Andy Naselli

Thoughts on Theology

Conferences

T4G 2006 MP3s

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MP3s from the 2006 Together for the Gospel conference (both main sessions and panel discussions) are now available for free at the Sovereign Grace store. Highly recommended.

  1. Mark Dever: The Pastor’s Understanding of His Own Role
  2. Panel Discussion 1
  3. Ligon Duncan: Preaching from the Old Testament
  4. Al Mohler: Preaching with the Culture in View
  5. Panel Discussion 2
  6. R. C. Sproul: The Center of Christian Preaching: Justification by Faith
  7. Panel Discussion 3
  8. John Piper: Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God
  9. Panel Discussion 4
  10. John MacArthur: Forty Years of Gospel Ministry
  11. C. J. Mahaney: Watch Your Life
  12. Panel Discussion 5

Cf. (1) Preaching the Cross (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007; 176 pp.), which makes available the main sessions from the 2006 conference in print and (2) the edifying T4G video that debriefs on the 2006 conference and talks about the upcoming 2008 conference. The video, like the five panel discussions from the 2006 conference, are hilarious!

The Gospel Coalition Workshops

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MP3 downloads of workshops given on May 24, 2007 at The Gospel Coalition Conference are now available here. I attended “Q and A on Preaching” with Crawford Loritts and Ligon Duncan, and it was very profitable. I haven’t heard any of the other workshops yet.

See also TGC articles (including an RSS feed for recently added articles), audio & video (including interviews and a panel discussion), foundational documents, and the e-newsletter sign-up.

D. A. Carson on “The Gospel of Jesus Christ”

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An edited manuscript of D. A. Carson‘s “The Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)” is now available at The Gospel Coalition site. Carson preached this message in May at The Gospel Coalition’s first conference: video | audio.

Other resources at TGC site: articles (including an RSS feed for new articles), audio & video (including interviews), foundational documents.

The Gospel Coalition Interviews

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The Gospel Coalition now has dozens of short video interview clips available. Four men, at least in the interviews posted so far, answer various questions: D. A. Carson, Tim Keller, John Piper, and Mark Driscoll. I reserved a few hours today to watch these, and it was well worth the time—regardless of whether one completely agrees with every viewpoint expressed. Some of the clips are especially thoughtful and moving, especially those by Carson and Piper. (Cf. TGC’s articles, audio & video, foundational documents, and stakeholders.)

Piper on Romans 8:18-25

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I’ve heard dozens of John Piper‘s sermons on MP3, but yesterday at the The Gospel Coalition conference, I had the privilege of hearing Piper preach in person for the first time.

  • It was the most moving sermon I’ve ever heard Piper preach. It compelled me to worship my sovereign God, long to be with Him, and hate what He hates.
  • The Gospel Coalition’s site will have audio and video from the conference available for free in about three weeks, but Desiring God has already posted the manuscript and MP3 of Piper’s sermon entitled “The Triumph of God in the New Heavens and the New Earth,” an exposition of Romans 8:18-25.
  • The MP3 does not include D. A. Carson‘s introduction in which he gave an anecdote about D. Martyn Lloyd Jones‘ powerful preaching and then described John Piper as the modern-day Lloyd Jones.

The Gospel Coalition

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This week Dr. Carson gave permission to Justin Taylor to post on his blog an announcement that has not been public knowledge up to this point. More details are forthcoming, but at least this much can be released now: Dr. Carson and his good friend Pastor Tim Keller are teaming up with some forty-five other pastors to rally around the gospel, hence their name: The Gospel Coalition. The first conference is a little over two months away: May 23-24, 2007. Their website, www.TheGospelCoalition.org, is in the process of being built; it currently contains information only for this upcoming conference. Registration is limited; the cutoff is at about 550 people. See Justin Taylor’s post for more details.