Reformation Scotland

I have recently been reading a biography about the Scottish Reformer John Knox. The book is titled "The Plain Mr. Knox" by Elizabeth Whitley. It has sparked my interest in finding out more about the Reformation in Scotland and in the investigation I stumbled on a very good web site called Reformation Scotland. I would invite you to check it out. They have many good articles and a number of lectures that you can download.

The New Calvinism reported by Time

In the March 23, 2009 Annual Special Edition of Time Magazine cover feature "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." Number 3 on the list was titled "The New Calvinism."

The article mentions those who are at the forefront of this "New Calvinism" as John Piper, Minneapolis, Mark Driscoll, Seattle, and Al Mohler the head of Southern Theological Seminary.

The top 10 list is as follows:

Jobs are the New Assets
Recycling the Suburbs
The New Calvinism
Reinstating the Interstate
Amortality
Africa, Business Destination
The Rent-a-Country
Biobanks
Survival Stores
Ecological Intelligence

This article is well written and has a real finger on the pulse of the evangelical community. This shoudl get some converations going.

"Boomer in the Pew" celebrates one year of blogging.

Crossway the publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) has many excellent print editions and free ESV audio that you can listen to. You can read it on line at the ESV official web site or listen to passages at the Crossway site.

My pastor John Piper uses the ESV from the pulpit and we have it in the pew. Did I say pew? That makes me think of a great blog that is celebrating its 1st birthday. Check out Boomer in the Pew now you won't be disappointed. Boomer in the Pew is another great resource of a Christ centered blog that has great links and blog entries that will encourage your soul.

As David Porter celebrates his first year of blogging, he is giving away a free ESV Bible. Check out the rules for his drawing at Boomer in the Pew. You can view the special edition of the ESV that he will give away at his blog.

Naming God

Last weekend and this weekend I had the privilage of hearing D. A. Carson teach through half the Bible on Naming God.

Purpose: The purpose of this series of lectures is two-fold:
It is intended to explain what Christianity is all about in a non-reductionistic and non-simplistic way. Seekers are welcome. Carson will trace the storyline of Scripture, and articulating Christianity in such a way as to cause hearers either to reject or embrace the gospel.
On the other hand, this series is intended to explain what Christianity looks like. What is the compass? What are the claims of the gospel? It is one thing to know the storyline of Scripture, it is quite another to know one's role within the ongoing story of God's redemption of creation. It engages Christians at the worldview level, at the rub of gospel and culture.


The seminar covered topics as follows:
The God who made everything
The God who does not wipe out rebels
The God who writes his own agreements
The God who legislates
The God who reigns
The God who makes his people sing
The God who is unfathomably wise
The God who is coming
The God who becomes a human being
The God who grants new birth
The God who loves
The God who dies--and lives
The God who declares the guilty just
The God who gathers and transforms his people
The God who is very angry
The God who triumphs


They will be recording these sessions. The Gospel Coalition will be making the sessions available on theirsite at a later date to be determined.

John said that?

A man with God is always in the majority. - John Knox