“The difference between a solid church and a terrible church is pretty much up to you. The difference between a solid church and incredible success has almost nothing to do with you at all. It’s like you are out there paddling on your surfboard, and suddenly the wave comes and you ride in, standing up like you’re a Greek god. That has everything to do with the wave.”
–Tim Keller, quoted in Tim Stafford, “How Tim Keller Found Manhattan,” Christianity Today cover story
What’s sad is that we can be just as proud and haughty in other arenas, can’t we?
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HT: Chris Anderson
I recently compiled a comprehensive bibliography of D. A. Carson’s publications so that it could be hosted on Carson’s page at The Gospel Coalition’s site.
The publications are listed chronologically under five categories by the date they were first published:
Some of the books and articles are linked to Amazon.com, and others are linked to PDFs available for free on TGC site. Further, most of the articles and reviews are also linked to PDFs.
Note: (1) The PDFs may not be uploaded to other sites without written permission from the copyright holders. (2) I plan to continue updating the bibliography, so please let me know if you spot any errors such as typos or omissions.
I just uploaded a new MP3 to the D. A. Carson archive:
“The Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke 16:19-31) | MP3 | preached on May 17, 2009 at College Church in Wheaton, IL
Chris Anderson’s thoughtful evaluation is worth more than two cents.
Particularly convicting:
The struggle to make much of Christ rather than self is a struggle for every preacher; we’re all prone to say “Behold me telling you to behold the Lamb of God.”
Update: Cf. Dave Doran’s “A Few More Pennies on Mark Driscoll.”
My brother-in-law, Eric True, just started a church-planting blog as he prepares to plant Grace Bible Church of Rancho. If you know of anyone who lives in or near Rancho Cucamonga, California, please spread the word about this church plant scheduled for fall 2010.
Cf. my post in September 2007: “A Future Church Plant Worth Supporting.”
Jenni and I are enjoying listening to The Complete Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes dramatized by BBC (64 CDs, 48 hours, and featuring a full cast), and we found the following statement particularly striking when we heard it last night:
It’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all.
-Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an agnostic