The Gospel Coalition recently uploaded nine short videos.
Introduction to The Gospel Coalition
What Is The Gospel? (Mark Dever) 
Evangelicalism in America TodayIn April I posted some pictures from T4G 2008. This morning I became aware of many more such pics (partly from watching this slideshow): see the first 25 pages here (the rest are from T4G 2006). Here are a few examples:
All of the MP3s for the general sessions and panel discussions are now available for free downloads. Brief bios of the speakers are available here.
I’d recommend listening to these in order:
Related:
I thoroughly enjoyed attending T4G 2008 last week (thanks to T4G’s generosity!). It was edifying and God-glorifying.
Here are some highlights and pics:
Mark Dever posed his eighth “T4Free question” on the T4G blog earlier this week, and I was surprised that my answer was selected. (Perhaps mine had the least misspelled words and the most Piper-like hyphenated ones! Regardless, I’m grateful for this happy providence and eager for edification along with about 5,000 other people at T4G in mid-April 2008.) Here’s Mark’s question followed by the 100-words-or-less answer I submitted:
Q: “What Christian book (other than the Bible) do you think has been read by the most people attending T4G 2008, and why?”
A: “John Piper’s Desiring God
“This richly theological and warmly devotional best-seller has been the means for sending countless Christians on a trajectory towards theology that is increasingly joyful, robust, God-centered, Christ-exalting, and gospel-treasuring.
“My testimony is not unusual. I read it as a freshman in college and again during my first year of seminary, and it had a revolutionary effect on my Christian life. It shaped my attitude towards Reformed soteriology and convinced me that God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him.”
In addition to selling the print book for just $9.50, Desiring God Ministries offers the following free resources:
I thank God for John Piper. He is a gift to the church.
On a related note, D. A. Carson pays Piper no small compliment in the preface to Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson by mentioning him parallel to three other giants of the faith:
“But my aim is much more modest: to convey enough of his [i.e., Tom Carson’s] ministry and his own thought that ordinary ministers are encouraged, not least by the thought that the God of Augustine, Calvin, Spurgeon, and Piper is no less the God of Tom Carson, and of you and me” (p. 11).
This morning I returned home from San Diego, where I attended the annual meetings for the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. I immensely enjoyed the sunny weather in San Diego (where I lived in 1994–1995 and where Jenni and I honeymooned in 2004), seeing and making new friends, and buying and browsing books!
This morning Christianity Today posted Collin Hansen’s article on The Gospel Coalition: “Tethered to the Center: The Gospel Coalition is committed to core evangelical beliefs and wide-ranging cultural engagement.”
Related links (listed in the “theological writings” section of my recommended resources):
The Gospel Coalition (D. A. Carson, Tim Keller): articles, audio/video (plenary talks, interviews, workshops, and a panel discussion), foundational documents
The annual Mid-America Conference on Preaching, hosted by Inter-City Baptist Church and Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 18–19, 2007. Dr. Claude Wiggins just emailed this (pasted below with his permission; hyperlinks added):
“We would love to have you join us for the 2007 Mid-America Conference on Preaching. Our theme for this year, ‘Learning from the Past, Pressing toward the Future,’ is a reminder that we are runners in a relay race that began with the Apostles and will continue until our Lord returns. We can’t live looking backward, but if we don’t understand what has happened before us, we’re surely headed for trouble.
“This year’s speakers include Doug McLachlan, Mark Minnick, Sam Horn, David Saxon, David Doran, and the faculty of DBTS. The schedule includes eight general sessions and opportunity to choose from two dozen workshops. Complete conference information, including workshop list, schedule and registration form, is available at http://www.dbts.edu/1-4/1-41.asp. For additional information please email macp@dbts.edu or call (313) 381-0111.”
Workshops include the following:
