The Westminster Confession of Faith - 1647

I want to embark on a journey going through the Westminster Confession of Faith that were established in 1647. Each day I plan to post a chapter to meditate on and review the truths that are stated in them.

The importance of this confession are noted by B.B. Warfield in this quote; "As truly as in the cases of the Nicene and Chalcedonian formularies, the Westminster Standards mark an epoch in the history of human reflection on the truths of the gospel—an epoch in the attainment and registry of doctrinal truth; and as truly in the one case as in the other the statements they give of the truths that fall in their sphere are scientifically final. All attempts at restatement must either repeat their definitions or fall away from the purity of their conceptions or the justness of their language."—Benjamin B. Warfield, "The Significance of the Westminster Standards as a Creed," (1897).

I look forward to the days ahead in looking at the Westminster Confession in a day by day adventure. This document is thoroughly Biblical, and thoroughly Calvinistic.

Pure Church Blog

Thabiti Anyabwile who was one of the speakers at the recent Desiring God Pastors Conference has a blog thats goal is, "A contemplation of all things church... and a desire for an increasingly pure church reformed by the word of God."

You can listen to Thabiti give his testimony of how he was converted from Islam to Christianity. "From Mecca to Calvary"

Visit Pure Church blog.

2006 Pastors Conference Audo at Phoenix Seminary

The audio of the messages from the 2006 Phoenix Seminary Pastors Conference is now online.
Listen to
The Centrality of God in the Feeling of a Pastor
...in the Thinking of a Pastor
...in the Preaching of a Pastor
These messages are also available on DVD.

All this an more is online at www.desiringgod.org

Screwtape Letters - Movie 2008

Walden Media plans to produce a movie adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel The Screwtape Letters with Ralph Winter Productions.
The film, the company's second Lewis effort, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, grossed $744 million worldwide, Variety.com reported. The sequel to that movie, Prince Caspian, is due out next year. Winter is the producer of The X-Men and The Fantastic Four.
"The Screwtape Letters will be a live-action movie, embodying Christian themes, Variety.com reported. First published in 1942, The Screwtape Letters features correspondence between senior demon Screwtape and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As a mentor, Screwtape advises his protégé on how to undermine the faith and promote sin to an earthly man known only as “the Patient.”"
The Screwtape Letters will be produced via Walden's Bristol Bay Productions, which produced Amazing Grace, due to open in theaters nationwide this weekend.

2007 Pastors Conference Audo

The recent 2007 Pastors Conference held in Minneapolis February 5-7 was well attended with about 1400 pastors from around the country and from places like the Dominican Republic, South Africa, India.

Listen to the sessions at the links below.
Session 1, R.C. SproulThe Holiness of God
Session 2, Thabiti Anyabwile The Glory of Pervasive Holiness in the Life of a Pastor
Session 3, R. C. SproulThe Holiness of Christ
Session 4, John Piper Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision: Andrew Fuller’s Broadsides Against Sandemanianism, Hyper-Calvinism, and Global Unbelief
Session 5, R.C. Sproul Holiness and Justice
Session 6, William Mackenzie Words for the World: Rejoicing in God’s Global Use of Christian Literature
Session 7, Anyabwile, Mackenzie, and PiperPanel Discussion

For more information on this conference see the Desiring God link.