by a Southern Baptist version…
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Stupak to Vote “Yes,” HCR Will Pass
Bart Stupak has just announced that he will vote in favor of healthcare reform. He will do so on the basis of a promise from President Obama to sign an executive order barring federal funding of abortion. You can read the executive order here. I’ve read the executive order. I’m no lawyer, but the order does appear to uphold the standards of the Hyde Amendment—a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds to pay for abortions. I think that is a good thing, but I am still not satisfied with this agreement. An executive order only lasts as long as the sitting president’s tenure and resolve to keep it…