Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Hymns of Grace (T4G 2016)
At T4G 2016, every attendee received a free hymnal from The Master's Seminary that contain new and old hymns. We sung out of these hymnals for the entire conference under Bob Kauflin's leadership.
“Martyrdom and Mission: Why Reformers Died In Their Day, How We Must Live In Ours” — David Platt (T4G 2016)
David Platt closed out T4G 2016 by reviewing the lives and deaths of martyrs from the Reformation and applying their theology of death and mission to the church today. Putting our pain in perspective, Platt reminded us that "your perspective of earthly embers changes when you remember that you have been saved from an eternal inferno." Platt continues to call the church to hasten the day of her Lord's return by continuing to share the gospel with the lost and the unreached.
“The Reformation Began with Paul: Justification the Same Yesterday, Today & Forevermore” — Thabiti Anyabwile (T4G 2016)
We speak often of the Reformation recovering the doctrine of justification, which is fine and good, but that recovery was accomplished by the recovery of Scripture itself. This is important: We are not Reformed because the Reformers are our heroes. If we genuinely Reformed it's because we believe that "Reformed" is an adequate summary of what the Bible teaches about key points of doctrine and a particular worldview. May God give us grace to be the kind of people who build our theology from the Bible up. May God's word rule over us.
Getting Out of Babylon Again: The Reformation We Need Today (T4G 2016)
In this panel, Mark Dever, John MacArthur, Ligon Duncan, and Al Moher discuss the reform that is still needed in the church today. John Calvin once asked, "Everybody agrees that the church requires reform, but how urgent is that need?" At the very core of the church is the love for Christ that pastors ought to pray grows in their own lives and in the lives of their church members.
“We Have Only One Priest: The Reformation as a Revolution in Ministry. Acts 6:1-7” — Albert Mohler (T4G 2016)
The key question that kept Luther on his knees was this: How are sins forgiven? In this talk, Dr. Albert Mohler reviews how sins are forgiven in Christ and in Christ alone and how sinners are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. Martin Luther penned the 95 theses to make this truth clear.
“Sustained in Suffering by the Saga of Job” — CJ Mahaney (T4G 2016)
Normally, when we consider the Reformers, we consider the theological revolution they brought about; this consideration is good and right. One aspect of the Reformers we often skip over, however, is that these men were fundamentally pastors. As such, the Reformers lent great pastoral contributions that we can receive much encouragement from especially in the midst of our suffering. CJ Mahaney looks to the Reformation and to the book of Job for such encouragement.
The Reformation Meets “Trellis and Vine” (T4G 2016)
In this panel discussion, Phillip Jensen (author of the gospel tract, "Two Ways to Live") and Mark Dever discuss the Reformation, the Catholic church, and other theological issues. Jensen contends that, "to say that the pope is the vicar of Christ is blasphemy; it's a terrible error. The Holy Spirit is the vicar of Christ." Why are the Catholic claims of the Pope blasphemy against the Father, the Son, and the Spirit?
Courage from the Reformation (T4G 2016)
In this panel, Albert Mohler, John Piper, Ligon Duncan, Kevin DeYoung, and Mark Dever share stories from the Reformation and biographies that can lend courage to believers today in the face of opposition. May God give us grace to learn from those who have gone before us in the faith, to follow their examples in so far as these brothers and sisters followed Christ
“Why the Reformation is Not Over” — Ligon Duncan (T4G 2016)
Is the Reformation over? Ligon Duncan suggests that the Reformation is not over. In fact, "the issues that were the foundation of the Protestant Reformation are perennially important, and they're especially important for us in our own day and time." Giving historical consideration to those issues, Duncan shows how the issues at the bedrock of the Protestant Reformation apply to us and our churches today.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
John Maxwell on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer
On this episode of The Exchange with Ed Stetzer, John Maxwell, bestselling author, speaker and leadership coach, talks about his journey with Ed and his latest book, Intentional Living. Learn more about today's guest at JohnMaxwell.com.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Powerful Quote from Francis Schaeffer
“The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor the threat of communism, nor even the threat of rationalism and the monolithic consensus which surrounds us [nor, I would add today, postmodernism or materialistic consumerism or visceral sensualism or whatever]. All these are dangerous but not the primary threat. The real problem is this: the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, individually or corporately, tending to do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh rather than of the Spirit. The central problem is always in the midst of the people of God, not in the circumstances surrounding them.”
Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People (Wheaton, 2003), page 66.
Find the original article here at https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/rayortlund/2016/04/09/the-most-important-thing-outside-the-bible-i-have-ever-read/
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Schedule for Together for the Gospel 2016
Here is an outline of the T4G Live-Stream schedule from Justin Taylor's @between2worlds
This afternoon 10,000 pastors will gather in Louisville to hear several speakers unpack biblical and theological Reformational themes. Since you can no longer access the website without signing up for the livestream first, I thought it might be helpful to reproduce the main schedule below in case you want to tune in to the sessions. (All times are Eastern Time [ET].)
Tuesday, April 12
1:00-3:00 pm General Session 1
3:15-4:00 pm Panel 1
4:15-5:15 pm General Session 2
7:15-8:45 pm General Session 3
9:00-9:45 pm Panel 2Wednesday, April 13
9:00-10:30 am General Session 4
10:45-11:45 am General Session 5
7:45-9:15 pm General Session 6
9:30-10:00 pm Panel 3Thursday, April 14
9:00-10:15 am General Session 7
10:30-11:00 am Panel 4
11:15-12:00 pm General Session 8
2:00-3:15 pm General Session 9
3:30-4:00 pm Panel 5
4:15-5:30 pm General Session 10
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
T4G 2016: We Are Protestant
Excited for the 2016 Together for the Gospel Conference starting today! Catch the live-stream all day long at http://live.t4g.org/
Monday, April 11, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016
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