Randy Alcorn, writer of non-fiction books such as Heaven, In Light of Eternity and Restoring Sexual Sanity, and fiction such as Deadline, Dominion and Deception, wrote a heart felt letter to C.J. Mahaney and John Piper thanking them for their last messages at the Resolved Conference.
Here is a snippet from Randy's letter:
I wanted to send this to the two of you in gratitude (mostly to God, secondarily to you) in particular for the final night of Resolved. I have been moved to tears and deep worship many times, but not in recent memory to the extent that I was Monday night.
Mark 15 and CJ’s “scream of the damned…for us” touched me at a profound level. The Holy Spirit spoke. And though I prayed and knew that John’s message would beautifully end the conference, I was not prepared for the way it happened.
Do yourself a favour and read the letter. When you're done reading the letter, then listen to the two messages he refers to in his letter.
C.J. Mahaney's message.
John Piper's message.
HT: Justin Taylor
C.J. Mahaney recently did a series of posts on modesty.
You can start reading the series here.
For those preachers out there who know that their preaching is not what it should be (and even those who think they're doing a great job), C.J. Mahaney wrote a post in which several preachers recommend certain chapters in several books on Biblical preaching.
C.J. Mahaney of Sovereign Grace Ministries has written a blog post on how he approaches the issue of erroneous teaching in the church today. It would be prudent for each pastor to heed Mahaney's careful approach to protect the flock from all the errors that are being taught today. He especially mentions Rob Bell of NOOMA fame infamy. You can read about C.J.'s heart on this matter here.
C.J. makes special mention of Greg Gilbert's review of Rob Bell's NOOMA videos. If you are interested in the emergent perversion of the gospel, you will do well to read Gilbert's review, which comes in three parts.
