The Ligonier Ministries National Conference is drawing to a close. We have come to the final day and began with a message from Dr. Robert Godfrey who preached on “The Holiness of God and the Cross.” He began by saying that even as Christians we tend to have a trivial view of sin which turns…
Late this afternoon we heard from Thabiti Anyabwile on “Cosmic Treason: Sin & the Holiness of God.” He began by joking that his name is Swahili and roughly translated means “suffering for Jesus in the Cayman Islands.” And then he got down to business. He read Numbers 25 and divided his exposition of this chapter…
This morning Alistair Begg preached on “The Breath of the Almighty: The Holy Spirit” and used as his text John 16:5-15. I jotted down some notes… The nature of this topic, he said, makes it virtually horizonless. Considerations of any doctrine, but particularly this one, that are not grounded within the controls of the Bible…
This week’s sponsor is christianaudio.com. It seems fitting that, as I blog the Ligonier Ministries National Conference focusing on The Holiness of God that we would give away some copies of the audio version of Sproul’s classic book by the same title. The Holiness of God has sold almost 200,000 copies since it was first…
The subject of God’s holiness has been a theme at Ligonier Ministries since its infancy and it is good to revisit that theme this year, one year before Sproul’s book The Holiness of God reaches its twenty-fifth anniversary. And who better to introduce the subject and kick of the conference proper than Dr. Sproul? He…
The “John Calvin” Mini-Conference wrapped up with a Q&A session featuring the four men who had delivered addresses. It was moderated by John Duncan. This is roughly how it went… Why is Calvin still important 500 years later? Ferguson – because he was really the first great biblical exegete. Other theologians made a mark here…
After a rather tasty lunch we gathered again, this time to hear Sinclair Ferguson speak about “The Doctrines of Grace.” He began by reading Ephesians 1 and said that no man has had a greater impact on his thinking than John Calvin. When we speak of the doctrines of grace, we tend to think about…
The 2009 Ligonier Ministries National Conference begins today. Though the conference proper does not kick off until after dinner, the Pre-Conference, “John Calvin–Celebrating a Legacy” began bright and early. This mini-conference features messages from Al Mohler, Steven Lawson, Sinclair Ferguson and Ligon Duncan. They will each speak one time and will also participate in a…
This is a slightly abbreviated version of my usual “Reading the Classics” post. I am in Orlando and about to begin blogging the Ligonier Ministries National Conference. I am going to need to head to the church in just a few minutes. So I will to leave it to the other participants in this effort…
Why the Time Magazine Trumpeting of New Calvinism Is a Bad ThingThabiti Anyabwile offers seven quick but good reasons on why we should react carefully to this article. Driscoll’s New CalvinismPaul Grimmond, writing for The Sola Panel, offers some interesting thoughts on Mark Driscoll’s comments about the new versus the old Calvinism. Band of Bloggers…
In July of 1984, when Jennifer Thompson was a twenty-three year old college student, a man broke into her apartment while she slept and raped her at knifepoint. She was eventually able to escape from him and later identified her attacker as Ronald Cotton. Though Ronald insisted that he was innocent, he was taken to…
Cornelius Venema’s The Promise of the Future, published in 2000 by Banner of Truth, has been hailed as the most important major Reformed study in biblical eschatology since Anthony Hoekema’s The Bible and the Future (published in 1972). It is not coincidental, I am sure, that Venema is a former student of Hoekema. The Promise…
iPhone Bible ReaderThis Bible reading software for the iPhone is getting better and better. How to Be a Reader (When You Can’t Afford Books)Here is some advice by T-Wax on how to read a lot even when your budget can’t support constant book buying. Calvinism Old and NewR. Scott Clark says “Rather than respond point…
I dedicate a fair amount of attention on this blog to conferences. This is the first time I’ve done so for a conference my church is hosting. We are thrilled to announce that registration for the 2009 edition of the Toronto Pastors Conference is now open! If you are a pastor or a church leader-or…
A few years ago I was asked to submit an article to a local magazine–an article dealing with the “-ism” of my choice. I decided to write about ageism, a subject that had been on my mind at the time. I recently saw that the Christian Post is is republishing a series Dr. Mohler wrote…
Digital Etiquette“This is a friendly call for creators of MP3’s to follow some very simple guidelines that will make end users lives easier, and be a testimony to the messages we preach & teach. If you value the material you post publicly on the Internet, please demonstrate it’s value by following these 3 very simple…
Last week I offered the first of a series of wallpapers to coincide with the Scripture Memorization effort some of us are enjoying. This week we are moving to a new passage of Scripture and hence I wanted to offer you a wallpaper to go along with it. Our new passage is going to be…
It has been a bit of a theme in my life lately–the timeliness and relevance of words spoken or words written many years ago. Such is this case with this quote from the pen of J.C. Ryle, who wrote about the dislike of dogma that was so powerfully present in his day and age. Here…
I’m on my way to Chattanooga, Tennessee today, to spend a bit of time with my family. Next week I’ll head to Orlando and bring live updates from the Ligonier Ministries National Conference. But for today we’ve got some free stuff to give away. This week’s sponsor is P&R Publishing. They have just released Keith…
Are You a Drupal Programmer?I am looking for a Drupal programmer to help me with a project (Discerning Reader, if you must know). Shoot me an email if you think you might be able to help me out! Simeon WorkshopsRichview Baptist Church in Etobicoke, Ontario is hosting the Simeon Trust preaching workshops from March 25-27.…