Posts from the ‘Podcast’ Category

These were the kind of talks that got me first hooked on Piper, and this topic, passion for the supremacy of God, is one of the main themes in his book Desiring God, which rocked my worldview back in my college days.  I actually hadn’t heard these particular messages until recently, I heard Lecrae mention being at Passion 97 and getting rocked by these messages, so I decided to throw these on my iPod as I went out to shovel 12″ of snow from my driveway.  Vintage Piper, I guess you could say.  Had a great time shoveling.

Good message from Pastor Mark, speaking to potential church planters, and men in particular, about the priority of the family in the context of serving in ministry.  Our priorities, in order, should be:

1. Loving God
2. Loving your wife (spouse)
3. Loving your kids
4. Ministry

I’m not a church planter, but the reminder about the importance of taking care of my family is an appreciated one.  Why do we sometimes think we can do God’s work without doing it His way?  We can’t do God’s work.  If we hope to be used by God in ministry, I imagine we should pay serious attention to priorities 1-3.  I love how he talked about qualifications of an elder (church leader) from 1 Timothy 3:1-13, and 1 Timothy 5:8, “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Part of an Acts 29 boot camp in Seattle, titled Ministry, Marriage, and Mistakes.

You can also watch the video here on the Mars Hill blog.

I’ve started listening to John Piper’s series on Romans (224 messages in total), and I’ve heard several good messages already. The Desiring God blog recently mentioned 11 key messages from the Romans series to get a decent overview. I look forward to listening to these.

• The First Sermon
• The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 3 (on Christian Hedonism)
• Why God Inspired Hard Texts
• Overview of Chapters 1-7
• Overview of Chapters 1-8
• Summary of Chapter 9
• Pastoral Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election
• Last Sermon on Chapter 11
• First Sermon on Chapter 12
• First Sermon on Doxology
• The Last Sermon

John Piper is on a sort of sabbatical right now, taking significant time off from public ministry.  The DG podcast is still going strong, though, I imagine they are re-posting significant sermons from the past year or two.

John Piper began this sermon by reciting Psalm 1, Psalm 16, Psalm 103, Romans 5:1-8, Romans 8, Matthew 6:25-34, and 1 Corinthians 13.  This is a great sermon about the importance of memorizing scripture, as one of the ways that His Word abides in us.  I wish I could resonate with his testimony of the value of memorizing scripture, but unfortunately this has not been a regular discipline of mine.  I’m becoming more convinced that this is an important discipline.

Eric Ludy is a new name to me, but one of my friends heard this sermon just a few days ago, and this guy is describing exactly how we have been feeling lately. Being dads with young kids, we can feel tired by the end of the day, and ready to relax / veg and do something that doesn’t take much thought to unwind. He brings a challenging message about how we should think about that time, those few hours each week “in the margins”. Give this one a listen.

You can also download the sermon notes at his website: http://www.ellerslie.com/Eric_Ludy_Sermons/Entries/2010/4/25_Wings_as_Eagles.html

A classic message by John Piper, given at OneDay 2000.  Original title was “Boasting Only in the Cross,” but later became the theme for his book, “Don’t Waste Your Life.”  Transcript of his message here.

On a related note, you might want to check out Lecrae’s homage to JP’s theme on youtube.

A message by Matt Chandler about how the gospel is not just for “sinners” but for religious, “righteous” people as well.  We are all in need of continued repentance and to trust in Christ alone.

Pastor Mark Driscoll turns up the heat a bit for the guys.  This is his second message on the topic of men and women’s roles in marriage.  This is obviously not an exhaustive message on the topic, and is not intended to be a systematic theology of biblical manhood.  But it is a message that men, including myself, need to hear.  In a few words, he is calling for guys to grow up and be men, exposing some of the lies and challenges that we commonly face in today’s culture.

Please give this one a listen.

Pastor Mark Driscoll … what to say about this guy.  I thank God for Mark and for God’s continuing sanctification in his life.  He has particular gifts and style that are not appreciated by all, but in his context apparently God is blessing his ministry.  In particular, I am impressed by his ability to reach young men for Jesus.

In these two message, Marriage and Women and Marriage and Men, he is speaking about the roles of men and women in marriage.  He speaks to the women first, and this is that message.  Just to prepare you, the perspective he is sharing is on the conservative end of the spectrum, but he is biblical.  His wife joins him at the end for Q&A.