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Recommended for Listening XVI

Romans 5:12-21 is not an easy passage to understand. The argument is complex and hard to follow, but John Piper explains it, carefully, in this series of sermons.

• Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 1
• Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 2
• Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 3
• Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 4
• Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 5

Round the Sphere Again

Strength in Suffering
Tim Challies has posted an interview with Terry Stauffer. Terry Stauffer is the pastor of Edson Baptist Church in Edson, Alberta, whose 14-year-old daughter was murdered last fall.

Church History
More on Calvin from The Crusty Curmudgeon.

• The Servetus Incident
• Calvin’s Theology
• Calvin’s Legacy

Catching Up
With Sherry’s Top 100 Hymn Project.

• What Wondrous Love Is This (65)
• To God Be the Glory (64)
• I’ll Fly Away (63). This is the first of the hymns to make the list for which I can’t see the reasoning behind it’s popularity. I would never in a million years vote for it. If you’re an “I’ll Fly Away” fan, forgive me for insulting your song.
• Take My Life and Let It Be (62)
• Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting (61) Yet another one of my favorites makes the list. So I’m up to 3/10.
• Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (60). Sherry gives some interesting background to this Charles Wesley hymn.

Book Giveaway
Enter the draw at Here I Blog for Godology: Because Knowing God Changes Everything by Christian George.