The Walk is a book for new and renewed disciples of Jesus. It comes highly recommended. Check out an excerpt here.
The Gospel-Driven Life is a much anticipated, popular level book by theologian Michael Horton.
Read an excerpt here.
HT: JT
Recap from ENDURE (including audio links!)
I had a great time with the nearly 300 folks at the Houston ENDURE Bootcamp. Clear Creek Community Church was an incredible host with great facilities and humble staff. I was blessed just to be around them. It was a great couple days of training, connecting, dreaming, repenting, and so on.
Carter on Marriage
Matt Carter’s talk on Marriage was outstanding, challenging us to be the kind of fathers and husbands that leave a legacy of grace. Quoting from Edwards’ daughter, he charged us to be the kind of fathers that earn the appelation: “I thank God, for my father is a mercy to me.” Wow. Yes, Lord, make me a mercy to my children. Check out his video:
Here are the manuscripts from my talks:
- Here is the audio and manuscript from my The Problem of Community talk at the Acts 29 ENDURE bootcamp. I ended up changing a third of it right before the session, so it’s a bit disjointed.
- Here is the outline from my Missional Communities in Cities and Suburbs workshop from ENDURE.
Monsters of Rock Streaming Free!
Monsters of Rock album is streaming free here. This the project album by M.Ward, Jim James (My Morning Jacket) who will be at The Parish this year by the way, and others.
HT: SM
DMin in Bible Translation at GCTS
Gordon Conwell is starting a new Doctorate of Ministry degree in Bible Translation. The track is being led by the eminently capable Dr. Roy Ciampa. His knowledge of original languages, grammar, syntax, and translation is remarkable. On top of all that, he’s just a nice guy, nice and demanding!
I had the privilege of learning Greek and Galatians under Ciampa. His dissertation on Galatians is incredibly insightful. Ciampa’s publications include:
- “The History of Redemption” in Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity
- 1 Corinthians commentary in The Commentary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament.
He’s also working on the 1 Corinthians Pillar Commentary Series (a great series) right now, and will release an essay on Abraham and Empire for a Festschrift soon.
Read his recent devotional reflection on the concept of translation. An excerpt:
We tend to be such imperfect translations of Christ (or perhaps I should just speak for myself) that it is very easy for other people to get the wrong message, to get the wrong idea about who Christ is and what he is all about. By God’s grace and the power of his Spirit, may the world recognize Christ’s people to be (imperfect but) adequate translations through which they may come to know his truth, love, grace and righteousness, giving praise and recognition not to the translation itself, but to the One who has provided such a translation so that he might be known (cf. Matt 5:16).