Speaking of Re:Lit, Tim Chester was recently interviewed by David Mathis at the Desiring God blog about Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community.
You can find that interview here.
We also invite you to read this sample chapter from Total Church on discipleship and training.
The audio sessions from last weekend’s GodblogCon are being posted over at The Scriptorium.
Here are the lectures that were given by Crossway authors:
I was reading this morning from Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints, which flows out of last year’s Desiring God National Conference and is edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor.
Stand elevates the virtue of godly endurance and bears witness to its effect in the Christian life through the experiences of John Piper, John MacArthur, Randy Alcorn, Jerry Bridges, and Helen Roseveare.
I found these words in Jerry Bridges’ chapter, “Four Essentials to Finishing Well” increasing my desire for God’s persevering grace:
…I want to inject another word for our consideration in the subject of standing firm or enduring to the end. That’s the word perseverance. The word perseverance is very similar in meaning to the word endurance, and often we equate the two. But there can be a subtle difference. The word endure means to stand firm, and that is the theme of this book. We are to stand firm. We’re not to be carried about with every wind of doctrine theologically. We’re not to go off to this and that and the other. We’re to stand firm. But we need to do more than stand. We need to move forward. When Paul says, “I have finished the race” (2 Tim. 4:7), obviously he was talking about motion. And perseverance means to keep going in spite of obstacles. So when Paul says, “I have finished the race,” basically he was saying, “I have persevered.” We do need to stand firm, and Scripture over and over again exhorts us to stand firm. But remember, that’s more than just standing still. If we get that idea, we’ve missed the point. We must move forward. We must persevere. We must be like Paul and say, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” May you and I be like the apostle Paul.
Our Father, again we come back to the realization that any of us could become a Demas, and it’s only by your grace that any of us stands firm. And so, Father, we acknowledge our total dependence upon you. We acknowledge our total indebtedness to you. And we give you thanks for your grace. But also, Father, we acknowledge our responsibility, and we pray that by your grace we will fulfill our responsibility, that we will practice these disciplines that will enable us to stand firm and to finish the race. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
We have made the Introduction to Stand available on Crossway.org.
Is anyone watching some football today? Baseball?
When was the last time you thanked God for creating sports?
Here’s a sample chapter on the joy of sports from Game Day for the Glory of God, available this month:
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