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Al Mohler – Study Video from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

How do cups of coffee beans help books? Find out on this tour of Al Mohler’s study.

• Justin Taylor shares an Outline of Biblical History from Graeme Goldsworthy’s book According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible
• Justin also points to the ESV Bible reading plans and the six ways to read them as well as instructions on getting your Bible reading plan by podcast.
• Don Whitney proposes Ten Questions (plus some) for the New Year
• ChurchCrunch.com shares 5 Reasons Why Your Ministry Should Use Dropbox — not only is Dropbox great for ministries but anyone with a computer needs it. It’s a super easy way to keep files backed up and a quick way to share large files or photos and much more with anyone. Get Dropbox using this link and you and I get extra storage space for free.

Do you make New Years resolutions? Some of us do and often they’re the kind of resolutions you make that aren’t a huge deal if you fail to follow through. Want to lose a few pounds during the next year, exercise more, watch less TV, or read more books? Those are good resolutions but I want to challenge you to set some loftier goals for yourself in the new year.

Jonathan Edwards knew something about resolutions and his weren’t focused on the beginning of a new year but were written over a period of about two years.

John Piper, in his book, Don’t Waste Your Life, says this about Jonathan Edwards…

I thank God that Edwards did not waste his life. It ended abruptly from a failed smallpox vaccination when he was fifty-four. But he had lived well. His life is inspiring because of his zeal not to waste it, and because of his passion for the supremacy of God.

Jonathan Edwards was a pretty serious maker of resolutions. He’d made a list of resolutions during the years 1722-1723, resolutions 1-21 were written in one sitting — if printed out they would likely be as long as my arm — seventy resolutions in all. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sharing the Gospel with your children is a privilege not to be taken lightly. As a follow-up to my post on Childhood Conversions last week let me point you to a two part series I greatly appreciate on evangelizing children from Shepherds Fellowship.

Here’s a brief overview:

Common Pitfalls in Evangelizing Children

1. Oversimplifying the Gospel of Christ
2. Coercing a Profession of Faith
3. Assuming the Reality of Regeneration
4. Assuring the Child of Salvation
5. Rushing the Ordinance of Baptism

Foundational Keys to Evangelizing Children

1. Setting a Consistent Example of Godliness
2. Proclaiming the Complete Gospel of Christ
3. Understanding the Biblical Evidences of Salvation
4. Encouraging Possible Signs of Conversion
5. Trusting the Absolute Sovereignty of God

Here’s the two part article:
Evangelizing Children (Part 1)
Evangelizing Children (Part 2)

What’s necessary for your child to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ? Jim Elliff delivers some helpful thinking on Childhood Conversions — helpful thoughts for all parents, pastors and youth workers.

My brother Ken pointed me to this yesterday and I thought I’d share. This statement from John MacArthur is just the challenge that I and all pastor’s need today when pulled in many different directions and told that so many other things are more important than preaching the Word of God for the good of God’s people.

MacArthur makes the point well that the sanctification of God’s people cannot be ignored for the sake of unbelievers. In fact it’s for the good of unbelievers that a pastor does his job well, feeding God’s people the Word of God.

November 8, 2009 – AM Service
Lessons on Finishing Well, Part 4, 2 Timothy 4:9-22
Pastor Kevin

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Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God, by Bruce A. Ware is a great book for helping youngsters and young people and even big people learn about God. I’ve been using this book with our family at the breakfast table on weekdays for a few weeks and have found it most helpful for teaching our children powerful truths about God.

Dr. Ware recently spoke on the topic and purpose of the book — get the audio and outline by clicking here.

This would make a great Christmas gift for any family.

(via: Andy Naselli)

November 1, 2009 – AM Service
Lessons on Finishing Well, Part 3, 2 Timothy 4:9-22
Pastor Kevin

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October 25, 2009 – AM Service
Lessons on Finishing Well, Part 2, 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Pastor Kevin

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October 18, 2009 – AM Service
Lessons on Finishing Well, Part 1, 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Pastor Kevin

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October 11, 2009 – AM Service
Fulfill Your Ministry, 2 Timothy 4:5
Pastor Kevin

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Audio of the messages are now online from the recent “Don’t Stop Loving the Chruch” pastors’ seminar at West Cannon Baptist Church.

Kevin DeYoung

• Open Basements, Bad Marriages, and Decorpulation: Why People are Chucking the Church
• Original Sin: The Missing Jewel in Ecclesiastical Reflection
• Just Do Something: Following God’s Will is Easier and Harder Than You Think

Ted Kluck

• Why We Love the Church

Mike Wittmer

• Of Centered and Bounded Sets: What If There Is No Church to Chuck?
• Outside the Church There Is No Salvation: The Missing Jewel in Evangelical (especially Baptist) Reflection

Panel Discussion

• Don’t Stop Loving the Church

• Kevin DeYoung shares his concerns with Rob Bell from the recent interview I pointed to here last week: This is Not Good
• As Noel Piper is cleaning her study and “digging out of the chaos” she shares quite a few lies she’s told herself over the years — maybe you, like me, can identify: Digging out of Chaos — LIES! Check out the before and after post too.
• Daryl Wingerd’s article on Discipline of Children: Lessons from Proverbs should be very helpful to fathers (and mothers).
• For those who’d like to know what it takes to prepare a sermon Colin Adams points to this helpful series of posts: 8 Steps To Preparing A Sermon

October 4, 2009 – AM Service
Itchy Ears, Forsaken Truth, 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Pastor Kevin

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