Last fall, Steve Trint came from Uganda and urged us to follow our call. This week I listened to another podcast by Tim Keller, expanding on that theme from the life of Abraham. If you are wondering what God has in store for you, his exposition of Genesis 11:27-12:9 would be a great place to start: Real Security and the Call of God
I also listened to a timely and informative discussion of the inspiration of Scripture on The Whitehorse Inn. They touch on plenary verbal inspiration, inerrancy, the science of textual criticism, Bart Ehrman, John Shelby Spong and the reasonableness of the claim that the Bible is inspired and trustworthy. There are a number of helpful resources linked at their site, as well. This is a valuable resource for those going through our course on Bible Study Methods.
The men will be reading through Miracles by C.S. Lewis. Mike Anderson will be leading our discussions, beginning Tuesday April 13 @ 6AM @ Java John’s in Nevada City. You are welcome to read along with us even if:
1. You can’t make it on Tuesday mornings
2. You aren’t a guy
3. You don’t care for C.S. Lewis (as I remarked to one brother a month ago, the authors we read aren’t perfect and their books aren’t Scripture)
It will provide us many opportunities for discussion and mutual edification around the table, at McDonalds or on Facebook.
Buy a copy of Miracles here, at your favorite Christian bookstore, or… you can often find a copy at a thrift or used bookstore.
The Desiring God Pastor’s Conference this year was a celebration of joy, inspired by the writings of C.S. Lewis and you may find John Piper’s treatment of Lewis enlightening and inspiring (audio, video and manuscript). Just follow the link to access a number of messages by Piper, Sam Storms, Eric Mason and others.
Eric Mason
Paul urged his young disciple, Timothy:
Remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Timothy 1:3–5 ESV)
Sound or healthy doctrine is the means to an end: Love. If we are to love God and others as we ought to, we must come to the Word of God with a pure heart and a good conscience, which flows out of a sincere faith. We also need to be instructed. So, who do I listen to beside the teachers and believers at NCCF? Well, I find that God puts different teachers in my life at different times, in order to give me a well-rounded, balanced view of Scripture. Lately, I’ve been podcasting Matt Chandler, R.C. Sproul and folks associated with the Acts 29 Network. My needs change and I’ll let you know who’s on my radar from time to time.
Last week I found this timely message on the subject of discipleship by Eric Mason. Eric is one of the pastors at Epiphany Fellowship. Eric is a brilliant theologian, ministering to the hip-hop generation. “Our mission is to show off the glory of Christ in every area of life.” Their vision statement follows it and says “Our vision is to comprehensively make disciples in a culturally relevant way to impact the world to Jesus Christ’s glory.”
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Dr. Timothy Keller
We all know that fear is a very present reality. How should we deal with it? Defining moments from the lives of David and Abram give us biblical and practical ways to deal with fear through prayer. Tim Keller is a church planter and pastor of Redeemer Church in Manhattan.
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