Andy Naselli

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Mark Dever

C. J. Mahaney and Matt Schmucker Interview Mark Dever

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I just thoroughly enjoyed listening to this MP3 in which C. J. Mahaney and Matt Schmucker interview Mark Dever:

“Life and Ministry with Mark Dever: The tables turn as C. J. Mahaney puts Mark Dever in the hot seat and interviews him.”

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Mark Dever


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C. J. Mahaney

[Photos by Timmy Brister]

The interview took place on June 6, 2007. As usual with conversations involving Mahaney and Dever, this is hilarious (e.g., C. J.’s ribbing Dever about his intellectual childhood, lack of athletic abilities, and wearing a tie and carrying a briefcase to high school), fascinating (e.g., I didn’t know that D. A. Carson delivered a letter from Carl Henry to Dever in England that asked Dever to consider pastoring Capitol Hill Baptist Church), and edifying (e.g., Dever’s faithfulness to and love for God’s word and people).

Cf. two previous posts, T4G Video and T4G 2006 MP3s, as well as the following two entries on the MP3s page of my recommended resources:

Mark Dever: “Where’d All These Calvinists Come From?”

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Mark Dever just finished an insightful ten-part series of blog posts entitled “Where’d All These Calvinists Come From?” He gives ten major reasons for the recent resurgence of Calvinism.

  1. C. H. Spurgeon
  2. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
  3. The Banner of Truth Trust
  4. D. James Kennedy’s Evangelism Explosion
  5. Inerrancy controversy
  6. Presbyterian Church in America
  7. J. I. Packer’s Knowing God
  8. R. C. Sproul and John MacArthur
  9. John Piper
  10. “the rise of secularism and decline of Christian nominalism“

Before Dever posted reason #10, Justin Taylor suggested that it would be “the role of the internet.”

Cf. Phil Gons‘s summary post, “The Resurgence of Calvinism.”

Dever on Carson’s Latest Book

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Mark Dever just posted some well deserved words of praise for D. A. Carson‘s writing ministry as well as his latest forthcoming book, Christ and Culture Revisited (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008). I’ve enjoyed serving as Dr. Carson’s research/teaching assistant since last August, and I’m so grateful to work under him as my mentor for the Ph.D. NT program at TEDS. I agree wholeheartedly with Dever on this one: the more I learn from and about Dr. Carson, the more I thank God for this gift to the church! (And do follow Dever’s advice re Christ and Culture Revisited.)

Related: See my previous post: “D. A. Carson MP3s.”