Practical Theology

Accountability

February 12, 2008 by Andy Naselli

By Philip R. Gons, Matthew C. Hoskinson, and Andrew David Naselli

(cross-posted at our respective blogs: Gons, Hoskinson, Naselli)

Christians will give an account to God for their lives, and wise Christians live in light of that sobering reality (Rom 14:12; 2 Cor 5:10). Consequently, we have covenanted to keep each other accountable in preparation for our future accounting. Since some of our friends have asked us about our method of accountability, we decided to co-author this article in order to glorify God by provoking other Christians to seek out a greater degree of accountability.

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Carson on the Pastor as Father and Son

February 5, 2008 by Andy Naselli

Last night, this morning, and this evening D. A. Carson delivered three addresses at the 2008 Desiring God Conference for Pastors:

Piper on “Planet Earth”

January 19, 2008 by Andy Naselli

Last summer I published a blog post entitled “Planet Earth: A Theological Documentary.”

Yesterday morning during a painfully freezing (!) early morning run, I was listening to an MP3 from John Piper’s 2007 regional conference on “The Pleasures of God.” In part 2 (MP3 | video), Piper describes the pleasure of God in His creation, and he enthusiastically endorses the above “Planet Earth” DVDs.

In the MP3, start at 38:08 to get the context (“God loves the world that He made”) and listen until 42:43. Here are a few highlights:

39:30: “There are many aspects of nature that no human ever sees.” And then some BBC cameraman comes by and captures it!
40:54: This is where the “Blue Planet” and “Planet Earth” endorsement begins.
“My wife and I and little girl have worshipped for eight hours watching these unbelievable works of God! There are all these pagans producing this worship DVD!”
While they were watching the DVDs, Piper kept saying to his daughter, “That can’t be happening! That can’t be happening!”
“I hate evolution. It is so worship destroying! I mean that. Secular, atheistic evolution is worship destroying.”
“I get so much pleasure talking about what God has done in creation. It’s way better than talking about movies, but that’s another story.”