John Piper – Gospel

Gospel-Centered Leadership

To supplement what I’m learning in the 5-week Gospel-Centered Leadership class I’m taking at River West Church, I have been listening to a few resources that I have found invaluable and would highly recommend to anyone involved in leadership or considering it for the future. The first is a 5-part seminar from two pastors from Sovereign Grace Ministries examining what it means to be called to leadership in God’s church. I found the wisdom and teaching of Dave Harvey (author “When Sinners Say ‘I Do’” and “Rescuing Ambition”) to be incredibly...

The Spark and the Fuel

HT: Timmy Brister Listen as Tullian Tchividjian describes how the gospel is not just what ignites us as believers but fuels everything we do in the Christian...

Hero Worship vs. Holy Emulation

Oftentimes people ask me about my love of pastors, preachers, and authors, and wonder if it is an unhealthy thing that I listen to and read the thoughts of men whose opinions most Christians could care less about. Many of my friends in Christian community hear me quoting Puritans and other dead and living theologians like Tim Keller, D.A. Carson or John Piper and write me off as another “fan-boy” of celebrity Christian culture, if there were such a thing as celebrity in this small corner of Christian world known as “The New Reformed.” They call it being a...

Missional Church Made Simple

This is a helpful introduction to the difference between missional and attractional models of being the Church. However, this understanding of missional church is a tad individualistic. The Church should be doing mission as a community, locked arm-in-arm, and living everyday lives together with Gospel intentionality. One of the pitfalls of the missional model is the over-reaction against Christian community, where we see individuals leaving to become vigilante missionaries and eschewing all meaningful ties to the local church. Mission without community is not mission at all. Some good books...