Tony Reinke asks John Piper if Chris Broussard was right with regard to Jason Collins’ public announcement that he was both a practicing homosexual and a Christian. You can listen below or at the Desiring God site.
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Almost Christian – Kenda Creasy Dean
The Center for Youth Ministry Training has a lengthy, informative review of Kenda Creasy Dean’s provocative book, Almost Chrsitian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church. Here’s an excerpt:
Four characteristics tend to accompany consequential faith in teenagers
Dean names four characteristics (or cultural tools) that occur with regularity in those whom the NSYR found to be highly devoted. First, teens with consequential faith tend to have “a creed to believe” and were able to articulate their beliefs about a God who was both personal and powerful (71). Second, teens with consequential faith tend to have a “community to belong to”—they find identity within their congregations and have a significant number of adults with whom they can speak about issues of faith and life (73). Third, teenagers whose faith makes a difference in their lives evidence a “call to live out”—they understand their lives as being oriented by a divine vocation on behalf of others rather than being oriented to pursuit of self (75). Fourth, consequential faith seems to come attached with a “hope to hold onto”—a belief that their lives are caught up in a larger story that’s “going somewhere” because it is guided by God (77).
Read the whole thing. Or check out Michael Horton’s audio interview of Professor Dean (she’s a professor of Youth, Church, and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary).
Crossway Needs Immediate Help
If you’ve benefited from Crossway resources over the years, please take a moment to listen to this urgent message from Crossway’s President, Lane Dennis:
A flood recently swept through Crossway’s headquarters. About two feet of water poured into our 32 first-floor offices due to unrelenting rains. The damage was extensive and repairs and rebuilding will take five or six months. More important, however, is the impact this could have on major ministry projects that we have planned.
As a not-for-profit ministry, Crossway is not only committed to publishing the ESV Bible and gospel-centered content, but also to providing God’s Word to hundreds of thousands of people overseas, either free or at a substantially reduced cost. Because of the recent flood, however, some of these international ministry efforts are now at risk. Continue Reading…
Justification and Adoption
These are excellent messages on justification and adoption, and what these truths mean for us:
Union with Christ:
Francis Schaeffer: How Shall We Then Live?
Dr. Scaeffer’s amazing series of video messages on the rise and decline of Western culture is now available for free on YouTube. I assume this was cleared by the appropriate agencies. Here’s the Episode 1, on The Roman Age:
Fal$e Teacher$
From Shai Linne’s new album Lyrical Theology, Pt. 1: Theology, comes a song called Fal$e Teacher$ which “names names.”
Did Jesus Spend Saturday Night in Hell?
The Apostles Creed begins:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead.
Many of us were raised with the notion that Jesus went to hell on Friday after dying on the cross. For a day and a half, he preached in hell before his resurrection on Sunday. The Scriptural support given for this view primarily comes from a few passages in I Peter. Here’s one:
What Does It Mean for Jesus to Despise Shame?
Hebrews 12:1-2 was the first passage I ever memorized:
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
The phrase “despising the shame” has always intrigued me. Today, John Piper unpacks what he thinks it means for Jesus to have “despised the shame.” An excerpt:
Begin with Creation, Not Sin
Nancy Pearcey:
Beginning with sin instead of creation is like trying to read a book by opening it in the middle: You don’t know the characters and can’t make sense of the plot.
–Total Truth, p. 88
Contend: Defending the Faith in a Fallen World
I haven’t yet seen this book, but it sounds very promising. I had the pleasure of meeting Aaron last year and enjoyed a few good conversations with him. He’s a sharp guy, and this is an important topic in our day of increased hostility to the historic, exclusive, pride-offending Christian message. Two blurbs:
“Exactly the kind of book the church needs in our moment….will equip the church to be as bold as a lion, and to roar as Luther, Calvin, Spurgeon, and Machen before us.”
Owen Strachan, Boyce College
“A balanced and passionate appeal especially to young believers….May this call be heard far and wide.”
Dr. Peter Jones, truthXchange
Armstrong is also the author of Awaiting a Savior.
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