Q & A with Tim Keller (Part 2)
Q & A with Tim Keller (Part 1)
1. Can you give us a sneak peek at your upcoming book, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus?
2. How do you define good and bad art?
3. What are some ways that one can learn cultural narrative of his city in order to further the gospel?
4. What should be the motivation of Christian obedience?
…John Piper's Journal Entry On January 27, 1987
We are excited to announce that the 25th Anniversary Edition of the book Desiring God is now available.
Who could have known what God's gracious intentions were 25 years ago when this volume first arrived for publication? Looking back, we have only praise and thanksgiving to God for how He has used it to encourage and equip the Church.
And as we look forward, it is our faith-filled prayer that God will glorify himself through the truths in this book, opening the eyes of millions around the world to seek Jesus Christ as their treasure and joy.
January 27, 1987—
Yesterday when I walked into the office there was a package in my box. . . . It was the first copy of DESIRING GOD.
I shut the door to my study as I opened it and fell to my knees at my chair with the book in my hands. I was trembling and tears came to my eyes. I laid the book before God and pleaded…
Other Conferences You Might Want to Attend This Fall
Even though our 2010 National Conference has sold out (we do have some reduced rate tickets for sale; call us for details), there are several other wonderful events you might consider attending this fall.
Together for Adoption Conference 2010
In partnership with Hope For Orphans and the Austin Stone Community Church, this event will be held at Hill Country Bible Church on October 1-2 in Austin, Texas. The theme is "The Gospel, the Church, and the Global Orphan Crisis."
Speakers include Dan Cruver (Co-founder and Director of Together for Adoption), Bryan Loritts, J. D. Greear, Dave Gibbons, and Matt Carter. Aaron Ivey will be leading worship at the event.
In their own words, "The 2010 conference will be our largest and most helpful conference yet, with gospel-saturated general sessions, longer breakout sessions, and more time to network with other churches, or…
Update on Our National Conference Schedule
Our 2010 National Conference is just around the corner. Please join us in prayer that God would bless this event.
The following update contains important information for those who have registered. Some of this information was not on our website at the time you registered. Most of this pertains to the schedule of events on Friday, October 1, the first day of the conference:
Seminar Schedule
Unlike previous years' conferences, we have added nearly a full day of activity on the first day of the conference. Check-In will begin at 10:00 AM. Our new 100,000 square foot Exhibition Hall and Bookstore will be open at this time as well.
In the afternoon, there are several seminars that you may choose to attend. Seminar seating is limited (first-come, first-served), and seminars are held in one of three locations:
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Lloyd-Jones on Thinking and Faith
As we continue to prepare for the Desiring God 2010 National Conference, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones has a good word about the relationship between thinking and faith.
Although he may overstate the case a little—thinking is not the essence of faith—he is right that thinking is essential to faith.
Faith, according to our Lord’s teaching in this paragraph [Matthew 6:25-34], is primarily thinking; and the whole trouble with a man of little faith is that he does not think. He allows circumstances to bludgeon him.
That is the real difficulty in life. Life comes to us with a club in its hand and strikes us upon the head, and we become incapable of thought, helpless and defeated. The way to avoid that, according to our Lord, is to think. We must spend more time in studying our Lord’s lessons in observation and deduction.
The…
This Week in Vancouver: Piper's Speaking Schedule
We hope that you can join us in Vancouver this week. There are several opportunities to hear John Piper preach and to enjoy the fellowship of believers.
reFocus Canada
Willingdon Church
Wed night - Fri noon
John Piper will preach at 7:00pm Thursday night, followed by a Q&A session at 8:45pm.DG Regional Conference
Willingdon Church
Fri night - Sat noon
John Piper will preach on Friday night and Saturday morning, followed by a Q&A session on Saturday morning.
See the schedule for exact times.Sunday Service
Crossway Community Church
John Piper will preach their morning service at 9:30am, and the service will be held at Trinity Western University gym.
Please pray for these events, that God will do a lasting work in the hearts of many. And please join us as well!
Thanking God This Spring for Events, Events, Events!
It is staggering to consider how many important and interesting conferences are scheduled to take place over the next couple of months. They are unique events which put a strong emphasis on the Word of God, the gospel and the supremacy of Christ in all things. Thanks be to God for these events!
We surely can't mention them all here (and there are surely many good events that we don't even know about), but we thought it might be helpful to highlight a few of these events that you might find of interest. Hopefully you'll be able to attend one or more of these and, in doing so, find your soul encouraged in the Lord.
April 7-9 - reFocus Canada - Held at Willingdon Church near Vancouver, this event is a preaching and theology conference that will focus on "Suffering for the Gospel." Featured speakers include John Piper and Bruce Ware. The cost is about $190.
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Pastor, Win a Book for Your Wife
If you've registered for the upcoming DG Conference for Pastors and you're on Twitter, tell us (in 140 characters or less) why your wife is a gift to you in ministry. Be creative and honor her well.
Use the hashtag #dgpascon.
We'll give the best 120 responses (as judged by a panel of DG employees) a free copy of the book One with a Shepherd to be picked up at the conference. (And we might even read some of the best of the best responses at the conference).
Make Hotel Reservations for the Pastors Conference Soon!
Just a friendly reminder if you plan to stay at the conference hotel, you must make your reservations by January 19 in order to receive special pricing on your room.
And there is still plenty of space at the conference itself, so please share the word with other pastors, elders, and church leaders that you know. We look forward to seeing you there!