Round the Sphere Again: All Gospel

Preaching It
to ourselves. A quote from Jerry Bridges at Of First Importance.

Explaining It
The Sound of Doctrine pointed me to this lecture on justification by faith from Mark Seifrid. Austin Brown calls it

a refreshingly clear and helpful exposition of justification; one that is both scholarly and engaging.  You can feel his passion, even if the passion doesn’t exactly burst out and start dancing.

I really enjoyed it and recommend it to you, but you’ll have to wear your thinking cap.

Without It
A quote from John Calvin used in tonight’s address by Alistair Begg at The Gospel Coalition Conference (Between Two Worlds). Before tonight is over, you should to be able to download the whole address from here.

Diagnosing a Counterfeit
From Kingdom People:

How do you know if you have fallen for the moralistic counterfeit gospel?

Two easy diagnostics from Trevin Wax.

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part I: Questions about God, Man, and Sin

29. Q. What do we inherit from Adam as a result of this original sin?
      A. A sinful nature.

(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)

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Round the Sphere Again: Church History

The Fathers
Michael Haykin on why you might want to the church fathers, starting, perhaps with Augustine’s Confessions.

Isaac Watts
A few things we can learn from The Reformer You Know By Heart But Not By Name (Mike Cosper at The Gospel Coalition Blog).

• Worship leading is pastoral.
• Contextualization is about comprehension. 
• Worship should be concerned with truth and beauty—but beauty is a servant of truth. 
• Worship should be both wide and deep.

Read the whole post to see these points spelled out.