Think about your death. Think about your death a lot. Ask what you’d like to be doing in the season of life, or hours or days, leading up to meeting Christ. I do that a lot these days (John Piper).
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. . . and we pledge that we will pray for you. We have hope in our sovereign God.
The Gospel Coalition Conference starts today at 2:00 PM (CDT) and will be streaming live. The schedule for the conference is as follows:
Tuesday 21 April 2009
2:00 pm | Session 1: Tim Keller, “The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry” (Acts 19:21-41)
4:00 pm | Session 2: John Piper, “Feed the Flame of God’s Gift: Unashamed Courage in the Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:1-12)
7:00 pm | Session 3: Phil Ryken, “The Pattern of Sound Words” (2 Timothy 1:13-2:13)
8:00 pm | Session 4: Mark Driscoll, “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Timothy 2:14-26)
Wednesday 22 April 2009
9:30 am | Session 5: K Edward Copeland, “Shadowlands: Pitfalls and Parodies of Gospel-Centered Ministry” (2 Timothy 3:1-9)
11:00 am | Session 6: Bryan Chapell, “Preach the Word!” (2 Timothy 3:10-4:5)
7:00 pm | Session 7: Ajith Fernando, “Gospel-Faithful Mission in the New Christendom”
8:00 pm | Session 8: Panel Discussion: Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan and Crawford Loritts
Thursday 23 April 2009
9:30 am | Session 9: Ligon Duncan, “Finishing Well” (2 Timothy 4:6-22)
11:00 am | Session 10: DA Carson, “‘That By All Means I Might Win Some’: Faithfulness and Flexibility in Gospel Proclamation” (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
I’m excited Dr. Duncan is in the panel discussion, but I’m bummed DA Carson isn’t in it.
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This is the trailer for the Resolved 2009 Conference, June 12-15.
If God permits, I’ll be there!
Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy (Romans 9:11-16).
Romans 9 is like a tiger going about devouring free-willers like me (John Piper, 1968).
The sermon below, John Piper’s The Freedom and Justice of God in Unconditional Election, is one of my all-time favorite sermons. Between 2004 and 2005, I spent dozens of nights listening to this sermon and weeping my eyes out. The rest of the sermons from Piper’s series on Romans 9 are also some really good resources on unconditional election.
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Some have been surprised by John Piper’s invitation to Doug Wilson to speak at the 2009 Desiring God Conference. Wilson gained infamy in Presbyterian circles for his involvement in the controversial Federal Vision movement within the Presbyterian church, which is loosely tied to the New Perspective on Paul in the broader Protestant church.
In the Q&A of the 2008 Resurgence Conference, Piper (while sitting next to another controversial figure) was asked the question, Does Wilson preach another gospel? The following clip is his response:
Although I’m not in any way disapproving of Piper’s choice to have Wilson speak at the upcoming Desiring God Conference (I love most of what Wilson has done outside of Federal Vision), I am surprised. I hope Piper will explain at some point why he chose Wilson. He knew it would be a controversial choice, and I look forward to seeing how he responds to the critics.
Wilson’s three hour examination by the CREC Presbytery is available at http://www.christkirk.com/DougWilsonCREC.asp. Following the examination, Wilson was unanimously found to be within the bounds of historic Reformed theology by the churches of the CREC at the recommendation of the examination committee.
I get very tired of people coming to look at staff positions in my church, which is in downtown Minneapolis. We all live in the inner city, and one of the first questions they ask is, “Will my children be safe?” And I want to say, “Would you ask that question tenth and not first?” I’m just tired of hearing that. I’m tired of American priorities. Whoever said that your children will be safe in the call of God? . . .
Jesus dies and he suffers for people all over the world in every nation. Then he is buried and, according to the Scriptures, raised on the third day. Then he ascends into heaven where he reigns over the world. And he leaves a work to be done.
Paul’s self understanding of his mission is that there is one thing lacking in the sufferings of Jesus. The love offering of Christ is to be presented in person through missionaries to the peoples for whom he died. And Paul says, “I do this in my sufferings. In my sufferings I complete what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.” Which means that Christ intends for the Great Commission to be a presentation to the nations of the sufferings of his cross through the sufferings of his people. That’s the way it will be finished. If you sign up for the Great Commission, that’s what you sign up for (John Piper).
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been (Revelation 6:9-11).
John Piper recently answered questions from singles at his church. This is worth listening to.
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