In my journeys to and around Philadelphia in the last month, I got to listen to some powerful audio recordings:
First, D. A. Carson delivered three addresses at the 2008 Desiring God Conference for Pastors:
First, D. A. Carson delivered three addresses at the 2008 Desiring God Conference for Pastors:
- The Pastor as Son of the Heavenly Father (MP3)
- The Pastor as Son of an Earthly Father (MP3)
- The Pastor as Father to His Family and Flock (MP3)
These were even better than I expected (and I had high expectations), and go along with his book about his father.
Second, John Piper's biographical message on the life, ministry, and martyrdom of William Tyndale: Always Singing One Note--A Vernacular Bible (MP3).
I was particularly struck by the historical inaccuracy of a terrific movie we had recently watched--A Man for All Seasons. Piper says to not get our history from movies. After listening to Piper I begin to think that Thomas More didn't love Jesus at all. He burned people who translated the Bible into English--and who even read the Bible in English--and he did it with jocularity. I doubt he was anything like the great man the movie portrayed.
And third, I got to listen to a great series of messages on a theology of marriage, derived from 1 Corinthians 7. These were from Pastor Mike Bullmore (of whom I hope to write a Whence Matt post sometime soon).
Second, John Piper's biographical message on the life, ministry, and martyrdom of William Tyndale: Always Singing One Note--A Vernacular Bible (MP3).
I was particularly struck by the historical inaccuracy of a terrific movie we had recently watched--A Man for All Seasons. Piper says to not get our history from movies. After listening to Piper I begin to think that Thomas More didn't love Jesus at all. He burned people who translated the Bible into English--and who even read the Bible in English--and he did it with jocularity. I doubt he was anything like the great man the movie portrayed.
And third, I got to listen to a great series of messages on a theology of marriage, derived from 1 Corinthians 7. These were from Pastor Mike Bullmore (of whom I hope to write a Whence Matt post sometime soon).
- Marriage in God’s World (April 13, 2008)
- A Oneness That Glorifies God (1 Cor 7:1–7) (April 20, 2008)
- Glorifying God in Challenging Marital Situations (1 Cor 7:8–16, 39–40) (April 27, 2008)
- To Marry or Not to Marry: Singleness and the Glory of God (Part 1) (May 4, 2008)
- To Marry or Not to Marry (Part 2) (May 18, 2008)
In December of 2006, I attempted to make sense of this passage of Scripture and studied for 2 weeks before delivering this message.
These messages from Dr. Bullmore are exactly what I wish I had said then. They are a model of clarity, lucidity, carefulness, and power.
These messages from Dr. Bullmore are exactly what I wish I had said then. They are a model of clarity, lucidity, carefulness, and power.
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