The price William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton paid to translate the Word of God, pave the way for missionary mobilization around the world, and lead the hostile to Christ was great. Yet their stories show how the gospel advances not only through the faithful proclamation of the truth but through representing the afflictions of Christ in our sufferings.

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Crawford Loritts' message included practical insight and a short exposition of Galatians 5 on what it means to live and walk by the Spirit. Download the audio and video.

Memorable Quotes

• "Manhood is not a private matter. It is a public thing. A man aspires to be the desired destination at which others arrive."
• "This summarizes my dad: Stepping up, never walking away, if it belongs to you, you do something with it."
• "Our disproportionate desire for relevance is injecting embalming fluid into the next generation."
• "Out of struggle comes strength; out of strength comes discipline; out of discipline comes integrity; out of integrity comes inheritance."
• "How people treat you should never define you. It's not what people call you, but what you answer to."
• "All we have to give to the next generation is what we have become."

This four-part poem recounts God's care for Naomi and the love between Ruth and Boaz. It's a story told from the perspective of the couple's son, an aged Obed, as he recounts it to his eight-year-old grandson David, the future king of Israel.

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Doug Wilson's first message at the 2012 Conference for Pastors was about the role of fathers in leading the home. Download the audio and video.

He noted six things to learn about fatherhood in the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:16–17),

1. When Jesus was baptized, his father was there.
2. The Father made his presence felt.
3. The Father made his presence known by speaking.
4. The Father's statement identified with his son.
5. The Father expressed his love for his son.
6. The Father expressed his pleasure in his son.

Memorable Quotes

• "Fatherhood in the home and pastoral care in the church are analogous activities. This makes sense only if they are related activities."
• "When Paul considers the leadership of the church he doesn't first refer to a rigorous M. Div. program."
• "The way we image the Father is to be open-handed and generous in all that we have."
• "Masculine toughness has to…

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Audio and video from the 2012 Conference for Pastors is now available for free streaming and download.

"Father Hunger" in Leading the Home
Doug Wilson

Lessons on Biblical Manhood Learned from His Father
Crawford Loritts

Being and Building Men for the Local Mission
Darrin Patrick

"The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle" — The Value of a Masculine Ministry
John Piper

"Father Hunger" in Leading the Church
Doug Wilson

Pastoring with Vision, Creativity, and Courage in Hard Places
Ramez Atallah

Speaker Panel
John Piper, Crawford Loritts, Darrin Patrick, Doug Wilson, Ramez Atallah

The Supremacy of Christ in All of Life: The Pastor and His Worldview
A Conversation with Doug Wilson and John Piper

Careful here, brothers. Conferences can make a lot of hearers, but we're called to more than that. May God give us grace to fulfill our roles as men in the home and in minist…

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In this book Pastor John describes his journey toward one great, single passion—endless joy in the crucified Christ—and challenges the reader to the same pursuit. The cost is great. But the joy is worth any cost.

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“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was grieved. Sitting on the beach after breakfast, Jesus had just asked him for the third time if he loved him. Peter had already wholeheartedly answered yes twice. What else was he supposed to say?

With these questions, the Lord was putting his finger on a very tender wound in Peter’s heart. Peter’s failure on the night of Jesus’ trial had been simply horrible. In the hour of his Lord’s greatest anguish, Peter had denied even knowing him. This sin shook Peter to the core of his being.

Jesus had told him that he would do it.¹ But in the Upper Room, over the Passover meal, with his fellow disciples around him, Peter did not believe it. He could still hear himself proclaim, “I will lay down my life for you.”²

He had had no idea how weak he really was. He had imagined himself boldly standing before the Sanhedrin side …

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Psalm 119:25,

My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!

Have you ever felt something of a schizophrenic relationship to the Bible? At times our hearts are alive to the word of God, while at other times our hearts feel dull and almost dead. This is not merely a frustrating dynamic; it is a fearful condition.

But we find a kindred spirit in a surprising place: Psalm 119.

I say “surprising” because Psalm 119 is a poem of love for the word of God. Going here with our problem seems like a person struggling with singleness going to a wedding celebration! Help, however, comes in the stanza devoted to the Hebrew letter daleth (Psalm 119:25–32).

The Struggle of Dust

The psalmist cries out in anguish that his “soul melts away for sorrow” (Psalm 119:28). His struggle, however, is not simply sorrow. The psalmist confesses that his soul “cling…

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The Bible is clear. While we can't exhaustively comprehend it all, the divine authorial intention communicated through the human authors is suffuciently clear for all purposes of salvation (WCF 1.7).

But why is Scripture clear? Here's one of the most basic and solid arguments:

John Frame writes,

Since Scripture is God’s word, it is his communication to us. In Scripture, God speaks, not primarily to himself or to the angels, or to the winds and waves, but to us human beings. God cannot fail to accomplish his purpose, so his communication cannot be anything less than successful. If words are unclear, they fail to communicate; they are not communication. So Scripture must be clear.

The Doctrine of the Christian Life, (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2008), 147.

"All Are Yours" is a new column featuring quotations from living authors writing from a God-centered, …

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Reflecting on 500 years of Calvin’s legacy, John Piper, David Mathis, and other contributors invite us to join Calvin in the theater of God and see how the biblical vision of the glory of God in Christ is the most practical reality in the universe. This volume includes chapters by Julius Kim, Douglas Wilson, Marvin Olasky, Mark Talbot, Sam Storms, and John Piper.

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