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Video: The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor

If you attended The Gospel Coalition in 2009, you may have had the privilege of hearing John Piper and DA Carson discuss the relationship between scholarship and pastoral ministry in their own lives. Scholarship and ministry are not mutually exclusive, nor should one necessarily be pursued at the expense of the other. Piper and Carson share their own stories in The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor: Reflections on Life and Ministry, now available in paperback.

If you missed this talk back in 2009, you can watch the videos below or learn more about the book.

Piper on the pastor as scholar:

Carson on the scholar as pastor:

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May 17, 2011 | Posted in: Preaching and Teaching,The Christian Mind,Video | Author: Angie Cheatham @ 10:19 am | 0 Comments »

Pastor, Ministry Leader, Parent, Friend—Join Justin Holcomb on DG Live

If you’re a pastor, ministry leader, parent, or friend—this is a DG Live you may want to tune in to and ask questions. It’s increasingly more urgent to become better equipped to counsel those in your congregation, family, neighborhood, small group—who have been victims of sexual assault.

Clear your calendar Wednesday 5/18/11 at 12:30pm CT to join Justin Holcomb on DG Live. Justin will be talking about his new book, Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault. He’ll also be fielding your questions. You can submit questions via twitter using #dglive and tune in to the web-cast.

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May 16, 2011 | Posted in: Abuse,Counseling,Interviews | Author: Angie Cheatham @ 4:00 pm | 0 Comments »

A Book You May Want to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Remember that book that John Piper said he couldn’t stop reading? If you’re interested in reading it this summer, Jim Hamilton and some others have put together a reading plan, outline, and discussion questions for God’s Glory in Salvation Through Judgment. Enjoy!

By Jim Hamilton (original post here).

Thinking about reading through God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology this summer? Maybe it would help to gather some friends and go through it as a group, discussing things along the way. If you don’t have a quorum where you are, a group from Kenwood Baptist Church will be going through it on a 13 week schedule covering about 40 pages a week, and John Michael Larue has started a blog to facilitate discussion among those who might be scattered far and wide (dates and pages on the first post).

Some guys doing doctoral work at SBTS led church groups through the book as part of an application assignment, and they’ve given me permission to make some of their material available. John Lake provided an outline that guided the discussions in the group he led, and Allen Cagle worked up a set of discussion questions that he used.

Please don’t write this book off as too academic!

My 76 year old great-uncle has finished all but the last two chapters. He’s a farmer near the Mississippi river hoping the levee holds, and he loves the Bible and has faithfully taught Sunday School for lo these many years now. And if you need some encouraging testimonials, try this two-parter from a member of Kenwood whose husband is studying at SBTS: Part One and Part Two.

Steve Davis of WCTS Radio also interviewed me on the book, and you can hear that here.

May the Lord give us hearts that rejoice in his justice and mercy.

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| Posted in: Books | Author: Angie Cheatham @ 1:48 pm | 0 Comments »

Video: Relational Dynamics in “The Gift”

Learn more about The Gift by Bryan Litfin.

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May 13, 2011 | Posted in: Books,Video | Author: Crossway Staff @ 2:00 pm | 0 Comments »

What Reviewers Are Saying About “The Gift”

In the second installment of Bryan Litfin’s Chiveis trilogy, Teo and Ana continue their search for the New Testament in a post-nuclear world in which the Bible has been lost and Christianity has all but vanished.

See what reviewers are already saying about The Gift:

“Few authors touch my heart so deeply that all of their books make my favorites list, but Bryan Litfin has done it with this series. I am hooked for life now.” -Healing Hearts

“The second book in the Chiveis Trilogy, The Gift delivers another powerful and imaginative story. We see pure evil as well as sacrificial love and the truth that God has gifted his chosen children and will use the weak to serve the strong.” -Book Moms

“Even though I had not read the first book in this trilogy, I found it pleasantly surprising to find that I could easily follow and get into the story without prior knowledge of the characters or story.” -goodreads

“I found the story compelling. The entire book is quite a roller coaster of emotion.” -A Bookish Woman

“[The Gift] will prove to be fun summer reading and could provide…interesting points of discussion on how the world would look after a plague and small scale nuclear war, [as well as] engaging theological questions.” -By Farther Steps

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| Posted in: Books,Reviews | Author: Crossway Staff @ 10:40 am | 0 Comments »