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… think on these things. – Philippians 4:8

God, Manhood and Ministry

John Piper’s Desiring God’s Pastor’s Conference, ‘God, Manhood and Ministry’ is currently taking place and you can find video of the talks by clicking on the image above.  Some great quotes pulled from Doug Wilson’s address are below with more available here.

“Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility.”

“Masculine toughness has to lay underneath masculine tenderness. It is a velvet covered brick.”

“If you want to preach the gospel to your wife and to your children, then die.”

“Dads, your authority was given to you as a gift to your children.”

“Fathers are speaking about God the Father constantly. They have no option to shut up.”

Filed under: Biblical Manhood

Psalm 78 – Telling the next generation

Telling the next generation


Preached July 2011

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Talks,

Visual Theology

Some of us find it easier to hold onto information when it’s presented to us visually.  Below are three charts that should help us all by presenting lots of information really clearly.

The Order of Salvation

Ordo Salutis

God’s Attributes

The Attributes of God

The Books of the Bible

Filed under: General stuff,

Dangerous children in an R rated world

The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not try to hide your children from the world forever, but do not pretend there is no danger. Train them. Give them
sharp eyes and bellies full of laughter. Make them dangerous. Make them yeast, and when they’ve grown, they will pollute the shadows.

(N. D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, p. 157)

Filed under: General stuff, Sermon prep

God’s authority over life

“Every last material creature on this globe will come to an end.  If God has the authority to invent sperm, to invent eggs, to invent DNA; if He has the authority to choose me out of a near infinite numher of possible human combinations and call me into existence out of nothing; if He has the authority to choose my parents, my race, my birthplace, my height, my intelligence, the size of my tonsils; if He has the authority to design my teeth from scratch, then He has the authority to choose my end.”

(N. D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, p. 112)

Filed under: Apologetics, Sermon prep

1 Corinthians 14 – Spiritual Gifts – Part III

1 Corinthians 14 - Speaking to God and Men


Filed under: Ministry, Talks,

Piper on the purpose of Facebook

“One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.”  - John Piper.  HT Tim Ambrose

Filed under: On the links

1 Corinthians 13: Spiritual Gifts – Part II

1 Corinthians 13 - Spiritual Gifts with Love


Filed under: Discipleship, Talks,

1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual Gifts – Part I

The Gifts of the Spirit


Filed under: Ministry, Talks,

The Course of Your Life

I’m thinking this is something we could profitably make use on Sunday evenings.  As mentioned in the video clip below, it comes out of the book The Trellis And The Vine, which I’m currently chomping my way through and which makes great reading.

Filed under: Discipleship, Ministry

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