New David L. Ward Album Announced!
David L. Ward, who is the talented artist from the album titled “Cross-Centered Worship” and runs Reformed Praise, just announced that he is going to be producing a second album! The songs planed for the album are the following:
- Merciful to Me
- Jesus, Our Mighty Lord
- O God the Holy Spirit
- There Is No Greater Portrait
- Majestic Sweetness
- Begone, Unbelief
- So I Will Come
- O Happy Saints
- There Is No Sin that I Have Done
- Jesus, Priceless Treasure
- Glory Is Certain
- O Jesus
A couple of “bonus” tracks they might record:
- See the Lord of Glory Dying
- O Weary Saint
I don’t know about you, but I am excited for this new album! Be sure to read David’s article for details and find out how you can help.
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The “I’m not a Calvinist or an Arminian” Statement
Read MoreCalvinism and Arminianism are usually just used as shorthand for Monergism & Synergism. Either you believe regeneration precedes faith or you do not? Either you affirm that Christ is sufficient to provide all you need for salvation (including a new heart to believe) or you affirm Christ in necessary but not sufficient i.e. provides only the opportunity but not the effectual grace. You either believe in the necessity of the effectual work of the Holy Spirit in salvation or you do not. If you ask yourself, “is faith also part of the gift of grace Christ purchases for his own” (John 6:63-65) OR “is faith the product of our unregenerated human nature?” The answer to these questions make it clear wither you believe salvation is by grace alone OR grace PLUS something you contribute. This is the essence of what people mean when they compare these two understanding of the Bible. You are either a monergist or synergist: Christ Alone or Christ PLUS. There is no third option.
Next Week: Ask Pastor John Live
Read MoreA week from today we’ll be streaming our next live session of Ask Pastor John. If you aren’t familiar with the way we’ve been doing these recently, this is an event where John Piper hears and answers a variety of questions in front of a live viewing audience.
Where do the questions come from? They come from you! Anybody can submit a question, and the question can be about anything. Just make sure it’s less than 140 characters, though, since you have to send it through Twitter (and don’t forget to include the hashtag #apjwith it).
The event will run from 7:00pm to 8:30pm Central Time—primetime—March 31st on our live events webpage.
This could be a great opportunity to gather friends, family, roommates, or neighbors to ask and hear what God might have to say through Pastor John as he seeks to represent God’s word.
Calvinism Debate on the Dividing Line
Read MoreFor those interested, we will be covering three texts of Scripture on Thursday: John 6, Romans 8/9, and Ephesians 1. Each will have 8 minutes to provide their exegesis of the text; then we will have four minutes of cross-ex each, then three minute conclusions before moving on to the next text. I know, not a lot of time, but that still covers 90 full minutes (we will not be taking any breaks at all).
The following Thursday we will repeat the process, but this time covering Michael’s chosen texts, Luke 13:34-35 (Deut 5:28-29) Ezek 18:21-32 (Jer 3:19-20; Ezek 22:30-31) I John 2:1-2 (2 Pet 2:1).
Remember, to make room for Michael’s program (which cannot, like the DL, be moved around at will), we will be starting at 10am our time (1pm EDT).
