Third annual Band of Bloggers
Owen Strachan hosted the discussion in the absence of Timmy Brister, who did not attend due to illnesses in his family.
* Jason Kovacs
He works for a ministry that helps Christians adopt children. He mentioned the upcoming Together for Adoption conference Oct. 2-3. abbafund.org. togetherforadoption.org.
Servants and Stewards is the theme for Band [...]
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Band of Bloggers 2009
Shepherd the neutrals by being a positive
Gospel Coalition live blog 5: Mark Driscoll
Text: 2 Timothy 2:14-26
Paul writes this letter as a father to his son. Paul packs this letter believing that Timothy would read this letter over and over and over as a postscript to his life. And we should read this book over and over and over.
There are three types [...]
A call to faithfulness because of God’s faithfulness
Gospel Coalition live blog 4: Phil Ryken, senior pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Penn.
Text: 2 Timothy 1:13-2:13
Sometimes we are keenly aware of God’s grace at work in our lives. We can see the Holy Spirit clearly at work.
But there are other times when God seems very distant. In those times we get letters [...]
Fanning the white-hot flame
Gospel Coalition live blog 3: John Piper, pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn.
Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-12
Main point of this passage (not most important point, but main point: the point from which the rest of the argument flows): Paul to Timothy — keep feeding the white hot flame of God’s [...]
Two ways to lead: exposing idols or lacking faithful Gospel ministry
Gospel Coalition live blog 2: Tim Keller, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, N.Y.
Text: Acts 19:23-41
“We are here to talk about Gospel ministry.”
“I want to talk about something that is assumed in 2 Timothy and is very important to Gospel ministry, but is not stated explicitly there.”
The main thing I would like to [...]