Category Archives: Promotionals
Article: When Science Points to God
Author and speaker Dinesh D’Souza has debated well-known atheists such as Christopher Hitchens, Michael Shermer, and Daniel Dennett.
In his recent article, When Science Points to God, D’Souza discusses the relationship between science, atheism, and a Creator. What does the scientist do when empirical data begins to suggest that a “plot” is involved in the creation of the universe?
Whether you enjoy D’Souza’s work or not, the New Atheists despise him so he must be doing something right!
[HT: Chad A. Gross]
N.T. Wright and Martin Luther agree on the Gospel
The Gospel in a Nutshell
N.T. Wright: “When Paul talks about “the gospel,†he means “the good news that the crucified and risen Jesus is the Messiah of Israel and therefore the Lord of the world.†Now, that’s about as brief as you can do it†(Interview with Trevin Wax).
Martin Luther: “The gospel is a story about Christ, God’s and David’s son, who died and was raised and is established as Lord. This is the gospel in a nutshell†(Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings).
Audio: Total Church Conference 2008
The Audio for The Total Church North America Conference 2008 is now available. Tim Chester and Steve Timmis recently published a book – “Total Church” – with Re:Lit. This conference is the result of the ideas presented in the book.
Main Sessions
- A Community-centered Gospel – Steve Timmis (Q&A)
- A Gospel-centered Community – Steve Timmis (Q&A)
- Rethinking Attractional Church – Tim Chester (Q&A)
- Remodeling Attractional Church – Steve Timmis (Q&A)
- Making Disciples for Missional Church – Tim Chester (Q&A)
- Making Disciples in Missional Church – Tim Chester
Breakout Sessions
- Being Neighbors: a Gospel Strategy (Steve Timmis)
- Forming a Gospel Community (Jeff Vanderstelt)
- One-Anothering: A Communal Gospel (David Fairchild)
- Story & Rhythm of Soma Community (Caesar Kalinowski)
- Reading Cultural Texts (Mike Gunn)
- Out of the Frying Pan… (David Fairchild & Mark Moore)
- Beyond Total Church – Sowing the Seeds of a Movement (Tim Chester)
- Communication in a Post-Christian World (Goodmanson & Kalinowski)
- The Everyday Rhythms of a Gospel Display People (Jeff Vanderstelt)
- True Gospel Community in a Truly Big Metroplex (Mark Moore)
- Reaching the Domains of Society (Goodmanson & Kalinowski)
- Panel Q/A Session
- Wrapping up Total Church (Tim Chester)
- Developing Missional Leaders (Jeff Vanderstelt)
- Urban Discipleship (Mike Gunn)
[HT: Mike]
The Reliability of the New Testament Text
[HT: James White]
Conference on the Gospel and Children
From June 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC:
- The Gospel for Children – Part 1 (William Mackenzie)
- The Gospel for Children – Part 2 (Carine Mackenzie)
- Let the Children Come (Sinclair Ferguson)
- The Church and Children – Part 1 (William Mackenzie)
- The Church and Children – Part 2 (Carine Mackenzie)
- Question & Discussion Session
- Christian Parenting – Part 1 (William Mackenzie)
- Christian Parenting – Part 2 (Carine Mackenzie)
- Can Our Children Survive the World? (William Mackenzie)
[HT: JT]
Peter Kreeft on the Timing of Lewis’ Death
Peter Kreeft thinks it no coincidence that JFK, C.S.Lewis, and Aldous Huxley all died with in a few hours of one another; they each represented major world views. To hear the audio of his comments, click here – thanks to National Review Online.
Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson Debate Video
Here is the video of the debate held at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson.
Hitchens vs. Wilson: A Collision of Lives – Part II
This post stands as a compilation of the recent debate and commentary on the debate that has been posted by Doug Wilson, Nate Wilson and Christianity Today. Below I have also included links to one of my fellow Bloggers who wrote some good commentary about Presuppositional Apologetics last year during the Christianity Today debate between Wilson and Hitchens.
Here is an interview of Wilson and Hitches on the Debate/Book tour:
by Doug Wilson
by Nate Wilson
Christianity Today Debate – 2007
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part I
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part II
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part III
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part IV
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part V
- “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Part VI
Commentary on the Debate – by James Grant
- Wilson introduces presuppositionalism to Hitchens
- Presuppositionalism 102
- Responses to Wilson vs. Hitchens
- Wilson & Hitchens, Part 3
- Wilson & Hitchens, Part 4
- Wilson & Hitchens, Part 5
- Wilson & Hitchens, Part 6
Here is that awesome video preview of the documentary again:
Here is a link to the published book of the debate hosted by Christianity Today in 2007. You can support out ministry by purchasing this book and others through our book store.
Ten Things to Keep in Mind After the Election
Here are some helpful thoughts from Doug Wilson about how Christians should respond to the election of Barack Obama.
1. God is still Father, Christ is still at His right hand, and the Holy Spirit is still abroad in the world, recreating that world according to the image of Christ. When the nations conspire against Him, He laughs at them.
2. The most important thing we can do for our nation, and for the world around us, is to gather for worship every Lord’s Day. The privilege of voting in presidential elections comes to us every four years, while we are graced with the opportunity to take the Lord’s Supper week to week. Right worship reforms the Church, and is therefore God’s central instrument for remaking the world. For this reason, we must insist on worship that is in accordance with Scripture. Judgment begins with the household of God. Our generation is fatherless. In the power of the Spirit, in the name of the Son, we must therefore worship the Father.
3. The first and greatest command is to love God, and the second is to love our neighbor. When the question arises, as it will, as to who is our neighbor, a good policy is to always begin with the smallest, the least, the most defenseless. Never apologize for a crawl-over-broken-glass pro-life stance. Live in such a life-affirming way as to expect apologies from those who would redefine the lives of others (always the lives of others, isn’t it?) into expendible insignificance.
4. Honor women. Honor your mother, your wife, and your daughters. We live in a culture that despises women, and which has engineered a vast machinery of propaganda designed to get them to surrender to it. If you don’t know how to honor, on a day-to-day basis, the women in your life, then learn. Make it a priority.
5. Don’t doubt in the dark what you knew in the light. The late Francis Schaeffer taught evangelical Christians to think like Christians as they engaged with unbelief in the public square. But a goodly number of his proteges, disciples, and name-appropriators have begun to “engage with the culture” in a way that looks more like going native than it looks like missionary work. Melancthons fall apart more rapidly than they used to. Get used to it, but don’t you do it.
6. While pro-life work is at the very center of all mercy ministry, it should not be allowed to distract from the broader kind of mercy ministry that offers gospel help to those who have contributed to their own misery — addicts, convicts, the uneducated and the unemployable. Such mercy ministry must be consistently tenderhearted and hardheaded. Sentimentalists are never able to give themselves away in the ongoing way that bleeding (but thinking) Christians must.
7. Learn something about economics. Please.
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