by Stephen Rodgers
So I’m going to try something slightly different this week. I’m going to frontload maybe half a dozen articles and videos at the top of this post, and then highlight a couple of series that you might have missed or should keep an eye on below that. Enjoy!
- Tullian Tchividjian (who has the second-hardest name to spell, behind Thabiti Anyabwile), gets us started by reminding us to beware of seven counterfeit gospels. (WEB) (HT: Paul Tripp’s book)
- Also at the TGC blog, they have an interesting article on what Christians can do to develop a heart for missions, other than going on a short-term missions team. (WEB) (HT: Miriam Adeney from this book)
- Zac Smith (VIDEO) is living out John Piper’s warning. (WEB)
- Kevin DeYoung has something for you to remember if you’re asked to lead the church in prayer. (WEB)
- God is simple. By the way, I started this week never having heard of Herman Bavinck; kept noticing him mentioned, and now I’m addicted. Funny how God does that. (WEB)
So that brings us to the series part of the post. First up, the guys over at TeamPyro did an apologetic series called “Redneck Atheism” in which they dealt with a number of popular anti-theist memes. I would recommend this series as a survey of Biblical apologetics and confronting the culture of today. Each article deals with one or more popular objections to Christianity, which I’ve included in parenthesis. Yes, I can see for #5 that it’s quite redundant (WEB):
- “Unquestioning Christians” and Atheistic Bluster (Introduction)
- Redneck Atheism (Monotheism and Evolution)
- Is Christianity Really Polytheism (Polytheism)
- Whence “Redneck” Atheism (How Did The Series Get Its Name)
- Prayer (Prayer)
- Science vs. Enthusiasm (Science)
- Biblical Ignorance (Uninformed Christians)
- The Hypocrisy of Secular Humanism (Moral Contradiction)
- I Doubt It (Agnosticism/Conclusion)
Over at the Resurgence, they’ve got two interesting series going on. The first is a series of interview with Michael Horton, Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California (VIDEO):
- What Is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism?
- Why You Can’t “Be” the Gospel
- What We Should Learn From the Mainline Denominations
- Is the New Perspective on Paul Dangerous?
The second series just got underway, and deals with famous heretics of church history (WEB):
(Actually, on a side note, since we’re talking about TeamPyro and heresy, Phil Johnson once told me (and a lot of other people, since he preached a couple sermons on the topic), that almost all false doctrines fall into one of five heretical archetypes: legalism, gnosticism, Pelagianism, Arianism, or Socinianism. You can download his sermon series on that topic for free.) (MP3)
Alright, that’s plenty for this week. See you Sunday!
Pro Rege