Right now you can get Dan Phillips new book, World-Tilting Gospel free for Kindle HERE . Dan Phillips is both easy and edifying to read, and I have been doing so for many years, so I am delighted to commend this book to you. The World-Tilting Gospel is a sound introduction to what it means and what...

Excellent DVD from Paul Tripp and Tim Lane: Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands . This is ideal for a small group or even private study. Also, add Paul's outstanding book Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands to your "must read" list.

On Sunday I preached part 2 of our current series The Mission . It is entitled "Going Away and Filling Up." It is an examination of the continuing significance of Jesus' ascension and Pentecost for the mission of the church. You can listen to or download the sermon HERE .

Trevin Wax offers thoughts on the new movie Courageous .

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian by John Piper [vimeo 28323716 w=400 h=225] Bloodlines Documentary with John Piper from Crossway on Vimeo .

Paul Tripp's newest book is entitled Forever . WTSbooks is offering it right now for 35% off. Check it out HERE . Publisher's Description: Is this all you're living for? For years, pastor Paul Tripp understood we were 'hardwired for forever.' But he didn't understand that it was more than a...

The longer I am an "evangelical" the more I realize that I have less and less in common with this far too broad, unserious, banal, (feel free to supply your own adjective) movement. I was going to comment on Phil Johnson's latest sobering and excellent post but Carl Trueman supplies the commentary...

David Fitch has posted a great article concerning the reasons why parents should, indeed must bring their children to the corporate worship of God's people. To the complaint that "My children don't get anything out of the service," Fitch offers three responses: 1.) There’s an encounter with the...

Sunday marked ten years to the day after September 11, 2001. In light of that calamatous day, I preached a sermon entitled "When the Tower Fell" based on Luke 13:1-5. You can listen to or download it HERE .

A Place for Weakness by Michael Horton Read my review HERE . In the aftermath of September 11, Christians have been asked, once again, to address the problem of evil. While acknowledging evil’s mysteriousness, part of my response to those requests has included a question for the questioner, namely...

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Last Sunday I completed a six week series through the book of Ruth entitled "Faithful God". The sermons in the series were: 1 - The Road to Nowhere 2 - Relentless Grace 3 - Not a Chance 4 - Right Man, Right Time 5 - There is a Redeemer 6 - Mission Accomplished

Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert's new book, What is the Mission of the Church is now available at a deep discount HERE . "In what appears to be a growing tension over what the mission of the church encompasses, DeYoung and Gilbert bring a remarkably balanced book that can correct, restore, and help...

Without the preaching place, I think few would have occassion to be offended at me; and there I am not master of myself, but must obey Him who commands me to speak plain and to flatter no flesh on the face of the earth. John Knox

The following is an excellent discussion concerning the nature of ministry. what should we mean when we say, "Every member a minister?" What about the offices of ministry prescribed in the New Testament? [vimeo 24832288 w=400 h=225] People Want a Pastor from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo .

One book I enjoy reading every year during both Christmas season and Holy Week is Donald Macleod's oustanding little volume From Glory to Golgotha . Highly Recommended.

[vimeo 27645926 w=400 h=225] Indelible Grace Documentary Trailer: Roots And Wings from Kevin Twit on Vimeo . We will be welcoming Indelible Grace to Church of the Saviour on October 16th in all three a.m. services.

On Sunday I preached part 5 in our series through Ruth. It is entitled There Is A Redeemer and is taken from Ruth chapter 3. You can listen to or download it HERE .

From Greg Gilbert : It's always seemed to me that Satan must take a peculiar pride in the tactic of taking music---which God intended to be a beautiful means of worship to Him---and turning it into a line of division and battle among His people. So a couple of thoughts hit me, and I decided to...

The latest issue of Themelios carries an excellent reflection by Carl Trueman on one of the key purposes of the church's corporate gatherings. It may well be that with all the emphasis on what we are supposed to be doing in our corporate praise we have neglected that most important reality - what...

You can read my introductory notes on a nine part vision for COS HERE . 1. God’s glory will be our chief end and highest value. Perhaps the first issue we should settle is whether or not we can be sure that God’s glory ought to be our chief end. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray he said, “...

Some thoughts worth reading from Phil Johnson : Biblical manliness is about authentic character. It’s not about bravado, and it’s not about boyishness. Going out into the woods with a bunch of other men, putting on war paint, making animal noises, telling scary stories around a campfire, and then...

Good stuff from Carl Trueman : To ascribe glory and honour to this God and to no other is to put to the sword the claims of all other pretenders to the throne. Debates about worship which focus primarily on aesthetics may be important - form and content are never neatly separable. Far more...

[vimeo 24638034 w=400 h=225] First Day of Classes: Where Are the Men? from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo .